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| Oct.21 |
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Twitter Is Friend Of Google, Microsoft San Francisco: Twitter Inc. is selling the rights to mine its communications hotbed to both Internet search leader Google Inc. and Microsoft
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| Aug.21 |
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Tech giants unite against Google Yahoo: Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining a coalition to fight Google's attempt to create what could be the world's largest virtual library
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| Aug.4 |
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MSFT to hire 400 from Yahoo Microsoft will hire at least 400 workers if government regulators approve the companies' proposed Internet search partnership
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| Jul.29 |
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Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal 
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the companies take on chief rival Google
| Bing search engine will power the Yahoo site and Yahoo will become the advertising sales team for Microsoft's online offering. Yahoo will get to keep 88% of the revenue from search ad sales on its site for the first 5 years of the 10-year deal, and have the right to sell ads on some Microsoft sites
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| Jul.7 |
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New Oper. System To Take On Microsoft Google: Google is developing a new operating system for laptop computers in its boldest challenge yet to Microsoft's control over computing experience
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| May.27 |
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Yahoo open to Microsoft deal
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| Apr.10 |
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Microsoft, Yahoo Chiefs Meet on linkups Under possible scenario, Microsoft would sell Yahoo's search ads while Yahoo would manage Microsoft's display ads
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| Mar.3 |
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Yahoo: Quiet On MS Talks Yahoo CEO said any talks with Microsoft about a search partnership should be done privately, leveling thinly veiled criticism
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| Feb.24 |
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Microsoft's Ballmer yoo-hoos Yahoo again
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| Jan.17 |
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Microsoft's Ballmer met Yahoo chairman Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, met with Roy Bostock in New York. The news follows reports of a conversation between Bartz and B...
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| Dec.10 |
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Investor pushes Yahoo to sell search unit Ivory Investment Management is adding to the pressure on the Web portal to restart talks with its rival
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| Dec.1 |
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Yahoo-Microsoft talks denied
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| Nov.7 |
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Microsoft: No interest in buying Yahoo
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| Jul.23 |
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CEO Upbeat Despite 2Q Results |
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| Jul.13 |
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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Yahoo rejected an offer to sell its Internet search business to Microsoft. and leave the remainder of the company in control of Carl Icahn
| The complex deal would have meant a major dismantling of Yahoo; the sale of its coveted search engine; the spin-off of its Asian assets and the ouster of its top management, including CEO Yang
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| Jul.7 |
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M-soft wants to negotiate with new board. Yahoo
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| Jul.3 |
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Shares soar on new takeover rumor |
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| Jul.2 |
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Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jun.9 |
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Kaiser, Microsoft test medical records tech. Oakland
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| Jun.4 |
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Investor steps up Yahoo campaign Outraged by new details about Yahoo efforts to complicate Microsoft takeover bid, Carl Icahn says he believes Yahoo's board will have to be ...
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| Jun.2 |
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Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.18 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go 
Map Microsoft has made a new, downsized offer to cooperate with the Web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the road
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| May.5 |
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Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection. Yahoo
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| May.4 |
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CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft. Yahoo
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| May.3 |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo| Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price. CEO Steve Ballmer withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang. Microsoft had raised its offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn - $33 per shar... | |
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| May.2 |
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Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
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Yahoo mum as Microsoft's deadline passes Yahoo Inc. is setting the stage for the next chapter in the three-month standoff of technology titan
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| Apr.24 |
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Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.11 |
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Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal. Google
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| Apr.5 |
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Microsoft gives Yahoo deadline for deal The ultimatum, revealed in a letter from CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo's board, underscores impatience with the two-month merger saga
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Microsoft May Cut Yahoo Bid
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| Mar.15 |
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.14 |
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Microsoft to Buy Rapt. San Francisco
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| Mar.5 |
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Board meeting postponed to stave off bid Yahoo: Yahoo has extended the deadline for nominating members to its board, a move that delays Microsoft from trying a hostile takeover
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| Feb.28 |
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Yahoo calls Microsoft bid a distraction
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| Feb.19 |
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Bill Gates Talks Charity, Innovation. Stanford
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Gates: Microsoft Isn't Raising Yahoo Bid
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| Feb.12 |
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Microsoft hints at hostile takeover. Yahoo
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| Feb.11 |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
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| Feb.9 |
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Yahoo Will Reject Microsoft |
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| Feb.4 |
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Microsoft urges to accept bid quickly |
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| Feb.3 |
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Critics Question Potential Microsoft-Y Merger |
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| Feb.1 |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Yahoo: Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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| Jan.21 |
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Microsoft to buy Calista Technologies |
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| Oct.24 |
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Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Palo Alto: Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
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| May.4 |
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
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| Feb.6 |
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Gates speaks at cyber security conference San Francisco: Microsoft Corp. Chairman: Keeping information secure in this age of laptop-lugging workers is the most formidable challenge
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| May.11 |
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Google goes after Microsoft |
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| May.4 |
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Microsoft considers to buy stake in Yahoo |
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| Mar.29 |
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Google leaves Yahoo, Microsoft behind |
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| Jan.10 |
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Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Pact |
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| Dec.23 |
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Google settles hiring suit
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| Dec.15 |
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Google, Microsoft and Sun to fund lab |
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| Oct.4 |
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Google, Sun target Microsoft Office
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| Sep.24 |
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Microsoft, Palm to join forces on phone |
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| Sep.14 |
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Partial legal victory over Microsoft |
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| Jun.24 |
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Maffei named as new president, CFO |
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| Oct.1 |
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Bill Gates praises boom in China, India |
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| Apr.16 |
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Sun promises MS deal will boost finances |
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| Apr.2 |
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Sun settles with Microsoft, cuts 3,300 job Struggling server maker reached a sweeping, $1.6 billion settlement and plans to cooperate with its longtime nemesis
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| Feb.14 |
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Company is possible source for MS secret |
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| Jul.28 |
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Immersion gets $26 million from Microsoft. San Jose
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| Jun.26 |
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Sun Lost Appeal on Java |
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| Dec.23 |
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Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java
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| Aug.1 |
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Microsoft ex-president named CEO. Milpitas
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| Apr.25 |
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Gates addresses minorities conference. San Jose
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| Mar.8 |
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Sun sues Microsoft
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| Jan.22 |
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Microsoft eliminates UltimateTV division. Mountain View
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| Aug.1 |
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Funding for SETI |
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| Jun.28 |
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Oracle spy on Microsoft |
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