.
  | Home > Technology > Microsoft .
  • Webmasters - Get FREE dynamic news headlines on your website!

    Get Microsoft Headlines emailed to you daily.
    Email:
    Join
    Unsubscribe


    Microsoft Headlines
    Icahn tells Yahoo to sell for $48.7 billion (Reuters)

    Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals  and  Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange, June 27, 2007. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Carl Icahn on Friday told Yahoo Inc that it should offer to sell the company to Microsoft Corp for $34.375 per share, or about $48.7 billion, as the financier fired another volley in an acrimonious war of words.


    -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:17:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft's Ballmer to Retire in a Decade (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer plans to retire as early as 2017, a Microsoft representative confirmed Friday. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:52:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn Would Hand Yahoo Search To Google If No Microsoft Deal (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Corporate raider Carl Icahn also plans to replace Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang if he takes control of the company's board. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Windows XP To Windows 7 A Risky Path, Microsoft Warns (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Customers that don't deploy Windows Vista are missing out on proven benefits such as better security, productivity, search, mobility, and manageability, says a Microsoft executive. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:35:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Looks To Improve Windows Mobile Music (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Looking to take on the iPhone, a Microsoft exec said mobile music will be a huge business opportunity. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:18:00 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 is willing to accept a takeover offer of $49.5 billion — about $2 billion above Microsoft Corp.'s last bid for the Internet pioneer.


    -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:38:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Plans Seven Security Fixes Next Week (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The "important" flaws affect Windows Internet Name Service, Active Directory, and Pragmatic General Multicast. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:12:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Symbian, Microsoft Not Fearing Linux Inroads In Cellular Market (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - The efforts of Google and others to push open-source software in cellular networks are nothing new and won't have a big impact, say executives with Microsoft and Nokia, the largest providers of smart phone software. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:00:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Ending the Hardware/Software Rat Race (PC World)
    PC World - Could Microsoft's decision to extend the sales deadline for Windows XP signal a major strategic shift? -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Silverlight to back Ruby, Python in browser (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to enable the Python and Ruby languages to be used for client-side development of rich Internet applications that leverage the company's Silverlight browser plug-in technology. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:28:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Bill Gates can't bring himself to leave Microsoft entirely, while Carl Icahn can't leave Yahoo alone. -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn tells Yahoo to sell for $48.7 bln (Reuters)

    Investor Carl Icahn speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals  and  Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange, June 27, 2007. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Carl Icahn on Friday told Yahoo Inc that it should offer to sell the company to Microsoft Corp for $34.375 per share, or about $48.7 billion, as the financier fired another volley in an acrimonious war of words.


    -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:42:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    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.


    -- read full article
    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.


    -- read full article
    Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:36:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    More Microsoft Headlines Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 Next

    Question? Comments? comments@sourgrapes.org | Hosting by Wallanet