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Microsoft and Yahoo! restart talks

Paul

Yes — they’re at it again. Please for the love of all that is sacred, let somebody buy something… quick. From the horse’s mouth;

“In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business. Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo! an alternative that would involve a transaction with Yahoo! but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo!”

[Via Engadget]

I thought we were done with this? Ok so now we start talks again!!

Fedora 9 Puts Your Desktop on a USB Drive

Paul

This week’s release of the Fedora 9 Linux distribution makes putting a full-fledged desktop on a portable USB thumb drive a three-click affair. Even better, you don’t need Linux installed to create it, you can leave the data on your thumb drive untouched, and any files you create or settings you tweak remain in place the next time you boot up. After the jump, let’s create a fully-functional desktop-to-go using a simple Windows program and a 1GB or larger thumb drive.

[Via Lifehacker]

I’ve got to try this, Has anyone else tried this and does it work for you?

Trying New Things!!

Paul

Ok So I’ve decided to try some new things out. I’m in the process of getting new impressions from people around the world. Some things I am doing are:

ShalomAutoHits
AutoHits.DK

and I am also using another Hit Counter:

Yourhitstats

I would like to get more people on to this website and would like to know how is the best way to do this? I want to hear people’s comments!! Let me know what you think and what You know!!

CBS buys tech news website CNET

Paul

CBS buys tech news website CNET.jpg

Television company CBS has agreed to buy technology news and entertainment website CNET for about $1.75bn (£900m).

CBS said that the purchase of CNET, which owns sites such as ZDNet and Gamespot, would help to boost its online presence.

CBS has offered $11.50 a share in cash, which is 45% more than CNET’s closing price on Wednesday.

The companies said the combined group would have “significant additional exposure” to online advertising.

The deal will make CBS “one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States”, with 54 million US users and 200 million worldwide, CBS said in a statement.

The deal is subject to approval by regulators and CNET shareholders.

Other CNET sites include News.com, TV.com, Mp3.com and MySimon.

CBS will combine them with its own websites such as CBSSports.com and CBSNews.com.

[Via Techinfo’s]

Well that is a surprise! Is anyone a little happy a big name bought CNET? I am wondering if they will start putting Cnet on the TV or are they going to do something different. I hope it comes out to be a much needed improvement.