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Roundtable: Four experts dissect the Microsoft bid for Yahoo
It may be among one of the historical milestones in the history of technology, and it may never actually become a done deal. Why is Microsoft risking so much, what could it gain even by losing, and what does it really think it would gain by winning?
Analysis: The impact of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo on customers
If the massive deal does go through, Google will at last face a major threat to fend off. Technical integration between Microsoft and Yahoo could be a nightmare, according to some analysts. Yet customers might stand to gain.
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo get competition from smaller search firms
Chances are you've been hearing more than the usual news this week about Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. But a lot of other search technology is also going strong right now, all of it vying for more than fifteen minutes of fame.
Sony BMG, XM reach deal on Pioneer Inno
The deal could be a sign that the satellite radio provider's legal woes surrounding the recording functionality of some of its receivers may be waning.
New Italian law may have unintentionally legalized MP3 sharing
A new copyright law in Italy making its way through Parliament seems to suggest that trading in MP3s would become legal so long as no profit is made from its distribution.
Submarine data routes in crisis
Day two of the Eastern hemisphere's widespread Internet outage has seen an incremental worsening of the situation as another submarine cable has been severed.
Linux mobile developer releases Web 2.0 platform suites
The mobile Linux company Azingo announced a new line of open source software it hopes can satisfy new phone applications developers' needs to offer Web 2.0 technology to mobile phone users.
Microsoft, Novell sign joint deal with Renault
While many deals on operating systems for corporations result in a loss for one side or the other, this case could be seen as a net benefit for both.
Intel, Micron announce faster NAND flash chips
The two companies have collaborated on a new NAND flash memory technology which is said to speed up data transfer rates fivefold.
SanDisk places bet on SDHC with new 32GB card
While Compact Flash may have been the dominant removable memory format for years, SanDisk says the future is now in SDHC, announcing a 32GB card that will go on sale in April.
Nine-hour network outage cripples AT&T mobile data traffic
Beginning at around 5:30 EST on Thursday, AT&T's EDGE and UMTS data networks went down for reasons even now unknown to company technicians.
Ballmer: Yahoo would give Microsoft a 'consumer face' online
It would be a merger whose size and scope could only be rivaled by pharmaceutical companies earlier this decade. But Microsoft's objective now is to somehow convince everyone that the whole of the two companies will somehow be greater than the sum of all the other sums of their parts put together.
Motorola steers clear of Trolltech after Nokia acquires it
After Nokia announced plans to acquire open source technology maker Trolltech earlier in the week, Motorola ended the week by showing its support for open source technology, while also stating how it will shift away from Trolltech technologies.
Apple TV 'Take 2' update delayed, MacBook Air ships
Owners of the set-top device will have to wait a little longer for the highly-anticipated upgrade that allows the renting of movies from iTunes.
A potential buyer for Motorola's mobile division: Ericsson
Sony Ericsson has recently been trailing behind competitors Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola in sales, but with Motorola's recent announcement of mobile business restructuring, its co-parent Ericsson is considering an uncharacteristic move.
FTC hands down sanctions against 'free product' spammer
The agency said this week that it had settled with a spammer who had failed to tell consumers they actually had to spend money to receive "free" products.
Microsoft makes colossal bid for Yahoo in wake of chairman's departure
Confirming that his company had indeed been in discussions with Yahoo's senior management about a possible takeover throughout the last 18 months, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed this morning he has personally placed an offer to Yahoo's board of directors, proposing a takeover whose value it estimates at $44.6 billion.
Applying the 'community' ideal to Web advertising
Business leaders in the Web advertising and network-building industries convened today at Fordham University to discuss how they can remake the Web advertising model so that it helps forge communities the way Web sites already do.
Motorola is considering restructuring its mobile business
In an extraordinary public admission Thursday afternoon, Motorola CEO Greg Brown issued a statement saying his company is indeed considering ways to restructure its mobile devices and services business.
EchoStar wins partial reversal of TiVo verdict on DVR infringement
A complex tangle of technological arguments ended up being untangled in EchoStar's favor, in an appeals court decision today that could lead to DVR service being restored to Dish Network.
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