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  Apple: DRM-free tunes, unibody MacBook Pro

  roundup At Macworld, Phil Schiller touts 10 million songs sans DRM, plus songs at 69 cents, along with a unibody 17-inch notebook, iLife updates, and more.
  • Quick take: 17-inch MacBook Pro
  • Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates
  • Video: Unibody MacBook Pro

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  Muglia on the cloud, Azure, and the economy

  q&a Not long before his new promotion, Microsoft's Bob Muglia weighed in on the complexities of building and running Web apps in the business world.
  • Microsoft elevates server unit, promotes Muglia

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• First iPhone game summit takes shape

  On March 19th, some of the leading developers of iPhone games will gather in San Francisco to promote the platform and talk about moving it forward.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Obama supporters downplay CTO's near-term role

  The economic priorities of the incoming Obama administration may mean that fleshing out the role of a chief technology officer could become a lesser priority.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• A quick recap of Apple news at Macworld 2009

  This year's Macworld keynote presentation was not the most exciting event Apple has ever put on, but there were still some noteworthy announcements. Here's a quick look.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Fake celeb LinkedIn profiles lead to malware

  Beware links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of Knowles, Beckham, Ricci, Dunst, Hayek, and Hudson; they lead to malware, security researchers say.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Doctors will make Web calls in Hawaii

  Physicians will be able to make face-to-face calls via Webcam on patients in the state of Pacific islands, starting January 15.
  (From The New York Times)

• Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage

  Mischievous Internet forum 4Chan appears to have hacked into the popular Apple blog just as executive Phil Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Expo.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Truphone adds Skype, Twitter to iPhone client

  Starting next week, the App Store download will incorporate functionality for Skype, Twitter, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger communications.

  (Posted in Wireless by David Meyer)

• LiveJournal deletes 'about a dozen' jobs

  The staff cuts hit its San Francisco and Moscow offices, the company confirms after a rumor on Gawker hinted at a much more significant layoff.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• HP offers money for old tech equipment

  Recycling program in United States expands recycling program from a trade-in credit system to no-strings checks. Consumers must pay for shipments, though.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• Model sues Google over mean, nasty blog remarks

  It only has a few posts on it, all from a single day last August, but it was apparently enough for Liskula Cohen to go after Google, which owns the publishing service used.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Home-networking push for Cisco Systems

  q&a Tech heavyweight sees big opportunities in the connected home as it prepares to launch its first media-centric products at the Consumer Electronics Show.
  • Full coverage of CES

  (Posted in CES 2009 by Marguerite Reardon)

• Green-tech VC jumps nearly 40 percent in '08

  Solar captured the lion's share of green-tech investments worldwide last year, according to a Cleantech Group report.
  • Toshiba muscles into solar-energy business
  • Green news harvest: How to create clean-tech jobs

  (Posted in Green Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce

  Manufacturer of PC peripherals, based in Switzerland, says the retail environment has "deteriorated significantly" and will "worsen in the upcoming months."

  (Posted in Business Tech by Tom Espiner)
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