AFP - Microsoft said Friday it is ending its quest to create an online library of the world's books as the technology titan revamps its strategy to battle Internet search king Google.
AP - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc. -- read full article
Sat, 24 May 2008 00:05:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft's bid for Yahoo indicates an acquisition hunger that could prompt it to gobble up a chain of smaller companies, venture capitalists said Wednesday. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 14:15:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The numbers raise questions about whether Microsoft's failed attempt to acquire Yahoo would have been worth it. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 18:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Legg Mason funds manager Bill Miller says Microsoft should revive talks to acquire the Internet portal. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Google billionaire co-founder Larry Page criticized a potential Microsoft takeover of Yahoo, saying it would concentrate too much power in the online communications market, stifling innovation and curbing competition.
Reuters - The first thing Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer thought of when a Hungarian student attacked him with
eggs this week was that he had to keep his suit clean, he said
on Thursday.
Reuters - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
said on Friday the acquisition of Yahoo was never
viewed as strategic and added the company had $50 billion to
spend on other acquisitions.
Reuters - The judge who signed a
landmark European antitrust ruling against Microsoft
said on Thursday he was surprised by the large size of a record
899 million euro ($1.42 billion) fine imposed by the EU
executive against the software company after he had retired.
Reuters - The EU executive will investigate if
steps announced by Microsoft Corp to make it easier
for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office
would give consumers greater choice.
Reuters - Bill Miller, the star portfolio
manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, has not yet decided
whether to support a dissident board slate at Yahoo Inc
backed by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
AP - European Union regulators said Thursday they will consider Microsoft Corp.'s promise to make its Office productivity programs work more seamlessly with competing software.
AP - Google billionaire co-founder Larry Page said Thursday the Internet search leader opposed a Microsoft-Yahoo deal because it would monopolize the online communications market, stifle innovation and curb competition.
AP - The European Commission on Thursday cautiously welcomed Microsoft Corp.'s announcement it will make its file format for storing documents compatible with that of rivals but the latter termed the move insufficient and a delaying tactic.
