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Microsoft's social networking-infused makeover of Windows Live, detailed last month, begins to show itself publicly. Read this blog post by Ina Fried on Beyond Binary.

Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion, according to a report in Britain's Sunday Times. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Oh dear - even as I write this, I can see the smug smile spreading across the faces of Windows users - and I can hear the clatter of keyboards as thousands of Mac fans compose angry messages. But here we go - Macs are not immune from internet infections.

Levinsohn has told Swisher it's "total fiction" and "the first time Levinsohn has heard of the plan, he said. Sources at Microsoft and Yahoo also said there was no deal like that in the making at this point in time."

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You'll need to shore up your anti-virus software if you run a Mac. On the other hand, anti-virus software isn’t effective, if you’re to believe Stuart Staniford. Microsoft says they’ll have SP2 for Vista by April. And Lisa Simpson gets her first mA

In our weekly series of hot XBox 360 games for the 2008 Christmas season, we feature the African plains found in Far Cry 2. No annoying mutants in this release, Far Cry 2 retains the impressive fighting from the first game.

Looks to be a strong finish for the Xbox 360 thanks to the price drop and the Arcade version. Do you think 2009 will be a repeat performance, better or worse.

You can thank Atari as we finally get some clarity on the ambiguous release date for the highly anticipated Ghostbusters title that many feared was lost when the title was dumped during the Activision/Blizzard merger.

the stories we reported yesterday have follow-ups today. Apple apparently didn’t like everyone knowing they were recommending anti-virus software. And Microsoft is releasing Vista SP2 Beta Thursday. Neither company is usually this quick about anything.