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Gallery: Ballmer-Bartz ink Microhoo deal: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer poses with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz as they sign a 10-year pact where Microsoft will power Yahoo search and Yahoo becomes the sales force for Microsoft's premium properties. by Andy Smith; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., CEO, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Microsoft, Yahoo, merger, Andy Smith; Image galleries 2009-07-29
Rumor mill about Yahoo's future goes into overdrive: ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about the many variables at play in the Yahoo saga. Dignan also sifts through some of the theories about the search giant, sorting the probable from the impossible.; Tags: Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo, search, rumor, Microsoft, Jerry Yang, Sumi Das; Videos 2008-12-03
Yahoo shareholders express frustration: The fireworks show at Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting wasn't quite as bright as expected. CNET's Kara Tsuboi talked to dissatisfied shareholders after the Friday morning meeting in San Jose, Calif., and got an earful about their frustration with CEO Jerry Yang, Yahoo's stock price, and the general direction of...; Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, Kara Tsuboi; Videos 2008-08-04
Daily Debrief: Yahoo turns the page: News.com's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber discuss the aftermath of the company's long-awaited reorganization news.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Page, News, charles cooper, dan farber, yahoo, jerry yang, susan decker, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer; Videos 2008-06-27
Daily Debrief: Yahoo's health checkup: In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company more than four months after Microsoft's takeover bid. What do all the recent staff departures mean and why hasn't Yahoo better articulated its plan to move forward?; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, dan farber, yahoo, board, carl icahn, microsoft, acquisition; Videos 2008-06-12

Daily Debrief: Icahn's plans for Yahoo: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Dawn Kawamoto, discuss Carl Icahn's plans for Yahoo, and the possibility of ousting Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and others to get Microsoft back to the table.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., News, charlie cooper, dawn kawamoto, daily debrief, microsoft, yahoo, carl icahn, jerry yang, sue decker; Videos 2008-06-04
Abuzz over Microsoft's Yahoo bid: On the streets of Silicon Valley Friday, everyone from software engineers to grandmas was analyzing Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with one alum of both Microsoft and Yahoo about why he favors the deal.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., News.com, Tools & Techniques, Management, microsoft, yahoo, kara tsuboi, internet, bill gates, silicon valley, bay area; Videos 2008-02-01
Code execution hole in Yahoo Widgets: A serious security flaw in an ActiveX control that ships with the Yahoo Widgets could put users at risk of PC takeover attacks.The vulnerability, rated "highly critical" by Secunia, is caused due to a boundary error within the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (YDPCTL.dll) ActiveX control when handling the "GetComponentVersion" method. This can be...; Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets; Blog posts 2007-07-27
Gillmor's Internet plate tectonics: Steve Gillmor riffs on my post about Yahoo's lack of a social networking hub, where I state: "Yahoo is about making connections, but right now its more of loose federation of Web applications and servicesâ€"many spokes without a strong hub to hold together a social Web. Yahoo 360 has been...; Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, SaaS, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, MySpace, Microsoft, iPhone, IBM, Google, Facebook, Apple, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-07-01
Exploits released for nasty Yahoo Webcam ActiveX flaws: Less than 24-hours eEye Digital Security released a pre-patch advisory for "high risk" flaws in the Yahoo Messenger software, an unknown hacker has published exploit code for dangerous holes in two ActiveX controls installed by default by the Yahoo Messenger package.The zero-day exploits see code here and here could allow...; Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Microsoft, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets; Blog posts 2007-06-07
Google YouTube: Will Microsoft, Yahoo have last laugh?: Robert Scoble headlines: â€œGoogle to Yahoo and Microsoft: The $1.65 billion was worth it,â€ as an end game conclusion to Googleâ€™s much ballyhooed Universal Search:Â Ahh, now you all understand what I meant when I said YouTube is a moat, not a revenue generator. By putting YouTube results into Googleâ€™s main...; Tags: Copyright, Content, Google, Google Ads, Microsoft, Search Advertising, Video, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google: All Aboard!: Information Architects New Years gift to the world was: Web Trend Map 2007!What is it?It shows all the big players, the current Internet trends and how they’re connected, using the Tokyo Metro map. It’s totally unscientific and almost useless, but definitely fun to look at. Fun indeed. But what is...; Tags: Culture, Google, Microsoft, Web 2.0, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-05-14
What Microsoft Yahoo merger? WSJ vs. NY Post: Google beware: Does Microsoft lust for Yahoo?So claimed the New York Post, courtesy of unidentified “sources,” in a touted EXCLUSIVE.Now, the Wall Street Journal is offering its own unidentified sources, with a different take:Microsoft and Yahoo discussed a possible merger or other matchup that would pair their respective strengths, say...; Tags: Yahoo, Newspapers, Microsoft, Google; Blog posts 2007-05-05
WSJ: Yahoo, Microsoft talks no longer active: The Yahoo-Microsoft talks are apparently no longer active, according to the Wall Street Journal, which just updated its story. The Journal reports: Microsoft and Yahoo in recent months discussed a possible merger of the two companies...; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, General; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Would MSN Yahoo make Google sweat?: Rumors are circulating that Microsoft is looking to purchase Yahoo for $50 billion. If the deal actually went through (Microsoft tried this in 2006 as well), would it put significant pressure on their business? I can already hear Eric Schmidt saying something along the lines of "Competition is...; Tags: Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Acquisition; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Microsoft and Yahoo deal: Decker, Liddell play big roles: If a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo happens itll be because of two chief financial officers--Sue Decker and Christopher Liddell. Decker left, arguably the heir apparent to CEO Terry Semel at Yahoo, is considered to be the most valuable executive at the company....; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, General; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Google beware: Does Microsoft lust for Yahoo?: Microsoft and Yahoo sitting in a tree, KISSING!So it would seem, given the “inspired” meet-up of Microsoft top brass with the Yahoo CEO, at Microsoft’s downtown Seattle Strategic Account Summit next week.Joanne Bradford, Corporate Vice President, Chief Media Officer, MSN, has honors at the event, taking to the stage with...; Tags: Yahoo, Microsoft, Google; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Microsoft hot for Yahoo: Is it for real this time?: Will Microsoft pull the trigger on a long-rumored acquisition of Yahoo?The New York Post thinks so. The Post is reporting that Microsoft is asking Yahoo to formally enter merger negotiations. Talks have been going on informally for years. After being...; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, Google, General; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Podcast: Yahoo and Microsoft, Google versus the world and more...: This week on the Dan & David Show, I offer my take on the Web 2.0 Expo that occurred this week, and we dig into juicy comments made by Yahoos Executive Vice President Jeff Weiner and Googles CEO Eric Schmidt during interviews at the Expo. Weiner talks nostalgically about the...; Tags: Web Technology, Personal Technology, Office 2.0, Microsoft, General, Yahoo, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, Government, Google, Dan &, David Show, Adobe; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Yahoo (and others), get your act together!: In this ubiquitous world of Web 2.0 there is simply no excuse for it...and Im fed up!I go to Yahoo several times a day to check on news headlines and stock quotes, but I find myself getting more and more frustrated. Anytime you find a link to view a video...; Tags: Web 2.0, Yahoo, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-04-12