With the alliance with Microsoft?s Bing, Yahoo's focus is no longer on the technology that powers search and trying to beat the competition with it - the "megawatt war," as Sam Diez reports at ZDNet. One example, would the type of focused search experience that Tvissimo can offer, for example. MORE >>

From my Friday Signal over at FM's blog : It’s a very big year for Microsoft, in terms of the initiatives the company is launching, in particular in the consumer space (its business/commercial space is already cranking out tons of products, but the company’s focus on consumer products has hit a tipping point). Sounds like a stretch? MORE >>

think it’s arguable that Yahoo might come back from the near dead to claim a similar status, but I doubt it. We all thought Yahoo was going to become a buyer again, but that didn’t pan out, thanks to the CEO turnover there. clearly need to stop making predictions about Microsoft. So who am I to buck the trend? MORE >>

On stage next week, Ross and I will have to discuss Yahoo’s top leadership, or lack thereof, save Ross and his interim-CEO boss Tim Morse, who was Yahoo’s CFO up until the abrupt firing of Carol Bartz late this summer. Perhaps no man is braver than Ross Levinsohn , at least at Web 2. But that’s Ross’s job. MORE >>

On stage next week, Ross and I will have to discuss Yahoo's top leadership, or lack thereof, save Ross and his interim-CEO boss Tim Morse, who was Yahoo's CFO up until the abrupt firing of Carol Bartz late this summer. Today's news, for example, was that Yahoo stock is up , because potential buyers are "circling" the Internet giant. MORE >>