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Loeb Calls Again for Thompson Firing From Yahoo, as Former eBay Boss Supports Him

As expected, activist shareholder Daniel Loeb of Third Point released a new letter on the bio controversy he set off at Yahoo, again calling for the firing of its CEO, Scott Thompson.
“It seems farcical to us that the Board will most likely spend m...
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What Does Dan Loeb Want for His $1B -- Lotsa Yahoo News, That's What!

Last week, Yahoo’s activist shareholder Dan Loeb of Third Point, the New York hedge fund that is waging a proxy fight against the Silicon Valley Internet giant, made a regulatory filing noting that it had spent $971.1 million to acquire 70.5 millio...
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Nobody Puts Dan Loeb in the Corner: Third Point Begins Proxy Bombing Yahoo in 3 … 2 … 1

Yahoo just got yet another poison-pen letter from activist investor Dan Loeb of Third Point, which says the company has been “dismissive” of his alternate slate of board members, including former NBC head Jeff Zucker.
It is another doozy, ful...
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Ready to Rumble or Make Nice? Activist Shareholder Daniel Loeb Could Strike Sooner Than Yahoo Thinks

For someone who is still mulling things over about what to do about his more than five percent investment in Yahoo, hedge fund investor and activist shareholder Daniel Loeb has been very busy lately getting his arsenal ready.
While deciding whether to mo...
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Come West, Daniel Loeb: A Silicon Valley Visit As Yahoo's Activist Shareholder Mulls Proxy Fight

When you own a large chunk of a major Silicon Valley Internet company, it’s probably not a surprise that you want to come to the center of the tech world to have a look around.
But Yahoo — of which Third Point’s Daniel Loeb owns over fi...
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Yahapocalypse Now? Q4 Results, Proxy Fight, Board Hijinks and Asia Solution Combine for Busy Month for Yahoo.

If you thought things were going to quiet down with Yahoo now that it has installed new CEO Scott Thompson in place, think again!
That’s because of a very unusual — well, to be fair, unusual for most companies, but not for perpetually storm-t...
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For Yahoo (and Me Too), Time Is Brain

I hate to use a personal story to make a professional point — but when I was in the hospital recently after suffering from a mini-stroke, I got an important piece of health advice that, oddly enough, applies perfectly to Yahoo, the Silicon Valley I...
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Exclusive: MSN U.S. Head Scott Moore to Depart Portal

Scott Moore, who runs the U.S. arm of Microsoft’s MSN portal, will depart the company, according to sources.
The well-known content exec is reportedly headed to another job, sources said.
Moore has worked at Microsoft twice in this career — f...
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As Yahoo Board Meets Tomorrow, Investors Ready Thumbscrews

The Yahoo board will be meeting in Silicon Valley tomorrow, to discuss a wide range of troublesome issues facing the troubled Internet giant.
Meanwhile, several sources said, even more private equity investors are weighing making major investments in the...
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Windows 8 Slate Hands On: It's Fantastic. (But Don't Sell Your iPad.) [Video]






A Microsoft tablet with Windows 8 has been a long time coming, but it's finally here. Sort of. We got our hands on a developer's preview yesterday and while flawed, it's extremely impressive. More&nb...
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Microsoft Teases and Previews a Quad-Core Windows Slate [Tablets]






During Microsoft TechEd 2011 in New Zealand, Microsoft showed off something verrrry interesting: a Quad-Core Windows Slate. Reports are unsure if it runs Windows 7 or Windows 8 but more info is supposed t...
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Even The Civil War Had Tourists [History]






If it was 1861 and you knew there was a big land battle in the neighboring town of Manassas, VA, what would you do? You would grab your telescope, pack up the family carriage, and check it out, of course....
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Are Tablets Really PCs as Microsoft Claims? [Microsoft]






Microsoft insists tablets are Windows-powered mobile PCs. Even Windows Phone president Andy Lee, who should be pushing for a WP7 tablet, said, "We view a tablet as a PC." More »





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Where Should the US Store Its Nuclear Waste? [Science]






A commission appointed by the US Department of Energy is studying different options for dealing with spent fuel from nuclear power plants. New Scientist weighs the pros and cons of each. More &raq...
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Unconfirmed: First Look at the webOS Tablet We've Been Waiting For [Unconfirmed]






Looks like we didn't have to wait until Feb. 9th after all to see HP's webOS tablet. Engadget has what are reportedly the first pictures of the dark horse tablets that may finally step up to the iPad. And...
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IdeaPad U1 Hybrid and LePad Tablet: Lenovo's Voltron Re-forms [Hybrid]






A few months ago, it looked like Lenovo's crazy-neat dual-processor U1 hybrid was pure vaporware. Turns out it just needed a little retooling. The U1 Hybrid is back, giving Lenovo's LePad Android tablet a...
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Leaked Look at Palm's Tablet Contender: Is This the PalmPad? [Unconfirmed]






Fox News is reporting that that these spec sheets are the first look at Palm's rumored webOS tablet, PalmPad. Apparently at CES we'll see not just one but three versions of the slates, which will run on S...
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HP Slate 500 Price Finally Made Official: $799 [Hp]






The HP Slate 500's specs have been confirmed for a while, but now we've got the last piece of the puzzle: Its price. Turns out that the gadget—which is mainly intended for business customers—w...
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Ultimate Tablet Showdown: iPad vs. PlayBook vs. Galaxy Tab vs. Slate [Tabletfight]






The iPad's finally got some competition; in the past few weeks, the HP Slate made a brief appearance, the Samsung Galaxy Tab debuted, and just BlackBerry unveiled its business-minded PlayBook today. Here'...
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HP Slate Tablet Rears its Square-Edged Head in Leaked Video [Video]






Admittedly, we're more keen on HP's webOS tablet, or even the ditched Android tablet (basically, anything other than Windows 7!), but this leaked Slate video does suggest that maybe it will wind up in the...
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Video: 7-Inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, Prowling In the Wild [Galaxy Tab]






Oh hello there, Samsung Galaxy Tab. Fancy seeing you here, being tested on a bus in Sydney! From the looks of it, you're going to a downright decent iPad alternative when you're released next month. M...
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Toshiba SmartPad Gets a Leaked Close-Up: The Ports! [Unconfirmed]






Toshiba hasn't been overly shy with SmartPad details—they even showed it off from a distance last month—but Notebook Italia's got an unconfirmed look at the tablet in all its multi-ported glor...
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Slate's iPad App Strives For Simplicity [Ipadapps]






Web magazine Slate has rolled out their official iPad app (I heard you like slates so I put Slate on your slate, etc), featuring the publication's blogs, videos, and articles and focusing on readability i...
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iPad Faces 32 Tablet Battle Royale as Competition Increases [Ipad]






Today, no other tablet has captured the public's eye so much as the iPad—owing at least somewhat to thin competition. But Technologizer's Harry McCracken says the tablet arena is about to get more c...
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HP Slate 500's Leaked Specs Confirmed On HP's Own Site [Hp Slate]






Several of the HP Slate 500's leaked specs have been confirmed today, including that it will run Windows 7 Premium, sports an 8.9-inch touch screen, has a 1.6 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM, and that it h...
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HP Files For "Palmpad" Trademark, Likely webOS Tablet Name [Hp]






In the wake of reports that HP is bagging its Android tablet comes word that the company has filed to trademark the name "Palmpad." Which to me sounds like a great that rumored webOS tablet, no? More&n...
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ExoPC Slate
source – engadget.com/ by Joanna Stern


We don’t say this very often, but some products are just worth the wait. And well, the ExoPC Slate looks like it’s going to be one of those very products. After months of following along, we final...
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Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response [Hp]






A Mexican site called Conecti.ca got some hands-on time with the HP Slate, and walked away decidedly unimpressed. The verdict: that the device is basically a keyboardless netbook. Well... yeah. More&nb...
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HP Slate Specs Leaked, Compared to iPad in HP Internal Presentation [Rumor]






This leaked HP internal memo at Engadget shows the HP Slate's got a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor and five-plus hours of battery life. That's in-line with what we'd heard already, but the memo's also a...
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HP Slate Promo: Camera and iTunes and Ports, Oh My [Hp]






HP's rolled out another promotional video for their Slate, again—not surprisingly—highlighting its advantages over the iPad. Like a camera! A built-in USB port and SD slot! And... iTunes. Wel...
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iPad Alternatives: The Main Contenders [Ipad]






Just because most of us bought iPads doesn't mean that any of you should. There are plenty of devices, out now or coming soon, that can do some things as well—or better. Here's a roundup of the best...
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OpenPeak OpenTablet 7 Looks Like a Cut Above Cookie Cutter [Tablets]






OpenPeak's OpenTablet 7 made its debut yesterday as part of AT&T's parade of emerging devices announcements. It's still a ways off from launching, but according to Engadget's hands on, it looks like it co...
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HP Slate Priced At $540 With June Launch Date According To Leaks [Hp Slate]






Well, they've succeeded in coming in at under $630, but even so the €400 ($542) price rumored for the Slate is still too much when it's coming up against the $499 iPad. More »





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Remainders - The Things We Didn't Post: What Lies Beneath Edition [Remainders]






In today's Remainders: things lurking below the surface. Literally, a fuel cell-powered fish. Less literally, ISP's seething contempt for the FCC's new National Broadband Plan. Also: Samsung's David Lee R...
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Rumor: Samsung Preparing A Tablet For Later This Year [Tablets]






Samsung's definitely working on a tablet, claims their Australian marketing manager, and we'll be seeing it "in the second half of the year." Providing the Australian in question is in the loop, and not j...
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See HP Slate. See HP Slate Run Flash. [Hp]
Adobe's got a video out that proves the HP Slate can run Flash and AIR just fine, thankyouverymuch. To which we say: no kidding! It's a Windows 7 device. What's of some concern might be HP's own marketing clip:
The Adobe clip shows real-use situations wi...
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The eviGroup Paddle Tablet's Scale UI Leaves Me Queasy [Tablets]
With more tablets being announced each day, there's a lot of pressure on market entrants to stand out. A custom user interface is a great way to do that! The eviGroup Paddle's stop-the-ride-I-wanna-get-off Scale UI, less so. See for yourself:
The Paddle a...
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Begun, the Tablet Wars Have: HP's Slate Wants to Undercut the iPad [Ipad]
Even if you hate Apple, you can't deny they set the tone. The WSJ reports that while HP announced their Slate first, they waited for the iPad unveil to make changes, like the price—which they plan to undercut.
HP wants to come in under $630 for thei...
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JooJoo Tablet Strikes Back: A Web App Store and Full Production Is GoGoGo [Joojoo]
After the iPad was announced for $499, (a few) people asked, "What about JooJoo?" the first $499 web tablet, formerly known as CrunchPad. Well, it's on. JooJoo's now in full production, and plans to open a web app store.I talked to Fusion Garage CEO Chand...
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The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet [Tablets]
Tablets today are thought to be made in one of two ways: Upsizing a smartphone or downsizing a laptop. Many of these new tablets are decent, but both methods render something less than the perfect tablet.
These tablets—not the convertible laptops of...
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HP Slate: Coming 2010, Way Less Than $1500, Plain Old Win 7 [Hp]



HP just popped a video of CTO Phil McKinney demonstrating the "slate" we showed you first at CES 2010. McKinney affirms that this is not just some will-o-the-wisp, but in doing so, might've taken away some of its allure.
The highlight of Steve Ballmer'...
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Steve Jobs: "[We're] Starting This Week With a Major New Product" [Apple]
Apparently Jobs is bullish about this "major new product's" chances. You'd often expect a company to attempt to downplay expectations on a product launch like this, but it's fun to watch Steve pour some fuel on the fire.
COO Tim Cook also gets in on the a...
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The Apple Tablet Dates Back to 1888 [AppleTablet]
Apple started working on Newton in 1989, but as this infographic shows, the first seeds of tablet technology were sown well over a hundred years ago.
While we don't expect the iSlate iPad Apple tablet to come with a 19th-century stylus, this infographic s...
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The Apple Tablet: 'A First-Generation iPhone That's Met Its Match With a Rolling Pin' [Rumor]
According to AppleInsider's sources, this flickr image is the closest mockup of the Apple Tablet that anyone has seen to date. And yes, it's essentially a big, first-gen iPhone that's "met its match with a rolling pin."Rather than a plastic back, AI claim...
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An Ad For Apple's Original Tablet, the Newton [Apple Tablet]


The Newton might be in the valley between an iPhone and Apple's upcoming tablet, but it's essentially Apple's first stab at the form factor. And here's how they promoted it.
Setting aside the '90s taint on the ad, it's strange to see how much Apple pum...
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Rumor: Ebooks for Apple Tablet, From Harper Collins [Rumors]
According to the WSJ, HarperCollins Publishers is in talks with Apple about providing ebooks for Apple's tablet. It's speculated that ebook markets such as Amazon's would seriously suffer if such an arrangement were finalized.
Based on explanations by Bri...
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And Ad For Apple's Original Tablet, the Newton [Apple Tablet]


The Newton might be in the valley between an iPhone and Apple's upcoming tablet, but it's essentially Apple's first stab at the form factor. And here's how they promoted it.
Setting aside the '90s taint on the ad, it's strange to see how much Apple pum...
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First Hands-On and Video: Dell Mini 5 Android Slate [Tablets]
Yesterday, we saw Dell's Slate concept for the first time. Today, we got to actually play with it. And it's called the Mini 5. (Btw, if you want to read yesterday's stories on the slate, check here.) Specs that we know: custom Android, SIM (it makes ca...
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First Hands-On: Dell Mini 5 Android Slate [Tablets]
Yesterday, we saw Dell's Slate concept for the first time. Today, we got to actually play with it. And it's called the Mini 5. (Btw, if you want to read yesterday's stories on the slate, check here.) Specs that we know: custom Android, SIM (it makes calls...
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A Quickie Look At Dell's Slate, In a Dark Corridor [Tablets]
I'm pretty sure Dell's slate (5-inch tablet) has an OLED screen. Plus it's got a SIM slot along with a 5MP camera and what looks to be a built-in stand. Despite what you've heard, no one was allowed to touch it.






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