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CNET News Nov 06 08 At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, John Battelle of Federated Media Publishing questions Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang about Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo for $33 dollars a share earlier in 2008. Yang says the companies weren't far from agreeing on terms of a deal. He adds that Microsoft has made it clear that it is no longer interested in buying Yahoo. Full story...
The high court decides not to hear an appeal from Joel Tenenbaum, a man penalized $675,000 for illegally downloading 31 songs online.
Danes and Koreans erect a towering mass of plastic bricks at more than 104 feet tall to beat a world record -- and to mark Lego's founding.
A 78-year-old inventor hatches an accessory concept to keep his phone from slipping out of his hands and takes it from failed Kickstarter project to actual market launch.
The nation's fourth largest carrier is in no hurry to follow Verizon or AT&T by announcing shared date plans.
The small Welsh town of Monmouth is on track to install 1,000 real-world QR code plaques linking back to Wikipedia articles.
Talk and text all you want with Virgin Mobile's PayLo feature phones.
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Even though sandboxing restrictions means more work for developers, users should notice little change to most applications.
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Larry Magid speaks with Jan Ziff, the co-creator and voice of Meet Heckerty, an iOS and Android app based on a popular British children's story.
Drink up, science geeks. Funranium Labs offers high-octane coffee (to be taken in small doses) and beer steins tough enough for liquid nitrogen.