Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer looked more than a little surprised when a Hungarian man unleashed a verbal and egg-filled tirade today during a lecture at a Budapest university. And thanks to the wonder that is YouTube, you can witness the egging, amongst 608 other Steve Ballmer videos. The man doesn't appear to be angry at Microsoft's latest bid to buy out Yahoo's search engine; rather, he rants about Microsoft repaying Hungarian taxpayers.......

Apparently we're not the only ones with hope for Microsoft! Wired Magazine published an interview this morning with Mary Jo Foley, author of the cutely-titled book Microsoft 2.0, about the future of the company as Bill Gates leaves the day-to-day ops in the hands of Steve "I walked away from Yahoo" Ballmer. Her verdict? "It's dangerous for companies of any size to count them out. They're still good at figuring out how to come......

Anyone want to start taking bets on how far Yahoo stocks will drop this morning? Double your winning by guessing the proper amount of time it takes for the descent to begin. After Microsoft withdrew their bid for Yahoo late this weekend, Seattlest is guessing the crash will begin within the first few seconds of trading. Microsoft's withdrawl was spurned by another Yahoo rejection. Despite raising their bid for Yahoo by over $5 million,......

Yahoo has denied Microsoft something it wants, and Microsoft is none too happy. Today Yahoo Corporation officially rejected Microsoft's 45 billion dollar unsolicited buy-out offer as insufficient. 45 Billion?!? Every time we heard the offer, we thought to ourselves, that reporter must have made a mistake - he must've meant 45 million. Guess not. Even that astronomical number, according to Yahoo "significantly undervalues [the company's] worth." Microsoft has issued a counter-statement saying (in a shady......

A few months ago we switched back to Rhapsody music service from Yahoo!'s whatever-the-hell-it-was. A year earlier, we'd been bargain-shopping and Yahoo!'s $5.99/mo. price point had caught our eye. We locked in a year's subscription -- and then discovered Rhapsody's selection was superior (from tiny indie bands all the way through classical and foreign), as well as its player's features. That $9.99/mo. was worth it, after all. (We don't pay for the more expensive subscribe-your-mp3-player-too......

Economic downturn? Recession? Job losses? Really? Sure, Seattle's housing market finally cooled a bit, but listening to business news this morning you'd be excused for thinking all this talk about a bad economy is a crock of shit, at least here in Seattle. First there's Microsoft (via the PI):Microsoft Corp. announced a bid to buy Yahoo Inc. for nearly $45 billion on Friday, pursuing a blockbuster deal that could reshape the Internet industry by......