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Sources say the president of the embattled Internet search pioneer has been through two rounds of interviews with the board.
CES 2009 is in full swing. Highlights so far include Palm's WebOS and Pre device, Microsoft's Windows 7 beta, and much more.
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Business Tech
Is Google building its own router?The rumor came earlier this week, but is there any truth to it? Probably, but with a caveat, says analyst Jon Oltsik.
Gallery
Photos: Inside Macworld 2009
Digital Noise: Music and Tech
Microsoft's Bach: we'd do Zune differentlyEntertainment and Devices President Robbie Bach insists to financial analysts that, given a second chance, the company would still do the Zune
Beyond Binary
Ballmer: Google, Google, the economy, GoogleIn an interview with CNET News, Microsoft CEO talks about Windows, taking software to the Web, and competing with the search king. But there's no escaping the bad economy.
Video
Ballmer still trying to have fun
Wireless
Palm's WebOS app strategy needs more detailsIt's obviously very early in the public life of Palm's new WebOS and Pre smartphone, but developers want to know how the company will manage applications for the device.
Video
CES Press Conference Day 1
Politics and Law
Obama urges Congress to postpone DTV transitionIn a letter sent to Congress Thursday, the Obama transition team asked Congress to consider postponing the underfunded national switch to digital broadcasting.
Cutting Edge
'60 Minutes' video: Tech that reads your mindThis segment investigates breakthroughs researchers have made in identifying what people are thinking by conducting brain scans, and why the Supreme Court might one day get involved.
Gallery
Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates
CES 2009
Panasonic SC-TZ1: wireless, ultra-slim speaker systemPanasonic's SC-TZ1 is a wireless home theater system, that features four super slim speakers that create a virtual 7.1 surround sound effect.
Politics and Law
Smart grid companies want stimulus cash from fedsProponents of smart grid technology, including investors, tell a Capitol Hill audience on Thursday that federal stimulus money should go to improve the country's electric grids.
