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Paris, Friday, October 24, 2008

Sun loses co-founder to start-up Andreas Bechtolsheim is resigning as chief architect of Sun Microsystems to focus on a start-up that is challenging another industry giant, Cisco Systems. Commissioner to offer concessions to EU telecommunications regulators Viviane Reding will offer to reduce the size, and limit the power, of an EU-wide regulatory agency she is proposing, as a way to placate national officials who fear that their power would be usurped. Microsoft net rises 2%, beating estimates Microsoft on Thursday reported first-quarter profit and sales that beat analysts' estimates as software demand held up amid an economic slowdown. Sony lowers earnings forecast because of strong yen A stronger Japanese currency reduces the value of overseas sales when they are converted into yen. Russia rejects Google acquisition of Begun The acquisition would have improved Google's share of Internet advertising in Russia, the last European market where it lags behind a local provider. Pro quality camera without the reflex lens Panasonic offers a camera that matches a compact body with the photographic quality of an SLR A charmed life at Pixie Hollow Also: Samsung offers a low-profile external DVD burner and Toshiba's new notebook computer deserves some fanfare. Getting web photos in sync I can download and print photos of my new granddaughter from my daughter-in-law's Flickr page. The photos appear in my Picasa files but they don't sync with the other pictures to my iPod. Is there anything I can do? Murdoch takes issue with new biography Rupert Murdoch has raised objections with Michael Wolff and his publisher about portions of a forthcoming biography, "The Man Who Owns the News." Even AT&T is startled by cost of iPhone partnership AT&T's relationship with Apple is paying off as sales of the iPhone 3G buoyed wireless revenue in third-quarter earnings. Samsung drops bid for SanDisk as mergers decline globally Samsung Electronics has dropped its $5.9 billion bid for SanDisk. Companies worldwide are scrapping plans to merge and acquire although their targets are cheaper as stocks tumble. Amazon doubles profits and offers fuzzy forecast The e-commerce giant posted strong earnings amid a tough economic climate but cut its projected fourth-quarter revenues.



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IHT Tech Alert for October 24, 2008