Recent Computing Blog | News PostsRivals in Yahoo Bidding Warby Mary Ann Romans05 Feb 2008 07:43 AMIt seems that Microsoft will not be alone for much longer. Two new companies are currently considering bidding on Yahoo, upping the ante and the drama of the possible hostile takeover of the search engine giant, Yahoo. Last week, Microsoft placed a bid of $44.6 billion to buy out Yahoo. Microsoft Bid for Yahoo Heats Upby Mary Ann Romans04 Feb 2008 09:09 AMLast week, Microsoft made a 45 million dollar bid to buy Yahoo, swooping in shortly after the search engine giant announced that it would be forced to conduct employee layoffs sue to sagging funds. Feedback Changes at EBay Worry Sellersby Mary Ann Romans31 Jan 2008 09:09 AMThe user feedback system at EBay will be changing, and it has a lot of sellers worried. Will you be affected by the changes? In an earlier article, I wrote about some of the listing fee changes that EBay was instituting in an effort to get more sellers online and listing their goods. EBay Slashes Fees!by Mary Ann Romans29 Jan 2008 11:57 AMEven EBay is feeling the heat. With consumer spending down and many young new e-commerce companies successfully gaining ground, the auction giant is slashing its listing fees in order to boost listings and remain competitive. EBay announced today that listing fees will be cut up to 50 percent. Office 2008, New Blogging Tool and HD DVDby Mary Ann Romans18 Jan 2008 11:08 AMHere are the latest headlines in the world of technology. Office 2008 Released Yesterday, Microsoft officially released Office 2008 for the Mac. The announcement was made at MacWorld, which is taking place in San Francisco. GPS and Baby Jesusby Mary Ann Romans26 Dec 2007 07:08 AMHere are some of the stranger stories regarding technology. Let me know what you think of this news. Baby Jesus now has a low-jack. In Bal Harbor, Florida, congregates have equipped a Baby Jesus statue with a GPS locating device in an effort to recover it, if it becomes stolen. Santa Talks Dirty, and Other Computing News for December 6thby Mary Ann Romans06 Dec 2007 09:20 AMIn the headlines: Microsoft Santa Talks Dirty, New Intel Processors are Coming, and Facebook apologizes. Facebook Apologizes Facebook is in the news again regarding its controversial "social add" policy. Virtual Gifts Is a Million Dollar Industryby Mary Ann Romans04 Dec 2007 12:11 PMWhen your holiday shopping, have you ever considered a virtual gifts? These items can't be held, touched, smelled, although they can be posted on web pages, such as Facebook or used in virtual worlds, such as Second Life. Facebook: Social Ads and Privacy Issuesby Mary Ann Romans08 Nov 2007 11:17 AMI may be one of the few people around today under age 60 who is not on Facebook. Many of my friends are on it. And there are even some people from my past. How do I know? I can look them up, even though I am not registered to the site. Computing News Roundup for October 17thby Mary Ann Romans17 Oct 2007 01:52 PMAll the news that is fit to read. Today, it is all about social networking and protecting users. Facebook has some new policies in place to help with that, and parents are warned that the things that their children say can cause them, the parents, to lose their jobs or even a mortgage. Recent Blog Comments InCogNEATO says... "I have the USB fingerless gloves and they do not work good at all." Samual says... "I have Sopho's on my work computer as it has windows, my own laptop is a mac though so I don't bother with an antivirus for it." |
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