According to PC Magazine, Microsoft's Word program has been found to violated the patent of a Canadian technology company, i4i. Microsoft was fined by the court $290 Million (small change to Microsoft) but the judge also ordered Microsoft to stop selling the program within 60 days. The judge ruled that Word products may not "have the capability of opening a .XML, .DOCX, or .DOCM file ("an … [Read more...]
Microsoft Charging For Officelive.com Domain:”Very Competitive” $14.95: Why Not Office.com
Microsoft has been allowing people for free to set up shop using basically a subdomain such as for example: http://youroldcustomdomainname.web.officelive.com. Sure is a mouthful. Today Microsoft, announced that starting October 1, customers will have to pay for renewing their domain, $14.95 per year saying: "An annual domain renewal fee of $14.95 per year will be due at the time of … [Read more...]
Bing.com Picks Up Another 1% Share Of The Search Market
According to Internet data firm StatCounter, Microsoft's Bing search engine had a 9.41% share of the U.S. search market in July, up from 8.23 percent in June. Google's share of the US search market slipped to 77.54% from 78.48 % StatCounter said Google's share of the global search market slipped in July to 89.23 percent from 89.80 percent in June. xi4a3m5prt … [Read more...]
No Trademark For Bing? Bada Bing
According to TechCrunch.com, The Laptop Company, the owner of website bongobing.com, received an extension until October 28, 2009, to oppose Microsoft's attempt to trademark Bing, with the USPTO. The CEO and co-founder Raul Pellerano of bongobing.com is quoted by TechCruch, as saying: "We have worked hard and invested significant resources in building our BongoBing (TM) brand and identity, … [Read more...]
Plenty Of Opinions On Yahoo-Microsoft
Seems like everyone has an opinion on the Yahoo-Microsoft deal. Here are some stories you might want to check out: New York Times. The CEO Of Microsoft is surprised at the stock market's reaction to the deal. The CEO of Microsoft says the market undervalues the deal to Yahoo Google VP: Deal May Hurt Competition TheStreet.com: "Microsoft get's the milk without having to buy the … [Read more...]
SeekingAlpha.com Covers Tucows Calling It A “Cash Rich’ Company
Seekingalpha.com, a site that follow public companies, gave a very positive review of Tucows.com shares this morning, (a member of our Domain Parking Stock Index) calling it a "cash rich" company, saying in part: "All told, Tucows strikes me as a relatively low margin business with low (and perhaps negative) capital costs that has deployed its retained earnings profitably for shareholders in … [Read more...]
Fool.com: Yahoo-Microsoft Deal Is Good For Marchex
The Fool.com, had some good news for Marchex, in its analysis of the Yahoo-Microsoft Deal. The Fool.com, which follows public companies, in analyzing the Yahoo/Microsoft deal said about Marchex: ""Advertisers paying more for leads, as a result of Yahoo! shutting down its self-serve platform, will benefit the Web's other lead generators. ""Marchex is one of my favorites. ""The local … [Read more...]