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News Microsoft gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo! the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The newspaper reported on its website that Microsoft's bankers put out subtle...
[08 May 2008]
News Verizon Communications's business unit said yesterday it would help build an undersea cable connecting Europe, India and the Middle East in order to expand its global network and support internet traffic.
[07 May 2008]
News told Reuters in an interview that he had "mixed feelings" about the weekend outcome, after investors showed their disappointment over the break-up of negotiations by sending Yahoo! Yang told Reuters the company would take care to structure any new...
[06 May 2008]
News William Zeitler, head of IBM's systems and technology group, told Reuters: "Energy efficiency has become a critical business metric, like product reliability and customer satisfaction. IBM has launched tools to reduce computer energy consumption as...
[01 May 2008]
News Microsoft's board met yesterday to discuss its stand-off with Yahoo! over its takeover bid but failed to reach a decision on what to do next, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Microsoft's board of directors is still weighing whether to...
[01 May 2008]
News Google believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo! because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking has said.
[29 Apr 2008]
News Ballmer said in Belgium recently, according to Reuters: "XP will hit an end-of-life. Facing a 30 June deadline to stop selling PCs with Windows XP, the world's largest computer makers are getting creative.
[28 Apr 2008]
News Microsoft has given Yahoo! no hope of a higher takeover price, and said it is ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo! maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal. Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell said on a...
[25 Apr 2008]
News According to Reuters, during a news conference Ballmer said: "XP will hit an end-of-life. Reuters reported: "We've sent them a letter that says, 'it's a good price; please let us know. The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated.
[24 Apr 2008]
News Microsoft is prepared to walk away from its $43.6bn bid for Yahoo! if the two sides can't agree on a price, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. Speaking at a technology conference near Milan, Ballmer said Yahoo!
[24 Apr 2008]
News Apple's chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer also told Reuters he expected gross margin in the June quarter to be similar to the March quarter's 32.9 per cent, which was down from 35.1 per cent a year ago.
[24 Apr 2008]
News Ballmer said yesterday during a visit to Morocco, in comments first reported by Reuters: "I wish Yahoo! On that basis, Wall Street analysts, on average, were looking for a profit of nine cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.
[23 Apr 2008]
News Microsoft has begun testing technology that brings together a user's pictures, documents and other data scattered across a growing number of machines with the goal of allowing people to access their information from anywhere and at any time.
[23 Apr 2008]
News South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group, following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust.
[22 Apr 2008]
News According to Reuters, Murdoch said at an event Monday: "[It] depends on the deal. In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a Saturday deadline for Yahoo! to come to the bargaining table or else face a proxy fight.
[22 Apr 2008]
News Excluding one-time items and stock option expenses, profit was $4.84 per share, comfortably ahead of the average Wall Street forecast of $4.53 on Reuters Estimates. Internet leader Google said yesterday it saw no impact from a weakening US economy...
[18 Apr 2008]
News New industry data out this week shows Yahoo! may have started gaining share in the web-search ad market against Google, even as Google's share of search audience inched up. One study by RBC Capital using data on ad-buying trends from web-search...
[17 Apr 2008]
News A telecoms ministry spokeswoman told Reuters: "The next meeting is on 21 April. The Indian government will hold its next meeting with BlackBerry-maker RIM next week, a government official has said, as the two sides look for a way to meet India's...
[17 Apr 2008]
News AMD, the second-largest maker of computer processors after Intel, has said Phil Hester, the company's chief technology officer, has resigned and that the company does not plan to refill that position.
[15 Apr 2008]
News Yahoo! which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to accepting Microsoft's takeover offer, has become a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their media allies, sources have said.
[10 Apr 2008]
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