Microsoft still after Yahoo?

So the Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is still considering buying Yahoo's search business, this time by finding another partner, like News Corp., which would buy the rest of Yahoo. Here's a link to InternetNews for those of you who don't have a WSJ subscription.I know Rupert Murdoch is supposed to be a smart guy, but he may just be dumb and ambitious enough to take such a deal. He's still thinking like a tabloid publisher, thinking he can create his own web of sites and keep people bouncing around within them like a silver ball in a pinball machine until they land in an ad hole. No need to visit other sites! We've got the best of the Web right here!And why didn't he make WSJ free, as he said he would? WSJ is a great pub, but it can never have an exclusive for more than a few hours. Just go to, oh, InternetNews,... [read full story]