The blogpost by Google software engineer Alan Green said that the changes would be coming to Reader "in the next week".

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"We know Reader has a devoted following who will be very sad to see it go, " said software engineer Alan Green on the Google Reader blog.

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Larson-Green and Sinofsky are showing the software on running a variety of form factors, some with touch screens, and some conventional laptops.

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The company said Julie Larson-Green would be promoted to lead all Windows software and hardware engineering.

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One UK software company handed out red and green pieces of paper.

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For instance, regulators recently gave the company a green light (with conditions attached) to acquire ITA Software, which provides online flight information.

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The software makes estimates on acres planted and projected yields by analyzing the soil color, how green the crop is and the rate at which the color changes.

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Elsewhere on the earnings front, Aetna (AET), AOL (AOL), Hershey Foods ( HSY), Allstate (ALL), BMC Software (BMC), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Electronic Arts ( ERTS), Green Mountain Coffee ( GMCR), Las Vegas Sands ( LVS), and Qualcomm ( QCOM) are scheduled to release their quarterly reports.

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Now another company veteran, Julie Larson-Green, has been given the task of heading up Microsoft's most important division, running all of Windows software and hardware engineering.

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