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Partial Microsoft-Yahoo deal won't appease investors The big money interests behind the scenes of the Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. drama -- or in the case of activist investor, Carl Icahn , stridently in front -- are unlikely to be happy with any revived talks between the two companies short of Microsoft's making a fu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion Microsoft has offered to buy Yahoo for around $44.6 billion in cash and shares, to better compete with Google in the market for online services.CEO Steve Ballmer made the offer in a letter to Yahoo's board of di 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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Microsoft Shells Out $486M for Research Firm After failed Yahoo buyout, Microsoft opens its wallet to crack the European search and e-commerce market. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Internet.com |
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Update: Microsoft tries again to improve volume pricing Microsoft has unveiled a new program that allows its larger customers to combine separate product licensing agreements under one master contract, which could help them to get bigger volume discounts.The move, an Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo a mere front end for Microsoft hosted apps? While dealing logistically and technically with their overlapping online offerings will certainly prove troublesome if its bid to purchase Yahoo succeeds, Microsoft will at least have an immediate outlet for bringing more of its traditional desktop portfolio to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ozzie is key to Microsoft's success against Google The departure of Microsoft's founder and iconic leader Bill Gates comes at a pivotal time in the company's history as it struggles to compete with Google, the architect of the new Web economy and perhaps the company's most formidable foe ever. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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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 bid caps turbulent week Microsoft's offer Friday to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in cash and shares put a turbulent end to a heavy earnings week in which forecasts from Internet leaders worried IT investors.Internet leaders Google, Yah Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft acquires desktop virtualization firm Kidaro Microsoft continues to step up its virtualization push, with the acquisition of desktop virtualization management software developer Kidaro.Without disclosing a purchase price or when the deal is expected to clo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft Buys European Shopping Site For $486M (AHN) (AHN) - Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, the parent company of European shopping website Ciao.com, for $486 million. - Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:11:49 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Microsoft to buy data-warehouse appliance vendor Microsoft continues its shopping spree to bolster its SQL Server database platform to make it more suitable for large-scale enterprise deployments. On Thursday the company said it plans to buy DATAllegro, a privately held maker of data-warehouse appliances. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's mobile task: creating a browser you can love With the pending 2009 release of Internet Explorer Mobile 6, Microsoft is making a major change in its approach to the mobile Web. And it's about time, according to some.The new browser isn't a secret but it's o Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft shows off collaborative search tools During an annual conference to display internal research, Microsoft demonstrated a project designed to help people collaborate on search.After downloading a small program, a SearchTogether user will see a sideba Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft, Intel to fund multi-core research at UC Berkeley Microsoft and Intel will unveil on Tuesday a plan to fund university research into new ways to program software for multi-core processors, Microsoft confirmed Monday.The companies will unveil funding for researc Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft offers push e-mail with new SMB servers Microsoft is offering smaller businesses the same kind of Windows Mobile push services that enterprises get with new versions of its server software, expected to be launched on Wednesday.In addition, as part of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo weighs options as Microsoft drama continues Yahoo is weighing its options to accept a buyout by Microsoft or consider tie-ups with other companies, in particular a reported plan to join forces with AOL, as a way to stave off the software giant's advances. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |