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Amazon is launching its long-awaiting electronic book-reader in New York today. It's not much to look at compared to a recent Seiko prototype. But what matters is book pricing and selection - Seiko (and Sony) beware.

Microsoft plans to expand its market share in online advertising by about 700% over the next few years. Are they planning to buy Yahoo, or merely hallucinating?

The smart money is on Google bidding in January's spectrum auction. They've got plenty of cash, and can get plenty more from the capital markets.

Santa (in the guise of CBS) turns 20 blocks of New York into a gigantic free WiFi hotspot.

Sony aces its Econ 101 class project by showing that, yes, demand for Playstations surges when you drop the price on the things (oh, and the Great Wii Shortage doesn't hurt)

So what if it's two weeks old - it's still fun: The UC Berkeley marching band auditions to make soundtracks for videogames.

If connection time on the Internet were votes, Ron Paul would be your next president - particularly if Tila Tequila is his running mate.

You could win enough votes to be president too, but you're going to need a whole lot of iPods.

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