Posts Tagged with "Microsoft"

Steve Ballmer Gets Egged

Monday, May 19, 2008

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was egged by a protester during a speech he gave at a Hungarian University. As this video shows, the protester rose to his feet to challenge Microsoft for stealing billions in Hungarian taxpayer money, then started hurling eggs at Ballmer, who was forced to take cover behind a desk.

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Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

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Microsoft and Yahoo are back at the table according to a press release Microsoft issued today. In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business. Microsoft is [...]

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Google hits a new high

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Hitwise released its latest April report and (surprise) Google has again hit a new high with 67.9% of all searches. Yahoo is second with 20.3% and Microsoft is far behind with only 6.3%.

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Microsoft Worldwide Telescope

Monday, May 12, 2008

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Microsoft released today what you may call a “space version of Google earth”, a free software application called WorldWide Telescope that allows everyone from space novices to astronomy professors to easily explore galaxies, star systems and distant planets. The WorldWide Telescope stitches together 12 terabytes (the data equivalent of 2.6 billion pages of text) of pictures [...]

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Microsoft now hiring Google Killer

Friday, May 9, 2008

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Found in one of Microsoft’s European offices:

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Google serioulsy pisses me off

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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What I think of Google is no secret. They are evil. Very little people realize it yet but I can tell you that in a few years from now, we will see more and more anti-Google groups popping up. I just read an article on CNN.com about the Yahoo/Google ad deal, and here is what pissed [...]

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Microsoft online branding issue

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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LiveSide took a look today at all the different bits of Microsoft’s Live.com search universe and found that it doesn’t provide a common, unified experience. LiveSide found four different search boxes, two different Live.com “orb” logos (in four different sizes), and six different header backgrounds. While the slight differences in design may not be [...]

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Microsoft feeling FaceBook!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Microsoft gauged Facebook’s interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant’s failed takeover attempt of Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The newspaper reported on its Web site that Microsoft’s bankers put out subtle signals to Facebook, the social networking Web site, to see if it would be open to a full acquisition.

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Microsoft going the independent way…. Really?

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the company isn’t pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. He said in Tokyo that the company put “a lot of effort” in the talks with Yahoo and has decided the two should pursue “independent paths.” Microsoft’s intense pursuit of Yahoo was widely seen [...]

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A discussion about Yahoo and Microsoft

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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A discussion about Yahoo and Microsoft with Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times and Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.com. Yahoo’s shares plunged 20% in early trade in New York after software giant Microsoft scrapped its three-month-old bid to buy the internet firm. View the video here.

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