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Nov 19 2008 6:43pm EDT

Last Bytes: Tweetag, Microsoft, Yahoo, more

Introducing Tweetag, a new way to 'browse the Twittosphere'. [TechCrunch]

A new study says the online holiday shopping outlook is very bleak. [ArsTechnica]

Steve Ballmer says Microsoft's hiring slowdown might last through the middle of next year. [Cnet]

And he still doesn't want to put a bid in for Yahoo. [PaidContent]

The New York Times introduces a gadget blog. [NYT]

People like listening to different music online than they do on the radio or when shopping for songs to purchase. [Wired]

What should Yahoo's new C.E.O. do first? [Portfolio.com]

by Rafael Cohen
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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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