News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

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Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware

Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13?

Andrew Nusca: Netbooks dominate Cyber Monday sales

• Dana Blankenhorn: Whassup with Netbooks?

Larry Dignan: Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict

• Sam Diaz: Google feeling the pinch?

Techmeme: Conflicting reports: Jon Miller raising funds to buy Yahoo. Or Not.

Gallery: Top 10 holiday gifts for the tech team

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: 2009: Will It Be Better For Cable TV Than 2010 ... or 2011 ... or 2012?

• Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

Heather Clancy: Doh! HP has some "green" data center news, too

• Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services

• Sam Diaz: In other Nokia news today...

Andrew Nusca: Why Amazon needs Kindle 2.0

Mary Jo Foley: Vista SP2: What's inside?

• Microsoft advances its Win Live Wave 3, Gen4 datacenter rollouts

Zack Whittaker: Podcast: gadgets for Christmas, iPod lovin' and the Blu-ray war

Larry Dignan: Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card

• Dennis Howlett: Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward

Sam Diaz: Group calls on Washington to establish national Broadband strategy

• Harry Fuller: Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money

Larry Dignan: Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?

Dancho Danchev: Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever

Tom Foremski: A 1968 computer demo that changed people's lives

Larry Dignan: Tech CEOs: Will they step up in a downturn?

Jason D. O'Grady: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best luxe Mac accessories

Larry Dignan: Google Chrome and the extension conundrum

Jennifer Leggio: Fortune 500 series: How Newell Rubbermaid uses social media

Paul Miller: 'Semantic Web for Business' ultimately misses the mark

Sam Diaz: iPhone clouds true Smartphone snapshot

Michael Krigsman: 'IT has no inherent value'

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is your employer doing enough to prevent you from being the next Julie Amero?

Jason D. O'Grady: Apple Confuses Speech with a DMCA Violation

• Google Calendar now supports iCal

Dana Blankenhorn: The code is all right

• Springsource releases Tomcat appliance
• Is this CT scan necessary?
• Can Healthline give insurers wellness on the cheap?

Richard Koman: Does Drew decision criminalize TOS violations?

Video: IT Dojo: Stop Check Disk from constantly running when Windows Vista starts

Brian Sommer: Mervyns – The cautionary tale of selling one’s business

Dan Kusnetzky: VDIworks2Go

Dennis Howlett: Sage to step into the on-demand ring

Roland Piquepaille: Robots mimic razor clams