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Microsoft has no plans to buy Yahoo! (this time)
A few seconds after Google kicked Yahoo! to the curb by severing an agreement to place AdSense ads on Yahoo! search pages, folks started speculating that Yahoo! might go crawling back to Microsoft. The two companies had engaged in extensive talks ...
Microsoft: We're not done with Yahoo! yet
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or at least use Flickr without fear that Microsoft would start requiring WGA validation), Microsoft released a statement saying it's not quite done with this whole Yahoo! thing yet. No, the ...
Yahoo! rejects Microsoft, turns to AOL?
As expected, Yahoo! has rejected Microsoft's bid to take over the web portal and its network of services. Microsoft had been offering $44.6 billion for Yahoo!, which the Yahoo! board claims undervalues the company. Microsoft has a few options ...
Breaking News: Microsoft seeking to acquire Yahoo!
Never mind the Twitter speculation -- there's bigger fish to fry this morning, as Microsoft has proposed (and we must reiterate: proposed) to acquire Yahoo! Here's the quote from the Microsoft Press Release: "Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today ...
Rumor alert: Microsoft (trying) to buy Yahoo!
Rumor has it Microsoft wants to buy
Yahoo!. On Sunday the L.A. Times reported on "speculation" that Microsoft offered the Sunnyvale company $80
billion for a buy-out, but Yahoo! claimed it was too low. Now the speculation is that Redmond ...
Yahoo! to Microsoft: No means no (until we say yes)
Yahoo! has rejected the 10,247th buyout proposal to date from Microsoft. The New York Times reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and investor Carl Icahn made another offer to purchase Yahoo!'s search business on Friday night -- and gave the ...
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!: A year of acquisitions
How many companies did the web's big
three--Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft--acquire in 2005? At least 26. SEO by the Sea has done his homework and written
great analyses of Google's acquisitions (four in 2005) and Yahoo's (12!) and Read/WriteWeb ...
Yahoo! and Microsoft are so over each other, it's not even funny
If you thought things were over between Microsoft and Yahoo!, you ain't seen nothing yet. Because now it's really, officially, super duper over. Yahoo! issued a press releases this afternoon making it clear that that not only will Microsoft not be ...
Flickr users laugh at Microsoft-Yahoo! deal
When Yahoo! snubbed Microsoft's first buyout offer last week, no one was happier than the 3,000-plus members of a Flickr photo pool called "Microsoft: Keep Your Evil Grubby Hands Off Of Our Flickr." The group has posted a collection of funny images ...
That was quick: Microsoft is not buying Yahoo!
Just hours after we learned that Microsoft was in negotiations to take over Yahoo! the talks ended. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that the talks were more of a quick chat. Of course the blogosphere went crazy Friday (slow ...
Yahoo bid is no more, Microsoft withdraws
Earlier today we covered how the Microsoft and Yahoo thing might actually go through, or go bust altogether. Long story short: Microsoft withdrew its offer. Three months after everyone went bananas because Microsoft put out the bid to buy Yahoo, ...
Yahoo! buys Actionality, a mobile ad company
Hot on the trail of Google and Microsoft, Yahoo! has announced that they have picked up a mobile ad startup. The acquisition of Actionality strengthens Yahoo! place in the ad market lineup, with Google and Microsoft, and turns it up a notch. However, ...
Microsoft to Yahoo!: You've got 3 weeks before we get hostile
OK, we know it's a long shot, but wouldn't it be great if Microsoft succeeded in its bid to buy Yahoo! and then renamed the company Microhoo? Because when you type "Microhoo" into Yahoo!'s search engine right now, one of the suggestions is ...
Yahoo! releases statement: Glad that's over
With all the talk of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo! leading nowhere, there's one important thing to keep in mind: Yahoo! never said it was looking for a buyer. Microsoft's takeover offer never quite got "hostile," but it was unsolicted nonetheless. So ...
Microsoft, Yahoo! announce a search deal
After years of back and forth negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced a 10-year deal to work together on internet search and advertising. Under the agreement, Microsoft will get exclusive access to Yahoo!'s search technologies, which may ...
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
