Whatever happened to Microsoft's DRM plan?
June 25, 2008
From DRM to disk encryption–the sordid tale of how Microsoft’s plans to appease Hollywood were derailed.
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Carl Icahn to drop Yahoo proxy fight post Microsoft pullout?
June 13, 2008
With talks between Yahoo and Microsoft called off, don’t expect investor activist Carl Icahn to drop his proxy fight against the Internet search pioneer, said one source familiar with the billionaire investor.
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Yahoo inks search-ad pact with Google
June 13, 2008
Google will supply Yahoo with search ads in a partnership Yahoo believes will raise revenue by $800 million in its first year–but that also could give more power to Google.
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Microsoft's last offer to Yahoo
June 13, 2008
Software maker was willing to buy Yahoo’s search business and offered to buy a 16 percent stake at $35 a share–above the price Microsoft offered when it was trying to get all of Yahoo.
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Daily Debrief: Checking in on the health and soul of Yahoo
June 13, 2008
In Thursday’s Daily Debrief, CNET News.com’s Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company almost six months after Microsoft’s initial takeover bid.
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Yahoo-Google: Microsoft left searching
June 13, 2008
The software maker’s effort to strengthen its position in online advertising appears to have had the opposite effect, driving Yahoo into Google’s arms.
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Yahoo shareholders push judge for speedier trial date
June 12, 2008
Attorney sends judge letter dishing up more material to support quickly setting a hearing date in the shareholder’s lawsuit over the company’s controversial employee severance plans.
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Icahn issues 'personally liable' warning to Yahoo board
June 12, 2008
Yahoo’s directors may be “personally liable” for signing off on a controversial and potentially expensive employee-severance plan, the billionaire investor contends.
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EU to member nations: "Use more open source"
June 12, 2008
The European Union has some sage words of advice for its member states: Open up to open source.
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Red Hat settles patent suit with Firestar, DataTern
June 12, 2008
Linux provider reaches an agreement with two companies alleging that its JBoss unit had infringed a patent for linking object-oriented software to relational databases.
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