Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo - by Ina Fried from CNET    "Microsoft went public Friday with a $44.6 billion cash-and-stock bid to acquire Yahoo. In its response, Yahoo called the Microsoft bid "unsolicited" but did not reject it."

As Twitter Service Woes Continue, Japanese Money Looks Likely - by Duncan Riley from TechCrunch   "On the reliability side, the move to Verio isn’t going well for Twitter so far with regular down time, delayed messages and related issues in the just over 24 hours since the move was made."

Does Portal’s Success Presage Game Industry Shift? - by Wagner James Au from GigaOM   "...Portal is basically a non-violent, low-budget puzzle game that takes about 5 to 8 hours to play, and features a folk rock song. In other words, a crossover-casual game, the kind of thing you could easily get your girlfriend or even your mom to enjoy...."