Monthly Archives: February 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo: did anyone actually see it coming?
It’s interesting that for years there have been rumours that Microsoft and Yahoo were destined for some sort of arrangement, whether it be a formal partnership, merger or good ol’ fashioned buy out. The first link goes back to 2006 … Continue reading
The month that was: let’s go shopping!
The post-Christmas sales are always an excellent place to pick up a bargain to two. A sneak peak into the Backpack pages of some of tech’s leading lights yielded some surprising results… http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/01/wow-microsoft-offers-446-billion-to-acquire-yahoo/ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1102509 http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/sun_acquires_mysql.html
Local Development
“Local development” – the practice of hosting a copy of your blog on your local machine (desktop or laptop) for the purposes of testing changes to your blog. Having a blog can be an exciting experience. Blogging virgins often choose … Continue reading
