Expect the Google/Yahoo merger any day now…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Microsoft Corp. said Saturday it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Internet portal Yahoo Inc.

In a statement, Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) CEO Steve Ballmer said “After careful consideration, we believe the economics demanded by Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) do not make sense for us.”
via CNN

Check out this awesome story over on MacWorld about the OS that never was, Copland. Some of the things that didn’t make it in that revision (but are in the OSX that we all know and love now) include the precursors to Time Machine and Spotlight.

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via DF

Adobe has discontinued GoLive, primarily because it sucks, but also because they intend to make the web 50% Flash and 50% Air.

Adobe on Monday announced that its venerable visual Web site creation tool GoLive has been discontinued. The company has ceased development and sales of GoLive effective Monday, April 28, 2008.

GoLive started life as CyberStudio, an early …

Press Release - Note: this version is not a free upgrade from the Macworld version, so keep that in mind before updating!

Agile Web Solutions today announced the release of 1Password 2.6, containing a wealth of improvements and new features. The most notable improvements include an enhancement to the existing Anti-Phishing feature of 1Password, automatic detection of …

AllBookmarks 3.0 Released: Completely new and still free…

Agile Web Solutions just released AllBookmarks 3.0, a major upgrade to the free Bookmark Manager that provides access to all your browser bookmarks in one place. AllBookmarks is a free application that adds a new item to your Mac OS X menu bar giving you quick access to all your bookmarks.

All of …

MacUpdate Promo has the apps below in a bundle for a mere $64.99 - that’s less than the cost of Parallels alone!

When you purchase bundles now, you’ll be the immediate owner of Hazel, Art Text, MenuCalendarClock, Leap, StoryMill, Typinator and DVDRemaster Pro. Then when the Mac community spreads the word and reaches 5,000 bundles sold, Sound Studio will …

Ok, not necessarily Mac related, but many of you are likely registered audiophiles and will appreciate the linguistic ass kicking bestowed upon Monster Cable in this story.

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/blue-jeans-strikes-back

As Audioholics summarized:

Not long ago we reported that Monster Cable had issued a cease and desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable about their Tartan cables. Little did the lawyer drones over at …