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Feb 18 2009 5:15pm EDT

Last Bytes: H-P, 4G, iPhone, Hackers, Mother Nature

Hewlett-Packard reported a sharp drop in revenue in nearly all of its major businesses and lowered its outlook. [WSJ.com]

Verizon Communications announced it picked Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to build the first fourth-generation wireless network in the U.S., which will be commercially available in 2010. [WSJ.com]

Your favorite boxed CD set could come to your phone for $2.99 with a new iPhone app. [TechCrunch]

Breaking into that "padlock" in your browser's corner isn't as hard as it used to be, as one hacker demonstrated at a security conference in Washington, D.C. [Forbes]

How technology and social media can help take on Mother Nature. [CNet News]

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