Microsoft gains nothing from FireFox flaws. AOL and MSN's ailliance talks resume but it won't happen in 2005.

The two companies are focused on combining AOL's Web content with Microsoft's search-engine technology, although other aspects of the talks are sketchy. It isn't clear whether they are considering merging their Internet dial-up businesses, which generate lots of cash, the paper said.

Don't expect iTunes for videos anytime soon. Blockbuster is going to miss its online DVD rental target.