AP - The executive in charge of Microsoft Corp.'s search efforts acknowledged Tuesday that the company's "Live" brand for search and online services leaves much to be desired. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:20:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
NewsFactor - In a revelation that could have wide-ranging implications for Yahoo, documents unsealed in a shareholder suit show the company rejected a deal to outsource search to Google just one day before Microsoft made its infamous takeover offer. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:41:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - Amid concerns that users of its Window XP Service Pack 3 operating system may be vulnerable to online attacks, Microsoft has... -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC World - Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can incude the operating system on low-cost desktops. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:20:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Yahoo Inc executives dismissed a
search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns,
one day before Microsoft Corp made its takeover offer earlier
this year, according to court documents made public on Monday.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is making its Windows
operating system available to low-cost desktop PCs, as cheaper
laptops enjoy booming demand globally, the software giant said
on Tuesday.
AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang pushed for an employee severance program that made it more expensive for Microsoft Corp. to engineer a takeover even after an outside consultant questioned the plan's generous benefits, according to previously sealed documents in a shareholder lawsuit against Yahoo.
PC World - Microsoft has made an agreement with a payment processing company whose technology could have range of uses when linked with... -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:40:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AFP - Microsoft offered 40 dollars a share to buy Yahoo in 2007, according to court documents unsealed in a class action lawsuit to protest the failed buyout.
Reuters - IBM will offer help desk service
for its Symphony line of software, raising the competition with
rival Microsoft Corp's suite of Word, Excel and
PowerPoint.
NewsFactor - On Monday, Microsoft heralded a search distribution deal with market-leading PC manufacturer Hewlett-Packard. All HP consumer PCs shipped in the U.S. and Canada, beginning in January 2009, will arrive with Microsoft's Live Search-enabled toolbar. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:30:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
