News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP

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Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files

• About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update
• Dancho Danchev: Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: 7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1

Ed Bott: A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no

• Infoworld: Critical Windows 7 bug risks derailing product launch

Mary Jo Foley: OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface

Sam Diaz: Cisco beats for Q4; Won't call a bottom

Larry Dignan: A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it

• Google buys video compression outfit On2 Technologies

HP hires former Wal-Mart CIO Linda Dillman Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries

Andrew Nusca: Perceived value of BlackBerry brand drops among adults 18-34, rises for age 35-49; Tour 9630 to blame

• Unwired View: RIM files for hybrid capacitive/ resistive Blackberry touchscreen patent

Phil Wainewright: Go cloud, young man

Mary Jo Foley: Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state

• MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7

Tom Foremski: Fanboys come for free - If Apple were an airline it wouldn't have frequent flier miles

Dion Hinchcliffe: The future of enterprise data in a radically open and Web-based world

• Joe McKendrick: Open-source XML-enabled application risk identified
• Another sign that SOA and cloud keep drawing closer

Sam Diaz: A faster Chrome for Windows but still nothing for the Mac

• Google: A New Beta: Why slow down when you can speed up?
• David Morgenstern: Security software maker PC Tools enters Mac market with antivirus utility

Ryan Naraine: Mozilla shuts online store after security breach

Zune HD hands-on

• Crave: Zune HD hands-on, impressions, tears of joy

Christopher Dawson: The state of Edubuntu...Your thoughts

Dana Blankenhorn: A call to mainstream health IT

Practice Fusion aligns with Salesforce.com

Churchill Club podcast: An Evening with Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer of the United States

John Morris: Sprint announces first 3G/4G combo WiFi hotspots

• A look at the BlackBerry Curve 8520
• Andrew Nusca: Palm snags Apple veteran Zwerner to head brand design
• T-Mobile myTouch 3G available today for $199.99
• Last quarter iPhone revenue quietly eclipsed the iPod
• New BlackBerry Curve 8520 on T-Mobile; as low as $49
• Matthew Miller: Qik video editing supported on Android, T-Mobile myTouch 3G now available too

Morris: AMD still sending mixed signals on netbooks

Daring Fireball: Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple

$1.54 billion spent on word-of-mouth, social media marketing in 2008

Gallery: Mutant Clones from China

Rachel King: AgfaPhoto releasing three new OPTIMA digital cameras

• Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: LG HDTV, Acer Aspire One netbook, Sony Cyber-shot digital camera
• SEG Clip USB TV tuner: Watch digital TV on your iPhone, if you live in Japan

NEC's 23-in. MultiSync LCD monitor sports DisplayPort; $379

Embedded Android code goes open source

Jason Perlow: Separated at Birth: Borg Queen and Creepy Palm Pre Girl

VentureBeat: Google sells radio assets, in latest sign of failed offline ad strategy

Defcon badges - designed to be hacked

Foley: Just like that, Microsoft to gain 400+ new employees

Janice Chen: Pentax adds new Optio WS80 to its waterproof compact camera lineup

Zack Whittaker: Apple's not-so-secret tablet: Flawed from the start

• Dana Blankenhorn: Microsoft admits the obvious but not the truth

Is a sandbox the key to open source VOIP

Mashable: Stats Confirm It: Teens Don't Tweet

Heather Clancy: What a difference a volt makes. Eaton advocates 400-volt UPS design