Microsoft has dropped its flamboyant offer to buy Yahoo because the Yahooligans were greedy and thus the two sides could not agree on an acceptable sale price. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer formally withdrew the offer in a letter to Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.

As the proud owner of a Porsche Cayenne, I took a look around the interweb to see where I could chat and discuss Cayenne things with fellow owners. Amazingly there was no online community for Cayenne owners. Until now. The Cayenne Club is a place where you can discuss mechanical and technical things about your Cayenne. So if you have an S, GTS, Turbo or the brand new Cayenne Turbo S, head over to the Cayenne Club and join the growing community.

Folio Magazine have an interesting story on how some of the biggest B2B publishers are coming together to create the BBN (business to business network anyone?) to combat the drop in print revenues. Folio are dead wrong. I really think the BBN will be going head to head with Google. Publishers […]

Facebook is for students - right? It used to be, and by staying focussed on that niche is what made Facebook go global. Today we have Yeek - the Drupal based site for gamers to interact, write comments, create online profiles, talk smack and generally hang out with fellow gamers - when they aren’t kicking ass and taking names in Call of Duty, Halo and WOW. Check it out, you’ll be amazed at how much freedom you have to create your own stuff.

On his way out of the door, Billg has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (£22.4bn) in cash and shares. The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday.
Yahoo confirmed that it has received an unsolicited offer and said that […]