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Microsoft is probing Facebook's merger interest

Among the many choices on Microsoft's table after the Yahoo deal fell apart, you have to admit that a wholesale buyout of social networking phenom Facebook would make some of the biggest waves.
A tech industry blog published by Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Redmond's bankers had contacted Facebook leaders to "gauge their interest" in a buyout. Microsoft already holds a 1.6 percent stake in the social portal thanks to a $240 million investment last year, a ratio that would suggest a final price tag in the $15 billion range.

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wow4u5830d ago

That wouldnt be such a bad move for Facebook. They could get more of the collaboration / blogging tools from live ( http://spaces.live.com/, http://spaces.live.com/phot... http://spaces.live.com/even... and http://spaces.live.com/skyd... so Facebook users can have a more enriched experience. It would also be a good place for non-programers to explore http://www.popfly.com

It will also be nice for my contact managment to be bridged between my social networking app and my hotmail account, using http://www.mesh.com

Tempist5830d ago

Facebook is bad enough as is in how it deviated from it's original purpose (Getting to know people from school).

Look how down hill Myspace went after Fox bought it.

Monchichi0255830d ago

Whatcha talkin about son? Myspace has become 10X better with lots more features and the ability to pretty much eliminate spam. MYSPACE IS GREAT!

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Is this the perfect recipe for Fallout 5? Fan’s post about setting goes viral

Where do you want Fallout 5 to be set? Countless places have been called out but one has risen above

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shinoff218316h ago

Nashville area wouldn't be bad tbh, but I'd prefer to take that back to the west coast.

thorstein5h ago

Along their thinking, New Orleans would be better. (There isn't a New Orleans setting, is there?)

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The boss rush/shmup “Song Of Morus – Gala Of Battle” is now available for Game Boy

"The US-based indie games publisher The Retro Room Games are today very pleased and excited to announce that their anime-styled boss rush/shoot-em-up game "Song Of Morus - Gala Of Battle", is now digitally and physically available for the Nintendo Game Boy." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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Helldivers 2 Dissapoints the Community With the Absence of a New Patch

Players expected new fixes and were quite disappointed by the absence of the expected Helldivers 2 patch.