By Stu on January 8th, 2009
Steve Ballmer introduced some new things at CES 2009.
- Windows 7 Beta will be available for consumer review Friday.
- Windows Live Essentials is out of beta and will be available for download.
- The Xbox 360 had a great 2008.
- Verizon and Sprint will be offering Live Search on their phones.
- Dell will be the first PC manufacturer pre-installing Live Search and Live Essentials on “most” of their new computers.
- 20 Million Windows Mobile phone sold in the last year.
- 30 Windows Mobile Phones brought to market last year.
By Stu on November 5th, 2008
Just a few minutes ago, I read on the BBC that the Google/Yahoo! advertising deal is dead. Google didn’t want a "long protracted legal battle". That just eliminated one of Jerry Yang’s poison pills against a Microsoft deal/acquisition.
So with Steve Ballmer still thinking that a Yahoo!/Microsoft deal is a good idea and Carl Icahn on the Yahoo! board… I think Jerry Yang days are numbered and that the pressure by investors to make a deal will be too much to ignore.
The Yahoo! and Microsoft deal would make an ugly marriage, but one that will provide a balance to Google in the long run.
