News to know: Comcast-NBCU; Chrome netbooks; Google Public DNS; Psystar; Accenture
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Larry Dignan: Meet the new Comcast-NBCU: Content meets conduit everywhere; Will it work?
John Morris: Will Chrome netbooks really be competitive?
Zack Whittaker: Google Public DNS offers nothing to home end user
- Sam Diaz: Google promises faster Web with launch of Public DNS
- Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Psystar pulls Mac-clone line from online store
David Morgenstern:: The best iPhone camera tip ever
Jason D. O'Grady: Chrome for Mac coming any day (or hour) now
Dennis Howlett: Anti-SAP? Pfft!!
Brian Sommer: Accenture: 'Branded' by the Tiger Woods mess
Harry Fuller: Some global warming observers who don't do politics, spin or computer modelling
Sam Diaz: Bill aims to limit wireless early termination fees; Do we need this?
Andrew Nusca: Popular Science, Computerworld, MIT Technology Review sign on for Plastic Logic Que business e-reader
Jason Perlow: Google Backup is what I want for Christmas
Heather Clancy: IBM: More (data center) power efficiency to you
Jason D. O'Grady: California could side with Apple on smoker's warranties
Engadget: Nokia offers sneak peek at improved 2010 Symbian user interface
Harry Fuller: East Anglia investigation begins
Zack Whittaker: Office Web Apps in the wild: Screenshots galore!
Office Web Apps - screenshot gallery
AppleInsider: Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market
Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday heads-up: MS to fix 'critical' IE, Office security holes
Harry Fuller: U.S. government scientists say global warming valid science
Jason D. O'Grady: Episode 119: PowerPage Podcast
Ryan Naraine: Critical zero-day flaw found in Adobe Illustrator
Heather Clancy: EMC sustainability czar explores cloud computing's green credentials
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft delivers two more pieces of its Forefront enterprise security suite
Dana Blankenhorn: The other H1N1 virus makes your PC sick
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: "Grandpa/Grandma Mode" for PCs
Ryan Naraine: Cache poisoning vulnerability in ISC BIND 9
Dana Blankenhorn: What wins in social networking
Mary Jo Foley: Report: Final Microsoft browser ballot may include Opera-suggested modifications
Andrew Nusca: RIM, Monocle collaborate on $1,500 BlackBerry Bold 9700
Doug Hanchard: Canada closer to passing anti-spam law
Andrew Nusca: Micron RealSSD C300 becomes first to use SATA 6Gbps interface
Dana Blankenhorn: Patents the new threat to stem cell research
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft targets programming newbies with new Vedea visualization language
Dana Blankenhorn: Red Hat is the open source company of the decade
Dan Kusnetzky: Conversation with Jim Freeze of Crossbeam Systems