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Microsoft: Windows 7 to boost solid-state drives–At WinHEC 2008, the software maker will talk about better solid-state drive support and performance on Windows 7.

Say good-bye to Circuit City–With 155 stores being shuttered across the United States and an impending New York Stock Exchange delisting, the electronics retailer’s days are numbered.

TV-B-Gone: Turning off TVs, opening up minds–TV-B-Gone is now open source, which may spark the creativity of aspiring engineers.

The more global Fujitsu–At Fujitsu’s recent analyst event, I saw more evidence of a legitimate global focus than I’ve perhaps ever seen.

Akamai’s Net Usage Index shows a Tuesday night peak of 8.5 million-plus visitors per minute to online news venues. That’s even better than March Madness.

Plus: Pioneer predicts greater loss…Motorola losses return…Comcast shows resilience…Sony’s quarterly profit falls.

News network beamed one of its correspondents from Chicago to New York City in a hologram during its election night coverage.

With $11.71 billion in revenues during the quarter, media giant’s cable and network segments offset AOL’s continued weakened financial performance.

Google throws in the towel on the search-ad partnership, shying away from a long legal fight and damage to its advertiser relations. Yahoo isn’t happy.

An update means iPhoto ‘08 and Aperture 2 can handle raw images from newer SLR cameras, including the Nikon D90, Canon 50D, and Sony A900.

Don Reisinger thinks the tech industry needs to be a central concern to the Obama administration. But with other pressing issues facing the president-elect, will that happen?

Microsoft is meeting with hardware vendors this week, which might prove to be inconvenient timing given a federal judge’s imminent ruling.

Microsoft aims to make a much different first impression with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, its oft-maligned predecessor.