Ars Technica bought by Conde Nast
Conde Nast Publications has acquired Boston-based technology site Ars Technica, the company said Monday (download PDF).
Stories by Linda Rosencrance
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Google overtakes Yahoo as most-visited US Web site
The bad news just doesn't seem to end for Yahoo. As the Internet portal prepares to fend off a proxy fight by billionaire investor Carl Icahn, new research from comScore concludes that for the first time, Google has overtaken Yahoo as the most-visited Web site in the US.
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Can Icahn take on the Yahoo board and win?
As billionaire investor Carl Icahn gears up for a proxy fight with Yahoo at its July 3 shareholders' meeting, the question is, can he win? And if he does win, will he be able to persuade Yahoo's jilted suitor, Microsoft, to reconsider its acquisition bid?
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Report: Billionaire Carl Icahn mulls a proxy fight at Yahoo
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is reportedly mulling a proxy fight to oust Yahoo's board of directors, according to CNBC.
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Google launches Web security for the corporations
Google this week announced its Web Security for Enterprise, a product that protects organizations against malware attacks in real time.
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News Corp. not in talks with Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL
News Corp. has no plans to jump in and rescue Yahoo now that Microsoft has walked away from its US$47.5 billion takeover bid of the Internet company, News Corp.'s COO said during a mid-week earnings conference call.
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Yahoo shareholders eye board ouster after failed MS bid
Summer fireworks displays traditionally take place July 4 in the US, but this year Yahoo's board of directors could be treated to some fireworks of their own at the company's annual shareholders meeting on July 3.
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Yahoo Open Strategy could be its salvation
As its stock price plummets, Yahoo's executives must do something tangible and do it quickly to prove to shareholders that fighting a takeover bid by Microsoft was the right thing to do, analysts said this week.
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Sizing up Microsoft and Yahoo: Did anybody win?
Now that Microsoft has dropped its bid to take over Yahoo, industry analysts assessed what happened and what to expect from the two companies.
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Report: Antitrust regulators eye Google-Yahoo ad sharing
The US Department of Justice is trying to determine whether Yahoo's two-week test to deliver relevant Web advertising from Google alongside its own search results violates any antitrust laws, according to a Reuters news service report .
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Microsoft-Yahoo: Deal or no deal?
Three weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threatened to launch a hostile takeover if Yahoo 's board did not accept its US$44.6 billion takeover bid.
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Report: Google is again No. 1 in brand power
For the third year in a row, Google topped the list of the 100 most powerful brands in the world, beating out Microsoft and Apple, according to a report released Monday by market research firm Millward Brown Optimor.
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Report: Microsoft still planning to pursue Yahoo on its own
While Microsoft has been in discussions with News Corp. about putting in a joint bid for Yahoo, people close to Microsoft told that the software company still plans to go after Yahoo on its own, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Yahoo wants Microsoft to raise offer
Yahoo's board of directors told Microsoft that it would consider the software company's unsolicited takeover bid, but only if it makes a big higher than the initial US$44.6 billion offer.
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E-commerce growth threatened by legacy systems, study finds
Retailers fear that their legacy information systems are the biggest barriers to improving the cross-channel shopping experience for their customers, according to a new study.
