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Yahoo has decided to challenge Microsoft on its home turf, with the new version of Zimbra taking the good fight to Microsoft Outlook.
Originial image credit: Wikimedia Commons. More on the […]

Microsoft has now officially announced a new search and advertising deal with Facebook. Senior VP Satya Nadella revealed the development at the company’s annual financial meeting Thursday.
Under the arrangement, first reported by Reuters, Microsoft will provide all search functions and search advertising for the social network site via its Live utility. Microsoft […]

Online video management company Qumu has a hefty $10.7 million in new funding this week. Qumu secured the Series C funding from several investors, including Advanced Technology Ventures and SAP Ventures.
Qumu provides video streaming solutions for high-profile companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and eBay. It’s also working with AT&T in a “strategic […]

We interrupt our programming for a brief editorial…
Am I the only one who dreads waking up each day to see what silly new banter, war cry, or promise has been put forward in the neverending saga of Yahoo’s downward spiral?
The latest news today, in case you’re the one person who hasn’t heard it, is that […]

Microsoft is giving away 5,000 gallons of gas as part of a promotion announced via e-mail. The details were sent out to limited recipients earlier today.
You have to work at a small business — defined as having between two and 100 employees — within the United States to enter. You can’t work for […]

Microsoft’s getting in the game of Internet-to-television movie downloads. A new partnership with Netflix will bring streaming movie and show capabilities to TVs via the Xbox 360 gaming system.
The service will be offered only to users who pay for an Xbox LIVE Gold membership and also have a Netflix membership. If you fall […]

After reporting June 30 that eWeek’s BlogSeeker blog tracking service hadn’t been updated since March, someone at eWeek must have been reading The Inquisitr, because the page has been updated…with ads.
There isn’t a lot known about the service as for what ever reason eWeek has scrubbed nearly every mention of it, except for a few […]

CareerBuilder now has a French recruitment agency in its ranks. The job search giant — co-owned by Gannett, Tribune, McClatchy, and Microsoft — has announced it’s snatching up Lesjeudis.com, for an as-of-yet unspecified amount of money.
Lesjeudis describes itself as one of the most visited job sites in France, featuring six separate sub-sites focused on […]

Yahoo has issued its own statement in response to Microsoft’s letter explaining it would hold off on further talks until a new board is in place:
Yahoo!’s Board of Directors continues to stand ready to enter into negotiations with Microsoft Corporation for an acquisition of Yahoo!. Indeed, as recently as June, Yahoo!’s independent directors and management […]

Yahoo’s starting up direct talks with Time Warner, while Microsoft is meeting with Carl Icahn to plan for the future.
Yahoo spent time with Time Warner over the holiday weekend, according to London’s Times Online. The paper reports Yahoo’s board is struggling to seal some kind of deal before its August 1 shareholders’ meeting — […]

Microsoft’s made it official: Powerset is now under its control.
Word of the acquisition first surfaced last week. Today, Microsoft confirms the San Francisco natural language search company will become part of its “Search Relevance team.” The announcement at Microsoft’s Live Search blog seems to imply that most, if not all, of the Powerset […]

Having failed to acquire Yahoo, Microsoft has been busy spending money, with news that they’ve acquired natural language search company Powerset for $100 million.
Powerset sort-of launched in May, with a smart search service that only indexed Wikipedia and Freebase entries. In use, Powerset is like the original Ask Jeeves on speed, focusing on questions as […]

Microsoft has a new mobile software company in its hands. Executives have announced the acquisition of MobiComp, an eight-year-old Portugal-based business specializing in cell phone data backup and cell phone integration with online services.
MobiComp’s programs include MobileKeeper Backup & Restore, MobileKeeper Sharing & Communities, and Active mTicker.
The move marks Microsoft’s biggest investment in […]