Yahoo! has responded to the Microsoft announcement that it has withdrawn its bid and will not pursue a proxy takeover attempt:
…SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet
Microsoft just walked away from its proposed acquisition of Yahoo!, ending 3 months of speculation on what would ultimately happen. While I have been generally supportive of the Yahoo! deal, I was skeptical of the thought of a long protracted …
Microsoft has withdrawn its offer to acquire Yahoo!, according to a press released issued at 5pm PDT today.
Here is the full text of the letter from Steve Ballmer to Jerry Yang:
May 3, 2008
Mr. Jerry Yang
CEO and …
The Space Craft, blog of the Windows Live Spaces team, just announced a minor upgrade to Spaces: you can now include the Messenger IM control and SkyDrive files in the Custom HTML module using embed codes. Some back end changes …
Today Microsoft launched their Oblique images called Bird’s Eye for Australia and Canada. This was part of a 22 TB update for April, full details can be found here. There are some amazing images to be seen.
Four major …
In this Part we will take a closer look at the Notifier and Remote Desktop.
Notifier
The Notifier is shown on the Live Desktop and on your device, if you installed the software. It shows up when you hover over …
In this installment of our discussion with Steve Lombardi from Live Search Maps, Steve talks a little about street labels in Bird’s Eye Imagery, and shows us around Tours in 3D, how to add them to your collections, and how …
Ever seen this cool product in a store and wished you could do a price comparison, read reviews on the product or see how it’s rated on the spot? The Live Search Mobile team lets us know the following:
…We’ve
Ina Fried is reporting that Messenger 7 for Mac is now available for download. According to the Mactopia website, the new Messenger for Mac is designed for use on either older PowerPC Macs, or the newer Intel ones:
…Messenger
Update: Looks like qna.live.com is joining the party, with a new look, too, this one in keeping with the green and blue theme (thanks, AndyD):
We’re noticing some other changes, as well, although they seem to come and go. See …
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