During a bizarre Q&A session with a former Apple fellow, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was grilled about the Yahoo deal and even referred to his own company as the “little-engine that could” against search giant Google. Microsoft says that in two weeks it will detail a deal under which Microsoft and Eclipse will collaborate and that the software company also plans to work with the Apache Foundation. Intel prepares for its EU antitrust hearing on Tuesday, where it will defend some of its questionable business dealings with PC makers. Patent reform tops the Business Software Alliance’s legislative priorities list.And, in Geek week in review, Robert X. Cringely reports that Wikipedia is “the first time in recorded history that writing an encyclopedia has gotten anyone any nookie,” but our snarky reporter was then disappointed when Steve Jobs did not prance, dance, and chant on stage. Technology Industry