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  Intel warning casts cloud over CES

  The bellwether chipmaker foresees a 23 percent drop in revenue. It's especially untimely news as it comes on the eve of the premier consumer electronics event.
  • PC market woes slam Intel revenue

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  Macworld Expo:
  Future imperfect

  Attendees are cautiously optimistic the event will stay on their calendar without Apple, but much depends on what IDG can still put together.
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• Report: Investors reportedly teeing up Yahoo deal, seeks Microsoft backing

  A group of investors are reportedly turning to Microsoft to play the role of banker in backing a buyout of Yahoo, according to a report in TechCrunch.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• CES gears up for gadgets

  On the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show's kick-off in Las Vegas, we get an early peek at Netbooks, networking, and cameras.
  • Skype Lite for Android phone
  • Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?
  • LG Blu-ray players stream Netflix, CinemaNow, YouTube
  • CES plan: Damn the calories, pass the egg rolls

• Need a digital TV coupon? Get thee to a wait list

  The National Television and Information Administration's fund for subsidizing conversion boxes for next month's digital TV transition has run out of money. Oops!

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• U.S. Chamber seeks climate solutions from tech sector, not EPA

  In economic recovery proposal unveiled Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce advocates incentives for clean energy technology as way to solve climate change problems.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Police use GPS, Google Maps to locate missing girl

  Navigation system and Google mapping tool helps authorities find Massachusetts 9-year-old allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

• Report: Microsoft beats out Yahoo, Google on Verizon deal

  Microsoft is close to announcing it has beat out Yahoo and Google in a coveted deal to be the search provider on Verizon phones, according to a Reuters story.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Outsourcing shifts beyond Bangalore, Mumbai

  While India remains popular with the top 50 outsourcing companies, vendors are progressively creating more bases in cities such as Chennai, Noida, Hyderabad, and Pune.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Jo Best)

• Apple awards raises to key executives

  COO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and Mac hardware chief Bob Mansfield will have a little more spending money in 2009.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Verizon, Microsoft in mobile-search deal

  Software maker will see its search engine take center stage on all Verizon Wireless phones over the next five years.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Study: Data breaches rose in 2008

  Group aiding ID fraud victims says data breaches rose nearly 50 percent since 2007, as more laptops were stolen and companies inadvertently exposed sensitive data online.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Windows 7 beta: First impressions

  New version of Microsoft's OS, bringing back that nebulous "Windows XP feel," won't wow anyone but may satisfy on a much deeper level.
  • Q&A: Muglia on the cloud, Azure, and the economy

  (Posted in Business Tech by Renai LeMay)

• LG pushes ahead while consumers hold back

  The Korean electronics maker introduces wireless, Netflix-equipped TVs and Blu-ray players at CES, and says it has no plans to reduce its spending this year.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• Energy monitor sees $7.5 million in funding round

  Sentilla has secured Series B funding for its wireless microcomputer energy monitoring system for industrial and commercial facilities.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)
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