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Microsoft bags European price comparison sites Can we gift-wrap that for you, Sir? Microsoft is splashing nearly $500m in cash on a price comparison and survey company, most of which it is going to immediately sell on.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Three companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo Assuming that Saturday's public walkaway by Microsoft doesn't prove just to be a high-risk negotiation tactic against Yahoo -- after all, the companies are rumored to have been talking about some sort of merger or acquisition for almost three years -- then what we hav Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to drop $486 million for European shopping site Deal will bring Ciao, one of Europe's leading price-comparison sites, into Microsoft's fold and extend its online presence on the continent. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > CNET |
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Microsoft rewards search -- but only with Internet Explorer As a sign of how desperate Microsoft is to draw U.S. Internet users to its Live Search site and away from rival Google, the company is now offering frequent flyer miles to frequent searchers -- but only if they surf with Internet Explorer: Users of Firefox, Chrome or Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft to Buy European Shopping Comparison Site Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, the owner of a European price comparison Web site ciao.com, for about $486 million. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Microsoft to Buy European Price-Comparison Firm Microsoft is acquiring Greenfield Online, owner of the price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million, to bolster its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Microsoft slates IE8 Beta 2 for next quarter Microsoft will release a second beta of IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) before the end of October, said a manager in its technical support group, who also warned Web designers to start adding a new tag to their sites or risk those sites "breaking" when the new browser ships Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft buys ciao.com to boost e-shopping search LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of popular European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Microsoft IE8 Beta 1 now available Microsoft Wednesday unveiled IE8 (Internet Explorer 8) Wednesday and posted links to what the company called "Beta 1 for developers." Anyone, however, can download and install the preview."I am pleased to announ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Yahoo to Microsoft: Cheapskate Yahoo has dusted off a three-month-old financial plan to reinforce its contention that the company is worth much more than Microsoft has offered to pay for it.The plan, presented to Yahoo's board of directors in Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's options, post-Yahoo Poor Steve Ballmer. Having yanked his offer to buy Yahoo, Microsoft Corp.'s CEO is left to run a $57 billion company that is on track for its annual orgy of profits and continues to dominate several software spheres. And he still gets to decide how -- or even if -- th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yang to Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has a message for his Microsoft counterpart Steve Ballmer: Microsoft should buy Yahoo, and Ballmer only has to say the word and Yang will be sitting at the negotiating table."To this day I w Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft: Hyper-V can compete with VMware on price, features Microsoft is the new competitor in the virtualization market, but executives outlined some of the reasons they think the company can dominate it during a Microsoft virtualization event in Bellevue, Washington, on Monday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Making sense of Microsoft's Azure Last week, Microsoft announced its cloud-computing effort, called Azure. Fitting between Google's and Amazon.com's current offerings, it represents a very big step toward moving applications off the desktop and out of a corporation's own datacenters. Whether or not it Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Opera: IE8's changes don't let Microsoft off legal hook Microsoft's rivals have applauded some of what they've seen in the new Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), but the browser maker that's complained to antitrust regulators in Europe said the changes don't address all its concerns. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft unaware of reported China investigation Microsoft said it is unaware of an investigation into whether the company unfairly dominates China's software market as reported by the country's state media on Wednesday."Microsoft is unaware of any investigati Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft unwraps search engine reward program Microsoft launched a comparative shopping feature in its Live Search engine on Wednesday. The service offers consumers a rebate on purchases made through the site, a scheme that could lure shoppers from Google and Yahoo. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft calls shots on Windows XP downgrades, says Dell Microsoft has put limits on the types of PCs that can be downgraded to Windows XP after June 30, Dell said Tuesday, a restriction that means it will offer home users the option only on machines designed for gamers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft sets hosted-services pricing, irks partners Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing for its forthcoming hosted business productivity services and unveiled its channel model for allowing partners to resell those services. However, while the company painted a rosy picture for the partner opportunity around its evol Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft can't refuse As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful en Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |