Tech Confidential submits: Wednesday was the first day of Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) road back to respect, CEO Carol Bartz promised before an audience of analysts. But a key part of the executive's transformation of the struggling Internet company that was supposed to be consummated Tuesday is going to take a bit longer than expected. Complete Story »

It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since Microsoft and Yahoo! starting talking merger, buyout, partnerships, and so forth. This last announcement by the CEOs of both companies, with champagne toasting, back slapping, and stock selling to be the real thing. But it appears that there are some minor issues that may make the deal harder to complete than was first anticipated. A ...

There’s a report from Reuters this morning that Microsoft and Yahoo are considering expanding the scope of their search deal “outside the United States”: Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval. Wasn’t that already the ...

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O’Grady: Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple Q4 ‘09 earnings result - Most profitable

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... an hour-plus-long conference call with reporters. We, the media, devoured it for a few weeks. The Microhoo front had quieted. Until today. The Association of National Advertisers Oct. 19 filed a ... wise group that harbors no illusions about the power Google has wrestled in their market. If Microhoo only narrows the gap by less than half, it still won't level the playing field in paid ...