As widely reported in the press, Yahoo! and Microsoft have started talks again over a possible search engine partnership, less than a year after Microsoft failed in a $US44 billion takeover attempt of Yahoo! At this stage there is no suggestion that a takeover bid is on the cards again, but the two companies are believed to be discussing ways they can link up their resources to combat the ever increasing market share of Google.

More information and possible outcomes from these talks will no doubt follow and there remains plenty of life left in this story.