Microsoft is still after Yahoo’s search, but is it the right move for the company? Google is challenging Microsoft on multiple fronts, including Microsoft’s core operating system and application suite businesses. Microsoft must not dismiss Google Chrome OS as a minor challenge and respond to Google Apps as a long-term competitive threat.
– Yahoo investor, Carl Icahn, who owns five percent of the online firm, said in a recent interview that he still supports a search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. Icahn believes that by engaging in such a deal, Yahoo could save some cash and become more solvent. At the same time, Microsoft could enj…