links for 2008-02-02
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the first time ever, NASA will beam a song — The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” — directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4. The transmission over NASA’s Deep Space Network will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded
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After a year and a half of intermittent talks, Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion cash and stock bid for Yahoo!, a total of $31 per share. The price represents a 62 percent premium over Yahoo’s Thursday closing price of $19.18