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Yahoo opened the beta test of SearchScan in several countries to help safeguard people against potentially dangerous links in their search results.
Shares of Yahoo climbed as high as $29.73 on Friday ahead of optimism about a Microsoft-Yahoo deal, but Steve Ballmer's decision to dump the deal after market close rattled Yahoo stock today.
Verizon's win in the FCC auction for the C block of 700MHz spectrum should be stopped unless the company agrees to give existing customers open access privileges, according to Google.
Now that most of the Microsoft-Yahoo stuff is (at least temporarily) out of the way, it's time for the rumor mill to latch onto some other topic. One contender is the possible acquisition of LinkedIn.
Trent Reznor tossed another dart at the music industry by releasing The Slip as a free download.
Shifting to an online-only setup is often a last resort for newspapers and other print publications; it's seen as an admission of defeat. IDG, however, has found the online environment to be a welcoming and lucrative place.
