Report: Microsoft board mulls higher Yahoo offer

Post by: Stephen Shankland on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Microsoft's board of directors met Wednesday to evaluate options in its attempt to acquire Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported.

An announcement of the board's conclusions could come after the meeting, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the situation.

Microsoft is evaluating an offer of as much ...

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Schmidt in CNBC interview: We’re concerned about Microhoo

Post by: Jim Kerstetter on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Schmidt is concerned about a possible Microhoo combination.

(Credit: CNBC)

In a broad interview scheduled to run on CNBC at 4 p.m. EST Wednesday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt made it clear he's not pleased with the prospect of a Microsoft-Yahoo combination.

In the interview with CNBC's Maria ...

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Yahoo, Microsoft, and Google shares up

Post by: Dawn Kawamoto on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

As Microsoft prepares to kick the ball further in its Yahoo buyout play, possibly announcing a proxy fight as early as Wednesday afternoon, shares of both companies rose in late morning trading.

Microsoft investors apparently seem heartened by the prospect, with stock in the software giant rising 1.06 percent ...

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Get Premium Concert Tickets with Tickco Premium Seating

Post by: onlinemusicblog.com on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

With Tickco Premium Seating, you can order premium concert tickets from America’s premiere concert ticket broker. Tickco allows you to search for tickets simply by selecting the artist, venue or city.

Tickco has premium concert tickets for hundreds of concert events and concert venues nationwide.

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Photo of the Day

Post by: Kim Davis on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

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PopEater Music Blog: Who: Joel Madden and Nicole RichieWhat: The happy parents shopped at Joel's trendy DCMA store. Where: Hollywood, Calif.When: April 29, 2008 Next Photo... Read more

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Radiohead won’t repeat ‘In Rainbows’ giveaway

Post by: Greg Sandoval on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Radiohead made it official: the band won't be giving away music like it did with the album In Rainbows.

"I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation," the band's lead singer Thom Yorke told The Hollywood Reporter. "It was one of those things where we ...

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Blu-ray player sales down despite end of format war

Post by: Erica Ogg on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Looks like it wasn't the HD DVD/Blu-ray battle that was keeping potential customers away from high-definition video players after all.

The NPD Group released some of its retail sales tracking data Wednesday that showed sales of Blu-ray standalone players (not a PlayStation 3, combo player, or PC with ...

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HP makes memory from a once theoretical circuit

Post by: Michael Kanellos on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

It's the tale of the lost circuit.

Thirty-seven years ago, Leon Chua, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, mathematically theorized that scientific symmetry demands that there should be a fourth fundamental circuit. Engineers were already familiar with resistors (which resist the flow of electricity), capacitors (which ...

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3Com’s new chief to be based in China

Post by: Marguerite Reardon on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized

Network equipment maker 3Com announced Wednesday a new CEO who will be based in China.

Robert Mao, 3Com CEO

(Credit: 3Com)

Robert Mao, 64, will succeed Edgar Masri as chief executive officer. Mao, who is fluent in Mandarin and English, had most recently been 3Com's executive vice president for ...

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Proposed new piracy penalties advance in House

Post by: Anne Broache on April 30th, 2008 | File Under Uncategorized
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A congressional proposal designed to stiffen penalties and enforcement against pirates and counterfeiters moved a step closer to becoming law on Wednesday.

As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a copyright holder-backed enforcement proposal known as the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property, or Pro-IP, Act, ...

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