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• Microsoft's Ballmer: Windows 7 is nearly final
  Jessica Mintz
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Microsoft Corp.'s next version of the Windows operating system is almost ready for prime time. That's one message Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was delivering on the eve of the ...

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• China's Lenovo to slash 11 percent of work force
  The Associated Press
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) — Lenovo Group said Wednesday it will lay off 2,500 workers, or about 11 percent of its work force, as part of a plan aimed at helping the computer maker remain ...

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• CES: MySpace wants to friend your television, but do you?
  Eric Eldon
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  Today, at the CES consumer electronics conference, Toshiba introduced its plans for offering “connected” television — and social network MySpace is going along for this ride. In ...

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• Clearwire woes hit big backers
  Stephen Lawson
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Mobile

  Financial charges taken by both Intel and Time Warner Cable on Wednesday put the spotlight on the tough prospects for Clearwire, the company that aims to build a national mobile broadband network ...

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• Music, TV, and Hollywood stars out in full force at CES
  Carla Thornton, The Industry Standard
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Lifestyle

  Diana Ross. Stevie Wonder. Alex Trebek. Brian Williams. Sebastian Copeland. Sebastian who? Yes, it's that time of year. Top-name celebrities -- plus a contingent of more obscure stars -- are in ...

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• Apple releases 2009 proxy statement
  Derik DeLong
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  Apple's 2009 proxy statement was released today. In case you're not up to date, it's only the most anticipated work since the last Dan Brown novel. The document describes the upcoming meeting and ...

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• After years of delays, China finally issues 3G licenses
  Sumner Lemon
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Mobile

  China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) finally granted 3G licenses to the country's mobile operators on Wednesday, bringing to a close years of waiting and delay.There were no ...

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• Myspace comes to TV with Intel, Yahoo
  Agam Shah
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Software & Web

  Consumers will be able to exchange messages with MySpace friends on their TVs while watching shows, thanks to a social-networking application for TVs jointly launched by MySpace.com, Intel and Yahoo ...

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• Apple's Jobs takes $1 salary, but holdings suffer
  Jordan Robertson
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As he's done for the last decade, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs took home his customary $1 annual salary in 2008, but the economic meltdown and Apple's falling stock ...

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• Website builder SynthaSite reaches 1M users
  Anthony Ha
  Jan 07 2009
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  • Business & Finance

  Website building startup SynthaSite crossed the 1 million user mark in mid-December, it announced today. That’s a lot of websites, and the growth is particularly impressive given the San ...

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