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Bit.ly: Please Use This TinyURL of the Future

URL shorteners like TinyURL are a wildly popular way to share long links over email, IM, microblogging and other contexts. The millions of shortcuts that have been created through such services represent a huge opportunity to capture interesting data - but to date those opportunities have all...

ReadWriteWeb | more posts | 6 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Bit.ly launches today

First, go read Marshall Kirkpatrick's awesome writeup of bit.ly. I was part of the team that defined the product, the development was done at Betaworks in NY (where I am right now), the team led by John Borthwick, and a bunch of ex-AOLers. Betaworks is also an investor in Summize. Here's the...

Scripting News | more posts | 6 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Betaworks Launches Bit.ly, A Smarter TinyURL

Launching today: Bit.ly, a new Web URL-shortening tool from NYC-based tech shop Betaworks. What is it? Like TinyURL, is.gd, and others, Bit.ly takes a long URL and makes it shorter, ideal for Twittering, emailing, IMing, whatever. Unlike all the others, Bit.ly includes a handful of bonus features,...

Silicon Alley Insider | more posts | 4 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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New Item! U.S. Takes Top Nod For Mobile Internet Usage: Report

Contrary to popular opinion, Americans do love the mobile web and use it in spades. The U.S. takes the top nod on mobile internet penetration among subscribers in 16 countries, according to a new report by Nielsen Mobile (PDF). The firm found that 15.6 percent of U.S. wireless subscribers use the...

mocoNews.net | more posts | 2 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! US tops in mobile internet usage

The US is one confused wireless market. By some measures, the US lags behind Europe and Asia in the mobile industry, by other measures, the US is tops. Case in point, mobile internet usage. A study from Nielson Mobile  (PDF link) shows that the US ranks as the country with the highest percentage...

IntoMobile | more posts | 2 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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New Item! TechCrunch's secret Digg army [Social News]

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.How do TechCrunch stories make it to Digg's front page so often? With a little help from its friends, of course. Former TechCrunch writer Duncan Riley, now a foe of editor Michael Arrington, posted a screenshot from his inbox...

Also See: duncanriley.com

Valleywag | more posts | 6 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! How Your Blog Sausage Gets Made

Hate reading about bloggers writing about other bloggers? Skip this one. For the rest of you -- we're still going to try to be brief here: Earlier today disgruntled ex-TechCruncher Duncan Riley posted a screenshot of the many Digg requests he still receives from his former employer. Then Valleywag...

Silicon Alley Insider | more posts | 3 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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New Item! Eee box gets price and package details

Filed under: Desktops We know pretty much everything about Asus' Atom-powered Eee Box -- we even have a bevvy of pretty pictures -- but as of yet we didn't know exactly how much the little bugger was going to cost. Fret not, for we now can tell you that the Wii-like computer will cost £199...

Also See: stuff.tv

Engadget | more posts | 10 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! WrapUp: iPhone 3G Unboxed, Thunderbird Vulnerabilities, and More

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should...

CyberNet | more posts | 3 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

iPhone 3G unboxed - escapes early via Portugal | Gear Diary

US iPhone 3G gets unboxed and handled | Engadget

New Item! The iPhone 3G gets unboxed | VentureBeat

New Item! Acer rolls out the Aspire X1200 home theater-friendly mini PC for $499

Filed under: Media PCs Always wanted to install a little computer into your home theater but none of the available options are cutting it, what with all the giant media files and HD displays you're rolling? Enter Acer's Aspire X1200, which for $450 includes on-board NVIDIA GeForce 8200 graphics, an...

Engadget HD | more posts | 9 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Acer Aspire X1200 Series Mini-PCs Stuff HDMI Jack, 9 USB Ports and More in a Tiny Space [Desktops] | Gizmodo

New Item! Acer Aspire One gets dissected | Fudzilla

New Item! Acer Unveils Aspire X1200 Small Form Factor Desktop | DailyTech Main News Feed

Acer x1200 Mini-PC looks like it could make a perfect, cheap, full-featured HTPC | Boing Boing Gadgets

Acer intros breadbox-sized X1200 desktop | Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks

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Acer intro’s the Aspire X1200 desktop PC, more ports than you can imagine

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Acer Aspire One Jumping On WWAN Bandwagon

Engadget

Acer rolls out the Aspire X1200 home theater-friendly mini PC for $499

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New Item! Microsoft on Vista: ‘The time of worry is over.’

Microsoft wants its partners and customers to know that it’s done letting letting its competitors and critics walk all over Windows Vista. “We know our story is very different from what our competitors want us to think,” Brad Brooks, Corporate Vice President of Windows Consumer...

All about Microsoft | more posts | 10 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Microsoft Spending $300+ Million To Tell Consumers Vista Doesn't Suck [Microsoft]

Hey Apple. Microsoft's seen those Get a Mac ads with J. Long and J. Hodgman. They're tired of that shit. So tired, in fact, that they're going to spend some $300 million in their own advertising campaign with Crispin Porter + Bogusky telling consumers how much Vista doesn't suck. Corporate VP of...

Gizmodo | more posts | 5 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Microsoft plans anti-Apple marketing blitz for Vista | AppleInsider

New Item! Microsoft still pushing Vista compatibility story | Beyond Binary

New Item! Microsoft pledges to fight Vista 'myths' | The Register

New Item! Red Rover: Microsoft and Icahn lock arms, tell Yahoo to come over | VentureBeat

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New Item! VMware: CEO Greene out; Revenue light

VMware on Tuesday swapped CEOs and said that its revenue growth would fall short of expectations. In a statement, VMware said that CEO Diane Greene has departed. She will be replaced by Paul Maritz (right) effective immediately. Maritz will also be president and sit on VMware’s board. Maritz...

Between the Lines | more posts | 11 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Look who’s running VMWare now

Former Softie Paul Maritz has a new challenge on his hands: Competing head-to-head with his former employer in the virtualization space. In February, Maritz — who was a top manager at Microsoft up until his depature from the company in 2000 — was named as the head of EMC’s Cloud...

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All about Microsoft | more posts | 9 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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Siemens to Cut 16,750 Jobs Worldwide

Munich-based industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it will cut nearly more than 4 percent of its global work force of approximately 400,000 employees....

money_moneymain | more posts | 13 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Profit from fantastic four, southwest secrets to success & behind the booze brands - Today in Money 7/8

Filed under: Home Depot (HD), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), India, China, Brazil, Russia, Penney (J.C.) (JCP), Money and Finance Today, Sears Holdings (SHLD), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Lowe's Cos (LOW), Office Depot (ODP), Southwest Airlines (LUV), IndyMac Bancorp (IMB)In the News: · Fed Eyes...

BloggingStocks | more posts | 11 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Before the bell: SI, ODP, GM, F, NVS, AAPL

Filed under: Before the bell, Earnings reports, Deals, Apple Inc (AAPL), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Employees, Novartis AG ADS (NVS), Office Depot (ODP)Before the bell: Futures lower ahead of Bernanke speech, Alcoa; Indymac plungesIndustrial conglomerate Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) said Tuesday...

BloggingStocks | more posts | 11 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Before the bell: MER, APPX, AAPL, MRK, DIS, NWS | BloggingStocks

Before the bell: Futures mixed as oil drops, ahead of earnings season kickoff | BloggingStocks

Before the bell: Futures lower ahead of Bernanke speech, Alcoa; Indymac plunges | BloggingStocks

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The Importance Of Blog Linking Seems to Be Declining

I am a strong believer in the power of linking between blogs, and I still go out of my way to link, especially to peers, to smaller blogs, and to developers of services I write about. At one time, I thought being linked to by the most prominent bloggers could have a significant impact on my...

louisgray.com | more posts | 18 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Content Is Becoming a Commodity

Over the weekend, it seemed that everyone in the tech blogosphere contributed to the discussion around fractured blog comments; Robert Scoble even went so far as to say that the "era of blogger's control" is over. What all these discussions hinged on was whether or not a web service...

ReadWriteWeb | more posts | 85 days | Mon., April 14, '08

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Sick of blogging? Data says you can quit now [Blogging For Dollars]

Valley marketer Louis Gray and Outside the Beltway editor James Joyner agree: Blog links account for less and less of the traffic to their sites, falling an order of magnitude behind search engines. "Search engines, social media sites, and aggregators delivered much more traffic than links from...

Valleywag | more posts | 3 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Who's Kara Swisher afraid of? [Blogging For Dollars] | Valleywag

The Importance Of Being Linked

After examining his biggest traffic sources, Louis Gray has noticed that links from blogs simply aren’t that important any more. I agree with his conclusions, although I don’t think that the data set he uses really proves his point. The fact is, there are links and there are links. A...

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Mashable! | more posts | 16 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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GOP pols oppose smut-free wireless network proposal

FCC Chair Kevin Martin's fellow Republicans are giving him a hard time about his proposed smut-free broadband service. What happened to the Party of Decency and Goodness?Read More......

Ars Technica | more posts | 15 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Daily TIPs: Space Mirrors, Gassy Microbes, 120 in the Shade, & More

Daily TIPs, Internet, global warming Neil Savage wrote: Crashes a Big Deal for Web Businesses A few years ago, if a site like eBay went down for a couple of hours, it wasn’t such a big deal, because the number of users was relatively small. But as the New York Times points out,...

Xconomy | more posts | 4 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

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New Item! G8 Pushes ACTA Completion By End of 2008

They may not want to tell anyone what the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement contains, but the G8 nations are willing to set a timeline for its completion.  In the final statement on IPRs today, the G8 leaders "encouraged the acceleration of negotiations to establish a new international...

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Michael Geist Blog | more posts | 16 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Entertainment Industry Continues To Try To Sneak Copyright Expansion Through ACTA

We've been pointing out how there needs to be a lot more sunlight shone on the discussion surrounding the new "ACTA" treaty, which is basically a way for the entertainment industry to sneak through new copyright laws without getting Congressional approval. Basically, the entertainment industry...

Techdirt | more posts | 4 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Analyst Whacks Entertainment Industry: Major Cannibalization Set To Begin… Now | paidContent.org

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Announcing Plex

As most of you know, we've been searching for a new identity since we split from XBMC. Names aren't easy to come by, and domain names are even harder. We received some great suggestions from our user base (Meteor Center, Media Hugger, etc.). Ultimately though, we wanted a name that ......

Plex | more posts | 21 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Xbox Media Center Renamed "Plex" (And Looking Hotter Than Ever) [Video]

Xbox Media Center—a lauded cross-platform solution for streaming media—has just gotten a neat new name called "Plex." (That's short for "cineplex.") But we know how it is. You use Front Row and think it's great. Before you go back into your Apple shell, check out this Aeon skin for Plex....

Gizmodo | more posts | 30 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Xbox Media Center Mac Port Called "Plex" (And Looking Hotter Than Ever) [Video] | Gizmodo

XBMC for Mac re-named: Say hello to Plex | CrunchGear

XBMC for OSX strikes out on its own as gorgeous 'Plex' media center

XBMC is the best media center platform I've ever used. Originally developed for Microsoft's Xbox (and where I first used it), the free media center software stood out as one of the few open-source and free software projects to truly exceed both the capability and user experience of commercial...

Boing Boing Gadgets | more posts | 35 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

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I Requested That Verizon Drop Their Deal With 1938media

I don’t think it’s a secret as to why I did it, but in case you don’t know, Loren Feldman of 1983media did a video last year entitled “Techn****”, which basically put black people in a bad light. He asked where were the African-American tech bloggers and then proceeded to put on a parody...

SheGeeks | more posts | 20 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Real World Social Media Slaps Feldman Back To The Bush League

Ya gotta love it when a shit storm blows up on the web and it gets no better than when it includes the notables of the tech blogosphere. Such is the case of Loren Feldman and his past coming back to haunt him as he gets yanked from a content distribution deal with Verizon. Of course the tech...

WinExtra | more posts | 4 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Verizon Drops Loren Feldman Like He’s Hot

Verizon has backed out of a deal with controversial video blogger Loren Feldman after just a week, after civil rights groups and bloggers protested Feldman’s work, which many consider racist. Feldman is no stranger to controversy, but his “Technigga” character, in particular,...

Podcasting News | more posts | 11 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

New Item! Loren Feldman is No Sacha Baron Cohen | IP&Democracy

"TechNigga" comic's made-for-Valleywag video [Loren Feldman] | Valleywag

"TechNigga" video gets 1938 Media removed from Verizon [Loren Feldman] | Valleywag

Verizon Reportedly Drops Loren Feldman over TechNigga | Mashable!

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Release 0.5.0b2: Duct tape

I am back from hiking 20 miles in two days down into the Haleakala volcano crater. I wish I could say I missed Internet access (I did try to check my email on Anna's iPhone in a moment of weakness, but there was no service), but in reality it felt ......

Plex | more posts | 21 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

XBMC for OS X 0.5 Beta 2 Chock Full o' Fixes [Xbmc]

The busy folks working on XBMC for OS X just dropped beta 2, which fixes several bugs I listed in yesterday's feature story, XBMC Turns Your Mac into the Ultimate Media Center. Most notably, scripts and live weather forecasts now work....

Lifehacker | more posts | 56 days | Tue., May 13, '08

Google's Board Chock Full Of Conflicts Of Interest (GOOG) | Silicon Alley Insider

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New Item! Advice From Strangers

Word of mouse is the latest trend in online travel planning, and a variety of corporate travel companies are setting up networking sites in hopes of becoming the Facebook of corporate travel....

NYT > Technology | more posts | 20 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Tuesday Watch: [UPDATE 1] VMware CEO Resigns...

Silicon Valley and beyond . . . UPDATE: WSJ: VMware CEO Resigns Harvard Study Questions 'Long Tail' Theory Avatars Teleport Away From Second Life SJM: Venture funds flood clean tech Digital threat prompts movie industry downgrade SF Chronicle: Former WorldCom Auditor An Inspiration Electronic Arts...

Silicon Valley Watcher | more posts | 7 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Ex-es at Avanex: CEO Axed; CFO Resigns | CFO.com: Today in Finance

Ex-es at Avanex: CEO Axed; CFO Resigns | CFO.com: Today in Finance

VMware CEO Greene Suddenly Replaced | Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest

VMware Ousts CEO Diane Greene | BusinessWeek Online -- Technology

CEO out at VMware; former Microsoft exec in | Beyond Binary

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VMware Surprise: Greene Out as CEO

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VMware takes hit on the market, replaces CEO Greene

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VMware Board Ousts CEO Diane Greene

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VMware Tanks As CEO Greene Gets Ousted (VMW)

Xconomy

EMC Cloud Chief Takes CEO Reins at VMware; Investors Spooked

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Avanex fires CEO, CFO resigns

Valleywag

VMware CEO and founder resigns, shares drop 30 percent [Exits]

GigaOM

Virtualize This: VMware CEO Out, Stock Tanks, Big Revenue Miss

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VMWare Drops 25% Of Market Cap; CEO Out

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Release 0.5.0b3: Back on Track

Alright, it's been way too long since the last release! I apologize. Profusely. I've been busy getting the code moved over to Github and taking care of some other related things. It might seem like all I've been doing is drinking beer, but I assure you, that's far from the ......

Plex | more posts | 21 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

XBMC for Mac Beta 3 Released [Xbmc]

Development on the Xbox Media Center Mac port continues apace, with the new beta 3 which dropped today. Grab the update to get more fixes and additions from the Linux version, and see how XBMC turns your Mac into a better media center....

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Lifehacker | more posts | 39 days | Fri., May 30, '08

New Item! Windows Media Center SideShow Gadget released in beta | Engadget HD

XBMC Turns Your Mac into the Ultimate Media Center [XBMC For Mac] | Lifehacker

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MobileMe Launching on July 9th Between 6pm-12am PT

Apple has announced the launch date and time for their MobileMe service. The revamped .Mac service will offer web-based email, calendar, addressbook, photo gallery and storage capabilities as well as "Push" sync services. Apple announced MobileMe a......

MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors | more posts | 23 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Apple’s MobileMe launching Wednesday Night, App Store too?

Apple’s new .Mac replacement MobileMe will launch this Wednesday, July 9 sometime between 6PM and 12AM PST, according to a service update sent out to users. MobileMe remotely syncs computers and devices such as the iPhone. It also features online storage options as well as productivity tools...

Also See: apple.com

VentureBeat | more posts | 22 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Ouverture imminente du iPhone App Store | TechCrunch en français

Apple's MobileMe service set to debut | CNET News.com

App Store or Installer.app? The choice is yours. | Appletell

Apple Store is Down [Apple Store] | Gizmodo

News: Apple changes iTunes Store’s iPod Games heading (again) | iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyo...

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MobileMe set to launch Wednesday night as .Mac goes offline

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Apple says MobileMe service to go live Wednesday evening

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App Store or Installer.app? The choice is yours.

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OMG APPLE STORE DOWN!

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iPhone App Store to Launch by Friday

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Apple's .Mac to transition to MobileMe on Wednesday

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Apple's MobileMe service set to debut

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Here Comes The iPhone App Store

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Apple’s store comes back online with a dizzying array of nothing new…yet

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Italians get home iPhone activations, third carrier

Italian iPhone customers will supposedly enjoy the leisure of activating their iPhone from the comforts of their own home, while a third company ñ 3 Italy ñ announced it would also sell the iPhone, come September. Macity writes that both Telecom Ital......

Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks | more posts | 24 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Italians may get to activate their iPhone 3G from home

Bear with us, readers. We know you’re sick of iPhone news, but it’s almost over. This may or may not put your panties in a bunch, but the Italians supposedly have the pleasure of activating their iP3G from home because Vodafone and Telecom Italia are incapable of the task. However, Voda and TI...

CrunchGear | more posts | 24 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

Italians get home iPhone activations, third carrier | MacNN | The Macintosh News Network

iPhone 3G launching 00:01 NZ time, home delivered in the UK | Engadget

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New Item! Microsoft: Machiavellian or Muddled?

Microsoft's latest statement that it might or might not be interested in buying all or part of Yahoo if Yahoo's shareholders replace the company's board is either cunningly devious or deeply confused....

Bits | more posts | 26 hours | Mon., July 7, '08

New Item! Icahn and Ballmer Strengthen Case for a Microsoft Takeover of Yahoo, but Lose Some Respect

deals, acquisitions, Internet Gregory T. Huang wrote: It reminds me of a playground tug-of-war between little kids. Only there’s $40 billion-plus at stake. In any case, the Microsoft-Yahoo battle is heating up again, and this time things could really get nasty. As you might have...

Xconomy | more posts | 4 hours | Tue., July 8, '08

Yahoo: We're ready to do deal with Microsoft | CNET News.com

Microsoft (MSFT) to Yahoo (YHOO) Shareholders: Fire Board and We Might Buy Company | Silicon Alley Insider

Microsoft Still Interested In Yahoo Deal, Even An Acquisition; But Shareholders Must Replace Board | paidContent.org

New Item! Icahn and Ballmer plot Yahoo overthrow | CNET News.com

New Item! Icahn letter outlines Microsoft's support | CNET News.com

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Microsoft zeigt weiter Interesse an Yahoo

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Microsoft Still Very Much Interested In Yahoo!

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Microsoft Would Talk to New Yahoo Board
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Microsoft Announces They’re Still Interested in Yahoo

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Google Faces Bad Press on Day Care Decision, Microsoft/Yahoo, and Irrelevant MySpace Ads

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Microsoft to reexamine Yahoo if Icahn wins

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Yahoo Seeks New Merger Deal with AOL : Hopes to Avoid Microsoft
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Ballmer and Icahn, B.F.F.'s

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Microsoft, Icahn Align Interests on Yahoo

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Icahn urges Yahoo shareholders to elect new board

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Microsoft Rekindles Yahoo Talks

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Microsoft to Yahoo: Ditch the Board and Let's Dance

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Microsoft Signals It Would Rather Talk to an Icahn-Controlled Yahoo
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Icahn And Microsoft Working Up Yet Another Try For Yahoo

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Microsoft Open to Yahoo Talks

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Microsoft says it would deal with new Yahoo board

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Microsoft still keen on Yahoo bid

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Yahoo's Sensible Response To Microsoft/Icahn Gang-Tackle: Nice Try--Now Put Money Where Mouth Is

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Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo’s board

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DealBook: Icahn: Microsoft Deal Possible if Yahoo Board Goes
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Microsoft: Yes! We're! talking! to! Icahn!

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Icahn's Yahoo bid gets a push

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Out of the Gate: Yahoo stock up after Icahn letter
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