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Apple's "Brick" manufacturing rumors--not so revolutionary?--Rumors are buzzing that Apple has been working on a manufacturing process involving lasers and waterjets and solid blocks of aluminum for the upcoming MacBooks.

AMD to spin off manufacturing--Company is expected to announce a long-expected restructuring of its manufacturing operations.

The hole in Cisco's collaboration story--If Cisco is gunning for Microsoft they need more ammo--in the form of content.

Mozilla: The right attitude for the Web's gatekeeper--Mozilla has a dream of winning, but not in the traditional free-market methodology.

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Gates-Seinfeld schtick more viral than 'I'm a PC'--The two Gates-Seinfeld commercials have enjoyed 4.3 million more viral-video views than Microsoft's replacement "I'm a PC" campaign, according to Visible Measures.

Open source can still win in a down economy--Economics are on the side of open source--the best value for money means enterprises can continue to grow during the economic downturn.

Marc Fleury's OpenRemote gets into databases with Beehive--The OpenRemote project kicks off a central, open-source database for managing home-automation codes.

It's the product, stupid: branding firms and industrial design--Carl Alviani describes a trend that has been emerging for a while now: Not only do digital agencies like R/GA enter the branding domain, branding, marcom, and advertising firms also round out their services portfolio by adding product design capabilities.