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Neither Microsoft nor Google are acquiring AOL, according to a report from Ed Oswald at BetaNews - CEO: AOL Will Stay With Time Warner:

Squashing rumors that AOL is on the auction block, Time Warner says it remains committed to AOL, according to comments made by CEO Richard Parsons at a Goldman Sachs media conference. Parsons told attendees that he thought the driver for the company “is going to be AOL in the short term and the long term.”

But there still might be an MSN/AOL deal:

Even more significant changes could be ahead for AOL, including the possible marriage of some of AOL and MSN’s services. Although the subject of the talks has not been disclosed, it is believed to either center around the use of MSN Search on AOL, or a merging of the sales forces of the two services.

At the conference, Parsons refused to comment on the rumored talks with Microsoft.

Google gets about 12% of its revenue from providing search services to AOL.

Computer Business Review has the story:

In what looks like an attempt to spike Microsoft’s publicity guns, EMC has unveiled a CDP-like product that is an update to its existing RepliStor software.

The low-end and mid-range Windows server-hosted software is not a true continuous data protection product. EMC said it still plans to launch true high-end CDP software soon.

By introducing the ability to trigger snapshots of file systems in RepliStor version 6.1, EMC has created a product that is comparable to Microsoft Corp’s first ever standalone backup product, its Data Protection Manager software. Usually EMC does not announce products until they are shipping or are very close to shipping.

But there is no date set for the RepliStor update, and EMC said only that it will ship before the year end. Microsoft is expected to make the official launch of DPM soon, and that may have inspired EMC’s decision to unveil and detail a product unusually far ahead of its GA date.

More on doings in the CDP and “nearly” CDP market by following the link and there are more details on Microsoft DPM on its home page.