An investigation has been opened by the US Department of Justice into a possible breach of antitrust laws after Yahoo! announced Google Adsense would be implemented in limited trials on Yahoo! search results, in an effort to scupper Microsofts hostile ultimatum to accept a $44.6bn takeover bid.
Concerns were raised by regulators after a telephone call [...]

After Microsoft recently threatened Yahoo! with a 3-week ultimatum to “accept our offer or else” (the ‘or else’ being a hostile take-over), Yahoo! have responded with a bewidlering tactic to try and gain leverage in the bitter talks. For two weeks, Yahoo! will be implementing Google Adsense into Yahoo! search.
The move is said by a [...]

A wireless device submitted by Microsoft to the Federal Communications Commission for testing has been pulled after a disastrous failure. The prototype reportedly stopped working after tests by the FCC, which is the second such device submitted by the software giant, as part of the White Spaces Coalition, which involves a joint effort by Dell, [...]

Microsoft and Intel have unveiled a plan to fund research into new programming techniques for multi-core processors that is set to change computing at a fundamental level and “break the industry out of a technological cul-de-sac that threatens to end decades of performance increases in computers”, by funding the University of California at Berkeley.
In a [...]

REDMOND, Wash. — March 14, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to acquire Rapt Inc., the leading provider of advertising yield management solutions for digital media publishers. Rapt’s technology, along with its information and advisory services offerings, will become key components of the Atlas Publisher Suite, part of Microsoft’s Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group. [...]

Google’s Senior Vice President, David Drummond has issued a damning response to Microsoft’s bid to buy out search-rival, Yahoo! in an official statement which should serve to fan the flames, describing Microsoft’s influence as ‘Illegal’ and ‘Inappropriate’.
Using the Official Google Blog as a platform, Drummond says..
“While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought [...]

As both firms struggle to compete with Google’s stranglehold on the web, Microsoft has made an offer of $44.6bn in cash and shares to buy out Yahoo! in a bid to compete with Google and restore it’s failing monopoly.
Yahoo! are said to be taking the offer seriously, after announcing a $300m spend this year to [...]

Want a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate? You’d better leave your privacy at the door, as Microsoft launch an incentive to let them spy on your every move through an invasive feedback program, which tracks everything you do, online or offline for 3 months.
Those who obey, can claim a free copy of Vista Ultimate, [...]