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by Geek June 26, 2008 - 5:03
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Yahoo and Microsoft

There are multiple sources at both Yahoo and Microsoft telling that official talks are back on between the two companies. But Techcrunch is hearing something different than CNET - the talks are about a full buyout again, not a sweetened search-only deal.

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by Geek May 19, 2008 - 9:59
Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale

Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the renewed talks haven't escalated to another attempt to take over Yahoo.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker disclosed the revived discussions Sunday without providing any specifics about the nature of the deal being explored except to say it involved bolstering the companies' position in the online search and advertising markets.

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by Geek April 16, 2008 - 8:03
Google

Look who Google’s turned to for help.

Frank P. Quattrone is advising Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, as the Internet giant figures out its next step in the takeover struggle between Yahoo and Microsoft, people briefed on the matter told DealBook.

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by Geek April 15, 2008 - 9:43
Johnny Taylor, chief of Rushmore Drive

Cheap computers and Internet connections have helped people get online in greater numbers in recent years. Now Barry Diller’s IAC/InteractiveCorp wants to make money by helping minority groups connect more easily to specific sites.

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by wizard April 9, 2008 - 11:19
Flickr

Yahoo Inc. will begin showing homemade videos on its online photo-sharing site, Flickr, in a long-anticipated move that may be too late to lure most people away from the Internet's dominant video channel, Google Inc.'s YouTube.
Flickr's video technology, to debut late Tuesday, represents the latest example of Yahoo trying to catch up to Google in a crucial battleground.

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