Microsoft is going "independent" after withdrawing from Yahoo bid, says Gates.

Gates has once again warned Washington that it must do more to fill the gap in US technology investment ahead of the "second digital decade...

eldavojohn writes "Perhaps it's obvious to you and perhaps you'll be pleasantly surprised by his answer but Gates revealed to CNet why Microsoft needs Yahoo. From his response, "We have a strategy for competing in the search space that Google dominates today, that we'll pursue that we had before we made the Yahoo offer, and that we can pursue without that. It involves breakthrough engineering. ...

What's the Buzz about? Looks like another Yahoo product coming fast out of the gates, despite the looming acquisition by software giant Microsoft.