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Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 IN THIS ISSUE Sprint: Samsung Instinct Will Be Cheap $129 Morgan Stanley: iPhone Sales May Double in ‘09 Skype’s Latest Focuses on Who You Call Study: Video Games on Winning Streak Exec: Google Sees Benefits in Yahoo Experiment China Antitrust Law May Target Microsoft New Funding Values LinkedIn at $1 Billion Verizon Mulls Alternatives to All-Fiber FiOS Heavy Site Traffic Delays Firefox 3.0 Release Spore Creature Creator Goes Live Philadelphia Revives Citywide Wi-Fi Project Gadget Buyers Seen as Assertive, Arrogant HP MediaSmart Connect Available for Pre-Order 'Do Not Call' Entries to Remain Indefinitely Online Ad Sales Dip for First Time in 3 Years ALSO OF INTEREST Big-Screen GPS Devices Meet the New iPhone How to Dual Boot an EeePC An Appealing LCD HDTV Check Out DL.TV Episode 235! 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