Macworld Snoozefest, VCs To Be Demolished By Web 2.0

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

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Macworld Keynote: Snoozefest With Steve Jobs on the sidelines, expectations were low for Tuesday's Macworld keynote. And Apple didn't surprise anyone. Marketing exec Phil Schiller showed off an updated MacBook Pro, announced some changes to iTunes, and unveiled new versions of the company's iLife and iWork software. But nothing new or terribly exciting, which will leave the Mac faithful pining for more. Read > New MacBook Pro, Eight-Hour Battery And Other Macworld Announcements Dr. Michael Jensen On Steve Jobs: Cancer May Have Returned Apple Relents On iTunes Pricing, Bargain Bin Tracks For Just $.69

The 20 VC Firms Most Exposed To Web 2.0 The venture capital industry is getting hammered by the stock market collapse. IPOs are choked off, and the M&A market is sick, too. Worse, advertising dollars are shrinking just as a whole generation of Web 2.0 companies expecting to live on "advertising" needed to start generating revenue. So VCs were idiots to dump all that money into flaky Web 2.0 companies, right? Read >

Livejournal Implodes: 12 Of 27 Staff Let Go Early blogging service Livejournal is on life support: The site (which is owned by Russian media company SUP) will be laying off 12 of its 27 employees, leaving LJ's bloggers desperate to export content off the site ahead of a possible shutdown. Read >

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Microsoft Mass Firings "Grossly Exaggerated" Sony's TV Sales Will Fall Short,Too Sling Puts Live TV On The iPhone Microsoft: We're Kicking Sony's Rear In Europe And Middle East, Too

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