What's Really Up With This Gates Foundation Thing!Bill came into my office this morning, he just kinda' sauntered about with that stupid Cheshire cat grin he always has when he's up to something while humming Radar Love. I continued to work, he'll speak when he's ready.After...
The Smokescreen Retirement!I have to give it to Bill, that weasel is as slick as snailscum on Teflon. He did me one last HUGE favor by agreeing to retire XP on the same day as his last!He told me, "people will scream like branded cats on XP-Kill day!" So months ago we agreed...
Could ZuneRiots Reignite?Back in January I covered the worldwide ZuneRiots! People around the globe were demanding their rights, the right to a Zune!I have recieved reports that some countries are beginning to worry that the movement may re-erupt, let's hope not! I pledge now...
The Steve Ballmer Action Figure!Everybody else has got an action figure, why don't I?This always bothered me! Am I the victim of Action Figureism?Well I'm not one to complain, so I have commissioned a single run of one hundred and one "Steve Ballmer, MS CEO Action Hero"...
Beginning in July, Bill Gates will switch jobs for the first time in his adult life, stepping out of a full-time job at Microsoft and moving over to philanthropy. The whole world is a far different place for what he and Microsoft did. At the heart of the high-tech industry...
"Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse.It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year. ...
Withdrawal of Microsoft bid has hit Yahoo badly. In the opening hours of trading at German bourses. " Yahoo's German-listed shares plunged 17% after software giant Microsoft dropped its three-month-old bid to buy the internet firm. Analysts expect Yahoo's US...
The Yahoo response of the Microsoft's bid. Microsoft has set a deadline for the their offer recently to the Yahoo."Internet search engine Yahoo says it is "not opposed" to Microsoft's takeover bid, but wants a better price.The letter from Yahoo's board was a swift response to...
Imagine a time where Microsoft acquired Yahoo. You can surprise with the atmosphere when these two giants get together and empower the web. Now Microsoft has given three week deadline to Yahoo to respond on its...
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It's been two years of grueling on-and-off negotiations, with Microsoft's current offer to Yahoo standing at USD$44.6 billion (USD$31 per share.) It's just another attempt in Microsoft's plans to oust Google as the...
"Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares.
The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday.
Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier this week and said it...
A video spoof shown during the CES 2008 keynote by Bill Gates about his
last full day at Microsoft in July starring himself, Brian Williams,
Steve Ballmer, Matthew McConaughey, Robbie Bach, Jay-Z, Bono,...
"There's been much ado about the possibility of a Microsoft Zune cell phone lately, and Crave has joined the chorus of musings with several posts of our own. While a Microsoft exec said last year that such a device...
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So, when you have the two richest guys in the world sitting around over a few brews thinking...hmm..."what should we do today?". Answer? Let's collect 50 Hooters girls and party. Nicely done gents. What next? A...
"“Speech is universal, simple and holds incredible promise as a key interface for computing,” Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said.Microsoft has bought a voice-recognition software firm,California-based Tellme Networks,for a reported $800m (£413m)."
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