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by Laura Rich
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Jul 22 2008 12:00am EDT

First Bytes: Yahoo, Apple, TechCrunch, Amazon, Comcast

-- Ahead of Yahoo earnings today, the internet was abuzz about former AOL chief Jonathan Miller as one of Icahn's picks for his three Yahoo board seats. [ZDNet]

-- Apple beats earnings but downplays next quarter's results amid fears over Steve Jobs' health. Shorts are poised to cover. [Portfolio.com]

-- TechCrunch wants to build a cheap tablet PC. [TechCrunch]

-- Amazon and TiVo are teaming up the sell shows and movies. [NYT]

-- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has threatened Comcast with internet child porn charges, saying the company "has continued to drag its heels when it comes to taking every necessary action to eliminate online child porn from the internet." [Reuters]

-Sam Gustin. □

Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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