News to know: Apple; AT&T; Google Books; Palm Pixi; Verizon; Best Buy-Microsoft

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Sam Diaz: Live blog from Apple's "It's only Rock n Roll" event

• Apple afterthoughts: The real news is what wasn't announced
• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple iPod lineup revamp
• Andrew Nusca: Apple announces new iPod touch, nano, shuffle, classic; iTunes 9
• Andrew Nusca:Five reasons Apple botched its new iPod lineup
• Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces new iPods and iTunes 9
• Matthew Miller: New iPod nano may be the motivation I need to train hard again
• Janice Chen: New iPod Nano with camera shoots video (and kills Flip?)
• Video: Steve Jobs returns to the stage
• Andrew Nusca: Apple slashes iPod prices in anticipation of new models

Larry Dignan: AT&T: 'Over the hump' of quality of service problems?

Richard Koman: House Judiciary considers Google Books deal Thursday

• Microsoft: Google Books is illegal 'joint venture,' not settlement

Matthew Miller: Palm Pixi, the next Palm Centro, coming to Sprint for the holidays

• Andrew Nusca: 10 things I think I think about Palm's Pixi webOS smartphone
• Gallery: Palm Pixi hands-on photos

Sam Diaz: Verizon enters mobile management services; enough to take it beyond early adopters?

Mary Jo Foley: Forget Linux. Microsoft trains retailers on how to pitch Win 7 PCs vs. Macs

• Jason Perlow: Microsoft needs Windows Wizards, not Mac Attacks
• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft trains Best Buy "Linux assassins"

Sean Portnoy: Sony wises up, unveils new networked Blu-ray player with Netflix, Slacker support

Andrew Nusca: Dell reveals Adamo XPS thin-and-light laptop; 0.39" thick

Mathew Miller: Want to see what MMS on the iPhone will look like?

Brian Sommer: Feds pour it on - Add 8 more counts on H-1B case

Mary Jo Foley: Wall Street still worrying over netbook impact on Microsoft's Windows 7 sales

Matthew Miller: Pandora now available for Google Android devices

• Gallery: Pandora for Android screenshots

Dion Hinchcliffe: Government 2.0: A tale of "risk, control, and trust"

• Jennifer Leggio: Government as a dialogue: Will the Gov 2.0 Summit contribute?

Rachel King: Leica announces new M9 and X1 digital cameras

Dana Blankenhorn: Will the policy debate narrow or end?

Ryan Naraine: Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk

Garett Rogers: Google experimenting with ads between messages in Gmail

Brian Sommer: Satyam - Do you believe in Karma?

Larry Dignan: Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days

Andrew Nusca: RIM BlackBerry Onyx (Bold 9700) image, features revealed

Paula Rooney: OIN outmanuevers Microsoft, buys Linux patents

Dana Gardner: Harnessing enterprise clouds: Many technical underpinnings already reside in today's data centers

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft in 2010: What do IT managers need to know?

Zack Whittaker: Real cash for virtual cash: FarmVille's business sense

Rachel King: New night vision module available for Nikon dSLR cameras

Jason Hiner: Cloud-ready? 74% of tech professionals work from 3 or more computers

Jennifer Bergen: Gadget Gal's daily deals: Sony Cyber-shot digital camera, ViewSonic monitor, Timbuk2 messenger bag

Christopher Dawson: Not your father's tech school

Michael Krigsman: 6 dirty tricks from enterprise vendors

Larry Dignan: ShoreTel gives Skype's enterprise plans a lift

• Dave Greenfield: What's Missing from Shoretel's Skype-for-SIP Deal

Larry Dignan: OpenID, meet the U.S. government

Dan Kusnetzky: Is desktop virtualization the next focal point?

ZDNet Asutralia: Aussie police battle cyberattack threats

CNET: iPod case maker scoops Apple?

CNET: Microsoft: Windows 7 not affected by latest flaw

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Today Only! HP to provide real-time support to Snow Leopard upgraders

Larry Dignan: Palm launches Pixi, second webOS phone

TR Dojo: Customize Windows keyboard shortcuts (and Mac OS X; Linux and more)

Sam Diaz: Salesforce rolling out a beefier Service Cloud

Ryan Naraine: Mozilla patches 'drive-by download' security flaws

Dancho Danchev: 'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government

Tom Foremski: Former GOOG chief transforms into China's top angel investor

Mary Jo Foley: I don't want an MP3 player/camera/ebook reader/gaming device. Do you?

Heather Clancy: Worried about green printing? Xerox tempts marketers with new "sustainable" paper

Ryan Naraine: iPhone, QuickTime bitten by security bugs

Dana Blankenhorn: OpenID biggest government boost yet for open source