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Computer Industry

"Yahoo under pressure after deal collapse: An expected realignment of the consumer internet sector was thrown into doubt over the weekend after Microsoft's surprise abandonment of its $46.5bn offer for Yahoo." FT.com [Free Registration Required] 7:55 PM
"Yahoo CEO under pressure now that Microsoft has walked away" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8:59 PM
"Yahoo CEO to Face Tough Challenges Ahead" DailyTech 9:23 PM
"After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:25 PM
"Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Offer After Attempt to Bridge Gap in Price" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:24 AM
"Q&A: CEO Steve Ballmer, Before Microsoft Walked Away" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:59 AM
"Microsoft Withdraws Its Bid for Yahoo: Microsoft said Saturday that it was abandoning its blockbuster bid to acquire Yahoo after it raised its offer by $5 billion but Yahoo rejected it as still too low." New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:16 AM
"Withdrawal, or new ploy in the battle for Yahoo?" New York Times 8:40 AM
"Ballmer Throws in the Towel on Yahoo Bid: In a surprise move, Microsoft's CEO withdraws his offer for search provider Yahoo, citing economic differences." InternetNews.com 8:40 AM
"Bye Buy, Yahoo! Microsoft Drops Bid For 'net Searcher" New York Post 8:59 AM
"Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Software giant Microsoft has dropped its three-month-old bid to buy internet firm Yahoo because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price." BBC 8:40 AM
"Microsoft drops bid to acquire Yahoo" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:41 AM
"Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price" Associated Press 8:34 AM
"Microsoft walks away from Yahoo deal: Yahoo bid pulled : takeover talks end with no deal" San Jose Mercury News [Free Registration Required] 8:59 AM
"Competitive zeal of Ballmer key element in Yahoo chase" Associated Press 1:45 PM
"Google's Shadow Hung Over Microsoft-Yahoo Deal" IDG News Service 8:40 AM
"Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Acquisition" IDG News Service 8:28 AM
"Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo" Reuters 8:23 AM
"Microsoft drops Yahoo bid: The software maker said Yahoo was asking for too much money. 'Unbelievable,' an analyst said." Bloomberg News 8:34 AM
"Shock and Awe: Microsoft Dumps Yahoo!" Windows IT Pro 12:52 PM
"Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang" BetaNews 8:22 AM
"Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs" ZDNet Blogs: Between the Lines 8:22 AM
"Report: A peek behind the Yahoo-Microsoft meltdown" CNET News.com 8:33 AM
"Yahoo's AOL, Google deals still in the works" CNET News.com 8:55 PM
"Yahoo-Google ad deal could be announced next week" CNET News.com 8:33 AM
"Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to Microsoft" Reuters 8:01 PM
"Will investors punish Yahoo?" CNET News.com 8:55 PM
"Yahoo's Next Move" Time 8:59 AM
"Cray, Intel sign pact to build petascale computers: Multi-core development project started" Computerworld New Zealand 8:58 AM
"Intel casts eye on consumer electronics" FT.com [Free Registration Required] 8:58 PM
"WiMax Chip Production Jumps" Computerworld Singapore 12:52 PM
"Nvidia's chips win gamers and investors: Despite Intel threat, stock seen as bargain" Bloomberg News 8:47 AM
"Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!" Microsoft 5/3
"Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft" Business Wire 5/3
"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 5/3
"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 5/3
"Microsoft-Yahoo: Translating Ballmer's Letter" WSJ.com 5/3
"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 5/3
"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 5/3
"Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Offer After Sweetened Bid Is Rejected" WSJ.com 5/3
"Yahoo! Says 'We're Worth It'" Forbes.com 5/3
"Forget It, Ballmer Says To Yahoo!" Forbes.com 5/3
"Yahoo's two largest institutional investors $1 apart from Microsoft's offer" CNET News.com 5/3
"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 5/3
"Will Microsoft Really Walk?" New York Times 5/3
"What Microsoft Will Buy Now" Forbes.com 5/3
"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 5/3
"Microsoft withdraws offer for Yahoo" Reuters 5/3
"Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo" Agence France-Presse 5/3
"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 5/3
"Microhoo's six key players work their magic" CNET News.com 5/3
"Microsoft boosts offer: New ante described as 'several dollars' more per Yahoo share" Associated Press, Bloomberg News 5/3
"Higher Offer by Microsoft Brings Yahoo to Table" New York Times 5/3
"Microsoft, Yahoo are talking merger" New York Times News Service 5/3
"Yahoo and Microsoft at a glance" Los Angeles Times 5/3
"Breaking: Microsoft Walks" AllThingsD 5/3
"MicroHoo: Hasta La Vista, Hotmail?" AllThingsD 5/3
"Microsoft Uses Open Source Project To Extend Management To Linux" InformationWeek 5/3
"Vista 'Inevitable' at Work, Analyst Says" Computerworld 5/3
"Google to team up with IBM again" The Inquirer 5/3
"Is Google ad deal really Yahoo's best option?" CNET News.com 5/3
"New IBM Tool Lures Users to Quickr" Network World 5/3
"Larry Ellison couldn't buy this kind of PR" CNET News.com 5/3
"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 5/3
"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 5/3

General Interest

"Internet phone company sounds 911 alarm" The Globe and Mail [Free Registration Required] 9:22 PM
"In a galaxy not so far, far away: Conrad Walters looks at the exciting inventions that could change the world - if the boffins get them to work." Melbourne Age 2:45 PM
"'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use" Associated Press 1:45 PM
"Seniors Find Love Online" Reuters 9:32 AM
"Software Attacks Software in Security Wars" Computerworld Australia 8:57 AM
"Added green burden could ground flying cars for good" The Register 8:40 AM
"The Camera That Wears a Badge" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:44 AM
"IT gurus launch software cleanup of Estonia" Agence France-Presse 5/3
"Purdue set for supercomputer 'barn-raising'" CNET News.com 5/3
"Phishers Mimic Google Adwords" Techworld 5/3
"Britain Plans to Get All Residents Online" PC Advisor 5/3
"Bills appear to show VoIP company had family's new address in fatal 911 call" The Globe and Mail 5/3
"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 5/3
"Pursuing the Next Level of Artificial Intelligence" New York Times 5/3
"Exercise Your Brain, or Else You'll ... Uh ..." New York Times 5/3
"Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace: State-Mandated Classes on Internet Take Shape" Washington Post 5/3
"A very unhappy birthday to spam, age 30" San Francisco Chronicle 5/3
"Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research" Associated Press 5/3
"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 5/3
"Cuba puts first computers on sale to the public" Associated Press 5/3

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

"How the Microsoft-Yahoo deal came apart" Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8:04 PM
"Gates: Great To Be An Underdog" Forbes.com 8:04 PM
"What MicroNoHoo means for enterprises" ZDNet Blogs 3:37 PM
"Why Microsoft needs to exit online services" Blogging Stocks 2:46 PM
"From Live Mesh to the Open Mesh" CNET News.com 1:26 PM
"About that Microsoft-Yahoo deal (2)" ZDNet Blogs 12:59 PM
"Microsoft withdrawals bid for Yahoo, Google wins" ZDNet Blogs 12:59 PM
"Microscopic takeover bid drags on" Seattle Times 8:34 AM
"The Gillmor Gang assesses Microsoft's decision to abandon its Yahoo bid" CNET News.com 8:34 AM
"Microsoft to Yahoo: Never mind" Houston Chronicle 8:23 AM
"Microsoft walks: Five reasons why it's a good move" ZDNet Blogs: Between the Lines 5/3
"Post-Microhoo: Winners and losers" CNET News.com 5/3
"Yahoo: Microsoft's price just wasn't right" CNET News.com 5/3
"Microsoft's move: Is it just a feint?" CNET News.com 5/3
"Why Microsoft covets Yahoo" CNET News.com 5/3
"Microsoft walks out of Yahoo deal" Guardian Unlimited: Technology Blog 5/3
"Microsoft takes its ball and leaves Yahoo on the Web 2.0 playground" ZDNet Blogs: All about Microsoft 5/3
"Why Yahoo-Microsoft Will Be a Disaster, Part 1: 'Windows Live Hot Yahoo Mail'" Silicon Alley Insider 5/3

Government/Law/Politics

"Deutsche Telekom Considers Bid for Sprint: Purchase Would Aid Effort to Move Beyond A Tough Home Market" WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 8:04 PM
"Amazon sues New York over tax" New York Times 5/3
"Workers' Suit Accuses Sprint Of Mismanaging Pension Plans" WSJ.com 5/3
"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

"Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise" New York Times [Free Registration Required] 8:44 AM
"Let your fingers do the walking -- use the Web to explore new city" Los Angeles Times [Free Registration Required] 8:40 AM
"Q When I tried subscribing to a site's RSS feed, my browser asked me to choose 'RSS 1.0,' 'RSS 2.0' and 'Atom' versions. What makes them different?" Washington Post [Free Registration Required] 8:33 AM
"Why Yahoo Should Go Ahead With Google Outsourcing Deal" Silicon Alley Insider 8:22 AM
"The Camera That Wears a Badge" New York Times 5/3
"Is Google reliable enough?" ZDNet Blogs 5/3
"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 5/3
"The Real Threat to Google" BusinessWeek 5/3
"How Merrill Lynch Plans To Virtualize Half Its Desktops" InformationWeek 5/3
"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 5/3
"Look around for low-cost or free computer classes" Seattle Times 5/3
"Google Earth lets you explore the world from your computer" Associated Press 5/3
"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 5/3
"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

"Wall Street hopes the worst is over: Consumers may not be that cheerful, but traders and portfolio managers are growing more confident that U.S. financial markets are heading toward a second-half recovery." Associated Press 3:37 PM
"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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Communications Equipment

Communications Services

Computers

Computer Services

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Productivity Software

Telecommunication-Cellular

Telecom Equipment

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Associated Press (Checked 9:00 PM; no changes since 8:40 AM CDT)

"Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid, rebuffing higher sale price"

CNET News.com (Updated 9:00 PM CDT)

"Yahoo's AOL, Google deals still in the works"
"Will investors punish Yahoo?"
"Greening your life--the reality show"
"Jerry Yang's memo to Yahoo staff"
"Microsoft and Yahoo: Not even on the same page"
"Maker Faire more popular than ever"
"Spiders and snakes in war--oh my!"
"From Live Mesh to the Open Mesh"
"Audi promises electric car within 10 years"

New York Times (Updated 9:00 PM CDT)

"After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move"
"A Yahoo Shareholder on What Might Have Been"
"Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo"
"Friends May Be the Best Guide Through the Noise"
"The Camera That Wears a Badge"

Reuters (Updated 9:00 PM CDT)

"Investors eye Yahoo's alternatives to Microsofr"

TechWeb (Checked 9:00 PM CDT; no changes since Saturday)

"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"
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