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'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft
(AP)
 AP - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.
Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave
(AP)
 AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case
(AP)
 AP - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era
(AP)
 AP - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
(AP)
AP - Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny.
Yahoo, WPP form multiyear ad-trading partnership
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Embattled Yahoo Inc has struck an
advertising partnership deal with WPP Group that will let WPP
buy ads on Yahoo's online ad exchange, the companies said late
on Thursday.
RocketRAID 3522 card update supports Mac Pro booting
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - HighPoint Technologies has introduced a new firmware update for its RocketRAID 3522 host controller card to support booting on the Mac Pro and Xserve.
Trends & Innovations - Thursday
(Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Software installed on cell phones provides first responders basic medical information such as blood type, medications, allergies and emergency contacts. The application appears as an emergency logo on the screen of the user's cell phone, and it helps paramedics find the person's medical history in case of emergency, even in areas without cellular reception. The software was created by developer MyRapidMD in Calif. If the phone is broken, emergency workers can call an 800 number and access data remotely.
Windows Coming on Dual-boot OLPC
(PC World)
PC World - The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft plan to make both Windows and Linux available on a version of the project's XO...
More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, the count was 200,805 signatures, excluding duplicates and fake signups.
Missouri Mom Indicted In MySpace Cyber-Bullying, Suicide Case
(TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The social networking site cooperated with authorities and is named as a victim in the case.
U.S. game sales jump 47 percent in April on GTA4
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. sales of video game hardware
and software rose 47 percent from a year earlier, as Take-Two
Interactive Software Inc's "Grand Theft Auto 4" and Nintendo Co
Ltd's Wii console stole the show.
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