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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Microsoft cancels Yahoo acquisition - Is the game really over

After so much marketing of Yahoo! acquisition by Microsoft, Steve Ballmar, the CEO of Microsoft said that they have withdrawn the deal over Yahoo!. Though Yahoo! said to be unsatisfied with Microsoft's offer of $31 per share, but Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, had always tried to get out of the deal. Now the cancellation of the deal has become a reality from Microsoft.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Support for Netscape Browser Closed by AOL

Ya, you heard it right. The support for Netscape browsers has been stopped for future. AOL, formerly known as America Online, is one of the most ancient companies to put people on the internet. America's largest Internet Service Provider AOL, during its course of operation, has acquired many small and big companies. The largest acquisition had been that of Netscape Communications Corporation. Ya, Netscape Communications Corporation, leader in web browsing of that time, had developed many useful internet tools, suites, services and softwares. Their most popular product was Netscape Communicator Suite, which promised to change the contemporary web browsing experience. They were in a period of converting Netscape Communicator into an open source software, by the name of Mozilla. Ya the name that you have heard so much, Mozilla, was developed that time. It became more promising to its users.