AFP - Microsoft is considering a new attempt to buy part of Yahoo in a deal with other media companies that would likely see a break-up of the Internet firm, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
AP - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:00:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
InfoWorld - Micro Focus and Microsoft are working to bolster efforts to enable Cobol-based mainframe applications to run on Windows and also plan a version of CICS for .Net. -- read full article
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp is preparing a
new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has
approached other media companies about joining it in a deal
that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street
Journal said.
AP - Yahoo Inc. shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft Corp. has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.
PC Magazine - After some speculation last week, Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it will acquire San-Francisco based search company Powerset. -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Many computer users -- especially businesses -- have decided to forgo upgrading to Vista, citing its cost, resource requirements, and incompatibilities with older software. -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - The software vendor is continuing down a path that's cut the total number of licensing programs from more than 100 last year to 26. -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on
Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is
working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights
from linguistics rather than simple keyword strings.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Under Powerset's hood is decades-in-the-making natural-language processing technology the company licensed from the Palo Alto Research Center, formerly of Xerox. -- read full article
Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:32:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
Reuters - Orbitz Worldwide Inc said on Tuesday
its Orbitz.com and ebookers.com websites have replaced Expedia
Inc as the travel agencies for Microsoft Corp's Internet arm
MSN.com in the United States and the United Kingdom.
