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Sir Howard Stringer

»  Combining the PlayStation Network’s content and Sony’s hardware is the key to overtaking Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) , says Howard Stringer [NY Times]

»  Stringer also wants to stay around at Sony (NYSE: SNE) for another three years to oversee the company’s turnaround plan, which he says has been sidelined by the economy. [BusinessWeek]

»  Barry Diller has an issue with IAC (NSDQ: IACI) sitting on $2 billion in cash reserves. [Reuters]

»  Redbox is doing a test run of renting videogames for $2 a night. [VideoBusiness]

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Finance is now streaming financial news. [Google]

»  The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) may have to cut about 50 jobs by the end of the year because not enough people volunteered for buyouts. [NY Post]

»  Windows accidentally shut down Bing for half-an-hour last night. [The Register]

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