links for 2008-04-11

• Microsoft remains favorite in crowded battle for YahooYahoo's directors meet today to discuss alternatives to a Microsoft takeover, with many insiders still seeing a Microsoft deal - without the participation of News Corp - as the most likely outcome. Source: Wall Street Journal
• Flickr users cry mutiny over new video featureSeveral groups protesting this week's addition of video to Yahoo's popular photo-sharing site have sprung up to object to the new feature. Source: Wired
• Virtual world offers bands global stageMusicians are reaching a new audience through Second Life. Source: Reuters
• Television on the Internet taking off for realIt's been a long time coming but television on the Internet appears finally to be taking off, opening up a new viewing experience for free and helping to fight online piracy. Source: AFP
• The top 10 made-up words of Web 3.0Inspired by web jargon and making their first appearence on Twitter, I give you the Top 10 made up words of Web 3.0. Source: darmano
• AOL creates umbrella for blogs networkAOL is finally updating its portal's blog structures with the introduction of the AOL Technology Network. Source: paidContent
• EU Parliament warns against ISPs monitoring for music piracyEuropean Parliament members have voted in favour of outlawing the kind of ISP disconnection policy the French government introduced to fight illegal music downloads. Source: paidContent
• The Microhoo not-so-bored meetingYes, the board of Yahoo is meeting today to try to devise new and more dastardly ways of wringing more money out of Microsoft. Source: AllThingsD
• MicroHoo - the graphical storyHere is a great chart from The Wall Street Journal that kind of says it all. Source: AllThingsD
• Flexible screens - why am I so grumpy?Dreaming of epaper. Source: SimonWaldman
• Yahoo seeks allies to fend off Microsoft and MurdochMicrosoft's attempt to take over Yahoo is threatening to turn into a 'rumble in the jungle', according to one investor, as both sides seek to bolster their positions. Source: Guardian
• Google hires controversial bankerGoogle has turned to one of the technology world's most controversial figures - once arrested and put on trial - for advice in the takeover battle between Microsoft and Yahoo. Source: Guardian
• Ten green social networks you should knowThese 10 web sites think they have the key ingredients to motivate their users to fight global warming and cut carbon. Source: Earth2Tech