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• Palm Pre, other smartphones will still sell despite recession

  Despite monthly costs of $70 or more for voice and data service on new smartphones such as the Palm Pre, consumers and business users have been lining up to buy the devices when they first go on sale as if the recession had never hit.

  By Matt Hamblen | 21 May, 2009 08:26

  Tags: Blackberry, economic downturn, iPhone, Palm Pre, smartphones

• A Microsoft layoff? It's had 8 (small) ones in 7 years

  In the past decade, Microsoft's steady, uninterrupted sales growth has been matched by only one thing: its steady hiring.

  By Eric Lai | 16 January, 2009 08:11

  Tags: economic downturn, Microsoft