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Microsoft CEO rules out another Yahoo takeover bid
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., but told shareholders on Wednesday that Microsoft would still be "very open" to collaborating with Yahoo on web search technology. http:...
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Thu, Nov 11 2008 9:05 AM
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Yahoo's fate riding on Yang's successor as CEO
With Jerry Yang quitting as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/19/yahoo-successor.html
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Microsoft expands Windows Live into social networking
Microsoft Corp. is revamping its online Windows Live portal into a full-blown social networking site along the lines of Facebook, complete with photo sharing, news feeds and an instant messaging service. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/13/tech...
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Microsoft no longer interested in Yahoo, CEO says
Microsoft's chief executive said Friday the software giant is not interested in renewing its bid for struggling search engine company Yahoo Inc. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/07/microsoft-yahoo.html
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Goo-Hoo! faces EU anti-trust probe
The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the proposed search advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo!. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google...
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Antitrust litigator looking at Yahoo-Google ad deal
In a possible blow to Yahoo Inc.'s hopes for an advertising partnership with Google Inc., the U.S. Justice Department has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for what could become a legal challenge to the deal. The Wall Street Journal...
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U.S. advertising group opposes Google-Yahoo deal
A group representing big-spending American advertisers said Sunday it sent a letter to the U.S. Justice Department asserting an online ad partnership between Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. will stifle competition and likely raise prices. The Association of...
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New Seinfeld TV ad for Microsoft draws negative reviews online
NEW YORK - No soup for Microsoft? The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online, after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game....
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Secure Computing snaps up user control firm Securify
Pimp My Firewall Security appliance firm Secure Computing has bought user access monitoring and control firm Securify, in a deal valued at up to $20m ($15m guaranteed in cash and stock, plus an earn-out of up to $5m). Securify's appliance-based technology...
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McAfee slaps Trojan warning on MS Office Live
McAfee has apologised after an anti-virus update released on Monday night incorrectly identified a plug-in for Microsoft Office Live Meeting as a Trojan. The signature update file mistakingly flagged LMCAPI.exe (a component of Live Update) as a Trojan...
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A third of Vista PCs downgraded to XP
Vista’s death march picked up some pace yesterday, after a metrics researcher revealed that nearly 35 per cent of PCs built to run the Windows operating system have been downgraded to XP. In a survey of more than 3,000 computers, performance testing...
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Rooster Cogballmer
Microsoft virtualization splash on Monday? Rember Rooster Cogburn, that aggressive old man with one last stand left in him? Word is that Microsoft will make a splash on Monday around Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager with a host of supporting...
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Microsoft charts security vuln MAPP
More transparency, better protection Microsoft has announced plans to share additional details about security vulnerabilities in its products in an attempt to prevent attackers from exploiting them before patches are released to its customers. Under one...
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Scroll keys belong to Microsoft, in part
They've been a feature of keyboards since at least 1981, but late last month, the "Page Up" and "Page Down" keys became partly the intellectual property of Microsoft Corp. A patent issued Aug. 19 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
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Tue, Sep 09 2008 7:12 PM
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Google launches Chrome web browser
Google Inc. is releasing its own web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine. The Mountain View-based company took the...
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Aging Computers Are Microsoft's Challenge
A recurring theme in this year's Olympics is older athletes who are still at the top of their sport. Swimmer Dara Torres and gymnast Oksana Chusovitina are the most successful examples. High performance in aging athletes is something to celebrate...
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Mon, Sep 09 2008 11:00 AM
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Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise
Microsoft said the right things, then blew it. In March, Microsoft announced that their upcoming Internet Explorer 8 would: "use its most standards compliant mode, IE8 Standards, as the default." Note the last word: default. Microsoft argued...
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Sun, Aug 08 2008 11:06 AM
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Microsoft's newest browser may block ads
The next version of Microsoft Corp.'s web browser makes it easier for people to surf the internet without leaving a trace. Companies that sell advertisements online — including Microsoft — can electronically gather tidbits about web surfers'...
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Thu, Aug 08 2008 8:56 AM
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Microsoft dishes dirt on IE8 '*** mode'
'Off the record' browsing is go Microsoft has outlined the new privacy tools available in its forthcoming browser Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Earlier this week the company’s program manager Andy Zeigler confirmed rumours from last week that...
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Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP (KB938127)
Brief Description A security issue has been identified in the way Vector Markup Language (VML) is handled that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing...
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