Quite a bit went on yesterday, from outages to oustings to the outrageous, and we're here to make sure you're kept in the loop. And away we go!

It's been a rough day here weather-wise, with snow and ice wreaking havoc on everything from the roads to internet service — we were fine without the roads, but the internet was more than we could take. The treacherous conditions outside set us thinking about conditions on the information superhighway, and so we bring you a roundup of interesting security news from the world wide web.

As promised this morning, we're back with more wild and woolly news from the world wide web.

Buy is the word of the day today among the Big Boys of Tech, with just about everybody looking to add someone else to their list of acquisitions. Without further adieu, here's the rundown.

A bit of moving and shaking went on yesterday, though most of it was on the depressing side — James I was right when he said "No news is good news," or something vaguely like it. Still, it's best to know what's going on, so here we go.

The bizarre is all around us. There was a time — not too long ago — when science fiction was science fiction. These days, tales of the wild and wacky aren't so much literature as — the evening news.

There's lots on the wire this morning, from AOL splitting in twain to the MPAA pulling magic tricks, so let's get right into it. And away we go!

As we've noted with some disdain, the news has been captivated with the Big Money Buyout this week, as though the world is caught in some terrible rerun of Let's Make A Deal. The dealio continues unabated, but the good news is that at least some of the tech world has returned to normal.

Industry has been the biggest source of news this week, what with the never-ending brouhaha over Microsoft & Yahoo and all the other enterprise ups and downs. Industry isn't the only player, though, and this afternoon we're focusing on what happens when the government gets into the technoplay.

In the first go round, Linux arch-developer Linus Torvalds used his appearance on the Linux Foundation's OpenVoices podcast to talk about why the Linux kernel would be sticking with the GPLv2. Now he's back again, sitting down with Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin to talk about Microsoft's patent bluster, how he's nonplussed about the work MS has done towards Linux interoperability, the importance of not scaring away potential kernel hackers, and quite a bit more.

We had high hopes that after four days of non-stop punditry, the Microsoft-Yahoo bid might not be the only thing anyone was talking about. It seems it's still on the tip of everyone's tongue — and probably will be for quite a while — but a few other stories have managed to slip through. Here's what we've got.

The weekend is over, the Giants won the Super Bowl, and most of us have gotten our tongues back in our mouths after Friday's announcement that Microsoft has a serious case of the hots for Yahoo. Now it's time for the wrap-up of what was going down while we were weekending.

Technology news isn't all mergers, acquisitions, and shakeups, sometimes it's porn and penis-enlargement email too. In an effort to provide balanced coverage of all things tech-wise, this afternoon is dedicated to the just-a-bit-different department.

It's not uncommon these days to run into an empty domain covered in ads, completely unassociated with what we expected to find. The cash cow may find itself on the barbecue soon, however, as the powers that be are planning to pull the plug.

Just about all the big players had something in the news yesterday, though not all of them were having champagne moments. Just what was going on? We're glad you asked.

The tech world has been hearing rumblings and whispers that Microsoft wanted to add Yahoo to its fold, but now it's official: Big Evil wants it bad.

It's always fun when Linus Torvalds — the originator and Grand High Developer of the Linux kernel — grants an interview, an altogether not-too-common occurrence, to be sure. On the occasion of Australia's Linux.conf.au, the Great One has granted an audience to Computerworld, and the results proved rather interesting.

Wednesday was a bad day in the Middle East and beyond, and 'twas almost as bad for Big Evil, while Firefox landed some good news. Let's get to it, the game is afoot!

There's plenty atwitter on the newswire today, some funny, some frightening, and some that just bears repeating. On your mark, get set, here goes!

Patent attacks against Open Source software are nothing new, especially to anyone who has read a press release from SCO or Microsoft in the last few years. Despite the resounding failure of such attacks, proprietary vendors just keep coming up with new ones, and this week it's ClamAV that's under the gun.