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  Apple polishes up
  its MacBook line

  roundup The notebooks get some bodywork done by "brick," plus gain solid-state drives, graphics by Nvidia, and more. Macs, Apple says, have momentum.
  • Checking under the hood of the new MacBooks
  • New MacBook lineup vs. old

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  Businesses bank
  on solar power

  Much of the action in solar power is at large organizations looking to hedge against rising energy prices, show environmental stewardship, and lower electricity bills.
  • Schwarzenegger: Green is good for the economy
  • Solar Power: GE's buy-in, thin film cells, solar map

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• Verizon CEO optimistic despite economic crisis

  Ivan Seidenberg says he believes his company will weather the financial storm. The reason? People will continue to spend money on wireless and broadband services.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• U.S. paid search rises 26.9 percent in 3rd quarter

  SearchIgnite sees signs of strength in some sectors, even as retailers showed a surprising drop-off in September.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Microsoft fixes 20 flaws with 11 patches

  The security bulletins, four deemed critical, affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Host Integration Server.

  (Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

• Sirius XM chief: Yes, we will be profitable

  Many on Wall Street have already given up on the costly business of satellite radio. But as head of the newly merged Sirius XM, Mel Karmazin says that the company is on the right track.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• Microsoft creates education czar post

  Software company chooses Michael Golden to head up its Education Products group, reporting to Anoop Gupta and overseeing the group's strategy and marketing efforts.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• With little Fuel, eco-racers arrive in Las Vegas

  In making it to from Berkeley, Calif., to Las Vegas without burning an ounce of petroleum, a duo from Oregon collected a $5,000 prize in the Escape From Berkeley race.
  (From The New York Times)

• Kongregate: Where the boys are

  Flash game site adds tutorial so that fanboys can learn to build their own games. Up first: a side-scrolling space-themed shoot-em-up.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Schwarzenegger: Full steam ahead on green tech

  At solar power conference, California governor says that even with the economic downturn, the U.S. should stick to environmental policies that promote clean tech.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Alleged NASA hacker loses another appeal

  British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith holds firm, so despite being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, Gary McKinnon still faces extradition to the U.S..

  (Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

• Microsoft plans unified communications update

  Software maker's Office Communications Server has made inroads as a tool for corporate instant messaging. It still has a lot of ground to cover when it comes to telephony.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

• Gartner on IT vs. the economic crisis

  ZDNet's Larry Dignan reports from the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Florida on what the firm's analysts see on the road ahead for corporate IT departments.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

• Report: Justice Dept. talking with Yahoo, Google

  The Web giants are in early-stage talks with antitrust regulators to avoid a challenge to their proposed advertising deal, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Samsung laptops splash onto U.S. shores

  And it looks to be off to a solid, if conservative, start with seven laptops in four categories: Netbook, slim ultraportable, mainstream consumer, and business.

  (Posted in Crave by Michelle Thatcher)
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