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Daily Debrief: Can the SS Yahoo steer past the shoals?

After a series of high-profile resignations at Yahoo, Charles Cooper and CNET News.com's Editor-in-chief Dan Farber assess how senior management is likely to respond.

Tags: Editor-in-chief, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Yahoo, Microsoft, Delicious, Joshua Schachter, Jerry Yang

Videos 2008-06-20

Staying current with Microhoo

CNET News.com's Editor in Chief Dan Farber and Charles Cooper discuss the tangled web that is Microsoft and Yahoo. Also, they delve deeper into the latest news and speculate what the near future might bring for each company. Could Microsoft be interested in Facebook too?

Tags: Editor-in-chief, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, News, dan farber, charles cooper, microsoft, yahoo, facebook

Videos 2008-05-19

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

Short Clip: Creating a culture of innovation

Robert Fort talks to ZDNet Editor-in-Chief Dan Farber about how his company encourages its employees to take chances with new product lines. by Administrator

Tags: Innovation, Editor-in-chief, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Administrator

Blog posts 2006-10-10

Additional Resources

Wall Street: MSFT should buy Yahoo, consider RIM

A Wall Street investor has suggested that the stars may be aligned just right for Microsoft to make another run at Yahoo, this time for $22 per share. Investment fund Mithras Capital, which owns more than 1.9 million shares, or 0.14 percent, of Yahoo, said Microsoft has a window of...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Financial Accounting, Search, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Finance, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available

Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...

Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Unipro UGENE (exe)

Unipro UGENE integrates most of the important molecular biology tools within a single graphical environment. UGENE runs on Linux, Windows, and MacOS platforms. Unipro UGENE view and analysis of annotated DNA or protein sequences, huge files support, native support of zipped documents, and chromatograms visualization. Number of DNA plots supported...

Tags: Algorithm, DNA, Biology, UniPro, Unipro UGENE, Biotechnology, Engineering

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Mp3 File Editor (exe)

Mp3 file editor is a program that can help and assist the music enthusiast to organize and maintain his or her digital music collection. Support for both ID3 tagging versions, batch editing, re-naming, exporting and even sorting of your Mp3 files based on their tags. This version is the first...

Tags: MP3, BistoneSoft, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Neoxen Qwined 2008 (exe)

Qwined is a Multilingual Technical Editor supporting nearly 100 Programming Languages and Configuration File Formats out of the box. It is localized for nearly 30 languages covering all the continents. It features Code Folding, Syntax Styling, Regional Selections, and Regular Expressions. Qwined is highly configurable and it integrates into Windows...

Tags: Neoxen Systems, Qwined, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-10-10

Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organized

Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organized"... your only hope."?Quoting:These groups are actively signing-up companies and insurers and soon, if you need an operation, they may be your only hope.[End quote]Not disagreeing, but wondering what you believe is soon to happen.RE: Medical tourism to Mexico gets more organizedHi Dana -...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Health Travel Guides, health care, tourism

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?

Is Microsoft's fatal flaw the computer?Not realy, their flaw isThey honestly believe they know vastly more than everyone else, refuse to listen, and miss major oportunities.Not a fatal flaw, but MS recognizes the need to change.MS became dominant, the big dog with selling it's and only it's OS on PCs...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., fatal flaw, flaw, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Start-up looks to extend battery life

Intel-backed ZPower's silver-zinc battery is set to make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year, promising batteries that are 95 percent recyclable and 40 percent longer life. Intel-backed start-up ZPower may be the first to introduce an alternative to the ubiquitous lithium-ion laptop...

Tags: Battery, Intel-backed ZPower, Mercury, Battery Life, Engineering, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, batteries, laptops, ZPower, silver-zinc battery

News items 2008-10-09

Auction Decorator - Auction Editor Wizard (exe)

Create and publish professional looking auction listings for ebay and others without special knowledge or steep learning curve. Auction decorator is a full WYSIWYG application What You See Is What You Get that makes your auction listings look like Web pages. Create and save as many advertisements and presentations as...

Tags: Advertisement, Auction Decorator, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-09

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...

Tags: Associated Press, Alaska, Sarah Palin, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed.

IBM, surprising Wall Street today with an early release of its quarterly earnings, reported a 20 percent in net income and EPS of $2.05. The company also reaffirmed its forecast of at least $8.75 for the year, a 22 percent increase from a year ago. Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman,...

Tags: IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Updated: Restraining order against RealDVD stands

Update: BetaNews reports the injunction is in place until Nov. 17. And they point out the impact of an extended injunction can be substantial. In Real's case, however, this is just one more product; not having it doesn't fundamentally interrupt the business model. Or does it? I recall when the...

Tags: Rights-management, Violation, Copy Protection, Robert Moore, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Ask revamps for faster Web search, more relevance

Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google. NEW YORK--IAC Corp's Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Reuters, search, Google

News items 2008-10-07

Jewel Twist (dmg)

Fun Match-3 game with over 100 unique levels. Match your way through challenging puzzles, accompanied by soothing music and beautiful background images. Jewel Twist features an intuitive and easy to use interface, in-game hints, and a level editor. Version 1.01 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Background Image, Kristanix Studios, Jewel Twist, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-07

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Shuttle KPC K-4800

We liked Shuttle's $230 KPC K-4500 PC mostly because it was one of the cheapest complete desktops around. This higher-end model is a different story. We should qualify "higher end," because the Shuttle KPC K-4800 still starts at $299. But at that price, it's closing in on standard Windows PC...

Tags: Shuttle, K-4800, Shuttle KPC K-4800, KPC K-4500

Product reviews 2008-10-06