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  Apps to dominate
  CTIA Wireless 2009

  The application craze is likely to be all the rage at the big U.S. wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas this week.
  • Microsoft to take mobile Marketplace for test drive

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  Windows users brace
  for Conficker's wiggle

  roundup The Internet worm is expected to strike on Wednesday, but experts disagree on how extensive the damage could be.

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• Contrarian Google launches investment fund

  Google's new investment arm will focus on start-ups working on the Internet, biotech, green tech, software, and health care.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Stephen Shankland)

• Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Downsized, but not out

  Fewer people, fewer presenters heading to San Francisco Web 2.0 confab. But it could have been much worse.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Adobe pact makes Facebook's platform Flash-ier

  The two companies ink a formal deal to create a new library for Flash developers working with Facebook--not bringing too much that's new, but making it easier.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Tech jobs fair better than private sector in Q4

  Tech jobs in the U.S. dipped a mere 0.6 percent sequentially in the fourth quarter, while the nation's other private sector jobs fell 1.3 percent, according to a TechAmerica report.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Woz picks up the stench of Buenos Aires

  Steve Wozniak's attempt at the Argentine tango doesn't curry much more favor with the judges than his worm. He, however, claims the geeks will inherit the earth.

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Disney offers short-form YouTube channels

  As expected, the studio is sticking a toe in the Web video water with a deal to post short-form content on YouTube. Could long-form be on its way?

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Emerging tech needs regulatory reform, experts say

  Now is the time for the government to step in and guide the United States' emerging technology sectors, Tom Friedman and others in Washington say.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Nvidia updates 'Quadro' line of graphics chips

  Nvidia introduces a bevy of new top-line professional graphics chips aimed at high-end scientific and engineering users.

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

• Murdoch biographer: News Corp. should buy Twitter

  Michael Wolff--yep, the guy who said MySpace is for "cretins"--says a good digital acquisition strategy is the company's best hope for staying afloat, and no acquisition is juicier than Twitter.
  • Twitter tweaks replies, hires ex-Google designer

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Microsoft drops plan to charge for WinMo updates

  Faced with a likely backlash from developers, Microsoft abandons plans to charge Windows Mobile developers for submitting even minor application updates.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Tom Krazit)

• Netflix to hike up monthly Blu-ray fee by up to $8

  Video rental site raises prices on renting Blu-ray Discs by up to $8 a month, for a total of $9 a month for its heavy users. The change is going into effect next month.

  (Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

• Microsoft closing the book on Encarta

  The software maker decides to shelve its online encyclopedia, no doubt due to the growth of alternatives such as Wikipedia.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Internet advertising revenues rise in Q4

  Despite steep economic woes in the fourth quarter, Internet advertising revenues rose a modest 2.6 percent increase, according to a report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)
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