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Software giant says it is fully committed to the Internet.
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OnePlace would let users track links, news feeds and search results on cell phones.
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Most of Yahoo's top institutional shareholders may be more interested in making sure Microsoft does not overpay for the web pioneer because they have more money invested in the bigger software maker, a report says.
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Yahoo and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are flirting but experts say Microsoft is still the best prospect.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks to combine MySpace and other Internet properties with Yahoo to fend off Microsoft's $42.1 billion bid, according to reports.
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Legg Mason, which holds about 6 percent of Yahoo shares, wants Microsoft to raise its offer to about $40 per share from the $31 bid it made for the Internet search pioneer.
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The No. 2 search player intros a tool that fits pieces of web services from Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook onto mobile phones.
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Some analysts expect Redmond to raise its $44.6 billion offer in its battle against Google.
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Using debt would be a first for the cash-rich giant.
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In a room deep in the British Library in London a Microsoft-funded team works 14 hours a day to scan shelf upon shelf of books in a race against Google to become the leading digital librarian of the future.
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