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  From Cy Young pitcher to video game star

  For the San Francisco Giants' Tim Lincecum, getting featured in Major League Baseball 2K9 means fitting into a motion capture suit.
  • Photos: Capturing Lincecum's 'freaky' motion

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  Photo buffs grapple
  with video SLRs

  Adapting to the new video technology of high-end cameras such as Nikon's D90 and Canon's EOS 5D Mark isn't always easy. But like camera owners, photography sites such as SmugMug are trying.

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• Yahoo hands Launchcast to CBS Radio

  Through a deal, the provider of free Internet stations of music, talk, news, and sports content will join the ranks of other CBS Radio stations.

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Edward Rogers Jr., Canadian media mogul, dies at 75

  Rogers transformed Canada's first FM radio station into one of North America's most diverse communications and media companies.
  (From The New York Times)

• Gadget trade-in services that pay off

  Many Web sites pledge to pay you for mailing in used electronics. Which ones look the most lucrative?

  (Posted in Webware by Elsa Wenzel)

• Will Colbert's 'Operation Humble Kanye' work?

  Stephen Colbert wants viewers to go on iTunes today at exactly 5 p.m. EST to buy his Christmas album. Currently, Kanye West has the No. 1 spot on iTunes and Colbert is peeved.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Emily Dreyfuss)

• Analyst: iPod shortage spreading

  Amazon.com is reporting longer-than-usual shipping times for iPod orders, and now big-box retailers like Best Buy are also seeing iPod shortages, according to Kaufman Bros.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Comedy Central's Jokes.com jumps on stage

  One part social network, one part video archive, and one part office productivity drain, Comedy Central's Jokes.com is designed as a hub for all things stand-up comedy.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Streaming-music recorder in murky legal waters

  Songbeat takes aim at the digital-downloading business with its new player, which can record music streams from across the Web. But is it just like radio to cassette?

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Apple looking for Psystar's backers

  Apple amended its lawsuit against Mac clone maker Psystar to allow for the possibility that other individuals or companies are supporting Psystar's activities.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• PC shipments to grow just 3.8 percent in 2009

  IDC releases updated forecast for worldwide shipments next year. It's a major reassessment of an industry hit hard by the faltering world economy.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Confessions of a man who does the layoffs

  It's easy to vilify the guy who hands out the pink slips. But contrary to popular notions, these aren't decisions that are taken lightly, at least with the executive we interviewed.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Rafe Needleman)

• Cyber Monday spending up 15 percent

  Shoppers hit the Web in force on Monday, which led to the second-biggest online shopping day on record.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Microsoft exec: Windows 7 is no service pack

  In a speech to investors, Windows business unit head Bill Veghte says there will be plenty to make Windows 7 a major release.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Dell racks up Microsoft as data center customer

  After finding itself on the losing end of a number of deals, Dell creates a special unit aimed at getting its gear inside the world's largest data centers.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
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