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- 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
- News to know: Nook; Yahoo; Sun; Net Neutrality; Apple; Windows 7
- 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 Burnette: Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader Matthew Miller: B&N Nook ebook reader revolutionizes...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Yahoo's search strategy: We're not fighting "the megawatt war"
- At Yahoo's press event yesterday, there was some grilling about the new features in search and how much of that had to do with the long-anticipated search deal the company cut with Microsoft last month. If you'll recall, the 10-year pact between the two companies involved Microsoft...
- Tags: Strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Corporate Communications, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Microsoft Bing: What does Yahoo think?
- Lots of reviewers, pundits and even Dancing with the Stars king Steve Wozniak already have weighed in with what they think about Microsoft's new Bing search engine. But what about Microsoft's search rivals -- and specifically its former takeover target, Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- News to know: Microsoft; Amazon; SOA; AMD
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft bends a little on Windows 7 due date Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings call...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cybersecurity, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Operating Systems
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route
- Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en routeThank You Scott MacNealy!In this case you need to look at what the CEO wanted. He wanted to give away the Brand for money. It was only going to give a one time payday, no matter how big.Most CEOs would go...
- Tags: Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., following-The
- Discussion threads 2009-04-06
- Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move.
- Google buy Twitter? Probably not the best move.Pay how much its worthTen bucks. Google spent millions on MySpace - only to have Facebook rise out of nowhere. Don't you think that if Google bought Twitter, some other service would pop up? It's not rocket science to do what Twitter has...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Viruses and worms, Twitter, Google Inc., Jaiku
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android
- Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- News to know: Amazon; Windows 7 beta; Ozzie; Facebook
- 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: Five things every Windows beta tester should know Zack Whittaker: Students and the Windows 7 release candidate Larry Dignan: Kindlenomics: Keep...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, TomTom, Online Photo, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Brittany, Linux, Ultrawideband (UWB), Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo?
- Yahoo has confirmed that Carol Bartz is its new CEO. Now the real fun begins: Turning around Yahoo amid a horrid economy and deciding whether to do a search deal with Microsoft. But first Bartz will need a No. 2 as Yahoo president Sue Decker will resign. ...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carol Bartz, BoomTown, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins
- Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun beginsmerger mayhemIf Yahoo had succumbed to the M$ takeover - the outcome would have been the M$ acquisition of the search feature, the anihilation of the downloadable office package [why would M$ allow this to exist when they are SELLING their inferior...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., merger, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-13
- Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins
- Updated: Yahoo will reportedly name Carol Bartz, former CEO of Autodesk, as CEO. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bartz has accepted the offer, capping a two-month search for a new leader. Bartz, 60, is the executive chairman of Autodesk. She stepped down from CEO of Autodesk...
- Tags: Autodesk Inc., Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Carol Bartz, Corporate Governance, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Report: Microsoft in stealth Yahoo takeover?
- Techcrunch, quoting anonymous sources, is reporting that a group of Silicon Valley executives and investment bankers are proposing a takeover of Yahoo - with the help of financing from Microsoft. The proposal calls for a premium of about 20 percent over Yahoo's current share price, which closed...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Users reporting 30 GB Zune failures
- Users reporting 30 GB Zune failuresZuneInsiderThe Zune team know about it and are looking into it. You can check their progress on twitter @ http://twitter.com/ZuneInsiderThe 4 Gig versionswe gave to the kids this year have had no issues to date.I assume the software/hardware to be much the same between models,...
- Tags: GB Zune failure, GB Zune, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Satyam â€" Time for a real (early) Spring Cleaning
- A Holiday Gift for Litigators? Could this be the story of the year for 2009? The news about Satyam in the last few days has been disconcerting, to say the least, and it has thrown a cloud of doubt on the Indian services...
- Tags: Satyam, Upaid, SarbOx, Corporate Governance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Real Estate, Investment, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, It Operations, Finance, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Yahoo settles shareholder suit; Partially removes severance roadblock
- Yahoo said Wednesday that it has settled a shareholder suit and altered a severance plan that was viewed as an obstacle to a takeover. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Techmeme, Yahoo said it amended a generous severance plan that would have been triggered...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- News to know: Adobe; Windows 7; Sun; SOA; Apple
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study Michael...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Linux, Web Services, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move
- Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Internet, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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