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  Ballmer touts new deals, Windows 7 beta

  As he fills the CES keynote duties formerly handled by Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer aims to show that Microsoft can tackle a dominant Google, a resurgent Apple and a weak economy.
  • Live blog: Ballmer at CES
  • Windows 7 not a lock for '09

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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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• Live blog: Ballmer at CES

  Windows 7 will be front and center when Microsoft's CEO takes the Sin City stage at 6:30 p.m. PST. CNET News will be blogging it live here.

  (Posted in CES 2009 by Ina Fried)

• OLPC slashes workforce in half, cuts salaries

  Founder of the project tasked with giving laptops to children in developing nations blames tough economic times for restructuring.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

• 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
  • At CES, MySpace chats up the Widget Channel

• Tech lobbyists: Spend $30 billion in tax dollars, get a million jobs

  A new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation suggests spending $30 billion on IT infrastructure would create or save 949,000 U.S. jobs.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• At CES, MySpace chats up the Widget Channel

  A limited version of the News Corp.-owned social network will come to the new TV product that Yahoo and Intel jointly developed.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Report: Investment group teeing up Yahoo deal

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

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• EMC to cut 2,400 from workforce

  Storage giant EMC announces a 7 percent workforce reduction, despite preliminary record fourth-quarter revenues.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• 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)
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