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    Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be 'very open' to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving more than 20 percent.


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    Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:59:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft says looking at raising debt (Reuters)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp on Thursday filed plans with securities regulators to tap the debt markets, raising money to pay for working capital, share buybacks, or other types of general corporate expenses.


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    Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:27:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to let Zune owners keep 10 tracks a month (AFP)

    Microsoft Zune music players in 2006. Microsoft, seeking to boost the popularity of its Zune music player, announced a new subscription offer on Thursday that will allow users to keep 10 tracks a month permanently.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Microsoft, seeking to boost the popularity of its Zune music player, announced a new subscription offer on Thursday that will allow users to keep 10 tracks a month permanently.


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    Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:12:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Subtract Yang; Add Microsoft? (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Jerry Yang stepping down as Yahoo chief executive doesn't mean Microsoft will come back to the table, analysts say, though it sure heightens the speculation. -- read full article
    Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:29:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to offer free security software (Reuters)

    A worker fixes a spotlight at the Microsoft exhibit of the CeBIT fair in Hanover in this March 3, 2008 file photo. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will discontinue sales of its subscription PC security service and instead offer free software to help protect computers from viruses, spyware and other threats.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:03:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    New Yahoo CEO must be willing to do Microsoft deal (Reuters)

    The ticker reports on the resignation of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang in New York's Times Square November 18, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - To impress shareholders, Yahoo Inc's next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft Corp .


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:45:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to offer free anti-virus software (AFP)

    Microsoft has announced plans to offer free anti-virus software to PC users starting next year.(AFP/File)AFP - Microsoft has announced plans to offer free anti-virus software to PC users starting next year.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:28:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft interested in search pact with Yahoo, not acquisition (Reuters)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday said the company is "not immune" to "current economic realities". Highlights:


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:05:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo Could Thrive -- or Be Swallowed by Microsoft (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - It comes as little surprise to analysts who have been watching the Yahoo drama unfold over the past six months. CEO Jerry Yang, 40, is stepping down and the company is hunting for a new chief who can pull the Internet company up by its billion-dollar bootstraps and compete with Google. -- read full article
    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:14:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. -- read full article
    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:42:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft rules out buying Yahoo but likes search deal (Reuters)

    Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer speaks during a luncheon and conference on technology and innovation in Madrid April 25, 2008. (Susana Vera/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc on Wednesday but said his company was interested in resuming talks on a Web search partnership.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:01:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft CEO rules out another Yahoo takeover bid (AFP)

    Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer, seen here in May 2008, on Wednesday ruled out making another takeover bid for Yahoo but said the US software giant remains open to a partnership on Internet search.(AFP/File/Samuel Kubani)AFP - Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer on Wednesday ruled out making another takeover bid for Yahoo but said the US software giant remains open to a partnership on Internet search.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:39:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP)

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer addresses the annual Microsoft shareholder's meeting Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, in Bellevue, Wash. Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be 'very open' to a collaboration on Internet search. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 19 percent.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:43:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Yahoo's fate riding on Yang's successor as CEO (AP)

    In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang listens to a question at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Yahoo said Monday Nov. 17, 2008 that Yang will step down as the Internet company's CEO as soon as a successor is found. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - With Jerry Yang quitting as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the Internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader.


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    Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:04:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
    Microsoft to Replace OneCare with Thin Alternative (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Microsoft said Tuesday that it will discontinue its OneCare PC protection offering next June, replacing it with a thinner, free offering, "Morro," focused solely on anti-malware protection. -- read full article
    Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:42:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Microsoft
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