Siljaline's Blog : Ballmer

Microsoft CEO rules out another Yahoo takeover bid

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., but told shareholders on Wednesday that Microsoft would still be "very open" to collaborating with Yahoo on web search technology. http:...(read more)

Microsoft no longer interested in Yahoo, CEO says

Randy Knobloch — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:38:00 GMT

Microsoft's chief executive said Friday the software giant is not interested in renewing its bid for struggling search engine company Yahoo Inc. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/07/microsoft-yahoo.html...(read more)

Goo-Hoo! faces EU anti-trust probe

Randy Knobloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:21:00 GMT

The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the proposed search advertising tie-up between Google and Yahoo!. "In mid-July, we decided to open a preliminary investigation on our own initiative into potential effects of the Google...(read more)

Rooster Cogballmer

Randy Knobloch — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Microsoft virtualization splash on Monday? Rember Rooster Cogburn, that aggressive old man with one last stand left in him? Word is that Microsoft will make a splash on Monday around Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager with a host of supporting...(read more)