Cody Taylor

Microsoft isn’t short of cash, and it recently – and unsuccessfully – offered to buy Yahoo! for .6 billion.The idea was to catch up with Google, but the big G isn’t the only firm doing well in areas where Microsoft isn’t.

crazyeyes writes “Microsoft says it’s ‘optional,’ but they are already planning to slip Internet Explorer 8 into all Windows Vista/XP PCs by March. MS claims that IE8 will offer better performance and security. But what about unwanted stuff like ‘Monetization opportunities (for OEMs)’ and ‘These services will be used (by OEMs) to deliver brand exposure… to the users?'”

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