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• Windows 7 Will Pull Tech Out of Doldrums, Goldman Sachs Says Businesses' tech spending next year will boster the industry and fuel more spending, a report suggests.
• Xbox 360 Outsells PS3, Modern Warfare 2 Rules Top console and software sales are reported for fall, and some shuffling takes place.
• Google Rules Search, Yahoo and Bing Lag Behind Microsoft's Bing might be getting a lot of attention, but Google is still king of all things search.
• Will 2010 (Finally) Be Blu-ray's Year? Consumers are finally migrating to the slow-to-catch-on HD format, but DVD remains the dominant physical disc format for the home entertainment market.
• Tech Job Market Settles, but Hiring Remains Spotty The past three months have brought about some stabilization in the technology job market, and a big-picture trend of fewer job losses than in the same period last year.
• Acer Edges Dell in PC Sales iSuppli is now ranking Acer in the number 2 spot for global PC sales, based largely on its laptop shipments.
• The 5 Best Business Technologies of a Lousy Decade The '00s weren't pretty, but they brought us broad adoption of major business technologies we can't imagine living without.
• Black Friday Sales Gains Higher Online Than in Stores The holiday shopping season finds more people hitting the keyboards than the sidewalk -- and they're buying electronics.
• 2009: The Year the Cloud Was Seeded The economic downturn may have dominated the agenda for much of 2009 but it was also the year the cloud was seeded, according to analyst firm IDC.
• Android Hot on Windows Mobile's Heels, Per Analyst The upstart Android OS, in its first year, is gaining on the decade-old Windows Mobile (CE) platform.
• Microprocessor Sales Reach Record Levels, Says IDC Intel's Atom processor, which is used in netbooks, helped the worldwide PC microprocessor market reach record levels during the third quarter.
• Windows 7 Gobbles Market Share Overall, Windows is losing users, but the update's release coaxed some new customers and returnees, study reports.
• iPhone Gets Slow Start at China Sales Launch The iPhone got a slow start in China late on Friday as China Unicom and Apple launched sales on a rainy evening without long buyer lines.
• Will Droid Put Motorola Back On Top? After a few years of Razr and Rockr remixes, Motorola may finally be getting its handset groove back.
• Analyst: Ignore Financials — Sprint's on the Rebound "Sprint is addressing everything that was a problem, and now the recovery just has to take its natural course," insists one analyst.
• Might Google Overdo? Google must take care to not lose focus amid its successes and many projects, analysts warn.
• Apple's Hot Quarter Due to Lower Priced Macs, iPhones Tightening the margins a bit had a huge effect on sales, which also broadened Apple's market share.
• Worldwide PC Sales Return to Growth Gartner reports PC shipments are beginning to bounce back in the third quarter of the year.
• Open Broadband Nurtures Competion -- and Deals Analysis: An FCC report finds that boosting broadband rivalry is a win for consumers; bring it on.
• Social Networks War Shows Facebook Dominant, Twitter Gaining Facebook has long overtaken MySpace, but the tweets are multiplying ever faster in the fast-paced world of social networks.
• Facebook: the Google of Social Networks Metrics reveal the characteristics, strengths and challenges of each of the major social networks.
• Cell Phones Blur the Line Between Work and Life The iPhone's win in JD Power's satisfaction survey proves there's no such thing as a "business cell phone."
• Tech Retailers Fear You'll Be Cheap for the Holidays From Best Buy to Radio Shack, top gadget retailers predict a holiday season stymied by spendthrifts, cheapskates, and grinches.
• Security Software Sales Expected to Climb The market for security software will grow 8% in 2009, Gartner analysts predict.
• PC Sales Jump Unexpectedly IDG reports desktop and laptop sales are climbing even before the release of Windows 7 next month.