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  • Microsoft and News Corp to bid for Yahoo

    A month after Rupert Murdoch said News Corp is too small to compete for Yahoo, the media giant is teaming up with Microsoft in a joint take over bid for Yahoo, which would see MySpace brought into the mix.

  • Yahoo eyes suitors after Microsoft deadline delay

    After having snubbed Microsoft's initial takeover proposal, reports have indicated that Yahoo is still counting on the software giant to mount another acquisition bid, should its attempts to play the field backfire.

  • Microsoft shareholders already own Yahoo

    Yahoo is calling on Microsoft to bump up its buyout bid, but the trouble is a number of the Internet giant's largest investors own shares in both stocks.

  • Yahoo fishes for users with 'ymail'

    Yahoo Mail is letting users sign up with the ymail.com and rocketmail.com domains in an attempt to attract new users and keep existing users loyal.

  • Flock woos Netscape users with its social skills

    With Netscape edging closer to its doomsday, the Flock browser is hoping its social networking skills will divert users from migrating to the natural alternative, Firefox.

  • Disney buys Pixar for US$7.4 billion

    Disney announced on Tuesday that it's paying US$7.4 billion in stock to acquire Pixar Animation Studios -- a deal that puts Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs on Disney's board of directors.

  • AOL buys online ad firm

    America Online moved aggressively on Thursday to improve its ad prospects, announcing its acquisition of interactive marketing specialist Advertising.com for US$435m.

  • AOL snaps up blog publisher Weblogs

    America Online plans to acquire blog publisher Weblogs in an effort to bolster its presence in the ever-growing blogging community.

  • Icahn seeks to derail Google as AOL partner

    Billionaire Time Warner shareholder Carl Icahn on Monday warned the media conglomerate's board against making a "disastrous" and "short-sighted" decision.

  • Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server software

    In a move to add more open-source arrows to its quiver, Linux seller Red Hat has acquired the Netscape server software products of AOL Time Warner, the companies plan to announce Thursday.

  • Yahoo to launch its own music player

    Web portal Yahoo is planning to launch its own online music service later this year, despite its US$160 million purchase of Musicmatch announced this week, according to music industry sources.

  • AOL bedevilled at broadband crossroads

    America Online's revelation last week that its subscriber numbers had dropped for the first time in years underscores the difficult transition facing the world's largest Internet service provider as the industry shifts from dial-up access to high-speed services.

  • Is this the end of Netscape?

    So much for Netscape 8.0. That's one upshot of Thursday's settlement between Microsoft and AOL Time Warner, according to industry analysts.

  • Corporate IM not an instant success

    Converting free consumer products into paid services tailored to a business clientele can be harder than it looks.

  • The old school treatment for AOL

    Listening to Don Logan, it's easy to forget that barely a year ago, investors were ready to storm the gates of AOL Time Warner's Rockefeller Center headquarters to protest one of the greatest corporate failures in history.

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