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Computer Industry

"Yahoo Holders Turn Up Heat After Microsoft Deal Talks Fail" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 PM
"Yahoo investors seek Microsoft return" Reuters 6:13 PM
"Yahoo CEO open to more Microsoft talks" Reuters 8:54 PM
"How Google's Checkbook Stymied Microsoft" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 5:24 PM
"Yahoo Chief Says Microsoft Was the Stubborn One" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 6:09 PM
"Throughout Microsoft Talks, Yahoo Appeared Unwilling to Sell" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:04 AM
"Microsoft drops pursuit of Yahoo, looks ahead" USA Today 11:13 AM
"Ballmer: Microsoft's Web Strategy Doesn't Stop With Yahoo/Microsoft will continue to improve search relevance, build out its own advertising platform, invest in engineering for the Web, and pursue partnerships around the world." InformationWeek 3:37 PM
"With Yahoo deal's collapse, stymied Microsoft must find new online strategy" Seattle Times 11:27 AM
"MicroHoo Deal Breaker: Who Benefits?" Minyanvilles 9:33 AM
"Has Microsoft lost its clout?" Detroit Free Press 5:16 PM
"Will Microsoft Stream Office to Users?" InternetNews.com 3:40 PM
"Sun debuts OpenSolaris; OS to be served up on Amazon EC2: Shipments begin three years after Sun disclosed plan to open OpenSolaris code" Computerworld 5:22 PM
"Sun to unveil open-source Solaris version: Communityone conference today in S.F." San Jose Mercury News 11:34 AM
"Sun is officially launching OpenSolaris at its Community One developer conference this morning today in San Francisco." ZDNet 10:11 AM
"OpenSolaris Ready for Prime Time" IDG News Service 1:50 PM
"Sun launches OpenSolaris "2008.05" under CDDL" Linux-Watch 4:56 PM
"Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' goes commercial" The Register 11:15 AM
"Sun looks beyond MARS for NetBeans scripting" The Register 11:14 AM
"Open Source Embrace Gives Sun New Fans" InternetNews.com 9:40 PM
"HP Rewires Electronics: A fundamental new electronic device could lead to denser, faster kinds of memory, and processing chips that act more like the brain." Technology Review 11:16 AM
"Three HP user groups combine forces" IDG News Service 3:25 PM
"HP Launches 'Extreme' Storage System: Hewlett-Packard's StorageWorks 9100 Extreme is designed for Web companies and other organizations that need multipetabytes of data storarge." InformationWeek 6:16 PM
"IBM Execs Donofrio and Zeitler to Exit" Reuters 4:58 PM
"Management shuffle at IBM as two longtime executives retire" Associated Press 5:20 PM
"Retalix partners with IBM on convenience-store systems" MarketWatch 9:21 AM
"AMD, Intel Court Fight Continues" eWeek 4:58 PM
"AMD Expands Intel Accusations" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:35 PM
"AMD Adds to Charges Against Intel" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:57 PM
"Intel's new frontier: Billion-dollar chipset assembly plant helping reshape Vietnam" San Jose Mercury News 5:38 PM
"Wanted for dead or alive PCs: Intel vPro technology" Network World 3:24 PM
"Intel to begin chip production on 450 mm wafers in 2012" TG Daily 8:52 PM
"Intel-Micron JV delays Singapore chip output" Reuters 11:45 AM
"Intel, Micron Venture To Delay Initial Output" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 PM
"Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format" Reuters 8:54 PM
"Looking for an Intel monopoly? Check your ultraportable" CNET.com 9:47 PM
"Virtual Conferences' Home Advantage: Companies like Cisco Systems are hosting virtual events to attract participants who wouldn't otherwise be able to attend" BusinessWeek 9:19 AM
"Battery shortage should evaporate by Q3" IDG News Service 3:25 PM

General Interest

"Whole-Body Gaming" Technology Review 5:42 PM
"Sony customers still waiting for free PS3s" Sydney Morning Herald 5:40 PM
"SAP CEO: Ballmer should have bought Yahoo" ZDNet 3:51 PM
"High tech inspires rural boom -- and fear it could go poof" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 3:32 PM
"Moving closer to a 'Matrix'-style virtual world: Advances in computing, graphics are creating a more realistic virtual reality" MSNBC 3:27 PM
"Corel Names Stakeholder's Advisor to CEO Spot" PC Magazine 1:53 PM
"Hynix Raising RAM Prices By 15 Percent" Reuters 1:53 PM
"LED lights shine at saving energy in tech gear" San Francisco Chronicle 11:40 AM
"Gadgets might be the ticket for Mother's Day" San Jose Mercury News 11:34 AM
"Computers crack anti-spam codes" Washington Post 11:28 AM
"Alienware ships 'most powerful' 15in laptop to Brits" Reg Hardware 11:14 AM
"Mr. Mogul's Dream House: Techie Dream Houses May Seem Crazy Today, But Their Gear Will Be Mainstream Tomorrow" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 11:11 AM
"Chip Maker Rolls Two Circuits Into One: Claims Revolutionary Product" Wired Blogs 10:53 AM
"The Ultimate Little Black Book: One Firm Routes All Phone Calls in North America" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 10:05 AM
"Your Computer Keyboard Is Covered With Germs: Computer keyboards are so dirty they could cause symptoms of food poisoning and other illnesses, says a British computing magazine." InformationWeek 9:57 AM
"Nokia to offer 'a lot' of new phones in the U.S." Reuters 9:51 AM
"Google: Unicode conquers ASCII on the Web" CNET News.com 6:07 PM
"Google Concerned About Verizon's Open Access" IDG News Service 1:50 PM
"Google Takes Down Open-source Project After DMCA Complaint" IDG News Service 1:50 PM
"CoreAVC for Linux project coming back to Google" ZDNet 10:12 AM
"Google gains on Yahoo fallout" Associated Press 9:04 AM
"Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Collapse Could Prove Beneficial to AOL" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:32 AM
"Yahoo's $14 billion 'transition'" CNNMoney 5:48 PM
"Yahoo may not have heard the last of Microsoft" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 3:17 PM
"For Yahoo, Microsoft is gone; now what?" San Jose Mercury News 11:33 AM
"Yahoo's Shares Tumble As Microsoft Ends Pursuit" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:09 AM
"Yahoo CEO Faces Shareholder Ire After Microsoft Deal Falls Through" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:02 PM
"Yahoo CEO facing possible rebellion after spurning Microsoft" Associated Press 11:45 AM
"Yahoo CEO Yang under pressure" Associated Press 9:03 AM

Press Releases

"AMD Expands Charter for the OpenSolaris OS and Sun xVM at the AMD Operating System Research Center" Business Wire 9:16 AM
"AMD Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, Doug Grose, Highlights Operations' Efficiency in Keynote Address" Business Wire 9:16 AM
"Cisco to Host Industry Discussion on Providing 21st-Century Learning Environments via Advanced Networking Solutions" Market Wire 9:19 AM
"Reminder - Cisco Schedules Conference Call for Q3 Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results" Market Wire 9:18 AM
"Cisco Networking Solutions Provide 21st-Century Learning Environment for K-12 Students" Market Wire 9:18 AM
"Social Media Release: Win $10,000 in the Cisco EDGE QUEST Tournament of Aces, Featuring the Cisco Aggregation Services Router (ASR)" Market Wire 9:18 AM
"IBM Launches Effort to Address Shortage of Hispanic Students in Technology Careers" Market Wire 6:00 PM
"Chelsio 10GbE Unified Wire to Support IBM System Cluster 1350" PRNewswire 9:21 AM
"Intel, Samsung Electronics, TSMC Reach Agreement for 450mm Wafer Manufacturing Transition" Business Wire 6:01 PM
"Sun Microsystems Hosts Second Annual CommunityOne Open Source Developer Conference for World's Technology Communities" Business Wire 9:36 AM
"Live from CommunityOne, Sun Introduces OpenSolaris - Free, Open, Easy-to-Integrate With World-Class Support and Unique Features to Fuel Innovation" Business Wire 9:36 AM
"Sun Microsystems Delivers OpenSolaris on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud" Business Wire 9:36 AM
"Sun Microsystems and NetBeans Community Extend Reach to Scripting Community With Launch of NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP" Business Wire 9:36 AM

Microsoft

"Is Microsoft Weaker After Failed Takeover Bid?" InternetNews.com 9:41 PM
"Microsoft ponders Plan B" Fortune 5:47 PM
"Miicrosoft running out of options" Fortune 5:46 PM
"Analysis: 3 companies Microsoft could buy instead of Yahoo" Computerworld 5:23 PM
"Windows XP SP3 enters slipstream: Microsoft hands integrated builds to TechNet, MSDN users" Computerworld 5:23 PM
"If You Use Outlook E-Mail, Meet Xobni" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:49 AM
"McAfee, Inc. and Microsoft Showcase Joint Network Access Control Solution for Defense Customers" PRNewswire-FirstCall 9:32 AM
"Widevine Announces Commercial Availability of DRM for Windows Media Player & Silverlight" Market Wire 9:32 AM

Government/Law/Politics

"'Grand Theft Auto' publisher sues over pulled ads" Reuters 6:13 PM
"The FCC Wireless Spectrum Auction: Looking Back" E-Commerce Times 5:02 PM
"House Takes Up Net Neutrality Bill: Rep. Markey's legislation would enshrine FCC principles into law." eWeek 4:57 PM
"FCC Caps Subsidies For Rural Wireless Expansion" InformationWeek 4:07 PM
"U.S. to investigate PC power supply trade complaint" IDG News Service 3:25 PM
"Antispyware efforts by Washington state target registry cleaners" Network World 3:23 PM

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"Get the picture: TVs may cost more/China, the weak dollar and higher fuel costs could team to bring home theater prices off their lows at holiday time." CNNMoney 5:47 PM
"The 6 most infuriating tech sales styles" Computerworld 5:21 PM
"Web-viewing catches fire: Video hits take off, soaring 66 percent from year ago" Denver Rocky Mountain News 5:17 PM
"Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth" InfoWorld 4:00 PM
"Cloud computing: what it will take for start-ups to succeed" Network World 3:22 PM
"2010: The Year of the Femtocell?" PC Magazine 1:54 PM
"Yahoo-Microsoft Rift Leaves Wake Of Angst" CBS 5:32 PM
"Where's the Yahoo Shareholder Revolt?" eWeek 4:55 PM
"MicroHoo we hardly knew ye" InfoWorld 3:59 PM
"Microsoft + Yahoo!=Microhoo‹Hah!" PC Magazine 1:53 PM
"How to Build a PC: Mother's Day" PC Magazine 1:53 PM
"PCMag.com's Complete Mother's Day Gift Guide" PC Magazine 1:53 PM
"Getting the message: cell phones' key change: Full QWERTY keyboards, once available only for smart phones, have made their way to more basic phones." San Francisco Chronicle 11:42 AM
"Computing Q&A: Cure for notebook backache" San Francisco Chronicle 11:40 AM
"DRAM, NAND prices to jump in May" EE Times 11:30 AM
"Linux Journal Announces Its Readers' Favorite Software" Wired Blogs 10:53 AM
"Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared/We tested openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.4, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1. All performed well, and each had at least one truly outstanding feature." InformationWeek 9:54 AM
"Mobile TV Spreading in Europe and to the U.S." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 9:49 AM
"Selling open-source 'ice' to the eskimos" CNET Blogs 9:46 AM
"What's next for Flickr video?" Webware 9:45 AM

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"Will Investors Push Motorola to Speedier Split?" Chicago Tribune 5:01 PM
"SAP Teams With HP, IBM For Business Software Appliances" InformationWeek 4:06 PM
"Under pressure, telecoms in Europe are on the prowl" International Herald Tribune 3:36 PM
"Analysts Looking Ahead to Google-Yahoo Ad Deal" Reuters 1:52 PM
"Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives" Reuters 1:23 PM
"Qwest drops Sprint in favor of Verizon Wireless" Associated Press 9:41 PM
"Sprint Nextel silent on report of DT mulling bid" Associated Press 9:41 PM
"Sprint Mulls Shedding Nextel Unit: Weighing Spinoff or Sale, Carrier Would Unwind 2005 Merger" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:36 PM
"For a buyer, Sprint Nextel could be a drag" MarketWatch 6:20 PM
"Sprint shares jump on reports of German interest" Reuters 11:12 AM
"Deutsche Telekom May Bid for Sprint Nextel" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:08 AM
"Deutsche Telekom eyeing Sprint bid - report" Associated Press 9:04 AM

Tech Stocks

"Monday's Tech Winners & Losers" TheStreet.com 5:59 PM
"Down day on Wall Street: Stocks slip after crude hits new record, Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid and questions are raised about BofA's purchase of Countrywide." CNNMoney 5:48 PM
"Stocks decline after Microsoft pulls offer for Yahoo: Crude-oil futures top $120 a barrel for the first time" MarketWatch 6:20 PM
"U.S. Stocks Retreat on Record Oil, M&A Concern; Yahoo Tumbles" Bloomberg 5:37 PM
"Stocks end lower after Microsoft pulls Yahoo bid" Associated Press 4:35 PM
"Stocks Turn Mixed After Service-Sector Report" CNBC 9:33 AM
"Crude Oil's Surge Damps Stocks" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 5:53 PM
"Telecom Stocks: Sprint Nextel shares sprint ahead/Deal specuation's the catalyst; A&T, Verizon trade weaker" MarketWatch 5:53 PM
"Asia: Stocks Mixed on Quiet Action" TheStreet.com 9:25 AM
"Asia Markets: Resource stocks bounce back as commodities rally/Handful of shares end up their daily limits in Shanghai" MarketWatch 9:10 AM
"Micro Boo Hoo In Europe" Forbes.com 4:35 PM
"Europe Markets: European shares post modest losses/Technology shares drag on Paris and Frankfurt; London's closed" MarketWatch 9:10 AM

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Associated Press (Checked 9:45 PM; no changes since 9:45 AM CDT)

"Yahoo CEO on hot seat after rebuffing Microsoft's $47.5B bid"

CNET News.com (Updated 9:45 PM CDT)

"Looking for an Intel monopoly? Check your ultraportable"
"AP launches news aggregator for iPhone"
"Manhole security barriers flying off the shelves"
"Take-Two sues over yanked 'GTA IV' ads"
"Google to Verizon: Don't shirk open access responsibilities"
"Yang courts Microsoft: Show me the money"
"Autodesk add-in models 'green' goods to come"
"Playing games with news: MSNBC NewsWare"
"Is environmentalism dead? Not with a cool $1 trillion"
"Yahoo-Google tie-up may not be so close" ...

New York Times (Updated 9:45 PM CDT)

"Yahoo Chief Says Microsoft Was the Stubborn One"
"Yahoo Stock Plunges After Microsoft Backs Off"
"MicroHoo, We Hardly Knew Ye"
"Now in Play: AOL, Facebook and Many Others"
"Qwest Hangs Up on Sprint/Nextel"
"Thousands Gather to Make Their Own Fair"
"How Google's Checkbook Stymied Microsoft"
"Microsoft's Failed Yahoo Bid Risks Online Growth"
"T- Mobile Brings 3G Wireless to New York"
"Nine Inch Nails Album Is Free Online" ...

Reuters (Updated 9:45 PM CDT)

"Yahoo CEO open to more Microsoft talks"
""Grand Theft Auto" publisher sues over pulled ads"
"Samsung, Intel, TSMC to work on next-gen chip format"
"T-Mobile eyes 25 U.S. high-speed markets in '08"
"Nokia to offer "a lot" of new phones in the U.S."
"NY attorney general backs film piracy bill"
"IBM technology strategy and hardware execs retiring"
"Egypt asks mobile firms to bar anonymous users"
"India said to have 114,000 BlackBerry users"
"Amazon suing NY state over sales tax law" ...

TechWeb (Updated 9:50 PM CDT)

"Pummeled In The Stock Market, Yahoo's Yang Looks Ahead"
"EMC Upgrades VoyenceControl Network Management System"
"Amazon's CreateSpace Puts Out-Of-Print Music Back On The Market"
"Software Helps Agencies Manage Foster Care For Texas Kids"
"HP Launches 'Extreme' Storage System"
"SAP's Kagermann Reveals Plan To Bring SaaS To Large Companies"
"FCC Caps Subsidies For Rural Wireless Expansion"
"Zurich Financial Services Signs With CSC"
"Aon Releases ERM Risk Register"
"Ballmer: Microsoft's Web Strategy Doesn't Stop With Yahoo" ...

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