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Outraged Icahn refocuses on ousting Yahoo boardApparently abandoning hopes for a truce with Yahoo Inc., investor Carl Icahn sharpened his focus on replacing the Internet company's board Monday after his attempt to negotiate a deal with Microsoft Corp. was angrily rejected.
Yahoo's current board versus Icahn's challengersCarl Icahn moved ahead with his attempt to overthrow Yahoo Inc.'s board of directors by submitting his final list of candidates Monday. The nominees remain the same as those he first provided in May, except the list has been whittled from 10 to nine candidates to reflect Yahoo's decision to reduce the size of its board. Here's a look at the incumbents and the Icahn-led opposition:
XBox 360 to stream Netflix moviesMicrosoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Netflix Inc. that highlights the way gaming devices are expanding into all-purpose home-entertainment hubs.
Apple sells 1 million iPhones in first 3 daysApple Inc. said Monday it sold 1 million iPhones in the first three days its newest model was on the market.
Game characters get smarter _ and less predictableIn the upcoming video game "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed," the evil Stormtroopers are smart enough to keep players guessing.
Palm launches new Treo on Sprint networkPalm Inc., which has been struggling to maintain its position in the hot market for "smart" phones, introduced a new Treo model Monday with Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.
Cell phone companies scramble to halt traffickingFor less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you aren't locked into a long-term contract.
Microsoft cuts Xbox price by $50, plans 60GB modelMicrosoft Corp. is trimming the price of its Xbox 360 video game console to make way for a new model with a bigger hard drive.
Fmr HP exec pleads guilty in trade secrets caseAn executive who worked at IBM Corp. for nearly a decade pleaded guilty Friday to stealing trade secrets about the company's pricing and trying to pass them off to his superiors at rival Hewlett-Packard Co. when he took a job there.
Verizon open network gets first, unsexy deviceWhen Verizon Wireless announced in November that it would open up its network to any company that wanted to make a device for it, industry watchers had visions of innovative features like cheap international calls and Google applications.