News to know: IE patches; Google Chrome; Adobe; Dell; SAP

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Ryan Naraine: Patch Tuesday: Microsoft plugs IE 'drive-by download' security holes

• Adobe plugs dangerous Flash Player security holes
• Jason O'Grady: Apple releases patch for AirPort clients
• Apple releases fix for noisy MBP optical drives

Robin Harris: RFID passport identity theft made simple

Mary Jo Foley: How Microsoft stacks up against Google's latest search and mobile wares

• Microsoft combines Windows Server and Azure to form new Server & Cloud unit
• Windows 7 compatibility problems? Microsoft might have an app (or service) for that

Rachel King: Welcome Google Chrome for Mac and Linux beta

• Larry Dignan: Extension support could bolster Google Chrome's market share
• Jason O'Grady: Google releases Chrome for Mac
• Google: Google Chrome for the holidays: Mac, Linux and extensions in beta

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: I like Win 7, but I've already drawn up a Win 8 wishlist

Smart Planet: Does global warming science need a restart (or at least a new story)?

• Systems are the ultimate inconvenient truth
• Heather Clancy: On the scene: What the Microsoft delegation is doing in Copenhagen

Andrew Nusca: Seagate to launch 7mm laptop hard disk; ushers in thinner PCs

• Dell debuts Vostro V13, 0.65-in. thick ULV business laptop; $450

• Dell Vostro V13 hands-on (right)
• New cloud-based hacking service can crack Wi-Fi passwords in 20 minutes

Garett Rogers: Google flexes its muscles: Enter the Real-Time web

Michael Krigsman: SAP Influencer event: First impressions

Andrew Mager: Instantiate the cascade: Object-oriented CSS in action

• Eric Meyer: Javascript will save us all
• Web Form Design Best Practices, 2010

Jennifer Leggio: Falling in love again, aka the Foursquare BlackBerry app

• Oliver Marks: Blackbox Republic Replicates Real Life Socializing with Apple Quality

Zack Whittaker: What's the deal with the student deals?

Matthew Miller: Motorola DROID getting full featured firmware update soon

TechRepublic: CIO: Stop being a snake oil salesman

Sam Diaz: Google 101: educating small business owners about cloud tools

Silicon Alley Insider: CONFIRMED: Saul Hansell Quits The New York Times For AOL

Jason O'Grady: iTunes Rewind takes a look back at 2009

1% of App Store inventory removed in ratings scam

Dragon Dictate comes to the iPhone (updated)

Bloomberg: Dell Rings Up $6.5 Million in Sales Using Twitter Promotions

• Rachel King: Dragon Dictation App now available on iTunes

SmartPlanet: Nanotechnology to end insulin injections for diabetics

Heather Clancy: For Symantec storage software, thin is in, and that's a green thing

• Dignan: Seagate launches enterprise solid state drive
• Egnyte on hybrid cloud network attached storage; SMBs and costs

King: D-Link and Boxee bringing the 'Boxee Box' to your living room

• JVC Everio GZ-HD620 is world's smallest and lightest HDD camcorder

• Top 10 most popular digital cameras of 2009 (gallery right)

Dana Gardner: Fujitsu ascends to new cloud offerings, expands data center to cover enterprises and ISVs

Dana Blankenhorn: Compromises always taste bad

• Floyd vs. Eben on Oracle and mySQL
• Ellison dithering is costing Oracle money

Mitch Ratcliffe: When customers love the product, but hate your mission, it's time to change publishing

New Tee Vee: Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Industry

Chris Jablonski: World's smallest 'snowman' measures 1/5th the width of a human hair

Dan Kusnetzky:Novell announces workload management strategy and roadmap