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This is the saddest moment of this year so far. Microsoft is going to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion. What can be more unexciting and bogus than this that the software giant is going to piss off another great web service. When they acquired Hotmail quite sometime ago, I knew that this was the end of the best mail service of that time. I consequently moved to yahoo mail. Now that MS again wants to ruin another great service, I am like lost in the desert, not knowing where to switch now. When next time I open my Yahoo mail account, I don’t want to see “Your Browser Does not support Yahoo Mail, Use IE7″. Or when I try to upload pictures to my Flickr account, it will say, “We don’t Support Linux, use Windows”. Why can’t Microsoft leave everybody alone. If they think that they, when merging Yahoo with them, can give google a tough competition, then they are wrong. Heads up for google here, they are much ahead than both of them together.

Microsoft y Yahoo se unirían para alcanzar a Google, líder del mercado publicitario en Internet. No sucede el mismo caso como algunos lo comparan al de la fusión entre las empresas chilenas Falabella y D&S, que tras un proceso que duró ocho meses, el Tribunal de la Libre Competencia haya rechazado recientemente el pedido de fusión; aunque si podría compararse en ambos casos la provocación de un desplome de las acciones.Mientras unos consideran escindir para que recuperen participación en el mercado (como Motorola, el tercer mayor fabricantes de celulares en el mundo), otros envían cartas para pretender erigirse en una única competencia. Si esto sucede, sería muy buena noticia para todos los editores de google, debido a que tendría una fuerte competencia. ¿Qué puede surgir de la unión de Microsoft y Yahoo?, leer en este enlace.

The deal isn’t done yet, so I won’t comment too much. I’ll save more opinion for when/if the deal goes through. But at first glance, what I like about the possible acquisition is the integration possibilities. Windows Live Messenger is very common here in Asia. From personal experience, it’s much more common than Yahoo Messenger, here in Singapore. Yahoo Messenger is one of the dominant IM services in America, if I’m not wrong. I don’t have fixed stats on these, but either way, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger are definitely two of the largest IM networks. If Microsoft acquires Yahoo, it could be possible that these two service would be integrated more closely, possibly even merged to one service. That would make it a lot easier to keep in contact and all, wouldn’t it? It’s not the open system that a lot of us are hoping for, but it does more or less bring all your contacts into one place. I know that would definitely make thing

Al igual que ocurrió con Windows Server 2008 en agosto del pasado año 2007, Microsoft anunció que ha decidido posponer el lanzamiento del SQL Server 2008, el cual tenía previsto hacerlo en el segundo trimestre del año, sin embargo, un retraso en el desarrollo ha hecho que el producto final sea liberado hasta el tercer trimestre del año. SQL Server 2008 viene a sustituir a la edición de 2005. El nuevo software de bases de datos es capaz de gestionar hasta 20 terabytes de información y será más escalable y fácil de implementar. Vía | IdgEntradas Relacionadas:Las 10 más grandes Base de Datos en el mundo Descarga Gratis la nueva versión de XAMPP 1.6.3a para Windows y Linux OpenBSD, dos fallos de seguridad remotos en diez años Sun Microsystems Compra MySQL SQL Designer: el modelador de Base de Datos online

As you all might be aware of the Microsoft signing up for yahoo by now , what is the future of the web going to be like ? This is one question that is in the heads of the most of the people on the web at this moment . For those who are unaware of the news so far here is the details first . The news is Microsoft has put a bid of whopping 44.6 billion Dollar $ for yahoo . Yahoo which has been performing badly in terms of stocks and other statistics these days might agree to this deal . The offer that has been made is double the present value of the yahoo shares accounting to 31 $ per share [present yahoo share is 14.81 $ before deal I think and I heard it rose to 29.81$ after the news ]  . Inspite of innovations that yahoo has been making , it is performing badly with most of the users getting aligned to the Competitor Google . MSN wants to take on Google in its core service i.e Google Search by going for this deal  as yahoo is the next nearest competitor for Google . So what can

Pese a quien pese. Microsoft ha confirmado que DirectX 10.1 vendrá integrado en el Vista Service Pack 1, lo que implica que los jugones necesitarán un nuevo hardware para poder utilizarlo y los usuarios de NVIDIA se quedan por completo “fuera de juego”, y nunca mejor dicho.Eso sí, Microsoft lo pinta de colores: “Añade soporte a Direct3D 10.1, una actualización de Direct3D 10 que mejora la aplicación con nuevas prestaciones de hardware y el soporte a las próximas generaciones de hardware gráfico”.Sin embargo, ni las series GeForce 8 de NVIDIA ni las Radeon HS 2x de ATI soportan DirectX 10.1. Los nuevos productos de ATI sí, pero los de NVIDIA no.Diana Delgado, The Inquirer ES

El portal ya estudia la propuesta del gigante informático, quién anunció la decisión de la compra. La noticia hizo subir el precio de las acciones del sitio un 60% sobre las transacciones anteriores. La empresa de medios en internet Yahoo Inc confirmó el viernes que recibió una oferta de compra no solicitada por parte de la firma tecnológica Microsoft Corp, por 44.600 millones de dólares, y aseguró que el directorio la analizará.Yahoo dijo en un comunicado que su directorio evaluaría la propuesta "cuidadosamente y sin demora en el contexto del plan estratégico de Yahoo y cuidando el valor a largo plazo para los accionistas".La oferta representa un atractivo incremento del 62 por ciento sobre la cotización de las acciones de Yahoo! al cierre del mercado el jueves. Ninguna de las dos empresas ha logrado hasta ahora tomar la iniciativa en el creciente negocio de buscadores y publicidad en Internet, sectores liderados por la compañía Google.El martes pasado, Yahoo! dio a co

Microsoft ha ofrecido a comprar la empresa del motor debúsquedas Yahoo por $44.6bn (£22.4bn) en efectivo yacciones.La oferta, que figura en una carta al consejo deadministración de Yahoo, es de 62% por encima del cierrede Yahoo precio de las acciones el jueves.Yahoo redujo sus previsiones de ingresos a principios de estasemana y dijo que tendría que gastar una suma adicional de$300m este año tratando de revivir la empresa.Ha venido luchando en los últimos años para competir conGoogle, que también ha sido un competidor de Microsoft.En una conferencia telefónica, de Microsoft, Kevin Johnson,dijo que la combinación de las dos empresas daría lugar auna entidad que podría competir mejor con Google."Hoy el mercado de búsqueda en línea y la publicidad estácada vez más dominada por un jugador", dijo.Yahoo confirmó que ha recibido una oferta no solicitada, ydijo que su junta de evalúa la propuesta, "con cuidado yprontitud en el contexto de los planes estratégicos de Yahooy bu

Microsoft ha anunciado que ha realizado una propuesta para adquirir la totalidad de Yahoo por la suma de 45.000 millones de dólares (unos 30.235 millones de euros). La oferta de Microsoft supone el pago de 31 dólares (20,85 euros) por acción de Yahoo, lo que representa un incremento de 62% respecto del precio de cierre de [...]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote) has made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote) for $44.6 billion in cash and stock, seeking to join forces against Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote) in what would be the biggest Internet deal since the Time Warner-AOL merger.In its boldest-ever acquisition move, Microsoft said on Friday it offered $31 per share for Yahoo, or a 62 percent premium over the Internet media company's closing stock price on Nasdaq Thursday.Yahoo, whose shares jumped to $30.75 in premarket trading, said it would evaluate the bid.Microsoft shares, which have a market capitalization of about $300 billion, fell 6 percent to $30.78.

A while back, I was wondering why Microsoft wasn't challenging Google and Yahoo! in the search engine business, ©2008 natalie1981.blogspot.com I mean, sure, Microsoft has livesearch installed on their Internet Explorers and more than half of PC users use IE but let's face it, probably half of those PC users who use IE change their homepage to Google or install the Google toolbar coz LiveSearch is

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Dell ha comenzado a vender hoy dos modelos de ordenador portátil y uno de escritorio del proyecto 'Product Red'.Esta iniciativa es fruto de la colaboración entre Dell y Microsoft, y consiste en la fabricación de ordenadores de color rojo con sistema operativo Windows Vista dirigido "a los más solidarios". Por cada ordenador vendido, hasta 80 dólares irán destinados a financiar medicamentos contra el sida en África.Ambas empresas donarán 50 dólares por cada portátil que vendan y 80 dólares por el modelo de escritorio al Fondo Mundial que financia programas de salud en Africa.El programa 'Red', fundado por Bobby Shriver y el cantante del grupo musical irlandés U2, Bono, trabaja para diseñar productos de marca con empresas como Motorola, Apple y Gap. Las firmas donan después una parte de los beneficios por la venta de esos artículos para la producción de antirretrovirales.Microsoft dijo esperar que se vendan "muchos cientos de miles" de ordenadores Dell 'Red' en el 2

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