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Report: Yahoo!, AOL could join forces
With AOL trying to revamp itself as an ad-driven portal and Yahoo! playing catch-up to search rival Google, the two companies are the most likely online players to merge this year, according to Merrill Lynch, which adds that Microsoft also could emerge as a suitor for either AOL or Yahoo! Forbes (1/22)

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Apple pushes into competitive race for set-top boxes
The Apple TV set-top box can wirelessly beam multimedia from computers to TVs and home-theater systems, but it will face a crowded and complicated consumer electronics living-room market. Apple TV is designed to ease the access of Internet-delivered media content for consumers, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the box the "DVD player for the 21st century." San Francisco Chronicle (1/22)

UBS estimates Verizon may add 1.1 million fiber subscription this year
Verizon may be able to add as many as 1.1 million subscribers this year to its fiber-to-the-premises network, according to an analysis by UBS Investment Research. Telephony Online (1/22)

Testimony in Siemens case points to CFO
Two suspects in the ongoing investigation regarding possible fraud at Siemens testified that CFO Joe Kaeser knew about an alleged scheme to pay bribes to win overseas telecommunications contracts. The Wall Street Journal (1/23)

Other News

• China Mobile embarks on first overseas market foray
  BusinessWeek (1/22)

• Alcatel-Lucent warns on fourth-quarter profit
  BusinessWeek (1/23)

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Technology Trends

Satellites power new ad category: "Astro-tising"
GeoEye and DigitalGlobe are among companies pioneering "astro-tising," a new category of marketing that uses satellite-based space technology to take photographs of images like an 87,500-square-foot version of KFC's Colonel Sanders constructed of painted tiles on a remote site in the Nevada desert. Chicago Tribune/The Denver Post (1/22)

The BlackBerry -- no longer just for businesspeople
The BlackBerry has already changed the way businessmen communicate, but it is now infiltrating the lives of students, independent contractors and stay-at-home moms, who use the device to track their children's schedules. New smartphones and extra features are attracting consumers who previously would not have used the devices, and device makers are ramping up marketing toward these groups. The Wall Street Journal (1/23)

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Regulatory & Legislative

L.A. taps Qwest for super high-speed Net link
The Los Angeles city government has inked a three-year, $500,000 deal for Internet service with Qwest Communications International Inc. The pact calls for Qwest to provide a super high-speed Internet connection as a supplement to the city's main connection. Los Angeles Times (1/23)

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