The latest chapter in the Microsoft-Yahoo saga sees Yahoo acting to protect employees in the event that Microsoft manages a hostile takeover. To that end, Yahoo introduces two new severance packages it claims will cover all full-time workers. Speaking at Stanford University, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sends the message to China and other countries that Internet censorship will not work. “You cannot control the Internet.” In the end, free speech will win out. T-Mobile and AT&T join Verizon with unlimited plans. The providers follow the trail Verizon blazed just this week with unlimited calling within the U.S. Sprint Nextel, however, did not unwrap a package to match. Business process management, otherwise shortened to BPM, is one of the fastest growing software markets – but it’s not without obstacles. BPM growth, challenges cited. BEA Systems this week issued “The 2008 State of the BPM Market White Paper” in which it found that, while BPM has seen rapid growth in recent years, organizational challenges to deployment outweigh technical ones. And IT spending is poised to slow in the second quarter of 2008, according to a fresh survey from an investment advice firm. Nearly one-fourth of respondents indicated that they’ll reduce or halt spending, while even those giving IT investments a green light represent the lowest levels in four years. Software Development