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  Energy tech: Too
  many roadblocks?

  At MIT Energy confab, industry and policy experts say a weak economy and outdated regulations stand in the way of rapid innovation.
  •  Energy storage--in your backyard?
  • Green tech at a crossroads
  • Cisco helping cities go green

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  Confirmed: Apple
  laid off salespeople

  An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise sales staff, but sources say that they lost their jobs last week.

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• Craigslist touts 'spectacular' reduction in erotic ads

  Web classified site releases numbers that show volume reductions in five major cities in an apparent response to a federal lawsuit against the site.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Worst of times is the best of times for IBM?

  CEO Sam Palmisano says that the company is ready to "go on offense" even as the sagging global economy continues to crimp IT spending.

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

• iPhone developers unable to renew contracts

  iPhone developers signed one-year contracts last March to get in the App Store, but as those contracts expire developers are having trouble renewing.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Fire the personal trainer: Use these sites instead

  It's almost summer. But if you don't think you're quite ready for that skimpy outfit, check out these sites to help you improve your bod before the warm weather hits.

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Firefox, too, revamping new-tab behavior

  Why not put all that empty real estate to work when opening a new tab in a browser? Firefox is trying a different method than Chrome and Safari.

  (Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

• Apple and the Nvidia 'problem'

  Nvidia again finds itself in the middle of an uproar over issues with an Apple notebook. But are Nvidia graphics chips really the problem? And are the issues that widespread?

  (Posted in Apple by Brooke Crothers)

• Analyst sees Windows 7 done by summer

  Collins Stewart analyst says he sees Microsoft finalizing the operating system by June or July. He also predicts a search deal with Yahoo sooner rather than later.
  • Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista
  • Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• YouTube unplugs music videos in U.K.

  In an unexpected move, 'premium' music videos on the Google-owned video-sharing site will no longer be accessible in this major market.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• Palm seeks to raise money for Pre launch

  Company plans to offer 18.5 million shares in a follow-on offering, in a move to repay investor Elevation Partners and raise capital for smartphone launch.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Android sales to outstrip iPhone by '12?

  Apple's iPhone got a head start but Google's Android devices are set to take off, market researcher Informa says. The real loser, however, apparently will be Symbian.

  (Posted in Wireless by Natasha Lomas)

• Facebook: Photo data loss was temporary

  After a sizeable number of photographs hosted on the social network disappeared over the weekend, Facebook explains in a blog post it was a temporary hardware problem.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Dreams of cutting subscription TV's cord

  As big Hollywood studios and TV networks put more of their content online, ditching expensive subscription TV services is quickly becoming more realistic. But how?

  (Posted in Digital Media by Marguerite Reardon)

• Cisco using the Internet to help turn cities green

  Router and switch maker assisting cities around the world to consume less power and produce less pollution. And, of course, company hopes to pick up some business in the process.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Marguerite Reardon)
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