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"We had reservations that the restrictions we had to live by were not consistent with our policies" Google's shareholders, following the advice of the board, voted down two proposals on Thursday that would have compelled the search giant to change its human rights policies, but the issue dominated the ... via The Industry Standard

People who would have voted in favor of Microsoft's bid for Yahoo, were they on the Yahoo board, no longer need to wonder if Microsoft will nominate them to do that task. read more

Microsoft is making System Center, its central management scheme, natively manage Linux, Unix and VMware virtual servers. The widgetry has always been a Windows-only affair, but now there are betas available showing off Microsoft's cross-platform prowess, important to Microsoft's place in the data center. Microsoft has released a public beta of so-called Cross-Platform Extensions to its System Center Operations Manager 2007, which for the first time can manage HP-UX, Red Hat, Solaris and SUSE out-of-the-box.

The company organized some of its resources to assist the humanitarian efforts going on in Myanmar, where thousands have died or are missing after a cyclone tore through the country. read more

AP - Google Inc.'s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. ? a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.

Yahoo is testing a new home page design for its search engine in India. Dubbed 'Glue Pages,' the design has a 3-newspaper look with modules reminiscent of iGoogle or some RSS newsreaders like Netvibes. via Search Engine Watch

A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company's stock up 53 percent today.read more

Microsoft claims it is through with its acquisition plans of Yahoo according to Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie.read more

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt says the Google founders have grown up."The boys have grown up," Schmidt said at a news conference before the company's annual meeting referring to founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.read more

When Google bought Picasa, a photo-sharing division called Hello went along for the ride. Unfortunately for Hello and its users, a sort of fatal crash is scheduled to take place on May 15th.read more