I guess it’s not a surprise to hear that Microsoft is interested in Yahoo again. What’s that, the third or fourth time they are considering striking a deal with Yahoo? But hey, who’s counting anyhow, right? How do you think Google is feeling about that? After all they wanted a piece of Yahoo too…

Don’t go feeling all deja-vu just yet. Microsoft has something new in mind this time. Apparently they don’t feel comfortable in a monogamous relationship and they’re turning to NewsCorp or Time Warnder for a kinky threesome deal. While Microsoft will acquire everything that’s involved in the Yahoo Search business, the other potential partner will get everything else.

And all this comes in a moment in which Google’s advertising deal with Yahoo is under investigation. The US department of Justice isn’t happy with all that happy about such an anti-competitive agreement.