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• Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google and Yahoo
  NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
• SanDisk unveils memory card-based music player
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp unveiled a portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod.
• Sony to launch world's lightest 8-inch notebook PC
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp plans to launch the world's lightest 8-inch notebook PC, taking aim squarely at a rapidly growing market for ultra-portalbe personal computers.
• Cisco sees acquisitions with focus on video
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers said he expects to make a "stream of acquisitions" with a particular focus on video, as part of an effort to remake the company as a consumer electronics brand.
• Samsung to make more energy-efficient LED TVs
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday showed off a new line of high-end, ultra-slim, energy-efficient televisions and said it planned to increase the proportion of TVs it makes using LED technology.
• Ford to introduce next generation of Sync system
  DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, aiming to keep ahead of rivals, will introduce new features for its Sync system that provides voice-activated links to mobile phones and digital music players, the automaker said on Wednesday.
• Netflix and Vizio to stream films to high-def TVs
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it reached a deal for viewers to watch movies from Netflix on Vizio high definition televisions through Vizio's "Connected HDTV" Platform.
• LG unveils TVs and deals at CES
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, hoping to tide through a global economic downturn and emerge stronger, wants to keep up spending and unveil new products to boost its North American presence.
• U.S. DVD sales drop and rentals flat
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - U.S. home entertainment sales fell 5.5 percent to $22.4 billion in 2008 as higher sales of Blu-ray discs helped offset a 9 percent drop in DVD sales and flat rentals, a digital trade group said on Wednesday.
• Toshiba to launch Cell chip-powered TV in 2009
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp will launch an advanced TV powered by its Cell high-performance microchip this year, to better compete with larger rivals like Samsung Electronics Co.