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Do Walk Away, Sergey (and Google) From the Yahoo Deal

in News on September 10, 2008 at 3:58 pm PT

Today comes news that jumping-on-prone California Attorney General Jerry Brown is thinking of climbing onto the federal government bandwagon heading right for the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif., to stop the search giant’s online ad deal with Yahoo. Brown joins big advertisers, newspapers and whatever mudslingers Microsoft can gather (and, let it be said, Microsoft can sling a lot of slimy mud). While Google would by no means control a lot of Yahoo’s search ads, the fact that the pair together have an 80 percent share of the search market apparently frightens ordinary mortals. Maybe it should.

Microsoft's Options Rendered Via YouTube Copyright Infringement!

in News on April 30, 2008 at 5:31 pm PT

While we wait for the Microsoft board to make its decision on what to do next in relation to Yahoo, here are some lovely ripped-off videos from YouTube to keep you entertained. BoomTown might start only writing about this takeover battle from Hell with musical accompaniment to make things seem more pleasant. The prospect of [...]