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Microsoft Promises to Add Access to Open Format

Interchangeable ODF will be available in '09 update; European regulators still wary

(Newser) - Microsoft says it will allow documents created in a competitor’s interchangeable format to open in its Office 2007 software package by mid-2009, but European officials are taking a wait-and-see attitude, the New York Times reports. “We have heard a lot of promises from Microsoft, but as of yet,...

Search Gamble May Just Work for Microsoft
Search Gamble May Just Work for Microsoft
Analysis
May 22, 2008 1:38 PM CDT

Search Gamble May Just Work for Microsoft

'Desperate,' 'brilliant' cash-back plan will sap Google's base

(Newser) - Many are pooh-poohing Microsoft’s cash-back search scheme, but Michael Arrington of TechCrunch thinks it’s going to work—and be a major pain in Google’s side. With search-market share at a mere 9.1% (and falling), Microsoft has little to lose, Arrington argues, because search is a winner-takes-most...

Microsoft Will Offer Search Customers Cash

Rewards part of effort to gain ground on market leader Google

(Newser) - Having largely abandoned its bid to buy, in the form of Yahoo, a significant presence in the Internet search business, Microsoft now will give customers money back when they buy items through its Live.com search portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. To be made official today, the move makes...

Protester Eggs Microsoft CEO
 Protester Eggs Microsoft CEO 
May 21, 2008 9:51 AM CDT

Protester Eggs Microsoft CEO

Ballmer dodges attack by Hungarian during university lecture

(Newser) - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in Budapest this week to give a lecture to Hungarian university students, but the talk took an unexpected turn when he was pelted with eggs. Unlike Bill Gates, who was hit in the face with a cream pie a decade ago, Ballmer was able to...

Oilman Pickens Throws in With Icahn in Fight to Control Yahoo

'I'll jump in with Carl' on proxy issue, he says

(Newser) - Carl Icahn's proxy bid to replace Yahoo’s board won the backing of legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal, but without a firm offer from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo the effort could still struggle. "I'll jump in with Carl. He goes in first, I...

Google Launches Online Health Records Service

Early tests show enthusiasm from consumers and doctors

(Newser) - Google has launched google.com/health, the latest in a field of online personal health services that allow consumers to send records to doctors and clinics and to schedule their care. Early tests indicate that patients are excited to use the portal—and unconcerned about putting personal information in the hands...

Why Yahoo Should Sell&mdash; Before Microsoft Wakes Up
Why Yahoo Should Sell— Before Microsoft Wakes Up
analysis
May 20, 2008 10:08 AM CDT

Why Yahoo Should Sell— Before Microsoft Wakes Up

Forget cash flow; think sale price

(Newser) - Yahoo needs to sell to Microsoft, or it’ll wind up a cautionary tale, writes Dennis Berman in the Wall Street Journal. Yahoo currently trades at 48 times earnings—for comparison, GE trades at 15 times earnings, and Google at 33, even though both are growing faster than Yahoo’s...

Microsoft Aims for Yahoo's Search Ad Biz

But execs don't like plan, which includes breaking up company

(Newser) - Microsoft's new offer to Yahoo includes breaking up the company and buying its search-advertising business, notions that have left Yahoo execs cold, the Wall Street Journal reports. Under the plan, Yahoo would sell its Asian assets and let Microsoft buy a minority stake in what's left of the company.

Microsoft, Yahoo in Talks for Partial Buyout

Transaction would involved partial purchase of Internet giant

(Newser) - Microsoft is back at Yahoo's bargaining table, this time seeking a partial acquisition of the Internet portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Buyout talks fizzled earlier this month, but billionaire Carl Icahn's push for a proxy war has left Yahoo honchos feeling shareholder pressure to cut a deal, though today...

One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

Move gives new life to seemingly immortal operating system

(Newser) - Now that Microsoft has signed on to the One Laptop Per Child initiative—aimed at getting low-cost PCs to kids in poor countries—its Windows XP operating system is again getting a new jolt of life, reports InternetNews.com. The project originally used only free, open-source software such as Linux,...

Yahoo Says Icahn Doesn't Understand Full Picture

Billionaire investor launches bid to oust board

(Newser) - Hours after Carl Icahn began his quest to take over Yahoo’s board, the company issued a statement saying he has a "significant misunderstanding" of the recent Microsoft purchase offer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Icahn wants to unseat the current Yahoo board, replace it with one of his...

Microsoft Takes Windows to the Walls

Microsoft's TouchWall technology aims to make any surface part of your computer

(Newser) - Microsoft has already unveiled mega-expensive “Surface” computers, with which a user interacts solely through touch. Now, cNet reports, it's unveiled an impressive lower-budget version: the TouchWall. Touchwall looks like an ordinary projector, except that the image it projects on the wall is itself an interactive touch screen.

Icahn to Move Ahead With Yahoo Proxy Fight

Billionaire has lined up 12 people for a new board

(Newser) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn will move ahead with his plan to unseat Yahoo's current board of directors and force a sale to Microsoft, Reuters reports. Icahn, who has bought about 50 million Yahoo shares since Microsoft withdrew its offer May 3, has lined up 12 members for his dissident board...

Analysts Doubt Icahn's Proxy Prospects

Investor's attempt to force Yahoo sale could seriously hurt its value

(Newser) - Analysts are doubtful financier Carl Icahn could successfully force Yahoo back to the table with Microsoft after taking a stake in the search giant, MarketWatch reports. "A successful proxy battle is a bit like a scorched earth policy,' one analyst says. " You may win the battle but...

Icahn Eyeing Proxy Battle for Yahoo

Billionaire investor has bought 50 million shares since Microsoft backed off

(Newser) - Billionaire Carl Icahn, fresh off his successful battle to reshuffle Motorola’s board, may launch a proxy fight for control of Yahoo after buying some 50 million shares of Yahoo since Microsoft’s failed takeover bid, reports the Wall Street Journal. The deadline for board nominations is Thursday. Icahn may...

Icahn Grabs Yahoo Stake, Could Try to Force Sale

Investor has bought 4% interest since Microsoft dropped bid; decision tomorrow

(Newser) - A new player has entered the Microsoft-Yahoo epic, the Wall Street Journal reports: billionaire investor Carl Icahn. He has bought about a 4% stake in Yahoo since Microsoft withdrew its offer to buy on May 3. Icahn will decide by tomorrow whether to launch an attempt to take over Yahoo's...

Microsoft Puts Universe on Your Desktop

Astronomers swoon over internet stargazing program

(Newser) - Stargazers got a new toy today, when Microsoft unveiled WorldWide Telescope, a free new program that gives armchair astronomers an unprecedented look at the stars. The program brings Internet space programs to new heights, rendering complete 3D models of thousands of galactic destinations, the New York Times reports.

Companies Bypass Microsoft Vista
Companies Bypass
Microsoft Vista
May 13, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Companies Bypass Microsoft Vista

Some wait for Windows 7 instead

(Newser) - Companies like General Motors and Alaska Airlines are considering bypassing Microsoft’s latest operating system. Facing problems getting Vista to work on its computers, GM may simply wait for Windows 7, due in 2010 or 2011. Consumer hesitation on Vista finally hurt Microsoft in the last quarter, when profits slipped...

Microsoft Not About to Buy Facebook (or Yahoo)
Microsoft Not About to Buy Facebook (or Yahoo)
analysis
May 9, 2008 4:24 PM CDT

Microsoft Not About to Buy Facebook (or Yahoo)

Everything else is just rumor

(Newser) - Rumors that Microsoft is about to buy Facebook are just rumors: Despite the press corps’ desire to keep the Microsoft acquisition jones alive, it's not going to happen anytime soon, writes David Kirkpatrick in Forbes. And talk of the Yahoo deal suddenly resurfacing? Forget about it. Still, Microsoft may be...

Soured on Yahoo, Microsoft Made Pass at Facebook

Software giant reportedly expressed interest in buying social networking icon

(Newser) - As its talks with Yahoo began to break down, Microsoft turned its attentions to Facebook as its possible Internet portal solution, reports the Wall Street Journal. Microsoft already has a $240-million stake in the $15-billion company, but it's uncertain if Facebook would consider a full acquisition. The Journal's source says...

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