| Business/Tech Reorg shakes loose Microsoft lab leader Reed Sturtevant, who led Microsoft's Startup Labs in Cambridge, Mass., has left the company after his team was reorganized this week. Boeing set to shake 747-8 Boeing is preparing to start key ground vibration tests on the first 747-8 Sunday, according to an Aviation Week report. AFL-CIO leaders endorse Boeing's Air Force tanker bid Boeing's bid for the Air Force's $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contract is the clear choice for investing in American workers, knowledge, security and future, the presidents of 10 AFL-CIO state federations said in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week. Windows 7 launch party packs arrive Oh man, I'm so envious. One of the writers at TechCrunch received his Windows 7 launch party pack today. He was a finalist. Analyst: don't fear Embraer, or Bombardier, Comac and Sukhoi The threat that emerging aircraft producers post to Boeing and Airbus is overstated, according to a prominent analyst. Ballmer: 'We are not interested in e-readers' Any speculation that Microsoft was looking to jump on the Kindle bandwagon was squashed Thursday when CEO Steve Ballmer gave a resounding no. Report: Twitter in talks with Microsoft, Google Twitter is in separate, advanced talks with Microsoft and Google to bring the social network's massive heap of real-time data to the companies' search engines, All Things Digital reports. Boeing issuing 130 new layoff notices Boeing will issue 60-day layoff notices to about 130 workers Friday, including about 50 in the Puget Sound area, according to company spokesman Tim Healy. Spirit AeroSystems approve contract deal Engineers at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems overwhelmingly accepted a contract deal, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace announced Thursday evening. Boeing moving 747-8 flight testing to Eastern Wash., Calif. Boeing will move the flight test program for its delayed 747-8 aircraft to Moses Lake, Wash., and later to Palmdale, Calif., according to an Everett Herald report. Office Starter 2010 to replace Microsoft Works Along with Office 2010, which is scheduled for release during the first half of next year, Microsoft will offer a lightweight version of the ubiquitous productivity software. DOJ opens antitrust probe of IBM The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into allegations that IBM is abusing its monopoly power over the mainframe-computer market. Fake PayPal screen dupes IE, Safari, Chrome A hacker has created a counterfeit security-certificate that tricks Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and Google Chrome into thinking a bogus PayPal payment page is the real thing. Companies lease more than 50,000 square feet at Sea-Tac AMB Property Corp. has signed two lease agreements totaling more than 50,000 square feet in of on-tarmac property at Sea-Tac International Airport, the company announced Thursday. 
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