The offer has been labelled as a “surprise move” from Microsoft. It is the offer of free anti-virus and security that will protect XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines:
“…It will stop selling OneCare, its all-in-one security and PC management service, from the end of June 2009.
The new software, code-named Morro, will be a no-frills [...]
If you wanted a piece of hardware in January and thought it was necessary, would you be thrilled that it now costs only one third of the price at the beginning of the year? Of course, you would be. And perhaps, if the ‘Geek Force’ is strong, you might buy two of whatever [...]
It is a significant shift for Yahoo. The CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang, is stepping down:
“…Yang, 40, will step down as CEO and return to his former role as “Chief Yahoo.” The company’s board said it has hired headhunter Heidrick & Struggles to find a replacement.”
link: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down
With [...]
YouTube was an expensive purchase for Google. A price tag of $1.65 billion dollars is expensive, even if the company is Google. In a step to make YouTube into a consistent and growing profit center, there will full length films available on the video site:
“YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo may remind some people of two cranky kids. When one wants to play, the other one doesn’t. With the possibility of an acquisition, it seems that Microsoft does not want to play:
“Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, on Friday ruled out a full acquisition of Yahoo, though he left the [...]
The partnership with Google was a means of generating much needed revenue for Yahoo and buffering any further acquisition attempts by Microsoft. The project seems to have been ended prematurely with Google removing itself:
“Google has decided to abandon its advertising partnership with Yahoo to avoid having a “protracted legal battle” with regulators.
The deal [...]
Regulatory hurdles are preventing Google and Yahoo from moving forward with their advertising partnership. For Yahoo especially, this collaboration has become a necessity. An alternative plan is being presented:
“Google and Yahoo! have made last-minute proposals to scale down their Internet advertising partnership in a bid to appease anti-trust regulators.
The companies offered concessions [...]
Today there was a more detailed introduction to Microsoft’s Windows 7, the next offering of an operating system. During the keynote address, Steven Sinofsky was candid about some of the errors with Vista:
“…Sinofsky said Microsoft is learning its lessons from Vista, which was widely criticized by users and the press, and spoofed famously in [...]
The initial problems of Microsoft’s Vista have been well documented. Millions of dollars in advertising are being spent in promoting Vista. However, a competing element against Vista is coming from within Microsoft itself. More details of the new Windows 7 operating system are being revealed:
“… Microsoft is focused on improving the [...]
In spite of past and possible future acquisition attempts, Microsoft and Yahoo can work together. They are involved in a united security effort:
“Microsoft and Yahoo have teamed up with Western Union and the African Development Bank to combat the nuisance of hoax lottery emails.
Such scams, which invite victims to send a fee in [...]
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