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Michael Dell Pays $150M For His Bro’s Startup  —  At a time when Michael Dell has regained control over the helm at the firm he has founded, it seems dicey for him to close a deal that smells of nepotism.  But Dell seems to taunt the critics with this one.  —  Dell says it […]

Techmeme News:
New Twitter and RSS “Firehose” feeds include all headlines  —  High-volume, “complete” RSS feeds are available now for Techmeme, WeSmirch, memeorandum, and Ballbug.  For years, the RSS feed for each site has included the day’s most important 20-30 headlines, typically those placed “above the fold”.

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo And News Corp. Continue Marathon Discussions; Possible Bid To Counter Microsoft  —  At the start of the Microsoft/Yahoo saga we reported that News Corp. was scrambling to put together a bid to compete with Microsoft, but backed down because they were unable to find outside funding …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Exec Bails: Bradley Horowitz Leaves For Google  —  Bradley Horowitz, head of Yahoo’s Advanced Technology Division (and mentioned in a post earlier today), has accepted a position with Google, we’ve confirmed via a source at Yahoo.  We have a message into Bradley for a comment, but have not yet heard […]

AppleInsider:
Apple releases Apple TV “Take 2” software update  —  Apple on Tuesday quietly released its much-anticipated Apple TV “Take 2” software update, which introduces a brand new on-sreen interface and allows users to rent high definition movies directly from their widescreen TVs.

High-volume, “complete” RSS feeds are available now for
Techmeme, WeSmirch, memeorandum, and Ballbug.
For years, the RSS feed for each site has included the day’s
most important 20-30 headlines,
typically those placed “above the fold”.
Going beyond 30 headlines would overwhelm most subscribers.
This selectivity has a downside: headlines don’t appear
in the RSS feed until they’ve amassed enough “importance”,
so the feed […]

Salim / You’ve Got Ismail!:
Hoo-Ya - I take the package  —  Well, after a bunch of soul-searching, I’m leaving Yahoo.  I have a couple of startups that I want to look at and I took the opportunity to take a decent package.  The folks at Yahoo have been fabulous and I’ve got a very […]

Susan Mernit / Susan Mernit’s Blog:
Just got laid off at Yahoo  —  Well, the law of continuous revolution just gave me a good shove.  —  Today is my last day at Yahoo and the start of something new.  —  What?  No idea, yet.  —  I’m definitely interested in hearing about both short term and […]

Agence France Presse:
System upgrade caused Blackberry blackout: RIM  — System upgrade caused Blackberry blackout: RIM  —  OTTAWA (AFP) - A disruption of BlackBerry cellphones in North America for several hours Monday was caused by the failure of one of its recently upgraded systems, Research in Motion said Tuesday.

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Getting Fired At Yahoo: A Twitter Log  —  Yahoo’s Ryan Kuder was canned today.  A drag for him, but a gift for the rest of us—because he Twittered it.  A new form of literature is in the making…  Y! layoffs today, I’m “impacted”.  I’m heading into work to pack […]