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by Laura Rich
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Aug 04 2008 6:10pm EDT

Last Bytes: Facebook, Lenovo, Cablevision, Motorola

-- For Sale: Facebook shares! Don't let the lack of a business plan scare you off. [Portfolio.com]

-- Lenovo unveiled a low-cost "sub-notebook" computer, priced at $399. Right in time for the recession! [Dow Jones Newswires]

-- Cablevision has won a court ruling allowing it to proceed with its plans for "network DVRs," which will allow consumers to record shows on the company's servers without a separate set-top box. [Tech Trader Daily]

-- Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola has named Dr. Sanjay Jha as co-chief executive and CEO of its Mobile Devices unit. Faced with the iPhone's success, and the continued popularity of the BlackBerry, he's got his work cut out for him. [SAI]

-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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