We've been waiting all week for the other shoe on Microsoft's hostile takeover attempt to drop on Yahoo, which isn't waiting for that to happen and has forged an advertising agreement with Google as a way to hedge against the ongoing acquisition dispute. In other news -- and, yes, there was some other news -- Apple updated iMac with a speedier processor and more graphics choices, while Adobe announced a community development project that should lead to a consistent application interface across all devices that use Flash and Adobe Integrated Runtime. Of course, there was also security news, too.

