Yahoo May Re-Consider Google Alliance, Rebuff Microsoft

Posted by Zonk on Sunday February 3, 2008 @03:33PM from the now-the-rubberband-is-on-the-other-claw dept.

anastasd writes "Reuters is reporting that Yahoo might consider a business alliance with Google as a way to top a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft. 'Yahoo management is considering revisiting talks it held with Google several months ago on an alliance as an alternative to Microsoft's bid, that source said. At $31 a share, Yahoo believes the bid undervalues the company, two sources said. A second source close to Yahoo said it had received a procession of preliminary contacts by media, technology, telephone and financial companies. But the source said they were unaware whether any alternative bid was in the offing.'"

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Their (lack of) privacy policy by _merlin · 2008-02-03 16:15 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I think Google's (lack of) privacy policy is obnoxious. They basically say, "You don't pay us, so you agree we can do anything with your data." I use Google Search and Google Talk, but you won't catch me using GMail or Google Docs (or Google Apps or whatever it's called). Also, Google Maps is pretty much useless for Australia - WhereIs does a far better job, so I don't use Google Maps.