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    Microsoft, Sony Copy Nintendo's Playbook (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Nintendo raised the bar for casual, easy-to-play video games again Tuesday, as rivals Microsoft and Sony scrambled to imitate the family-friendly appeal of Nintendo's Wii game console with their own product announcements this week. -- read full article
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:49:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Lawmakers scrutinize Yahoo-Google ad partnership (AP)

    A laptop is seen under the logo of Yahoo at a trade fair in 2007. A proposed online advertising deal between Google and Yahoo drew fire from Microsoft and others at a Senate hearing Tuesday even as both companies defended the alliance as positive for consumers and businesses.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AP - Congress waded into the escalating fight over the future of Yahoo Inc. on Tuesday, demanding to know whether the Internet company's advertising partnership with Google Inc., intended to keep Yahoo out of the clutches of Microsoft Corp., raises antitrust concerns.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board (AP)

    In this May 4, 2007 file photo of Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo in New York. After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. The showdown intensified late Saturday July 12, 2008  after Yahoo revealed that it had spurned Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search engine in a joint proposal made with activist investor Carl Icahn, who is leading a shareholder rebellion aimed at removing Yahoo's current board. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:01:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    XBox 360 to stream Netflix movies (AP)
    AP - Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs. -- read full article
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:01:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Sony beefs up PS3 media ability (Reuters)

    President and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton speaks at the Sony Computer Entertainment America news conference at the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) said it would rent and sell movies and TV shows over the Internet for its PlayStation 3 video game console and double the hard drive capacity of its main PS3 model in a bid to better compete with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.OS).


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    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:32:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    AOL talks with Microsoft, Yahoo heat up: source (Reuters)
    Reuters - Time Warner Inc's discussions to merge or sell its AOL Internet division with Microsoft Corp or Yahoo Inc have taken on new urgency ahead of Yahoo's Aug 1 shareholders meeting, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:11:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Can you really live without Microsoft Office? (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - If there's one application that everybody has, and depends on, it's Microsoft Office. The newest Office, though, has met with a mixed reaction, thanks to a changed user interface that caused concern in some quarters and increased connections with Microsoft's collaboration technology that has intrigued many in IT -- but is optimized for Vista environments that have been slow to gain adoption. -- read full article
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Previews Game Lineup at E3 (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - One down, two to go. Microsoft held their E3 2008 press conference on Monday -- the first of the big three, with Sony and Nintendo following on Tuesday -- and if anyone thought the Intellisponse leaks last month meant there wouldn't be any surprises, they were wrong. Well, partly. -- read full article
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:33:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo board (AP)

    In this May 4, 2007 file photo of Times Square news ticker flashes a headline about Microsoft above a billboard for Yahoo in New York. After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. The showdown intensified late Saturday July 12, 2008  after Yahoo revealed that it had spurned Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search engine in a joint proposal made with activist investor Carl Icahn, who is leading a shareholder rebellion aimed at removing Yahoo's current board. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Apparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:45:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo tells lawmakers Microsoft seeks "fire sale" (Reuters)

    A combination image showing the (L) Microsoft and Yahoo logos. (Sebastien Pirlet - L/Rick Wilking - R/Reuters)Reuters - A Yahoo Inc executive accused Microsoft Corp of teaming up with activist investor Carl Icahn to force a "fire sale" price for Yahoo's search business.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:43:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft looks to ease Yahoo, Windows concerns (Reuters)

    A Yahoo sign is seen in Times Square in New York. Microsoft and Carl Icahn fired back at Yahoo on Monday as the corporate raider continues a quest to overthrow the struggling Internet firm's board and form an alliance with the software giant.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)Reuters - Microsoft Corp reports quarterly results this week, looking to ease the concerns of investors about slower growth at its Windows business and prove that its pursuit of Yahoo Inc is not a distraction.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:02:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft: Google/Yahoo Deal Means Less Competition (PC World)
    PC World - Senators and a Microsoft official question Yahoo's advertising deal with Google. -- read full article
    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Unveils 60 GB Xbox 360, Axes 20 GB Model (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 will hit stores in the U.S. and Canada starting in early August. -- read full article
    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:58:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft Buys Zoomix to Add Data Quality to SQL Server (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft is purchasing Zoomix to add data-quality capability to its SQL Server database. -- read full article
    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:30:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Icahn Would Sell Yahoo's Search Business To Microsoft For $1 Billion (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - Under Icahn's plan, Microsoft also would pay billions of dollars to become the exclusive search provider on all Yahoo sites for a term of 5 years. -- read full article
    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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