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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_hi_te/google_at10"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080905/capt.8f56ec7254254e08b82cc5ac97ab34e0.google_at_10_nybz180.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=TLVv3UEJJaSFAkxjEtYe_Q--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Google Technology Director Craig Silverstein, who was Google's first employee, sits on his beanbag chair in his office at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. 

Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_hi_te/finland_nokia_market_share"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080905/capt.cps.nmq51.050908152129.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=pwRkoQsrINOE6qFY9nrc3A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Nokia's Research Center in Helsinki, pictured in 2007. Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker cut its third quarter market share guidance, sending its share price tumbling.(AFP/File/Antti Aimo-Koivisto)" border="0" /></a>AP - Shares in Nokia Corp. tumbled Friday after the leading cell phone maker said its third-quarter global market share will decline from second-quarter levels because of aggressive price cuts by its rivals. 

Russia's MTS to sell Apple iPhone (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_hi_te/russia_iphone_mts"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080902/capt.cps.nlu96.020908115517.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=GntaqDl6A_9r6OTu0vUKVA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Customers queue to buy Apple's new 3G iPhone in Tokyo in July 2008. China Mobile, the country's largest handset operator, is in the final stages of talks with Apple to launch the iPhone in China, the world's largest mobile phone market, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russia's number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia. 

New music site gives fans a cut of tune sales (AP)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_hi_te/paying_music_buyers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080903/capt.b9ef81f422024a4f8d77606ffd9f16fc.paying_music_buyers_macr201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=aLSgY1pi4ccf8W4TJgHK_A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="From left, Popcuts co-founders Hannes Hesse, CEO Kevin Mateo Lim, and Yiming Liu, are photographed in Somerville, Mass., Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. The new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)" border="0" /></a>AP - Being a trendsetter can be pricey. As any fashionista or gadget hound knows, the latest frocks and tech toys don't pay for themselves. But a new Web site is trying to make it profitable for music lovers to stay ahead of the curve by paying them when other people purchase MP3s they've bought. 

Green news harvest: Stolen solar panels, hydrogen at home (CNET)
CNET - A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.

Comcast Challenges FCC's Authority To Order Neutrality (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.

Browser War Redux, Patch Time, IPod News (PC World)
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Nokia losing market share as price war bites (Reuters)
Reuters - Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE), the world's biggest cellphone maker, said it expects to lose market share in the third quarter as it fights to maintain profit margins, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower.

Dell Previews $349 Linux-Based Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Dell has taken the wraps off a new mini-notebook PC squarely aimed at U.S. consumers. Called the Inspiron Mini 9, the PC maker's first offering in the so-called netbook category sports an 8.9-inch LED screen with a resolution of 1024x600 pixels.

Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080905/tc_nm/microsoft_marketing_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080905/2008_09_04t210806_450x295_us_microsoft_marketing.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=0tsw51tpRnVZN1ffS13ipA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Windows Vista logo decorates downtown Bucharest January 31, 2007. (Mihai Barbu/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads. 

Appirio opts for the cloud over servers (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Can a business be run solely in the cloud without a server anywhere in sight? Appirio says it can and is already doing it.

EA's Spore aims to create new worlds, businesses (Reuters)
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080905/2008_09_04t182031_450x321_us_column_pluggedin.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=jDTKXXzpiKV6739XVDg2BQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Game designer Will Wright speaks about his latest game SPORE at a promotion event in Singapore August 13, 2008. (Tim Chong/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds -- and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker.