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Dec 09 2008 11:00am EDT

First Bytes: Sony, Chips, Le Web, more

Sony plans to cut 8,000 jobs. [Portfolio.com]

Some top chip firms cut their forecasts by up to 35 percent. [WSJ]

Le boom is still in full force at Le Web in Paris. [Valleywag]

A Washington policy group is lobbying for the end of passwords. [NYT]

Cool widgets launching on the New York Times' website today. [SAI]
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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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