According to unconfirmed information until Steve Ballmer recently met with the Director General of Yahoo Bartsev Carol (Carol Bartz), to discuss further cooperation in the field of search and advertising services.

The point is that Yahoo for the time being manages all visual advertising business of both companies, while Microsoft follows the advertising associated with the results of queries in search engines.

As Ballmer said last week he believes in the prospects of cooperation of Microsoft and Yahoo.

On the Internet rumor that YouTube is now negotiating with the Sony Pictures film about the possibility of providing access to full-length films. Video allegedly insisted that the films can be viewed free of charge and receive revenue only from advertising.

Remember that YouTube has been able to agree with many music producers to host music videos on the same terms. In addition, MGM Film has already good at showing some of his TV show.

The most important condition

If the rumors have a real reason, it is possible to expect loyalty Sony Pictures. But the main problem, which should excite the giant film industry – is the threat of the proliferation of content. Suppose, html-codes will not be available, but how to deal with programs such as RealPlayer, as well as spetsservisami on the Internet, which can within a short time to download movies from YouTube? ..

In spite of all, let us hope that the Video under the patronage of the great Google will continue to cooperate with the film and the excellent results achieved in this direction.

Microsoft has released a new spot in a series of «I'ma PC».

The plot is simple enough spots. The girl wanted to buy a laptop, but there is no money to MakBuk. On hearing the price of MakBuki in one of the stores Apple, it is upset: «Well, for $ 1000 they have only one computer. And he – with 13-inch screen. [For 17-inch laptop] will I have to pay twice as much, but it will not fit. I am not so steep that I had a Mac ».

The idea to admit, not impressive. Neither humor nor some highlights …

However, here is the video itself. Look:).

On the Net the other day was the video, which many thought was the advertising company RIM. However, it turned out, the manufacturer of Blackberry this movie came not for everyone … It is likely that the company considered it «too aggressive».

Actually, the video shows how thoroughly Apple Berry proshibaet. It seems that everything has already guessed that they wanted to say the authors.

Look:).

More news on the spots.