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| 2011 |
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| Aug.5 |
Google, Microsoft patent spat escalates Now, Google is accusing Microsoft, Apple and others of launching a 'hostile organized campaign' against its Android operating system
| 2005 |
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| Dec.23 |
Google settles hiring suit
| 2003 |
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| Jul.28 |
Immersion gets $26 million from Microsoft. San Jose
| 2002 |
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| Dec.23 |
Microsoft Ordered to Carry Sun's Java
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| Mar.8 |
Sun sues Microsoft
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| 2012 |
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| Apr.23 |
Facebook pays Microsoft $550 million for AOL patents
| 2011 |
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| Feb.1 |
Google accuses Microsoft Bing of cheating
| 2010 |
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| Nov.18 |
M-soft, Facebook strengthen partnership |
| 2009 |
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| Oct.21 |
Twitter Is Friend Of Google, Microsoft
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| Aug.21 |
Tech giants unite against Google. Yahoo
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| Aug.4 |
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 |
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 |
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
| 2008 |
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| Dec.10 |
Investor pushes Yahoo to sell search unit
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| Apr.11 |
Fierce battle over Yahoo/Microsoft deal. Google
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| 2012 |
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| Jun.15 |
Microsoft Said to Agree to Acquire Yammer for $1.2B. San Francisco
| 2011 |
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| Nov.23 |
Microsoft agreed to scrutinize Yahoo Microsoft Corp. has signed a nondisclosure agreement. It wants a seat at the negotiating table if Yahoo decides to sell part or all of its b...
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Ebay to make $1.4 billion on Skype deal |
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| May.9 |
Microsoft near deal to buy Skype eBay: Microsoft Corp. is nearing a deal to buy the popular Internet telephone service. Ebay bought Skype for $2.6 billion and sell 70%
| 2009 |
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| May.27 |
Yahoo open to Microsoft deal
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| Mar.3 |
Yahoo: Quiet On MS Talks
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| Feb.24 |
Microsoft's Ballmer yoo-hoos Yahoo again
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| Jan.17 |
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...
| 2008 |
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| Dec.1 |
Yahoo-Microsoft talks denied |
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| Nov.7 |
Microsoft: No interest in buying Yahoo
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| Jul.13 |
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 e... | |
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| Jul.7 |
M-soft wants to negotiate with new board. Yahoo
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| Jul.2 |
Microsoft Exploring Partnership For Yahoo
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| Jun.2 |
Documents show Yahoo-Microsoft saga
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| May.18 |
Microsoft gives Yahoo bid another go 
Map of downsized offer to cooperate with the web portal while leaving the door open to a merger down the Sunnyvale 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.3 |
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 |
Microsoft sweetened bid for Yahoo
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| Apr.26 |
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 |
Microsoft Won't Increase Bid For Yahoo
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| Apr.5 |
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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| Mar.15 |
Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks Microsoft Corp. executives met with their counterparts to lobby for a friendly merger
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| Mar.5 |
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.11 |
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.1 |
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 offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come.
Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
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| Oct.24 |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook 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 |
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 18%
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.10 |
Microsoft, Yahoo Chiefs Meet on linkups
| 2008 |
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| Jun.4 |
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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| May.4 |
CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft. Yahoo
| 2007 |
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| Feb.6 |
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
| 2002 |
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| Aug.1 |
Microsoft ex-president named CEO. Milpitas
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| Apr.25 |
Gates addresses minorities conference. San Jose
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| 2010 |
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| Oct.8 |
Adobe surges on Microsoft report The shares surged as much as 17 percent after a report that Microsoft's Ballmer recently met with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
| 2008 |
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| May.5 |
Shares Plummet After Microsoft Rejection. Yahoo
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| 2004 |
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| Apr.2 |
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
| 2002 |
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| Jan.22 |
Microsoft eliminates UltimateTV division. Mountain View
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| 2010 |
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| May.26 |
Apple passes Microsoft by capitalization Apple becomes the largest technology company in the world. Apple's shares rose to $248.47, pushing its market cap up to $226 billion
| 2005 |
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| Oct.4 |
Google, Sun target Microsoft Office
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