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Goog The Underdog?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Google has jumped the shark. Google is going to invade your backyard and drain your above-ground pool. Goog this. Goog that. Boo!

You're Gonna Love the Digital Transition

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today we all become digital. Thanks to Congress, all analog life in these United States will cease and everything will be transformed from waves and particles into bits and bytes.

Microsofties

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

As Microsoft transitioned a bunch of people out the door, the software giant paid some employees too much in severance. The company then sent out letters asking for the money back.

European Commission Can't Find Competition For Microsoft

Reuters | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission, a thorn in Microsoft's (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) side for its antitrust campaigns a...

Yahoo-ers Hate AOL Deal But Too Afraid To Tell Jerry

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business


Kara Swisher called up a half-dozen of her senior Yahoo (YHOO) sources and asked them what they thought of Yahoo's new merge-with-AOL-to-escape-Micros...

Is Yahoo's Yang Just Delaying The Inevitable?

Business Week | Catherina Holahan | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business


Yahoo's resistance to a takeover by Microsoft looks foolhardy to some investors and Wall Street analysts. But the push-back may prove effective in the...

What People At Yahoo Are Thinking About

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

I personally have been part of a merger/acquisition scenario more times than I care to contemplate. It's like a flu. You feel it coming on. Then you either get it or you don't.

What Yahoo Didn't Say

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


In corporate press-release wars like this, it is imperative to read between the lines. More important that what Yahoo (YHOO) said in its Microsoft (MS...

Microsoft-Yahoo Takeover Glitch: Can't Find Dissident Yahoo Board Members

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business


One of the next steps in the Microsoft-Yahoo melodrama (MSFT) (YHOO) is for Microsoft to nominate a slate of directors to replace the ones it will try...

Microsoft, Yahoo Deadlocked

Business Week | Jay Greene, Robert Hof | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


It's oddly quiet on the Microsoft-Yahoo! battlefront. Perhaps too quiet. More than two weeks after the software giant launched its unsolicited stock-a...

Microsoft Takes On iPhone, GPhone With Danger Purchase

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Why does Microsoft's purchase of Danger make so much sense? Because it gives the software giant a solid platform in the fast-growing, consumer-focused...

Steve Ballmer To Microsofties: "Full Stream Ahead!"

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Message from Microsoft execs to employees: "Yes, we've just kicked off a year-long $45 billion acquisition, and yes, your lives are going to be turned...

Microsoft's Brilliant Bid for Yahoo!

Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Henry Blodget

Microsoft took a page out of Rupert Murdoch's book and made an offer for Yahoo that Yahoo can't refuse. For several reasons, the deal makes great sense strategically.

Does A Yahoo Takeover Make Sense For Microsoft?

Vince Farrell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Vince Farrell

Microsoft's knockout offer is an obvious benefit for Yahoo holders. Does it make sense for Microsoft?

Greenpeace Smacks Microsoft, Nintendo For Using Toxic Chemicals In Video Game Consoles

BusinessWeek | Aaron Ricadela | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Greenpeace is smacking Microsoft and Nintendo for using toxic chemicals in their video game consoles, while applauding longtime target Apple for impro...