Posted by: clickry on: May 23, 2008
Microsoft has opened a new front in the battle with Google, the search engine group, in the increasingly ferocious struggle for control of the online services market. The software giant has said that users of its popular e-mail and instant messaging tools on mobile phones will display advertisements for the first time. Those using Windows [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 21, 2008
After vague statements over the last weeks about internal investments that will allow it to compete in search without Yahoo, Microsoft on Wednesday laid out more of its vision for improving on its current “underdog” position in search. While describing some new search technologies from Microsoft and some future ideas, executives were also cautious to [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 16, 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reflects on Windows Vista Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system has been on the market for consumers for a little over a year now. During that time, the operating system has seen its fair share of both praise and criticism. As is customary with Windows operating systems that have been on the [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 11, 2008
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Live Mesh, which will be demonstrated at the Web 2.0 Expo at San Francisco’s Moscone Center West later Wednesday, is a platform. That’s what Amit Mital, Live Mesh general manager, calls his company’s new data and management service. ‘Tis the season of platforms. Facebook has one. So does Bebo and MySpace. Google [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 10, 2008
Monopoly allegations against Microsoft go back several years Microsoft has appealed against a 899m euros ($1.4bn; £680.9m) fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. The penalty – the largest ever from the European Commission – came after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its market position. [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 5, 2008
Microsoft’s dramatic decision this weekend to withdraw its offer for Yahoo and not pursue a hostile bid raises a whole host of questions. What happens to Yahoo now? What happens to Microsoft? Or is this just a tactic to drive down the price of Yahoo’s shares so that Microsoft can go hostile with a lower [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 5, 2008
A week ago, the family was stuck on I-95 between Washington and New York for seven hours. The Meatgrinder, as it is affectionately known to us, had a little case of congestion and after five hours of quality time, we were reduced to silently hating the intermittent FM signal and the brake lights that framed [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
Summary Of Today’s News: Negotiations between Yahoo and Microsoft, widely expected to result in a negotiated deal by Monday, fell apart today. There were a number of statements, all summarized below. Steve Gillmor also convened a special session of the Gillmor Gang at 7 pm to analyze the news – The transcript is still being [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 4, 2008
Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after the two companies could not agree on a price. The breakdown in the talks followed a meeting on Saturday morning in Seattle between Microsoft’s chief executive, Steven A. Ballmer, and Yahoo’s chief and co-founder, Jerry Yang, according to a person briefed [...]
Posted by: clickry on: May 3, 2008
After a months-long standoff, Microsoft and Yahoo are now engaged in active merger talks, people involved in the discussions said Friday. Microsoft, which had threatened to abandon its bid, has increased its offer “by several dollars” per share, one of those involved said. A deal, however, was not close Friday night, these people said. The [...]
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