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    Weak demand causes Intel to cut Q4 forecast
    Jeremy Kirk
    Jan 7, 6:57 am

    Intel expects fourth-quarter revenue for fiscal 2008 to fall 23 percent compared to a year prior due to weaker demand for computer processors, the company said Wednesday. The chip maker expects ...

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    Briefly: Sony launches super-thin 8" 'not a netbook' Vaio
    Jordan Golson
    01/07/2009 - 5:51pm

    Sony today introduced a pixel-packed 8" netbook called the Vaio P at CES tonight. Unlike most netbooks -- Gizmodo says Sony reps at CES were taking pains to not call it a netbook -- the P ...

  • Myspace comes to TV with Intel, Yahoo
    Agam Shah
    01/07/2009 - 5:38pm

    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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    Music, TV, and Hollywood stars out in full force at CES
    Carla Thornton
    01/07/2009 - 5:59pm

    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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    Q: What is Fark? A: Social news site to be Jeopardy category
    Jordan Golson
    01/07/2009 - 4:06pm

    When Drew Curtis started Fark.com, he probably didn't envision that 10 years later he would have fans "organizing caravans from Tampa" to trek to his hometown of Lexington, KY to attend a ...

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    Lenovo to lay off 2,500 staff, cut management pay
    Sumner Lemon
    01/07/2009 - 4:59pm

    Amid growing fears that many countries face a long and painful economic recession, Lenovo plans to lay off 2,500 workers, cut the salaries of its executives and restructure its Asian operations in ...

  • Google cuts temporary workers but murky on details
    Michael Liedtke
    01/07/2009 - 3:20pm

    Google Inc. has jettisoned a substantial number of temporary workers in a recent austerity drive spurred by the recession, although the Internet search leader still intends to spend billions of ...

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    Is CES irrelevant? Yes -- but even more so if you're a banned Gizmodo staffer
    Jordan Golson
    01/07/2009 - 1:57pm

    Last year at CES, Gawker Media videographer Richard Blakeley filmed himself surreptitiously turning off televisions across the show floor -- including shutting off screens during a presentation from ...

  • US investment in IT would create jobs, group says
    Grant Gross
    01/07/2009 - 1:59pm

    A US$30 billion investment by the U.S. government in broadband, health IT and smart energy grids would create or retain nearly a million jobs, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C., ...

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    Refurbished Macs: Great deals, or clues into Apple's product plans?
    Jordan Golson
    01/07/2009 - 12:36pm

    Apple is offering significant deals on hardware on the Apple Online Store and through its partners. Long a feature of the online store, the Special Deals page lists "Apple Certified ...

  • Sun acquires Belgian cloud computing company
    Sindya Bhanoo
    01/07/2009 - 12:33pm

    Sun Microsystems announced today that it has acquired Q-Layer, a cloud computing company in Belgium. Q-Layer will become a part of Sun's cloud computing business unit. Cloud computing lets ...

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    Gaza demonstrations turn virtual, as protestors converge on SL Israel
    Sindya Bhanoo
    01/07/2009 - 11:12am

    Protesters have taken to the streets all over the world to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza. New World Notes reports that some protesters have even staged demonstrations in Second Life. SL ...

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    PowerBeam brings wireless electricity to CES, but will it power mobile devices?
    Lincoln Spector
    01/07/2009 - 11:22am

    Electronic devices have long been able to communicate with each other wirelessly, but have always been shackled by batteries or power cords. One company, PowerBeam, aims to eliminate this ...

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    USB 3.0 at CES: "The implications are tremendous"
    Lincoln Spector
    01/07/2009 - 10:09am

    A new USB flavor is being previewed at CES this week. Seagate and Symwave are jointly demonstrating the first consumer application of USB 3.0 in Las Vegas, showing a Seagate FreeAgent drive running ...

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    Zuckerberg: Facebook hits 150M member mark
    Juan Carlos Perez
    01/07/2009 - 8:46am

    Facebook reached the 150 million-member mark on Wednesday, a milestone the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg heralds as significant: now he needs to deliver ads that they find engaging. In an official ...

  • Companies are overstating green claims, consumers say
    Mikael Ricknäs
    01/07/2009 - 8:38am

    Sixty-five percent of consumers think some companies overstate their green credentials to sell more products, according to research presented by industry organization Consumer Electronics ...

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    Microsoft bangs 'Apple tax' drum once again
    Gregg Keizer
    01/07/2009 - 6:31am

    Microsoft Monday again pushed its claim that consumers pay an "Apple tax" when they buy Mac hardware rather than PCs running the Windows operating system. In an e-mail to reporters ...

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New Yahoo CEO named by Q4 earnings?
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