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Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo! — Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business. — REDMOND, Wash. — May 18, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement:
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Microsoft to Buy Just Yahoo's Search Business? — Will Microsoft now just buy Yahoo's search business instead of the whole company? — Ah, what are weekends for? — Why, announcing another non-deal deal-this time, sources said, it is related to search-in the Microsoft-Yahoo takeover pas de deux, of course!
Yahoo!:
Yahoo! Remains Open to Value Maximizing Transactions — SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Microsoft Corporation that it is continuing to review potential transactions with Yahoo!:
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
In Reversal, Microsoft Proposes New Deal to Yahoo — Microsoft has proposed a complex new deal with Yahoo that would involve collaboration between their online advertising businesses but would not involve a full takeover, Microsoft said on Sunday. — Microsoft released a brief statement …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Microsoft And Yahoo Apparently Back At The Bargaining Table — What would Sunday afternoon/evening be lately without more intrigue in the MicroHoo drama? Today was no exception as Redmond issued a cryptic statement that says it's offering to join forces with or acquire some of Yahoo …
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Microsoft, Yahoo Enter New Talks — A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP — Microsoft Corp. said that it is considering an agreement with Yahoo Inc. and opened up the possibility that it would consider buying part of the Internet company. — In a statement, Microsoft said that it is …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:If Icahn Can't Get Microsoft Back To Table Before Shareholder …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:Microsoft: We don't have to buy Yahoo outright; Is it joint venture time?
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Microsoft on Yahoo: Internal Memo From Kevin Johnson — Just prior to Microsoft's annual advertising conference advance08, Kevin Johnson, president of the company's Platforms & Services Division, sent the following strategy update to PSD employees. — From: Kevin Johnson — To: Platforms & Services Division
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Kevin Johnson / CNET News.com:
Kevin Johnson's letter on updated online strategy — As Microsoft returns to the table with Yahoo for a deal that might include Yahoo's search business, Windows and Windows Live chief Kevin Johnson sent this letter updating his team on an updated online and advertising strategy.
Steven Musil / CNET News.com:
Survey: One-fifth of Americans have never used e-mail — The digital divide is apparently alive and well. — About 20 percent of all U.S. heads-of-household have never sent an e-mail, and about 20 million households, or 18 percent, are without Internet access, according to a study released earlier this week.
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:The Hyperconnected vs. 84% of Everyone Else on Earth
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why Google News has no noise — I'm a noise junkie. I used to be a news junkie, but I've hung out with the world's top journalists enough now to see that the good ones are noise junkies. They are the types that head into a crowded party and listen to pitch after pitch (noise) …
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Alistair Croll / GigaOM:
Why WetPaint & Other UGC Sites Get Big Money — First the money flowed to social sites like Facebook that showed the world how to get users to interact. Then it moved on to “roll your own” platforms like Ning that allowed people to build their own social microsites.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why FriendFeed won't go mainstream (Part I) — Robert Blum got me to call him an idiot because of this Tweet: “FriendFeed only helps if you're dedicating your life to following yet another web site.” — Chris Saad took the conversation in a different direction with this Tweet …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay Enters List of 100 Most Popular Webites — The Pirate Bay is the second BitTorrent site that has managed to get a spot among the 100 most visited (97) domains on the Internet. The BitTorrent tracker has good company in this prestigious list, as it brushes shoulders with sites such as Google …
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