BizJournals Portfolio
Sep 09 2008 8:39am EDT

First Bytes: Apple, Microsoft, Google/Yahoo, NBC Universal

- All eyes on Steve Jobs, but he can he cure Apple's summertime blues? [Portfolio.com]

- Microsoft, meanwhile, is trying to spoil Apple's announcement with new updates to its Zune line of mobile music players. [Microsoft]

- The Department of Justice has hired a top antitrust ace to consult on its investigation into Yahoo's search ad deal with Google. [Reuters]

- Google has struck a deal with NBC Universal to sell TV ads. [NYT]

-Sam Gustin
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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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