Reuters - Microsoft Corp posted a
quarterly profit and outlook below Wall Street expectations on
Thursday, citing "tough" economic conditions, and its shares
fell 6 percent.
AP - With a Yahoo Inc. search deal uncertain at best, Microsoft Corp. plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more than expected in the next year to whip its unprofitable online operations into shape.
PC Magazine - The Live Mesh software/service is now available to all--okay, anyone with a Windows Live ID--as of today. It is currently limited to Windows users, but Mac and Linux are promised for the future. -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:08:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Live Mesh currently is a synchronization and remote access tool for Windows customers with Live IDs, but Microsoft says it will evolve to become much more than that. -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:20:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
AP - Executives from Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL are trying to advance discussions on a possible combination that could give the software maker an alternative to a deal with Yahoo Inc., a newspaper reported Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:58:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The two tech giants trade statements ahead of today's Congressional hearing on the Google's advertising pact with Yahoo. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
PC Magazine - Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo clashed Tuesday during a contentious Senate hearing that saw Yahoo and Google vigorously defend their ad partnership as healthy competition, while Yahoo slammed Microsoft's continued efforts to acquire Yahoo. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:19:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Zoomix software automatically cleans data of redundant instances, analyzes and classifies data, and learns from its previous actions. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:55:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft