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Carl Icahn has acquired fifty million shares of Yahoo stock since Microsoft dropped their bid on May 3rd. Is he going to use his stake in the company to unseat members of the Yahoo board and woo Microsoft back to the negotiation table?

Remember how Ebay filed that suit against Craigslist - a company that they hold stock in? Craigslist has filed a countersuit. They're saying Ebay only wanted to get their trade secrets and use them for their own online classified site, Kijiji.

There's another new Blackberry on the horizon. It's code named "Thunder" and it's got a touch screen - no keyboard. WHAT?

Google announces the 50 finalist for their Android Developer Challenge. There are a lot of interesting apps on the list, but only twenty will get money for funding.

HBO has paired up with Apple to bring some of their most popular series to iTunes. It's a break from the structured pricing normally found there - some episodes will cost around three dollars - not the usual $1.99.

Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope that was previewed at TED is finally available to the general public.