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12:30 PM ET, May 5, 2008

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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 (YHOO) execs over the weekend after the Microsoft (MSFT) takeover deal cratered, most of whom are vice presidents or above, I have to say that your stock drop …
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 …
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Yahoo Stock Plunges After Microsoft Backs Off  —  After Microsoft withdrew its $33-a-share offer for Yahoo on Saturday, the question was how far Yahoo's stock would drop.  On Monday morning, the markets gave an initial answer: plenty.  —  Shortly after 10 a.m., Yahoo's shares were off nearly 20 percent …
Discussion: Bits and Valleywag
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Yahoo shares fall nearly 20 percent on open
Discussion: dailywireless.org
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
After Deal Dies, Yahoo Weighs Its Next Move
Discussion: CNET News.com and BoomTown
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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Cyndy Aleo-Carreira / Profy.Com:   Can a Company Recover from a Lack of Business Model?
Hank Williams / Why does everything suck?:
Killing Twitter Before It Can hurt Us
Discussion: The Social Web and Marc's Voice
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 …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Amazon Now Serving OpenSolaris on EC2  —  During our on-stage chat at Startup Camp, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz hinted at some big news involving Amazon and its web services.  Today, the company officially announced:  — Sun's OpenSolaris OS will be available …
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Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Sun's ‘Project Copy Linux’ goes commercial
Discussion: Between the Lines and Compiler
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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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Xobni launches email organizer for Outlook
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.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
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.
Discussion: WebProNews and Socialized Software
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.
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.
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.
Yuvi / The StatBot:
One third of Techmeme's headlines come from the Long Tail: The Statbot  —  (Note: This is a part of a series of articles on the Techmeme leaderboard.  Stay tuned for more)  —  The Techmeme Leaderboard, though less than a year old, is already THE authority on, well, authority on the blogosphere …
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Nine Inch Nails Give Yet Another Album For Free  —  Wow, so this was the “special surprise” they were talking about when they released their new single, Echoplex, for free via iLike: as a reward for their fans' loyalty, Nine Inch Nails are giving away yet another album, called Slip, absolutely free.
 
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Fred / A VC:
Where Will YHOO Close Today?
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay
Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
AP launches news service geared for iPhone
Discussion: TechCrunch and CrunchGear
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Google Accuses Verizon of Planning to Dodge 700 MHz Open Access Rules
Discussion: DSLreports
Robert Levine / New York Times:
An Alternative Approach to Marketing Rock Bands
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Cox's Wireless Plans Taking Shape
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Mosso Launches CloudFS — Amazon S3 Competitor
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Dan Nystedt / IDG News Service:
Battery Shortage Should Evaporate by Q3
Hugo Kugiya / Los Angeles Times:
High tech inspires rural boom — and fear it could go poof
Jason Brown / theWHIR.com Blogs:
The way of the DB Dodo
Discussion: OSDir.com
David Carr / New York Times:
Steve Jobs Stakes Out the TV Den
Discussion: CrunchGear
Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
Facebook Apps: Why they're focused on fun instead of utility
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Publisher Tested the Waters Online, Then Dove In
 

 
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