Microsoft Yahoo Merger Finally a Reality?April 30th, 2008 Months after Microsoft announced its intention to buy Yahoo, it appears they are finally coming together. Microsoft appears to be willing to raise the price to 32-33$ per share while Yahoo board would be satisfied with $35.
Yahoo, Microsoft reach search and ad partnershipJuly 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft have reached a 10-year deal in which they hope to tackle the online dominance of Google, media reports said Wednesday. Under the terms of the deal, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.
A brief description of what it means when Yahoo farms out its search engine to MicrosoftJuly 30th, 2009 A look at how the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will workAlthough Yahoo and Microsoft could soon be working together on Internet search, their collaboration would mostly occur behind the scenes. Consumers would still see Yahoo's logo striped across Yahoo.com.
Yahoo, Microsoft link up in challenge to Google (Second Lead)July 29th, 2009 NEW YORK - Internet search firm Yahoo and software giant Microsoft announced Wednesday a 10-year deal in search and advertising operations in a bid to challenge the online dominance of Google. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo will use Microsoft's new search engine on its sites and handle some advertising sales for Microsoft.
Microsoft Tightens Noose on Yahoo BoardApril 5th, 2008 Yahoo has three weeks to accept Microsoft's $31 per share combined cash and stock offer or Microsoft may lower its bid and also take its offer directly to Yahoo investors, Microsoft said on Saturday. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer said in a letter addressed to Yahoo's board of directors that "now is the time" to negotiate final terms of a deal.
Microsoft, Yahoo join forces to challenge Google (Third Lead, changing dateline)July 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tech giants Microsoft and Yahoo reached a long-awaited partnership Wednesday in a bid to challenge Google, which holds a 65 percent market share in online search. Under a 10-year deal, websites from both companies would use Microsoft's Bing search engine, which could now integrate Yahoo's considerable trove of search technology.
A chronology of events leading to Microsoft and Yahoo's Web advertising dealJuly 29th, 2009 Timeline: Microsoft, Yahoo's road to partnershipA chronology of key events leading to Microsoft Corp.'s deal with rival Yahoo Inc.:
Feb. 1, 2008: After more than two years of talks and speculation, Microsoft makes unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for $31 per share, or $44.6 billion.
Some key statistics on Microsoft, and Yahoo and GoogleJuly 30th, 2009 Microsoft, Yahoo and Google at a glanceMicrosoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft-Yahoo deal draws antitrust probeSeptember 11th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - The US Department of Justice is looking into the advertising and search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo, the companies said Friday. Yahoo and Microsoft, which trail a distant second and third respectively to Google in the internet search market, announced their deal in late July in a bid to combine forces and challenge the web giant.
Microsoft's fetish with Sun servers?March 12th, 2005 A tale of Microsoft's dalliance with Sun. Shocking pictures leaked by a careless Microsoft blogger reveal a love that dare not speak its name.
Yahoo Photos is Closing.. So What?September 7th, 2007 You too may have received a sad notice from Yahoo Photos:
Dear Angsuman,
Thank you so much for using Yahoo! Photos. Before we go, we can help you move your photos to Flickr, Yahoo!'s other photo sharing service.
Yahoo board shrinking to 11 directors with resignation of Maggie Wilderotter at year's endSeptember 25th, 2009 Yahoo director to step down at end of yearSUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo workers if search partnership wins regulatory approvalAugust 5th, 2009 Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo workersSAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft Corp. will hire at least 400 workers from Yahoo Inc.
Yahoo Offers Local Phone No. With VOIP Telephony For $2.99March 22nd, 2006 Yahoo lanuched a service to provide local telephone number for $2.99 per month. The calls will have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones.
Unix Utilities for Windows NT / 2000 / XPMarch 7th, 2006 The following collection of useful Unix utilities can be obtained for free on Windows platform without requiring to install Cygwin. df - Shows the free space on disk, also it shows: cluster count, cluster size, free clusters.