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Is Microsoft really done with Yahoo?

Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be “very open” to a collaboration on Internet search. His comments sent Yahoo shares diving by 14 percent.

“Let me be clear,” Ballmer said at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting. “We are done with all acquisition discussions with Yahoo.”

Maybe it’s just a ploy to get the price even lower so they can come in and gobble them up.

When Microsoft made their original offer, they were willing to pay $33 per share for the company. Now, it’s not even worth $10. Yahoo shareholders would have received a better deal if they had checked out term life insurance rates and bought some. Great move on their part rejecting all rumors that they may still be interested. They might be able to get it for $7. What do you think?

Wow, that didn’t take long. Yahoo gets jilted by Google and they immediately call Microsoft. Classy.

After nearly a year spent seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp’s buyout offer, Yahoo Inc’s Chief Executive Jerry Yang said he believes a deal between the two is still the best option for the beleaguered Internet company.

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit hours after archrival Google Inc ditched its search advertising partnership with Yahoo, Yang said he remains open to selling the Internet company to Microsoft, but at the right price.

It won’t be long now. The problem for Yang is, the price they were offered months ago, was the right price at that time, but not now. Why pay for an old sofa when they could get a modern sofa a lot cheaper? Microsoft would be stupid to pay that price now.

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I forgot to mention yesterday that WordPress 2.3.3 has been released.

WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. In addition to fixing this security flaw, 2.3.3 fixes a few minor bugs. If you are interested only in the security fix, download the fixed version of xmlrpc.php and copy it over your existing xmlrpc.php. Otherwise, you can get the entire release here.

No swinging from the chandeliers, okay? Go grab it. Now.

A ‘flash card’ style program with user configurable subjects, numbers and time limit.
A great way for kids to learn their basic math skills, as well as some of the ‘advanced’ numbers.

Note: No installation necessary. Just download, unzip, and run the executable.