AP - Yahoo Inc.’s board will reject Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.
Archive for February 9th, 2008
NewsFactor - According to an article in this month’s Science Journal, researchers at Simon Frasier University in British Columbia have developed a new technology to generate electricity from the natural motion of walking. Assistant professor of kinesiology Max Donelan and other team members say their biomechanical energy harvester promises to revolutionize the way people charge the batteries that power all sorts of mobile devices, like laptops, cell phones, and emergency rescue gear.
PC World - It’s hard not to let out a low whistle when you scan this post at Jeremiah Owyang’s blog.
AP - Yahoo Inc.’s board will reject Microsoft Corp.’s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.
Reuters - Hitmaking hip-hop producer Timbaland
(”Shock Value”) has announced a deal with Verizon Wireless to
make the first “mobile album,” which will be exclusively
available to subscribers of V Cast, Verizon’s mobile
entertainment service.
AP - Documents dating from the Civil War and others to and from Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt are among hundreds of stolen documents sold online that eBay is agreeing to buy back and return to New York’s archives, a state official said Saturday.
PC World - Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping system.
AP - Some call it “Wiihabilitation.” Nintendo’s Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.
PC World - It’s hard not to let out a low whistle when you scan this post at Jeremiah Owyang’s blog.
PC World - It’s hard not to let out a low whistle when you scan this post at Jeremiah Owyang’s blog.
