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Microsoft buys Jellyfish.com comparative shopping site
Microsoft Corp. has bought comparative shopping Web site Jellyfish.com, which gives its customers a cut of advertising revenue from retailers, offering a rebate on purchases made through the site.

Hackers post techniques for reversing iPhone upgrade
Owners of hacked iPhones have begun posting instructions on how to roll back a recent Apple firmware upgrade that rendered their mobile phones unusable.

Palm's financial slide continues despite smartphone gains
Palm Inc. hasn't yet managed to turn around its declining fortunes, posting a quarterly net loss of $840,000 on Monday.

Skype CEO steps down
Skype's co-founder Niklas Zennstrom has handed over his CEO title to become non-executive chairman of the board of directors of this eBay Inc. unit, whose impact on its parent company remains an open question.

Adobe releases developer updates to help AIR take flight
Adobe Systems Inc. Monday released updates for key developer technologies to a newly revamped developer site called Adobe Developer Connection, part of a larger strategy to promote its vision for taking rich Internet applications to the desktop through its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).

Former NetApp exec charged with embezzling $90K
Former Network Appliance Inc. executive Bernadette Escue is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court on Oct. 11 on a charge of embezzling more than $90,000 from the storage vendor

3Com acquisition good for customers, analysts say
Customers should feel little impact from last week's acquisition of 3Com by Huawei and Bain Capital, analysts say. If anything, users should be comforted that they are not dealing with a company distracted by shareholder scrutiny as 3Com will be taken private under the $2 billion deal.


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