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Microsoft's bold bid for Yahoo

February 1, 2008 Software giant goes public with $44.6 billion bid for the Net pioneer. Will Yahoo succumb to the advances or rebuff Microsoft as it has before? TAGS: bid, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

February 1, 2008 Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., shareholder, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Yahoo beats Microsoft to punch with IE update

October 18, 2006 Yahoo posts an optimized version of Internet Explorer 7 before Microsoft's own final release of the browser. TAGS: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo outages frustrate some users

June 21, 2006 Intermittent e-mail and instant-messaging outages over Tuesday and Wednesday leave some consumers out in the cold. TAGS: outage, Yahoo! Inc., IM, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

September 10, 2008 What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants, but Yahoo continues to play hard to get. The two companies still face a formidable foe in Google--and many questions about what they'll do next. Tune in here for th... TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., shareholder, bid, margin, Carl Icahn, antitrust, Wall Street, Google Inc., agreement, font, Microsoft Corp.

How search engines rate on privacy

August 13, 2007 News.com asks Google, Yahoo and others to fess up on what they do to protect their users' personal information.In their own words: Search engines on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, search engine, privacy, survey, lawyer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates

February 16, 2008 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Bill Gates, shareholder, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo launches new video site

June 1, 2006 New Yahoo Video lets people upload content and search for video hosted on Yahoo and across the Web. TAGS: Yahoo Launch, Yahoo! Inc., video advertisement, YouTube, video, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo launches customized IE 7 beta

June 12, 2006 The release of a Yahoo-customized version of Internet Explorer 7 takes direct aim at Google and Firefox. TAGS: Yahoo Launch, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Yahoo! Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Microsoft Corp., MSN, Web browser, Google Inc.

Study: Microsoft loses ground in search

May 21, 2007 Meanwhile, Yahoo and Google both post gains in monthly Nielsen/NetRatings numbers. TAGS: Nielsen/NetRatings, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo updates its iTunes rival

February 8, 2006 Bug fixes and music-sharing updates are added to the new version of the digital jukebox. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, MP3 player, MP3, Microsoft Corp.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft adopt same Web index tool

November 16, 2006 Offers a place to submit Web pages to all three search engines at once, instead of performing the process at each site. TAGS: search engine, Microsoft Windows Live Search, Webmaster, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search result, owner, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

At Yahoo, being paranoid comes with the job

June 26, 2007 All employees are encouraged to be at least a little paranoid. Meet the man who was the first to put it in a job title.Photos: A peek at Yahoo 'Paranoids' TAGS: Web security, Yahoo! Inc., Digg, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Study: Click fraud could threaten pay-per-click model

July 5, 2006 Survey finds that 27 percent of respondents say they've already slowed or stopped their pay-per-click advertising. TAGS: click fraud, pay-per-click advertising, advertiser, Yahoo! Inc., fraud, study, representative, click, survey, Google Inc., search engine, monitor, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo to embed instant messaging in e-mail

November 9, 2006 Live chat for Yahoo Mail users in a couple months will be as easy as opening an e-mail message, company says.Photo: Live chats in Yahoo Mail TAGS: Yahoo! Mail, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., IM, Yahoo IM, contact, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Latest Yahoo Messenger breaks out of beta

July 28, 2006 Yahoo Messenger with Voice offers nearly 200 fun and functional plug-ins. Video: Yahoo Messenger with Voice 8 TAGS: Yahoo IM, Yahoo! Inc., beta, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., video

Microsoft waiting for formal rejection from Yahoo

February 19, 2008 Wondering why Redmond hasn't upped its bid for Yahoo yet? The software giant may be waiting for a "Dear John" letter. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., rejection, bid, offer, attorney, merger, Microsoft Corp., response, radio

Chart: A Microsoft-Yahoo combo by the numbers

February 1, 2008 What would Microsoft gain by swallowing Yahoo for a proposed $44.6 billion? CNET News.com contrasts combined stats with Google's. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., ComScore, visitor, Google Inc., leader, AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Corp., property, America Online Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Yahoo in Microsoft's sights

February 8, 2008 The two companies give us a few clues on their prospective deal; Washington takes on file swapping at colleges; and iPhone storage grows. TAGS: takeover, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Week in review, bid, reader, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Google Inc., brand, e-mail

Commentary: Pros and cons of a Microsoft-Yahoo mashup

May 4, 2007 Reports of a potential merger are intriguing, says Forrester's Charlene Li, but could the giants really get along as one? TAGS: merger, Yahoo! Inc., mashup, commentary, Forrester Research Inc., audience, pro, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Firefox, Microsoft Windows
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