Brandon Hill / DailyTech:
Update: Dell to Stop Selling AMD-based Inspirons Online  —  Dell says goodbye to AMD-based Inspirons on Dell.com  —  It appears that the AMD-Dell relationship may soon be coming to an end - at least online.  Dell was rumored for years to consider switching to AMD processors for its computers …

New York Post:
YAHOO! PRICE TALKS  —  HOLDERS SQUEEZE M’SOFT  —  Yahoo!’s largest investor met yesterday with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer and other executives in an effort to gauge whether the software giant is willing to increase its already sweet $44.6 billion takeover offer, The Post has learned.

New York Times:
Is It Too Late for Yahoo?  —  SAN FRANCISCO — One of the first questions that Jerry Yang and his top lieutenants pondered after he became chief executive of Yahoo last summer was whether the company could remain independent.  They quickly answered yes.  —  But Mr. Yang, who founded Yahoo along … […]

ChangeWave:
Seismic Shift To Smartphones  —  ChangeWave survey shows consumers abandoning basic models for advanced RIM and Apple phones  —  Record numbers of consumers are abandoning their basic cell phones for more-advanced models, according to the latest ChangeWave consumer cell phone survey.

I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Men Behind the Curtain  —  It’s a challenge for a journalist coming late to a story like Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Yahoo.  I had literally just pressed the SEND key on last week’s column when news hit the wire.  What to do?  The way things are structured […]

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Out of the box 1.1.3 iPhones now software unlockable  —  Mr. GEOrge HOTz did it again.  He just loosed a world of hurt on AT&T with a software unlock for 1.1.3 iPhones.  That’s right, the software is said to work on any fresh from the Apple store, shrink-wrapped iPhone sporting the […]

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Board To Determine Fate Of Company Today  —  Sources have indicated to us that Yahoo has scheduled a special board of directors meeting on Friday to determine, effectively, the fate of the company.  After a week of hectic negotiating, it’s clear that no one is going to step …

Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
German Nokia webmasters leak N96 specifications  —  You don’t mess with the Germans, they’ll find some way to stab you in the back.  The Nokia N96 specifications have been posted on Nokia’s German site and here they are for your pleasure:  — Quadband EDGE  — Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz

Michael Quoc / Y! Live Blog:
y!  live - the world is watching  —  We’re excited to share with you Yahoo! Live, a new experiment in live video from the Advanced Products team at Yahoo!.  Y! Live was dreamed up as a way to make it possible for anyone to create their own live video […]

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Launches Live - A Live Streaming Video Service  —  Given all the chaos this week surrounding Microsoft’s bid to take over Yahoo, it’s not surprising that a new Yahoo product launch wouldn’t have an abundance of exuberance attached to it.  Still, the only word anyone got that Yahoo Live … […]