November 29, 2008

Microsoft/Yahoo: Microsoft in Talks Again?

While nothing official has been released by Microsoft, The Times of London is reporting Microsoft Corp. has resumed its pursuit of Yahoo in a deal that could cost the Redmond-based company $20 billion, less than half of what it offered for the search site this summer. Microsoft has put forward Jonathan Miller, ex-chairman and chief executive of AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, to lead a new management team at Yahoo under a 10-year agreement. Microsoft would have a two-year option to buy Yahoo outright for $20 billion. The report also says senior management at…

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BYIR: January, February & March 2008

January 2008 With the start of 2008 came a handy “how-to” guide for moving Netscape 9 users to Firefox 2. Recall, AOL had announced they would discontinue support for Netscape 9 (based off of Firefox 2) in February 2008. While the below “We Remove Vista…” photo was taken back in October 2007 at A&D Computer in Milford, NH it appeared in Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog (now The Microsoft Blog) in late January. Included in January were three Add-Ons Reviews. Organize Search Engines, allowed Firefox users with lots of search engines a better management system to keep their search engines organized….

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Release Recap: November Week 4

Just Released No new release this coming week Schedule this Coming Week MU Firefox 2.0.0.18 >> Firefox 3.0.4 – December 2nd Future Release AMO 4.0.4 – December 2008 Firefox 2.0.0.19 – December 16th *FINAL UPDATE* Firefox 3.0.5 –  December 16th Firefox 3.1b2 – TBA Shredder (Thunderbird) 3b1 – TBA Thunderbird 2.0.0.20 – January 2009

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