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  Slowing expectations
  at a green-tech start-up

  Six months ago, biofuels start-up Mascoma had the wind in its sails, as did the rest of the clean-tech sector. Now, the company is treading carefully and scaling back.
  • Faces of the recession

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  With JavaFX, Sun seeks new coders, new revenue

  With the launch of JavaFX 1.0, Sun is trying to reclaim Java's strength as a foundation for rich Internet applications. But it's no longer the incumbent.

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• Smartphone sales slow amid troubled economy

  Market research firm Gartner reported Thursday that sales of smartphones have slowed to their lowest rate since it began tracking the sector.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Report: IAC may sell smaller businesses

  According to PaidContent, some of the Barry Diller-led conglomerate's "programming" sites may be sold off, as it tries to weather the recession.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• Former WorldCom CEO seeks clemency

  Bernie Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom who is serving a 25-year prison term for masterminding an $11 billion accounting scandal, wants President Bush to lighten his sentence.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Nokia further reduces forecast

  For the second time in a month, Nokia revises its forecast and tells investors that a slumping economy will hurt sales in the fourth quarter.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Chrome developer version bashes Street View bug

  Street View no longer blacks out with the latest developer release of Google's open-source browser, version 0.4.154.31. So where's the Google Earth plug-in?

  (Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

• Microsoft and RSA partner on Data Loss Prevention

  New DLP solution is to be baked into the Microsoft IT platform, allowing transparent application of digital rights management for sensitive data.

  (Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

• Viacom lays off 7 percent of workforce

  Entertainment conglomerate, parent company of MTV Networks, says it expects to save $200 million to $250 million in 2009 with the cutbacks.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• AT&T lays off 12,000

  Telecom giant cites economic pressures and a changing business mix in making the reduction.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

• Report: Ex-Yahoo exec to be Microsoft online chief

  Qi Lu, a former Yahoo search executive, is expected to be named head or co-head of Microsoft's online efforts, according to All Things D.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• AMD issues fourth-quarter warning

  Faced with a significant revenue decline across all geographies and businesses, chipmaker warns its fourth-quarter performance will be lower than expected.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Non-G1 Android phone to hit Australia in '09

  Kogan Technologies' Agora phone will be the first sold Down Under to run Google's mobile operating system. It has a keyboard, a touch screen, and 3G connectivity.

  (Posted in Wireless by Suzanne Tindal)

• Latest shade of piracy turns Microsoft blue

  Company files another 63 suits against alledged pirates selling via online auctions. This time around, one of the main problems is an illegal version of Office that sellers have dubbed the Blue Edition.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

• Icahn against partial-sale bid for Yahoo

  Billionaire investor opposes selling just a portion of the Internet pioneer because he believes the stock is undervalued.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)
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