Google (GOOG) is launching a nifty new program. It allows programmers who use its Google App Engine to tap the company’s server infrastructure to store their work. That is until they want…
New figures from HitWise support the Microsoft (MSFT) contention that Yahoo!’s (YHOO) share of the search market is shrinking ,making it less likely that the portal can compete against Google (GOOG) on…
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) response to Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) can best be described as self-serving. In a letter to Redmond, made public this morning, Yahoo!’ board reasons "Our position is simply that any…
Douglas A. McIntyre The New York Times and FT are reporting that Yahoo! (YHOO) will reject Microsoft’s (MSFT) bid as too low despite the fact that Redmond may lower its offer or start a proxy…
Douglas A. McIntyre Yesterday we noted that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be close to either lowering its bid or taking other actions in its attempt to acquire Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). Now the facts are out. …
Douglas A. McIntyre The heat between Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) wanting to acquire Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) may be cooling. Or it may just be a negotiating tool to show Jerry Yang that he’s up the creek…
Douglas A. McIntyre Those PC users who hate Vista will be happy to hear that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to release its new version of the Windows OS next year. According to Reuters "The software…
Vista, the new OS from Microsoft (MSFT) was supposed to be so good that every customer and business using Windows would want to upgrade as soon as possible. But, a number of…
Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) management met this week to discuss a possible merger. Redmond made it clear that it would not raise its bid, according to The Wall Street Journal. Everyone…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters,US non-farm pay-rolls are likely to fall by 60,000. Reuters reports that Fed official are playingt down rate cut expectations. Reuters writes that the ex-ceo of UBS (UBS) wants to…
AT&T (T) has indicated that it will ship phones with the Google (GOOG) Android operating system. That may happen later this year. The news is bad for Yahoo! (YHOO) which has the…
Go to an AT&T (T) store. You can still get a Blackberry from Research In Motion (RIMM) for under $300, especially if you press the guy behind the desk. Blackberry had a…
The news that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) would not raise its bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) came as enough of a surprise that it made the front page of some papers. Microsoft managers…
According to Reuters, US car sales for March are likely to be off sharply. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) will not raise its bid for Yahoo! (YHOO) Reuters reports that UBS (UBS)…
The largest losers among the big companies in the S&P 500 for the first quarter were: Microsoft (MSFT) down 21.6%, Google (GOOG) down 36.7%, Apple (AAPL) down 27.8%, Intel (INTC) down 22%,…