Yahoo had originally hoped to make its announcement after the markets closed and in conjunction with its Google advertising deal, a separate source told CNET News.com.

Updated 12:05 p.m. with Yahoo confirming talks concluded; 12:45 p.m. with additional details, Microsoft comment.

Microsoft said in a statement that it although it is not interested in renewing its bid [...]

EMC hit its mark of $4 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter, its highest-ever quarterly total.
While the company relished its ability to perform well in a tough economic climate during the quarter, it still offered some sobering words about the prospects for 2009. Any change for the better, it said Tuesday, may not come [...]

Tech deals fell to 691 transactions with a total value of $37 billion in the third quarter, down from 822 deals and a value of $58 billion a year ago. That marked the second consecutive year that third-quarter M&A activity declined.

There are a number of reasons for the muted deal flow, starting with the barren [...]

Goldman’s Murti says oil ‘likely’ to reach $150 to $200 — Bloomberg
Oil is now at about $120. Will $200 drive more investment in clean tech?

In search of new fertilizer tech (no, really) — Wired Science
Get reacquainted with nitrogen, the Conde Nast publication starts a series of blogs on fertilizers which, along with grains, are shooting [...]

People can share information with people who are not members of Kadoo using a feature called “selective sharing.” The service is integrated with a service for university and high school environments called Blackboard.

SAN DIEGO–Kadoo.com launched a new uber-social network at DemoFall on Monday that aggregates all types of data and files and gives the [...]

QuickTime 7
This patch affects users of Mac OS X v10.4.9 – v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5 or later, Windows Vista, XP SP2, and SP3. The update addresses the memory corruption in QuickTime’s handling of H.264 encoded movie files detailed within CVE-2008-3627. Apple says that viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an [...]

Now that Verizon Wireless has swallowed Alltel, Alltel customers are on the edge of their seats waiting to see how the carrier will integrate its new minion. Naturally, the future of Alltel’s popular “My Circle” plan is a top concern–who wouldn’t like an option for unlimited calling for up to 10 numbers? But if Verizon’s [...]