 AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
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 AP - T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.
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 AP - Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy.
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 AP - Amazon.com Inc. shares leaped 13 percent Thursday after the Internet retailer showed that it doesn't seem to be bothered by the sputtering U.S. economy.
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CNET - REDMOND, Wash.--Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said that Yahoo was a "declining asset" and said the chances of a full-on acquisition were now "negligible."
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PC World - The latest beta of Yahoo's hybrid e-mail client enables offline access to Web-based and traditional messaging systems.
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PC World - The Consumer Electronics Association and several U.S. officials speak up for free trade at a rally.
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AP - Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued fourth-quarter and full-year earnings guidance Thursday that fell short of Wall Street targets, but the stock soared on a broad-ranging legal settlement.
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PC World - One year after announcing its homegrown mobile Linux project, Intel prepares to hand Moblin over to the open source community.
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PC Magazine - While "DMCA" may not be a valid word in "Scrabble," it may be the "Scrabulous" software that loses a turn -- or all of them.
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PC World - Microsoft continues a shopping spree to bolster SQL Server by purchasing data-warehouse appliance vendor DATAllegro.
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 AP - "Wallace & Gromit" are going on a new adventure.
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