Today is Bill Gates' last [official] working day at Microsoft before he enters a pseudo-retirement that will include learning biochemistry, finding a cure for malaria, developing drought resistant crops, and then rocketing off into outer space where he'll set up the first non-earth society and develop a cure for mortality AND the common cold.

But seriously, we did notice an interesting tidbit admist the media brouhaha over Gates' departure this week. In an interview yesterday, Gates told NBC's Tom Brokaw that any deal with Yahoo at this point is unlikely. While that news isn't exactly shocking, it, for me at least, puts to bed months of speculation on this blog and elsewhere whether the two companies will ever make some sort of deal. They will not.