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 month 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 5 months 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 4 weeks ago

Yahoo and Microsoft are now both flailing wildly in a contest to see who can look most desperate. In the Blue corner, there's Rupert. In the ! corner, there's AOL. And somewhere, the Internet is crying. picked by JDRucker 3 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 months ago

Although many are calling the rumored merger of Microsoft and Yahoo rampant speculation. What type of web property could these companies build to rival Google? picked by seofeed 1 year ago

Now that the deadline has expired, the consequences are unclear. Microsoft has vowed to show its hand sometime this week in a move that promises to ratchet up the drama in this corporate chess match. picked by JDRucker 2 months ago

Many, perhaps most, Facebook users do not want Microsoft. They were a little upset when they purchased under 3% of the company. If that becomes 50+%, we will likely see a large-scale exodus. Sadly, it would happen right after Facebook passed MySpace on Alexa. picked by JDRucker 2 months 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 5 months ago

The programmers and executives at San Francisco–based startup Powerset are hoping that the answer to this question will be “yes” once they debut their search engine that operates on natural-language technology. picked by 1krazykorean 9 months 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 1 year ago

This week Yahoo launched its new Internet search system developed for users of mobile phones. The system is called oneSearch and it delivers locally relevant answers. Thus oneSearch pushes aside its Yahoo's main rival Google, making the company one step ahead of the services that the number one search engine has to offer. picked by Maxriter 1 year ago

Yahoo said Sunday its chief domestic sales officer had resigned and that it will merge its search and display advertising departments in the U.S. as the Internet powerhouse fights to catch up with online search leader Google. picked by pjanaway 1 year 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 1 year ago

Australian Yahoo! has released a beta of a new search page called Alpha. It's got a cleaner interface (like Google), plus it allows for custom searches. picked by TheStep 1 year 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 1 year 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 2 years 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 1 year ago

To eliminate overlap in services, Yahoo will close its Yahoo Photos service in favor of photo sharing darling Flickr, acquired by Yahoo a little over two years ago and considered by many a pioneer of the Web 2.0 wave of Internet innovation. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Web search leader Google's market share inched up to 64 percent of all queries among U.S. Internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against Yahoo and Microsoft. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago