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Yahoo Hoping For $22/Share Buyout From Microsoft

 

Microsoft Launches Tech News Aggregator

Microsoft has released a tech news aggregator at microsoft.com/web that seemingly has little or nothing to do with Live Search News, though I have to wonder if it might be integrated somehow further down the road.

Microsoft Looking Better To Yahoo Investors

It was only a matter of time until somebody brought it up again. If Microsoft investors once loved Yahoo at $19 per share, they’re bound to get whiplash staring down the slutty, red-dressed vixen in distress at $12 per share.

US Researchers Decide Spying On Citizens Is Bad

You remember back in 2006 when there was all this controversy over the US Dept. of Justice subpoenaing search results from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL? Remember how AT&T and Verizon sold their customers out by making telephone records an open surveillance buffet for the government?

AdGooroo Paints Microsoft's Q3 As Excellent

Companies' third quarter reports will soon be out, and given current economic conditions, what they say will be more important than ever.  AdGooroo indicates that Microsoft might just steal the show with some impressive search and advertising data.

Microsoft's Next OS a Nod to the Stratosphere?

Kit Ong at Geeks With Blogs discovered something interesting today that has speculation flying all over the place. First of all, there has been talk of a Windows "Cloud" operating system for some time now, which is what makes this find particularly interesting.

Facebook Launches Microsoft Live Search Integration...

Facebook temporarily launched Microsoft Live Search integration with its site before removing it a short time later. It's unclear why the feature has been removed, but the post announcing it on the Facebook Blog was removed as well, so I'm guessing it wasn't quite ready for primetime, and they goofed.

Yahoo AOL Merger Rumors Resurface

Those old Yahoo-AOL rumors are persistent, if anything. Surfacing again are details related to a deal that could thwart a Microsoft takeover forever. But at the same time, it would seem damaging to an already heavily-scrutinized search ad deal with Google.

Microsoft Creating Still More Search Centers

We think Microsoft might just be rubbing it in at this point.  Even as Yahoo's stock plunges and major layoffs are rumored to be on the way, Steve Ballmer has announced that his company is opening research centers in London, Munich, and Paris.

Microsoft Launches SearchPerks Program

At any search engine conference, Google's setup tends to draw the biggest crowds.  Next come the companies that happen to have booth babes.  But swag is also popular, and since Microsoft can't easily change its name or distribute women, a new SearchPerks program aims to capitalize on this last idea.