AP - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc.
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
