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Today in Tech: Microsoft's exec shake-up, Groupon's Tibet ad

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is planning even more executive management changes at the Redmond-based software giant to add senior product executives with an engineering background and with experience executing product plans. So far, four top execs have left the company since May, including 23- year company veteran Bob Muglia. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
After temporarily halting shipments of its Sandy MORE

A former "prissy girl" takes on tech

Intel's CIO talks about the challenges of supporting the "consumerized"  workplace and why everyone loves tablets -- but what they really need are laptops.

Diane Bryant never intended to go to college, let alone become a top executive at Intel, the world's largest chipmaker. She joined the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company back in 1985 and has held several positions over the years, including silicon design engineer and general manager of the MORE

Today in Tech: Intel Sandy Bridge flaw to cost $1 billion

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

"Once Steve Jobs goes away, which is probably not far away, then Apple will have to make a strategic decision on whether to open up the platform. ... What's the reason for him [Jobs] to trash Flash? There's no reason other than ego." -- Netgear co-founder Patrick Lo in Sydney Australia. (The Register)

"Steve Jobs doesn't give MORE

Today in Tech: Verizon iPhone unlimited plan, more Yahoo layoffs

Though Yahoo's fourth quarter revenue and profit beat analyst estimates, its forecast for this quarter was significantly low enough -- revenue between $1.02 billion and $1.08 billion versus a consensus of $1.13 billion -- to send the Internet giant's shares down 4% by yesterday afternoon. (Tech Trader Daily)
Yahoo also laid off about 1%, or likely around 100-150, of its current global staff. "The personnel changes we are making are part MORE

Today in Tech: new BlackBerry phone details, Groupon IPO

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

Groupon is moving ahead with an initial public offering (IPO), which is expected to happen some time this spring. The daily deals site, which just recently raised a record $950 million, now values itself at $15 billion. (New York Times)

The launch for News Corp's heavily-publicized iPad newspaper, the Daily, has reportedly been pushed back several weeks MORE

Intel's sunny vision for the cloud

The chipmaker wants to standardize online computing. Will the rest of the industry get on board?

Can Intel do for cloud computing what it did for Wi-Fi? The chip company helped usher in ubiquitous wireless broadband seven years ago when it introduced its Centrino wireless platform for laptop computers and then teamed up with PC makers and hot spot operators such as Borders (BGP) and Hilton to evangelize Wi-Fi to consumers. MORE

Today in Tech: MySpace layoffs today, Verizon iPhone launch

A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.

As reported a week ago, MySpace intends to lay off 50%, or between 550 and 600, of its staff today under the guise of restructuring and shedding legacy business divisions. Afterwards, it's expected the struggling social network-turned-entertainment hub will look at sale options. Some possibilities: being picked up by a private equity buyer or even being MORE

A peek at next year's Macs

Reports from Apple's Asian suppliers hint at lighter, more affordable machines

An item in Thursday's DigiTimes offers an early glimpse at Apple's (AAPL) plans for its flagship computer line in 2011. The details -- based on reports from unnamed "upstream component makers" -- are sparse:

At least four new MacBook Pro models with a "slight" change in chassis design
A new iMac with a different screen size and a presumably lower price point MORE

As Google battles Apple for your TV, Boxee unveils a third way

The new set-top, social home theater box isn't about challenging Apple and Google, says Boxee's CEO. It's about changing the philosophy behind TV and online video altogether.

Earlier this week, Avner Ronen launched the Boxee Box. Almost a year-and-a-half in the making, the set-top box represents the latest step for the start-up whose software until now offered a convenient free, partially-open source software solution that aggregated users' digital content -- Netflix, MORE

A mouse maker roars with Google TV

Gizmo maker Logitech hopes to make it big in the consumer electronics business.

Logitech, best known for making computer accessories like mice, webcams, and keyboards, wants to be a player in a burgeoning and potentially hot business: smart TV. And it has teamed up with Google and Intel to do it.

Based in Fremont, Calif., Logitech (LOGI) is the first company out of the gate with a contraption that brings Google's new MORE