The battle for Yahoo!

Technology giant Microsoft has launched an audacious bid for the internet firm Yahoo! in a move designed to combat the growing domination of Google on the web.

This series of articles outline the major events in the battle to control the internet.

		Murdoch in swoop for Yahoo! Media mogul muscles in with plans to merge Yahoo! and MySpace. Microsoft may build Yahoo! stake Software giant considers range of options to outsmart Yahoo! after its bid is rejected. Yahoo! rejects Microsoft Rejection of $42bn bid paves the way for a battle to control the internet search group. Latest share prices Microsoft \| Yahoo!

News Yahoo! considers Google tie-up Google blasts Microsoft's bid The beginning of the end for Yahoo!? Rupert Murdoch rules out bid for Yahoo! Q&A;: Microsoft's Yahoo! bid Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! for $44.6bn Yahoo! to slash 1,000 jobs Microsoft will spend big to catch Google		What the blogs say.. PMARCA: A contrarian view. The Silicon Alley Insider Techmeme Valleywag TechCrunch

Claudine Beaumont Is Microsoft trying to buy the web success it failed to create?		Will Gates get his way? Microsoft Chairman gives his predictions for the next ten years.

Online, on-demand. Keep up to date with the fast movers in media and technology.		Read Microsoft supremo Steve Ballmer's letter in full to the board of Yahoo! here.