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New snag for Hubble, no repair mission before May (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

This undated handout photo provided by NASA<b>,</b> taken by the Hubble Space Telescope<b>,</b> shows a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The Hubble Space Telescope is working again<b>,</b> taking stunning cosmic photos after a one-month breakdown. The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore said the billion telescope is as good as it was before a shutdown in late September. That glitch scotched plans for spacewalking astronauts to upgrade the telescope this month. <b>(</b>AP Photo/NASA<b>)</b>AP - The Hubble Space Telescope is working again, taking stunning cosmic photos after a breakdown a month ago. But the good news was quickly tempered by NASA’s announcement Thursday that a mission to upgrade the popular telescope will be delayed at least until May.



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Court limits ‘business method’ patents (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled against a man trying to patent a business idea, a decision with far-ranging implications for the financial services and high-tech industries, which have major players on both sides of the issue.


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Electronic Arts posts larger loss, cuts jobs (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc., whose titles include “Rock Band,” posted a wider quarterly net loss Thursday and said it is laying off about 6 percent of its work force to cut costs as it heads into the most lucrative season for the games industry.


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Motorola posts $397M 3Q loss; more job cuts (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

In this March 26<b>,</b> 2008 file photo<b>,</b> Motorola cell phones are displayed in a New York store. Motorola Inc. on Thursday<b>,</b> Oct. 30<b>,</b> 2008<b>,</b> posted a hefty loss in the third quarter due to the continued troubles of its cell phone division and said it is postponing the planned spin-off of the unit<b>,</b> originally planned for the third quarter of next year. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Mark Lennihan<b>,</b> file<b>)</b>AP - Motorola Inc. posted a hefty loss in the third quarter Thursday, citing the continued troubles of its cell phone division. The company will postpone the planned spin-off of the unit, and cut more jobs.



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Q&A: Xen, the start-up in Citrix clothing (CNET)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

CNET - It’s been a year since Citrix bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open-source hypervisor, and integrated the business into its lineup of products delivering applications to desktops.


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Google’s version of Wikipedia goes multi-lingual (AFP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

The logo of internet search engine company Google at the headquarters in Mountain View in Silicon Valley seen in June 2005. Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual<b>,</b> opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French<b>,</b> Italian or German.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm<b>)</b>AFP - Google on Thursday made its version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia multi-lingual, opening its Knol compendium to nuggets of knowledge shared in French, Italian or German.



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PC makers recall 100,000 Sony laptop battery packs (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.


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Motorola cuts 3,000 jobs, delays spinoff of cell phone unit (AFP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

A customer checking out Motorola phones at a store. Motorola Inc. announced on Thursday that it was cutting its global workforce by 4.5 percent<b>,</b> or some 3<b>,</b>000 employees<b>,</b> and delaying the spinoff of its troubled cell phone unit.<b>(</b>AFP/File/Sam Panthaky<b>)</b>AFP - Motorola Inc. announced on Thursday that it was cutting its global workforce by 4.5 percent, or some 3,000 employees, and delaying the spinoff of its troubled cell phone unit.



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Intel to establish software center in Taiwan (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini announces that Intel has signed an agreement with the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs to jointly provide support for open source software and applications designed for Intel's new Atom processor-based devices in Taipei<b>,</b> Taiwan<b>,</b> Thursday<b>,</b> Oct. 30<b>,</b> 2008. Otellini also announced Intel's multi-million dollar investment in start up of Taiwan's WiMax high speed mobile network. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Wally Santana<b>)</b>AP - Intel Corp. announced Thursday it will join the Taiwanese government in setting up a Linux software center in Taiwan to help better market locally produced laptops and mobile Internet devices to the world.



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Sun posts $1.7B loss for fiscal 1Q (AP)
Posted on 10.30.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

AP - Sun Microsystems Inc. posted a .7 billion loss for its latest quarter Thursday as the maker of servers and business software wrote down the value of the company because of the slow economy and a huge decline in its stock price.


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