http://www.thescriptpoint.com Technology & Internet News Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:05:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/08/windows-7-%e2%80%93-a-glimpse-into-its-technology/ 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. Carl Icahn and the current Yahoo board seem to go hammer and tongs at it, be ... http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/07/yahoo-the-rat-pack-and-icahn-the-master-rat/ 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 ... http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/06/icahn-gives-a-grudging-ok-to-the-new-yahoo-deal/ 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 ... http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/06/yahoo-turns-up-the-heat/ 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 ... http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/06/researcher-wimax-to-replace-wi-fi-within-five-years/ 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. http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/04/google-optimistic-regulators-wont-bar-yahoo-source/ 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. http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/04/report-clears-advisers-role-in-wireless-auction/ 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. http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/04/yahoo-sees-2008-charges-of-29-million-for-job-cuts/ 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. http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/04/whole-foods-says-sec-concludes-message-board-probe/ 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. http://www.thescriptpoint.com/2008/04/asian-history-inspires-new-online-games/