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Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk (AP) - AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.
Nokia warns 3Q market share will fall; shares dive (AP) -

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)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.


Adobe sets Genesis mashup pilot (InfoWorld) - InfoWorld - Adobe Systems in October plans to launch a private pilot program for its "Genesis" mashup technology, which provides a desktop client uniting multiple tasks in a single workspace.
Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump (AP) - AP - Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high.
App Stores: Microsoft, Google Follow Apple (NewsFactor) - NewsFactor - When Apple opened its iTunes App Store in July, the idea of a mass-market Web site that sells downloadable games, tools, and other applications for cell phones was a rarity. Handset owners could buy apps from their carriers or the occasional niche site. But these days, the app store concept is becoming commonplace. The question is, does the world need a warren of wireless app stores?
Microsoft deploying in-store customer-service reps (AP) - AP - NEW YORK — As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.
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.
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.