Mcrosoft's Jellyfish Buy Is No Stinger
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| Acquiring the shopping-and-auction service is the giant's latest bid to grab
| a bigger share of online ad dollars. Google has little to fear
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc2007102_526624.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Microsoft CEO does not rule out more acquisitions
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| Microsoft Corp's chief executive said on Thursday he did not rule out further
| acquisitions of a similar size to web advertising firm aQuantive.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/071004/microsoft_acquisitions.html?.v=3
Recent:
Microsoft acquires shopping comparison tentacle
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| Microsoft has reheated a market many web watchers had assumed a busted flush
| with the acquisition of Jellyfish.com, the bastard child of a shopping
| comparison site and QVC.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/02/microsoft_jellyfish/
Related:
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| Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business
| security product manager, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the code itself
| has pieces missing.
| "Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a bad
| product, but bits and pieces are missing," said Edelmann.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
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