News to know: QuickTime Band-Aids; Opera; Hyper-V; AMD; iPhone@Work
Notable headlines:
Ryan Naraine: Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTime
David Berlind: Google/OpenSocial's director of engineering David Glazer unplugged: 'Shindig is live'
Christopher Dawson: Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks
Larry Dignan: Opera files complaint against Microsoft in the EU over IE, Windows bundle; CTO makes Web standards case. Mary Jo Foley: Why Opera's complaint is a bad idea. Paula Rooney: Browser battle v2: Opera's complaint about Microsoft IE may fly in Europe
Garett Rogers: Google Webmaster Tools gets new features Share your knol with the world, with Google Knol. Techmeme.
Microsoft to release Hyper-V virtualization beta
AMD: Is the glass half full--or empty? AMD acknowledges quad-core woes; Promises rebound; Highlights roadmap. George Ou: SPEC invalidates Barcelona's CPU results
Forrester: iPhone not ready for enterprise use yet. Techmeme. Jason O'Grady: Apple removes displays from front page of store
Paula Rooney: FireFox 3 beta 2 scheduled for availability Dec. 21
Images: David Karp's Vista annoyances (right)
Popular Mechanics: 10 worst gadgets of 2007.
Robin Harris: Saving Internet freedom - for users - from telcos
Russell Shaw: Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App. BlackBerry Patent app describes and shows "angular keyboard"
Skype releases Skype for Windows 3.6.0.244: changes and bugfixes and why they matter
Podcast: Opera vs. Microsoft; Bebo's big move; AMD's future
AP: Novell reports quarterly loss.
Heather Clancy: IBM: When it comes to energy use, consumers will pay more for greener options. Harry Fuller: Two cities and two separate paths to the planet’s future
Ryan Stewart: Adobe opens up messaging, releases betas of Flex and AIR
Phil Wainewright: Red shift meets event horizon
Janice Chen: Best digital cameras to buy yourself (part 3)
Ryan Naraine: Maiffret's exit raises questions about eEye
Lonely Canadian shocked to get $84,000 phone bill
News.com: Google-DoubleClick deal hit by deleted Web page controversy.
WSJ: Apple's 'Podfather' tries to revive Palm.
Joe McKendrick: Top 10 SOA posts for 2007 -- part 1
Photos: Green tech from coast to coast (right).
Dana Blankenhorn: Wal-Mart PC was a sell-out. Has Movable Type gone open source too late?
Matthew Miller: Palm Treo 680 gets a major firmware update, layoffs may be coming too.
VentureBeat: Google's wireless chief leaves to become angel investor.
Ed Burnette: How Dell screwed up my order
Dan Kusnetzky: SWsoft Renames Itself "Parallels"
Bamboo PC is eco-friendly and looks nice, too
'Assassin's Creed' boosts Ubisoft estimates
Eel-lectric lights for Japanese Christmas tree