Reuters - Microsoft Corp and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's joint proposal for Yahoo Inc , which was rejected on Saturday, included $2.3 billion in guaranteed annual revenue from search advertising for five years, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Read more…
PC World - Should you go to an Apple Store or AT&T outlet? Can you pay cash? We answer those and other iPhone questions. Read more…
Reuters - Microsoft Corp and billionaire investor Carl Icahn's joint proposal for Yahoo Inc includes $2.3 billion in guaranteed annual revenue from search advertising for five years, with the option to extend the deal for another five, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Read more…
AP - For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into a long-term contract. Read more…
PC World - Activation was the easy part; I'm disappointed with AT&T's 3G coverage and the iPhone's GPS features. Read more…
AP - Microsoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive. Read more…
CNET - Microsoft on Sunday cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model game console with a 20 GB hard drive to $299 from $349. Read more…
AFP - Blockbuster sequels, slick technology and duels between the big three console makers are expected in Los Angeles next week as videogame industry players reveal their newest creations. Read more…
Yahoo rejects a joint offer from Microsoft and the investor Carl Icahn, describing it as "ludicrous" Read more…
Reuters - Microsoft Corp cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349. Read more…
AP - Yahoo Inc. has rejected Microsoft's latest attempt to buy its online search operations in a "take or leave it" proposal that Yahoo said would have dismantled its Internet franchise. Read more…
AFP - Yahoo said Saturday it has rejected a "ludicrous" deal with Microsoft orchestrated by corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is bent on overthrowing the struggling Internet search pioneer's board. Read more…
Reuters - Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins in southern France, People magazine reported on its Web site on Sunday. Read more…
Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Saturday it has rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft Corp and activist investor Carl Icahn that would have involved Yahoo selling its search business to Microsoft. Read more…
Reuters - There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful? Read more…
The Oyster system used on London's transport network is hit by a fault, rendering the cards inoperable on Saturday morning. Read more…
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Macworld.com - iPhone fans camped out for as long as 3 days with tents, chairs, and pillows. Joe Brown opted for a portable hammock. Read more…
Reuters - With the "John Madden Football" videogame franchise nearing its 20th anniversary, publisher Electronic Arts is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the occasion. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Stephen Elop, the new president of Microsoft's business division, describes the challenges he faces in an interview with InformationWeek. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Washington Nationals will enable baseball fans with mobile phones to donate money to fight pediatric diabetes via text messaging. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Analysts credit the iPhone's required data plan for driving European iPhone users to the mobile Web and say the faster 3G network should push usage even higher. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Apptix launched a hosted Exchange service that can deliver push syncing of e-mail, calendar, and contacts to the iPhone and other ActiveSync-ready smartphones. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - In addition to the license change, Samba 3.2 brings support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, better conservation of memory, and a registry-based configuration system. Read more…
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Samsung wins one round before the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the main event -- a showdown between Qualcomm and Nokia -- is scheduled to get under way later this month. Read more…
