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11:40 AM ET, February 11, 2008

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Business Wire:
Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft's Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!  —  Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today said the Yahoo! Board of Directors has carefully reviewed Microsoft's unsolicited proposal with Yahoo!'s management team and financial …
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Times of London:
Yahoo! set to revive merger talks with AOL after rejecting hostile takeover  —  Yahoo! is seeking to restart merger talks with AOL as a means of defending itself against the $45 billion (£23 billion) hostile bid approach from Microsoft, The Times has learnt.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:   Yahoo rejects Microsoft's bid
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Confirms Rejection Letter to Microsoft
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
T-Mobile Loses Starbucks; AT&T Becomes Wi-Fi Hotspot Giant  —  Big news, and I had not an inkling of it, lest you think your loyal correspondent always has the inside track: Starbucks is shredding its deal in place since 2001, originally with MobileStar then T-Mobile, to switch to AT&T as their Wi-Fi provider.
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Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Boingo: $8 Wi-Fi for the iPhone  —  Boingo today announced a $7.95-per-month Wi-Fi plan that lets Sony Ericsson users access more than 100,000 for-pay hotspots worldwide.  An iPhone version is coming soon.  —  BARCELONA - If $20 or $40 a month for a smart phone data plan feels like too much, how about $8?
Caroline McCarthy / Crave:
Starbucks ditches T-Mobile for AT&T  —  Ubiquitous caffeine conglomerate Starbucks has ended its Wi-Fi partnership with T-Mobile in favor of one with AT&T.  —  Under the existing plan with T-Mobile, Starbucks customers needed a paid subscription to access the in-store Wi-Fi …
Discussion: RyanSpoon.com and Mobilitee
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Nokia Launches Mobile Ad Network
Discussion: Engadget, BBC NEWS and Mashable!
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Android Hands-On Video: It's Fast, It's Still Not There  —  We have been playing with the Android prototypes scattered through the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona.  ARM had theirs running on one of their lower-end processors.  No fancy graphics demos, no iPhone-style multimedia fizzbang …
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Agence France Presse:
Google's Android software debuts in Barcelona  —  BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - The first mobile phone fitted with Google's Android software platform has made its debut in Barcelona at one of the world's biggest telecom trade shows, Google said Monday.  —  Google is hoping Android will become …
Sean Cooper / Engadget:
Google attacks: Android at Mobile World Congress
Discussion: Cost Per News
Microsoft:
Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Danger Inc., Strengthens Mobile Consumer Vision  —  Acquisition of popular software and mobile services company will enhance Microsoft's ability to broadly deliver compelling mobile experiences.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced it has entered into an agreement …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Microsoft To Acquire Sidekick Backer Danger Inc.; Bolsters Mobile Business
The Boy Genius Report:
Microsoft aquiring Danger Inc. WTF?
Discussion: BBC NEWS
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon  —  In what can only be classified as yet another crushing blow to the embattled HD DVD camp, rent-by-mail giant Netflix has just announced its intention to only stock Blu-ray titles in the future.  Netflix justified its decision …
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David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Netflix Chooses Blu-ray Over HD DVD
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
MySpace Clips Facebook In January, But Both Slowing  —  Good news for MySpace: January comScore numbers show some audience metrics ticking up — and in many cases, outpacing rival Facebook.  The bad news for both social networks: Those same numbers still indicate that American users, at least, may be reaching social network fatigue.
Discussion: WebProNews and The Social Times
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Joshua Porter / Bokardo:
Why Social Ads Don't Work
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
The Nokia N96 redefines “high-end”  —  Rumored for a few weeks now as the N95's successor in waiting, the mighty N96 dual slider has gone all official on us at Mobile World Congress today.  Though the phone it replaces is still a beast by any measure, the N96 pushes the envelope further …
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Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
The Nokia N96 Super Cellphone is Official: Gallery and Specs Here
Discussion: Engadget and DVICE
Nokia:
Nokia launches premier mobile advertising network  —  Nokia Media Network, comprised of top operators and publishers including AccuWeather, Discovery, Hearst, Reuters, and Sprint is resulting in industry-leading response rates for advertisers  —  Mobile World Congress 2008, Barcelona …
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Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com:
Nokia launches Ovi digital media, folds in Twango
Bluetooth.com:
BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY TO HARNESS THE SPEED OF 802.11  —  Bluetooth SIG Expands its Plans to Meet the Need for Speed  —  BARCELONA, SPAIN, Mobile World Congress - 11 Feb. 2008 -Wireless transfer of large format entertainment data - music, video, and photos - between devices at short range is imminent.
Discussion: DailyTech and TECH.BLORGE.com
Anthony Park / 100% Geek Content:
New Vista Media Center Plugin - MyNetflix (beta)  —  I've kept this pretty quiet, but I've been working on a new Media Center plugin for a little while now.  It is now ready for beta testing, and I've decided to run a public beta for this one.  —  MyNetflix features … Public Beta Program
New York Times:
The Auction of Getty Images Appears to Be Stalled  —  The auction of Getty Images, the distributor of pictures and video, appears to be in jeopardy, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.  —  Though several bidders, mostly private equity firms like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts …
 
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Added to Citi's “Top Picks Live” …
James Ashton / Times of London:
Mobile music coup by Omnifone
Discussion: mocoNews.net
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog:
NOTHING GAINED IN WRITERS' STRIKE
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
WWMD: What Will Microsoft Do?
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft axes paid versions of Office Live Small Business
Discussion: eWeek, Microsoft and LiveSide
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Krigsman / IT Project Failures:
Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
CNN:
Microsoft likely to raise bid for Yahoo if board reject initial offer - analysts
Discussion: WebProNews and Micronet's blog
Wall Street Journal:
Motorola, Nortel in Talks
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
UPDATED: Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0
Discussion: Engadget, WinBeta and Digg
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Dave Morgan, AOL's EVP-Global Advertising Strategy, Leaving For Startup World Again