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Microsoft rules out new takeover bid for Yahoo

Microsoft rules out new takeover bid for Yahoo San Francisco  - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday ruled out a new takeover bid for troubled web portal Yahoo, but stressed that the software giant was still interested in partnering with Yahoo on search-related products.

Microsoft preparing itself for end of Windows era

LondonMicrosoft, August 5: Microsoft has started a new research project, Midori, to develop a software program that will help uncouple Windows from a single PC.

The company has revealed that a decision to develop Midori was taken because Windows is unlikely to be able to cope with the pace of change in future technology, and the way people use it.

"If you think about how an operating system is loaded, it's loaded onto a hard disk physically located on that machine. The operating system is tied very tightly to that hardware," the BBC quoted Dave Austin, European director of products at Citrix, as saying.

Report: Microsoft checks Facebook purchase

San Francisco - MicrosoftMicrosoft's bankers have approached Facebook about a purchase of the social networking site as an alternative for its failed takeover bid for Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday in its online edition.

Quoting a person familiar with the situation, the report said that Microsoft's representatives "recently contacted Facebook" but there were no active discussions between the two.

Microsoft, Yahoo meeting on takeover ends without results

Microsoft, Yahoo meeting on takeover ends without resultsNew York  - Key officials from US software giant Microsoft and internet company Yahoo failed to reach agreement in talks over a multi-billion takeover bid, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said on Friday.

According to the paper, officials were unable to solve their differences of opinion during the meeting, which took place this week at Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnydale, California.

Microsoft launched a takeover bid of originally 45 billon dollars more than two months ago, which was rejected by Yahoo for being too low.

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