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- Yahoo-AOL: An integration nightmare on deck
- The Yahoo and AOL merger talks are proceeding at pace and now the bigwigs are conducting due diligence. In other words, a deal is quite possible, but the integration work is going to be ugly. Boomtown's Kara Swisher reports: Now, sources tell me, the circle of...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Boomtown, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Novell as Microsoft's client state
- Novell as Microsoft's client stateEntreeIt's MS who want entree into the Linux world and for Novell, well, it's 'business as usual'.Novell move forward with or without MS and only provide bridging vis a vis Mono and ZENworks and VM Xen API interfaces; all else is not IP infringed unless MS...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake?
- Yahoo has made it official: It is teaming up with Google on search advertising, but the ripple effects--both short-term and long-term--are just beginning. The two companies have announced a broad agreement where Yahoo uses Google's text advertising, but stops short of completely outsourcing search. Among the key...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Termination Fee, Text Advertising Business, Carl, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- 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
- 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
- Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft
- It's crunch time for the Microsoft-Yahoo saga. Yahoo reports first quarter earnings on Tuesday and if the results are good the company could get a little negotiating leverage against Microsoft, which is chasing Jerry Yang & Co. like a lovelorn teenager. Microsoft reports its earnings on Thursday and will be...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yang, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts
- Updated: The Microsoft-Yahoo saga appears to be heading toward closure, but there are multiple loose ends to tie up. Microsoft has set the pace with a three week deadline--quickly becoming two weeks--for Yahoo to join negotiations, but Jerry Yang and company are proving that they have more strategic alternatives in...
- Tags: Antitrust, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microhoo, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost
- Alternative energy folks should be smiling as gas expected to soar in cost...One of many negative side effects of higher gas prices that many are overlooking is food prices will concurrently rise.Right now it's not looking good no matter your stance on the green energy debate. The bottom line is...
- Tags: Right Now IT, Alternative energy folk, alternative energy
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- Yahoo: Business is fine and we're worth more; Do you buy it?
- Yahoo: Business is fine and we're worth more; Do you buy it?Yes, but MS is still going to get themFrom an advertiser's perspective, I have little doubt they're going to do just fine. Between their search inventory and their display ads on a wide range of high-volume properties, they're...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-18
- Microsoft's Mundie: Lots of Yahoo, Microsoft redundancies
- There is "lots of redundant development" going on at Microsoft and Yahoo, especially in the search and advertising arenas, according to Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie. No kidding, say MicroHoo watchers. There's Microsoft adCenter and Yahoo's Panama; Windows Live Hotmail and Yahoo Mail; Live...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Microhoo: Lots of questions and still no new answers
- In an e-mail sent to Microsoft employees on February 22, Microsoft Platforms & Services President Kevin Johnson reiterated to Microsoft's employees why Microsoft is continuing to pursue its goal of buying Yahoo. The e-mail was not triggered by any new developments, a Microsoft spokeswoman said. It was...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Research & Development, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Strategy, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- 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
- $44.6 billion dollars!?!?!
- I was going to write on another topic related to my recent post on the subject of antitrust and Microsoft. That, however, seems less relevant for now given the news that Microsoft is bidding to purchase Yahoo, with the current offer on the order of $44.6 billion. ...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft-Yahoo: Putting the moving parts together
- Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo looks pretty compelling on paper. The deal even makes for a nice PowerPoint slide on synergies, but putting these two behemoths together could be difficult. Why? There's a lot of overlap. First let's get the slides out of the way. On Microsoft's...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, It service Management, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft's bid for Yahoo: Google could play spoiler and bid too
- Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo in a deal that on the surface looks like a no-brainer. Unless Google bids too. The logic behind a Google bid for Yahoo makes a lot of sense. In fact, Google buying Yahoo makes more sense to me than Microsoft buying...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo; May change the search game; Bid could rise
- Microsoft said Friday that it is making an unsolicited offer of $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, to buy Yahoo in a move that would give the software giant more market share and become a significant threat to Google. In a statement, Microsoft would allow Yahoo shareholders...
- Tags: Game, Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Proposal, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Microsoft preps for hostile takeover of Yahoo!
- Microsoft just announced a $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the half-cash, half-stock offer in a brutal carrot-and-stick open letter to Yahoo!'s board of directors. The Redmond giant appears to laying the groundwork for a hostile takeover if it comes to that. Ballmer...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Common Stock, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
- Hackers bring down Panama assembly Web site
- Hackers bring down Panama assembly Web siteIronyIt seems more than a little ironic that those who profess to be champions of democracy and self-determination in the mid-east are so willing to take revenge when democracy in Panama clashes with "American interests." It makes it appear to the world that our...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Channel management, Gonzales, Web site, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Fsum (zip)
- Free command line utility for file multi-checksum generation and verification. Most common use: checking files for corruption. A hash/checksum calculation might be performed on data before transferring(downloading/uploading) it from one location to another. Making the same calculation after the transfer (download/upload) and comparing the former and latter results, you can...
- Tags: SlavaSoft, Fsum, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-01-15
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