Wednesday - July 29, 2009

Microsoft, Yahoo Strike Deal That Will Change Everything  @9:00 AM


Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to a 10-year Internet search partnership. What does it mean? "Microsoft, which last year made a failed $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo, finally wins what it wanted most from the Internet pioneer — huge volumes of queries that run through Yahoo's search engine. At the same time, Yahoo is expected to reap additional search-advertising business to expand its share of the market." (Yeah, I still have no idea. But it sounds important. Maybe this video will explain it.) 2

Thursday - July 2, 2009

Microsoft Vomiting Ad Was Probably Just Beta  @2:53 PM


For some inexplicable reason Microsoft has pulled this online-only ad for IE8.Yet Vista still survives. 11