Bill Gates says Microsoft going 'independent' way

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080507/ap_on_hi_te/japan_microsoft_gates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121014889579273525.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-05-06-bill-gates-net-future_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145574/microsoft_wont_pursue_other_partnerships_says_gates.html
http://mashable.com/2008/05/07/bill-gates-were-not-interested-in-other-deals/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aUzgisBBcIro
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/07/microsofts-corporate-development-strategy-changing-daily/
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_MICROSOFT_GATES
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3885838.ece
http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3643773.htm

Do-It-Yourself Display Ads May Reshape Online Marketing / Google, Bonobos Pants

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121012629176672867.html

Ad firm Spot Runner lands $51 million in funding

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN071361020080507

YouTube Launches Site for India

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145573/youtube_launches_site_for_india.html
http://mashable.com/2008/05/07/youtube-launched-in-india/

Rethinking Yahoo's 'No': A Yahoo Shareholder's View

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121011268774872045.html

Google's Cloud and Virtualization by Dave Girouard, vice president of Google Enterprise.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/05/06/google-cloud-computing-tech-virtualization08-cx_dg_0506google.html

isoHunt tells judge it's just another search engine

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-isohunt-tells-judge-its-just-another-search-engine.html

Addict-o-matic Search Engine

http://mashable.com/2008/05/07/addict-o-matic-thinks-search-needs-an-easy-button-too/

District Of Columbia Tests Google Apps

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600018

Apple's Board: Still Room for Google chief executive Eric Schmidt?

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008056_305255.htm

Google, Trailing Baidu in China, to Offer Translation Service

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-brf-google-2008may07,0,5820071.story

WEB / OTHER

Clearwire, Sprint Nextel announce $14.5 billion WiMAX deal with Google investment of $500 million

http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0752530420080507
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/technology/07sprint.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121015567027273579.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2008-05-06-sprint-clearwire-wimax_N.htm
http://gigaom.com/2008/05/06/clearwire-wimax-32-billion/
http://techland.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/05/06/sprint-and-clearwire-cleared-for-wimax-launch/
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145577/sprint_and_clearwire_seal_145_billion_wimax_deal.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-sprint-clearwire-wimax-venture-sees-daylight.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aW9edqnZfT3s
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/06/32-billion-wimax-deal-goes-through-take-cover/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-its-official-massive-wimax-deal-closes-merging-clearwire-and-sprint-wit/
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008057_480955.htm
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080507005585&newsLang=en

Global Telcos AT&T, British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, NTT, Others Plotting a Skype Rival: Report

http://gigaom.com/2008/05/06/global-telcos-plotting-a-skype-rival/
http://mashable.com/2008/05/06/is-sykpe-about-to-be-slayed-by-telcos/

Web Travel Firm Orbitz's Net Loss Widens As Domestic Bookings Fall

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121016238884773741.html

Entrepreneur floats ad 'clouds', "Flogos," in the sky

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2008-05-07-flogos-ad-clouds_N.htm
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/A/ADVERTISING_IN_CLOUDS

Flickr rules in photo sharing, as video tiptoes in / Hitwise and comScore Figures

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/services/2008-05-06-tech-flickr_N.htm

'It's the Wild West' now for Web video / Chuck D - Damon Wayans

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2008-05-06-digital-hollywood_N.htm

Comcast mulling metered access, 250GB monthly bandwidth caps

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080507-comcast-mulling-metered-access-250gb-monthly-bandwidth-caps.html

VeriSign gets patent for DNS redirect it can't use itself

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080506-verisign-gets-patent-for-dns-redirect-it-cant-use-itself.html

Digg Unveils New Features

http://mashable.com/2008/05/06/digg-screencast/

Wikipedia goes to court to defend defamation immunity

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/wikipedia_eff_defamation_immunity_lawsuit/

Opera Releases Developer Tool Dragonfly

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/opera_dragonfly/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/06/opera-releases-firebug-alternative-dragonfly/

Hitwise: MySpace Takes 3/4ths of US Social Network Traffic, April Figures

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hitwise_social_network_traffic_apr08.php

Pluck picks up Hearst website deal

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/may/06/digitalmedia.pressandpublishing