As expected, Yahoo has responded to Microsoft’s 3 week ultimatum this morning. The bottom line is pretty clear in a letter signed by Jerry Yang (CEO) and Roy Bostock (chairman). In the “Dear Steve” response to Ballmer they state, “we will not allow you or anyone else to acquire the company for anything less than […]
Microsoft Corp. today told Yahoo Inc. that it has three weeks to agree to its unsolicited $42 billion takeover bid or face a proxy fight and possibly a lower offer.
“If we have not concluded an agreement within the next three weeks, we will be compelled to take our case directly to your shareholders, including […]
The chairman of Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, said at a news-conference that the world’s largest maker of software is on-track to release its next-generation operating system (OS) sometime in 2009. Certain indirect claims of Microsoft confirm this timeframe, which was already once named as the deadline for what is known as Windows 7, but then […]
DailyTech reported earlier this morning that Microsoft is in a bit of a pickle with regards to end-of-sale date for Windows XP and the rise of low-cost sub-notebooks. Microsoft needs an operating system to combat the various iterations of Linux that come pre-installed on these machines and Windows Vista won’t suffice given current hardware requirements.
Sources […]
The approaching death of Windows XP may upset you, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Microsoft Corp.’s product life-cycle guidelines have foretold the fate of XP since 2001. In fact, Microsoft has been killing off one version of a product as it is replaced with another for years now. But this time around, the […]
(Reuters) - Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to “buy” from “hold.” The brokerage also raised its price target on Yahoo’s stock to $34 from $31, saying it believed Microsoft remained committed to its offer and “is capable of and willing to” […]
TechARP.com, a Malaysian Web site that nailed Vista SP1’s release-to-manufacturing (RTM) date last month as well as its release to Windows Update last week, said that Microsoft will wrap up work on XP’s third and final service pack next month. The site pegged RTM for Windows XP SP3 as “second half of April 2008″ for […]
When Toshiba officially threw in the towel in the high-definition format war, eyes turned to Microsoft to see what the software giant would do about the Xbox 360’s support of HD DVD. Some expected Microsoft to quickly change gears and back Blu-ray Disc, but no such plans are in place.
“Xbox is not currently in talks […]
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the beta version of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) for developers at the annual MIX08 conference in Las Vegas.
The beta version of IE8 includes better predictability when designing sites, full support for cascading style sheet (CSS) 2.1 at release to manufacturing, and integrated developer tools to quickly debug HTML, CSS and scripts […]
Yahoo Inc. Chairman Roy Bostock is leading a group of the company’s board members in favor of accepting Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover bid, according to a new report.
The informal group headed by Bostock also includes other board members and billionaire investor Ron Burkle, according to the report in the New York Post, which […]