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Bill Gates says Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) can do well in the search market if its offer for Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) does not work out. "We can afford to make big...
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Most of Yahoo Inc's top institutional shareholders may be more interested in making sure Microsoft Corp does not overpay for the Web pioneer, because they have more money invested in the bigger...
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Microsoft Corp. today announced a series of executive promotions -- seven new senior vice presidents and seven new corporate vice presidents -- reflective of the company's commitment to build and maintain a strong and dynamic management team across its unique portfolio of businesses. The seven executives promoted to senior vice president are Chris Capossela, Kurt DelBene, Antoine Leblond, Andy Lees, Satya Nadella, S. Somasegar and Bill Veghte. The seven executives promoted to corporate vice president are Walid Abu-Habda, Brad Brooks, Larry Cohen, Steve Guggenheimer, Scott Guthrie, Roz Ho and Brian Tobey."Along with attracting world-class talent from outside the company, one of my top priorities is growing Microsoft's existing leadership team," said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. "Each of these executives will play a critical role in leading Microsoft into the future. Today's promotions are a result of their ability to think strategically on a global scale, the res
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Can’t wait until March for Windows Vista SP1? Microsoft isn’t expected to officially release the update to users until March. But on their OEM partner site there is a full copy of SP1 ready for you to download, its a bit slow at the moment, due to everyone downloading copies. The 1.2GB disc image requires [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected Microsoft Corp's unsolicited takeover bid, currently valued at $42 billion, as too low, saying its board had unanimously concluded it was not in the best interests of shareholders. In a statement, Yahoo said the offer "substantially undervalues" the company. Microsoft made the half-stock, half-cash offer on Feb. 1. It was originally worth $44.6 billion or $31 per share -- a 62 percent premium to Yahoo's stock price. Since then, Microsoft shares have fallen and the deal is now worth $41.8 billion. If completed, a merger of Microsoft and Yahoo would be the world's largest of two computer technology companies and would create a formidable rival to Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc.
Microsoft publicó una declaración en respuesta a la carta que le envió Yahoo, donde rechazaba la oferta de 44.600 millones de dólares. Por lo visto el Gigante del Software se mantiene firme en su oferta inicial. Pese a la respuesta de Yahoo, Microsoft sigue interesado en unir las compañías.A continuación, el articulo que Microsoft publicó luego de conocer el rechazo de Yahoo.Traducido con Google Traductor, adaptado por Haos. Es lamentable que Yahoo! No haya aceptado nuestra plena y justa propuesta de combinar nuestras compañías. En base a las conversaciones con los interesados de ambas empresas, estámos seguros de que avanzar rápidamente a efectuar una transacción es el mejor interés de todas las partes. Estamos ofreciendo a los accionistas un valor superior y la oportunidad de participar en la empresa combinada. La combinación también ofrece un conjunto de soluciones para los consumidores, mientras que los editores y anunciantes mejoran sus condiciones para compe
Over the weekend Bloomberg reports that Yahoo's board decided to reject Microsoft's offer of $44 bn because they felt their stock was substantially undervalued but they hinted they could be drawn back to the table with a more alluring offer."The board spent a week reviewing the $31-per-share offer before deciding it was too low. The statement didn't give a counter-proposal for the price. Yahoo wants at least $40, the Wall Street Journal reported this weekend." (source Bloomberg exclusive)Yahoo appears to be trying to save face since the offer Microsoft provided was given during a slump in their stock. It all smelled like a quasi-hostile takeover... after all, Yahoo shareholder's could not have been too happy with the web giant's declining value. That said, Yahoo CEO and Founder Jerry Yang is very protective of his baby and if he is going to sell out I am sure it will have to be for a price that he knows he can't say no to.Unfortunately Jerry Yang may not have a choice. According to a
If the “hostile†take over of Yahoo my Microsoft gets too bogged down, with take over numbers that would cripple Microsoft and yahoo for years, this could be the best thing that ever happened to Google. And while Google’s public comments are “NO!â€, in reality the board has to be watching this one play out. [...]
What a lovely idea it must have been: a special edition Valentine's Day Zune. Trouble is, Microsoft have managed to screw up the plans and now some people aren't going to have the music players in time for the most romantic day of the year.Okay, that's a little unfair. Valentine's day isn't especially romantic in the first place, because if you need to be pushed by Hallmark to tell someone you love them, you might have a romance deficiency.Still, Redmond have offered to give purchasers of the late Zunes their money back; and, if you do manage to forget the 14th, you can always tell your fuming beloved that you'd ordered a Microsoft Zune and it's Steve Ballmer's fault you've turned up empty-handed.Assuming, of course, your date won't be more annoyed you'd have tried to palm them off with a Zune in the first place.
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In a bid to remain independent, Yahoo plans to reject Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited takeover offer, according to reports on the Wall Street Journal’s web site.Quoting sources familiar with the situation, the Journal reports that Yahoo’s board feels the offer of $31 per share “massively undervalues” the company. A letter spelling out the position is expected to be sent Monday. Yahoo also expressed concern that Microsoft’s offer does not account for risks to Yahoo should the deal be overturned by regulators.The Journal source said the company would be unwilling to consider an offer below $40 per share, which would represent a $12 billion increase over Microsoft’s original $44.6 billion bid. It is unclear if Microsoft would be willing to increase its bid by such a significant amount.A Yahoo representative said the company would not comment on rumor or speculation and reiterated that the board is evaluating all its strategic options.The two companies have been in discussions
Software giant Microsoft is in discussion with Nokia about plans to have the handset maker add Windows Mobile-powered devices to its portfolio Virtually all Nokia phones currently run the Symbian operating system and such a move would be a major change for the industry leader. Microsoft’s mobile communications business international marketing director John Starkweather confirmed talks were taking place with Nokia but would not confirm when any announcement would be made.“They obviously have significant investments in Symbian but there are a lot of places where we have significant synergies and we would love to see the day where those synergies would extend completely with Windows Mobile,” he told IT Wire.While Nokia phones don’t yet have a Windows OS, they do use a range of other Microsoft software. This includes ActiveSynch for connecting to Exchange Servers and the PlayReady DRM technology used to protect purchased music and video content. Starkweather said the existing relat
Is Microsoft already hard at work repeating the history of Longhorn and Windows Vista in terms of overpromising and then underdelivering? Has the Redmond company already started stripping Windows 7 down of the features planned initially? Is DirectX 11 already being scrapped from the nest iteration of the Windows platform? Well, some reports tend to suggest just such a scenario. But is there any truth to this?Before you jump the gun and end up coming to the wrong conclusions about Windows 7, youhave to consider that all reports on the next version of Windows have to be taken with a grain of salt. This simply because Microsoft is as of yet not breathing a single word on Windows 7. This is Steven Sinofsky's way of avoiding a Longhorn/Vista repeat.Sinofsky is, of course, the Senior Vice President of the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group. And the leader of the Windows 7 project. As such, Sinofsky implemented a new development strategy over at Microsoft, one focused on translucency
Going along with the HD DVD camp's aggressive price cuts, which have already taken Toshiba HD-A3 player down to just $149.99, Microsoft has reduced the price of its HD DVD drive add-on for the Xbox 360 console to $129.99. The drive launched at $199.99 and went down to $179 last summer before some online retailers started offering it for $130 in December.This time, however, the price cut comes from Microsoft itself, and it should propagate across all retailers. Along with the new price tag, Microsoft allows customers to sign up to receive five free HD DVDs (PDF) by mail. The list of free titles is limited (only 15 are available), and the offer only applies to HD DVD hardware purchased between October 1, 2007 and February 28, 2008.We probably don't need to point out that Warner—the biggest player in the home video business—decided to forsake HD DVD last month, effectively signing the format's death warrant. Today, only Universal and Paramount are still releasing HD DVD movies, while
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First off thanks to Search Engine Serious for the hat tip I didn’t like it when Google bought a Seo Company, but this is Odd microsoft have put 2 packages together 1 - $5,500.00 and 2 - $8,600.00, ok at present you have to be an ISV, But with the statements [...]
Recordemos la petición que hizo PC World, pues bien ahora Microsoft le ha respondido ya que 75.000 personas han firmado para que no se suspendan las ventas de XP el próximo 30 de junio.Un portavoz de Microsoft en los Estados Unidos le dijo a Computerworld, que ellos son conscientes de esa petición, y están escuchando en primer lugar los comentarios de los socios, y los clientes en base a sus necesidades, antes de tomar cualquier petición.El portavoz también dijo que XP no desaparecería completamente del mercado después de junio, ya que algunos segmentos del mercado, tales como las pequeñas empresas de mercados emergentes, y los clientes exigen "un poco más de tiempo" antes de que se actualice a Vista.Por lo tanto el fabricante de equipos originales (OEMs) seguirá vendiendo XP hasta el mes de enero del próximo año. De esta manera estarían atendiendo los mercados de pequeñas empresa. En los mercados emergentes. Windows XP Starter Edition se seguirá vendiéndose has
I have had some time to chew on the Yahoo / Microsoft deal a little bit. Google has their own concerns but I wanted to break this down more from a consumer and business decision at the real estate vertical level.
From a real estate vertical, would the Yahoo / Microsoft deal be good for [...]
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Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) may have soothed the angst of the service pack hungry masses by releasing Vista SP1 to manufacturing, but users won’t be able to actually download it until mid-March at the earliest, company officials said Monday.
During beta testing for Vista SP1, [...]
By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post Staff Writer, Tuesday, February 5, 2008; Page D01
Microsoft has begun lobbying Congress even before its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo has been accepted, while Google, the real object of Microsoft’s concern, has started to raise objections on Capitol Hill.
Top Microsoft executives, including General Counsel Brad Smith and Jack [...]
Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 to manufacturers Monday, almost a month before the operating system's official launch party. The company will begin selling Windows Server 2008 to new customers...
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Microsoft has made an official proposal to acquire Yahoo! for the sum of $44.6 Billion in cash and stock at a price of $31 per share which represents a 62 percent premium for shareholders.
Here’s a quote from the official Microsoft press release :
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the [...]
Exciting times, Friday morning on the way to work I heard the message on the radio that in fact Microsoft was going to buy Yahoo, this story was out last year but ended up as nothing until Friday, to me the rumors had all even disappeared.
Then the rest of the stories all trickle out.
As we [...]
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to readers that the folks over at Google might not be totally stoked on the potential merger of Microsoft and Yahoo!. If you weren’t sure where the company stood on the issue, you can now get clued in thanks to a post on the official Google Blog earlier today. [...]
Technology behemoth Google is reportedly planning to scuttle Microsoft's plans to buy out Yahoo. According to the New York Times, Google mounted an unusually aggressive effort to prevent Microsoft from moving forward with its 44.6 billion dollar hostile bid for Yahoo. Google publicly came out against the deal, contending in a statement that the pairing, proposed by Microsoft on Friday in the form of a hostile offer, would pose threats to competition that need to be examined by policy makers around the world. Privately, Google, seeing the potential deal as a direct attack, went much further. Its chief executive, Eric E. Schmidt, placed a call to Yahoo’s chief, Jerry Yang, offering the company’s help in fending off Microsoft, possibly in the form of a partnership between the companies, people briefed on the call said. Google’s lobbyists in Washington have also begun plotting how it might present a case against the transaction to lawmakers, people briefed on the company&
One may call this a hostile bid, but it's good for Yahoo - for the valuation. If Yahoo agrees, it needs to cross shareholder and regulatory roadblocks. But even so, Microsoft and Yahoo together won't add up to becoming serious competition for market leader Google.This could be the mother of all tech mergers: a $44.6-billion bid by Microsoft for Yahoo, at 62 percent premium over the market price for Yahoo stocks.This mega-bid is of course an acknowledgement of Microsoft's failure to monetise its online presence, and of Google's unshakeable dominance. It is ironic that Microsoft of all companies is talking about the evils of monopoly and one-player dominance.Microsoft has been quoted has saying: "Today, the market is increasingly dominated by one player, who is consolidating its dominance through acquisition...together, Microsoft and Yahoo can offer a credible alternative."But despite Microsoft's $6 billion acquisition of digital marketing service and technology company aQuantive last ye
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In what appears to be an apparent move to shake off the “world’s number one brand”, Google, off its pedestal, Microsoft has just made a whopping $44.6 Billion offer to Yahoo.
Engadget, in its breaking news story, wrote that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that, “We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer [...]
Microsoft y Yahoo se unirían para alcanzar a Google, líder del mercado publicitario en Internet. No sucede el mismo caso como algunos lo comparan al de la fusión entre las empresas chilenas Falabella y D&S, que tras un proceso que duró ocho meses, el Tribunal de la Libre Competencia haya rechazado recientemente el pedido de fusión; aunque si podría compararse en ambos casos la provocación de un desplome de las acciones.Mientras unos consideran escindir para que recuperen participación en el mercado (como Motorola, el tercer mayor fabricantes de celulares en el mundo), otros envían cartas para pretender erigirse en una única competencia. Si esto sucede, sería muy buena noticia para todos los editores de google, debido a que tendría una fuerte competencia. ¿Qué puede surgir de la unión de Microsoft y Yahoo?, leer en este enlace.
Hot talks are going on about Microsoft’s proposed buyout of Yahoo!. Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. for nearly $42 billion.Google,the Internet search giant has its own ways to tackle this situation.According to alexa,the web information company the traffic ranking for google,yahoo and microsoft are : The stock graph comparison for the past year with Google tells its own story: Yahoo stock down 40%, Google's pretty much steady despite all the shakes in the market. Microsoft was reported to have approached to bid Yahoo! last year,but was denied since Yahoo was not interested.Microsoft has posted a press release with the text of the letter that Microsoft sent to Yahoo!’s Board of Directors on January 31, 2008. As more people access services and computer programs online instead of relying on packaged software applications, Microsoft must come with something new for its users. Search engines are cru
In a bid to halt Google's growing dominance online, Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet giant Yahoo for $44.6 billion, an acquisition that would unite the world's most influential software company with the Web's most-trafficked site.If approved by Yahoo's shareholders and by regulators, Microsoft's unsolicited offer would set up a titanic corporate struggle between Microsoft and Google for the patronage of millions of Internet users around the world.Microsoft sells the operating systems and Web browser used on the vast majority of the world's computers. It was once feared as a near-monopoly with unbounded power over personal computing. But the proposed deal tacitly acknowledges that the software giant has failed to reinvent itself as computing shifts more online; instead, it is trying to buy its way into a stronger position. The proposed acquisition would give Microsoft access to Yahoo's 137 million monthly visitors and long reach into the lives of consumers in the online
The world's top software company could boost its online presence dramatically if Yahoo accepts a $44.6 billion bid to be purchased.
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The rumors have been flying around for some time now over whether or not Microsoft will put in an offer for search Giant Yahoo. Many have speculated over the past few months as to if Microsoft would try for an acquisition, and if so, how much was it worth to them. This morning all speculation came to an end when Microsoft unexpectantly waved $44.6 Billion under Yahoo’s nose. Shortly after the announcement Yahoo Shares rose sharply by more than 50%, while Google shares took another 8% drop down to 515.90 by close of day Friday. The latest acquisition attempt, and what would be one of the largest in history, would put Microsoft in a position to actually compete with distant leader Google. In a conference call this morning Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer stated: “This is a decision we have – and I have – thought long and hard about,” Ballmer said. “We are confident it's the right path for Microsoft and Yahoo.” Last year Microsoft purchased online
Microsoft se ha ofrecido a comprar Yahoo por 44,600 millones de dólares en efectivo y acciones, para lograr una mejor competencia con Google, en el mercado de los servicios en línea.CEO Steve Ballmer hizo el ofrecimiento en una carta dirigida a Yahoo en la junta directiva y en una conferencia telefónica el viernes, Kevin Johnson presidente de la división de Plataformas y Servicios de Microsoft, solicitó una combinación de Microsoft y Yahoo de manera más "creíble" en la publicidad en línea y servicios de mercado.Al combinar los activos de Microsoft y Yahoo, podemos ofrecer una opción más competitiva para los consumidores, anunciantes y editores", dijo Johnson.Yahoo, en una declaración, dijo que su junta evaluará cuidadosamente la propuesta de Microsoft, que describió como no solicitada.Microsoft espera que el mercado para la publicidad online doble de tamaño en los próximos tres años, de $ 40 mil millones en 2007 a $ 80 mil millones para el año 2010. La fusión le perm
Yahoo! Microsoft! I can see a lot of people screaming monopoly over this, but even with the combination of Yahoo and Microsoft, they're still not even close to Google. Yahoo has been floundering for some time now and this is good chance for a lot of people to keep their jobs. The real winner here is the consumers. This means more free stuff. Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets. The Justice Department says it is interested in reviewing antitrust issues associated with it. The surprise offer of $31 per share, made late Thursday and announced Friday, seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology landscape for years to come. In a statement Friday, Yahoo said it will "carefully and promptly" study Microsoft's
Gigantul Microsoft doreste sa achizitioneze Yahoo! in dorinta de a intra in competitie cu Google.Compania Microsoft a oferit 31 de dolari pe actiune , adica aproape 45 de miliarde de dolari pentru preluarea Yahoo! ,insa demersul sau a fost respins. Incercarile de preluare a firmei dateaza inca din anul 2006, insa s-au izbit de refuzul [...]
Update 1 (4:51 AM 01 Feb 2008) - Press conference has been called for 5:30 AM Redmond/Seattle Time - The link is here, this might be interesting.
In an early morning Redmond time Microsoft announced that it had made an unsolicited bid on yahoo sending its share soaring in premarket moves. This unsolicited bid could [...]
It is the best news that Yahoo! (YHOO) investors have had in years. Microsoft (MSFT) has offered to buy the company for $31 representing a total equity value...
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Microsoft reaches out to yahoo employees that are worried that they are amongst the 1000 people that will be laid off in the next month. A memo/letter from Microsoft global talent acquisition has surfaced on Silicon Alley Insider, with the desire to talk to “talented employees”.
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I've been playing around with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition on my Compaq laptop, which works quite well now that I have drivers for the 802.11 wireless card. Today I noticed that Vista, well the Ultimate Edition at least, comes with an image snipping program. It is located in the accessories area of the start menu. I'll say one thing for Microsoft, they haven't found an
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