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Yahoo would reportedly buy Hulu under right terms

Yahoo would pay up to $2 billion to acquire Hulu if the deal came with four or five years of exclusive access to current TV shows and older movies, according a story in yesterday's Business Insider.

Citing a "source familiar with Yahoo's M&A plans," Business Insider said that Hulu's owners would have to guarantee the exclusive access before Yahoo's corporate development people would present such a deal to their board of directors.

However, that type of deal may be tough to swing.

Hulu's owners have reportedly been willing to offer the … Read more

Google map takes tourists to annoyed couple's home

Some people might like the company.

Some, though, would declare that this is worse than having a telemarketer call you every three minutes.

Laurie Gneiding and Michael Brady might be among the latter, given that one of those little technical glitches in Google Maps brings many people to their door. They just happen to be people that Gneiding and Brady haven't invited to dinner. Or lunch. Or even a party.

The New Jersey Star-Ledger explained that Gneiding and Brady happen to live in a home that is very near to Round Valley State Park. Unfortunately, as far as Google … Read more

An 'Apple or Google country' out at sea?

Given that the world is ending with a rapidity that even the prophets of doom didn't anticipate, it's healthy to think how we might prefer to spend our last remaining years.

A former Google engineer would like to extend an invitation: come and live on a series of barges and water platforms and create your own government and your own way of life.

You might think that Patri Friedman--grandson of the very free economist Milton and son of the very libertarian law professor Paul--is possessed of unrealistic notions.

However, his proposal will be, for many, severely tempting. … Read more

New Kindle DX

Links from Thursday's episode of Loaded:

Amazon.com is releasing an updated Kindle DX with a lower price Amazon will soon allow you to read parts of Kindle books in the browser with HTML5 And in more Amazon news, the company buys Woot.com Google claims that search suggestions are being blocked in China Google News is redesigned with more customization and social-sharing features Microsoft ditches plans to launch the Kin in Europe, deciding instead to focus on Windows Phone 7

Free phones for all?

Links from Friday morning's episode of Loaded:

T-Mobile may give away free handsets on June 19 Facebook partners with the National Parent Teachers Association to promote safe use of social networks Google News experiments with Editors' Picks History Pin lets you compare images and stories of places on a map, past and present