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FAQ Sent to Microsoft Employees on Friday (2/22) About Possible Yahoo Acquisition

The following is the text of a Frequently Asked Questions communication sent by Microsoft to all employees in its platforms & services division on february 22, 2008. It was sent by Kevin...

Briefs: Google to kick-start medical records program with Cleveland Clinic; Enterprise Search Vendor

+ Google to kick-start medical records program with Cleveland Clinic See Also: Google (GOOG) enters medical industry See Also: Post from 2/21: Personal Health Records Can Imperil Privacy - Report. +...

Becta Provides Online Safety Guide

Becta provides online safety guide The British Educational and Communications Technology Association has launched a toolkit to support the protection of children and learners. The toolkit is...

Briefs: Vanderbilt Television News Archive & NBC News Partner to Deliver Streaming Video; Call for P

+ Vanderbilt Television News Archive and NBC News Partner to Deliver Streaming Video + CFP: 10th International Conference on Grey Literature + Updated: Yahoo Layoffs Happening Now (via Search Engine...

New Report: Can Social Bookmarking Improve Web Search?

Can Social Bookmarking Improve Web Search? by Heymann, Paul; Koutrika, Georgia; Garcia-Molina, Hector From the abstract: Social bookmarking is a recent phenomenon which has the potential to give us a...

BooHoo for MSFT: Yahoo Will Reject Microsoft’s Takeover Offer

Less than a week after Microsoft announced a 44.6 billion offer for Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the offer will be rejected by Yahoo’s Board of Directors. Why? According to...

Briefs: Ski Reports and Search Results Pages; Obama Briefly Mentions Google in 60 Minutes Interview

+ Obama Briefly Mentions Google in 60 Minutes Interview Sen. Barak Obama tells Steve Kroft on the topic of his experience: Well, you know, there are a lot of companies that have been around longer...

Jerry Yang’s Latest Memo to Yahoo Staff

+ Jerry Yang’s Latest Memo to Yahoo Staff (2/6/2008) The topic of the memo sent to Yahoo employees by Jerry Yang (CEO) (this is the second we’ve seen since the MS offer) discusses...

New Mashup: SearchQuilt

SearchQuilt SearchQuilt is a new “universal search engine” where you can search for videos, images, blogs, news, and web results from Google, auctions from eBay, and products from Amazon...

Microsoft and Yahoo: Documents and Transcripts; Look at Possible Microsoft/Yahoo Acquisition from EU

+ Transcript of Microsoft Meeting with Financial Analysts (2/4/2008) ||| Slides “Strategic Update Presentation”+ Transcript of Webcast to Microsoft Employees (2/1/2008) +...