Links for July 2nd through July 6th

• Indian IT industry shut down by protests
  Political unrest effects off-shoring in India, if only perception-wise
• Anna Chapman, Venture Spook Capitalist
  Connecting Russian spies to banking and industrial interests.
• A Youthful Market Spurns the Wares of Microsoft – NYTimes.com
• Nokia Sits Out Smartphone Revolution as Customers Flock to Apple IPhone 4
  "Nokia held on to its smartphone market share of 41 percent in the first quarter as it introduced cheaper models and trimmed prices. It expects its share of industry handset revenue to decline this year, after earlier saying it would increase. It still expects unit market share to be flat."
• Illinois and California: State Basket Cases
• Hands on with the Jawbone ICON

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