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Jobs, whats on and Birmingham guide, business and more. birmingham post, birmingham news, birmingham business, birmingham jobs, birmingham guide http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/11/18/yahoo-founder-jerry-yang-quits-chief-executive-role-65233-22282876/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:16:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/11/18/yahoo-founder-jerry-yang-quits-chief-executive-role-65233-22282876/ Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the internet company to Microsoft for £32 billion - more than triple Yahoo's current market value. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/09/04/microsoft-issues-birmingham-vision-of-the-future-65233-21670310/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/09/04/microsoft-issues-birmingham-vision-of-the-future-65233-21670310/ A lower skyline, multi-use buildings, an increase in green spaces and solar energy, and fewer people working in the city centre. This is IT giant Microsoft’s vision for Birmingham in 2033. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/09/02/google-launches-web-browser-chrome-65233-21654838/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/09/02/google-launches-web-browser-chrome-65233-21654838/ Google is releasing its own web browser in a move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/28/netlink-it-joins-the-microsoft-family-65233-21420641/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:29:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/28/netlink-it-joins-the-microsoft-family-65233-21420641/ A Birmingham IT support company is buzzing after it headed for the United States to tell its success story to 10,000 Microsoft partners in Texas. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/24/microsoft-backs-black-country-apprentice-drive-65233-21402895/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:11:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/24/microsoft-backs-black-country-apprentice-drive-65233-21402895/ A Black Country drive to boost the numbers of young people taking up apprenticeships has won support from technology giant Microsoft. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/08/microsoft-backs-plans-to-oust-yahoo-board-65233-21307699/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:24:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/07/08/microsoft-backs-plans-to-oust-yahoo-board-65233-21307699/ Microsoft has thrown its weight behind investor Carl Icahn’s effort to dump Yahoo’s board http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/30/ballmer-ready-for-the-microsoft-hotseat-65233-21204111/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/30/ballmer-ready-for-the-microsoft-hotseat-65233-21204111/ Steve Ballmer has been chief executive at Microsoft for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/09/birmingham-students-head-to-paris-for-microsoft-s-imagine-cup-final-65233-21047030/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/09/birmingham-students-head-to-paris-for-microsoft-s-imagine-cup-final-65233-21047030/ Students from the University of Birmingham are among the UK winners of Microsoft’s sixth annual Imagine Cup competition – and are heading to Paris for the global final. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/02/microsoft-to-be-default-search-on-hewlett-packard-pcs-65233-21013132/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:37:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/06/02/microsoft-to-be-default-search-on-hewlett-packard-pcs-65233-21013132/ In a bid to boost its web search traffic Microsoft has announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard personal computers supplied in the US and Canada, starting in January. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/05/19/microsoft-returns-to-try-and-team-up-with-yahoo-65233-20933990/ Mon, 19 May 2008 18:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/technology-and-innovation/2008/05/19/microsoft-returns-to-try-and-team-up-with-yahoo-65233-20933990/ Software giant Microsoft has launched a fresh attempt to tie-up with internet player Yahoo! but is stopping short of a renewed takeover bid.