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What is it about Microsoft that Yahoo most hates?Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on Feb 8, 2008 9:05 AM 15 comments
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Whether or not the final word from the Yahoo board comes down today -- and launches the antitrust-investigation phase of the proposed MicroHoo combination -- my question remains: Why are...[Read the rest]

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Microsoft-Yahoo: The end game nears; Was there an Amazon-Yahoo deal in the works?
Yahoo will reportedly have a special board of directors meeting to discuss Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited bid. Meanwhile, the game theories abound. According to TechCrunch Yahoo's fate could be decided... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 8, 2008 6:02 AM

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Five reasons why Nokia should consider buying Yahoo
Nokia makes some awesome devices and I continue to be impressed by their innovation and functionality. However, as we saw last year Nokia is expanding their service offerings, largely through... [Read the rest]
Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Feb 7, 2008 9:49 AM

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Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot'
There are lots of components beyond just the racks of Windows Server boxes that are keeping Microsoft's online properties up and running. Microsoft's cloud infrastructure is comprised of many evolving... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 6, 2008 7:46 AM

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Yang: No decisions made on Microsoft bid; Tells troops to stay focused
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang has sent another email to the troops and noted that "no decisions have been made about Microsoft’s proposal." Other than that Yang's mission with his missive... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 6, 2008 6:52 AM

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Yahoo's conundrum: White knights are hard to find
Yahoo is reportedly holding out hopes that there's an alternative to Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited takeover, but it's becoming clear that white knights are missing in action. According to the... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 5, 2008 6:41 PM

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Remembering Apple's fizzled buyout
Looking at Microsoft's hostile takeover move for Yahoo, brings back memories of the time when Apple management sought its own buyout. But the corporate "saviors" had cold feet. [Read the rest]
Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Feb 4, 2008 6:43 PM

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Google's antitrust throwdown
Google is throwing down the antitrust FUD in response to the proposed merger between Microsoft and Yahoo. This is getting annoying, not because Google is unique in it, but because... [Read the rest]
Posted by John Carroll in John Carroll on: Feb 4, 2008 10:57 AM

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Microsoft-Yahoo! combination could yield an Orwellian Web world
With both Yahoo!'s and Microsoft's directories of users integrated, the miracle of single sign-on makes them in the probable near future part of the Microsoft advertising network, the Microsoft ID... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Gardner in BriefingsDirect on: Feb 4, 2008 8:45 AM

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Ballmer: Yahoo deal would provide counterweight to Google
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Monday that the company's unsolicited offer for Yahoo would create a No. 2 competitor against Google and serve as a counterweight in the industry. The... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 4, 2008 7:13 AM

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Microsoft and Yahoo...should we care?
If you listen to the folks at Google, a new "Microyahoosoft" could be bad for the Internet. According to Google's official blog, Could the acquisition of Yahoo! allow Microsoft --... [Read the rest]
Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Feb 4, 2008 7:11 AM

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Did Microsoft really think before making its Yahoo play?
Instead of spending $45 billion on Yahoo, wouldn't Microsoft be better served spending that money with IBM? [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Feb 4, 2008 7:06 AM

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Ballmer outlines Microsoft's eight long-term growth bets
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined Microsoft's top eight growth targets during his annual "Strategic Update" for Wall Street analysts in New York on February 4. There was a lot more... [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 4, 2008 7:01 AM

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Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to employees: We're looking at other options; Don't get distracted
Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang told employees in an email that the company has made "absolutely no decisions" about Microsoft's $44.6 billion unsolicited bid. He added that the board is also... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 4, 2008 6:31 AM

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Google pokes Microsoft in the eye and offers Yahoo a helping hand
Google's official statement on the hostile Microsoft/Yahoo! acquisition attempt is an angry one -- Google is upset that Microsoft is doing this, and they are positioning it as a "monopolist... [Read the rest]
Posted by Garett Rogers in Googling Google on: Feb 4, 2008 6:31 AM

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Microsoft-Yahoo: Google ethics and the "monopoly pissing match"
As excitement heats up around Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo, Google feels threatened and has jumped into the fray, as reported by Dan Farber, ZDNet's editor in chief. Rightfully concerned... [Read the rest]
Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Feb 4, 2008 6:08 AM

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Google launches its 'let's annoy Microsoft' plan: Pings Yahoo and works regulators
Google has reportedly reached out to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid. And in case that doesn't work Google has already started working policymakers. Simply put, the games... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 3, 2008 5:37 PM

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Will the real monopolist please stand up?
That didn't take long. The lawyers already are issuing statements over the Microsoft bid for Yahoo and liberally throwing around the M ("monopolist") word. [Read the rest]
Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 3, 2008 3:20 PM

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Google warns that Microsoft could monopolize the Internet with Yahoo
Google's SVP of Corporate Developer and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond posted a statement about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo. The gist of the statement is that Microsoft could "attempt... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Feb 3, 2008 2:25 PM

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More on Microsoft + Yahoo!
Henry Blodget does a plain vanilla analysis of the Microsoft + Yahoo! merger on Sillicon Alley Insider. He agrees with my predictions of disaster but bases his arguments on how... [Read the rest]
Posted by Richard Stiennon in Threat Chaos on: Feb 3, 2008 1:19 PM

Memo to Jerry Yang: Talk to Ray
John Markoff brings some historical perspective in analyzing the viability of the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. In his New York Times piece, he wrote: No one really knows, of course, but gambling... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Feb 3, 2008 7:30 AM

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