Thiis week

Monday February 12, 2008

Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Offer As it scrounges for viable alternatives to Microsoft's hostile acquisition bid, Yahoo is said to be considering a merger of its own. Microsoft Buys Mobile Software Firm Danger Redmond expands its reach in handsets with purchase of Sidekick software maker. Motorola, Nortel in Talks to Combine Units: Report Latest in wave of telecom mergers would unite wireless phone carriers. Gates Talks up Custom Office Apps In one of his final speeches as a full-time Microsoft employee, Gates pitches SharePoint and Office Live services at this year's Office developers confab. LG, Samsung Bet on New Mobile Linux Platform Mobile open source phones in the works from several manufacturers. Tibco Releases ActiveMatrix 2.0 Latest SOA platform features an enterprise service bus and an Eclipse-based development environment. Video On The Web, Billions Served December was a record breaker for online video viewing; could the writer's strike have helped? What's Waiting For Microsoft-Yahoo in Washington? With many moving parts in play, the regulatory fate of Microsoft's acquisition bid is far from certain. Dell Site Glitch Sets Off AMD Abandonment Fears Contrary to rumors, Dell is not reducing or dumping AMD. More EC Troubles for Microsoft? The European Commission is reportedly looking into whether Microsoft's standards-setting behavior is anti-competitive.

FBI warns for valentines day Storm Worm Virus

The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center today said that with the Valentine's Day holiday approaching, users should be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading Storm Worm malware. The Storm Worm virus has capitalized on various holidays in the last year by sending millions of e-mails advertising an e-card link within the text of the spam e-mail. Valentine's Day has been identified as the next target.

Captain's FALL

Dilshan helps Sri Lanka to facile win over India

For a change, rain came as an ally for Sri Lanka, as they charged towards their revised target, eclipsing India's tally with eight wickets and two full overs to spare.

Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrate their win over India in Canberra on Tuesday.

In







dia Innings

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Virender Sehwag	c Muttiah Muralidaran b Nuwan Kulasekara	14	18	2	0
Sachin Tendulkar	c Nuwan Kulasekara b Farveez Maharoof	32	30	4	0
Gautam Gambhir	run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan)	35	33	3	0
Rohit Sharma	not out	70	64	5	1
MS Dhoni (C) (W)	run out (Chamara Kapugedera)	31	26	4	0
Yuvraj Singh	c Muttiah Muralidaran b Lasith Malinga	6	3	1	0
Robin Uthappa	not out	0	0	0	0
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Sreesanth
Ishant Sharma

Total: 195 for 5 in 29.0 overs Run Rate: 6.72 Extras : 7 (b - 0, w - 6, nb - 0, lb - 1, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/45 (Virender Sehwag 7.3 ov.), 2/49 (Sachin Tendulkar 8.2 ov.), 3/113 (Gautam Gambhir 20 ov.), 4/181 (MS Dhoni 27.4 ov.), 5/192 (Yuvraj Singh 28.3 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Chaminda Vaas	6	1	39	0	0	0
Lasith Malinga	6	0	45	1	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	6	0	33	1	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	6	0	41	1	0	0
Muttiah Muralidaran	5	0	36	0	2	0

Sri Lanka Innings

Batsman	Status	Runs	Balls	4's	6's
Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	62	59	6	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	c MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma	27	13	2	2
Kumar Sangakkara (W)	c Ishant Sharma b Harbhajan Singh	10	10	1	0
Mahela Jayawardena (C)	not out	36	35	1	0
Chamara Silva
Chamara Kapugedera
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Muttiah Muralidaran

Total: 154 for 2 in 19.0 overs Run Rate: 8.11 Extras : 19 (b - 0, w - 10, nb - 3, lb - 6, Penalty - 0)

Fall of wickets:1/45 (Sanath Jayasuriya 3.5 ov.), 2/69 (Kumar Sangakkara 7.1 ov.)

Bowlers	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Wides	Noballs
Sreesanth	3	0	48	0	2	1
Ishant Sharma	4	0	27	1	0	2
Irfan Pathan	4	0	29	0	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	4	0	15	1	0	0
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	15	0	3	0
Virender Sehwag	2	0	14	0	0	0