<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/"/><tagline>Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-08-21T07:51:13+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/49123/1/" /><id>49123</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo]]></summary><issued>2008-02-01T07:08:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-01T07:08:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched a $44.6bn (&#163;22.4bn) takeover bid for Yahoo in an attempt to challenge the growing might of Google.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yahoo to say NO to Microsoft]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/50078/1/" /><id>50078</id><summary><![CDATA[Yahoo to say NO to Microsoft]]></summary><issued>2008-02-10T20:42:28+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-10T20:42:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yahoo Rejected Google One Day Before Microsoft Made Offer]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/64123/1/" /><id>64123</id><summary><![CDATA[Yahoo Rejected Google One Day Before Microsoft Made Offer]]></summary><issued>2008-06-03T06:57:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-03T06:57:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What Happens If Microsoft Buys Yahoo?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19332/1/" /><id>19332</id><summary><![CDATA[What Happens If Microsoft Buys Yahoo?]]></summary><issued>2007-05-07T07:11:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-07T07:11:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yahoo forgets Microsoft, moves ahead with Google]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/65329/1/" /><id>65329</id><summary><![CDATA[Yahoo forgets Microsoft, moves ahead with Google]]></summary><issued>2008-06-13T13:46:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-13T13:46:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Google and Yahoo said Thursday that they had reached an agreement under which Google would deliver ads next to some of Yahoo&#8217;s search results and on some of its Web sites in the United States and Canada.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Carl Icahn makes attempt to oust Yahoo board]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61704/1/" /><id>61704</id><summary><![CDATA[Carl Icahn makes attempt to oust Yahoo board]]></summary><issued>2008-05-13T18:25:55+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-13T18:25:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Microsoft doomed?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49825/1/" /><id>49825</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Microsoft doomed?]]></summary><issued>2008-02-08T00:36:48+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-08T00:36:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Vista ready? Microsoft testers weigh in ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/4283/1/" /><id>4283</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Vista ready? Microsoft testers weigh in ]]></summary><issued>2006-10-24T13:43:28+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-24T13:43:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/12987/1/" /><id>12987</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!]]></summary><issued>2007-03-13T05:07:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-13T05:07:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Microsoft group president Jeff Raikes told an audience in San Francisco last week that the company hopes people, if they&#8217;re going to pirate software, choose to pirate Microsoft software. What&#8217;s Raikes thinking?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Why Microsoft Should Buy Sony?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/49696/1/" /><id>49696</id><summary><![CDATA[Why Microsoft Should Buy Sony?]]></summary><issued>2008-02-07T02:12:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-07T02:12:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yahoo!'s a nice thought and all, but if Mister Softie wants to firm up its videogame operation, it needs to make a different acquisition.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Comparison of various home page/start pages]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26201/1/" /><id>26201</id><summary><![CDATA[Comparison of various home page/start pages]]></summary><issued>2007-07-04T13:18:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-04T13:18:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This is pretty cool. Compares various start pages such as igoogle, my yahoo, netvibes, pageflakes, inbox, yourminis, windows live, webwag, protopage and other ones. :)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Flickr pushes Yahoo Photos out of the picture]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19364/1/" /><id>19364</id><summary><![CDATA[Flickr pushes Yahoo Photos out of the picture]]></summary><issued>2007-05-07T11:42:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-07T11:42:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yahoo shakes up ad departments]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25080/1/" /><id>25080</id><summary><![CDATA[Yahoo shakes up ad departments]]></summary><issued>2007-06-25T06:35:54+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-25T06:35:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The best job interview questions from Microsoft, Google&#8230; and IKEA]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72544/1/" /><id>72544</id><summary><![CDATA[The best job interview questions from Microsoft, Google&#8230; and IKEA]]></summary><issued>2008-08-16T11:15:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-16T11:15:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[or possibly the worst job interview questions from Microsoft &amp; Google.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[MSN vs. YAHOO]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28057/1/" /><id>28057</id><summary><![CDATA[MSN vs. YAHOO]]></summary><issued>2007-07-19T19:30:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-19T19:30:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[MSN vs. Yahoo]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Hit With Class Action Suit Over Xbox Live Fees ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41662/1/" /><id>41662</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft Hit With Class Action Suit Over Xbox Live Fees ]]></summary><issued>2007-11-14T20:20:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-14T20:20:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/579/1/" /><id>579</id><summary><![CDATA[Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content]]></summary><issued>2006-09-20T11:08:09+01:00</issued><modified>2006-09-20T11:08:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Sells 10 Million Xbox 360 Consoles In North America]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62011/1/" /><id>62011</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft Sells 10 Million Xbox 360 Consoles In North America]]></summary><issued>2008-05-16T00:10:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-16T00:10:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Microsoft is the first console manufacturer to sell 10 million consoles in North America...<br/><br/>Now, is that 10 million functioning consoles?<br/><br/>Or, is that including the 30 odd percent that failed with the <i>Red Ring of Death</i>?<br/><br/>BWAA HAA HAA HAA HAA!!!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft sued over Xbox Live outage.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/46411/1/" /><id>46411</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft sued over Xbox Live outage.]]></summary><issued>2008-01-08T12:17:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-08T12:17:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[XBox Live had some issues over the holidays with the massive influx of new users.  Some people could not access the service and so they are now sueing Microsoft for damages.<br/><br/>Wait...A game server is down and you're damaged?  I guess they had nothing else to do if they can't play online. For God's sake...read a friggin' book!!!<br/><br/>BTW..They plan on giving a free acrade game to everyone.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Is Yahoo Selling Out?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28447/1/" /><id>28447</id><summary><![CDATA[Is Yahoo Selling Out?]]></summary><issued>2007-07-22T19:16:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-22T19:16:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yahoo is showing advertisements without designating the listing as a paid link. This is completely misleading to the end user...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Microsoft re-designs the iPod package]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/54206/1/" /><id>54206</id><summary><![CDATA[Microsoft re-designs the iPod package]]></summary><issued>2008-03-13T17:11:23+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-13T17:11:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[What if Microsoft re-designed the iPod package...?]]></content></entry></feed>