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Microsoft and Yahoo (Finally) Strike a Deal

The long, drawn-out game of “Deal or No Deal” between Microsoft and Yahoo! has finally come to an end. It’s been a long time coming, but the number two and three in the search engine market have finally joined forces in their fight against the dominant Google. The deal is …

Google Enters the Offline Client Game

Google has finally entered the ranks of its email competitors Yahoo! and Microsoft in offering an offline version of its interface. Yahoo! and Microsoft have both offered offline clients for their mail, calendar, and contact information with Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop and Windows Live Mail for some time now and Google …

Zimbra Hits 20 Million Paid Mailboxes

Zimbra is reporting that its paid mailbox count is now up to 20 million mailboxes. This is up from June of last year when Zimbra reported 11 million paid mailboxes. The open source Exchange competitor is really gaining some momentum and is surpassing Exchange in feature sets. Zimbra Collaboration Suite …

Microsoft Says No Deal to Yahoo

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a public statement today stating that the company is no longer interested in a deal with Yahoo. The two companies have been going back and forth about the issue dating back as early as May of 2006. Yahoo received a large offer in January of …

Possible Yahoo, AOL Merger?

According to Reuters, sources close to Yahoo and AOL say they are in the midst of due diligence for a possible merger of some services. This comes in the wake of a series of offers from a Microsoft buyout over the last few years. Sources say they are interested in …