Windows 7 is finally under open discussion, with the first glimpse of its capabilities to be unveiled in October 2008. Microsoft intends to provide detailed engineering information about Windows 7 during two technical conferences, the Professional Developers Conference and the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference. Based on Windows Vista, the new operating system is scheduled for release in January 2010.

So far, the details revealed are scarce and only informs us that they’ll be using Vista components as the foundation, include a touch interface and have some gesture-recognition capabilities for task completion purposes. For example, pinching the screen could be configured to make any open documents close or manipulate images. No exact details or in-depth information has leaked about the new Windows 7 yet. Industry experts believe Microsoft will release more virtualization technologies and cross-machine data and program accessibility via this new release.

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The title should sum up this business world scenario for even the most gullible amongst us all. The Microsoft – yahoo takeover saga may finally come to a conclusion with Yahoo’s august shareholder meeting.

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The Yahoo deal seems to have found new takers but Icahn seems to still find the Yahoo boards actions of late, quite disappointing. Icahn, the dissident thorn in Yahoo’s backside, has grudgingly admitted that the deal, which Yahoo signed recently with Google may contain some merit.

The Yahoo deal has transformed itself from a takeover bid to one of partnership with one major difference, the partner is Google rather than Microsoft. Icahn, has been heavily criticizing Yahoo for not having taken the Microsoft deal which would have seen the company valued at $47.5 bn. But this deal with Google is equally lucrative if not more, at least in the long term. It is basically a search advertising deal that is currently limited to the North American markets. It is primed to target local advertising thus providing the advertisers more performance with regard to their ads.

It is a 10-year deal that comes with an interesting divorce clause, that being, that in case Yahoo is acquired or if the majority of the Yahoo board is replaced during the shareholder meeting on August 1st, the deal can be terminated. This clause was pretty much designed at preventing Icahn from throwing a spanner in the works. Carl Icahn was at a loss of words when asked if he would stop the proxy battle against Yahoo. But knowing him, one can be sure that he would not be silent for long.

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It seems that Yahoo just about had enough and is fighting back as hard as it can. With a range of 7 announcements in one day, Yahoo just signaled to the world that it is ready to take up any new challenges head on. With the recent Microsoft takeover bid still rankling Yahoo and with a deadline of sorts set for August 1st, Yahoo has revealed a set of new measures that is bound to give it an edge over its rivals.

Yahoo announced recently the modifications it has undertaken and the partnerships that it has signed, all designed to increase Yahoo’s presence online especially with its new program, Yahoo circular. It has already signed on quite a few partnerships with major media companies. Yahoo! Circular is all about giving the local news and advertisements a go ahead, kind of like the Sunday newspaper ad inserts. This particular network now includes Walmart,Havasdigital and some of the major television networks like NBC and Fox, to say the least.

Yahoo has indicated that it has simplified the process of ad purchases all across the Yahoo network and will soon be unveiled to the public. With localized ads now appearing across the Yahoo network, customized information seems to hold the key to the latest Yahoo moves. With such customized data, Yahoo aims to improve on its customer base and take on any more hostile bids from Microsoft or anybody else for the near future.

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Live Science June 3, 2008

Move over, Wi-Fi. Roll over, cellular data.

Both are going to be obsolete — the future belongs to a new microwave communications technology called WiMAX.

At least, that’s the future according to Robert Morrow, a retired Air Force Academy electrical engineering professor writing in the May 23 issue of the journal Science.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc because it would be “non-exclusive” and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google’s thinking said on Friday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo! Inc said on Friday it expects to incur pre-tax cash charges of about $29 million for expenses related to a work force reduction disclosed on February 15, 2008.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market said on
Friday that Securities and Exchange Commission staffers have
concluded a probe into its chief executive’s anonymous Web chat
room messages about then-rival Wild Oats Markets and
recommended no action be taken.

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SEOUL (Reuters) - After exhausting just about every elf, dragon and knight featured in Western cultures, makers of popular online games are turning to ancient Asian history and war heroes for new inspiration.

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