NewsFactor - As Bill Gates enjoyed his last day as a Microsoft employee Friday, rumors swirled that CEO Steve Ballmer was ready to make a powerful move to improve search capability. An unconfirmed report in VentureBeat said Microsoft will acquire semantic-search start-up PowerSet for $100 million. -- read full article
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:55:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Bill Gates said a teary
goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp , the software
maker he built into the world's most valuable technology
company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on
every desk and in every home.
Reuters - Yahoo Inc unveiled on
Thursday the third phase of an extended reorganization,
bolstering the operational control of President Sue Decker, as
the company hones its independent strategy after rebuffing
Microsoft Corp.
AP - Now that Bill Gates is stepping away from his daily duties at Microsoft Corp., he's going to dive deeper into the work of his $38 billion charitable foundation, established a decade ago. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:27:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Emphasizing that the agreement does not rule out a Microsoft takeover will likely add to speculation that talks between the two companies are quietly ongoing. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:46:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn
renewed pressure on Yahoo Inc to strike a merger deal
with Microsoft Corp and replace Chief Executive Jerry
Yang in his latest proxy filing on Thursday.
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it
started selling its new server virtualization software about
six weeks ahead of schedule, putting pressure on market leader
VMware Inc.
AP - Yahoo Inc. is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon's snub of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
Investor's Business Daily - Ending a two-year transition, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday will retire from daily operations at the software company he co-founded in 1975. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:24:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Investor's Business Daily - The transition of Microsoft's Bill Gates from full-time executive to part-time adviser was handled in an orderly and transparent way to avoid any concerns investors might have about the company losing a tech legend. -- read full article
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:26:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - It is almost unthinkable that any one human could pick up where Bill Gates leaves off when he ends his full-time tenure Friday as Microsoft's leader.
