Yahoo isn’t against being taken over by Microsoft if the price is right. Microsoft has little enthusiasm for doing so, but doesn’t want its acquisition effort to take several more months.
The Microsoft-Yahoo Merger From A User Point Of View
I’ve stayed out of the Microsoft attempted merger of Yahoo so far. But EVERYONE seems to be talking about it from all sorts of angles. Me? I take the user’s point of view and that’s one I haven’t seen discussed much yet. Will Yahoo moving to Microsoft be a good thing for users? Let’s take a tour.
Microsoft CFO: Yahoo Needs To Hurry Up
Steve Ballmer is perhaps – perhaps – best known for doing monkey dances while covered in sweat. But if anyone thought he was pushing the Yahoo issue alone, Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has stepped forward to talk about the situation.
Ouch! Microsoft Profits Skydive
When Steve Ballmer threatened to take the Yahoo deal off the table, that could have been with an eye on the company’s woeful financial performance, just announced for their third quarter.
Despite Report, Yahoo, Microsoft Still Stuck
Everyone hoping for a conclusive result – any conclusive result – following Yahoo’s earnings report should prepare for another period of rumors and waiting.
Microsoft Wants To Live Mesh Everything
Keeping one’s myriad devices connected and synchronized, with files available on one gadget for everything connected over Microsoft’s Live Mesh, serves as the focus of the company’s new service.
Yahoo/Microsoft Daytime Soap Opera
Daytime soap opera writers need to take a long look at the Yahoo/Microsoft acquisition drama–you can’t make this kind of stuff up! Today, there are two interesting plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. Let’s check in on today’s episode:
By The Numbers: Microsoft- Yahoo Combination Not Bad
According to the latest Hitwise stats, Google is continuing to marginalize both Yahoo and Microsoft in terms of search share. But if you take Google out of the equation and look at a few other areas, the two companies’ numbers are really pretty impressive.
Microsoft Clears Up Vista SP1 Issue
Installation processes for a Vista Service Pack 1 prerequisite caused some people to experience endless rebooting.
Yahoo Responds To Microsoft’s Push
We’ll say this much for Microsoft’s most recent letter: at least it got Yahoo talking again. Yet Jerry Yang and Roy Bostock weren’t in the most cooperative of moods when they responded this morning.