Reuters - Yahoo Inc is preparing to lay off several hundred workers in the first round of cuts since Carol Bartz became chief executive in January, a source with knowledge of the situation told Reuters.

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BusinessWeek Online - Thanks to funds from the stimulus package and renewed attention to energy savings, 2009 is the year companies are planning to launch wireless energy dashboards that will sit in your home, monitor energy data from your electricity meter, and let you know if you’re being an energy hog. …
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Reuters - Cell phone makers are expected to report buoyant sales of lower-priced, feature-packed smartphones as consumers opt for “cheap chic” amid the global recession.
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AP - There are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They’re environmentally unfriendly.
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AP - A catalog of the world’s largest archive of popular music ? which includes gems like Keith Richards’ old blues records ? is going online.

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AP - Microsoft Corp.’s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system.
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AP - Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined, according to a new study that shows identity thieves are getting better at exploiting careless mistakes that leave companies vulnerable to attack.
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AP - Investors don’t seem to totally buy Intel Corp.’s proclamation that slumping personal computer sales have “bottomed out.”

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AP - Yahoo Inc. is gearing up for its third round of mass layoffs in 14 months, signaling the long-slumping Internet company is still struggling to snap out of its financial malaise under a new leadership team.
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PC World - If annoying users and wasting their time wasn’t bad enough, spam e-mails are also responsible for clogging our atmosphere with carbon dioxide, a gas that shoulders much of the blame for global warming, according to a report commissioned by antivirus vendor McAfee.
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