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News He repeated his familiar refrain that Microsoft will ultimately be able to rival Google with or without Yahoo! Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday that its on-again, off-again talks with Yahoo! At the right price and with the right speed of... [25 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! profits dip - yet claims 'strong' Q2
News Yahoo! Yang said in a statement accompanying the financial results: "Yahoo! The company is in the midst of changes: a slowing economy, nearly half a year spent fending off Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo! [23 Jul 2008]
Microsoft slams Google-Yahoo! ad deal
News Microsoft has said the proposed deal between Google and Yahoo! to use Google's advertising technology with Google ads appearing next to Yahoo! The deal would allow Yahoo! He said the $800m Yahoo! estimates the deal could generate will come out of... [16 Jul 2008]
Google's search share continues to creep up
News Over the same period, Yahoo! Google's steadily increasing search share neared 70 per cent in June in the United States, according to new figures released yesterday by Hitwise. Google crossed the 60 per cent share threshold in July 2006, analyst... [16 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! rejects latest Microsoft deal
News s existing business plus its recently signed commercial agreement with Google has superior financial value and less complexity and risk than the Microsoft/Icahn proposal…The major component of the overall value per share asserted by Microsoft... [14 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! 'Boss' offers up search to build on
News It might well be that no single company becomes as dominant as the top three search engines - Google, Yahoo! In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo! With Boss Yahoo! The Boss API to Yahoo! [10 Jul 2008]
Five ways Microsoft could change after Gates
News The $44.6bn bid that Microsoft tabled for Yahoo! And while Yahoo! Currently Google has a massive lead in this area. For this to work, obviously the platform needs to be as open as possible, especially if it plans to compete on the same level as... [07 Jul 2008]
Email: The tip of the cloud iceberg?
News Matthew Cain, a research VP at Gartner, said the past few years have created the environment for cloud based technology with big players such as Dell, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! The use of internet hosted email services - such as Microsoft's... [03 Jul 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! chatting up old flames?
News Microsoft and Yahoo! Microsoft - rebuffed this year in efforts to buy all of Yahoo! Meanwhile, talks have continued for months between Yahoo! and Time Warner over a potential merger of AOL with Yahoo! [03 Jul 2008]
Skype calls on ex-Motorola exec
News He helped strike deals with Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Internet calling provider Skype said yesterday that it has hired Scott Durchslag, a former Motorola executive, to become its chief operating officer. [02 Jul 2008]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News They hated the idea of a Microsoft Yahoo! As the end of an era draws near, silicon.com looks at what Bill Gates' departure will mean for the company he founded and made into such a phenomenal success in this new world now dominated by the internet... [24 Jun 2008]
Microsoft, Yahoo! talks break down
News Microsoft's plan to establish a strong footing in online advertising suffered a big blow on Thursday as merger talks with Yahoo! finally, formally failed and Yahoo! Separate statements from Microsoft and Yahoo! [13 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! said no to Google before Microsoft bid
News should outsource its search-ad sales to Google, executives were prepared to argue that any short-term gains would derail Yahoo! Microsoft challenged the possible Google-Yahoo! Government regulators also rushed to say they would investigate any... [03 Jun 2008]
Microsoft-HP deal plans to boost Live Search
News Research firm comScore said Google's US web search market share rose to a record 61.5 per cent in April, while Yahoo! The agreement, which takes effect next January for new PCs in the US and Canada, displaces a similar one HP has with Yahoo! [03 Jun 2008]
Microsoft to woo online searchers with cash back
News The move comes as Microsoft continues to trail Google and Yahoo! Microsoft has announced a programme to give customers cash back when they use Microsoft's Live Search as the starting point when making a purchase. [22 May 2008]
