AP – SHAREHOLDER FURY: Although Yahoo Inc. made peace with dissident investor Carl Icahn, other shareholders are expected to attack management Friday at the Internet company’s annual meeting.

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Yep, just like we’d heard, the Phoenix lander has identified water in a soil sample it collected in Mars earlier, and NASA’s extended the mission for another 90 days to go look for more. There’s no analysis of the ice yet, but it doesn’t look like there’s any organic materials in the sample, and it’ll take another three to four weeks before there’s any more data to reveal. Hopefully that means we’ll be packing up our silver go-go boots and taking off for our fabulous future lives on Mars in a month, but we’ll see how things go.

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CNET – Microsoft filed its quarterly report with the U.S.

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CNET – Microsoft filed its annual report Thursday, confirming that it spent $500 million for its acquisition earlier this year of Sidekick maker Danger.

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Microsoft confirms it spent half billion on Danger
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AP – Yahoo Inc.’s recent truce with investor Carl Icahn didn’t pacify many shareholders who remain on the war path heading into the Internet company’s annual meeting Friday.

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