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6:15 PM ET, April 7, 2008

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Yahoo!'s Board of Directors Responds to Latest Microsoft Letter — The Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today sent the following letter to Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation. — Dear Steve:

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost

Discussion: Howard Lindzon, Gizmodo, Todd Watson, HipMojo.com and MacUser

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo Response Buys Time, Makes Microsoft Look Dishonest

Discussion: TechCrunch, New York Post, Contentinople, Fortune, Deal Journal, MediaFile and 24/7 Wall St.

Brad Stone / Bits:

Facebook to Settle Thorny Lawsuit Over Its Origins — Facebook is close to putting an uncomfortable and embarrassing legal episode behind it. — A person briefed on the status of dueling lawsuits between Facebook and the competing site ConnectU said on Sunday that Facebook was finalizing …

Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:

Apple notebook lines to see major design changes, sources say — Apple Inc.'s existing MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks will be the last of their breed, as both product families are destined for major design changes upon their next refresh, AppleInsider has learned.

Discussion: Infinite Loop, Electronista, The Boy Genius Report, CrunchGear and Cartoon Barry Blog

David Carnoy / CNET News.com:

Can Sony get 50% market share for Blu-ray this year? — Maybe that price cut in Blu-ray players is coming sooner than we think because Digitimes is reporting that Sony has set some very ambitious goals for Blu-ray in 2008. And by ambitious I'm talking a 50-50 split with DVD.

Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog and Electronista

Jimmy Hsu / DigiTimes:
Sony looks to 50% global market share for its Blu-ray products in 2008

Discussion: VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, TechSpot and Engadget

Darren Waters / BBC:

Search engines warned over data — Search engines should delete personal data held about their users within six months, a European Commission advisory body on data protection has said. — The recommendation is likely to be accepted by the European Commission and could lead to a clash with search giants like Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Discussion: broadstuff, WebGuild and Mashable!

Tom Krazit / One More Thing:

Mossberg: 3G iPhone coming in 60 days — Uncle Walt says the iPhone will be able to download Web pages even faster in 60 days. — (Credit: CNET Networks) — Uncle Walt thinks a 3G iPhone will arrive within the next 60 days. — Walt Mossberg, the legendary technology columnist …

Discussion: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:

5 factors that determine your advertising CPM rates — An interesting post at Techcrunch: Pubmatic Data Suggests Small Sites Command Higher Rates For Remnant Ads Than Large Sites. — I love seeing this cross-site ad monetization data, since it's rare to get your hands on it unless you for an ad network.

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Pubmatic Data Suggests Small Sites Command Higher Rates For Remnant …

Discussion: media landscaping

Wei Luo / Google LatLong:

All the news that's fit to print on a map: The New York Times in Google Earth — I read a lot of news by surfing the Internet, as do many of my colleagues and friends, and I've always dreamed of a way to browse news based on geography. What's happening in Paris today? What are the top headlines in Japan?

Discussion: VentureBeat, Google Operating System, Digital Inspiration, WebProNews and New York Times

Microsoft Update Product Team Blog:

Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287 — Back in February, we posted about the release of a couple of prerequisites for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. While several million customers installed the updates successfully, you may have read that a few customers experienced an endless reboot cycle …

Discussion: Ed Bott's Microsoft Report, eWeek, All about Microsoft, Microsoft Watch, Computerworld and Gizmodo

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:

imeem hopes SNOCAP buyout will help it stay ahead of MySpace — Music-focused social networking service imeem announced today that it has acquired SNOCAP, a provider of digital licensing and copyright management services. The acquisition will allow imeem to filter through the music uploaded by its users …

Discussion: Digital Trends and Listening Post

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Imeem Confirms Snocap Acquisition

Discussion: The Register, The Social, Orbitcast, VentureBeat, paidContent.org and Valleywag

Smoritz / Techland:

AMD swings the ax after sales shortfall — AMD (AMD) will slash jobs by 10% amid a sales shortfall for the first quarter, which ended a week ago. The chipmaker says it saw a drop in demand across all its business segments during the quarter. — The company expects to book $1.5 billion …

Discussion: Between the Lines, The Register, One More Thing and Tech Trader Daily

Brooke Crothers / CNET News.com:

Thin Intel Netbook to vie with MacBook Air? — During a keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai, an Intel executive brandished a Netbook that looked Air-thin. Will inexpensive Linux Netbooks be a poor man's MacBook Air? — Most of the photos to date of upcoming Netbooks …

Discussion: Engadget and Electronista

Glenn Fleishman / TidBITS:

Time Machine via AirPort Disk Is Unsupported, Apple Says — Apple confirmed for me last week that a feature for using hard drives attached via USB to an AirPort Extreme Base Station is an unsupported feature. The company declined to provide further information.

Discussion: MacUser and jkOnTheRun

Tom Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:

Media Watch: News.com Chief Dan Farber Brings Lessons Of Blogger Media — I'm waiting for Dan Farber, the new head of CNET's News.com, in a large, sun-lit foyer. People are coming out for lunch and their mood seems relaxed and cheerful despite a 10 per cent cut in CNET staff numbers made just just a few days before.

Discussion: Furrier.org

Josh Wiseman / Facebook Blog:

Facebook Chat: Now We're Talking — This week marks the launch of Facebook Chat—a new way for you to communicate with your friends in real-time. The Wall and Inbox have been the primary ways to communicate, but when more immediacy is necessary—for example when making plans for lunch …

Discussion: eWeek, Mashable!, Compiler, geeksugar, Valleywag, CyberNet, The Social, bub.blicio.us, AppScout and ReadWriteWeb

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