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Is Yahoo Really Going To Say No?

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

According to a post on TechCrunch it appears as though Yahoo will be saying “NO!” to Microsoft’s $44.6 billion acquisition offer. Yahoo’s board says the offer “massively undervalues” the company. It seems that Yahoo thinks $40/share is more like it and Microsoft’s $31/share just wont cut it. Is this a strategy on Yahoo’s [...]

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RFID My Tools

February 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ford Motor company announced an interesting strategy at the Chicago Auto Show to help customers keep tabs (literally speaking) on their precious cargo using RFID tags.
RFID (radio frequency identification) is a method of tagging and storing information about pretty much anything you can think of. Farmers use RFID to track livestock, in fact [...]

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Who Owns What v2.1

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

It seems like every day there’s another acquisition. The hottest start-ups are eaten up by the big boys of the industry on a daily basis. Sometimes it’s hard to remember who bought your new favorite web 2.0 application but MyDigiMedia has you covered with a handy .pdf containing a list of who owns [...]

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