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Dell: PC industry needs to go green (AP via Yahoo! News) - Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc., issued a challenge Tuesday to the entire PC industry to adopt free recycling programs for customers as he announced that his company would offer to plant a tree for every PC sold.

Analysis: iPhone a 'wake-up call' for the industry (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News) - With the announcement of the iPhone during Steve Jobs’ keynote on Thursday, Apple has put a tremendous amount of pressure on handset makers like Motorola and Nokia, according to industry analysts. Capitalizing on its legendary ease-of-use, Apple will be a competitor out of the gate.

iPhone wows industry @ Macworld (Denver Post) - Apple Computer is no more. Say hello to Apple Inc. Announced Tuesday by CEO Steve Jobs at the company's Macworld conference in San Francisco, the name change at the high-profile firm is emblematic of the company's transformation as it expands beyond its roots as one of the original PC makers to become an increasingly important and ambitious player in the consumer electronics industry.

Dell: PC Industry Needs to Go Green (San Francisco Chronicle) - Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc., issued a challenge Tuesday to the entire PC industry to adopt free recycling programs for customers as he announced that his company would offer to plant a tree for every PC sold. "Today, I challenge every PC maker...

Gates touts tech industry's progress toward connected lifestyle (Los Angeles Times) - The Microsoft chairman cites advances that will let digital content move freely across devices. LAS VEGAS — For more than a decade, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and others in the tech industry have touted a vision of a connected lifestyle, in which digital content can move across devices throughout the home and be taken on the go.

Dell issues green challenge to PC industry (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - LAS VEGAS - Michael Dell, who made his name building computers, has a new goal: planting trees. In a speech Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show, Dell urged the electronics industry to foster the planting of trees to offset the effect on the environment of the energy consumed by the devices they make. He said Dell Inc., the computer company he founded, would begin a program called "Plant a ...

Industry Money May Bias Drink Studies (ABC News) - Industry-Funded Beverage Research Tends to Support Soda, Milk, Other Drinks, Study Contends

Bias Is Found in Food Studies With Financing From Industry (New York Times) - Research studies financed by the food industry are much more likely to produce favorable results than independently financed research, a report to be published today said.

State's jobs tied to auto industry safe, auto exec says (The Morning News) - LITTLE ROCK -- Thousands of Arkansans lost manufacturing jobs last year, but jobs linked to the automotive industry should be safe in the future, a Ford Motor Co. executive said Tuesday.

Federal breaks for oil industry may get shot down (Houston Chronicle) - Democrats are the new masters of Capitol Hill. And they have their gun sights trained on the oil industry.