Technology Report: Yahoo hires Google's Mayer as CEO: source

	Click to View in Browser 07/16/2012 Yahoo hires Google's Mayer as CEO: source SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Marissa Mayer will become Yahoo Inc's new chief executive, according to a person familiar with the matter. Microsoft revamps Office, looks to the cloud SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new version of its Office suite aimed at traditional PC users as well as the fast-growing tablet market in a major overhaul of the aging workplace software. Google's hardware makeover to get uneasy welcome on Wall Street SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street has a long-running love affair with Google the search engine. But will it feel the same way about Google the hardware maker? Comcast buys Microsoft stake in MSNBC.com (Reuters) - Comcast Corp, the parent company of NBC, has bought out Microsoft Corp's 50 percent stake in MSNBC.com for a reported $300 million to assume full control of the news website. Rakuten, Japan's Amazon, steals a march on its nemesis TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten Inc looks set to steal a march on rival Amazon.com when it launches its Kobo e-reader and e-book service in Japan on Thursday. Leap COO exits, position to be eliminated (Reuters) - Leap Wireless International terminated its COO's contract and the low-cost mobile services provider said it was not looking to hire a replacement. Former Morgan Stanley strategist Barton Biggs dies at 79 BOSTON (Reuters) - Barton Biggs, a former chief global strategist for Morgan Stanley who predicted that the Internet bubble would burst a year before it did, has died, the bank said on Monday. Vidyo names NTT Data and GE veteran Kaminsky as CFO (Reuters) - Video technology start-up Vidyo, aiming to become a major player in the video communications industry, has hired veteran corporate finance specialist David Kaminsky as chief financial officer, the company said on Monday. China's Lenovo inches closer to a global tech title HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the top spot globally in a technology sector. The brave new world of tomorrow's tablets SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tablets with paper-thin screens that can be folded and tucked into your back pocket, artificial intelligence and augmented reality -- the stuff of science fiction may be coming to a store near you. Related Video Nicotine vaccine could be breath of fresh air for smokers Teenage flash of inspiration helps lions, livestock coexist Mediafile Yinka Adegoke African Web video service Iroko raises more funds, targets cable TV Mauro Whiteman Survey: VCs more confident investing domestically, in IT sectors A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend