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The reception desk is shown at Google's New York offices on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Google Inc. says Microsoft Corp. could use its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search leader's queasiness about its two biggest rivals teaming up. Google Inc.
Washington forward Quincy Pondexter looks at an iPhone with a front page newspaper image of himself after hitting a game-winning shot against Marquette during NCAA college basketball news conference in San Jose, Calif., Friday, March 19, 2010. Washington plays new Mexico in a second-round game on Saturday. iPhone
LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Nokia N900 phone is displayed at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company says the device lets people use it like a desktop computer with PC-style multitasking and browsers, including Firefox, that are the same as a desktop interface. The N900 has a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash as well as video and full Skype and chat capabilities. It selss for about USD 468. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees. Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Ballmer intends to keep the regulatory heat on Google as his company strives to lessen its rival's dominance of Internet search. Microsoft Corporation
MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 24: Joseph Vardi, Jimmy Wales, Niklas Zennstroem and Mitchell Baker attend the Digital Life Design (DLD) conference at HVB Forum on January 24, 2010 in Munich, Germany. DLD brings together global leaders and creators from the digital world. Jimmy Wales
In this image obtained via Twitter astronaut Soichi Noguchi aboard the International Space Station posted this image showing the Sahara Desert, the first view out of the cupola's windows on the observation deck of the the Tranquility module station early Wednesday morning Feb. 17, 2010. Twitter Inc
Melinda French Gates, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, joins with Univision Communications Inc., to announce a national education initiative to boost academic achievement among Hispanic students from kindergarten through high school, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, during an event at the National Press Club in Washington. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Former President Bill Clinton, right, and Bill Gates, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on global health. William Gates III
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., left, laughs with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during an appearance at Brown International Academy in west Denver on Friday, March 19, 2010. Bennet, who was the former superintendent of Denver Public Schools, joined Duncan to recap a day of meetings with educational leaders from rural and urban school districts. Michael Bennet
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Google founders Larry Page (R) and Sergey Brin (L) speak at a press conference announcing Google's launch of a new transit mapping feature of Google Maps with the Metropolitan Transit Authority at Grand Central Station on September 23, 2008 in New York City. Users searching for driving directions will also be given the choice of public transportation directions. Sergey Brin
COLOGNE, GERMANY - AUGUST 19: The newly presented Sony Playstation PS3 'Slim' is seen during the 'gamescom', Europe's biggest trade fair for interactive games and entertainment on August 19, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. The inaugural gamescom in Cologne is a five-day games expo for consumers and trade. PS3
New York Times best-selling authors and syndicated radio hosts Rick and Bubba talk about their favorite subject - food - in their new book, Rick and Bubba's Big Honkin' Book of Grub. Where "the two sexiest fat men alive" eat, what they eat and their favorite family recipes. New York Times Company
Inkling brings rich interactive learning content to iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. iPod touch
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke, left, serves a hot dog to 7-year-old Mason Dietrich, from Waterloo, Ontario, before the Maple Leafs' NHL hockey season opener against the Montreal Canadiens in Toronto on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Brian Burke
REDWOOD SHORES, CA - DECEMBER 20: A sign with Linux penguins is seen in front of the Oracle headquarters December 20, 2007 in Redwood Shores, California. Oracle reported a 25 percent surge in its fiscal first quarter net income with earnings of $840 million, or 16 cents per share,compared to $670 million, or 13 cents per share one year ago. Linux
NEW YORK - MAY 01: (L-R) Law student Himanshu Singh, creative director of Creative Commons Eric Steuer, composer Paul 'DJ Spooky' Miller, professor Jenn Urban and moderator George Szalai of the Hollywood Reporter onstage at the 'Tribeca Talks: Reuse, Remix & Renew' industry panel held at Kellen Auditorium during the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2008 in New York City. Creative Commons

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