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Maybe Microsoft is serious about buying Yahoo! after all

Microsoft MoneyIt looks like the acquisition talks between Microsoft and Yahoo! are back on. The other day we were picking on Microsoft for setting an ultimatum, and then letting it pass with no real consequences. But the New York Times reports that there's probably a good reason Microsoft hasn't followed through with their threat to replace Yahoo!'s board: the company actually think it can hammer out a peaceful agreement.

Sources close to the deal are saying that Microsoft is willing to raise its bid to about $33 a share. That's less than the $37 a share some Yahoo! shareholders are hoping for, but significantly higher than the $29 a share Microsoft is currently offering. If this all sounds like the two companies are squabbling over just a few bucks, keep this in mind: Every $1 per share increase raises the value of the transaction by about $1.4 billion.

It's still totally possible that this deal could fall through. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer says he's got a firm limit in mind and will not pay a penny more, while Yahoo!'s Jerry Yang says the previous offers were too low, but has not publicly stated what the right price might be. If the negotiations go nowhere, Microsoft could follow through on its threat to initiate a hostile takeover, but in the long run that could wind up costing even more money.

Filed under: Business, Internet, Security, Utilities, Windows, Office, Productivity, Microsoft

Microsoft buys VPN Whale

Whale CommunicationsMicrosoft has now acquired Whale Communications, a maker of VPN (virtual private network) technology. Whale technology uses SSL encryption to provide secure access to business users across unsecured networks. According to Bob Kelly, general manager of Infrastructure Marketing, Microsoft wants to increase the quality and security of their offerings with Whale's technology. This is good news for Microsoft users in the future, and IT departments as well. Whale's products join the ever increasing slew of Microsoft business applications for teleworkers. If you connect to a VPN for work in a corporate environment, Microsoft's acquisition of Whale may find it's way to your desktop soon.

[Via Microsoft PressPass]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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