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Microsoft could still possibly buy CNET?

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Well a few days I made a post on why I thought Microsoft should bought CNET. Today I read a post on techcrunch
Other bidders may still come to the table. And if they bid more, CNET has to pay a relatively paltry $35 million breakup fee
I seriously think that Microsoft should buy CNET, invest in [...]

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Why microsoft should have bought CNET

May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In my opinion, CNET being bought by CBS represents another lost opportunity by Microsoft. In my opinion, they should have bought CNET, at $1.8 billion it looks like a relative bargain.
On the surface, CNET as a technology site does not hold the power and influence it once had, that has been eroded by more nimble [...]

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Getting USA results via live.com msn search

January 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

As a webmaster, I like to find out my rankings for certain keywords via the major search engines. msn’s search engine live.com kept defaulting to local australian results. The way to get US results is on the live.com homepage, click on the options link and select your language and region as English (United States).

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