Microsoft Buys Ad Inventory Management Firm Rapt

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031401507.html
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ia173e373e9991e9f7d8c7c8337d4d5f4
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-23769047.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/13/BUIVVJNEV.DTL
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080314/tc_infoworld/95988
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jm_32JpEOpoZUGrSeaF9U0x47bBQD8VD6UUO0
http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20080313/AQTH08713032008-1.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-microsoft-buys-ad-inventory-management-firm-rapt/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/microsoft_buys_ad_managment_firm_rapt
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8230
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/14/Microsoft-to-buy-Rapt-for-ad-management-tools_1.html

The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem / Yahoo Releases Further Details on Yahoo Search open platform

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000527.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/yahoo-embraces-the-semantic-web-expect-the-web-to-organize-itself-in-a-hurry/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7296056.stm
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_supports_semantic_web.php
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9068340

Microsoft Pitches Merger Vision To Yahoo at Meeting in Sunnyvale

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1433204820080314
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/14/Microsoft-Yahoo-enter-tentative-discussions_1.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120546367915835903.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/yahoo_finally_deigns_to_meet_with_microsoft
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3600427.htm

Google Sky Now Available on Web, Not Just in Google Earch

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/03/organizing-more-than-one-worlds.html
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/space-jam.html
http://mashable.com/2008/03/13/google-sky-web-version/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903583
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/google_sky_released/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/google-sky-now-in-you-web-browser/

Yahoo to quit London offices for Geneva, Move European Headquarters

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ef5a400-f13b-11dc-a91a-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/14/yahoo_microsoft_talks/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/13/yahoo-relocating-european-hq-from-uk-to-switzerland/

Microsoft Online Executive Joanne Bradford Resigns to Join Online Ad Agency Spot Runner Inc.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120544279528034633.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080313/microsoft-exec-sprints-over-to-spot-runner/

AOL Bebo Purchase Reactions / AOL Buying No. 3 Social Networking Site

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/technology/14aol.html
http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/13/technology/Hempel_aol_buys_bebo.fortune/index.htm
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080314/aolbebomore-rich-web-entrepreneurs/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/14/bebo.web20

Why China Will Win The Web / Baidu

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/03/13/china-innovation-alibaba-tech-intel-cx_ag_0313china.html

Google Releases New Interactive JavaScript Developer's Guide for the Google Calendar Data API

http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-you-code-is-what-you-get-new.html

Google Apps Get Two-Factor Authentication / Arcot Systems A-OK On-Demand authentication service

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080314/tc_pcworld/143447

WEB / OTHER

Activists Can Nominate CNET Board, Judge Says / CNET May Appeal

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/business/14deal.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120549405624636453.html

China video site Youku ties up with MySpace China

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSHA27775720080314

Verizon gets cozy with P2P file-sharers /

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-03-14-verizon-p2p_N.htm

Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs / P4P

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/03/music_levy
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080314-verizon-embraces-p4p-a-more-efficient-peer-to-peer-tech.html
http://mashable.com/2008/03/14/preemptive-piracy-tax/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8229

Amazon.com Launches Shopping Apps On Facebook

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903538