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Rumors Flying On $20 Billion Microsoft Offer For Yahoo

gadgetopia is one of many who wrote to tell us about the many rumors flying around that Microsoft may be aiming another deal at Yahoo, this time for $20 billion. The story was apparently originally broken by the UK-based site Times Online, and contained lots of details about the supposed deal. Since then, Ross Levinsohn, reported to be part of the new management team, has denied there is any truth to these rumors, leading to questions about where all of this supposed information came from. Yahoo has declined to comment officially.

Seybold?s Take - Merger Rumors & Economics

When stocks go down, rumors of mergers and takeovers take flight. In this latest downturn, the two getting the most play are that the Verizon/Alltel deal might not go down as planned or that Verizon might pay the penalty and then try for a less expensive deal. Meanwhile, the yearly rumors about Microsoft buying RIM are back in full bloom because of the recent turmoil on Wall Street.

Source Denies Microsoft Smartphone Rumors

Despite rumors to the contrary, a source close to Microsoft (MSFT: sentiment, chart, options) told Dow Jones that the Redmond, Washington-based software giant has no plans to follow in Apple's (AAPL) footsteps by launching its own smartphone device. The source stated, "It's clearly not Microsoft's strategy to make phone hardware. Our core competency is creating an operating system and a set of services that enable our partners to produce great phones."

Dell Squashes Rumors About New MP3 Player

Dell is squashing rumors about plans for a new MP3 player involving its 2007 acquisition of Zing Systems. The Wall Street Journal said Dell was developing a mini-MP3 prototype but scrapped it. Dell did say it has new products and upgrades coming, including changes to its Studio laptops, an upgrade to its XPS One, and Core i7 desktops.

Apple Rumors: Mac Upgrades and iPhone Production Drop

Fresh off recent upgrades to Macbooks last month and with no iTunes chatter to replicate Harmonix’s Beatles’ conquest, the Applevine (aka Apple (AAPL) rumors and speculation) surprisingly came to life to start this week with a couple new speculative suggestions.

Fresh Batch of Rumors: Bleszniski's Next Game is Survival Horror, Upcoming LBP Content

The latest issue of EGM should be hitting mailboxes and shelves in the next couple of days and in it, there's some juicy new rumors from EGM's rumor-finder, Quartermann. This month, the mysterious Quartermann has the scoop on Cliff Bleszinski's next game after Gears of War 2 and what Sony is planning to do with LittleBigPlanet.

EA Clarifies Game Banning Rumors

Call it a case of a rogue employee being misinformed or just not understanding what is going on before they post. Whichever way you look at it, Electronic Arts has denied rumors from earlier in the week that players who get banned from the community forums for acting like morons will also get banned from playing their EA games.

Apple Building Search Engine To Clobber Google, TechCrunch Hears

stevejobs.jpg* Apple building search engine, TechCrunch hears. "We’ve received multiple (if thin) reports that Apple is working on a search engine of some sort. At first glance, the rumors make sense. Apple’s Safari browser has 6-7% market share, and currently uses Google as the search engine for both the standard and iPhone/iPod versions (unlike other browsers, you don’t have a choice)... Also, Apple can’t be super pleased with Google’s competition to the iPhone with Android... But one important fact that isn’t checking out - if Apple were building a search engine, they’d be hiring search experts and engineers. We’ve talked to a ton of them at all the big companies, and while some of them heard the same rumors, none have lost search employees to Apple, or heard of any specific hirings.

Apple in Negotiations to Expand iTunes Plus Library

According to two music industry sources, Apple is in discussions with three top recording companies about having them follow EMI's example and offerings DRM-free songs. The talks are still in the early phases and no deals have been finalized, but it has been said that one of the record companies is close to finalizing a deal. Sony, we are looking in your direction. The interwebs have been swirling with rumors that Sony will begin to offer music without the digital rights management software, but they are still just rumors.

Rumors of Best Buy's Demise Exaggerated

recently slashed its revenue and profit forecast based on huge swings in consumer purchasing behavior.

Rumors of Best Buy's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) recently slashed their revenue and profit forecast based on huge swings in consumer purchasing behavior. Don’t expect this to be much more than a small blip for Best Buy/ Although there may be less people shopping at Best Buy, given the economy. those that do visit are spending more than ever.

Rumors Suggest Wal-Mart to Sell IPhone 3G

So you know you can buy your iPhone at an Apple Store or an AT&T store--nothing new there. And as of a couple months ago, Best Buy was added to the list of retail outlets selling the iPhone 3G. Now comes word that a few more chains could be in the offing.

Rumors Swirl That Wal-Mart Will Sell $99 4-GB iPhone

Nokia unveiled the new N97 smartphone Tuesday. Here's a closer look at the phone and its specifications.

Rumors of Push Notification in iPhone 2.2.1?

MacRumors is reporting that iPhone 2.2.1 Beta 1 may support Push notification and over-the-air MobileMe syncing with Notes support. They got their data from a Russian site and say that the photos used by that site to verify their claims could be faked easily.

UPDATE: Rumors Of A Microsoft Cell Phone Swirl Again

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Speculation has revived that Microsoft Corp. may yet release a branded cell phone, in a move that would draw the software giant into further competition with rivals Apple Inc., Research In Motion Ltd. and Google Inc.

Swirling Rumors: Google Is Cutting Jobs

A report from WebGuild says Google Inc. (GOOG) is cutting staff and could eliminate as many as 10,000 positions.

Internet Rumors Target Presidential Election

With just two days before the presidential election, gossip, lies, insinuation and attacks are being posted on the Internet in hopes that these fallacies will influence voters before they head to the polls on November 4th.

More rumors: Apple to sell $99 iPhone at Walmart

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iTunes Plus rumors continue swirling

Last week, IGM brought you the rumor that Sony BMG is on the verge of offering its content in iTunes Plus format—256K encoding with no DRM—via Apple's industry-leading digital download store.

Panasonic, Sanyo rumors heat up again

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VTB-Barclays share swap rumors denied

VTB has received no share swap proposals from the UK-based bank Barclays, Russia's Deputy PM and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told journalists today. He added that no such proposals have been submitted to the Russian bank's supervisory board. This statement was made in response to today's media reports that Barclays could swap a small stake (nearly 5 percent) with a major Russian state-run bank. Sberbank was said to have considered such a possibility, but its supervisory board declined the deal. It has also been suggested that the share swap could take place between Barclays and VTB.

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