Should I Buy an Apple iPod or is there a Better Alternative?
Region: United States
Ah, the same old question and yet we are talking about a different type of technology. No longer is the question PC or Mac, but now we move into the realm ... more
Views: 1006Citizen Desktop Astronomy, Courtesy of Microsoft
Region: Washington
Microsoft Corporation and some of the United States' best observatories, universities, and planetariums have gotten together to put the cosmos at one's fingertips with a free program called the WorldWide Telescope. ... more
Views: 2711Ecuador: A Weekend of Free Software Throughout the Country
Region: Ecuador
by Milton Ramirez Throughout Latin America the “Latin American Festival of Installation of Free Software” (FLISOL 2008) recently concluded. This event, which has been held since 2005, has as its main objective... more
Views: 1879Microsoft Makes the COFEE
Region: WashingtonWe now know as of yesterday that, since June of 2007, law enforcement agencies have been making use of a computer security-bypassing piece of hardware made by Microsoft called COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extra... more
Views: 2873Microsoft offered $44.6 billion to Buy YAHOO
Region: United States
Mr. Steve Ballmer who is a CEO of Microsoft sent a singed leter to YAHOO, Microsoft will take its case directly to Yahoo shareholders and work to elect a new slate of directors if the board doesn't respond by the dea... more
Views: 1426News Corp & Microsoft in Talks vs. Yahoo & AOL
Region: Washington
Sunnyvale, CA (Marketsblog) - According to published reports, Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.are in discussions to make a combined bid for struggling Internet portal, Yahoo! That would mean that if the t... more
Views: 1575Google-Yahoo Deal May Spike Microsoft $31-A-Share Bid
Region: Washington
Seattle, WA (Marketsblog) - In the midst of a hostile takover bid from software giant Microsoft, Yahoo has pulled a few of its own strings to come up with a deal with Google that includes using Google ads on Yahoo's search... more
Views: 1362Steve Ballmer To Go To Yahoo Shareholders To Push Deal
Region: Washington
An article by Elizabeth Corcoran in Forbes.com, talks about Mr. NiceGuy Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer getting tough on his bid for ailing Internet portal, Yahoo. Read on: "Dear Members of the Board (Yahoo): It has ... more
Views: 1234Yahoo Investors Rooting For $40B Deal With Software Giant Microsoft
Region: United States
Seattle, WA (Marketsblog) -Despite a rejection by Internet firm Yahoo against a $40 billion takeover bid from software giant Microsoft, published reports indicate that investors at Yahoo are still rooting for the d... more
Views: 1481Microsoft Slapped with Hefty Fine
Region: BelgiumThe European Commission had imposed a record fine of Eruos 899 million (U.S.$ 1.35 billion) on Micorsoft Coporation for using high prices to discourage software competition. The Anti-trust case arose out of the action of ... more
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