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Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fine: On May 9, Microsoft asked a European court to overturn a $1.4 billion fine imposed by the European Commission for Microsoft's alleged failure to comply with an antitrust ruling against the company. The fine (originally tallied at about $1.3 billion) -- on top of the $1.2 billion...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Sales Force Management, Servers, Software, Business Operations, Sales, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Blockbuster can start due diligence on Circuit City: Circuit City said Friday that it is exploring strategic alternatives and will allow Blockbuster and investor Carl Icahn to "conduct additional due diligence." Last month, Blockbuster announced a rather perplexing plan to acquire Circuit City in an attempt to take two struggling retailers and make one strong...; Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Blockbuster Inc., Diligence, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A rundown of 'L'affair Microhoo': CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber takes a few minutes to highlight the key points in all the corporate maneuvering of Microsoft's would-be acquisition of Yahoo and gives his take on where the failed bid leaves both companies.; Tags: News, dan farber, microsoft, google, yahoo, mergers, internet, stock market, Editor-in-chief, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; Videos 2008-05-08
Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly: Trying to parse Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' every utterance in search of clues about what Microsoft is doing next is a dangeous game. (Remember the recent Windows 7 date confusion spurred by a recent Gates' utterance?) On May 6, headlines across the Web declared that Gates told...; Tags: Facebook, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-07
WiMax saved: Sprint, Clearwire form joint venture; Google, Intel among backers: Sprint and Clearwire have combined their WiMax businesses to form a new venture that will be focused on next generation broadband services. The company will be backed by $3.2 billion from the likes of Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. This new venture,...; Tags: Google Inc., Clearwire Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-07

Photos: Cracking open the Nintendo Wii Remote: TechRepublic explores the design and circuitry of Nintendo's Wii Remote. by CNET News.com; Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Photograph, Nintendo Wii, CNET News.com, Corporate Governance, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Networking; Image galleries 2008-05-07
Brain Freeze - The Meltdown (exe): Brain Freeze - The Meltdown is a great puzzle game that exercises your grey matter. The object of the game is to match the pictures hidden behind the game pieces on the game board. You can only display two pictures at a time. If they do not match, as shown...; Tags: Picture, Brain Fart, Games, Corporate Governance, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law; Software downloads 2008-05-07
The four horsemen of SaaS: Taleo's acquisition of Vurv, announced today, is a clear play by the SaaS vendor for breakout leadership of the people management sector — one of the hottest segments of the enterprise SaaS landscape, populated by fast-growing startups such as recent Nasdaq entrant SuccessFactors along with privately held Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand,...; Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Taleo Corp., Vurv, Software As A Service (SaaS), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-06
MSFT walks away from YHOO: The antitrust connection: It's interesting that such a large part of Steve Ballmer's letter giving up on the Yahoo deal focused on the antitrust implications of Yahoo's deal with Google. In four separate bullet points, Steve explains Microsoft's "particular concern" over the arrangement: undermining Panama, harming engineer retention, giving Google even greater dominance...; Tags: Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-04
Microsoft withdrawals bid for Yahoo, Google wins: In a press release from Microsoft yesterday, Steve Ballmer said that it officially withdrawals it's bid for the acquisition of Yahoo, and cites the deal with Google as the main contributing factor for his decision. "In our view, such an arrangement with [Google] would make an acquisition of Yahoo!...; Tags: Google Inc., Withdrawal, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-04
Effect on Yahoo will be debilitating: In part one of this comment (Febuary 2/08 ) I said: Some mergers are defensive, some are driven by competitive opportunity, and others largely by management egos and investment bankers hooking for commissions. This seems to be one of the latter: Yahoo was over valued relative to its...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Heads, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Free Trade, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-04
Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the right call. He walked away from Yahoo. Last ditch talks about a friendly merger between Microsoft and Yahoo unraveled when Yahoo wouldn't budge from an asking price of $37, $4 a share more than Microsoft was willing to pay (Techmeme). Given...; Tags: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microhoo, Microsoft Windows, Financial Accounting, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-03
Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground: Some -- probably many -- are going to portray Microsoft's decision announced on May 3 to withdraw its Yahoo bid as a victory for Yahoo and a defeat for Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer & Co. Me? I see this as the smartest thing Microsoft could do. In...; Tags: Web, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-03
House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act: So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...; Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Will eBay's Craigslist gambit backfire in the court of public opinion?: Updated: EBay has gone public with the details of its lawsuit against Craigslist and its two shareholders Craig Newmark and James Buckmaster. While suit details alleged self-dealing by Newmark and Buckmaster and a rift over eBay's Kijiji unit, which competes with Craigslist, it's worth pondering the motives--and perceptions--here. ...; Tags: Craigslist, eBay Inc., Newmark, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Can Deep Green help a combat commander?: University of Southern California (USC) researchers are developing several parts of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Deep Green program. Their efforts are intended to help commanders on the battlefield to anticipate enemy moves. 'The system interweaves anticipatory planning with adaptive execution to help the commander think ahead, identify...; Tags: Program, Battlefield, DARPA, Corporate Governance, Data Mining, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet: Update: Microsoft's board met Wednesday to mull over its next move regarding its Yahoo board, but couldn't reach a decision. The Wall Street Journal, which has been tipped off, cites "people familiar with the matter," also known as Microsoft, and reports an announcement could now come later...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Journal, Corporate Governance, Portals, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Crytek: We seem to lead the charts in piracy by a large margin: PC Play has an interview with Cevat Yerli, president of the German studio Crytek, the studio that bought the first person shooter Crysis. In this interview, Yerli states that piracy is a big problem for Crytek, and I think I know why. PC Play: How do you estimate the...; Tags: Performance, PC, PC Play, Crysis, Games, Piracy, Desktops, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy; Microsoft's big move: Wall Street is a big prediction market and traders are increasingly getting antsy about Microsoft's next move regarding Yahoo. Thus far, Microsoft has kept people guessing, but may reveal its plan on Wednesday. As we all know, Microsoft's negotiate or else deadline passed on Saturday and it...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wall, Wall Street, Corporate Governance, Construction, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Email voting for overseas troops?: The Pentagon is pushing states to allow email balloting for troops overseas but so far few states are playing along, AP reports. "The personnel that fight our wars, the people who are most affected by the decisions on the use of the military, are being...; Tags: State, E-voting, E-mail, Corporate Governance, Government, Online Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-29