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Your world is changing, friendo. Separately, Microsoft and Yahoo! are the second and third most trafficked properties on the Web. Together, they will be the first. (Guess who will be the new No. 2? That would be you.) Separately, Microsoft and Yahoo! have two not-bad search engines, two so-so consumer brands and two all-right online-advertising systems. Together, they will still have all those things, plus the added nightmare of integrating them. Separately, Yahoo! and Microsoft are Goliaths. Together, they will be ... an even bigger Goliath. O.K., maybe your world won't change that much...
...search business and in the online-advertising business, the latter of which--unlike search or e-mail or instant messaging--actually has real dollars attached to it. Second, the number 0. That's how many new ideas Microsoft will be acquiring by buying Yahoo! The two companies run their Web businesses very similarly and not very well...
...your $500 stock are fine, probably. The only scary thing is, Microsoft has a history of trying to turn big numbers into industry dominance even when it doesn't have lots of good ideas. It's done this in software through its near monopolies in operating systems and Web browsers. If Microsoft eats Yahoo!, it will also have dominance in Web-based e-mail, instant messaging and Web portals. That's got to be a temptation. Sure, Google is "the No. 1 search player," a source close to Google argues. "But users can click away and use another search engine...
...Selsby said some students did believe the ploy, though computer services was able to limit any potential damage by changing their passwords. Selsby added that since many students use the same e-mail address and password for different sites, scammers could try using that combination on popular Web sites like eBay and Paypal...
Other than sending out notices reminding users to be suspicious of e-mails that ask for personal information and posting a warning on their Web site, Selsby said that the FAS information technology office can do little about the practice...