This Week in Tech Titans

A tipster tells us of a rumor that Apple is moving into the old Sharper Image digs downtown, substantiated by a "We're Hiring" post on Monster that mentions a 98101 ZIP code. We've asked our iPhone for comment, but so far we've gotten nothing and we're afraid to try waterboarding. Meanwhile, TechFlash is chronicling Microsoft's Live Search Cashback debacle, in which a promised 40 percent discount on HP products failed to materialize. Live Search query volume "has actually declined 7.8% since last year." Let's see how this "Step Two: Create Thousands of Angry Customers" strategy works.