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Motorola cuts 3,000 jobs and delays spin-off Motorola is cutting 3,000 jobs and delaying the spin-off of its loss-making mobile phone business after suffering a $397m loss in the third quarter amid a dramatic fall in handset sales Chipmaker warns of global sales decline TSMC chief executive says industry revenues in 2009 will fall by up to 10% in 'an unusually challenging environment' amid the financial crisis Netbooks lead computer growth Despite the downturn in the economy, an unexpected surge in global consumer demand for 'netbooks' or mini-notebooks, has turned them into one of the hottest new consumer-tech products in years Mobile makers braced for painful 2009 The world's leading mobile phone makers are braced for a painful 2009 after warnings that sales of handsets could fall sharply for the first time in eight years Microsoft looks to cloud to open new windows If Microsoft fails to lay out a compelling plan for how it will adapt to the new world of internet-based computing, it would add to a nagging concerns that the company is falling behind in the biggest transition to hit information technology in years