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Notable headlines:

Mary Jo Foley: Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft

Independent study backs OOXML. EU launches new probe against Microsoft

Macworld:

• David Morgenstern: Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo?
• Jason O'Grady: The calm before the Macworld Expo storm
• Dan Farber: Gates and Jobs rendezvous at CESCisco to release Mac version of Unified Personal Communicator
• Coming to the Mac in 2008: 'Spore'
• Wired: Apple insider leaks ultraportable details
• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Steve Jobs Macworld 08 keynote leaked on Wikipedia?
• Russell Shaw: Report: 16GB iPhone to be announced tomorrow at Macworld

Larry Dignan: Symantec: Trojan has 400 banks on its hitlist. Phishing for your tax return.Oracle patches are coming (not that DBAs care)

Ryan Stewart: Silverlight 2.0 release date looking like August LiveDocuments using Flex and AIR for a real office suite. Gallery (right).

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FCC clears Google to bid in wireless auction

• Google doubles down on the iPhone; officially rolls out its app lineup
• Apple, China Mobile call off iPhone launch talks

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Tech indicators that could point to a coming recession

• IBM fourth quarter well above targets.
• SAP business on track; Fourth quarter revenue up 10 percent
• Cowen: Debating SaaS slowdown; Google Apps and AMD market share

VentureBeat: Facebook buying Plaxo Christopher Dawson: Hey Dell...Wanna sell some Classmates?

Inside the green designer home. Photos: Ho

Intel unveils SME server building blocks

Dana Gardner: WSO2 Web services framework builds bridge between Ruby and enterprise apps

LogMeIn files for IPO, sets up the market for cloud-as-PC-support continuum

Phil Wainewright: Is 2008 the year the telcos crack SaaS?

Dan Farber: SuccessFactors shows a path to Enterprise 2.0

Ed Burnette: Java vs. Android APIs

Richard Koman: MySpace promises stronger safeguards for kids 'Server in the Sky': FBI international biometric db planned

Dana Blankenhorn: New torrent technology a serial industry killer Should IBM results count as open source win?

Janice Chen: The coolest camera at CES was one you build yourself.

Russell Shaw: Test Skype video call: "it was as if Jim was across the table from me"

Engadet: HD DVD fires back; slashes prices on hardware and software

George Ou: Samsung multi-function printers scan direct to USB

Photos: Airline recycling taking off

Steve O'Hear: Facebook's neocon links

Dan Kusnetzky: RingCube - taking your mojo with you

Richard Stiennon: Cyber Defcon 4

Matthew Miller: Ultra portable devices were everywhere at CES 2008