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Microsoft walks away from $50bn Yahoo offer

Microsoft officially withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo on Saturday — but only after it threw an additional US$5 billion on the table. Read more »

Microsoft's withdrawal: Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO

After talks broke down on Saturday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent this letter to Yahoo chief Jerry Yang, signalling the end of the epic takeover attempt. Read more »

Microsoft eyes cookie-cutter approach to services

When it comes to Microsoft's strategy for the managed services business, the game plan has a familiar ring: high volume and low cost. Read more »

Microsoft's "online" future a step closer?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer pledged to open up Web services this year, however, full details are still up in the clouds. Read more »

Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo

Microsoft went public on Friday with a US$44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. Read more »

Yahoo tests Google AdSense, Microsoft worried

Yahoo will test Google AdSense in a significant departure from Yahoo's present ad strategy; Microsoft, which is hoping to acquire Yahoo, is worried the move may stifle competition. Read more »

Microsoft moves first elements of Office online

Microsoft will soon release a beta of Office Live Workspace, a free tool for viewing, sharing and storing, but not editing, Office documents online. Read more »

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What if? an alternative history of tech

Michael Kanellos imagines a world where Apple licenced the Mac and wrestling is a corporate sport. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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