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Deadline passes in EA bid to buy Take-Two Interactive shares (AFP)

AFP - A deadline for Take-Two Interactive Software shareholders to agree to a buyout by video game giant Electronic Arts has passed with neither firm commenting on the takeover bid's fate.

Compuware 2.0 set as rebirth of company (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld - Looking to sharpen its business focus, Compuware this week launched its "Compuware 2.0" campaign, which is being characterized by the 35-year-old software tools vendor as a rebirth of the company.

Windows XP SP3 Causes 'Blue Screen Of Death' On AMD-Based PCs (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - HP says the problem could occur because XP SP3 tries to place on computers a power management driver that's only supposed to run on PCs that use Intel chips.

Bender Forms Group to Promote OLPC's Sugar UI (PC World)

PC World - Former One Laptop Per Child President of software and content Walter Bender has launched Sugar Labs, an organization that will...

Frustrated With Your Content Management Software Vendor? You're Not Alone (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - A developer from an Australian university shares his top five reasons a certain content management company will go out of business.

OLPC Adds Windows XP To XO Laptop (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Microsoft will charge OLPC a highly reduced Windows XP licensing fee of $3 per unit under a program it calls Unlimited Potential.

One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has entered into an agreement with Microsoft governing the installation of Windows XP on the nonprofit organization's low-cost XO laptops for use by impoverished children around the world.

Former Tech Executive Found Guilty of Securities Fraud (PC World)

PC World - The former chairman and CEO of PurchasePro.com, a business-to-business software broker that died during the dot-com bust, has...

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 requesting Microsoft 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.

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.