kara.allthingsd.com - 1/8/2009
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How can BoomTown put it plainly?
The alleged deal being cooked up by a group of Silicon Valley investors to take a run at Yahoo, using money raised from Microsoft, is little more than what we used to call a “trial balloon” when I worked at the Washington Post.
That did not ...
connectedtv.yahoo.com - 1/7/2009
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connectedtv.yahoo.com —
The Cinematic Internet is Yahoo!’s vision for the
emerging world of Internet-connected TV—combining the Internet’s choice, community,
and personalization with the power of television. This combination will transform traditional TV into something ...
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Yahoo! Connected TV: The best of the Internet on your TV
techcrunch.com - 1/7/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Interest in troubled Internet giant Yahoo has not
waned, it just took a break for the holidays.
A group of well known Silicon Valley executives and top investment bankers are putting together a Yahoo takeover deal that would be financed largely from ...
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Investment Group Makes Run For Yahoo, Using Microsoft’s ...
online.wsj.com - 1/9/2009
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online.wsj.com —
JESSICA E. VASCELLARO and JOANN S. LUBLIN Yahoo
Inc. is in the final stretch of its search
for a chief executive officer, and a decision could come as soon as next week, said people close to the Internet company. Among candidates still under ...
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Yahoo Nears End of Search for a CEO
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Sources Dump On Microsoft-Yahoo Rumor -- "It's Idiotic" (YHOO)
Silicon Alley Insider —
Boomtown's Kara Swisher talked to a "source close to Microsoft's thinking" about rumors that several unnamed Silicon Valley executives were planning to borrow money from Microsoft (MSFT), buy Yahoo (YHOO) at $13 per share, and then sell Yahoo's search to Microsoft. The source did not react kindly, calling the deal "idiotic." Full quote:
'We can deal directly with Yahoo, which is moving through a process to get a new CEO, and when the time is right, we will deal with their leadership,' said a source close to Microsoft's thinking. 'Getting ...
Around the Web 1.8.09: In the land that CES forgot
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
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-- Happy New Year, and welcome back to the daily bogus Yahoo rumors. Boomtown
-- Google is tightening its belt; will it pull back on all these products that don't make money? Google Blogoscoped
-- No technology venture is immune to the economic maelstrom. One Laptop Per Child
-- Never fear, Obama's new technology czar is almost here. Daily Beast
-- Dilbert for technology czar! The Internet will transform our ...
Yahoo's Depressing Backup Plan
Gawker: Valleywag —
... A ludicrously patchy trial balloon lifted off this week, airing the notion that Microsoft might fund some kind of complex buyout of Yahoo, at a knockdown price of $20 billion — less than half what Microsoft offered last February. It was swiftly shot down: If Microsoft wanted to get its hands on Yahoo, why would it loan someone else the money to buy it? ...
Weekend Update 1.11.09
Digital Daily —
... (SNE). MediaMemo also caught the much anticipated introduction of Palm’s (PALM) new smartphone, the Palm Pre, and its new Web OS, a combo Palm deems superior to the iPhone and that many others consider Palm’s last chance for survival. The product’s success or failure will have a lot to do with its pricing, about which there’s much disbelief.
BoomTown had the lowdown this week on an amusing rumor about a Microsoft-backed (MSFT) run at Yahoo (YHOO), the emergence of Carol Bartz as the top prospect for Yahoo CEO and ...
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[NEWS FLASH] Yahoo+Microsoft - once more with feeling
inquisitr.com 11/30/2008 —
According to an article just posted to the Times Online site the Microsoft and Yahoo talks are back on folks. Now beware this could all be rumour (please let it be) but I would be negligent in my duties if I didn’t pass this a long.
Word ...
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