February 1, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Microsoft (MSFT) Friday made an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion for Internet portal Yahoo (YHOO) in a bold bid to leapfrog Google (GOOG) as the dominant player in the fast emerging Internet advertising market.

Yahoo’s senior executives and board of directors played coy, issuing a statement that the company will “carefully and promptly” study Microsoft’s bid.

“We’ve made a great offer to Yahoo shareholders and we respect the fact that their management and board have a lot to consider,” said Kevin Johnson, Microsoft’s president of platform and services, in an interview. “Our strong preference is working collaboratively with Yahoo.”
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February 1, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Garmin, the nation’s leading maker of satellite-powered navigational devices, is getting into the wireless phone business with a handset that incorporates GPS.

“This is the breakthrough product that cellphone and GPS users around the world have been longing for — a single device that does it all,” said Cliff Pemble, the company’s president and chief operating officer. “We believe the Nuvifone will change the way people view converged devices in the future.”
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February 1, 2008 by kb3ljm.

The Yasme Foundation in the USA has announced the winners of their first ever Excellence Awards. These are given for service and dedication to amateur radio as recognized by the foundation’s Directors, and are in the form of a plaque and a monetary award. The Yasme Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organised to conduct scientific and educational projects related to amateur radio. This includes DXing and the introduction and promotion of amateur radio in underdeveloped countries. There were five winners this year. Joseph L Arcure Junior, W3HNK, got his Excellence Award for his long service to DXers as a QSL manager. Sheldon C Shallon, W6EL, gained recognition for his work with propagation prediction software. James Brooks, 9V1YC, was honoured for organising DXpeditions and making professional videos of similar events. Lastly, Jukka Salomaa, OH2BUA, and Antti Kantola, OH5TB gained their awards for conceiving, operating, and maintaining DX Summit, the first widely-used web-based spotting network portal. [RSGB]

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February 1, 2008 by kb3ljm.

Investigators are trying to find out why a huge tower in Arkansas collapsed. At 2000 feet high it was once the second highest structure in the world. No one was seriously injured when the tower fell but crews working to strengthen the tower had been just minutes away from climbing it to replace cable. Initial reports suggest that work on high level guy wires caused the top section to fail, which then damaged other guy wires on its descent. Built in 1965, the tower held transmitting antennas for local TV and radio stations. [RSGB]

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February 1, 2008 by kb3ljm.

WEST KIRIBATI, T30.

Udo, C21HC is QRV as T30HC. He has been activeon 20 meters CW around 0600z. QSL via DL9HCU.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, VP5.

Saul, WA1UKN is QRV as VP5/WA1UKN from Grand Turk until May 7. Activity is on 40, 20, 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters. QSL to home call.

http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/dx/2008-arld006.html

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