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Yahoo shares fell sharply on Monday, the first day of trading after news that Microsoft had pulled its $44 billion offer for the company. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer refused Yahoo's demand for a better deal.
Robert Hof of BusinessWeek gives a sense of Yahoo's corporate health.
A new technology aims to make computer power, like electricity, a pay-as-you-go enterprise.
May 5, 2008 · Microsoft needs a better route into the online world, but it's not going to be Yahoo. Microsoft's buyout of the Internet portal fell apart over the weekend. Now, the two companies are under pressure to find a workable business model for the future.
May 5, 2008 · German researchers have patented a chip for sending smells through mobile phones. The chip has been in the works for eight years, and may not be on the market for another two. If it does come out, a spokesperson for a German technology company says people will be able to send the scent of the ocean breeze while on vacation.
May 3, 2008 · This past week, the Transportation Security Administration introduced new security measures at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, including a controversial "whole-body scanner." The scanner provides guards with an image that strips away a traveler's clothing, revealing everything that person is carrying — and their naked bodies. TSA spokesperson Christopher White shows Andrea Seabrook how it works.
May 3, 2008 · The Community Broadcasters Association has filed suit in federal court, hoping to block the sale of digital TV converter boxes that do not have an "analog pass-through." The group says the converter boxes allow old analog TV sets to receive only digital signals.
April 28, 2008 · With characters including tech hackers and software pirates, the legal showdown between two providers of satellite television has been five years in the making. Kim Zetter of Wired.com parses a lawsuit that includes former intelligence agents, stolen e-mails and a mysterious suicide.
April 28, 2008 · Plenty of Web sites allow ordinary people to review restaurants, and good reviews on sites like Chowhound and Yelp can help a restaurant. Now tech-savvy food lovers are creating a new kind of culinary Web site that steers people toward smaller, harder-to-find eateries. YumTacos.com is a prime example.
April 27, 2008 · Through quirky YouTube videos, OK-Go has made its name as a band. Lead singer Damian Kulash explains how free Internet culture shapes the music industry.
April 26, 2008 · The fighter jet commonly known as the Night Hawk was the first stealth fighter that used technology to make it virtually undetectable to radar. Colonel John Forsythe flew the lead plane in the fleet's final mission — to a secret hanger in the Nevada desert. Forsythe talks with Andrea Seabrook.
April 27, 2008 · How you appear in the virtual world could affect your behavior in real life, according to researchers at Stanford University. We examine how people interact psychologically with their virtual-reality selves.
April 24, 2008 · Jason Killingsworth, Paste Magazine editor, discusses XNA, a new Microsoft product that enables users to build original video game content that can then be rendered to play on XBox game consoles.
April 21, 2008 · Dubai will try just about anything; the bolder and more outlandish, the better. So two Dutch architects have opened a business there specializing in homes, offices and hotels that float. They hope their floating architecture will help coastal cities around the world survive climate change.Web Extra: Video: Thinking Outside the Dikes
April 24, 2008 · Apple's fiscal second-quarter earnings jumped higher than analyst estimates as computer and iPod revenue boosted the company's profits. The computer and music giant's second-quarter profits totaled more than $1 billion, compared with $770 million in the same quarter last year.
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Dori Hadar is an obsessive collector of vinyl recordings. He goes from second-hand store to flea market to vinyl collector's web-site seeking to expand his collection. On one expedition he came across a treasure trove of records by Mingering Mike, soul superstar of the 60's and 70's who released over fifty albums in just ten years. Never heard of him? Neither had Dori, until that day. Xeni Jardin reports
The infrastructure of the Internet is being housed in so-called "Internet carrier hotels."
Taken about an hour before meals, it prevents the body from absorbing some of the fat in food.
Video game composition has become a power unto itself with its ability to guide the player.
Building original video game content that can be rendered to play on XBox game consoles.
Americans spent $1.7 billion on game hardware, software and accessories last month.