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April 24th, 2008

MS-Yahoo Proxy Board: Who the Hell are These Guys?

Yahoo selling out to Microsoft would be like a mammal chaining itself to a dinosaur — or in this case, the Ballmersaur. Now that the Wall Street Journal has revealed the proxy board it plans to put on top of Yahoo, I’m more convinced than ever that a Microsoft acquisition would kill Yahoo. Read through […]

By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

April 23rd, 2008

Ignore Ballmer: Microsoft Will Raise Yahoo Bid

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer must love the taste of crow. Right after dissing Facebook, he bought into it. Now he’s dissing Yahoo’s higher-than-expected Q1 earnings, saying he won’t raise his takeover bid.
Yeah, right. Steve-O’s bravado isn’t fooling anyone. Remember when Microsoft was trumpeting Vista as the next big thing? Now Ballmer admits Vista is an […]

By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

April 17th, 2008

You Can’t Tell If Microsoft’s Kidding

Microsoft produced this ridiculous internal video about Vista supposedly as a joke, but it’s very telling that people thought it was for real. Redmond’s reputation for stupidity is so well-established, you just can’t tell if they’re kidding anymore.
Hell, I doubt this was really a joke. Microsoft probably just made that excuse after seeing people’s horrified […]

By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

March 7th, 2008

Google and Microsoft Bidding on Digg?

Is Kevin Rose in for a well-deserved payday?
We hear from a source very close to the deal that four companies are in heavy due diligence with Digg - two media/news companies, and two big Internet companies - Google and Microsoft. And Google and Microsoft are on the verge of making their bids.
Digg is prepared to […]

By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments