Microsoft Contemplates 'Plan C' BlackBerry Offers 3G High-End Phone AMD Tight-Lipped on Company's Future Do Some Gadgets Stymie Innovation? Google Wants Ad Deal with Yahoo Microsoft Film Contest Is for Vista PR Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. Research In Motion has announced the BlackBerry Bold, a new mobile device that it said will give business users "unprecedented functionality and performance" with tri-band HSDPA. Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half, AMD kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest in a very brief annual meeting with shareholders. The success of gadgets like the iPhone, the BlackBerry and the Xbox threatens to unravel the decades of innovation that helped to build the Internet, a leading technology expert has warned in a new book. Google expressed hope that the Internet search leader will be able to form a lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo -- a deal that lowers the odds of Microsoft renewing its Yahoo bid. Calling all would-be Judd Apatows, Martin Scorseses and Coen brothers. Your cinematic ambitions may be supported by an unlikely patron, based not in Hollywood but in Redmond, Washington.   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   FULL STORY   Microsoft Contemplates 'Plan C'   BlackBerry Offers 3G High-End Phone

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