Around the Web 7.7.08: Microsoft wants new Yahoo board, EA wants new Facebook Scrabble, Googlers want their old child-care system

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-- Microsoft said the on-again, off-again takeover talks with Yahoo Inc. would be on again -- if Yahoo shareholders ousted the current board of directors. Microsoft’s statement gave a big boost to Carl Icahn’s plan to replace Yahoo’s board with his own slate of candidates at the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting. AP via LAT

-- Yahoo’s response: Show me the money. Silicon Alley Insider

-- Google ticks off employees over changes to its company’s child-care offerings. NYT

-- Programs such as Evidence Eliminator can scrub a computer clean of files that slow down the performance. But if you use them and then get sued, the programs can look pretty shady. LAT

-- Electronic Arts is finally set to release the official version of Facebook Scrabble. We suspect that the makers of Scrabluous aren’t sweating it. CNet

-- Yelp is a local business review site. Local business owners write reviews. Yelp deletes some of those reviews. Local business owners are mad. SF Chronicle

-- Friday is iPhone 3G day. Here are answers to some FAQs. CNet

-- From scooters to computers. Segway’s chief technology officer is joining Apple as vice president of product design. O’Reilly Radar

-- The growth in video game consoles isn’t coming from new blood. Mercury News

-- Chris Gaither