Update: Microsoft has shared a letter written to Stanley Bing:
Dear Bing (the Author),
Yahoo Responds To Latest Icahn Letter
A certain tradition involving Charlie Brown, Lucy, and a football began over 50 years ago. Now, as Yahoo has once again claimed it’s open to the idea of an acquisition, it’s beginning to look like Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang might set some record of their own.
Yahoo Responds To Corporate Raider
Yahoo did not take kindly to Carl Icahn’s lambasting of its employee in-case-of-Microsoft-acquisition escape hatch. In a letter addressed "Dear Carl," Yahoo’s board chairman Roy Bostock, heavy on the dubious adverbs, told Icahn what he could do with his criticism.
Shyftr Responds To Feed Usage Outcry
Feed reader/sharing service Shyftr tweaked how it uses feed content after several bloggers complained about the practice.
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.
Facebook Responds To Silent Data Report
Security researchers at CA found the Facebook Beacon keeps Facebook abreast of one’s activities on an advertiser’s site, whether the Facebook user opted out of that instance or not.
Google (Finally) Responds to Directory Question
The recent slap a handful of directories experienced was unaccompanied by an explanation from Google, though the general consensus (maybe) was that Google’s webspam team was sending a message. Weeks later, Murdok has wrangled a response from Google’s Webmaster Central team – sort of.
YouTube Responds To Premier League Allegations
Google and YouTube don’t usually comment on lawsuits; instead, we’re left to look over various court documents. These are still helpful, however, and they’ve recently provided an update on the case between YouTube and the Football Association Premier League. To sum up: YouTube pleaded innocent.
Google Responds To Fair Isaac Claims
The early results of a click fraud study by Fair Isaac found advertisers being charged for illicit clicks, at a far higher rate than search engines like Google claim takes place.
Google Responds to Viacom
Google has released its official response to Viacom’s billion dollar lawsuit against its YouTube property, saying that Viacom is threatening the way everyone exchanges information on the internet. Google’s claim is that Viacom’s lawsuit completely ignores the DMCA, and as a result threatens to unravel it and introduce all sorts of chaos for websites and service providers.