Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Xobni Walks Away From A Microsoft Deal  —  After negotiating over the past few weeks with Microsoft and signing a letter of intent to be acquired, e-mail startup Xobni has walked from the deal, according to a source close to the negotiations.  The deal would have been a natural for Microsoft […]

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Kongregate Gets $3 Million From Bezos: Growing Fast and About To Unleash Its Games on Facebook  —  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has invested $3 million into user-generated casual gaming site Kongregate through Bezos Expeditions, his personal investment vehicle.

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft Raises Yahoo Offer To $32-$33 Through WSJ; YHOO Wants $37*  —  Microsoft (MSFT) leaks news that it is willing to pay $32-$33 for Yahoo—in a last attempt to get Yahoo (YHOO) shareholders to pressure the board to sell.  It adds that Yahoo’s dope-smoking board wants “upper $30s.”

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft Raises Yahoo Offer To $32-$33 Through WSJ; YHOO Wants $37  —  Microsoft (MSFT) leaks news that it is willing to pay $32-$33 for Yahoo—in a last attempt to get Yahoo (YHOO) shareholders to pressure the board to sell.  It adds that Yahoo’s dope-smoking board wants “upper $30s.”

Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
LinkedIn: We’re Selling Ads For $75 CPM  —  LinkedIn (SAI 25 #8) may have been trampled by the likes of Facebook (SAI 25 #1) and MySpace in terms of users, but at least it can sell advertising.  Kevin Eyres, LinkedIn’s managing director for Europe, told IDG the social network […]

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Psystar Open Computer notes, benchmarks and video  —  Okay, so we’ve been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we’ve formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action.  We haven’t really tried to stress the system yet …

Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Board Mulls Yahoo Bid But Price Remains Key Issue  —  Microsoft Corp.’s directors are meeting Wednesday to weigh the company’s approach in its takeover standoff with Yahoo Inc. and an announcement could come following the meeting, say people familiar with the matter.

Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Board Mulls Yahoo Bid But Price Remains Key Issue  —  Microsoft Corp.’s directors are meeting Wednesday to weigh the company’s approach in its takeover standoff with Yahoo Inc. and an announcement could come following the meeting, say people familiar with the matter.

Mimi Turner / Hollywood Reporter:
Thom Yorke: Radiohead’s stunt was ‘one-off’  —  Band won’t offer unpriced downloads again  —  LONDON — They turned the music sales model on its head, but indie rockers Radiohead won’t be repeating their decision to let fans choose what to pay for their downloads, frontman Thom Yorke told The Hollywood […]

Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
An elephant never forgets?  George W. Bush’s lost e-mails  —  The case of the missing e-mail  —  A federal magistrate judge on Thursday chastised the Bush administration for failing to fully answer questions related to a long-running dispute over missing White House emails.