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EarthLink has indicated that it is likely to drastically scale back its wireless efforts.
Ars Technica
Subscription required. To avoid repeat of 2006 glut, Sony, Toshiba, Retailers push giant screens, quality.
Wall Street Journal
The China Post
Business Week
Microsoft's Zune portable media player is currently Amazon.com's top-selling digital music device, usurping Apple's iPod for the highest rank in the "Electronics" category.
ipodnn
"...the notice said that SST is not in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing as set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) because SST has not filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007..."
Company release
This week Amazon's Jeff Bezos is releasing the Amazon Kindle, an electronic device that he hopes will leapfrog over previous attempts at e-readers and become the turning point in a transformation toward Book 2.0.
Newsweek
The Inquirer
Taipei Times
"...Samsung has cut more than 1,600 jobs in a large-scale restructuring move unseen since 2002, to take the brunt for weak prices of chips and flat-panels for televisions...Market observers said the latest large-scale job cuts have widely been expected as the operating margin for the company plunged 27 percent in the first quarter from a year ago due to disappointing performances in its key business..."
The Korea Herald
Company release
Electronista
The Inquirer
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