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  Reports: Apple acquires
  Lala music service

  Apple has officially acquired Lala, a streaming-music service, according to media reports. Does Apple plan to stream music?
  • Sources: Apple wants Lala tech

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  Google edges toward Rosetta Stone status

  Wonder what the French really think? The search giant offers a native-language view of the Web through translated search results. Also new: a dictionary service.

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• Intel: Initial Larrabee graphics chip canceled

  Intel has delayed the release of its Larrabee graphics processor, saying it will initially appear as a software development platform only.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Yahoo, Microsoft finalize search deal

  It's not over until the U.S. government says so, but Yahoo and Microsoft have finalized their agreement to install Microsoft as the search provider on Yahoo's network of sites.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Google extends personalized search to all

  Previously, Google would only alter search results based on search history for those signed into Google accounts. Now, it plans to do that for everyone.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Windows 7 family pack starting to sell out

  Microsoft had said it was a "while supplies last" offer and, sure enough, supplies are starting to run out. It's still available at Amazon, though.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Dell forms communications unit

  Following its smartphone launch, Dell sets up a separate business group. Consumer group will be combined with small and medium business.

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Microsoft decision brings it closer to settling case

  To appease regulators and rival browser makers in Europe, the company says it will change the display of a ballot screen.
  (From The New York Times)

• Google acquires EtherPad online collaboration tool

  The Net colossus is bolstering the Google Wave project by acquiring AppJet, a smaller rival with an online collaboration service. EtherPad will shut down in March.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• 'Green' gas and diesel get boost in biofuel grants

  Federal government pumps more than $600 million in projects to demonstrate advanced biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and plant-based replacements for diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Video site Vevo close to signing EMI

  Vevo, a site scheduled to launch Tuesday that hopes to become the MTV for the next generation, continues to sign licensing deals with the top labels.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Google adds streaming news to Google Finance

  Google is betting that real-time news (or something closely resembling it) will attract more financially oriented visitors to its Google Finance pages.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Apple grabs top U.S. retail sales spots in October

  Apple secures 2 out of the top 3 desktop spots, in terms of retail sales, and 4 out of the top 10 notebook spots for computer sales in October, according to NPD Group's Stephen Baker.

  (Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

• Cisco works percentages toward Tandberg takeover

  Just shy of 90 percent of Tandberg shares as it passes a self-imposed drop-dead deadline, Cisco says its acquisition plan is still very much alive.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

• Hardware for Gmail: The 'Gboard' keyboard

  Gmail's got desktop hardware now, though not from Google. The Gboard is a new Gmail-centric keyboard with colored shortcut keys that let you zip around your in-box.

  (Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)
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