Microsoft in $44 billion bid for Yahoo!
Microsoft in $44 billion bid for Yahoo!
One of the biggest takeovers that the corporate world has ever seen could be on the cards now that Microsoft has confirmed an acquisition bid for Yahoo! According to various reports online it had already made what moves towards what it says were negotiations for a ‘friendly takeover’ late last night but this was flatly rejected by Yahoo! Mind you, $44.6 billion doesn’t sound too unfriendly to me it has to be said, and that’s what I understand Microsoft is offering in terms of cash and share options for the business. The offer values Yahoo! at around $31 per share, which represents something…
Weekly Links - January 27th
Vector people illustrations - by Stylizedweb, A list of free vector people illustrations that are suitable for all type of sites from personal blogs, to designer showcases, and even professional and corporate sites.. Shadowbox Media Viewer- Cross-browser, cross-platform, cleanly-coded media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript. Liquid styled input element with CSS- This tutorial explains how to […]
Vector people illustrations - by Stylizedweb, A list of free vector people illustrations that are suitable for all type of sites from personal blogs, to designer showcases, and even professional and corporate sites..
Shadowbox Media Viewer- Cross-browser, cross-platform, cleanly-coded media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript.
Liquid styled input element with CSS- This tutorial explains how to implement a simple liquid styled input element using css.
Mootools animated sidebar menu- How to implement an animated sidebar menu using mootools.
12 Steps to Creating a Professional Web Design- Although there is no “one size fits all” process to creating a website, there are a number of things a website designer must do to create a professional web design and website.
Who Knew? Super Bowl to the Consumer Technology Marketplace Rescue
Let’s all take a breather at the end of another topsy-turvy week on Wall Street, where things have calmed down as of mid-morning on Friday (the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off a mere four points at 11:30 AM EST, and is actually up for the week . . . but the media doesn’t want you to know THAT!) I’ll have more to say about Microsoft and its upbeat earnings release announced yesterday — PC sales are up and the computer software behemoth seems to be weathering the rough economy very well. But let’s save that for Monday and keep things light here as the weekend and a welcome martini and a…
CIA admits hackers can control power grid online
A CIA analyst speaking at the SANS 2008 SCADA and Process Control Summit in New Orleans has admitted that hackers have not only been able to penetrate the power grids of several countries, but also successfully cut power to several cities, all from the relative safety of the Internet. Central Intelligence Agency analyst Tom Donahue was quick to point out that all the attacks were external to the United States, but not so quick to provide specifics of the incidents. According to reports Donahue claimed the objective was simple criminal extortion rather than being driven by a terrorist agenda….
Mobile phone network worm on the loose
The Fortinet threat response team has reported a new and malicious Symbian OS based worm that is currently actively infecting mobile phone networks. According to Fortinet, the worm comes packaged in disguise as a multimedia file with a name such as sex.mp3 or love.rm and enables it to easily con the average mobile phone user into installing the software onto their handsets. The SymbOS/Beselo.A!worm, as it has been none too snappily named, can exist on several different Symbian S60 enabled devices including popular Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72 handsets. Once installed, the worm…
HTML 5 drafted
The W3C HTML Working Group has published the first public draft of HTML 5, itself being the first real upgrade to the language of the web for more than 10 years. Don’t get too excited though, as the final specification for the language is not expected to get approval until at least 2010. However, when it does, if this draft is anything to go by, then there are some interesting times ahead as HTML gets a firm boot into new world of web multimedia with supporting APIs for embedding and controlling audio as well as controlling two dimensional video content, for example. Indeed, the HTML…
The future of friendlybit.com
It’s vacation time and you’re allowed to lean back and just relax. A blog it’s always there though, you post to it on your spare time, and as soon as you have some a little glitch in your schedule you need to consider blogging. It’s a full time job. Current situation I use Friendly Bit as […]