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Sunday, May 4, 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 43 times

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

  2. A new Smart Meter is seen at the home of Darrell Brubaker in Elizabethtown, Pa., Thursday, March 20, 2008. Brubaker saved money almost every month, up to about 6 percent off his regular electric bill, after volunteering for a PPL Corp. pilot program made possible by a 'smart' meter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
    'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use AP - Sun May 4, 2:27 PM ET Sent 9 times

    ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill.

  3. Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)
    Shareholders file new legal claims in Yahoo case Reuters - Fri May 16, 1:22 PM ET Sent 4 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors suing Yahoo Inc over its rebuff of Microsoft Corp's $47.5 billion buyout bid have filed a new case that adds company co-founder David Filo as a defendant, but they say much of their complaint is being kept under seal at Yahoo's demand.

  4. A worker checks a shipment of outgoing boxes at the Amazon.com warehouse facility in New Castle, Delaware, November 24, 2006. (Tim Shaffer/Reuters)
    Amazon suing NY state over sales tax law Reuters - Mon May 5, 8:36 AM ET Sent 2 times

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has sued the state of New York, challenging a new statute requiring Internet retailers based elsewhere to collect New York sales taxes.

  5. Dell Hurries to Fix Faulty Laptop Keyboards PC World - Fri May 2, 7:30 PM ET Sent 2 times

    Dell on Friday said it has stopped shipment of two Vostro laptop models in Europe after discovering a faulty keyboard design...

  6. External Hard Drives Buyer's Guide TechWeb - Sat May 3, 7:00 AM ET Sent 2 times

    We assess 25 of the hottest external hard disk drives from Cavalry, Iomega, LaCie, Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, and more.

  7. Microsoft Abandons Yahoo Acquisition PC World - Sun May 4, 12:45 AM ET Sent 2 times

    UPDATE: Microsoft announced Saturday it has dropped its bid for Yahoo, blaming the search firm's financial demands.

  8. Google's Shadow Hung Over Microsoft-Yahoo Deal PC World - Sun May 4, 1:40 AM ET Sent 2 times

    In the end, Google played a significant part in the undoing of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, the latest example of Google's...

  9. In this Oct. 18, 2007 file photo of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gestures as he talks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc. The decision to walk away from the deal came after last-ditch efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price proved unsuccessful. The talks reached a breaking point after Jerry Yang and David Filo, the co-founders of Sunnyvale-based Yahoo, flew to Seattle in the morning to meet personally with Ballmer. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
    Competitive zeal of Ballmer key element in Yahoo chase AP - Sun May 4, 2:33 PM ET Sent 2 times

    REDMOND, Wash. - As Yahoo continued to resist Microsoft's $42 billion takeover offer, a key question was just how far Microsoft's excitable CEO, Steve Ballmer, was willing to go in hopes of defeating online advertising and search leader Google.

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

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

  11. Scientists develop new type of memory circuit Reuters - Wed Apr 30, 6:19 PM ET Sent 2 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.

  12. Microsoft Helps Law Enforcement Get Around Encryption PC World - Tue Apr 29, 9:40 PM ET Sent 1 times

    The growing use of encryption software-- like Microsoft's own BitLocker-- by cyber criminals has led Microsoft to develop a...

  13. Microsoft Uses Open Source Project To Extend Management To Linux TechWeb - Sat May 3, 12:01 AM ET Sent 1 times

    Bid to increase its enterprise systems management coverage hinges on OpenPegasus.

  14. Amazon Sues New York State Over Online Sales Tax Law TechWeb - Fri May 2, 2:02 PM ET Sent 1 times

    The company argues that it should not be subject to New York taxes because it lacks a physical presence in the state.

  15. Microsoft Mislabels Skype as Adware PC World - Wed Apr 23, 2:40 PM ET Sent 1 times

    Skype users who have been getting strange error messages from Microsoft's security products over the past week can breathe...

  16. Acrylic Ships Newspaper-Like Reader For Macintosh TechWeb - Fri May 2, 10:08 PM ET Sent 1 times

    Unlike other newsreaders, the Times shows an entire story on its own, and doesn't launch the article in a separate Web browser.

  17. SpringSource Offers App Deployment Platform TechWeb - Fri May 2, 9:00 AM ET Sent 1 times

    SpringSource Application Platform 1.0 is an open source, lightweight version of an application server and will compete with products from Oracle, IBM, and Red Hat.

  18. 'Grand Theft Auto IV' video game boxes are displayed on a rack inside a GameStop store in New York prior to the midnight release of the video game April 28, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    "Grand Theft Auto" simplifies song purchasing Reuters - Sun May 4, 11:23 PM ET Sent 1 times

    DENVER (Billboard) - The emerging effort to use videogames as a channel for selling music is entering its next phase with the recent release of "Grand Theft Auto IV."

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