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Bing Surpasses Yahoo As No. 2 Search Engine

Bing Surpasses Yahoo As No. 2 Search Engine

It was a long time coming but Microsoft search engine Bing has surpassed Yahoo search to become the internet’s second most trafficked search property. When combined with other Microsoft owned properties users visited the site 2.75 billion times in December, […]

Yahoo Minority Stake Bid Could Soon Arrive From Microsoft Consortium

Yahoo Minority Stake Bid Could Soon Arrive From Microsoft Consortium

Microsoft and their consortium of partners will soon enter their bid for a minority stake in Yahoo according to sources close to the deal. The Microsoft consortium is said to include some of the biggest names in the tech investment […]

Microsoft Acquires Content Analytics Technology Firm VideoSurf

Microsoft Acquires Content Analytics Technology Firm VideoSurf

Microsoft has announced the acquisition of VideoSurf, an online content analytics technology firm that will allow users to more easily find content across the company’s Xbox Live platform. Using the service users will likely be able to type in a […]

Microsoft Signs Non-Disclosure Agreement With Yahoo, Considers New Acquisition Bid

Microsoft Signs Non-Disclosure Agreement With Yahoo, Considers New Acquisition Bid

Microsoft this week jumped into the Yahoo! acquisition game by signing a non-disclosure agreement that allows the company to examine Yahoo!’s core business finances and other important documents that could lead the company to a bid. According to reports Microsoft […]

FCC Plans $10 Broadband, $150 Computers For Low-Income Families

FCC Plans $10 Broadband, $150 Computers For Low-Income Families

Although the availability of broadband internet service has become more widespread and the cost of decent desktop setups is ever dropping, many Americans still find those seemingly basic technological comforts to be out of reach. Computers alone often cost hundreds […]

Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft Engage In Display Advertising Agreement

Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft Engage In Display Advertising Agreement

Microsoft Corp., AOL and Yahoo! teamed up on Wednesday to offer advertisers the ability to buy non-reserved online display inventory from all three company’s. Agencies will still have the ability to choose who they partner with (Yahoo! Network Plus, AOL’s […]

Steve Ballmer Says “Luck” Kept Microsoft From Buying Yahoo In 2008

Steve Ballmer Says “Luck” Kept Microsoft From Buying Yahoo In 2008

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at the Web 2.0 Summit that Microsoft was lucky to be locked out of Yahoo buyout in 2008. Speaking to the crowd about his company’s original $44 billion bid he said “sometimes you’re lucky” […]

Microsoft Not Ready To Place Yahoo Bid

Microsoft Not Ready To Place Yahoo Bid

Insiders close to Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the company is nowhere near ready to place a bid for Yahoo! Inc. According to those same insiders Microsoft officials are planning to examine Yahoo’s financial information when it circulates later this week, […]