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June 2008
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The Trailer of 'Despereaux'
From Cinematical | June 28, 2008Filed under: Animation, Universal, Family Films, Trailers and ClipsDisney has Pixar. Fox has Blue Sky. Paramount has, for now, Dreamworks... more
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Yahoo Loses One Of Their Top Deal Guys - One More Exec Gone
From TechCrunch | June 28, 2008As anyone could guess, the Yahoo executive exodus continues. Kent Goldman, Yahoo’s Director of Corporate Development and one of their... more
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A week in which spellcheck failed us [Recap]
From Valleywag | June 28, 2008I have to say, after a week spent putting up with everyone clamoring for our fearless leader Owen Thomas to return from a well-deserved vacation... more
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Carl Icahn says he'll blog-troll Yahoo soon, promise! [Blogging...
From Valleywag | June 27, 2008Carl Icahn has finally gotten his online soapbox working so that he can start talking candidly about his proxy battle with Yahoo board, but... more
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Gates gives Yahoo deal the nay-no [Exits]
From Valleywag | June 27, 2008The Bill Gates media express rolls on as Gates powers down his infernally unusable computer at Redmond today, but he's leaving as a prophet... more
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Stevie Wonder Didn’t Know So Many People Were Licking and...
From NY Mag - Culture Vulture | June 27, 2008Photo: Getty Images "The good thing about satellite radio is that there's a freedom of expression that happens. I'm not going to let my kids... more
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Rachel Barkow: The Feminist Threat
From Huffington Post | June 27, 2008Almost 40 percent of Senator Hillary Clinton's supporters either favor Senator John McCain or are undecided, according to the latest Associated... more
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Yahoo Rejiggers Org Chart to Re-Energize Ranks
From E-Commerce Times | June 27, 2008Yahoo is setting up a new chain of command amid the turmoil triggered by the embattled Internet icon's snub of Microsoft's $47.5 billion takeover... more
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Yahoo to lease servers, computer power to startups too [Yahoo]
From Valleywag | June 27, 2008As a part of its deckchair reshuffling, Yahoo created a new Cloud Computing & Data Infrastructure Group, led by newish CTO Ari Balogh. For... more
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Legg manager unsure if will support Icahn vs Yahoo
From Reuters: Business News | June 27, 2008CHICAGO (Reuters) - A portfolio manager at Legg Mason Capital Management, Yahoo Inc's third largest shareholder, said on Friday he is not... more
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Bill Gates says does not think Yahoo deal likely: report
From Reuters: Business News | June 27, 2008NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Microsoft's Bill Gates told journalist Tom Brokaw he does not think a deal with Yahoo Inc was likely, CNBC reported... more
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Yahoo reorganizes businesses under Decker
From Reuters: Business News | June 27, 2008SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc unveiled on Thursday the third phase of an extended reorganization, bolstering the operational... more
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Microsoft buys Powerset search for 90 percent off Yahoo search list...
From Valleywag | June 26, 2008Powerset never quite managed to launch with their natural language parsing search product. But they did give everyone a glimpse with a preview... more
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How do the Microsoft and Yahoo boards compare? [Stocks]
From Valleywag | June 26, 2008Taking the performance of other companies that Microsoft and Yahoo's outside board members direct, Portfolio's Russ Mitchell has calculated... more
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Spoiler Alert: Eric Schmidt Named As Final Cylon [Caption Contest]
From Valleywag | June 26, 2008And I thought I was joking about Robot Steve Jobs — Google is already developing the Cylon army that eventually attempts to destroy humanity... more
