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Facebook, Twitter and friends reshaping search, but Google still rules the roost

Google and Microsoft Bing will be hot topics in Seattle this week, as people from around the search industry huddle… Read More

Ex-Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigns from board of F5 Networks

Scott Thompson, who resigned as CEO of Yahoo on Sunday after a scandal broke over claims he had made about… Read More

It’s official: Scott Thompson is out, and Yahoo is in disarray

Will Scott Thomson put this on his resume? The embattled Yahoo CEO is officially out, according to an announcement from… Read More

Microsoft takes Manhattan, recruits former Yahoo researchers for new NYC lab

Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City, seeding it with a group of former Yahoo researchers… Read More

Facebook to pay Microsoft $550M for hundreds of former AOL patents

Facebook will pay Microsoft $550 million in cash to buy a portion of the AOL patent portfolio that Microsoft recently… Read More

Microsoft investigated Bing GM’s ties to handbag company

When Microsoft Bing marketing general manager Danielle Tiedt was hired by YouTube in February, Microsoft took the unusual step of… Read More

Yahoo job cuts: Back to startup mode for an aging web icon

Yahoo this morning confirmed that it’s cutting 2,000 jobs, or about 15 percent of its workforce — part of an… Read More

Microsoft hires former Yahoo chief scientist and database guru

Microsoft confirmed today that it has hired Raghu Ramakrishnan, a former Yahoo chief scientist, as a technical fellow in its… Read More

Yahoo vs. Facebook: This just got very awkward for Microsoft

Yahoo grabbed the attention of the tech industry today, but not with a new product announcement. The company filed a… Read More

What backlash? Google extends lead over Microsoft, Yahoo

Google’s share of the U.S. search market climbed to its highest point in more than a year in January, surpassing… Read More

How the Microsoft search deal is reshaping Yahoo’s business, for better or worse

Yahoo today reported fourth-quarter profits that met Wall Street’s relatively modest expectations, but the numbers also show how Yahoo’s 2009… Read More

Microsoft beats estimates even as Windows profits fall 11%

Microsoft’s quarterly profits topped Wall Street’s expectations, thanks in part to growth in the company’s server and business software divisions,… Read More

Jerry Yang is leaving, and Wall Street says Yahoo!

Nearly 17 years after co-founding Yahoo, Jerry Yang is resigning from the board and “all other positions with the company,”… Read More

Yahoo acquisition targets may include TripAdvisor, WebMD, InfoSpace and others

Yahoo has been discussed as possible acquisition bait for some of the bigger media and technology companies on the planet.… Read More

Yahoo picks PayPal president Scott Thompson as new CEO

Well, at the end of the day and after weeks of speculation, Yahoo didn’t go with a former Microsoft or… Read More

How this tiny Seattle startup is connected to the chatter around Yahoo’s next CEO

Yahoo is in hot pursuit of a new CEO. And as the one-time tech leader scans the landscape of available… Read More

Yahoo targeting Madrona’s Brian McAndrews, Hulu’s Jason Kilar and others for CEO post

Venture capitalist Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Seattle online advertising powerhouse aQuantive, and Jason Kilar, a former Amazon.com executive… Read More

Microsoft Bing makes headway in 2011, almost matching Yahoo in market share

Microsoft’s Bing search engine is still No. 3 in the U.S. search market, but not by much. The Redmond company… Read More

Reports: Microsoft involved in bid for Yahoo stake

Microsoft is aiming to own a minority stake in Yahoo as part of a bid led by private equity firm… Read More

Microsoft takes closer look at Yahoo deal, signing privacy pact

Microsoft has signed a non-disclosure agreement allowing it to examine Yahoo’s finances as it considers participating in a buyout of… Read More

Google boosts lead in search, now accounts for 66 percent of queries

Microsoft is still trying to carve off market share from Google in search. But, at least during the month of… Read More

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on display ads

Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo this afternoon announced a deal to sell display advertising inventory on each other’s sites. The unusual… Read More

Google holds steady with 65 percent of U.S. search queries

Google continues to hold a dominant lead in the Internet search business, with two reports out this week highlighting the… Read More

Report: Microsoft weighs another Yahoo acquisition bid

[Update: Bloomberg News reports Microsoft is “nowhere close” to making a Yahoo bid. AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher likewise throws cold water… Read More

Morning Radar: iPhone 5 craziness, PS3 legal alert, more on Windows 8

A few of the stories and headlines catching our attention this morning … Rumors about Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5 launch… Read More

Report: Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo to cooperate on ads

Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL plan to work together to allow their respective sales forces to sell leftover online advertising inventory… Read More

Bing continues to chip away at Google’s dominance in search

Google is still the dominant player when it comes to Internet search queries, but Microsoft’s Bing continues to gain share… Read More

Report: Bartz out as Yahoo CEO

Carol Bartz, the fiery Yahoo leader who entered the company into an alliance with Microsoft in an attempt to challenge… Read More

Who wants Hulu?

This could be a jam-packed month in technology dealmaking, and it’s not just because of the drama unfolding over AT&T’s… Read More

Judge tosses antitrust claims over Microsoft, Yahoo spam filters

A federal judge in California has dismissed a pair of cases that were filed last year against Microsoft and Yahoo… Read More