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Yahoo's Chinese partner may try to block Microsoft buyout

Yahoo's Chinese partner, Alibaba Group, may try to block Microsoft's hostile takeover of Yahoo, according to Reuters and a report in the Wall Street Journal. By itself, that won't block the buyout, but...

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New Search engine report: Microsoft-Yahoo has no chance against Google

Microsoft is betting that a buyout of Yahoo will help in its battle against Google, but a new search report shows that's purely wishful thinking. Google continues to gain market share, while both Yahoo...

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China could squash Microsoft-Yahoo deal

As if Microsoft's attempt to buy out Yahoo wasn't in enough hot water, here comes more trouble: A new Chinese anti-monopoly law, slated to take effect in August, could end up killing the deal.

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HP buys EDS: You fools! You fools!

Does any major technology company have a worse record when it comes to buying other companies than HP? I mean come on. Do you recall how well the Compaq buy out went? Come to think of it, where is...

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VMware's Novell SUSE Linux buy out runs into a snag

Others may want to buy SUSE Linux, but no one wants the rest of Novell.

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Five reasons Microsoft had to buy Skype

Microsoft is certainly overpaying by spending $8.5 billion to buy Skype, but it's a deal that Microsoft had to make. In the end, the several billion dollar premium it pays won't matter, but the...

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Skype's layoff massacre --- it's about greed, not curtailing Skype features

The apparent mass firing of eight Skype executives isn't due to plans to curtail the service's free phone-calling features once Microsoft takes over. Rather, it's about greed, plain and simple, because...

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A rumor says Microsoft may buy Yahoo. Microsoft should run the other way.

A rumor making the rounds says that Microsoft is once again seriously considering buying Yahoo. Of all the bone-headed moves Microsoft could make, doing that would be the top of the list. Microsoft...

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Four reasons Microsoft shouldn't buy part of Yahoo

Reports say that Microsoft is part of a consortium bidding to buy a minority stake in Yahoo. Making the deal would only hurt Microsoft. Here are four reasons it should stay away.

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Why Microsoft should invest in Dell: It's all about tablets and the cloud

Why would Microsoft invest up to several billion dollars to help Dell go private and become part owner of the company? For Microsoft it's all about two of tech's biggest growth drivers: Tablets and...

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The Dell deal: Microsoft comes out a big winner

Microsoft is one of the biggest winners in the deal to take Dell private. It means the continuance of a healthy Windows ecosystem, including for tablets. More important, it could ensure Microsoft's...

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Windows 8 and Windows 7 are helping sink Dell, company says

Dell, which built itself into a tech powerhouse by selling Windows-based PCs, is being seriously hurt by poor Windows 8 adoptions and big slowdowns in enterprise Windows 7 upgrades. So says a Dell SEC...

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Should Microsoft buy Nokia? No way!

The on-again off-again talks for Microsoft to buy Nokia appear to be off, and that's a good thing for Microsoft. With a brightening future for Windows Phone, there's no longer a need for Microsoft to...

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Six reasons Microsoft should buy BlackBerry

One of the best ways for Microsoft to jump-start its lagging mobile business is to buy struggling BlackBerry. Why buy a mobile company quickly going south? There are plenty of reasons -- here are the...

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Did Nokia blackmail Microsoft into a sale by threatening to abandon Windows...

There are plenty of theories about why Microsoft is buying Nokia, but two analysts say that the real reason was that Nokia was soon going to end manufacturing Windows Phones. Are they on target, or...

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Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal

Talk about strategy and synergy all you want, but Microsoft's Nokia buyout is primarily about one thing: Big revenue. The company claims that it expects to get somewhere around $45 billion a year in...

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Nokia's Android plans forced Microsoft into $7.2 billion buyout

The rumor has been confirmed: Nokia was working on an Android smartphone at the time that Microsoft decided to buy Nokia's phone business. That's likely one of the key reasons that Microsoft decided...

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Stephen Elop's reward for running Nokia into the ground: $25 million

Ah, to be Stephen Elop. Under his three-year leadership at Nokia, he oversaw plummeting market share, a plummeting stock price, and a potential Nokia bankruptcy. And now he's getting his reward: $25...

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Forget Apple buying Beats. Microsoft should buy Spotify.

If Microsoft is going to become a services and devices company, it needs to get serious -- and that means buying Spotify to compete against Apple buying Beats music.

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Microsoft's new cloud music service can't compete against Apple's Beats

Reports say Microsoft is building a streaming cloud-based music service like Google Music, but if true, it won't help the company compete against Apple and Beats music. What else can Microsoft do if...

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