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Yahoo CEO: Microsoft search-deal talks ongoing
News Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz said on Wednesday that her company continues to have talks with Microsoft on a search deal and indicated a willingness to sell. The prerequisites, she said, are the right price, a technology she believes in, and...
[May 28, 2009, 12:33]
A Year Ago Today: Easynet, UK Online in merger talks
News The talks concern the possibility of co-operation or merger or acquisition in light of current consolidation in the Internet industry. European Internet access provider Easynet today announced it is in merger discussions with UK Online.
[October 10, 1997, 9:15]
Report: Orange and Apple in MacBook bundle talks
Blog The mobile operator Orange is reportedly in talks with Apple, with a view towards bundling MacBooks with mobile broadband. According to Mobile, the deal would make it possible for customers to get a heavily discounted Mac, along with a 3G dongle...
[March 26, 2009, 14:20]
MS plans settlement talks with DoJ
News According to US reports Microsoft Corp.plans to begin settlement talks with the Justice Department and 19 states, in a bid to end the federal antitrust trial. The report comes as Microsoft prepares to go back to court, after suffering several...
[March 22, 1999, 14:26]
Easynet, UK Online in merger talks
News The talks concern the possibility of co-operation or merger or acquisition in light of current consolidation in the Internet industry. In a prepared statement to the London Stock Exchange, the company said it is: "in discussions with.
[October 10, 1996, 15:47]
Ballmer holds surprise talks with EU commissioner
Talkback Suprise talks indeed what you mean is yet another get out of jail free bung in the back pocket (anyone want to try and prove me wrong by the way ) It is high time we became an closed area to people like Ballmer he is totaly persona non grata one...
[March 18, 2004, 15:09]
BT keeps quiet on Wi-Fi sharing talks
News BT is refusing to comment on reports that it is in talks with the Spanish Wi-Fi sharing network FON. The telco has recently started promoting the use of Wi-Fi as part of its Fusion fixed/mobile broadband and mobile package.
[February 5, 2007, 12:46]
Microsoft, Yahoo in talks with EC about search deal
News These jurisdictional issues are being discussed in ongoing talks that Microsoft and Yahoo have been having with Commission officials, which were the subject of a Reuters report, according to Evans. Representatives from Microsoft and Yahoo have...
[September 17, 2009, 9:51]
Dutch government's Microsoft talks collapse
News Microsoft said on Thursday that the talks failed because neither party could agree on the number of contracts needed. Negotiations between Microsoft and the Dutch government over a potential deal worth €147m to upgrade 245,000 computers have fallen...
[December 23, 2004, 16:10]
Government denies allegations of secret 3G talks
News A spokesman for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said on Monday that while e-minister Patricia Hewitt met regularly with mobile phone companies, suggestions that she was conducting confidential talks over 3G were false.
[March 19, 2001, 11:53]
Lycos CEO says no new talks
News Speaking at the Massachusetts Software Council, Davis said that Lycos has been in discussions with possible partners for over two years but no new talks had been initiated as a result of recent mergers involving portal competitors.
[January 25, 1999, 14:00]
Yahoo! and eBay talks reported dead
News held talks about possible partnerships, but the discussions between the two companies -- which had been of a preliminary nature -- ended last week, according to a published report.eBay shares surged in late trading on Tuesday after CNBC reported...
[March 15, 2000, 15:30]
Microsoft exec talks patent politics
News Microsoft talks about choice between Open XML and other open standards like ODF, but surely you build products on top of a standard and compete at product level, rather than competing at a standards level?
[May 25, 2007, 17:13]
Operators in talks over dual-mode Nokia handset
News Nokia is in talks with a number of UK operators who are looking at rolling out its "dual-mode" GSM/Wi-Fi phones, a spokesperson for the Finnish handset giant has revealed to ZDNet UK. Nokia was unable to name which operators are in talks over the...
[July 28, 2006, 14:00]
Ballmer talks EU, economy and virtualisation
News In an interview with CNET News.com's Ina Fried, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer talks about Windows Server 2008, as well as relations with Brussels.
[February 28, 2008, 14:58]
Microsoft in Yahoo search-deal talks, says report
News The Times reported on Sunday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire Yahoo's search business for $20bn (£13bn). According to a report, Yahoo and Microsoft may once again be working on a search deal. According to the paper, former AOL chief executive...
[December 1, 2008, 9:28]
BSkyB in talks to buy Tiscali UK
Blog Tiscali is indeed in talks to sell off its UK operations, or part thereof, and the lucky suitor is BSkyB. The line sent over from Italy today: "Tiscali clarifies that it is currently holding talks with the BSkyB Group plc in relation to certain UK...
[November 4, 2008, 16:48]
Microsoft in wireless talks with Ericsson, Nokia
News Microsoft is in talks with major wireless players Nokia and Ericsson over integrating Bluetooth and 3G wireless capabilities into Microsoft-powered devices, the software company's chairman, Bill Gates, said last week.
[February 12, 2002, 15:19]
Microsoft, EC 'in talks' to settle antitrust issues
News Microsoft has had "preliminary talks" with European Union officials with the hope of settling several regulatory probes, according to a Bloomberg report. An EU spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report of...
[July 8, 2009, 8:17]
Gameplay in take-over talks
News Gameplay announced on Monday that has received an offer for "some or all" of the group, and was in talks with at least one unnamed company. In February, Cisco Systems, the number one maker of networking equipment for the Internet, was in talks with...
[May 1, 2001, 10:36]
