Wired: Top Stories (7 unread)
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Microsoft Walks! Says Yahoo Demands Don't Make Sense
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 9:58pm EDT by Epicenter
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo after offering $33 a share -- $4 less than Yahoo was seeking. The announcement came at the end of a long, tense week of deliberations and three months after Microsoft first submitted an unsolicited offer for the web company.
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Microsoft Withdraws Bid for Yahoo!
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 9:18pm EDT
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Microsoft withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Saturday after last-ditch efforts to come to terms on a price proved unsuccessful. Microsoft was willing to pay $33 a share, but Yahoo wanted $37. "Clearly a deal is not to be," Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wrote in a letter to Yahoo.
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PCs Go on Sale in Cuba for the First Time
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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Another restriction on daily life falls away under new President Raul Castro: Cuba's government allows desktop computers to go on sale to the public for the first time.
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Amazon Sues New York Over Net Sales Tax
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 2:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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Amazon is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York. Officials estimate the state would gain about $50 million by requiring Internet giants such as Amazon to collect state sales tax.
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Record Arctic Sea Ice Melt Predicted for Summer
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Associated Press
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The Arctic will remain on thinning ice, and climate warming is expected to begin affecting the Antarctic also, scientists announce Friday. This summer will likely match last year's record low sea ice in the North.
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Microsoft Increases Yahoo Offer to Over $31 a Share
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 1:30pm EDT by Associated Press
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Microsoft dangles a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling.
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Review: 'Mario Kart Wii' Skids Way Off the Road
Posted: May 3rd, 2008, 12:00am EDT by Game|Life
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A great game franchise gets dumbed down for the world's most fun console, and is basically ruined in the process. It's a rare miss for Nintendo.