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AOL CEO addresses troops, but not Yahoo

CNET News.com's Jim Kerstetter contributed to this blog.

In a memo apparently intended to ease the nerves of AOL employees, Chief Executive Randy Falco broadly outlined the Time Warner business unit's position in the marketplace without directly addressing the elephant in the room: Yahoo.

In recent days, reports have resurfaced that Yahoo is either in partnership or merger talks with the struggling Time Warner unit. But in his memo sent out to employees, Falco never actually addresses Yahoo, Microsoft, or the machinations reported in recent days.

Instead, he talks about AOL's current standing in advertising, publishing, … Read more

Robotic 'Falco' hunts down airport birds

Birds are a perennial nuisance at many airports, but removing them can be a labor-intensive and potentially dangerous affair when winged raptors are trained to chase them away. So a European company called Bird Raptor has taken live hunters out of the equation altogether by creating an unmanned air vehicle that serves as a "gregarious bird removal system," according to FlightGlobal, or "GBRS."

The "Falco"--not to be confused with the '80s Euro-pop star--is the product of 11 years of development, a life-size mechanical replica of a female goshawk with a 5.25-foot … Read more