Podcast: Figuring out the zen of Carl Icahn

By CNET News.com Staff

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Monkeying around with Search Monkey; Mars close up; and what does Carl Icahn really want?

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Now that Carl Icahn has officially launched a proxy battle to replace Yahoo's board with his own slate, what's the next move, and is Microsoft still waiting in the wings? CNET News.com's Dawn Kawamoto explains the context for what's turning into the cyberbattle of this young decade.

Speaking of Yahoo, the company hopes its newest development tool will do wonders for its share of the search business. News.com's Stephen Shankland just came back from a visit with Yahoo and he's got the latest on "SearchMonkey."

We're going to Mars, yet again. But before the craft lands later this month, you can scope out what Uncle Sam is sending to the Red Planet by checking out our complete photo gallery.

Today's stories:

Icahn loads Yahoo proxy slate with Mark Cuban, other biggies

Yahoo beckons coders to gussy up search results

CBS to buy CNET Networks

Photos: Mars is getting a new visitor

Bubble 2.0 Watch: Aggregation site Brijit shuts down

Intel denies report of Atom-based iPhone in the pipeline

Online ad sales rise 26 percent in 2007

TiVo extends lifetime subscription offer

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