Microsoft, The Jekyll And Hyde Of Companies

Microsoft, The Jekyll And Hyde Of Companies
Duncan Riley
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Mix Conference in Las Vegas. The event is Microsoft’s web focused get together where they talk coding and development with mostly white, geek guys (the only women seemed to be the Microsoft/ events staff), then there’s the occasional press person thrown in for good measure.The coverage [...]

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How Microsoft Can Beat Google on the Web: Take User Data to the Bank

How Microsoft Can Beat Google on the Web: Take User Data to the Bank
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 25, 2008 7:54 PM / 16 Comments

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The times are changing, Microsoft is losing and Google has won as computing moves to the web - right? [...]

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Bill Gates to get LinkedIn

February 26, 2008 1:41 PM PST
Bill Gates to get LinkedIn
Posted by Ina Fried | 1 comment 
Just a short while after abandoning Facebook due to being overwhelmed with friend requests, Bill Gates plans to experiment on rival service LinkedIn.
On Thursday, the Microsoft Chairman will post a question related to “how technology can be better utilized for [...]

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Google Earnings: Yet Another Internet Miss

Google Earnings: Yet Another Internet Miss

Posted by: Rob Hof on January 31
Google didn’t miss Wall Street’s fourth-quarter earnings estimates by much, but it’s Google and every little shortfall matters. The miss was enough to send its stock falling about 7% in after-hours trading. The search giant said its net profit rose 17%, to 1.21 billion, [...]

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Vultures Feast on Yahoo Before It’s Even Dead

Vultures Feast on Yahoo Before It’s Even Dead

Posted by: Rob Hof on February 13

The feeding frenzy around Yahoo seems to intensify with every new daily development, making me wonder when this injured animal is going to make the one-way transformation into a carcass. And it’s not just Microsoft doing the feeding with its unsolicited bid.
Reports [...]

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Microsoft-Yahoo Water Torture Trickles On–But

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Microsoft-Yahoo Water Torture Trickles On–But For How Long?

Posted by: Rob Hof on February 19
So now, Microsoft’s putting out signals that it’s ready to rumble, with plans to authorize a proxy fight to replace Yahoo’s board if it doesn’t accept Microsoft’s first and only offer of $31 a share.
As Henry Blodget at Silicon Alley Insider [...]

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Yahoo’s Search for a Vision

Technology January 22, 2008, 4:28PM EST text size: TT

Yahoo’s Search for a Vision

Of the many possible paths the struggling Internet company and CEO Yang can take, a strategic direction must be step one
by Robert Hof

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Microsoft’s Ballmer on the Yahoo Bid

Newsmaker Q&A February 1, 2008, 5:07PM EST text size: TT

Microsoft’s Ballmer on the Yahoo Bid

The software giant’s CEO explains why he’s trying to acquire the Internet portal. (Hint: It has a lot to do with Google.)
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Microsoft-Yahoo could skip culture clash

The Associated Press February 3, 2008, 7:40PM ET text size: TT

Microsoft-Yahoo could skip culture clash
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Google Tries to Turn Microsoft’s Yahoo Pursuit to Its Advantage

 

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Google Tries to Turn Microsoft’s Yahoo Pursuit to Its Advantage

Posted by: Rob Hof on February 03
The ironies keep piling up, but Google’s blog post today about Microsoft’s unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo looks to me like a smart chess move by the search giant. In the statement on the official Google blog, Chief Legal [...]

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