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Yahoo's shareholders chance to talk

Yahoo's shareholders chance to talkShareholders turning into a lynchmob!The Yahoo board is out for what's good for them not shareholders! Turning down $13 per share profit is just plain crazy! They are milking the company and refuse to do the right thing and sell out to MS! FSB is in...

Tags: Financial accounting, shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo board, FSB

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Microsoft says Yahoo is rewriting history; Time Warner blocks former AOL chief from Yahoo board seat.

Microsoft says Yahoo is rewriting history; Time Warner blocks former AOL chief from Yahoo board seat.Nothing to negotiate.Microsoft offered them plenty more than Yahoo was worth. There was nothing to negotiate. The board is just trying to cover their butt with the current lawsuits pending against them. If they were...

Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft says Yahoo, Yahoo board, board, Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp., America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-01

Yahoo board of director resigns; Shareholder meeting delayed

Yahoo board of director resigns; Shareholder meeting delayedMisleading post title?The story only says about one director resigning, but the title makes it sound as if the entire board resigned!What the...?That's some jaw-dropping headline you have there. I thought you just left out the 's' in directors. Better change...

Tags: Corporate governance, SHAREHOLDER MEETING DELAYED, Yahoo board, board, Yahoo! Inc., shareholder

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the pot

Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the potBallmer may be in a hurry to buy Yahoo before the value goes up any more.But, no reason for Yahoo to get in a hurry.Real negotiations......aren't conducted through open letters. This is an ultimatum and is properly read as "take the offer...

Tags: Corporate governance, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo board, Yahoo! Inc., Get Off, pot, board, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-05

Report: Yahoo board to meet on Microsoft offer

Report: Yahoo board to meet on Microsoft offerSay goodbye to the internetIf Microsoft buys Yahoo and rapes the internet just like it did with the PC.Just DO IT...Stop waffling and sign on the line which is dotted. Friends, Yahoos, countrymen, Microsoft has come to bury Yahoo not to praise it....

Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo board, Microsoft Corp., board, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

HP's Joshi joins Yahoo board

HP's Joshi joins Yahoo boardI wonder if he was one of the 15,000.... ? ntnt

Tags: Corporate governance, Joshi, Yahoo board, board, Yahoo! Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2005-07-22

Additional Resources

A single search index would speed up the entire Internet

Such cooperative efforts never work in the real worldIt's not like you can government-mandate this, because the internet is worldwide. And when you have this many groups involved that depend on this for making profits, you'll never get a consensus agreement on the finer details, and you'll never get everybody...

Tags: Robots, crawler, search-index, robot, Google Inc., Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Google offers 20GB online storage for price of a latte

Or get 25GBfor free with SkyDrive from Microsoft.ThanksI did not know about purchasing added space for Gmail and Picasa. Good to know and yes I do have a ton of photos :)Re: Or get 25GBNice! I'll take the 25GB for free, with a latte.Perhaps an idea for Mr Andrew Nusca...

Tags: E-mail, Google Inc., SkyDrive, latte, storage

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

My Top Scary Technology Trends

The Most Terrifying:Google.Kills good companies by handing out "freebies". VERY scary.Machines replacing humansI thought they were tools to enhance our experience on earth.The worst is when customer is an AI telephone. "I'm sorry, could you repeat your last phrase. I did not understand". I thought the buttons were bad enough.RE:...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Google Inc., hardware, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

News to know: iPhone; Win 7 upgrade answers; Psystar; SOA; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Finally, some answers to Windows 7 upgrade questions Dion Hinchcliffe: Are the iPhone and social networks making...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Psystar, Photograph, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Icahn to resign from Yahoo board

What a surpriseHe wanted to rape the company and pocket a ton of money like all modern American "investors".I hope no one really thought he wanted to build yahoo into something better.We know. But still, merging with Microsoft might be a good idea.Don't you think?Dittoditto. I really don't like the...

Tags: board, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Icahn to resign from Yahoo board

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who launched a proxy war for control of Yahoo after co-founder Jerry Yang rejected a Microsoft takeover last year, said he will resign from Yahoo's Board of Directors, according to reports. Noting that the board no longer needs an activist, Icahn said he is...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Aardvark's new design: simpler, cleaner, and kinda like Twitter

If you haven't played with Aardvark yet, you haven't fully experienced the power of the Internet. If you are unfamiliar, Aardvark lets you ask a question and promises an accurate answer from a trusted source in under five minutes. If you use...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Question, Aardvark, Vark, Spam, Web Site Development, CSS, Desktop Publishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Samsung UN46B8000

Photo gallery: Samsung UNB8000 series As the most expensive horse in Samsung's stable of edge-lit LED-based LCD TVs, which the company calls "LED TVs" in most of its marketing materials, the UNB8000 series is differentiated from its cheaper herd mates by the addition of 240Hz processing. If you're...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung UNB8000, TV

Product reviews 2009-09-25

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

OpenID, meet the U.S. government

The U.S. government has now joined the OpenID effort. Ten technology players said Wednesday that they will support President Obama's initial pilot programs to make it easier to register and work with government Web sites. OpenID is an identity system for the Web that lets people use...

Tags: Web, Web Site, U.S. Government, OpenID, Government, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Sony loses bid to force royalties out of webcaster

On the hunt for money to beef up their rapidly deteriorating industry, the Big Four record labels sued LAUNCH, owned by Yahoo, and currently operated by CBS Radio CBS also owns ZDNet. Their gripe: LAUNCH lets users create channels by genre and skip songs they don't like. This, they claimed,...

Tags: Sony Corp., Predictability, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google

Strange guesses or hopes?[i]"Advertisers migrate to Microsoft today since it will have the ad platform going forward"[/i]Why? Google makes MS look like a microbe and advertisers want to be where the money is, i.e. where the [b]people[/b] is.What MS has is an effort to copy Google and make money on...

Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., Bing, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Schmidt resignation: Is Apple search on the way?

When the first iPhone came out two years ago I was astounded that there was no way to search its contents: Searching For Search On the iPhone One year later, in 2008, after many updates to the software and new hardware: still no search function! Only now, in the...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Search Engine, Apple Inc., Search, Branding, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-04