PC Magazine - Microsoft said Tuesday that it will deliver a feature-complete beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8 by this August, and the second beta of its Silverlight plugin by the end of this week. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:09:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Yahoo executives dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft made its takeover offer earlier this year, according to court documents made public on Monday. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:30:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The move would allow system vendors to preload the Home edition of Windows XP on nettops through June 2010, or about one year after Windows 7 becomes available. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Outraged by new details about Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to complicate Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid, activist investor Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be fired to lure Microsoft back to the bargaining table.
InfoWorld - Microsoft this October will launch Community Technology Previews of the three primary components of its Oslo project for model-driven software development, a company official said at the TechEd 2008 conference in Orlando, Fla., on Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - For example, among the gamers who remembered Adidas ads placed by Massive in 2K Sports' "Major League Baseball 2K7," 73% said the ads enhanced the realism of the game. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:16:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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.
