Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens told the San Francisco Chronicle that he's given up on a Yahoo/Microsoft deal, and has sold his shares at an undisclosed loss. But let's be clear: Pickens is not a technology investor. He invested in Yahoo because he believed Carl Icahn had a workable plan, and that chief Yahoo Jerry Yang would make it happen. (Photo by AP/Frank Franklin II)

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