Microsoft is withdrawing its offer for Yahoo after talks between the two companies broke down on Saturday, a source told CNET News.com.
Microsoft hiked its offer to $33 a share, but Yahoo was holding out for $37 a share, the source said. The two sides met face to face again Saturday, but remained far apart.
Although price […]
Microsoft and Yahoo! have pulled their chairs back up to the proverbial negotiating table.Citing an unnamed source, The New York Times insists the two giants are now in “active merger talks.” Apparently, Microsoft made that outrageous Yahoo! bid even more outrageous, raising its valuation of Jerry Yang and crew “by several dollars” a share.
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A small set of PHP files to support using the Microsoft AJAX Library with PHP web applications. The current release supports creating web service proxies in PHP code such that the Microsoft AJAX Library (a free download from http://ajax.asp.net) can call them from client-side code. Future releases will support localization and globalization, debug and […]
Microsoft has committed to becoming a mixed ASP.NET and PHP shop for the “foreseeable” future should its proposed Yahoo! acquisition succeed, rather than convert popular services like Yahoo! mail to Microsoft’s .NET architecture.Chief executive Steve Ballmer confirmed, though, that overlapping online properties would be axed. Ballmer did not say what Microsoft ASP.NET or Yahoo! services […]
It’s no longer just a .NET or Java world when it comes to production-quality development frameworks — PHP is edging its way into developers’ affections. Now, the technology’s backers are planning further efforts to expand on its successes.
Zend, PHP’s lead commercial sponsor, plans Monday to release its eponymous Framework 1.5, the first major release since […]
There are a number of software projects that enable Web applications to run offline, including Adobe’s AIR, Google Gears, and the Mozilla Foundation’s Prism. What about Microsoft and its Silverlight browser plug-in?
Microsoft does not currently have specific plans to bring offline capabilities to Silverlight, but it’s something it will eventually do, said John Case, […]
Aiming to demonstrate that its commitment to interoperability goes beyond fancy statements, Microsoft said Monday that it is shifting its plans for the next version of Internet Explorer to make the program more friendly to Web standards.
The software maker said that a planned standards compatibility mode will now be the default rendering engine when […]
25 February 2008 – 9:45 PM
Microsoft exec Kevin Johnson has emailed all Microsoft staff to reassure them about the Yahoo! acquistion.
The mail, which was publicly released, seems to be as much for Yahoo! staff as for existing Microsofters.
For instance, the mail reassures west coasters that Microsoft intends to keep Yahoo!’s Silicon Valley offices and that parts of the company’s brand […]
24 February 2008 – 5:43 PM
University computer science departments are rapidly becoming Microsoft-free zones, as Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) combine with Java to become the de-facto standard environment for students of programming.
Microsoft knows from history that this will be fatal in the long term, hence its decision to extend free availability of core development tools to students. Most […]
20 February 2008 – 5:39 PM
According to The New York Times‘ DealBook blog, Microsoft will soon spark a Yahoo! proxy fight rather than up its $44.6bn bid for the beleaguered Web portal.
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An increased bid would cost the company billions more, but sources tell DealBook that Microsoft could launch a […]
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