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It's IT Blogwatch: in which Carl Icahn tag-teams with Steve Ballmer in the fight for control of Yahoo! Not to mention the Web site is down...

Chris Kanaracus and Elizabeth Montalbano also tag-team:

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It's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft is to acquire Powerset, to beef up its search engine. Not to mention how not to make a PC less noisy...

Elizabeth Montalbano reports:

No, I'm not going to say Vista. I see Vista as an organizational failure. Ballmer gets his share of the blame, but there's plenty of blame to go around. Now, Microhoo, the failed attempt to buy out Yahoo -- that heaping pile lands directly on Ballmer's doorstep.

Let me walk you through it. First, as we all know, Microsoft has been obsessed by Google. Ballmer is convinced that Google is The Enemy.

It's IT Blogwatch: in which we follow the latest twists and turns in the Yahoo/Microsoft/Google saga. Not to mention a curious Victorian English rapper...

Elizabeth Montalbano and Juan Carlos Perez tag-team:

It's IT Blogwatch: in which billionaire investor Carl Icahn starts a proxy fight to restart the Microsoft/Yahoo merger talks. Not to mention a bizarre German street performer...

Juan Carlos Perez reports:

It's IT Blogwatch: in which the Microsoft bid for Yahoo rumbles on. Not to mention more Error'd...

Linda Rosencrance reports:

Microsoft Corp. isn't planning to raise its initial unsolicited $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., according to The Wall Street Journal. Although some have said Microsoft would up the ante for the company, people familiar with the deal [said] it was unlikely to happen. The sources said Microsoft was using the possibility of an increased bid to entice Yahoo to meet to discuss the offer. So far, the companies have only met once ...