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Curiouser and Curiouser! There are all sorts of twists and turns in the Microsoft Yahoo soap opera. Now Microsoft is in negotiations with News Corp to see if they'll go in on a bid together. But the most likely outcome will probably be Microsoft acquiring Yahoo alone.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has launched a web-based traffic service called Clearflow. It not only gives you directions and tells you where the jams are, it can anticipate whether you should stay on a crowded freeway or head over to side streets.

ZOMG 3G iPhone in June? That's when Apple has their WWDC, so maybe it's true.

Anonymous launches the next stage in their battle against Scientology. They're calling it "Operation Reconnect" and they say it's purpose is to reunite family members who have lost loved ones to the church.

Blockbuster may be busting out a set-top device that would stream films directly to your television. They already own the rights to Movielink, so that's a good start.

And You Tube have cleaned up their act by adding tabs to video pages. They've even added a tab for Statistics that shows you referrals and clickthroughs, so we can all finally get the answer to the age old question, "Who the heck is watching this?"

Last FM says that despite the fact that they stream music for free, their CD sales have doubled since last year.