Bartz wants Yahoo whole

Carol Bartz, Yahoo's brand-new CEO, revealed her first public assessment of embattled Yahoo on Tuesday, arguing the company is stronger as a whole than as the sum of its parts, says CNet.

"This is a fantastic Internet property, and it doesn't deserve everybody trying to pick it and pull it apart," Bartz said in a conference call after Yahoo reported mixed fourth-quarter results.

Looking at statistics such as how many people use Yahoo, how long they stay on the site, and how they value its properties, she said: "This is not a company that needs to be pulled apart and left for the chickens."

Apple will pay $22.5 million into a settlement fund to compensate buyers of early-release first-generation iPod nanos. You see, these nanos had displays that were easily scratched, reports The Register.

The settlement covers only "uncoated" iPod nanos, meaning the original nanos that began shipping in September 2005 and immediately ignited a firestorm of complaints about their scratchability.

If you're the unfortunate owner of one of the "uberscratchable uncoated 'Pods, you can gain some relief from this class-action settlement.

Commuters will be able to use Oyster cards across the Tube and rail network in London by the end of this year as e-ticketing systems become better joined up, but questions over integration costs still linger, says Computing.co.uk.

It is expected that the public will be able to use Oyster pay-as-you-go cards from autumn, following years of wrangling between the government, the Association of Train Operating Companies and train operators hesitant to join the scheme due to maintenance costs and the possibility of increased fare evasion.

In 2006, former mayor Ken Livingstone offered £20 million to help fund the provision and installation of smartcard readers, station equipment and back-office support systems.

A New Zealand man says he found confidential data about US military personnel on an MP3 player he bought from a thrift shop in Oklahoma, reports The BBC.

Chris Ogle, 29, said: "The more I look at it, the more I see and the less I think I should be looking."

The files included names and telephone numbers of American soldiers, according to reports by TV New Zealand.