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Battle of the Tech Titans

garzpacho writes "BusinessWeek has a look at the big tech alliances that have been announced recently. From the article: 'In the war for dominance of the Net, May 25 turned out to be a big day for alliance making... The pairings highlight the importance the fast-growing, $12.5 billion Internet ad market and the race to get in front of as many Web surfers as possible. The alliance with eBay gives Yahoo a way to narrow a lead by Google in generating advertising sales. Paring with Dell, meantime, helps Google muscle in on Microsoft's dominance of the desktop. These alliances are predicated as a response to a looming threat...'"

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  1. The threat of terrism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    By terrists even?

  2. Heh by FirienFirien · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nothing to see here, please move along.

    Quite topical, since from the summary we're going through the comments for the mergers in the threads from earlier today, and anything here would be redundant...

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  3. Google vs. MSN by everphilski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    end of transmission