Posts Tagged ‘Yahoo’

Ballmer says “No” to a post-Yang Yahoo buyout

Ending speculation that another Microsoft-Yahoo deal may be on the table after the exit of Jerry Yang, Steve Ballmer said at a Wednesday shareholder meeting “Let me be clear. We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo.” His announcement…

Google introduces new voice search application for the iPhone

Google announced on Tuesday a new iPhone application that allows you to make location based searches just by speaking a question into your iPhone. Your spoken question, “Where is the nearest Best Buy?” for example, is sent to Google’s server…

Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO

What a long strange trip it’s been. Mark this one as done folks – Yahoo has officially announced that Jerry Yang will step down as CEO of Yahoo. Yang has been at the helm of what can only be described…

Palin email hacker trial delayed by judge

David Kernell, the 20-year-old University of Tennessee student indicted for allegedly accessing Governer Palin’s email illegally, has been given a bit more time to enjoy fresh air before things potentially heat up. The son of Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell…

Apple possibly working on a search engine?

File this one under kinda, maybe, probably not – but the rumor du jour on this fine Thursday morning is that Apple may well be toying with the idea of taking on the Big G in the search game. On…

Microsoft to Yahoo: “We moved on”

After Jerry Yang did a 180 and nearly begged Microsoft to buy Yahoo, the rumor mills have been churning with commentary on the decline of Yahoo and speculation about what a potential Microsoft acquisition would involve. Steve Ballmer, while at…

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang does 180, basically slaps Microsoft in the face

It’s decided – Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is schizophrenic.
To this day, I have to say that the best thing for Microsoft to do is to buy Yahoo. I don’t think that is a bad idea at all – at…

David Kernell indicted; faces five years in prison for accessing Palin’s email

The saga continues. David Kernell, University of Tennessee student and son of Tennessee Democratic state representative Mike Kernell, has now been indicted by a grand jury in Knoxville Tennessee. What started as a prank that Kernell laughingly bragged about in…

Yahoo decides to revisit its 10-year-old calendar

We think there might be one or two people out there still using various Yahoo services as opposed to jumping on the Google train. You know, the same people who used to wear spiked dog collars in high school and…

Palin Email Hack Investigation Leads FBI to Son of TN State rep Mike Keller

Oh man… This just keeps getting better and better. Last week we told you about the recent invasion into an email account belonging to Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. At the time, it was thought that a group of hackers…

Palin Email Account Hackers’ Carelessness Could Lead to Capture

Oops. You would think that the group of hackers who recently dug into one of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s email accounts was smart enough to cover its trail. Unfortunately for them, it looks like you would be wrong. By…

OTA Sync with Zimbra now available for the 3G iPhone

Zimbra, an open source messaging and collaboration suite, announced this week the availability of Zimbra Mobile for the iPhone 3G. Zimbra users sporting the latest iPhone have enjoyed full two-way OTA synchronization of email, calendars, and contacts as well as…