Microsoft (MSFT) Make Take Another Run At Yahoo! (YHOO), This One To Be Successful
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Microsoft (MSFT) is lining up partners to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) and this time it is very lik...

Diversion: Cycle Climbing, the McMurdo-South Pole Highway, etc.
Many moons ago I wrote a piece for Men's Journal -- yes, that's just the kind of renaissance guy I am -- on the joys of cycle-climbing...

Squawk Box - June 30, 2008
On today s SquawkBox (June 30), we talked a lot about the changes at Microsoft and what may be next for the company.With Bill Gates f...

Where My Stupid Mistake Came From
CNN makes a spelling mistake. Mine mostly have to do with numbers. This morning, on an earlier blog post, I mistook $2,100,000 for $2.1...

Microsoft Buys Natural Language Search Technology
This morning Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] confirmed rumors that it will be acquring Powerset, a Bay Area-based company specializing in natur...

Write-Offs: 07.01.08
$$$ You blew my mind too, Kevin Rose-- Barry Diller [NewsGroper]$$$ How to Increase the Value of Yahoo! (YHOO), Revisited [LoSC]$$$ Wi...

Oh Canada not too bad, eh?
I don t want to get all patriotic on you or anything, but I came across a couple of tributes to our home and native land (okay my...

Microsoft's Shoots for Semantic Search
Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search...

Apollo Earnings Shocker (APOL)
Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is seeing shares surge in after-hours after the company posted better than expected earnings. The for-...