Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats. ... The hypothetical proposal was always intended as a starting point for discussion.

Filed this morning with the SEC (as expected): YAHOO! BOARD OF DIRECTORS SAYS MICROSOFT’S PROPOSAL SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERVALUES YAHOO! Sunnyvale, Calif., February 11, 2008 — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq ...