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1. Microsoft Bing grows its market share a bit

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ...  65.4% 0.5 Yahoo sites 18.8% 18.0% -0.8 Microsoft ...

2. Sprint launches Palm Pixi smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sunday, 15 November 2009

   ... Additional specs include: Network  - Dual-band CDMA2000, 3G: EvDO Rev A. Display - 2.63-inch multitouch screen, 18-bit color, 320x400 resolution. Email - Microsoft Exchange Direct Push, POP3/IMAP, YahooMail, ...

3. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo others sued over mapping software

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   ... for the Eastern Distric of Texas, Marshall Division. That's a fast tracking patent court. The defendants include Expedia, Google, Microsoft, the Washington Post, Ticketmaster, Travelocity, Tripadvisor, ...

4. Tool stops search engines gathering your data

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   ... privacy is preserved," said Alexandre Viejo, a researcher at the Computer Engineering Department of the Rovira i Virgili University. Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Live search save ...

5. The best IT vendor CEO of the decade is...

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

   Friday, 16 October 2009

   ... also-rans. Over at Microsoft, despite sitting on a pile of money, an adjudicated monopoly, a vast market share, a devoted following, smart employees, and much more in his favor, Steve Ballmer did very ...

6. Google Toolbar can't handle Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... become loyal Yahoo or Microsoft search users," it smirks.  ...

7. Industry heavyweights gang up against Google

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 20 August 2009

   Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not inconsiderable weight to a coalition opposing Google's plans for scanning books. Silicon Valley (CA) - Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have added their not ...

8. Search engines 'facilitate illegal prescription drug sales'

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... prescription drugs without a prescription, and had been sent counterfeit medications, from bing.com online pharmacy advertisers. A few days after Microsoft responded that it had manually reviewed its ...

9. Everybody loves Google

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 17 August 2009

   ... Yahoo and Microsoft - scored 83. Yahoo's search engine scored 77. Because the survey was carried out earlier this year, Microsoft was evaluated on the basis of MSN rather than Bing, and scored 75. Even ...

10. Microsoft to hire at least 400 Yahoo employees

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 04 August 2009

    Yahoo revealed more details about its 10-year search deal with Microsoft that was announced last week. According to the agreement, at least 400 Yahoo employees will move to Microsoft’s payroll and Microsoft ...

11. Microhoo is not just about traffic. It’s about data. Period.

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Thursday, 30 July 2009

    Opinion – I am glad some deal between Microsoft and Yahoo finally got done. Despite its seemingly simple purpose to give Microsoft much more leverage in advertising through increased search market share, ...

12. Microsoft and Yahoo in alliance against Google

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    Microsoft and Yahoo finally reached an agreement how to collaborate, subject to regulatory approval. It may not be the acquisition the two companies were aiming for initially, but there is now a 10 ...

13. Yahoo to search with Microsoft, report says

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 28 July 2009

    Microsoft and Yahoo may be close to announcing a major search deal this week, according to a report published by Advertising Age. Yahoo will reportedly use Microsoft’s Bing as search technology, allowing Microsoft ...

14. Microsoft and Yahoo still working on pre-nup

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 July 2009

    Despite reports that Microsoft and Yahoo were close to a Google-worrying marriage deal last week, the two sides are still no closer to consummating their never-ending fairytale romance. Despite reports ...

15. Yahoo to get new look

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 July 2009

    ... the years.  The site is visited by  340 million people monthly Things might change if Yahoo signs a partnership deal with Microsoft. This will mean that it will be able to show its own display ...

16. Microsoft and Yahoo on the way to the altar

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 16 July 2009

    ... longest-running soap opera finally looks like it’s reaching its series finale. A bunch of Microsoft suits are in Silicon Valley in an attempt to tie the knot, the Wall Street Journal claims, although ...

17. Microsoft’s Bing gains, Yahoo drops, Google flat

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 15 July 2009

    Microsoft’s Bing search engine gained some ground on Google and Yahoo in June. It may only be marginal at first sight, but if we remember that Microsoft’s search sites have been virtually defenseless ...

18. Bing gets slightly more traffic, flat advertising money

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 14 July 2009

     As we are waiting for the releases of June search market share rankings from Comscore and Nielsen Netratings, Microsoft reveals that it received about 8% more hits on Bing during the month. Unfortunately, the ...

19. Google dominates search market as Bing plays catch up

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... marks a salient increase from the 69 percent posted in June, 2008. Meanwhile, Yahoo managed to capture 16 percent - down from 20 percent last June - while Ask plummeted to 3.2 percent. In contrast, Microsoft's ...

20. Yahoo’s answer to Bing? Search Pad.

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    Yahoo got lost in the recent Bing Bing surrounding Microsoft’s new search engine and a discussion whether this “little engine that could”, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer describes Bing, will be able ...

21. Trade groups agree on online data pact

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 02 July 2009

    ... that belong to the sponsoring organisations, including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Disney and Verizon, will adopt the principles. Amongst these is a requirement to provide notice, either in an ad or on ...

22. Google, Bing Wars - don't do as I do, do as I say

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    While the EU fulminates over the evils of Microsoft and its unfair competition, we were surprised to find that the company everyone loves to hate actually turns out to be a damned sight more helpful ...

23. Microsoft, Yahoo, Real Networks sued over music copyright

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    A copyright administration company started a legal case against Real Networks, Yahoo, and Microsoft, alleging that they breached copyright on several pieces of music and the authors of music they look ...

24. Bing boosts Microsoft search share by 50 percent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    Bing has reportedly boosted Microsoft's search share by 4 points, or nearly fifty percent. According to ComScore, Microsoft sites garnered 8.2 percent of all US searches in April, 2009. However, the ...

25. Schmidt triggered by Bing. Cross, be he

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    The head of Google has got aerated about Microsoft's latest foray into search, the thing called Bing.The head of Google has got aerated about Microsoft's latest foray into search, the thing called Bing. ...

26. Bing, Bing, Bing! Microsoft’s search market share climbs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    I still doubt that Bing will be enough for Microsoft to attack Google’s dominating role in the search market, but if we believe data published by Comscore then it seems that Bing has increased Microsoft ...

27. Microsoft’s Bing aiming for Yahoo already?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 05 June 2009

    If we believe Internet analysis companies, then Microsoft apparently could not have asked for a more successful launch of its new search engine. While the actual percentage estimates of Bing’s market ...

28. DoJ investigates IT hiring practices

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 03 June 2009

    ... seen as a bit infra dig. Back in 1995, Microsoft went so far as to sue Google for wooing away Kai-Fu Lee, Microsoft's vice president for WEeb Interactive Services, to head Google's China operations. Google ...

29. Wozniak astounded by Microsoft's Bing

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 29 May 2009

    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has reported a favorable impression of Microsoft's Bing search engine. "That was the most astounding software demo I've ever seen," Wozniak told Yahoo Tech Ticker after ...

30. Time Warner to spin off AOL

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 27 May 2009

    ... great success.  After the 2001 takeover Time Warner was forced to write down the value of AOL by nearly $100 billion a year, and it has struggled to get advertising. Talk of selling AOL to Microsoft ...

31. Bing! Microsoft to rename search engine yet again?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    Microsoft’s journey to find a sticky name for its Internet search service has already been an odyssey through branding land and now it seems that the company is dropping the name for its highly anticipated next-generation ...

32. Search me! Bing, Hakia & Co. keep Google honest

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 26 May 2009

    ... builds contextual pages on-the-fly. Even Microsoft, long an also-ran in search, refuses to cede ground. Following last year’s acquisition of Powerset, Microsoft is preparing its own next-generation search ...

33. MS 'to announce new search engine' next week

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 20 May 2009

    Rumors are rife that Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer will use next week's Wall Street Journal All Things Digital Conference in Carlsbad, California, to unveil the software giant's new search engine. Seattle, ...

34. Google grows its search score

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 19 May 2009

    ... Google sites were way ahead of the rest of the search pack, scoring 62.4 percent of searches conducted. The others trailed behind. Yahoo sites scored 20.4 percent, Microsoft sites a meager 8.2 percent, ...

35. Brits obsessed with social networking

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... sites of one sort of another - account for 45 per cent of UK internet time. By contrast, the equivalent list for the US is rather less hedonistic, with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo heading the list and ...

36. Man claims he owns biggest US corporations

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    ... is suing - ready for this - Microsoft, Wells Fargo, Chase Bank, Cable TV Network, CNN, NBC, ABC. Food Network, Toon, AMC, General Electric, McDonalds, Starbucks, Subway, Yahoo, Google, Sony, Capital One, ...

37. Tech firms' results hold up better than expected

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 23 April 2009

      "It could have been a lot worse" - that's the consensus on the latest quarterly results from Microsoft, Amazon and Samsung. "It could have been a lot worse" - that's the consensus on the latest ...

38. Yahoo drop in profits means 700 will go

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 April 2009

    ... be across the board, but from specific business units. Gossip continues that Yahoo is still in talks with Microsoft to create a strategic alliance on search technology but neither firm care to comment ...

39. Microsoft and Yahoo in ad alliance talks, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 13 April 2009

    It appears that Microsoft and Yahoo are ready to chat about a business relationship again. Media reports suggest that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo’s new CEO Carol Bartz to discuss opportunities in ...

40. UPDATED: Conficker.e surfaces and reveals purpose: Wants $49.95

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    ... stop operating on May 3, 2009. It uses a random filename and random service name when installing. After installing, it deletes its dropped component. It propagates via MS08-067 (which Microsoft has fixed, ...

41. Microsoft loses patent case, ordered to pay $388 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 09 April 2009

    A security software company called Uniloc has defeated Goliath in open court. Microsoft was ordered by a jury to pay $388 million in damages for infringing on an anti-piracy patent held by Uniloc. Microsoft ...

42. Clara County: Microsoft buys Yahoo!

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 22 March 2009

    ... STRIP: Clara County - Microsoft buys Yahoo (9 frames) Moblivious is a huge software conglomerate. His software runs 90% of the world's computers, but he's not really in touch with consumer's needs. ...

43. iPhone OS 3.0: Top 10 user-centric features

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 20 March 2009

    ... online calendars from inside the Calendar application. These two enhancements come in addition to the syncing abilities already available via iTunes (for personal calendars) and Microsoft's ActiveSync ...

44. Review: IE8 is no speed demon, but is most secure browser available

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    Today is a red letter day for browsers. Microsoft has unleashed the final version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Designed to counter its declining web usage share with the entire IE brand, IE8 doesn't ...

45. Microsoft still interested in Yahoo

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer reignited speculation about a possible acquisition of Yahoo’s search business. At a conference yesterday, Ballmer said that “that a deal would help improve Microsoft's ...

46. Clara County: x86 cross-license dispute

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... here to see the second installment:  Clara County: Microsoft buys Yahoo! ...

47. Research: Apple owns mobile web, Google rules mobile search

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... go. The numbers also show that Android should definitely be taken seriously -- especially when it overtakes Symbian's web use stats sometime later this month. And unlike Microsoft (who failed to extend ...

48. Microsoft reducing contractor pay rates, forcing 100-day breaks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 27 February 2009

    In an effort to ramp cost cutting measures, on Wednesday, Microsoft announced it had begun reducing employee overtime, is reducing its temporary work staff pay by 10%, and will be imposing a mandatory ...

49. Yahoo shakeup #2: CFO to leave

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Yesterday, Yahoo’s CFO Blake Jorgensen hinted that a deal between Yahoo and Microsoft may still be an interesting topic. Today, Yahoo announces that Jorgensen will be leaving the company. What will ...

50. Microsoft sues TomTom: All your GPS logics are belong to us

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    Microsoft has filed a lawsuit in US district court, as well as with the International Trade Commission, against the Netherlands-based TomTom company, manufacturer of a wide array of GPS devices. After ...