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Microsoft, Yahoo Talks Intensify In Push to Reach a Friendly Deal — Talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. intensified Friday as the two sides explored the possibility of a last-ditch friendly deal, according to people familiar with the matter. — Though the talks have intensified …
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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. — Microsoft, which had threatened to abandon its bid, has increased its offer “by several dollars,” this person said.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft Officially Raises Yahoo Bid “Several Dollars,” Negotiations Continue — UPDATE: The WSJ has confirmed our earlier assumption: Microsoft has been silent because Microsoft and Yahoo are now negotiating seriously about consummating a friendly deal. Microsoft has raised its bid “by several dollars.”
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Amazon Sues Over State Law on Collection of Sales Tax — Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit challenging New York State's new law forcing online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents. — On Friday, Amazon filed a complaint in State Supreme Court in Manhattan objecting to the law …
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The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry KickStart: T-Mobile launch and a whole bunch of specs! — You didn't think we'd actually leave you hangin', did you? To follow up on on yesterday's post of the BlackBerry KickStart photos, we've got here a couple more images of the phone with T-Mobile branding and some interesting details on the physical design attributes.
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Andy Serwer / Fortune:
Larry Page on how to change the world — Breakthrough ideas are around the corner, says the Google co-founder. But most of us are failing to take a chance on them. — (Fortune Magazine) — As president of Google, Larry Page has pushed his people to take risks that have led to hot new applications like Gmail and Google Maps.
Nathan / FlowingData:
Chart of the Day: A Breakdown of Facebook Applications — Of the 23,160 Facebook applications, I use about 5, but I probably wouldn't notice if someone randomly removed all of them from my profile in the middle of the night. Kids these days. I used to play BlockStar …
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
The Mac in the Gray Flannel Suit — More office workers infatuated with iPods and iPhones are demanding Macs. Is business ready? Is Apple? — Istvan Banyai — Soon after Michele Goins became chief information officer at Juniper Networks (JNPR) in February, she decided to respond …
Nick / Rough Type:
Is Office the new Netscape? — As Microsoft and Yahoo continue with their interminable modern-dress staging of Hamlet - it's longer than Branagh's version! - the transformation of the software business goes on. We have new players with new strategies, or at least interesting new takes on old strategies.
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I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
Iron Man — There was a game we used to play in the office, years ago, casting a movie of our own lives. What well-known actor or actress would play you? Who would play your friends? The game eventually faded, as games always do, but at the time it was great fun.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Want That Post to Go Popular? Here's The Best and Worst Times to Post It — Connecticut software developer Jake Luciani has run 10k items on Del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit and Mixx through the API of popularity ranking engine AideRSS to analyze the connection between popularity and timing.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
SAP to run apps native on RIM's BlackBerry — SAP and Research in Motion said Friday that they are collaborating to bring the ERP giant's applications to the BlackBerry. — Under the deal, SAP will develop its applications for RIM. Among the key points:
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:BlackBerry users get corporate sales apps on the go
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Elizabeth Corcoran / Forbes:
Tech's Top-Paid CEOs — Jerry Yang should take note: The best-paid chief executives among technology companies last year was not Google's Eric Schmidt. — Oracle's (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) Larry Ellison tops our ranking of the best-compensated chief executives at technology companies in 2007.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Xbox 360 Blu-ray console shipping by September? — For all of Microsoft's denial, the Xbox 360 Blu-ray console rumors just will not die. In fact, they are getting more and more specific. The Chinese language Economic Daily News is reporting that Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS …
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Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Apple on MacBook Air, Jobs' plane, leases, R&D, NAND flash, more... Apple in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday discussed in detail some of the catalysts behind its industry-leading PC growth, expenditures for Steve Jobs' private aircraft …
