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AOL to open its mail sites to third-party applications

Strategy reflects AOL's recognition that no single company can control all the applications that users will want to use

How to stand out on the Internet

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Yahoo in faceoff with Icahn

Icahn, the billionaire corporate raider, launched a battle for control of Yahoo's board of directors in the hopes of forcing a sale to Microsoft. In a letter to Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500), Icahn said he would nominate 10 directors to replace Yahoo's existing board at the company's annual meeting in early July. Shareholders have until the end of the day Thursday to nominate an alternate slate.

Yahoo! faces battle for the board

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Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back?

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Ask.com Buys Owner of Dictionary.com

Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, plans to announce Thursday that it has agreed to acquire privately-held Lexico, which owns Dictionary.com, as well as Thesaurus.com and Reference.com.

Carl Icahn's letter to Yahoo's board

In an open letter Thursday to Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock, the billionaire investor said he is launching a proxy fight seeking to replace the Internet company's entire 10-member board.

Craigslist countersues eBay, escalating legal fight

Craigslist's countersuit claims that eBay is using its stake in the company to misappropriate confidential information and engage in false advertising

Yahoo not out of Microsoft's shadows

Deadline looms for Carl Icahn and other activists to launch a campaign against Yahoo's board of directors.

AT&T to supercharge wireless network

An AT&T executive said Wednesday that the cell phone company will offer 20 Mbps downloads over its wireless network as soon as next year. But don't get too excited the real speed will likely be a lot slower.

Report: Icahn to launch proxy fight against Yahoo

Carl Icahn is proceeding with his plans force Yahoo back to the bargaining table with Microsoft; along with other large investors, he could unseat Yahoo's entire board

Google kills Anonymous AdSense account

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Icahn builds Yahoo! stake

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Charter Will Monitor Users Web Surfing

Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable system in the United States, has started telling its high-speed Internet customers that it is going to keep track of every site they visit on the Web.

Update: Icahn mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo to re-establish talks with Microsoft and is willing to wage a proxy fight to force the company back to the negotiating table

Craigslist gets personal with eBay countersuit

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Overplaying their Yahoo hand

How two big, long-term investors, Bill Miller and Gordon Crawford, played a short-term game with the Yahoo/Microsoft deal and stumbled.

Google Android winners shun publicity

Mystery surrounds the identity of four winners in Google's $10m Android mobile applications competition, announced last November.

Icahn mulling Yahoo proxy fight

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wants Yahoo to re-establish talks with Microsoft and is willing to wage a proxy fight to force the company back to the negotiating table

Legal troubles could threaten Sprint/Clearwire deal

Sprint Nextel's plan to spin off its WiMax network and form a $14.5 billion joint venture with Clearwire may have hit a speed bump.

Intel said to feed Google solid state disks

Intel is working its close ties to Google for solid state storage drive sales, according to a report.

Vertica moves BI database to Amazon's EC2 cloud

Vertica's hosted move puts it among the front-runners in the race to bring data warehousing into cloud computing

RIM makes a Bold BlackBerry debut

You may know it as the RIM BlackBerry 9000, but on Sunday, Research In Motion officially took the wraps off the highly anticipated smartphone, complete with a new name. The "Bold" is in reference to the smartphone's gorgeous display, but it's also bold in that it represents a number of new moves for the company. Oh, BlackBerry Bold, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways.

Do new Web tools spell doom for the browser?

The Web is evolving into a full-fledged app-delivery platform, calling into question the browser's ability to fulfill the needs of today's rich Internet apps