Yahoo Inc executives dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft Corp made its takeover offer earlier this year. picked by karenben 1 year ago

Yahoo! Inc., the Internet company that has failed to crack Google Inc.'s dominance of Web search, plans to reject a $44.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft Corp., a person familiar with the situation said. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Google and Yahoo said Thursday that they had reached an agreement under which Google would deliver ads next to some of Yahoo’s search results and on some of its Web sites in the United States and Canada. picked by pvisi111 1 year ago

Microsoft has launched a $44.6bn (£22.4bn) takeover bid for Yahoo in an attempt to challenge the growing might of Google. picked by kamaloo 2 years ago

Microsoft officials obviously believe Windows Vista is ready, given that it is set to release it to manufacturing within weeks, if not days. But what do some of its toughest testers think? picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

Microsoft group president Jeff Raikes told an audience in San Francisco last week that the company hopes people, if they’re going to pirate software, choose to pirate Microsoft software. What’s Raikes thinking? picked by whi73rav3n 3 years ago

Yahoo announced it will expunge user data after only 90 days. Previously, Yahoo would hold onto user data for 13 months. picked by charlierosefan 11 months ago

Microsoft is quite concerned with the fact that Google can violate the copyright law by making books searchable on-line. The officials from Google, however, say that the company performs legal actions that can even be advantageous for publishers. picked by Maxriter 3 years ago

There, I knew that would draw a crowd. In the maelstrom of comment and analysis that has followed Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, two extraordinary assumptions have been very common. picked by WAGS273 2 years ago

Microsoft is talking to rival Sony about the possibility of adding Blu-ray technology to the Xbox. picked by topofall 2 years ago

This prediction was made by Philippe Courtot, chief executive of Qualys - a company which offers security as a service to corporations. His prediction is based on the fact that just a few days ago, Google unveiled its Web Security for Enterprises, a service which provides companies with protection against viruses, spyware, and malicious Web sites. picked by cristeaiulian 2 years ago

At association of American Publishers annual meeting in New York, Thomas Rubin, Microsoft's associate general counsel for copyright, trademark, and trade secrets, said that Google "systematically violates copyright," that it creates no content of their own and make money on the backs of other people's content by selling advertising. picked by Zargon5 3 years ago

or possibly the worst job interview questions from Microsoft & Google. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

For the longest time rumours have been rife about an tablet computer from Apple with nothing concrete confirmed. It seems that all the while Microsoft have been quietly developing their own and now it's at an advanced prototype stage theyv'e started to share details. picked by pocksucket 2 months ago

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly is snapping up Yahoo stock in preparation for a possible attempt to replace the Internet company's board after the directors turned down Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover offer. picked by vyoma999 2 years ago

It's no secret that Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have been engaged in a war for the hearts and minds of the average Internet user, with both companies taking different approaches to undermine the other and chart the direction of the Web. picked by karenben 1 year ago

Microsoft looks forward to enter health care market. One of its goals is a search engine that will provide useful medical information. This is why the company decided to buy Medstory Inc., the developer of Web-search technology that searches information on health. Microsoft did not disclose any details on Medstory acquisition. picked by Green84 3 years ago

Microsoft, in an attempt to compete with Google Maps, will soon release 3D models of five big cities in the US, and eventually expanding on the feature. picked by groggie 3 years ago

This is pretty cool. Compares various start pages such as igoogle, my yahoo, netvibes, pageflakes, inbox, yourminis, windows live, webwag, protopage and other ones. :) picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

A Georgia man claims Microsoft improperly allowed his underage son to use his debit card to subscribe to the company's Xbox Live gaming service. picked by punthe 2 years ago