Will Microsoft make a new bid for Yahoo? It’s hard to tell. Certainly, not much has changed fundamentally on this deal.
We think that the compelling reasons for this merger are still valid and Microsoft is just playing hardball while watching Yahoo stumble. It may be well deserved. Jerry Yang has particularly poor negotiation skills (he [...]
Never mind that it was a bad idea.
Never mind that the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo will be less of a company than the two companies separately.
The fact is that Microsoft bid for Yahoo and even raised its offer in the 11th hour with Microsoft ultimately offering $33 per share, but Yahoo wouldn’t bite.
Chairman Jerry [...]
$41 billion.
I mean, let’s take a moment and think about this. $41 Billion.
Yahoo sells about $7B, has gross profit of about $4B, and net income of about $0.7B.
Let’s be generous and say they net about $1B today.
This means that Microsoft will be getting a 2.5% return on this investment if things remain the same.
Of course [...]
Microsoft finally announced Saturday that it will stop making HD DVD players for its Xbox 360 video game system after Toshiba announced the end of the high-definition video format battle with Sony’s Blu-Ray format.
“HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers [...]
A Princeton University group has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks.
The technique is as easy as chilling a computer memory chip with a blast of frigid air.
In a technical paper that was published Thursday on the Web site of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy, the group demonstrated that [...]
Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer manufacture HD-DVDs, effectively ending the long-running battle with the rival Blu-ray for a dominant high-definition format.
Toshiba said it made the decision to cease developing, manufacturing, and marketing HD DVDs after “recent major changes in the market.” It promised to continue offering support and service for all existing Toshiba [...]
The U.S. Navy will likely attempt to shoot down a faulty spy satellite Thursday, the day after the space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to land. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said there’s nothing the military can do to make the outcome worse.
“If we miss, nothing changes. If we shoot and barely touch it, the satellite is [...]
In a statement today, Microsoft said “We do not believe the recent reports about HD-DVD will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace, As we’ve long stated, we believe it is games that sell consoles, and Xbox 360 continues to have the largest next-gen games library with [...]
In what has to be the weakest press release in recent history, Toshiba denied that any decision had been made yet regarding the future of HD-DVD.
“The media has reported that Toshiba will discontinue its HD-DVD business. Toshiba has not made any announcement concerning this,” the company said.
“Although Toshiba is currently assessing its business strategies, no [...]
Toshiba is planning to drop the HD-DVD format, ending an intense battle over next-generation optical formats against Sony’s Blu-Ray technology. The Kyodo News agency said Toshiba is reviewing its operations, with the timing of the withdrawal to be decided later.
News of Toshiba’s decision emerged just one day after U.S retail giant Wal-Mart announced it would [...]
