Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Live from Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote  —  6:43PM “Over the next several years, they’ll become more connected.”  “The 2nd major area is how you’ll be able to interact with the computer in natural ways.”  —  6:42PM “Technology isn’t just about PCs — the phone, TV, and PC are merging.

Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Sony Vaio P Super Don’t-Call-It-a-Netbook Hands On  —  The keyboard?  It rocks.  The screen?  Beautiful.  The trackball is just the right amount of gritty, so your finger sticks to it and doesn’t slide off onto the keyboard.  The instant-on OS?  Classy.

Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google’s Street View Takes A Byte Out Of Crime  —  Google Street View may get a bad rap from some overzealous privacy watchdogs and conspiracy theorists, but it just helped police save a young girl who had been kidnapped over the weekend.  —  In the case, which involved a woman … […]

Adam Lashinsky / Fortune:
Google news  —  (Fortune Magazine) — You’d think the executives at Google would be chortling over the latest headlines involving newspapers: The Christian Science Monitor eliminates its print edition; Tribune Co. declares bankruptcy; Detroit’s two dailies slash home delivery to three days a week.

One Laptop per Child:
Refocusing on our mission  —  It pains me to post this, and we have striven to avoid this over the past few months, but it is unavoidable.  We are streamlining our operations this month, cutting staff by roughly 50% and laying out broad targets for the coming year.  Here is Nicholas’s […]

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
CES: Samsung dives into connected TV market  —  Samsung Electronics is diving into connected TVs just like the other big companies that have made presentations today at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.  —  Samsung said it will team up with Yahoo to deliver TV Widgets …

PC World:
LG Display on Verge of Launching 15-Inch OLED  — LG Display is on the verge of beginning commercial production of a 15-inch OLED (organic light emitting diode) panel that’s suitable for use in televisions and laptop computers, the company said Wednesday.  —  The screen, which is being shown …

John P. Falcone / Webware.com:
LG Blu-ray players stream Netflix, CinemaNow, and YouTube  —  In 2008, LG’s BD300 set itself apart from other Blu-ray players by becoming the first one to include compatibility with the Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” streaming service.  Unfortunately, the uniqueness of the feature was short-lived …

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
EMC cuts 2,400 jobs  —  EMC said Wednesday that it will lay off 2,400 workers, or 7 percent of its workforce, as an effort to cut $350 million in costs in 2009 and $500 million in 2010.  —  The company also added in a statement that its fourth quarter […]

Simon Sage / IntoMobile:
LG Announces Watch Phone … Like we mentioned last night, LG has announced their 3G HSDPA, video conferencing watch phone today, model number LG-GD910, which is due for Europe this year.  Just about as stylish as the Prada Link, isn’t it?  The CEO was a little tenative to show off the […]