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Apr 06 2009 9:36am EDT

First Bytes: Big Blue Not So Sunny

Some board members at Sun Microsystems are reportedly getting cold feet over the buyout by IBM. The situation is still fluid, it appears Sun may have rejected the reduced offer on Saturday and IBM withdrew its offer by Sunday. [Wall Street Journal]

Steve Case still has the entrepreneurial bug. His online health venture fizzled, but he's just raised $42 million for his PayPal rival Revolution Money. [The Business Insider]

Virginia Heffernan hates the iPhone. [New York Times]

YouTube is looking increasingly like a movie channel. It's reportedly in talks with Sony to offer some full length feature films. [CNet News]


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