Sunnyvale, Calif. - It looks like Google needs to worry no more: Yahoo Inc’s board has decided to reject Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited $44.6 billion offer for the company. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - After rejecting Microsoft's unsolicited $46 billion takeover bid on Monday, Yahoo is considering restarting merger talks with AOL, the Times of London reported. [more..]

Beverly Hills, Calif. - In another bad sign for Toshiba's next-generation HD DVD format, online DVD rental service Netflix announced on Monday that it has decided to begin exclusively stocking high-definition DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format. [more..]

Barcelona - Korea's Samsung Electronics, U.K. chip designer ARM and U.S.-based Texas Instruments separately announced plans on Monday to introduce mobile products based on Google's Android mobile phone software platform, with the latter planning to introduce a prototype this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. [more..]

New York - The volume of blog post chatter about a new album can significantly affect future sales, and in turn predict sales for record labels, according to a new study co-authored by NYU Stern professor Vasant Dhar and former student Elaine Chang. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - Hoping to stimulate the development of new mobile services, AOL said on Monday announced the creation of its new open mobile platform, which the company plans to make available to developers this summer. [more..]

London - Seatwave, a fan-to-fan, online ticket exchange company based in London, announced that it has raised a $25 million third round of venture capital, led by Fidelity Ventures. [more..]

New York - First30Days, a self-help website that will deliver expert advice on various life changes, on Monday launched a beta version of its service and announced that it has raised "significant" first round financing, led by Hearst Interactive Media. [more..]

New York - Lotame Solutions, a provider of behavioral targeted advertising for social media services, announced on Monday that it has raised a "multi-million" first round of financing, led by Battery Ventures. [more..]

DMW’s CEO & Publisher provides a wrap-up of the top stories of the week. Who’s hot, who’s not and what’s the industry buzz? [more..]

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. - CBS' CBSSports.com said on Monday that, for the first time, this year it will offer all 63 games of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship -- including the championship game -- via its broadband NCAA March Madness on Demand service. [more..]

New York - Bertelsmann-owned publisher Random House has announced plans to begin selling individual chapters to select book titles online, for $2.99 each. [more..]

Atlanta - Time Warner's CNN plans this week to launch iReport.com, a new site that will feature citizen journalism photos and videos submitted by CNN viewers. [more..]

Los Angeles - CBS Mobile has partnered with Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA to expand its mobile access to the reality series "Big Brother" to a real-time, 24/7 live feed of activity from inside the Big Brother house. [more..]

Los Angeles - Comedy producer National Lampoon announced on Monday that it has acquired the assets of Comedy Express, a multi-platform comedy media company, for an undisclosed sum. [more..]

Hollywood, Calif. - Viacom's Paramount Pictures on Monday launched a new mobile entertainment unit under its digital division, which will focus on developing mobile entertainment and alternative distribution models for the studio. [more..]

Port Washington, N.Y. - Market research firm NPD Group on Monday introduced a new series of quarterly reports that will track subscription-based PC games, video games and PC software. [more..]

Red Bank, N.J. - BigString Interactive on Monday introduced a Facebook application that lets members of the social network broadcast original live video content. [more..]