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Jerry Yang / Yodel Anecdotal:
Ok, so now what? — The last 13 weeks have been a remarkable time here at Yahoo!. We've been living under the microscope in a way we never have before. There has been greater attention than ever on our strategy and our ability to execute against it. Some even questioned whether Microsoft's …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Execs' Reaction: “I Need Some Prozac” — Be careful what you wish for, Jerry Yang. — Because after talking to a dozen Yahoo execs over the weekend after the Microsoft takeover deal cratered, most of whom are vice presidents or above, I have to say that your stock drop isn't the worst thing …
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Wall Street Journal:
Giving Up on Yahoo, Microsoft Rethinks Its Internet Options — Software Giant Cites Divide Over Price; The Google Factor — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang didn't really want Microsoft Corp. to buy his company. By Saturday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer didn't want that either …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:Yahoo Next Steps: Google Deal, AOL Purchase & Pleasing Investors
The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry “Niagara”: The 3G-less BlackBerry 9000 — So you know how we've been talking about the BlackBerry 9000's ridiculously high selling price? Well, it looks like RIM is gearing up to launch a 3G-less BlackBerry 9000 so to speak. It looks pretty similar but there are also a few changes …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitter Can Be Liberated - Here's How — Over the last few days a number of popular bloggers have complained, loudly, that it's time to ditch Twitter and move to a decentralized version of the service that won't go down every time usage spikes. Generally services like Twitter …
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Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
Killing Twitter Before It Can hurt Us — This weekend there has been a fair amount of talk about the idea that Twitter is too important to be relied on as a centralized, non fault-tolerant platform. Both Dave Winer and Michael Arrington at TechCrunch are talking about the problem and how to fix it.
Matt / Xobni:
Xobni Launches Public Beta — Today is an exciting day for everyone at Xobni. After seven months of invite-only beta, and over two years of product development, we're proud to announce that Xobni is now publicly available for anyone to download. Xobni can be downloaded for free here.
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Todd Bishop / San Francisco Chronicle:
Apple takes a bite of tech industry cash — The biggest cash pile in the technology industry historically has belonged to Microsoft Corp., but now it has some company, and it's a familiar name: Apple Inc. — Microsoft has reduced its cash balance to $26.3 billion through large stock buybacks, dividends and acquisitions.
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
What's happening at LinkedIn? Is it getting bought? — Something's up at business social network LinkedIn. The Mountain View, Calif. company's board meeting last week went way over the scheduled time, and sources tell us there's some “good” news coming.
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Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
Mobile TV Spreading in Europe and to the U.S. — BERLIN — Every day in Switzerland, 40,000 people watch a 100-second television news broadcast on their cellphones. In Italy, a million people pay as much as 19 euros each ($29) a month to watch up to a dozen mobile TV channels.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
At Amazon, Sun Coming Out From the Cloud — Sun Microsystems is getting ready to talk about its cloud computing efforts, including some kind of a deal with Amazon for its Amazon Web Services, according to CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who delivered a short keynote at Startup Camp in San Francisco.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Cox's Wireless Plans Taking Shape — Cox Communications is one cable company that is wasting no time and embracing wireless. Cox's wireless subsidiary, Cox Wireless spent around $304 million and snatched up 14 Block A and eight Block B licenses, as part of the recently concluded 700 spectrum auctions.
Times of India:
China mounts cyber attacks on Indian sites — NEW DELHI: China's cyber warfare army is marching on, and India is suffering silently. Over the past one and a half years, officials said, China has mounted almost daily attacks on Indian computer networks, both government and private, showing its intent and capability.
Hugo Kugiya / Los Angeles Times:
High tech inspires rural boom — and fear it could go poof — Microsoft, Yahoo and Intuit have built a new kind of farm — huge data centers called server farms — stimulating development. But some think expectations are too high. — QUINCY, WASH. — When the wind blows across the arid river basin …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Hoping For Ungodly Returns: Christian Video Sharing Site GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding — GodTube, one of the fast growing Christian online video sharing and social networking sites, has received a big $30 million funding round from hedge fund GLG Partners, paidContent.org has learned.
