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Tweet Lenovo has confirmed that it will not be offering a rebate for Microsoft’s $ 14.99 Windows 8 upgrade charge for people who purchase a new Windows 7 PC from the world’s second biggest PC maker. Read more… Neowin

Tweet Updated: Is algae biofuel finally getting ready for primetime? Algae energy startup Sapphire Energy says the first phase of its first planned massive commercial-scale farm in Luna County, New Mexico is up and running. The first phase of the farm now has algae ponds and processing equipment spread across about 100 acres about 1/8 of a mile — that includes sizes of 1.1-acre pond and a 2.2-acre pond. Eventually the entire…

Tweet A hacker claiming to be working for Anonymous and AntiSec has attacked GlobalCerts.com, dumping information on employees onto the internet. The hacker also provides their ‘justification’. Read more… Neowin

Tweet So, about that press release Apple sent in June that SVP of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield would be retiring from the company? Uh, scratch that. He’s staying on at Apple after all, the company announced Monday afternoon. In addition, Apple CEO Tim Cook has promoted two new executives to the top tier of Apple’s leadership team: Craig Federighi, who will be SVP of Mac Software Engineering and Dan Riccio,…

Tweet Here’s the latest from the ongoing OnLive restructuring drama: OnLive’s founder and former President and CEO Steve Perlman has left, the cloud gaming company just told us via press release. He is being replaced by former head of operations Charlie Jablonski, who will take on the roles of COO and acting CEO. OnLive also announced another exec appointment: Gary Lauder of Lauder Partners LLC is now the Chairman of…