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When Microsoft talks Windows 7 next week, expect the software maker to talk about a product that can reach a part of the market that Vista has so far barely touched.

Intuit’s fourth quarter brought the usual grab bag: A loss in a seasonally slow three months, solid revenue growth and an outlook slightly ahead of expectations.

But Intuit also talked about it view of connected services and the big picture. My epiphany: Microsoft has been talking about software and services for what seems like forever.

Yahoo published on Monday its version of the details of the failed merger talks with Microsoft, as the Internet pioneer heads toward the frontlines of its proxy battle with investor activist Carl Icahn.

Yahoo, which wants its current nine-member board to be re-elected at its annual shareholders meeting on August ...

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Yahoo is gearing up to hit the road with its investor presentation and it wants to set the record straight, said one source close to the situation.

Despite Yahoo formally announcing Microsoft talks have ended with no deal and the Google ad search arrangement is on, analysts aren't totally ruling out a return of the software giant.

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Yahoo President Sue Decker says the Internet company remains in "engaged" in "ongoing" discussions with Microsoft, according to a CNBC report Wednesday.

Decker, who is serving as a keynote speaker at Advertising 2.0 in New York, reportedly made those comments during the event.