Thursday, May 8, 2008

Source: paidContent.org Virgin Mobile USA In Merger Talks With Helio; Other Options Still Being Considered. From our sister site MocoNews: Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM), the MVNO which just reported its Q1 earnings earlier this week, is in talks with the much smaller and troubled MVNO Helio, we have learned, even as other PE and strategic players are still circling both the companies. Helio is now controlled by SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), after Earthlink (NSDQ: ELNK) stopped making further investments, and has been looking at options to either exit or grow. For VMUSA, as we have mentioned before, some PE players have been looking at investing in the company or buying it outright, and even if the VMUSA-Helio deal comes through, the two could use some extra cash...more details on our site MocoNews. [paidContent.org] 7:49:03 PM

Sarah Lacy and Sue Decker on Yahoo An interesting Tech Ticker interview on the recent Yahoo! / Microsoft stuff. 7:42:55 PM

Magnetic Ironfall Iron 'snow' helps maintain Mercury's magnetic field, scientists say. New scientific evidence suggests that deep inside the planet Mercury, iron snow forms and falls toward the center of the planet, much like snowflakes form in Earth`s atmosphere and fall to the ground. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news] 5:56:11 PM

via Noisy Decent Graphics Chalk Outlined Shadows At Night. Here's a lovely set of photographs from Michael Neff. Chalk outlines around shadows. Lovely. Really good. Just sat there waiting to get ripped off by an ad agency... [Noisy Decent Graphics] 7:58:00 AM