Saturday, May 3, 2008

Daily News Digest: Technology News

Microsoft ups Yahoo offer above ${dlvDollarSign}31 per share
Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car
Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research
Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection
Computers go on sale to general public in Cuba for 1st time
AOL, Yahoo, RealNetworks Suffer Setback In Music Licensing Fees
Dell Hurries to Fix Faulty Laptop Keyboards
Court supports FCC deadline for Sprint to vacate channels
SpringSource Offers App Deployment Platform
Microsoft and Yahoo in takeover talks: source
Anti-Social Bad Guys Gravitating To Social Networking Sites
MTV owner Viacom reports 33 pct 1Q profit rise
--> Microsoft ups Yahoo offer above ${dlvDollarSign}31 per share
Fri, 02 May 2008 09:21 pm PDT
AP - Microsoft Corp. finally dangled a higher takeover bid in front of Yahoo Inc.
Friday,hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling. Full Story Top
Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:18 pm PDT
AP - It's safe to say Jeremy Snyder gets a charge out of the two-seat Tesla Roadster
wheneverhe pulls one off the lot — and not because it's equipped with an all-electricengine. Full
Story Top
Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research
Fri, 02 May 2008 10:20 am PDT
AP - One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scroungedfor
food nearby. Full Story Top
Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection
Fri, 02 May 2008 05:42 pm PDT
AP - Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companiesto
collect sales tax from shoppers in New York. Full Story Top
Computers go on sale to general public in Cuba for 1st time
Fri, 02 May 2008 08:33 am PDT
AP - Cubans are getting wired. Computers went on sale to the general public on the
communistisland on Friday and potential consumers were lining up outside store windows togawk and
consider buying. Full Story Top
AOL, Yahoo, RealNetworks Suffer Setback In Music Licensing Fees
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:22 pm PDT
TechWeb - ASCAP estimates that the court's formula would lead to a total payment of
${dlvDollarSign}100million from the three companies. Full Story Top
Dell Hurries to Fix Faulty Laptop Keyboards
Fri, 02 May 2008 04:30 pm PDT
PC World - Dell on Friday said it has stopped shipment of two Vostro laptop models in
Europeafter discovering a faulty keyboard design... Full Story Top
Court supports FCC deadline for Sprint to vacate channels
Fri, 02 May 2008 01:39 pm PDT
AP - A federal appeals court on Friday said regulators were reasonable in sticking toa June
deadline that requires Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate some wireless channelsthat will be used by
public safety agencies. Full Story Top
SpringSource Offers App Deployment Platform
Fri, 02 May 2008 06:00 am PDT
TechWeb - SpringSource Application Platform 1.0 is an open source, lightweight version of
anapplication server and will compete with products from Oracle, IBM, and Red Hat. Full Story
Top
Microsoft and Yahoo in takeover talks: source
Fri, 02 May 2008 06:29 pm PDT
AFP - Microsoft and Yahoo began takeover talks Friday with the US software giant open
toraising its 44.6-billion-dollar bid for the struggling Internet pioneer, a sourceclose to the
situation told AFP. Full Story Top
Anti-Social Bad Guys Gravitating To Social Networking Sites
Fri, 02 May 2008 03:01 pm PDT
Investor's Business Daily - As people flock to MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others,
attackers are tappingsocial networking sites as a fruitful source of victims. Full Story Top

MTV owner Viacom reports 33 pct 1Q profit rise
Fri, 02 May 2008 02:09 pm PDT
AP - Strong sales of the video game "Rock Band" helped lift first-quarter earnings
33percent at the entertainment company Viacom Inc., a major cable network operatorwhich owns MTV
and Nickelodeon. Full Story Top


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