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Mozilla execs raise objections to Microsoft's browser-ballot proposal

At the end of July, Microsoft officials shared publicly the company's browser-ballot proposal made to the European Commission antitrust regulators. On August 17, execs with Microsoft rival Mozilla weighed in with new and more detailed objections to Microsoft's proposal. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Proposal, Exec, Corporate Law, Regulations, Security, Business Operations, Government, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-08-20

Proposal Pack Wizard 4.5 (Windows)

Proposal Pack Wizard is a software add-in for Microsoft Word for Windows which manages your business proposals, grants, contracts, quotes, bids and other complex business documents. It provides mail merge, management of multiple proposals, assembly of many types of proposals (general business, grants, business plan funding, quotes, book publishing, technical,...

Tags: Proposal, Cyber Sea, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Sales, Office Suites

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Emulex to Broadcom's merger overture: No thanks

Emulex on Monday said its board has rejected Broadcom's unsolicited takeover offer at $9.25 a share.  In a statement, Paul Folino, chairman of Emulex's board, said the Broadcom offer was an "opportunistic attempt" to get the company on the cheap. Emulex argued that Broadcom knew that the...

Tags: Merger, Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Proposal, Company, Corporate Governance, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Leadership, Investment, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-04

EZ Contract Proposal 2.4 (Windows)

EZ Contract Proposal allows the end user to quickly create itemized contract proposals for their clients with professional appearance. Document can be formatted to resemble other in house letterheads including logo and font. Features include spellcheck, automatic completion of words and phrases, automatic calculation of all totals including sub-total, sales...

Tags: Proposal, Wade Instruments, EZ Contract Proposal, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Sales, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-03

ProposalSmartz 4.0 (Windows)

ProposalSmartz Desktop appears as an add-on to the Word tool bar. The software is easy to use with a tabbed interface. Rather than starting from scratch and taking hours to flesh out your proposal you can now access our bank of ready content and edit as per your need. Select...

Tags: Proposal, NetSmartz, ProposalSmartz Desktop, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2008-09-23

Geoengineering may be tech's answer to global warming

There's already money going into developing geoengineering plans to combat rising temps on this planet. Shell Oil has stepped forward as an early supporter. There are a myriad suggestions on how to use mega-engineering projects to combat global warming. Sulphurous gases sprayed into the upper atmosphere. ...

Tags: Global Warming, Proposal, Geoengineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Yahoo to Icahn: You misunderstand

Yahoo's board has responded to activist investor Carl Icahn: "Your letter reflects a significant misunderstanding of the facts about the Microsoft proposal." That letter--delivered by Icahn earlier Thursday Techmeme--has one theme: Yahoo's board botched the Microsoft deal and hasn't served shareholder interest. In its...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Yang hits back at Ballmer; mentions antitrust concerns

That didn't take long. Two days after Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a three-week acquisition ultimatum to Yahoo's board, Yahoo answered with its own letter. Signed by CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman of Yahoo Board Roy Bostock, the Yahoo letter reiterated that Yahoo feels Microsoft's $44 billion...

Tags: Antitrust, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost

Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...

Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Walker's four point health reform plan

David Walker, the nation's Comptroller General right offered a four-point plan for our health care system in recent Senate testimony. Walker is one of the few government officials you might consider bias-free, because the Comptroller General serves a single 15-year term. In other words,...

Tags: Health Care, Proposal, Walker, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to employees: We're looking at other options; Don't get distracted

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang told employees in an email that the company has made "absolutely no decisions" about Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited bid. He added that the board is also looking at other strategic alternatives. He also urged employees to forge ahead and not let "any of...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Proposal, Corporate Governance, E-mail, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-04

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

Brief: 4

This is the fourth excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. From chapter 2 "Evaluating IT Proposals 2.1 Processes and ground rules Three kinds of IT proposals come to the board for...

Tags: Project, Information Technology, Board, Benefit, Bottom Line, Decision, Proposal, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-02-01

Watch these FTC privacy principles and expect a skirmish

Along with its approval of Google's DoubleClick acquisition Thursday the Federal Trade Commission outlined some core privacy principles that may have a bigger impact than the merger over time. While Google's acquisition of DoubleClick is getting all of the attention (Techmeme, blog post and news story) these...

Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, FTC, Proposal, News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Pipes, is that the answer to save life as we know it?

There's a proposal being put forth to stop the earth from over-heating. It comes from James Lovelock and Chris Rapley, two British scientists. It's just appeared as a letter to Nature. And I'm not the first blogger to take note. The proposal...

Tags: Earth, Proposal, Blogging, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-26

Google proposes global privacy standard

Search giant wants standard based on actual harm to consumer, but a privacy advocate says the proposed guidelines are weak. While Google is leading a charge to create a global privacy standard for how companies protect consumer data, the search giant is recommending that remedies focus on whether...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, DoubleClick Inc., Security, Elinor Mills, Corporate & legal, Proposal

News items 2007-09-13

Dealing With Short TCP Flows: A Survey of Mice in Elephant Shoes

Short web transfers that dominate the Internet suffer from TCP's inadequate provisioning for short flows. This paper surveys ten proposals that attempt to solve one or more of the problems of short flows, and suggests general criteria to evaluate them. The proposals range from T/TCP in 1992 to RIO-PS in...

Tags: Mouse, TCP, Survey, Proposal, University Of Delaware, Tcp/Ip, Marketing Research, Networking, Marketing

White papers 2007-01-01

FaithBase Pro 4.1 (Windows)

Using FaithBase Pro you can create winning donor-specific proposals that get grants every time.

Tags: Grant, Proposal, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2003-07-26

Will Canada force ISPs to spy?

The Canadian government is considering a proposal that would force Internet providers to rewire their networks for easy surveillance by police and spy agencies. WASHINGTON--The Canadian government is considering a proposal that would force Internet providers to rewire their networks for easy surveillance by police and spy agencies. ...

Tags: Internet Provider, Canada, Proposal, Cybercrime Treaty, Internet, Government, Declan McCullagh

News items 2002-08-28