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Continental Airlines To Offer Live TV, E-Mail On U.S. Flights (TechWeb)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Mobile & Wireless

TechWeb - The airline will offer 36 channels of DirecTV as well as Wi-Fi service that allows passengers to access e-mail and instant messaging.
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Apple CEO takes $1 salary in 2007 (AP)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Apple/Macintosh

AP - Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs continued his tradition of taking home only $1 in salary in 2007, when he also gained $14.6 million on paper by exercising stock options that were about to expire, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Yahoo’s stock sinks as turnaround stalls (AP)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Internet

AP - Yahoo Inc.’s sagging stock drooped to a four-year low Wednesday as impatient investors expressed their exasperation with a turnaround strategy that seems to be progressing at the stuttering speed of a dial-up Internet connection.
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MacBook Air Draws Praise, But Criticism for Performance (NewsFactor)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Apple/Macintosh

NewsFactor - While some call the thinnest ultra-portable laptop the market has ever seen a boon for business travelers, others are doing benchmark testing that reveal the MacBook Air is slower than its sister laptops.
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Can Qtrax Recover from Hyped-Up Music Blunder? (NewsFactor)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Digital Music

NewsFactor - Qtrax isn’t an illegal file-sharing service, but it has stirred up controversy by promising free music downloads too soon. Some observers are saying the legal peer-to-peer service might not recover.
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Music industry tries carrot after years of stick (Reuters)

Posted on: Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in: Digital Music

Reuters - Away from the headlines of job losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales and offset the decline in CDs.

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