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Top 10 things Michael Arrington should do to protest Microsoft's bad behavior: TechCrunch's Michael Arrington is miffed. Microsoft crossed a line by ganging up on Yahoo with Carl Icahn. Arrington outlines his case, but the last sentence is what intrigued me: "I'm all for a merger. But I won't stand by quietly while Microsoft destroys what's left of...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Help Desk, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, It Operations, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft-Yahoo on again?: Microsoft-Yahoo on again?This will go on, and on, for some time to come yet. And, we thought therewould be nothing to entertain us this month!!! But, MS has the money, and as FireFox numbers keep on creeping up, and Googles numbers still rising, MS is also getting even more desperate...; Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Microsoft-Yahoo on again?: Carl Icahn and Steve Ballmer announced plans today for Microsoft to acquire some or all of Yahoo if the current board was ousted in an upcoming election on August 1st. While they didn't come out and say it was a done deal, it does appear that Microsoft is still interested...; Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms: Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...; Tags: Corporate governance, Micro$oft, board, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Confirms, Steve Ballmer; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board: Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...; Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-07

MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers: Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammersIt is impossible to manage...networks the size of Google with technology alone. It takes a real live person. Now we can expect more spam coming from these networks. Spam that will be harder to filter. If these companies can't manage their networks in...; Tags: Spam, E-mail providers, Yahoo! Inc., Google Gmail, CAPTCHA, spammer, MSN Hotmail; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHA broken by spammers: Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail's CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes. ...; Tags: CAPTCHA, MSN Hotmail, Google Gmail, Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, HIP Character, E-mail Providers, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance: Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade danceCorporate Communism!This is an example of what I call Corportate Communism. Microsoft is showing it's anti-capitalist leanings. When companies like Microsoft can't compete in the market, they buy the competitor. Some argue that's capitalism. I...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Government, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft's never-ending pursuit of Yahoo: More awkward than an 8th grade dance: Microsoft still has the hots for Yahoo and now wants to enlist partners to win the target's search business. Yes, folks the Microhoo saga continues and boy are these two crazy kids awkward. According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is still trying to airlift the search...; Tags: Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Blog posts 2008-07-02
A boon to the Webtop: Adobe makes indexing Flash in search easier: It's a big day for rich Internet applications. Why? You can now find these newfangled Web applications a lot easier. Google, Yahoo and Adobe have teamed to make Flash file format content easier to find. Adobe said in a statement Tuesday that it has worked with Google...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo! Inc., Rich Internet Application, Flash, Search, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-01
News to know: Apple patches; Adobe; XP-Vista; Yahoo: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities. David Morgenstern: Apple releases Leopard 10.5.4 update Apple update notice. Robin Harris: Why computers fail Adobe: Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Patch Management, Apple Inc., IBM Consulting Service, Web 2.0, 3G, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders: Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholdersCome on Yahoo!Show the money grabbers that the company is worth more than M$'s dollars!Yahoo should just DIAF... I'm almost sure this will go down as a huge failure of fiduciary duty of the board towards the shareholders . Also, Who would...; Tags: Financial accounting, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Yahoo posts Icahn scoreboard; Touts Google pact to shareholders: Yahoo on Monday filed its shareholder pitch with the Securities and Exchange Commission as its proxy fight with activist investor Carl Icahn gathers steam. Much of the presentation was designed to "correct the record" on everything from the company's compensation plan to how the Microsoft bid went down. But Yahoo...; Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Reorg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-30
EatCam Webcam Recorder for Yahoo Messenger (exe): Webcam Recorder records Web cams to AVI files and watch them whenever you want. Work with Yahoo Messenger. Audio can be recorded from any source. With Webcam Recorder you can replay some of your favorite moments. Webcam Recorder can record anything which can be displayed on your screen Web cams,...; Tags: Yahoo IM, Webcam, Recorder, Yahoo! Inc., EatCam; Software downloads 2008-06-30
Gates: Yahoo deal unlikely: During his last day as a full-time Microsoft employee, Microsoft's Bill Gates told Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo was likely. NEW YORK--Microsoft's Bill Gates told journalist Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo was likely, CNBC reported on Friday. ...; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Tom Brokaw, Internet, Reuters, Microsoft, Yahoo; News items 2008-06-27
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
Yahoo creates three new teams to report to Decker: Yahoo creates three new teams to report to DeckerThat would suckPromoted to a team that will be gone along with Yang...; Tags: Team management, Decker, team, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Yahoo creates three new teams to report to Decker: Yahoo unveiled its fourth reorganization in the past 18 months. Yahoo hopes its three new divisions will centralize its Internet products--all will report to Yahoo President Susan Decker. San Francisco--Yahoo unveiled on Thursday its fourth reorganization in the past 18 months as the embattled company seeks to focus on...; Tags: Team, Yahoo! Inc., Division, Team Management, Internet, Reuters, Yahoo, reorganization, management; News items 2008-06-26

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