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- Yahoo's sale of Alibaba.com stake opportunistic
- There's a fair amount of hubbub about Yahoo's decision to sell its stake in Alibaba.com, but it's really just an opportunistic trade. Reuters notes that Yahoo is selling its entire 1.14 stake in Alibaba.com, China's B2B e-commerce giant, to net about $150 million. The move makes sense...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, IPO, B2B, Investment, Taxes, Financial Planning, Financial Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
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- News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Easy Send to Alibaba 1.0 (Windows)
- Automatically sending offers to companies on alibaba.com. You set the subject, the message and click to send messages, or set to automatic sending. This application is saving your time and your mouse by automatic selecting companies end by automatic fill message form.
- Tags: Message, NB-Generalsoft, Mice, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-11
- Taobao.com Runs China's Busiest Data Warehouse on 20 Node Database Cluster
- Founded in 2003 by Alibaba.com, Taobao.com is Asia's largest online shopping Web site. The company engages in Consumer-To-Consumer (C2C) and Business-To-Consumer (B2C) trading and has a 70% share of the online market in China. Taobao.com has used Oracle Database and clusterware products since 2004, building an enterprise data warehouse to...
- Tags: China, Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., Taobao.com, B2C, Databases, Storage, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- iPod nano cases spotted with camera holes
- Earlier today I wrote about the discovery of silicone case for the iPod touch that feature a hole in the top rear -- largely believed to accommodate a new camera similar to the one found in the iPhone 3GS. We can now add the iPod nano to...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Nano, Camera, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Alipay.com Increases Development Productivity by 2.5 Times and Minimizes IT Management
- Founded by the Alibaba Group, Alipay.com is an independent Chinese payment platform provider. The company offers simple, secure, and quick online payment solutions for e-commerce activities. It needed to ensure the efficient processing, extraction, and analysis of large amounts of business data, enable the business intelligence team to meet the...
- Tags: Data Analysis, IT Administration, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Yahoo's Bartz: "No comment" on Microsoft deal (but maybe a hint)
- updated: Yahoo's earnings announcement - the actual financial numbers, that is - seems to be more of a formality these days. In a call with analysts today, CEO Carol Bartz made references to outsourcing or partnering pieces of Yahoo's business as the company rethinks its strategy under her leadership. Can...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Managed Hosting, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, IPO, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Services, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Is it possible to build a $20 laptop?
- Is it possible to build a $20 laptop?It is a really silly question.It is not even remotely possible. There has to be a subsidy. You can't even build a 7 inch DPF for $20.00.Tax dollars would be $3000 for a $400 laptopntThe Incredible Bread MachineLast line:Bread is half...
- Tags: BIOS, PRODUCTIVITY, Taxes, Notebooks, Digital music, laptop computer, computer, Is it Possible
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- Top search engines in Asia-Pacific in July 2008
- Top 10 Properties Searches, mln. Share of Searches Total Internet 27,059 100.0 Google Sites 9,073 33.5 Baidu.com Inc. 7,406 27.4 Yahoo! Sites 5,342 19.7 NHN Corporation 1,239 4.6 Alibaba.com Corporation 823 3.0 TENCENT Inc. 513 1.9...
- Tags: Search Engine, ComScore Networks Inc., Asia-Pacific, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Top search engines in Asia-Pacific in April 2008
- Top 10 Properties Searches, mln. Share Total Internet 22,363 100.0 Google Sites 8,737 39.1 Yahoo! Sites 5,366 24.0 Baidu.com Inc. 3,725 16.7 NHN Corporation 1,178 5.3 Alibaba.com Corporation 488 2.2 Microsoft Sites 401 1.8 ...
- Tags: Search Engine, Site, Internet, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- 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
- Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more
- Updated: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said he was "open to all and any alternatives including a sale to Microsoft" following the company's first quarter results. The brief comments indicate Yahoo hasn't ruled out a Microsoft purchase, but wants something better than the software giant's $31 a share offer. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- News to know: OOXML; Adobe AIR for Linux; Copyright; Best midrange hardware
- Notable headlines: Paula Rooney: Microsoft's OOXML gets ISO approval ... maybe Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking OOXML standard vote down to the wire  Christopher Dawson: OOXML vs. ODF - Should Ed Tech care? ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe AIR, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Photo-sharing, Dashwire, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- What's Yahoo worth to Microsoft without Alibaba?
- What's Yahoo worth to Microsoft without Alibaba?Well done Chinafor joining the EU and the US on the anti-trust front. Now I've got a feeling that they'll be more like the EU, in actually using the anti-trust regulations, than the US, who can't because Penelope and Rupert don't allow it.Will China...
- Tags: Investment, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Worth, Alibaba, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Microhoo+update%3A+Culture+clash%2C+Alibaba+and+board+room+politics
- Microhoo+update%3A+Culture+clash%2C+Alibaba+and+board+room+politicsIronic reference to Hotmail?Hotmail currently runs on Sun Solaris, it fell over when the tried to convert it from BSD to a Windows based Exchange server or something similar.I think people are assuming for too much.First, there would be no reason for MS to be in any hurry to switch...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Microsoft Corp., MSN Hotmail, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, server
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Uh oh. Yahoo's Alibaba is antsy about Microsoft; Good luck getting to $40 a share
- Uh oh. Yahoo's Alibaba is antsy about Microsoft; Good luck getting to $40 a shareInteresting. The hostile takeover is in itself reducing the value of Yahoobecause partners are running away, employees are leaving, etc. In the end, MS is able to buy Yahoo cheaper because of the damage that THEY...
- Tags: Business structures, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-16
- Dear stockholders: Please believe us, Microsoft undervalues us
- Yahoo's latest move in the end game with Microsoft is a letter to stockholders, explaining why the company is worth more than Microsoft is offering. The global online advertising market will grow from $45 billion in 2007 to $75 billion in 2010, the letter stated, and Yahoo is poised to...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Fact, Microsoft Corp., Advertiser, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Yang's latest email missive: Future prospects worth more
- Here's a look at Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang's latest employee email regarding the company's rejection of Microsoft's bid. Microsoft called the move unfortunate. Subject: our board’s decision yahoos as you’ll see from the news release we issued today, our board of directors has reviewed microsoft’s...
- Tags: Strategy, Advertisement, Brand, Financial, Mobile, Board, Investment, E-mail, Online Advertising, Advertiser, Yang, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Top search engines in December 2007
- Search engine Searches, mln. Share, % Total Internet 66,221 100.0 Google Sites 41,345 62.4 Yahoo! Sites 8,505 12.8 Baidu.com 3,428 5.2 Microsoft/MSN 1,940 2.9 NHN 1,572 2.4 eBay 1,428 2.2 Time Warner...
- Tags: Search Engine, Search, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- News to know: Digital media ethics; Adobe flaw; AT&T; Gamemaster interview
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Where do you stand on digital media ethics? Ed Burnette: Interview with a Game Master. IBM, 'Second Life' open borders for virtual worlds. Ryan Naraine: Adobe warns of critical PageMaker, Illustrator flaws Russell Shaw:...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Digital Media, Gartner Inc., AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Flaw, Business Ethics, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Leadership, Management, Web Services, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
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