Top 10 vnunet.com articles, 5 Dec 08

This week, Yahoo's share boost, Nokia's N97 and Virgin's 30p per day mobile internet offer

The ongoing Microsoft-Yahoo saga piqued readers' interests this week

This week's most read article on vnunet.com covered the latest twist in the Microsoft-Yahoo saga, which has finally seen Yahoo's stock climb tentatively out of the abyss.

The other top stories stayed with the world's favourite device - the mobile phone - with the launch of Nokia's N97 touch-screen smartphone, Virgin's 30p per day mobile internet tariff, and our review of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1.

Yahoo shares rise as takeover reports circulate
Former AOL chief to buy Yahoo? Or Microsoft? Or is Yahoo buying AOL?

Nokia unveils N97 touch-screen smartphone
Slide-out keyboard and tilt screen device coming in 2009.

Virgin offers 30p per day mobile internet tariff
Daily fair use policy of 25MB applies.

O2 offers pay-as-you-go mobile broadband
3G USB modem costs £29.99 and tariffs start at £2 a day.

Microsoft opens up Vista SP2 beta
Latest beta version was made available to all on 4 December.

IBM readies Microsoft-free desktop
IBM Virtual Linux Desktop bundles Ubuntu OS with office productivity apps.

Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
The first Xperia smartphone bodes well for the future.

Warning of new Windows worm
New botnet being built, say security experts.

Linux lands on the iPhone
Developers put kernel on Apple handset.

Critical Path highlights key mobile trends for 2009
Mobile services specialist predicts a shift to touch-screen devices and a growing digital divide.