It’s all over the news:

Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo

Microsoft said Friday that it would offer $44.6 billion for Yahoo, the ailing search giant. The surprise offer of $31 a share represents a 62 percent premium to Thursday’s clsoing share price. Yahoo shareholders could elect to receive either cash or stock.
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“This proposal represents a compelling value realization event for your shareholders”, Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, said in a letter to Yahoo’s board sent Thursday.

My take? Now there’s no excuse for EU blocking on the Doubleclick acquisition by Google. Tough competition ahead.

Source:Pedro and Hugo

I’ve said previously that convergence is becoming mainstream, and we often see new applications being brought from the web to our physical spaces, as connectivity becomes ordinary.

Wable is one of these projects, streaming the feeds from Plazo, Flickr, Last.fm and del.icio.us, visualizing

the changes of your web identity over time and create a physical link between your virtual and real identity (…) The interface consists of both a physical table and a web application. This direct feedback from your web identity is customizable and can be connected to any RSS feed”

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The project was developed by Physical Interaction Lab, using Arduino, a ethernet connection and 4 small motors.

Source: information aesthetics

And for something completely different, a quick one that has been around on my del.icio.us bookmarks.

While the WGA holds the strike, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) does a home run.

Agency: Vitruvio Leo Burnett (Spain)
Source: CCSP