News to know: RSS patents, new Windows vulnerability

Headlines of the day: 

Microsoft seeks patent covering Web feed readers.

David Berlind's take.

Dave Winer's take.

Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance. The kicker: He's joining Google. Techmeme discussion.
New report of a Windows vulnerability.

Amazon's top selling electronics. (Hint: It's a lot of iPods.) Despite all of Apple's product domination shares have been mediocre.

Vendor checkup. In a rush to get earnings out before the holiday lull...

Research In Motion reported a blowout quarter.
Red Hat allayed fears of Oracle competition.
Qualcomm cut its outlook.

Micron Technology did well.
Solectron gets dinged by restructuring.
Tibco software hits its mark.

Judge: Can't link to Webcast if copyright owner objects.
Venice Project Details And Screen Shots.