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Business Tech
Microsoft CFO heads to new post at GMChris Liddell joins General Motors as vice chairman and chief financial officer. He'll start at GM in the new year.
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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
The Wisdom of Clouds
Seven businesses to look out for in 2010In January 2008, I wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek post that outlined seven businesses I thought would be good to start. Here's why I predict this upcoming year those businesses will come alive.
Beyond Binary
Visual Studio launch delayed by 'a few weeks'Microsoft says it's still working to resolve some performance issues related to the Visual Studio 2010 developer tool suite, which was slated for a March release.
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Deep-sea volcanic explosion--part 2 (video)
Digital Noise: Music and Tech
The five most welcome digital audio products of 2009Despite the economic toll on the industry, five stand-out products did much to move the state of digital audio forward this year.
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Deep-sea volcanic explosion--part 1 (video)
Geek Gestalt
Virtual world designer Metaplace to shutterSaying it hasn't been able to gain traction as a consumer user-generated content service, Raph Koster's leading game design company is shutting down.
The Space Shot
Three station fliers set off on flight to lab complexCosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, and NASA's Timothy Creamer blast off on a two-day flight to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz ferry craft
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Explosive deep-ocean volcano (photos)
The Car Tech blog
Magellan releases its own overpriced iPhone cradleFollowing the launch of its iPhone app, Magellan is releasing its Premium Car Kit for iPhone.
Green Tech
First Solar opens utility-scale power plantCompany says the site--the largest photovoltaic solar power station in California--serves a model for its expansion into the utility business.
