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Aug 21 2008 8:22am EDT

First Bytes: Microsoft, Yahoo, Intel, Oracle, Apple

- Microsoft has enlisted comedian Jerry Seinfeld to help it shed its dowdy image. Question: Does the MySpace generation even know who Jerry Seinfeld is? [WSJ]

- Todd Teresi, a key ad executive at Yahoo, is the latest in a long line of recent departures from the troubled Web giant. [Valleywag]

- Intel is developing technology which will allow people to recharge electronics wirelessly. [NYT]

- Whoa. Oracle honcho Larry Ellison made $544 million in the last year from exercising stock options. [Dow Jones Newswires]

- Latest Apple rumor: An iTunes subscription service. Take this one with a grain of salt, folks. [News.com]

- Ah, college. Returning students can look forward to receiving iPhone and iPods from some schools [NYT]

-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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