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When Yahoo was actively not speaking to Microsoft, both companies had a fair amount to say. Could the fact they've had little to say publicly mean there's progress?

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anyone can be a star on YouTube. Now, with tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential.

Government auditors said yesterday that the Pentagon relies too much on contractors who often work alongside their government counterparts, cost more and sometimes take on responsibilities they are not supposed to.

HONG KONG (AP) -- A Chinese movie download Web site has sued a Hollywood industry group for libel over a statement that it says implies that the company admitted to piracy as part of a legal settlement....

When Patrick Byers' 3 1/2-year-old starts to melt down in a public place, he is quick to defuse the time bomb with a sure fire maneuver: He slips the kid his iPod, and all is well. Both of his children, he proudly reports, are adept at using the gadget, including accessing his preapproved list of favorite videos on YouTube.

"Our principal challenge is not to decide where we want to go, but to stay upright as we go there." In his book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, author and NYU faculty member Clay Shirky describes the profound impact of social technological tools on contemporary culture -- from e-mail and blogs to Twitter and wikis.

AP - Motorola Inc. bowed to pressure from investors Wednesday, announcing a plan to split its struggling cell phone business from other operations to form two separate publicly traded companies.

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Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says not campaigning online cost his party

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