Yahoo Plans 'Open Platform' Effort

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2422312020080425
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120907112261842459.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7366674.stm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-04-25-yahoo-redesign_N.htm
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GU1KYAMKV1KD4QSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=207401981
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/24/the-new-yahoo-sticky-viral-and-most-of-all-friendly/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_apps_platform.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_hi_te/open_yahoo
http://www.news.com/8301-13953_3-9928557-80.html
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C4006938800025743500140712.html
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/yahoo-connects.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo-corp/3634934.htm

Microsoft Earnings Report Reaction / Microsoft Shows Gains, but Also Weaknesses

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/technology/25soft.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120906896844042605.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7366106.stm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/earnings/2008-04-24-microsoft000_N.htm
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/04/25/microsoft-slows-baidu-grows-cnet-holds-its-nose.aspx
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/99fcd8bc-1242-11dd-9b49-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/microsoft_third_quarter_2008/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=agXhwyGPJ_Bw
http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3634922.htm

London Times: Microsoft considers hostile bid for Yahoo next week

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3812281.ece
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2435171420080425
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/25/Microsoft-considers-life-without-Yahoo_1.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042402481.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3634816.htm

Morgan Stanley executive Benjamin Fried named new Google CIO

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9927888-7.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GU1KYAMKV1KD4QSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=207401996
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62040601,00.htm
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/24/google-finds-a-new-cio/

Yahoo SearchMonkey Launches Into Private Beta

http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000534.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/24/yahoo-open-search-platform-launches-into-private-beta/
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/04/24/yahoo_search_monkey_preview/

AOL's Web Sites Show Gains in Traffic: comScore

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120908335534743525.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/25/aol-sees-strong-growth-in-sites/

Original Netscape Creator Marc Andreessen Supports Microsoft Takeover of Yahoo

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/24/andreessen-yahoo-microsoft-tech-inter-cx_mji_0424and.html

Google's Book Search slowly turns the pages

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/books/2008-04-25-google-book-search_N.htm

Spammers Ramp up Siege on Google's Blogger via Bots

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145109/spammers_ramp_up_siege_on_googles_blogger_via_bots.html

Baidu Shares Rise After Sales Forecast Beats Analyst Estimates

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=apiPvgtwlIKA

AOL Acquires Fantasy Sports Site Fleaflicker

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-aol-buys-fantasy-football-site-fleaflicker/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/25/aol-acquires-fleaflicker/

Microsoft Adds RSS Feeds to Live Search news aggregator

http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/04/24/news-search-now-with-rss.aspx

WEB / OTHER

Informal Style of Electronic Messages Is Showing Up in Schoolwork, Study Finds

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/education/25writing.html
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9927251-7.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/24/teen.writing.ap/index.html

Despite Negative Press, Facebook Can Be a Powerful Agent for Social Change

http://www.alternet.org/story/83196/

Writing Online: The Key to Literary Immortality

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/83353/

FBI wants to move hunt for criminals into Internet backbone

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080424-fbi-wants-to-move-hunt-for-criminals-into-internet-backbone.html

YouTube University gets failing grade from prof, students

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080424-youtube-university-gets-failing-grade-from-prof-students.html

Opera 9.5 Beta 2 adds neat URL look-up

http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-9927854-12.html

Sweden's Chilirec Is Like TiVo for Internet Radio

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/24/chilirec-is-like-tivo-for-internet-radio/