News to know: Google phone; URL shortening; Oracle, iMac shipping; Facebook
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Larry Dignan: The Google Phone: Risks, rewards and wild cards
- Mary Jo Foley: Will a Google phone spur a Microsoft phone?
- Christopher Dawson: Is an unlocked Google phone finally the phone for schools?
- Matthew Miller: Why are people so excited about the Google phone? It's been done before
Sam Diaz: Google, Facebook in URL shortening: pioneers should keep innovating
- Jason D. O'Grady: Google's URL shortner doesn't work on the Mac
Larry DIgnan: Oracle reassures MySQL customers as wrestles with EU over the Sun purchase
Andrew Nusca: Apple apologizes for 27-inch iMac shipping delays
Zack Whittaker: Updated Facebook privacy: How to privatise your profile
Larry Dignan: Amazon creates cloud computing spot market
Robin Harris: Why the Air Force wants 2200 more PlayStations
Mary Jo Foley: Get an updated list of Microsoft codenames (19 pages and counting)
Sam Diaz: No dirty pics or nasty rumors: LG targets teens in mobile safety campaign
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: B&N nook hacked ... but for how long?
Dana Blankenhorn: Ask not what open source can do for you this Christmas
ZDNet UK: Domain names get international flavor
TechCrunch: Facebook For Android Just Got A Big Upgrade, Is Catching Up To Its iPhone Cousin
Jason Perlow: The Challenges that Public Libraries face with eBooks (Podcast)
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft patches Office 2003 rights-management bug
Andrew Nusca: Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, 11 more named in GPL lawsuit
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What makes your tech gear obsolete?
Jason D. O'Grady: Developers muzzled in App Store makeover
Andrew Nusca: Facing fees, 42% of mobile users who want to switch carriers don't
Dana Blankenhorn: Liberals taste a fecal matter sandwich on health care
Joe McKendrick: Ten examples of SOA at work, circa 2009 (Part 1)
Andrew Nusca: HTC-made Google Nexus One certified by FCC
Paul Greenberg: 17 top CRM analysts
Heather Clancy: The Sustainable Network: Not exactly green, but integral to sustainability movement
Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: eReaders Suck, JooJoo, Nexus One, Net Privacy, SPICE and VDI, RedHat Virtualization
Dennis Howlett: Batting for the little guys: Panaya's progress
Dana Blankenhorn: Thunderbird 3 opens French open source gap
Jono Bacon: Community meetings: Rock not ramble
Dennis Howlett: The SAP Influencer Summit verdict
Matthew Miller: How to loan ebooks on the nook with LendMe service
Harry Fuller: Deny this: mountains of evidence, islands of indicators
Rachel King: Philco PC 1950s-style desktop just a concept now, hopefully reality soon
Harry Fuller: Copenhagen: walk-out as drama builds
CNET: Bug keeps some Office users from their files
The future of... check deposits
Harry Fuller: US, Canada, Russia--near the head of the class
Heather Clancy: New book outlines IBM's "Green Sigma" approach
Dan Kusnetzky: Blackduck Software comments on the growing use of open source