Gadgetory

it's Monday februari fourth I'm Natali del Conte and you're getting loaded before we get to the headlines I want to talk a little about the show that you're watching loaded is a daily news show but it will also be more than that we chose the name loaded not just because it sounds cool but also because we want to convey the fact that it will be loaded with information we're pulling from the various resources here at cnet to bring you news background in depth look at various issues or also pounding the pavement here in New York to really go out and see how technology is at work in the real world thank you for tuning in to the first show I hope you find yourself sufficiently loaded in the next few minutes now to the news google and microsoft executives were not watching the Super Bowl on Sunday they were too busy issuing nasty statements about the proposed Microsoft Yahoo merger on sunday afternoon Google's chief legal officer David Drummond issued a terse statement saying that the merger is troubling he says that Microsoft will inhibit Yahoo's open web economy and that a combination of the two companies would unfairly monopolize the web newscom Cena freed says that this is the pot calling the kettle black and I agree although I do think it's reasonable for Google to question Microsoft's intentions in terms of proprietary products Microsoft's lawyer Brad Smith shot a statement back which was equally terse saying that Microsoft is committed to openness and points out that both Yahoo and Microsoft combined don't even have the traffic that Google does so the gloves are off now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that google CEO eric schmidt has reached out to yahoo CEO jerry yang to offer any help in getting rid of Microsoft how very touching I have a feeling Yahoo will play the shy bride a bit longer while it weighs all options meanwhile pull up a chair and be prepared to watch a Microsoft Google fight they should pay per view this one this all seems like a lot of hullabaloo for a merger that we can't even be sure will actually happen but assuming it does how will this change our online lives news coms kara tsuboi has the story friday morning's announcement of Microsoft's 45 billion dollar bid for Yahoo with all anyone in Silicon Valley could talk about one concern is the overlapping services the company's offer just to give an example you have msn autos and yahoo autos to really profitable places for them because a lots of people come to their lots of advertisers if they merge those things together what happens is that one plus one equals two is it a three or is it actually going backwards and a week a congressional task force will review the merger and then from there it's almost guaranteed to be a long slow drawn-out process until any sort of outcome is reached Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for Cara's full story go to news com if you missed any part of the Super Bowl you can relive the best part of it the commercials of course through myspace the company has a profile page for superbowl ads that was created in collaboration with fox you can find it at myspace.com / superbowl ads and you'll see the commercials they are parsed out by quarter my favorite one so far is the talking babies for etrade a lot of people are like aren't you too young to invest in the markets and you know a don't worry about it you know I just look young yal is staying out of the Microsoft Yahoo business the company is keeping its eyes on its own paper with an acquisition of its own it's reported that AOL is buying GUI which is a web based operating system and widget company techCrunch reports that AOL wants the company more for the widgets then for the OS however so that they can better integrate widgets into their advertising platform details of the deal have not been announced as of presstime bad news for the ladies of tech a survey from dice.com indicates that women and technology jobs make twelve percent less than their male counterparts dice found that salaries for men increased by 2.4% in 2007 while salaries for women stayed flat I once read a study that said most women don't negotiate their salaries which accounts for up to ten billion dollars per year just left on the table here in the US so gals time to march into your boss's office and ask for a raise thanks for watching our first show will be back tomorrow with a report from the greener gadgets conference I'm Natali del Conte from cnet TV and you loading