Microsoft Proposed Acquisition of Yahoo!
On February 1, 2008 Microsoft announced that it had made a proposal to the Yahoo! Board of Directors to acquire Yahoo! for $31 per share in cash and stock, representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion (based on share prices as of January 31, 2008). Microsoft’s proposal, which represents […]

Microsoft TV develops software platforms for service providers to deliver connected TV services and new entertainment experiences to consumer audiences worldwide. Our latest product release, Microsoft® Mediaroom™, is the evolution of the award-winning Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform.
Microsoft Mediaroom is a multimedia software platform that enables the best, most personalized TV and entertainment experience […]

Tag Clouds, you have seen them on delicious, Technorati or Flickr, are an easy way to get people explore your site deeper. Here’s a sample tag cloud that uses Google AJAX Search.
Tag Clouds (provided they are not cluttered and display just the relevant words) help visitors quickly visualize what your website is all about since […]

Their capabilities should be built into the operating system, something both Microsoft and Apple are working on. Windows users have a while to wait — Win XP’s successor, nicknamed Longhorn, won’t ship before the summer of 2006 — but Apple’s Mac OS X Tiger should arrive this spring. Rob Pegoraro writes an interesting article on […]