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12:05 AM ET, June 13, 2008

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Yahoo!:
Yahoo! to Strengthen Competitive Position in Online Advertising Through Non-Exclusive Agreement With Google  —  Agreement Advances Yahoo!'s Open Strategy; Enhances Ability to  —  Compete in Converging Search and Display Marketplace  —  Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company …
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Yahoo!:
Yahoo! Announces Microsoft Talks Have Concluded  —  Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that discussions with Microsoft regarding a potential transaction — whether for an acquisition of all of Yahoo! or a partial acquisition — have concluded.
The Official Google Blog:
Our agreement to provide ad technology to Yahoo!  —  Today, we announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Issues Statement Regarding Yahoo!  —  Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement today regarding Yahoo!  —  REDMOND, Wash. — June 12, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement:  —  “In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo! …
Google:
Google Announces Non-Exclusive Advertising Services Agreement with Yahoo! in U.S. and Canada  —  Companies will also Enable Interoperability Between Their Instant Messaging Services  —  Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced that it has reached an agreement that gives Yahoo! …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google/Yahoo Search Partnership Announcement At 1:30 This Afternoon (Updated)  —  Yahoo and Google will make a joint announcement at 1:30 California time this afternoon, we've heard from a reliable source close to one of the companies.  What is the announcement?
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge
Discussion: Tech Confidential and Neowin.net
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:   Yahoogle?: Microsoft Will “Let Loose the Dogs of War”
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Runs Into Google's Arms
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Yahoo inks search-ad pact with Google
Discussion: Coop's Corner
Bloomberg:
Yahoo Strikes Deal With Google as Microsoft Talks End
Discussion: Techdirt
Miguel Helft / Bits:
More Top Yahoos Heading for the Exits  —  A pair of senior Yahoo executives is leaving the beleaguered Internet company, continuing a steady exodus of executives that began more than two years ago.  —  The latest to leave are Jeff Weiner, executive vice president of the network division …
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Orli Yakuel / GO2WEB20 Blog:
Testing Google Friend Connect, 1, 2, 3!  —  Finally, with a little help from Google, I managed to add Google's Friend Connect to my blog.  —  Basically, Friend Connect is an admin page with several social gadgets that you can customize and embed in your site or blog.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
First Google Friend Connect Spotted in the Wild
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
What to do about wireless termination fees  —  Early termination fees for wireless cell phone contracts came under fire during a Federal Communications Commission hearing Thursday as commissioners examined an industry-backed proposal that could soften the blow of these fees for some consumers.
Discussion: Tech Beat
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Jim Puzzanghera / L.A. Times Tech Blog:   Regulators consider terminating the frustration with early-termination fees
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple considering iPhone sales through universities  —  Apple is mulling a plan that would see the company extend sales of its upcoming iPhone 3G through top universities, and is separately considering a new protection service plan for college students, AppleInsider has learned.
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Qik Demos iPhone Video Streaming Service  —  Not to be outdone by Flixwagon, who announced their own iPhone video streaming service this morning, Qik sent us a video demonstration of their own upcoming product for doing exactly the same thing.  —  The feature isn't available yet …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Study: consumers lust after high-speed broadband, not HDTV  —  Broadband services and speeds are ranked higher than any other “new” service when it comes to their importance to consumers.  New survey results from Pike & Fischer Broadband Advisory Services show that while HDTV and digital phone service …
Discussion: Lockergnome
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Clearwire promises a fully-open, “third pipe” WiMAX network  —  Some spectrum watchers were disappointed by the results of the recent 700MHz auction.  They had grand dreams of Google swooping in, dropping millions of dollars, and picking up a nationwide license that it would use …
Kylewar / Tales from the Microsoft Surface team:
Viva Las Virtual Vegas!!!  —  Hello from Vegas!  The Surface and Harrah's teams have been burning the midnight oil for the past few days getting everything set for our next public deployment.  —  Today, Harrah's will become our second partner to deploy Surface.
Discussion: The Inquisitr, Channel 10 and PSFK
 
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PC World:
ATI Radeon HD 3870 Graphics Card for Mac and PC Debuts
Discussion: AppleInsider
Comcast:
Comcast Increases Upstream Speeds For Its High-Speed Internet …
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Phil Schiller's iPhone 3G Has Front Camera or Greasy Fingerprint
Discussion: TG Daily
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Microsoft shakes up management in Xbox unit
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Microsoft Statement: We Weren't Interested In Rebidding
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
New Yahoo Logo Spotted in the Wild
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I'm Done With Private Beta
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