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  Android: An upsell for Google services

  T-Mobile's G1, the first Android phone, works fine with many companies' online services. But it works especially well with Google's.
  • Review: T-Mobile G1
  • Video: Android phone living up to hype?

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  Google hurdles over profit estimate

  Search ad giant's net income is well above analyst estimates for the third quarter; revenue almost matches expectations.
  • IBM produces good news for weary tech sector
  • AMD reports smaller loss, better revenues

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• Apple sells 200 million TV shows, but is that a big deal?

  The money that the networks make from iTunes is still relatively small, but it delivers a message: there's a growing market for mobile video.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Microsoft mulls 'Instant On' for Windows

  The software maker is surveying select users on whether an operating-system option that gives nearly instant access to select applications upon bootup is a good idea.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Mike Ricciuti)

• Yahoo rolls out social Web foundation

  Internet company is beginning the transition to its new socially-enabled platform, laying the foundation for its "universal profile" Thursday.

  (Posted in Webware by Dan Farber)

• Ballmer: OK to wait for Windows 7

  Microsoft's CEO, speaking to enterprise customers, says Windows 7 is worth the wait and that a Yahoo deal still makes sense.
  • Ballmer: Yahoo offer still makes sense
  • Windows 7 equals some strange math

  (Posted in Business Tech by Mike Ricciuti)

• iGoogle attacked by giant widgets

  New "canvas view" for the personal home page lets widgets take over the portal page. In canvas view, Google will not restrict monetization schemes from running.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Microsoft's Fast unit probed over accounting

  The software company confirms that police showed up on Thursday at its offices in Oslo, Norway. Microsoft says it is cooperating fully with police inquiries.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Twitter steps up its antispam moves

  Microblogging service posts a position for a spam engineer and tweaks the handling of suspended accounts as it suffers from an outbreak of spam.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

• Now on Facebook: The Zuckerblog?

  The young CEO has penned a post for the company blog about his trip to Europe. Maybe we'll be seeing more of this in the future--or not.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Microsoft starts distributing open-source Drupal

  The software maker, whose CEO has called open-source code like that of Linux a "cancer," may have just become one of the world's biggest distributors of open-source software.

  (Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

• Gmail down for some for a day

  Google gets its e-mail service back up for most of the "small number" of users who have not been able to access it for the past day. It apologizes for the inconvenience.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

• HealthCare.com buys health insurance ad network

  For an undisclosed sum, the online directory of health care providers acquires BrokersWeb and its Health Insurance Finders search engine. Will the buy help it fend off economic issues?

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Google receives a visit from the queen

  During a tour of the search giant's London headquarters, located down the road from Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II uploads a video clip to YouTube.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Nick Heath)

• Gadgetry to take hit in lean holidays

  Demand for electronics is falling sharply, portending extra discounts for customers in coming months and a very unhappy holiday season for retailers.
  (From The New York Times)

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