Around the Web 07.09.08: Yahoo talks with Icahn, new iPhone draws faint praise
-- Yahoo has been meeting with dissident investor Carl Icahn and could strike a compromise; a pre-annual meeting deal with Microsoft is much less likely. WSJ
-- Oh, and Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang isn't resigning, despite what an unnamed hedge fund guy swears is a rumor. Silicon Alley Insider
-- In other bogus-rumor news, Yahoo is alleged to be interested in buying Santa Monica's Demand Media for a billion or two. TechCrunch
-- Apple's new iPhone fails to blow away the press corps. Wired
-- Flickr photographers could cash in via Getty Images. Bits
-- YouTube is more huge than profitable. WSJ
-- On the other hand, Google's exposure of search-term volume will take much of the guesswork out of buying text ads. CNet
-- File-sharing by an employee at an investment firm inadvertently exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on 2,000 clients, including a U.S. Suprme Court justice. Oops. Washington Post
-- Joseph Menn
Photo: Jerry Yang; Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images
