Microsoft to buy Yahoo.

Maybe one can speculate on future installments of a web browser onto X360 with the possible future aquisition of the second most popular search engine Yahoo?

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo[url]

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) that could help it better compete with Web search leader Google Inc., published reports said Friday.

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Yahoo shares surged more than 18 percent in morning trading.

The New York Post reported Friday that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to enter formal negotiations for an acquisition that could be worth $50 billion. Yahoo's market capitalization was about $38 billion on Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal said executives of the two companies are looking at a merger or some other kind of matchup and said the talks appear to be early-stage discussions. It said the companies explored the idea of combining last year but the talks led nowhere.

The newspaper reports each cited unidentified people familiar with the situation.

Microsoft is feeling increasing pressure to compete with Google, which plans to beef up its portfolio with a $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick Inc.

Microsoft currently trails both Yahoo and Google in the lucrative and growing business of Web search.

Google won a search advertising deal with AOL in 2005 that the Post said Microsoft wanted. In addition, Google is developing Web-based software that directly competes with Microsoft Office.

The Post story said Microsoft and Yahoo have held informal talks over the years and said Microsoft's latest approach to Yahoo signals increased urgency.

Earlier this week, Yahoo said it would buy 80 percent of advertising exchange Right Media for $680 million, increasing its stake in that company to full control.

Yahoo shares surged $5.14, or 18.2 percent, to $33.32 in morning trading, while shares of Microsoft fell 57 cents to $30.40.

Maybe one can speculate on future installments of a web browser onto X360 with the possible future aquisition of the second most popular search engine Yahoo?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070504/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo

NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) that could help it better compete with Web search leader Google Inc., published reports said Friday.

ADVERTISEMENT

Yahoo shares surged more than 18 percent in morning trading.

The New York Post reported Friday that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to enter formal negotiations for an acquisition that could be worth $50 billion. Yahoo's market capitalization was about $38 billion on Thursday.

The Wall Street Journal said executives of the two companies are looking at a merger or some other kind of matchup and said the talks appear to be early-stage discussions. It said the companies explored the idea of combining last year but the talks led nowhere.

The newspaper reports each cited unidentified people familiar with the situation.

Microsoft is feeling increasing pressure to compete with Google, which plans to beef up its portfolio with a $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick Inc.

Microsoft currently trails both Yahoo and Google in the lucrative and growing business of Web search.

Google won a search advertising deal with AOL in 2005 that the Post said Microsoft wanted. In addition, Google is developing Web-based software that directly competes with Microsoft Office.

The Post story said Microsoft and Yahoo have held informal talks over the years and said Microsoft's latest approach to Yahoo signals increased urgency.

Earlier this week, Yahoo said it would buy 80 percent of advertising exchange Right Media for $680 million, increasing its stake in that company to full control.

Yahoo shares surged $5.14, or 18.2 percent, to $33.32 in morning trading, while shares of Microsoft fell 57 cents to $30.40.

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

Ontain

Technically it does'nt but when you think of Yahoo, you think of Internet. The way most people connect to the internet is through a search engine, Yahoo, Google or MSN. Its big news, its the type of thing that will have an Impact on MS as a whole. How will this play into gaming and XBL? Maybe a future intergration of Yahoo inside of XBL

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

Ontain

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

[QUOTE="Ontain"]

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

musicalmac

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

EXACTLY!!!  

ya.... let the richest company on earth buy out everything....

ya.... let the richest company on earth buy out everything....

 

Game13a13y

[QUOTE="Game13a13y"]

ya.... let the richest company on earth buy out everything....

 

ramey70

Microsoft isn't the richest company in the world.  They are not even in the top 5.

ok.. may be i left out the words "one of" but you get my picture.

I don't even know what to think of this.musicalmac

They bought the wrong search engine. Everyone uses Google.

I don't even know what to think of this.musicalmac

They bought the wrong search engine. Everyone uses Google.

It's good news for me anyway, as I have M$ stock and they split awhile back. Hopefully this will push M$ stock back up to $50 a share.

[QUOTE="musicalmac"]I don't even know what to think of this.blackace

They bought the wrong search engine. Everyone uses Google.

It's good news for me anyway, as I have M$ stock and they split awhile back. Hopefully this will push M$ stock back up to $50 a share.

Google would have said, "NO WAY"... They're eying Apple ;)

[QUOTE="Ontain"]

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

musicalmac

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

Agreed. I have a damn computer for that, thank you very much. I fear the gaming companies are losing sight about what game consoles are for....GAMES. 

[QUOTE="Ontain"]

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

musicalmac

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

Agreed. I have a damn computer for that, thank you very much. I fear the gaming companies are losing sight about what game consoles are for....GAMES. 

[QUOTE="musicalmac"][QUOTE="Ontain"]

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

tango90101

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

EXACTLY!!!  

It may be a bad idea but it no reason not to have it. I only have two computers in my house if me and my wife are using them and my son wants to get on the net he uses the Wii. It amazing to watch how fast he is using it.

Mmm i Wonder what will happen to bt yahoo service then (if this even happens).

[QUOTE="musicalmac"][QUOTE="Ontain"]

doesn't really belong in this forum does it?

web broswer on 360 has nothing to do with yahoo. they don't make browsers.

 

tango90101

I still think browsing the web on a console is a bad idea.

EXACTLY!!!

Well its not a bad idea pre se, its a cool addition to show off, but if i want to browse the internet i'd use the computer to do that. 

you all may think that no one uses Yahoo, but Yahoo is still the second most used search engine in the world, right behind Google. MS is third, and AOL is 4th. with Google being the base for AOL now... they run the 1st and 4th most used search engines. MS is definately pressured over Google making great strives against it in a very short time.ShockerD19

They're buying the internets :cry: Hoobinator

Microsoft is so selfish that one day they will buy the whole world. 

why not?

google bought youtube... 

awesome to see that Google is doing a good job at competing against MS. I didn't think any company stood a chance.blaznwiipspman1

ppl are already starting to worry about google being the next MS. it'll be interesting to see how google uses it's power in the coming years.