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Posted on November 19, 2008 by Jonathan Hensley

Microsoft Goes Free, Bye Yahoo CEO

Latest News:

  • Microsoft to Offer Free Anti-malware Software with Windows
    It's specifically designed to require few computing and connection resources to work with older machines and limited bandwidth in an effort to protect new users on inexpensive computers around the world. The company has also announced plans to end the Windows Live OneCare paid subscription security service.
  • Yang Steps Down As Yahoo CEO, Search For Successor Begins
    This was an unavoidable event, and in our opinion Yang took too long to step down. In May it was clear that Yang’s heart was no longer in it, and he reconfirmed that last month at the Web 2.0 Summit. Under his watch the company has lost tens of billions of dollars in market cap and thousands of former Yahoo employees (and hundreds of execs) are now gone.

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