News to know: Jobs and Apple; IE 8 patch due; Adobe; Windows 7 Beta 1

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Larry Dignan: Can you have Macworld without Jobs and Apple? We're going to find out

• Apple statement
• Techmeme
• Sam Diaz: What does Apple’s MacWorld departure say about future of trade shows?

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft sends out Windows 7 Beta 1 invites

• On the road to IE 8 RC1
• Ed Bott: A new record for Godwin's Law

Ryan Naraine: As attacks escalate, MS readies emergency IE patch

• Microsoft scrambles on IE zero-day; Can move when it wants to
• Firefox joins security patch day treadmill
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• Google sponsored links spreading (scareware) rogue AV
• 'Extremely severe' vulnerabilities in Opera browser
• Adam O'Donnell: Talkback Tuesday: Apple's AV non-announcement
• TechRepublic: Distributed security cracking

Review: Microsoft Explorer Mouse (right)

Adobe's reports fourth quarter; 2009 'challenging'

Brian Sommer: Workday - Where HR and Finance Do More than Interface

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's datacenter software and services future: Trebuchet and Monsoon

• Microsoft inches ahead with new Live services build, new search brand

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: NVIDIA first to offer full OpenGL 3.0 support

Sam Diaz: Facebook: Becoming your legal residence on the Web?

Brian Sommer: SAP Business ByDesign Update

• Paul Greenberg: CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Second Verse, Different Than the First
• Michael Krigsman: LA school district and Deloitte in $18m failure settlement
• Larry Dignan: Green IT appears recession resilient (for now)
• Cloud computing: Think collective, not zero sum

Larry Dignan:PC units still selling; Apple flat but worries may be overblown

• Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Does Apple need to learn how to make a $500 computer that's not a piece of junk?
• Netbook from Apple next month? Don't bet on it!
• Jason O'Grady: Mac mini revision rumored for Macworld Expo
• Computerworld: Apple will unveil netbooks next month, says analyst
• Engadget: iPhone 3G finally unlocked by the Dev-Team!

Harry Fuller: Prius panic and other money mattersTechRepublic: Video: Top five IT Dojo episodes of 2008

• Video: IT Dojo Bloopers 2008
• Refurbished servers - good deal or something to avoid?

Sean Portnoy: Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Soundbar speaker systemsGoogle launches Apps Engine dashboard

VentureBeat: Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue

TechCrunch: Soon, All Your Blog Comments Will Belong To Facebook (Or Google)

Roland Piquepaille: Nanotechnology-based smart yarn for soldiers

Rating the vendors: Apple, IBM, HP shine; Sprint, SAP, CA don't

Robin Harris: "Net neutrality" is stupid

• Richard Koman: Ou: Google hypocritical on neutrality
• Virgin Media will block BitTorrent

Dana Blankenhorn: Which open source projects are most secure?

• The health coaching shortage
• The myth of the palm prints
• What open source can teach charity

Laptop Magazine: Intel-Powered Convertible Classmate PC: The Touch Netbook to Emulate

Matthew Miller: Don't get too excited, the Palm Software Store is just a browser hyperlink

• Consumer Reports picks the Samsung Blackjack II as the top smartphone

Dana Gardner: MapReduce-scale analytics change BI game as enterprises need to mine ever-expanding data sets

Review: Toshiba 46XV545U (right)

Best Buy hunkers down; Consumer electronics sales plunge; Home office remains solid

Paul Miller: Could Amazon provide a home to Linked Data?

• Inquira speaks in tongues with new release

Dan Kusnetzky: MiniFrame SoftXpand

Christopher Dawson: Can you believe it's almost time for scheduling?

Jennifer Leggio: Three recommended 'must-read' social business books