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Saturday, May 3, 2008
  1. In this Jan. 7, 2008 file photo of Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang gestures in the Yahoo booth after he gave his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Yahoo shares fell 17 percent in early trading Monday as hopes for the once-dominant search engine dimmed following Microsoft's withdrawal of a $47.5 billion takeover bid. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
    AP sources give inside look at Microsoft's raised Yahoo bid AP - Wed May 7, 6:04 PM ET Sent 235 times

    SAN FRANCISCO - Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.?

  2. 100 E-mail Bouncebacks? You've Been Backscattered. PC World - Fri May 2, 7:10 PM ET Sent 93 times

    The bounceback e-mail messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject lines are disquieting: "Cyails...

  3. Cosmetics are seen at the backstage of a New York Fashion Week show September 7, 2007. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
    Free software takes on Microsoft Office Reuters - Thu May 8, 3:50 PM ET Sent 71 times

    BOSTON (Reuters) - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with programs like Symphony -- a free suite that he downloaded from an International Business Machines Corp website (http://symphony.lotus.com).

  4. Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research AP - Sat May 3, 7:26 AM ET Sent 51 times

    AMHERST, Mass. - One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns.

  5. A woman demonstrates Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' during a media event east of Tokyo, October 10, 2007. Forget the flowers and candy -- Nintendo's highly anticipated 'Wii Fit' video game will debut in the U.S. later this month, and Wal-Mart's online division is trying to persuade shoppers to order the game as 'a perfect gift' for Mother's Day. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
    Walmart.com using Wii Fit to boost Mom's Day sales Reuters - Fri May 2, 12:03 AM ET Sent 49 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the flowers and candy -- Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) highly anticipated "Wii Fit" video game will debut in the U.S. later this month, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc's online division is trying to persuade shoppers to order the game as "a perfect gift" for Mother's Day.

  6. Scientists develop new type of memory circuit Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 6:19 PM ET Sent 11 times

    CHICAGO (Reuters) - It took about 40 years to find it, but scientists at Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday they discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up.

  7. ooVoo video chat connects up to six users Macworld.com - Fri May 2, 8:30 AM ET Sent 11 times

    ooVoo on Thursday announced the launch of a Mac version of its video chat service. The software is available for free and can be downloaded from the ooVoo Web site.

  8. Singer Randy Newman performs 'I Love L.A.' prior to start of the regular season opening game between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs October 29, 2002 in Los Angeles. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)
    Randy Newman returns with "Harps" Reuters - Fri May 2, 1:02 PM ET Sent 9 times

    NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer-songwriter Randy Newman is set to release his first album of new material in nine years, "Harps and Angels."

  9. SAP, RIM Bring CRM Application to BlackBerry PC World - Fri May 2, 12:30 PM ET Sent 9 times

    SAP and Research in Motion have teamed up to bring SAP's back-end business applications, beginning with CRM, to BlackBerry...

  10. iPhone-Blackberry Battle Will Be Fought Over Keyboards TechWeb - Fri May 2, 5:40 PM ET Sent 9 times

    Independent tests have found iPhone users make way more errors than users of handsets with tactile QWERTY keyboards.

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