According to CBC News Microsoft withdrawed its bid to buy Yahoo. The reason given was the two sides couldn't agree on a sale price. Microsoft's latest offer was $33 per share, making the total $47.5 billion US. This is $2 more per share and roughly $3 billion more than Microsoft's original offer. Yahoo wanted $37 per share.

Before Microsoft original offer Yahoo's stock price was just under $20 per share, Lately it has been in the $26 to $29 range in anticipation of the potential sale.

UPDATE: Here is Yahoo's official response to Microsoft's withdrawal.

Related story: Microsoft Bids $45 Billion on Yahoo!

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Web hosting provider Lunarpages announced on Friday a new price for their basic shared hosting plan. The price went from $6.95 per month to only $4.95 per month on a 2 year plan. This is almost a 30 percent savings which translates into $48 you get to keep in your pocket. All you need to do is use the coupon code spring when you sign up for the hosting service. This promotional code is good until June 20, 2008.

With this savings your basic hosting plan still receives all the perks which includes 1,500 GB of storage, 15,000 GB per month of bandwidth and a 30-day money back guarantee.

For more information about Lunarpages and their other hosting plans, read our review.

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I just got two new coupon codes for Host Papa which gives you $10 off of their hosting plans. Both codes expire on April 30, 2008.

For Host Papa US site (HostPapa.com) just type in: HPApr1 into the coupon box when signing up.

On Host Papa Canadian site (HostPapa.ca) type in: HPCAApr1 into the coupon box when signing up.

For more information about this shared web host provider, read our Host Papa Review.

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When I was poking around BlueHost today I notice that they now offer free domain privacy on any domains registered through them. This is another great enticement to host your websites at BlueHost. Some other providers can charge over $8 per domain, per year for this feature.

For more details about read our BlueHost Review.

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The DotAsia Organisation announced yesterday that is has launched the .Asia registry. Anyone now can come and register there Asia domain name on a first come, first serve basis.

Go Daddy is one of the first companies to offer this domain. Most forecasters see this domain becoming very popular as the growth of the internet is huge in China, Japan and South Korea.

Visit GoDaddy.com to register a .Asia domain or read our GoDaddy.com Hosting Review for more information.

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Not sure when this happened but Host Papa now allows unlimited domain hosting with their shared hosting plans. They use to only allow 11 domains in total with unlimited sub domains. This change might have occured last month when Host Papa increased the bandwidth and disk space limitations.

See our Host Papa Review for more information on this great provider.

Related Story: Host Papa Upgrades Hosting Plans

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Our review of 1&1 Internet is now online. 1&1 is a very large web hosting provider and domain registrar that offer a hosting plan to suit anyone's needs (there are over 25 plans). They offer shared, VPS and dedicated hosting solutions for both Linux and Windows. Plus, 1&1 also offers email hosting and Microsoft Sharepoint hosting.

Check our our 1&1 Internet Review now.

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New web hosting provider reviews have been lacking from us as of late. I have a few in the works and hope to finish them up soon. The first one finished is for Omnis Network. They offer shared hosting solutions in Unix and Windows environments. The review can be found here.

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I just got a great deal for Host Papas US site (HostPapa.com). Just type in: HPMarch10 into the coupon box when signing up for their hosting plan to receive $10 off the hosting package. This coupon code expires on March 31, 2008.

For more information about this web host provider, read our Host Papa Review.

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I just notice that Host Papa has recently updated their popular web hosting plans. Data transfer rate was at 3,000 GB, while web space was at 300 GB. Bandwidth has now been raised 5 times to 15,000 GB with disk space receiving the same treatment and is now at 1,500 GB.

View our Host Papa Review for more information.

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