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Microsoft rejects Yahoo0
chris lin posted in Internet, Technology on May 5th, 2008

I haven't been following closely at what has been going on with Microsoft's negotiations to take over Yahoo besides hearing the intent to buy and last week when Microsoft was mentioning it might pull out. Well apparently it did over the weekend and as a result, the Yahoo stock has plunged which is what analyst would say if Microsoft were to pull out. Now, why is Yahoo not accepting Microsoft's offer anyways? Is it because of the stigma attaches to them as the big bad bully? A lot of shareholders are upset over Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft, which is warranted considering how their share has been doing recently over the last few years. I need to read more on this now

NVIDIA to Intel, stop.0
chris lin posted in News, Technology on April 14th, 2008

We're going to open a can of whoop ass

Said by CEO Jen-Hsun Huang of NVIDIA regarding the situation of Intel trying to enter graphics market.

Government approves Sirius to buyout XM Satellite Radio0
chris lin posted in News, Technology on March 24th, 2008

This is awesome. I just saw this on CNBC and the words "YES!" went on in my head. Through my utter sheer stupidity, I thought my car was preinstalled with XM radio so when I saw a sale for XM gift cards at half price (15$ for 30$ gift card), I got three in hopes of buying a years subscription at half price. To be honest, I need to blame the salesman, he kept on imprinting in my head that it was XM radio when in fact it was Sirius. But hey, if the buyout goes through, I should be able to use my XM card for my Sirius subscription.

iPhone LoJack0
chris lin posted in Technology on February 22nd, 2008

Erica from TUAW found an ingenious way to essentially have your iPhone lojacked so you know roughly where the coordinates are. In brief, it periodically submits the location of the nearest cell phone tower and updates it via twitter instead of SMS. Found this link reading a thread on InternetTabletTalk where I am researching the Nokia N800, a gadget I am most likely going to buy.