Yahoo's inevitable settlement with Icahn
By Yi-Wyn Yen The only thing surprising about the resolution between Yahoo's board of directors and activist investor Carl Icahn was that it didn't happen sooner. The proxy campaign that Icahn launched...
View ArticleAll eyes on Yahoo's newest board members
By Yi-Wyn Yen Former Viacom CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel CEO John Chappel will join Carl Icahn as the newest additions to Yahoo's board. All eyes are on Icahn and his gang. The three amigos will...
View ArticleCisco buys into corporate e-mail
Pushing further into Microsoft's (MSFT) territory, Cisco (CSCO) announced Wednesday that it has signed a $215 million deal for business e-mail shop PostPath. The move bolsters Cisco's strategy to...
View ArticleWhy Google may walk away from Yahoo deal
By Scott Moritz The planned advertising partnership between Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO), which was devised during Microsoft's (MSFT) unsolicited bid for Yahoo, is headed for a federal antitrust...
View ArticleMicrosoft, HP dangle cash to investors
By Scott Moritz Big tech is putting its cash to work to appease investors. Microsoft and Hewlett Packard say they will throw weary shareholders a cash treat. Microsoft created a new five-year $40...
View ArticleT-Mobile's Google phone may offer free e-mail
By Scott Moritz Android lands at T-Mobile Tuesday, and as part of the effort to deliver the Google phone to the mobile market, T-Mobile is considering including free e-mail access. The new...
View ArticleThe Google phone upclose and personal
By Scott Moritz NEW YORK - A brief hands-on experience with the Google (GOOG) G1 phone gives the impression that after a slew of touchscreen duds from other telcos, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone finally has a...
View ArticleMicrosoft loves Yahoo, Microsoft hates Yahoo
By Yi-Wyn Yen Microsoft needs to get its story straight. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at a tech research conference in Orlando on Thursday that a deal with Yahoo (YHOO) "makes sense for...
View ArticleYahoo back in the game
By Scott Moritz Yahoo (YHOO) moves back to the deal market as its controversial advertising partnership with Google (GOOG) is now dead. As Fortune's Legal Pad blogger Roger Parloff outlined last month,...
View ArticleYahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down
By Yi-Wyn Yen At the Web 2.0 Summit two weeks ago, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was asked if he was the right guy to lead the battered Internet portal. Yang dodged the question by defending his passion for the...
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