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  The Apple notebook
  guessing game

  Will the company make the price drop plunge on Tuesday when it rolls out its new notebook lineup?

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  Taking stock
  of stock losses

  If you bought shares in most tech companies in October 1999 and sold them today, you would have lost money. And then there's inflation.
  • Tough times for tech

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• Wave and tidal power looks for its footing

  The ocean has great potential as a renewable energy source, but the industry struggles with technical challenges, harsh environments, and environmental permitting.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Justice Dept. closes ATI antitrust investigation

  After a nearly two-year probe, U.S. antitrust regulators decide not to take action against the unit of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices regarding its pricing and sales practices.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Network security makes a quantum leap

  Encrypted network in Vienna, Austria, which has been worked on four more than four years by 41 organizations from 12 countries, hints at the future of government and business data.

  (Posted in Security by Tim Ferguson)

• Microsoft to announce Silverlight 2.0 on Monday

  The software maker plans to announce the completion of Silverlight 2.0 on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• MobUI buys Action Engine, plans iPhone apps

  With the acquisition, MobUI plans to rapidly create iPhone, mobile Web, and downloadable applications for major consumer brands.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dong Ngo)

• MySpace program targets small advertisers

  Called "MyAds," it allows small advertisers to use MySpace's targeted ad program, opening up a big opportunity for local ads on the social network.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• NComputing lands big India deal

  The PC sharing start-up, headed by former eMachines CEO Stephen Dukker, announces it has begun wiring 5,000 schools.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• McAfee sees rise in stock scams, attacks

  Security firm predicts scammers will try to use exploits to manipulate the stock market. Also: Expect more social engineering that piggybacks on big news events.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• MIT: Dirty coal to blame for China pollution

  In a rare independent study of China's energy sector, researchers have found that the problem with China's coal power generation is not that its power plants lack cleaner technology.

  (Posted in Sinobyte: China and technology by Graham Webster)

• Micron to buy $400 million stake in memory maker

  Micron will buy Qimonda's 35.6 percent stake in Inotera Memories.

  (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Twitter drops support for IM

  Online-communication utility is stable but missing key feature of instant-messaging interaction, downgraded from Things That are Broken list to our Things We Want to Build list.

  (Posted in Negative Approach by Dave Rosenberg)

• Report: MP3 players threaten users' hearing

  People who listen to "personal music players" for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing, according to a team of EU experts.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• More MacBook rumors and pics surface

  With the new MacBook unveiling on Tuesday, the blogosphere is alive with the latest rumors and pictures of Apple's new hardware.

  (Posted in Apple by Dan Farber)
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