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Deadline's over - Microsoft gave Yahoo three weeks to accept its bid, and that ended on Saturday. Microsoft claims that it's ready to walk away. Kara Swisher thinks that's just posturing, but Henry Blodgett believes them. If Microsoft digs in and attempts a hostile bid, Yahoo will has no choice but to have a show-down shareholder meeting by July.

XP may be too tough to die. Ballmer says he might juuuuuust issue another stay of execution. Meanwhile Dell doesn't care what Microsoft says - it will continue to install XP for customers who want it. And Lenovo's taking the same position.

Firefox is continuing its relentless march, closing in on thirty percent marketshare in Europe.

Analysts are buzzing about a possible announcement of the next-generation iPhone on June 9th. And Endgadget thinks it knows what it will look like.

Want a Nintendo Wii? If you live in North America, you better step on it - the average one lasts just an hour on the shelves.

The creature editor for the hotly-anticipated Spore game now has a release date - June 17th.

Toshiba thinks it can ship a 512-GB solid-state drive for your notebook by the end of next year. Sounds awesome - but then again, so did HD-DVD!

A huge virus is infecting the world of Microsoft IIS servers - hitting secure locations like the UN, as well as the Department of Homeland Security.