Microsoft Buying AOL?

Right now the big search news is Google's second stock offering in which they sold over 1.4 million shares of stock at $295 a share for around $4.2 billion. That's a lot of money. There's another story floating though that might be bigger and that's the negotiations of TimeWarner with Microsoft for AOL. The Xbox360 would hit stores on November 22nd. They preached that the new console will be an all inclusive entertainment center with games and a DVD player but now, besides their gaming channels for networked play, they also have an entertainment channel with original content through AOL. Since AOL will also still have Time Warner in there too, it could perhaps create a portal for Time Warner content, which has nearly a century's worth of movies, TV programs, and other content to feed. Let's go even further on this. Microsoft has been investing heavily in the Search Engine Insider Reports at WebProWorld. John Stith is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.