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AP - In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low.No tag for this post.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp has had no new negotiations on deals involving Yahoo Inc , but preliminary talks with media companies continue, a source familiar with the software giant's thinking said on Wednesday.

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TechWeb - InformationWeek - Linspire produced Click'N'Run as a way of finding, reviewing, and downloading a copy of desktop software available on the Internet, including the Linspire Linux distribution.No tag for this post.

CNET - Dell shares rose as high as 4.5 percent Wednesday, following reports that founder Michael Dell acquired nearly $100 million in shares in the computer maker.No tag for this post.

Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the high profile, guided search startup headed by former Weblogs founder Jason Calacanis, said Wednesday afternoon that it has launched the ability to let anyone edit any page on Mahalo, even without logging into the site. Calacanis described the new feature on his blog as "Wikipedia with paid Fact Checkers." The new features also include the ability for anyone to create a new page, much like Wikipedia allows users to create pages on any topic. Mahalo provides a human-powered, search engine, and is venture backed by Sequoia Capital, Elon Musk, News Corp, CBS Corporation, and Burda Media. READ MORE>>No tag for this post.

CNET - The public will be allowed a peek at some of what was said last week during a settlement hearing in the long-running legal dispute between ConnectU and Facebook.No tag for this post.

AP - Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.No tag for this post.

PC World - Mozilla is successful in setting the world record for most software downloads in one day with Firefox 3.No tag for this post.

PC World - Microsoft has eased hardware requirements for PC makers to load Windows XP Home on ultra-low-cost PCs to allow touchscreens...No tag for this post.

PC World - A trade group raises concerns about IBM's acquisition of a competing mainframe vendor.No tag for this post.