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Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs — For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote. — Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health …
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Claudine Beaumont / Telegraph:
Macworld: Analysts expect Apple's evolution not revolution — Apple is unlikely to unveil any “revolutionary” new products at the Macworld Expo this week, according to analysts, although improvements to existing software and hardware are likely. — The absence of Steve Jobs …
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Apple's last Macworld beginning of new era — Apple CEO Steve Jobs' absence from Macworld 2009 could be a prelude to a new communications strategy. — (Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET Networks) — Even though CEO Steve Jobs will not be playing his customary role, the last Macworld Expo …
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Steve Jobs Admits Health Caused Him To Skip Macworld (AAPL) — Apple (AAPL) sources told CNBC's Jim Goldman (over and over) that the reason CEO Steve Jobs would not give his usual keynote at this year's Macworld was for “political” reasons. — Now, in an open letter, Steve admits that's not true …
New York Times:
Blu-ray's Fuzzy Future — The biggest news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January was not the birth of a new product but the death of one. — A decision by Warner Brothers to withdraw support for the HD DVD video disc format sent shock waves through the electronics industry …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Lenovo shows off 16-inch thin laptop; Launches all-in-one PC, dual-screen mobile workstation — Ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show this week, Lenovo unveiled new consumer laptops and a debuted a dual-screen mobile workstation. — Lenovo, which began to target consumers a year ago …
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Joseph L. Flatley / Engadget:Lenovo debuts three new Y Series midrange laptops
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
2009: Products I Can't Live Without — At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year I've done this - previous lists: 2006, 2007, 2008. You guys get to pick the winners of the Crunchies - this list is all mine.
Leo Lewis / Times of London:
Sony on brink of upheaval as analysts back British chief — Sony, the embattled Japanese electronics group, is on the brink of a corporate upheaval that could see job cuts and sweeping changes to management and manufacturing processes. — Company sources have told The Times that operations across …
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Exclusive: New Palm phone to have slide-down keyboard, large touchscreen — We have information from a trusted source that the latest Palm smartphone running the Nova operating system will be launched Thursday. The new phone will have a full QWERTY keyboard that will slide down under a portrait-oriented touchscreen.
Wall Street Journal:
TV and Web Marry After Long Courtship — After more than a decade of disappointment, the goal of marrying television and the Internet seems finally to be picking up steam. — A key factor in the push are new TV sets that have networking connections built directly into them, requiring no additional set-top boxes for getting online.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:Netflix Streaming To Be Built Into TVs (NFLX)
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Intel:
Intel and Adobe to Extend Flash Platform to TVs — Optimizing Adobe Flash Technology on Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 Will Enable Rich and Seamless Web Content on TV — Adobe® Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and Intel Corporation today announced plans to collaborate …
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
Love or hate this post? Sound off for the eavesdroppers — It seems that those comments you leave on blogs like this one may, in fact, be reaching the intended parties - the companies behind the products, services and technologies that you love or hate. Just don't be offended or creeped …
Ken Barnes / USA Today:
Music sales boom, but albums fizzle for '08 — Americans bought more music in 2008 than ever before, but album sales — the music industry's main source of revenue — dropped for a fourth year. — According to the Nielsen Co.'s year-end figures, music purchases — CD, vinyl …
Lewis Page / The Register:
Windows for Warships™ reaches Royal Navy frigates — Redmond working on seawater-proof product key sticker — The Royal Navy's plan to fit most of its fleet with command systems based on Windows boxes continues, with the commencement last week of a programme intended to replace …
James Ashton / Times of London:
ITV set to cut value of Friends Reunited website — ITV IS preparing to slash the carrying value of website Friends Reunited in a year-end review of past acquisitions. — The review, to be carried out by ITV's chief operating officer John Cresswell, is likely to conclude that Friends …
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
In Silicon Valley, Venture Capitalists Turn Cautious and Focus on the Short Term — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Venture capitalists make their fortunes, or lose them, on the strength of their predictions. As they hunt for barely hatched ideas and nurture them with money and advice …
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Google Hopes to Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Ben Zimmer, executive producer of a Web site and software package called the Visual Thesaurus, was seeking the earliest use of the phrase “you're not the boss of me.” Using a newspaper database, he had found a reference from 1953.
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Ryan Shrout / PC Perspective:
Apple has plans for iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Pro in 2009 … Another win for NVIDIA with Apple — Previous Success — 2008 was quite a year for Apple, to say the least. They released a completely new line of iPods, the iPhone 3G launched to just as much fanfare as the original and a refreshed line …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:Sources: 17-inch MacBook Pro, NVIDIA Mac mini due shortly
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