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Computer Industry

"Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!" Microsoft 10:04 PM
"Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft" Business Wire 10:30 PM
"Microsoft's letter to Yahoo: In a letter Saturday to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the software giant's proposal to acquire Yahoo." CNNMoney 10:04 PM
"Microsoft withdraws bid for Yahoo: Software maker walks away after it says it raised its offer to $46 billion - says economics demanded by Yahoo 'do not make sense.'" CNNMoney 10:04 PM
"Microsoft-Yahoo: Translating Ballmer's Letter" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 10:06 PM
"Microsoft Yanks Yahoo Bid: 'After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo! do not make sense for us,' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in withdrawing the $44.6-billion bid." InformationWeek 10:26 PM
"Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price: Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc." Associated Press 8:16 PM
"Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Offer After Sweetened Bid Is Rejected" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:43 PM
"Yahoo! Says 'We're Worth It'" Forbes.com 10:30 PM
"Forget It, Ballmer Says To Yahoo!" Forbes.com 10:16 PM
"Yahoo's two largest institutional investors $1 apart from Microsoft's offer" CNET News.com 10:29 PM
"Blame it on Google: Microsoft CEO Ballmer said the software giant decided to walk away from a bid because Yahoo would become 'undesirable' if it formed an alliance with Google." Fortune 10:29 PM
"Will Microsoft Really Walk?" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:16 PM
"What Microsoft Will Buy Now" Forbes.com 10:16 PM
"Microsoft ups Yahoo offer above $31 per share: Microsoft Corp. finally dangled a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo Inc. Friday, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling." Associated Press 7:54 AM
"Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo" Reuters 10:05 PM
"Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo" Agence France-Presse 10:05 PM
"Yahoo meets with Microsoft to avert hostile takeover: The software giant reportedly sweetens its takeover offer by billions of dollars to close in on a deal." Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:08 AM
"Microhoo's six key players work their magic" CNET News.com 11:48 AM
"Microsoft boosts offer: New ante described as 'several dollars' more per Yahoo share" Associated Press, Bloomberg News 8:07 AM
"Higher Offer by Microsoft Brings Yahoo to Table" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:15 AM
"Microsoft, Yahoo are talking merger" New York Times News Service 8:06 AM
"Yahoo and Microsoft at a glance" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:08 AM
"Breaking: Microsoft Walks" AllThingsD 10:04 PM
"MicroHoo: Hasta La Vista, Hotmail?" AllThingsD 11:26 AM
"Microsoft Uses Open Source Project To Extend Management To Linux" InformationWeek 8:19 AM
"Vista 'Inevitable' at Work, Analyst Says" Computerworld 4:26 PM
"Google to team up with IBM again" The Inquirer 8:07 AM
"Is Google ad deal really Yahoo's best option?" CNET News.com 10:16 PM
"New IBM Tool Lures Users to Quickr" Network World 1:44 PM
"Larry Ellison couldn't buy this kind of PR" CNET News.com 1:44 PM
"SAS Applies Business Intelligence To Environmental Performance: Lots of companies say they're green. Now they can prove it with this new brand of performance management software." InformationWeek 8:19 AM
"Desktop Virtualization Drives Security, Not Just Dollar Savings: Infosec pros who don't take a stand on virtualizing their companies' desktops are missing a prime opportunity to boost safety while aiding manageability and compliance." InformationWeek 8:19 AM
"Report: Microsoft raises offer for Yahoo by 'several dollars,' talks continue" Associated Press 5/2
"Microsoft May Raise Offer as Yahoo Talks Intensify" Bloomberg 5/2
"Finally, Microsoft and Yahoo in Merger Talks: After a months-long standoff, Microsoft and Yahoo are in active merger talks, a person involved in the discussions said." New York Times 5/2
"Yahoo shares jump on reports of merger talks: Report says last-minute talks with Microsoft have 'intensified;' no deal yet" MarketWatch 5/2
"Microsoft, Yahoo Talks Intensify In Push to Reach a Friendly Deal" WSJ.com 5/2
"Microsoft and Yahoo try to work it out: Microsoft and Yahoo said to have intensified their merger talks" Computerworld New Zealand 5/2
"Microsoft Poised To Detail Next Moves On Yahoo: Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday that walking away from a deal with Yahoo remained one of 'three big options' the company is weighing and to expect an announcement shortly." Reuters 5/2
"Microsoft Outlines Its Yahoo Strategies" New York Times 5/2
"Microsoft Appears to Lean Toward Hostile Yahoo Bid: Software Giant May Make Announcement Friday, But People Familiar With Situation Call It Fluid" WSJ.com 5/2
"Microsoft stays mum on next Yahoo move" San Jose Mercury News 5/2
"Microsoft hit with patent suit over RoundTable" IDG News Service 5/2
"Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox lose market share: Microsoft's Internet Explorer posts biggest gains in two years" Computerworld 5/2
"Will market reject Sun's open source vision?" ZDNet 5/2
"Will open source save Sun?" CNET Blogs 5/2
"Sun Microsystems 3Q loss stuns Wall Street on weakening US sales" Associated Press 5/2
"Sun Blocked" Minyanville 5/2
"HP announces Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab: Newsagents printing newspapers for customers and laptop screens that require only natural light to make them readable are just two of a range of energy-saving ideas being investigated by HP." ZDNet UK 5/2
"Dell confirms Vostro laptops shipped with defective keyboard" Computerworld 5/2
"Dell has left customers shaking their fists this week after shipping an unspecified number of its Vostro 1310 and 1510 laptops in Europe with the wrong keyboard layout." The Register 5/2
"Dell Hurries to Fix Faulty Laptop Keyboards" PCWorld.com 5/2
"Dell, HP, Lenovo back Linux with driver promise: Dell, HP and Lenovo have promised to push chipset vendors to make open-source drivers for Linux." ZDNet Australia 5/2
"IBM, Google stirring up a cloud environment: Duo working together on Web-based vehicle to deliver apps to businesses, consumers" Network World 5/2
"IBM To Launch Web-Based Application Market: IBM's Blue Business Platform will feature a mix of business applications and services aimed primarily at small- and mid-sized companies." InformationWeek 5/2
"IBM Senior Vice President Steven A. Mills exercises options and sells shares" Associated Press 5/2
"Intel and IBM are trying to drum up more trade in the small and mid-sized (SMB) market by separately launching online offerings that they hope will lure the little people." The Register 5/2
"Intel expects to take $250 mln charge in second quarter" MarketWatch 5/2
"Intel sales chief promises Atom bombing: Will satiate chip-starved OEMs" The Register 5/2
"OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken: The International Organization for Standardization's OpenDocument Format standard is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the format." ZDNet UK 5/2
"White House Plans Proactive Cyber-Security Role for Spy Agencies" Washington Post 5/2
"Is the Tech Industry Recession-Proof?" PC Magazine 5/2
"Consumer Electronics: Future Looks Bright" CBS 5/2

General Interest

"IT gurus launch software cleanup of Estonia" Agence France-Presse 4:20 PM
"Purdue set for supercomputer 'barn-raising'" CNET News.com 4:19 PM
"Phishers Mimic Google Adwords" Techworld 11:25 AM
"Britain Plans to Get All Residents Online" PC Advisor 9:12 AM
"Bills appear to show VoIP company had family's new address in fatal 911 call" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 9:11 AM
"Wal-Mart Pushes Wii Fit for Mom: Is a gift certificate for the virtual exercise game really the 'perfect gift' for Mother's Day?" Reuters 9:11 AM
"Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:18 AM
"Exercise Your Brain, or Else You'll ... Uh ..." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:18 AM
"Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace: State-Mandated Classes on Internet Take Shape" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:07 AM
"A very unhappy birthday to spam, age 30" San Francisco Chronicle 8:05 AM
"Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research" Associated Press 7:54 AM
"Cuba lifts ban on home computers: The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but a ban remains on internet access." BBC 8:06 AM
"Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public" Associated Press 7:54 AM
"OLPC Names New President, COO" PCWorld.com 5/2
"OLPC names new president, COO: Group wants to recover from loss of top personnel" Computerworld 5/2
"Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research" Associated Press 5/2
"Mozilla Messaging patches Thunderbird bugs" Computerworld 5/2
"Atom shortages expected to persist until September, says Asustek president" DigiTimes 5/2
"PHP Update Quashes Security Bugs" eWeek 5/2
"Spam Turns 30 And Never Looked Healthier" InformationWeek 5/2
"T-Mobile Preparing To Launch 3G Cellular Network: T-Mobile is expected to announce formal plans to deploy a high-speed 3G cellular network across the United States any day now." InformationWeek 5/2
"Breaking Google's audio CAPTCHA" Computerworld 5/2
"NetSuite's first-quarter loss narrows; sales rise 47%" Bloomberg News 5/2
"Online booking comes to small-business owners" USA Today 5/2
"Vodafone bundles mobile data" The Register 5/2
"Vodafone offers unlimited web access" vnunet.com 5/2
"Robotics Pasta Feed to Support Sonoma County's Tech High" Wired Blogs 5/2
"Digsby Busts Chat Out of Facebook Jail" Wired Blogs 5/2
"The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody's Space: After Oversharing, Users Recast Their Online Personas" Washington Post 5/2
"German Group Patents Smell-Phone: Developers have been working on the chips for eight years, and they could be released to market by 2010." InformationWeek 5/2
"Lego's Latest Brick Trick: A Virtual World: Lego Universe's upcoming MMOG will let players create online versions of themselves and interact with each other." Reuters 5/2
"Mozilla speaks out against the free-but-proprietary Web apps" CNET Blogs 5/2
"MTI Micro debuts fuel cell for GPS devices" CNET News.com 5/2
"At New York art event, Google shows off its primary colors" CNET News.com 5/2
"RIM Signs BlackBerry Distributor" WSJ.com 5/2
"SAP, RIM Bring CRM Application to BlackBerry" IDG News Service 5/2
"SAP to customize business software for BlackBerry" Reuters 5/2
"Nortel loss widens to $138-million" The Globe and Mail 5/2
"Nortel loss grows, but expects to meet targets" Reuters 5/2
"Nortel Beats on Revenue; Shares Rise" TheStreet.com 5/2

Press Releases

"VTN Implements First Cisco TelePresence Systems in Vietnam" Market Wire 5/2
"Geek Terminal Serves Up Business Mobility for Corporate Executives On the Go With Cisco Unified Communications" Market Wire 5/2
"IBM Boosts Business Intelligence Software Performance on BladeCenter Servers" Market Wire 5/2
"IBM Joins the Lockheed Martin Team for FBI's Next Generation Identification Program" Market Wire 5/2
"New IBM Software Tools Designed to Liberate SharePoint Data" Market Wire 5/2
"IBM Delivers Pre-Packaged Business Solutions for Small and Midsize Enterprises" Market Wire 5/2
"Neil Young Takes Center Stage at JavaOne Keynote in San Francisco - Just Announced!" Business Wire 5/2

Microsoft

"Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move" ZDNet Blogs: Between the Lines 10:30 PM
"Post-Microhoo: Winners and losers" CNET News.com 10:29 PM
"Yahoo: Microsoft's price just wasn't right" CNET News.com 10:29 PM
"Microsoft's move: Is it just a feint?" CNET News.com 10:27 PM
"Why Microsoft covets Yahoo" CNET News.com 10:17 PM
"Microsoft walks out of Yahoo deal" Guardian Unlimited: Technology Blog 10:07 PM
"Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground" ZDNet Blogs: All about Microsoft 10:05 PM
"Why Yahoo-Microsoft Will Be a Disaster, Part 1: 'Windows Live Hot Yahoo Mail'" Silicon Alley Insider 8:24 AM
"Microsoft Simplifies Game Development With Popfly Game Creator" InformationWeek 5/2
"18 things Vista & XP need to beat Linux & Mac OS X: What Windows needs to be the best once more" PC Advisor 5/2
"Microsoft: Decidedly not R.I.P./Attacks on Microsoft reveal a fundamental ignorance of what's powering the behemoth's growth trajectory." Fortune 5/2
"World's first 'pico projector' runs Windows CE" WindowsFor Devices 5/2
"Microsoft to lease Bellevue's City Center Plaza" Seattle Times 5/2
"Microsoft leases 26-story building in downtown Bellevue" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 5/2
"Blu-ray-for-Xbox 360 rumours restoked" Reg Hardware 5/2
"WSJ: Microsoft Does The Bad Cop / Not-So-Bad Cop Routine" Wired Blogs 5/2
"Toby Richards From Microsoft and Marcus Galindo From Diskeeper Corporation to Be Featured on Let's Talk Computers (R)" Market Wire 5/2

Government/Law/Politics

"Amazon sues New York over tax" New York Times 8:04 AM
"Workers' Suit Accuses Sprint Of Mismanaging Pension Plans" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:00 AM
"AOL, Yahoo, RealNetworks Suffer Setback In Music Licensing Fees: ASCAP estimates that the court's formula would lead to a total payment of $100 million from the three companies." InformationWeek 5/2
"DOJ settles H-1B job ad case for $45,000" Computerworld 5/2
"Federal regulators cap cell phone company payments" Associated Press 5/2
"In an unusual act of contrition, a state court judge has publicly apologized and agreed to pay $100,000 to Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel for besmirching him in a lawsuit she filed as an attorney more than a decade ago." Associated Press 5/2
"Cubans able to shop for PCs" Associated Press 5/2
"Botnet attacks military systems" Techworld 5/2
"US Firm Fined for Violations Related to H-1B Program" IDG News Service 5/2
"$100 Laptop Program's New President: Charles Kane thinks industry partnerships will boost the laptop's marketability." Technology Review 5/2
"Frustration and joy - Microsoft's CTP in action" Reg Developer 5/2
"White House 'loses' five million emails" vnunet.com 5/2
"Amazon Sues Over State Law on Collection of Sales Tax" New York Times 5/2
"Amazon.com sues N.Y. over new online sales tax" CNET News.com 5/2

Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion

"The Camera That Wears a Badge" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 10:26 PM
"Is Google reliable enough?" ZDNet Blogs 11:27 AM
"AT&T Streaming TV's Lookin' Good: Although this isn't the first phone to play live-streaming TV, Gary Krakow says it's one of the best." TheStreet TV 11:26 AM
"The Real Threat to Google" BusinessWeek 8:24 AM
"How Merrill Lynch Plans To Virtualize Half Its Desktops" InformationWeek 8:19 AM
"External Hard Drives Buyer's Guide: We assess 25 of the hottest external hard disk drives from Cavalry, Iomega, LaCie, Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, and more." InformationWeek 8:18 AM
"Look around for low-cost or free computer classes" Seattle Times 8:04 AM
"Google Earth lets you explore the world from your computer" Associated Press 8:04 AM
"Headhunter dishes on why people leave Google" CNET Blogs 5/2
"Viewers turned off over plasma promise" Sydney Morning Herald 5/2
"How IT Clients Can Avoid Mistakes: Study the ways this information technology services provider has failed its clients‹and you'll know the warning signs" BusinessWeek 5/2
"Controlling the Living Room: Could your television's next set-top box be made by Nintendo? According to a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, the idea is not as inconceivable as you may think." New York Times 5/2
"Stop the GTA 4 Hypocrisy" eWeek 5/2
"Cellphones That Could Save Your Life" Forbes.com 5/2
"No CD needed: Taking the office to the Web/Online software choices growing, but they're not one-size-fits-all solutions" MSNBC 5/2
"How To Keep Your Virtual Servers Safe" CIO Today 5/2
"Mozy Delivers Solid Online Backup" PC World 5/2
"You are not your bookcase: Online profiles and painfully constructed 'faves lists' have turned us into a bunch of unwitting snobs. Enough already." Salon 5/2
"The new challenge for tech companies: currency fluctuations" EE Times 5/2
"Dialcom: Web Conferencing that Works" ZDNet 5/2
"Dell XPS 730 reviews: A Ferrari stuck in traffic" ZDNet 5/2
"Questioning IT" ZDNet 5/2
"Hypervisors tip of virtualisation iceberg: Hypervisors are just the skirmish before the virtualisation war proper, according to vendors and analysts, with virtualisation management set to pull in the big money in years to come." ZDNet Australia 5/2
"CIOs increasingly seen as 'green ambassadors'" Silicon.com 5/2
"The fastest way to open a word processor" CNET Blogs 5/2
"Tech's Top-Paid CEOs" Forbes.com 5/2

Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers

"D.Telekom eying possible Sprint buy: report" Reuters 7:55 AM
"Nokia and T-Mobile Collaborate on Mobile Services" IDG News Service 5/2
"Kleiner Perkins bets big on green tech firms" San Francisco Chronicle 5/2
"Kleiner Perkins raises big money to fuel clean tech" San Jose Mercury News 5/2
"Cirrus closes China unit, posts loss" EE Times 5/2

Tech Stocks

"Friday's Tech Winners and Losers" TheStreet.com 5/2
"Sector Snap: Chip shares slip as Cirrus posts 4Q loss" Associated Press 5/2
"Tech Stocks: Yahoo surges but tech rally loses steam/Web portal makes gains amid deal talk; Sun, NetSuite fall on reports" MarketWatch 5/2
"Mixed end to upbeat week: Wall Street's early advance on April jobs report dissipates as investors look to Sun Micro's surprise loss, plus rising oil and gold prices." CNNMoney 5/2
"Stocks End Week With Mixed Session" Forbes.com 5/2
"U.S. Stocks Gain as Jobs Data Overshadow Slumping Tech Shares" Bloomberg 5/2
"Stocks give up steep gains that followed economic figures" Associated Press 5/2
"Stocks Finish Mixed" Smartmoney.com 5/2
"Rally Fades, but Dow Hits 2008 High" WSJ.com 5/2
"Asia Markets: Tokyo, Hong Kong finish higher with weekly gains/Exporters, financials boost Tokyo; Shanghai closed for holiday" MarketWatch 5/2
"Europe Markets: European shares rally strongly after holiday/Bank stocks surge; airline stocks trade higher after drop in oil prices" MarketWatch 5/2

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Associated Press (Updated 10:20 PM CDT)

"Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price"

CNET News.com (Updated 10:25 PM CDT)

"Yahoo's two largest institutional investors $1 apart from Microsoft's offer"
"Yahoo: Microsoft's price just wasn't right"
"Is Google ad deal really Yahoo's best option?"
"Ballmer and Yang: The last words"
"Ballmer's e-mail to staff on Yahoo"
"Post-Microhoo: Winners and losers"
"Microsoft's move: Is it just a feint?"
"OK, so what's Microsoft's plan B?"
"Steve Ballmer's letter to Jerry Yang"
"Microsoft says proxy battle not worth it" ...

New York Times (Updated 10:25 PM CDT)

"Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo"
"Will Microsoft Really Walk?"
"Guessing Yahoo's Opening Stock Price"
"Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise"
"The Camera That Wears a Badge"
"Exercise Your Brain, or Else You'll ... Uh ..."
"Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence"
"Viacom's Profit Increases 33% With Help From a Video Game"
"The No-Tasting Taste Test"

Reuters (Updated 10:25 PM CDT)

"Shuttle reaches launch pad for May 31 liftoff"

TechWeb (Updated 10:25 PM CDT)

"Microsoft Yanks Yahoo Bid"
"External Hard Drives Buyer's Guide"
"How Merrill Lynch Plans To Virtualize Half Its Desktops"
"Desktop Virtualization Drives Security, Not Just Dollar Savings"
"Microsoft Uses Open Source Project To Extend Management To Linux"
"SAS Applies Business Intelligence To Environmental Performance"
"Best Of The Best: Awards At Interop Honor Tech Innovation"
"Down To Business: Let Go Of The Past And Embrace Change"
"Startup Of The Week: Truviso Offers Another Option For BI"
"Tools, Fools, And The Ability To Measure Effectively" ...

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