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May 3, 2008 – Microsoft Withdraws Offer for Yahoo
Reuters
Microsoft Corp withdrew its offer for Yahoo on Saturday as negotiations fell through on price, even after the software giant raised its bid by about $5 billion to $47.5 billion.
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April 29, 2008 -- Dems Pick Microsoft for Convention
eWeek
Democrats may not know who their presidential candidate will be yet, but they at least have settled on Microsoft as the official software and HD Web content provider for the Democratic National Convention Aug. 25-28 in Denver.
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April 23, 2008 -- Justice Examining Google-Yahoo! 'Test'
TheStreet.com
The Justice Department is reportedly looking into antitrust implications of Yahoo!’s decision to outsource some of its online ads in the U.S. to Google.
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April 11, 2008 -- Patent Reform Hits Wall in Senate
BusinessWeek
A bill to reform U.S. patent law, which split the business community and sparked a fierce lobbying battle, hit a roadblock late Thursday in the Senate and may not move forward this year.
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April 1, 2008 -- After Yearlong Battle, Microsoft Open Document Format Wins
International Herald Tribune
Microsoft won an international standards designation for its open document format, according to a copy of voting results obtained Tuesday, ending a divisive year-long battle with some of its software rivals before a global standards-setting organization.
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March 26, 2008 -- Congress is Holding H-1B Boost ‘Hostage,’ Says Oracle Lobbyist
CNET News.com
The politically explosive debate over millions of undocumented U.S. workers appears to be smothering high-tech companies’ attempts to obtain higher allotments of H-1B temporary visas and green cards, Oracle’s head lobbyist suggested Wednesday.
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April 30, 2008 – HP Reveals Memristor, the Fourth Passive Circuit Element
InformationWeek
The long-sought after memristor -- the “missing link” in electronic circuit theory -- has been invented by Hewlett Packard Senior Fellow R. Stanley Williams at HP Labs in Palo Alto, Calif.
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April 23, 2008 – Microsoft Blends Windows and Web in Live Mesh
Red Herring
Microsoft on Wednesday said it began testing Live Mesh, a service that blends desktop computing with the increasingly popular web-based social computing trend.
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April 16, 2008 – “The Sims” Franchise Hits 100 Million Units Sold
CNET News.com
If you lined up the boxes of the 100 million units of The Sims products that have sold since Electronic Arts’ monster-hit franchise first launched in 2000, they would stretch from New York to Moscow.
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April 2, 2008 -- Second Life Experienced by Congress Members
eNews 2.0
On Tuesday a congressional hearing on the ever-growing popularity of Second Life and similar virtual worlds took place. It seemed to be a very popular event, as the hearing was attended by academics, business leaders, reporters and tech whizzes. Second Life founder, Philip Rosedale, was present as well. Among the TV monitors supporting the meeting, there was one showing the Second Life version streaming in real time.
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