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Oct 13, 2008	Payless to sell "green" shoe line
Oct 13, 2008	Oil rebounds on Europe bank rescue planAssociated Press Writer Alex Kennedy contributed to this report from Singapore.
Oct 13, 2008	Iraq lays out rules for 1st round of oil bidsAssociated Press Writer Sinan Salaheddin in Baghdad contributed to this story.
Oct 13, 2008	Japanese bank invests $9B in Morgan Stanley
Oct 13, 2008	GM to close Janesville, Wis., plant in December
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Autos

Oct 13, 2008	Analysts: GM would need cash to acquire ChryslerAssociated Press Writer Ken Thomas in Washington contributed to this report.
Oct 13, 2008	Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city
Oct 13, 2008	Key dates in Chrysler's recent history
Oct 10, 2008	AP source: GM could announce production cuts soon
Oct 10, 2008	GM shares up slightly after Thursday trouncingAP Auto Writers Bree Fowler in New York and Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.
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Jobs

Oct 09, 2008	Virginia orders 567 state layoffs amid budget woes
Oct 09, 2008	Micron Tech cuts global work force by 15 percent
Oct 09, 2008	Jobless claims drop from 7-year high
Oct 08, 2008	Volvo Cars to slash more than 3,000 jobs
Oct 07, 2008	Your Office Coach: Tell owners their spending is hurting morale
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Real Estate

Oct 13, 2008	Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis
Oct 08, 2008	McCain housing proposal: Easier said than doneAssociated Press writers Alan Zibel and Charles Babington contributed to this report.
Oct 08, 2008	McCain's plan would buy bad homeowner mortgages
Oct 08, 2008	Pending home sales up 7.4 percent in August
Oct 06, 2008	Bank of America settles suits over bad mortgages
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Science & Nature

Oct 07, 2008	Buy 2 lizards, get more free - whether you want them or not
Sep 30, 2008	Southern New Jersey a haven for black widows - be careful
Sep 30, 2008	The moon to make a journey of its own
Sep 26, 2008	Equinox can be as different as night and day
Sep 23, 2008	Dredging up problems for local shore creatures
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Qimonda sells Inotera stake, cutting 3,000 jobs

Published: Oct 13, 2008

German memory-chip maker Qimonda AG is cutting 3,000 jobs and selling its stake in Inotera - a joint venture with Taiwan's Nanya Technology Corp. - to Micron Technology Inc. for $400 million.

Qimonda, which is majority owned by Infineon Technologies AG, said the cash deal to sell its 35.6 percent stake in Inotera Memories Inc. is part of a wider restructuring and cost-cutting program. The company said it is trying to become "leaner and more focused" because of a severe downturn in the memory chip industry.

Prices of flash memory chips have fallen this year because of an oversupply in the market.

Qimonda is not the first to be hit by such pricing pressures - last week, Micron itself said it would cut about 15 percent of its work force. Micron said flash-memory oversupply had driven the selling price for chips below manufacturing costs. More

Oct 13, 2008

• NComputing gets large low-cost PC deal in India

A Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC.

Oct 13, 2008

• UK university holds artificial intelligence test

Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions Sunday, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.

Oct 13, 2008

• Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers

The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Oct 11, 2008

• Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future

On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.

Oct 10, 2008

• Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics

Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.

Oct 10, 2008

• Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again

When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

Oct 10, 2008

• ‘Fracture' and ‘Mercenaries 2' offer solid gaming action — and fun

Sometimes a good, dumb action game is just what the doctor ordered. Take these two.

Oct 10, 2008

• Picks and pans: ‘De Blob,' ‘TNA Impact,' ‘Super Mario RPG'

DE BLOB

Oct 10, 2008

• Fill your skull with Indiana Jones trivia on the new DVD

Just so you know, it's really "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Plastic Skull." With a light bulb inside.

Oct 10, 2008

• Top record labels: artists, market share

Here's a look at the top record labels, their artists and their U.S. market share as of Oct. 9:

Oct 09, 2008

• IBM sells $3.9 billion in corporate bonds

IBM Corp. sold $3.9 billion in bonds on Thursday, a sign that the stalwarts of the corporate world are still finding lenders.

Oct 09, 2008

• Micron Tech cuts global work force by 15 percent

Micron Technology Inc. will cut about 15 percent of its global work force as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations, the company said Thursday.

Oct 09, 2008

• Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms

Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There's just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.

Oct 09, 2008

• Review: Tiny flash drives improve their security

Flash memory drives, the size of your thumb, are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It's tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road.

Oct 09, 2008

• VIDEO GAME REVIEW: ‘de Blob'

"de Blob"

Oct 09, 2008

• IBM 3Q profit a positive sign for tech sector

Shares of IBM Corp. jumped Thursday after the technology company's surprise announcement that it was still plenty prosperous in the third quarter despite the worsening economic climate.

Oct 09, 2008

• Sony, Microsoft virtual communities to start

Video game rivals Sony and Microsoft are going head-to-head in virtual worlds for their home consoles later this year.

Oct 09, 2008

• Microsoft tries for slice of Japan game market

Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.

Oct 09, 2008

• Gene-testing startup's study responds to critics

A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior.

Oct 09, 2008

• Gene-testing startup's study responds to critics

A Silicon Valley gene-testing startup is responding to criticism that the tests could spur bad health-care choices by teaming up for a broad study of how the results affect behavior.

Oct 08, 2008

• 40 laid off at software company as execs arrested

Two former software executives grossly overstated their company's revenue to attract more than $50 million in private investment, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that the fraud was uncovered late last month when a worker found a set of cooked financial books as she was cleaning out a desk.

Oct 08, 2008

• Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses

Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker.

Oct 08, 2008

• Game review: ‘NBA 2K9' continues 2K Sports' dunkadelic dynasty

"NBA 2K9"

Oct 08, 2008

• Latest PC headset from Pantronics hindered by shape

Plantronics GameCom 777 Surround Sound Headset

Oct 08, 2008

• Denon AH-NC732

Overall, we found the AH-NC732s to be fairly laid back. They're not as efficient as the Bose headphones, so you have to crank the volume on an iPod to equalize the headphones. Perhaps we expected more from them because this is Denon and we're used to having the company produce high-quality products.

Oct 08, 2008

• Game preview: The inconvenient truth about racing

"Fuel"

Oct 08, 2008

• Dell I1525-139B

Dell's Inspiron 1525 is an excellent mainstream choice for basic computing, especially because the direct-from-Dell version is highly flexible, offering extensive configuration options. The Dell 1525 is never going to be mistaken for a high-end laptop. Its plastic construction and spartan design point to a philosophy of commoditization, acknowledging that in this price range, providing the best value is paramount.

Oct 08, 2008

• Doc does crack job with iPhone

It was late on a Saturday night.

Oct 08, 2008

• Downloadable Game of the Week: ‘Duke Nukem 3D'

"Duke Nukem 3D"

Oct 08, 2008

• Game Informer Top 10: Top downloadable games

The editors of Game Informer magazine rank the top 10 downloadable titles for October:

Oct 08, 2008

• A video-game story that's a bit ‘Twisted'

Video games come, and video games go. Sometimes they stick around for decades, such as the "Madden" NFL series. Sometimes they are reborn, like countless Mario games. Sometimes they just die, as happened with "Twisted: The Game Show."

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