Yahoo! Another megamanical company that wants us!

With Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer potentially ready to pounce even harder on Jerry Yang, rumours have Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. — which is already busy ruining the Wall Street Journal — discussing an alliance with the troubled portal player.

The partnership would likely involve integration with MySpace, which would mean the not-nearly-as-popular Internet site/search engine would be melded with the not-nearly-as-popular social networking site. The second best just got second better!