http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 07 Oct 2008 6:53:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/38286/yahoo-board-oks-new-round-of-aol-talks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA Yahoo board of directors now stocked with allies of activist investor Carl Icahn cleared the way yesterday for reigniting talks on combining with AOL, the Financial Times reports. Time Warner’s chief is eager to decide AOL’s future “fairly soon,” but is hoping Microsoft will join any deal. Icahn says Yahoo also has “to do something with Microsoft, or Google is going to kill them.”http://www.newser.com/story/38286/yahoo-board-oks-new-round-of-aol-talks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 24 Sep 2008 12:24:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37754/microsoft-yanks-crazy-seinfeld-ads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMicrosoft has axed the cryptic Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates ads that left some viewers "scratching their heads," Michelle Quinn writes in the Los Angeles Times . Though a Microsoft spokesman claims it was the plan all along to stop here, the blogosphere is abuzz about Microsoft's "strained effort" to seem "cool and in touch with regular customers" in response to Apple's Mac vs. PC ads.http://www.newser.com/story/37754/microsoft-yanks-crazy-seinfeld-ads.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 8:35:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37718/gates-tops-rich-list-with-57b.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMicrosoft founder Bill Gates leads the latest Forbes list of America's richest people with a fortune estimated to be $57 billion. It's the 15th year in a row that the visionary behind the computer revolution has topped the ratings. But the rich are not getting richer, Forbes reveals. Several fortunes have dwindled significantly. But don't squirt too many tears for the rest of these top-ten richies:http://www.newser.com/story/37718/gates-tops-rich-list-with-57b.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 18 Sep 2008 1:12:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37652/zunes-music-discovery-system-tops-itunes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIn test-driving new software from Apple and Microsoft designed to facilitate music discovery for users of their respective media players, Walter Mossberg gives the edge to Zune’s system over rival iTunes’ upgrades. “Though I didn't happen to have as much time to use Zune's software as I did Apple's Genius, I got more out of my Zune experience,” he writes in the Wall Street Journal .http://www.newser.com/story/37652/zunes-music-discovery-system-tops-itunes.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 17 Sep 2008 12:28:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36733/geek-world-rants-raves-over-microsoft-ad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA new Microsoft ad is sparking praise and putdowns in roughly equal measure around the Web today. Paul McDougall calls the spot "outdated and not very funny" in InformationWeek , but says it's revealing — of a tech company totally out of touch with Generation Y.  The choice of “has-been” Jerry Seinfeld proves that Microsoft is “dominated by middle-aged white guys who made their own millions more than a decade ago."http://www.newser.com/story/36733/geek-world-rants-raves-over-microsoft-ad.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 05 Sep 2008 18:40:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36361/google-to-launch-web-browser.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGoogle will soon launch its own Web browser, called Chrome, aiming to make web surfing easier and faster, the Wall Street Journal reports. The announcement is the latest volley in the long battle between Microsoft and Google, which released the news by sending a comic book outlining Chrome's features to a blog that follows the company.http://www.newser.com/story/36361/google-to-launch-web-browser.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 01 Sep 2008 16:03:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36335/with-eye-on-xmas-microsoft-cuts-xbox-price.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMicrosoft appears to have fired the first shot in a new round of game-console price cuts, the Financial Times reports, trimming the cost of its Xbox 360 today in Japan. It plans to do likewise shortly in the US. In Japan, the Xbox now costs $184—less than half the price of rival Sony’s PlayStation 3—and Microsoft is primed for a Christmas bonanza unless Sony follows suit.http://www.newser.com/story/36335/with-eye-on-xmas-microsoft-cuts-xbox-price.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 01 Sep 2008 13:01:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35954/explorer-8s-privacy-feature-boon-to-users.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe privacy features available with the next version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will appeal to users “paranoid or perverted,” Peter Bright writes on Ars Technica, but will “go some way to curtailing the power of large Internet companies to monitor how people are using the web.” Explorer 8’s InPrivate Browsing automatically deletes session history and cookies when the window is closed.http://www.newser.com/story/35954/explorer-8s-privacy-feature-boon-to-users.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 27 Aug 2008 13:25:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35470/rock-the-vote-takes-game-to-xbox-live.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTo get gamers off the couch and into politics, Rock the Vote is targeting Xbox players, CNET reports. Beginning Monday, Xbox Live users will be able to register to vote and answer surveys from their living rooms. "To realize our goal of registering 2 million young Americans by this fall, we need to go where young Americans are, and there's no doubt … many are on Xbox 360 and Xbox Live."http://www.newser.com/story/35470/rock-the-vote-takes-game-to-xbox-live.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:57 CDT