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Yahoo!'s Future Still Open to Negotiation

2008-04-15T07:34:32-04:00

Microsoft is not ruling out a joint bid for Yahoo! with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, it has been claimed
According to Reuters, a source familiar with the deal said that News Corp has been speaking directly to the company without involving Microsoft.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week about the two companies putting in a joint bid for the internet firm, and also claimed that Yahoo!'s board of directors has failed to reach a decision on their future.

Yahoo! and Google Announce Trial Experiment

2008-04-10T07:14:21-04:00

Yahoo! and Google have announced that they will undertake a three-week experiment sharing advertising space.
The deal, announced on Wednesday, will enable Google to show ads tied to about three per cent of internet searches made in the US through Yahoo!'s search engine, which is the second largest after Google.
Yahoo! will still use its own technology to place ads next to the rest of the results appearing on its search results.

Yahoo! Rejects Takeover Bid from Microsoft

2008-04-08T07:30:50-04:00

Yahoo! has rejected Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept a takeover offer, claiming that they have been undervalued.
In an open letter to Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, Yahoo said that they would only be open to a better deal.
"We continue to believe that your proposal is not in the best interests of Yahoo and our stockholders," Roy Bostock, chairman of Yahoo's board and Jerry Yang, its chief executive officer said in the letter.

Microsoft Will Not Budge on Yahoo! Bid

2008-04-02T10:25:53-04:00

Microsoft has claimed it sees no reason to increase its bid for Yahoo! two months after its initial offer.
On February 1st, Microsoft offered $44.6 billion (£22.5 million) for the rival internet company and executives from both firms have since met once to discuss the merger.
An anonymous source familiar with Microsoft's plans told Reuters: "The company sees no reason to bid against itself".
Neither company has officially commented on the deal to date.

New Yahoo! Site Dedicated to Women

2008-03-31T14:40:16-04:00

Yahoo! has announced a new web site for women between the ages of 25 and 54 focusing on their daily lives.
The new site, called Shine, offers nine categories ranging from fashion and beauty, to parenting and is aimed at around 40 million women, the company state.
Amy Lorio, general manager of Lifestyles at Yahoo!, told the Associated Press: "Women as a demographic is a good target, particularly given the number of women who use Yahoo! and the fact that females tend to blog more than males."

Internet Giants Join Forces for OpenSocial

2008-03-27T11:28:14-04:00

Yahoo!, Google and MySpace have formed an alliance to form the OpenSocial network to lure web developers away from the market leader Facebook.
The OpenSocial network is a set of technical specifications that lets new software run on any social network website.
Joe Krauss, Google director of product management, said to Reuters that the scope of OpenSocial applications could reach more than 200 million users.
Speaking about the coalition he added: "If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together."

Google Fears Microsoft's Yahoo Bid Will 'Be Bad for Internet'

2008-03-17T08:47:00-04:00

Google has expressed its concerns about the potential acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft, saying it may damage the "free flow of information on the internet".
Last week Microsoft executives met with their Yahoo! counterparts for the first time since their initial $44.6 billion bid for the company.
On January 31st Microsoft made a combined cash and stock bid for the company which Yahoo! rejected, branding it inadequate.

Google Dominates Online Traffic in January

2008-02-16T08:53:10-05:00

New figures have revealed the most visited websites in the US during the month of January.
Nielsen Online reported that Google remained the most visited site in the country, with 124 million hits in the month.
Following behind the search engine were Microsoft (121 million), Yahoo! (113 million) and Time Warner (104 million).
The study also showed how long users had spent on these sites, with Time Warner recording an average use time of three hours and nineteen minutes.
In contrast, users of Wikipedia - the ninth most visited site - only spent 18 minutes on the website.

Yahoo Vulnerabilities Exposed

2008-02-06T11:47:03-05:00

Hackers are already exploiting Yahoo Music Jukebox vulnerabilities, it has been claimed.
The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) warned that two critical flaws had been detected in the Yahoo Music Jukebox YMP Datagrid and the Yahoo Mediagrid Active X controls.
It added that the systems contained multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could be exploited by cybercriminals.
A statement from US-Cert explained: "Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system."

Winds of Change for the Internet: Microsoft Bids for Yahoo

2008-02-04T09:55:48-05:00

The whole structure of the internet could be profoundly altered if Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer for search engine Yahoo is ultimately approved.
Reports suggest that the US Congress Judiciary Committee will meet on February 8th to discuss the competition issues surrounding the takeout attempt.
House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers and ranking member Lamar Smith noted in a joint statement on the move: "Microsoft's bid to acquire Yahoo is certainly one of the largest technology mergers we've seen and presents important issues regarding the competitive landscape of the internet.