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Seven Post-Macworld Questions For Apple As usual, Apple's Macworld keynote led to more questions than answers. We learned about some of Apple's new products and services -- 17-inch MacBook, more DRM-free music at iTunes, new software suites -- but missed out on a lot more. Here's what we'd ask Steve Jobs or marketing exec Phil Schiller if we could. Read > Another Sign Apple iPod Touch A Hit: Ad Requests Triple In December 17-Inch MacBook Pro Yours For Just $3,300 Per Month Better BlackBerry Curve Coming In February

Yahoo Shareholder Ridicules Microsoft-Financed Buyout Plan TechCrunch's Michael Arrington says a bunch of Valley folks are looking to borrow $20 billion from Microsoft to buy Yahoo for about $15 a share. Yahoo's search business would be sold to Microsoft, Yahoo's management would get canned, etc. No word on what Microsoft thinks of this idea. But in case anyone's interested in what Yahoo shareholders think of it, we're happy to report the results of our one-shareholder survey: Dream on. Read >

Sources Dump On Microsoft-Yahoo Rumor -- "It's Idiotic" Boomtown's Kara Swisher talked to a "source close to Microsoft's thinking" about rumors that several unnamed Silicon Valley executives were planning to borrow money from Microsoft (MSFT), buy Yahoo (YHOO) at $13 per share, and then sell Yahoo's search to Microsoft. The source did not react kindly, calling the deal "idiotic." Read >

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Advertisement Intel Warns Revenues Will Be Down 20% Intel said that the Q4 results it announces on January 15 will be worse than expectations it provided in November. The company says to blame "further weakness in end demand and inventory reductions by its customers in the global PC supply chain" for revenues that will be around $8.2 billion, down 20% quarter over quarter and down 23% y/y. Read > Sun Acquires A Cloud Management Company, Takes Aim At IBM Sun (JAVA) is heralding its acquisition of Belgian cloud computing company Q-layer, "a cloud computing company that automates the deployment and management of both public and private clouds." Read > CBS Interactive Bails On Wallstrip So long, Wallstrip, home to goofy finance video casts and BlackBerry typing competitions. CBS Interactive is stopping production on the show it bought for about $4 million in 2007, and will fold it into CNet/BNet, which it bought for $1.8 billion last year. PEHub reports. Read > Employees Still Expecting Bonuses, Raises -- Aren't Worried About Layoffs Great Depression 2.0? Maybe for the other guy, says the American worker, according to a survey from company-reviews site Glassdoor.com. Read >

Since When Does Anybody Flee Tech For Government Work? Time Warner Slashes 2008 Guidance On Ad Collapse Microsoft Signs (Probably Meaningless) Search Deal With Dell Facebook Widgetmaker Buddy Media Claims 138% Revenue Growth

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