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Last Bytes Hp Apple Mit Gag Order

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Aug 19 2008 6:40pm EDT

Last Bytes: H.P., Apple, MIT Gag Order

- Hewlett Packard reported a rise in quarterly earnings that topped analyst expectations. [Reuters]

- A new survey has found that U.S. consumers bought fewer cell phones in the second quarter, but the phones they did buy were more expensive. [AP]

- Is Apple slipping on product quality? So says Michael Arrington. [TechCrunch]

- Speaking of Apple and product quality, Japan's trade ministry said three fires were caused by overheating iPod nano music players. [Reuters]

- A federal judge has lifted the gag order on two M.I.T. students who found flaws in Massachusetts' mass transit fare collection system [AP]

-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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