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    Icahn hits back at Yahoo, suggests deal with Google (AFP)

    In the latest tit-for-tat over Yahoo, billionaire Carl Icahn, seen here in 2005, renewed accusations Friday that the Internet giant misled shareholders and suggested a joint search deal with Google if Yahoo cannot be sold to Microsoft.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AFP - In the latest tit-for-tat over Yahoo, billionaire Carl Icahn renewed accusations Friday that the Internet giant misled shareholders and suggested a joint search deal with Google if Yahoo cannot be sold to Microsoft.


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    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:39:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn to Yahoo: Sell to Microsoft for $49.5 Billion (PC World)
    PC World - Carl Icahn increased his pressure on Yahoo, demanding that the company put itself up for sale for a little more than US$34 a... -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:40:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn recommends Yahoo set a $49.5B sale price (AP)

    In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. Activist investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo to tell Microsoft it's willing to be sold for $49.5 billion, about $2 billion above the Microsoft's last offer, Friday, June 6, 2008, for the Internet pioneer. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP - Hoping to negotiate a compromise, activist investor Carl Icahn urged Yahoo Inc. to declare it's willing to sell for $49.5 billion — about $2 billion above Microsoft Corp.'s last offer for the Internet pioneer.


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    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:36:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Desktop Virtualization: Vista's Secret Weapon? (PC World)
    PC World - As Microsoft continues to recommend that business customers not pass over Vista in favor of the forthcoming Windows 7, the... -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:20:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Bluetooth, IE to Get Critical Microsoft Patches (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft will release three critical security updates next Tuesday. A total of seven updates are planned. -- read full article
    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:30:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo fires back, says Icahn 'manipulates' facts (AFP)

    Jerry Yang, Co-Founder & CEO of Yahoo, at a lecturn on April 3 in Washington, DC. Yahoo has fired back at billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the corporate raider AFP - Yahoo fired back at billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the corporate raider "misrepresents and manipulates" the facts in a dispute over a failed merger deal with Microsoft.


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    Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:05:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Step Down Within 10 Years (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The head of the world's largest software maker says he will retire in nine or 10 years when his last kid goes away to college. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:06:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft's Ballmer Touts Vista-To-XP Downgrade Program (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The licensing policy for Windows Vista lets customers downgrade it to Windows XP, Ballmer notes. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:58:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Businesses Use Microsoft Robotics, But Not For Robots (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Companies like MySpace and Tyco are using elements of the developer studio's Concurrency and Coordination Runtime to manage business processes and intranet services. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:42:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Details Oslo Modeling Vision (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The heterogeneous SOA software for Visual Studio will have tools called Architecture Explorer and Architecture Layer Diagram for visualizing application logic in current code. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn tells Yahoo board to scrap severance plan (AP)

    Visitors pass a Yahoo tent at an electronics show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The battle of control for Yahoo has taken another nasty turn after billionaire investor Carl Icahn accused top management of the Internet giant of deceitful actions to sabotage a takeover bid from Microsoft(AFP/Files/Robyn Beck)AP - Dissident investor Carl Icahn escalated his attacks on Yahoo Inc.'s beleaguered board Wednesday in an acerbic letter demanding the directors scrap an employee severance plan that drove up the potential costs of a Microsoft Corp. takeover.


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    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:23:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft sees parallel app development as future trend (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - With multi-core processors becoming a preferred method for building more powerful computers, Microsoft anticipates that a key trend for the future of application development will be accommodating parallel systems. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:44:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to Aid Developer Teams With Modeling (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft plans to add architecture modeling and validation against application code to its Visual Studio Team System. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:50:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo Exec Touts New Deals, Says Microsoft Talks 'Ongoing' (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Yahoo President Susan Decker announced a round of new ad partnerships on Wednesday while downplaying speculation about a deal with Microsoft. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:41:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn Says Yahoo CEO, Board Sabotaged Microsoft Acquisition Bid (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The billionaire financier claims the "poison pill" severance package for Yahoo employees was deceitful and killed off talks between the two tech companies. -- read full article
    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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