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  • News Corp too small for Yahoo war with Microsoft

    Rupert Murdoch has told investors at a US conference that News Corp is too small to fight Microsoft for Yahoo.

  • Google a rock in face of Yahoo deal frenzy

    As Microsoft, AOL, News Corp dance to the smell of Yahoo's blood, Google's competitive threat has remained constant and if anything, looks stronger and more stable an option than before.

  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

  • AOL expands Google search pact

    America Online extended its relationship with Google on Tuesday, reiterating its commitment to use the company for algorithmic and paid search results.

  • Can Google save America Online?

    Paid search listings have helped pull Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN Web portal from the dot-com advertising mire, but America Online is still in search of a saviour.

  • Did AOL shoot the messenger?

    A little-publicised but startling study released last month showed that one of AOL's chief rivals in the IM market, Microsoft's MSN Messenger, tallied more subscribers worldwide. Its findings have raised questions about AOL's controversial move to cut off the rest of the IM world.

  • Search engines own up to paid-for results

    The practice of taking money to bump up certain Web sites is giving search engines a bad name. Will they now have to come clean?

  • Special: Microsoft Windows XP

    Windows XP carries monumental significance for the high-technology industry and the Internet. ZDNet Australia provides up-to-date news and analysis on the eve of the product's launch.

  • eBay bids for AOL users

    EBay Inc. and America Online Inc. are working together to make it easier for AOL members to access eBay auctions.

  • 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.

  • Microsoft-Yahoo deal: Playing the numbers game

    Examined using several different metrics, Microsoft's bid for Yahoo could create one of the world's largest Web companies.

  • Yahoo-Microsoft "bear hug" hard to resist

    The bold bid unveiled by Microsoft for Yahoo would create a technology titan of unprecedented size to challenge the Internet leadership established by Google, analysts believe.

  • Google buys ad firm DoubleClick for US$3.1 billion

    update: In its largest acquisition yet, Google has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash for online ad company DoubleClick, the companies announced on Friday.

  • AOL Australia: Take two

    America Online (AOL), determined to get a piece of the local ISP action, commenced the re-launch of the AOL brand into Australia today through its joint venture operation with local telco AAPT and AOL Australia.

  • Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins

    Yahoo introduced on Monday in the US a beta of its Yahoo Messenger with Voice chat application that includes free plug-ins designed to let people to do things like track eBay auctions, see friends' wish lists on Amazon.com, collaborate real-time on event planning and compare calendars with contacts.

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