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The temporary closer of the Khyber Pass supply route to Nato and US forces in Afghanistan highlights the need for an alternative.

PC World - Microsoft’s less-than-popular Zune MP3 players are dying in droves all across the world, according to several reports on the Internet and forum complaints. The 30GB Zune players stop, reboot themselves, and when the start-up status bar reaches 100 percent, they freeze.

AP - Consumers cut back on discretionary spending in 2008, draining casino operators’ earnings and pushing the sector’s stocks down_ in at least one case more than 90 percent_ and resulting in job cuts and a pullback on development projects.

AP - When 2008 began, Atlantic City’s casinos were fighting an economic slump but still talking and dreaming big, with plans for as many as four new casino-hotels worth as much as $11 billion.

AP - The meteoric rise and fall of the price of oil was the story for the airline industry for much of 2008, but as the year that brought big losses and hefty stock declines for many carriers drew to a close the erosion of demand for seats due to the recession was the main headline.

PC World - The latest iPod Touch is a nifty little gizmo that does a lot more than play tunes, but I’ve always found its 3.5-inch screen too tiny for watching movies or serious Web browsing. After a few minutes of screen-tapping or finger-dragging to view Web pages designed for larger displays, well, things get tedious in a hurry. And movies? Better bring a magnifying glass.