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• Acer Edges Dell in PC Sales iSuppli is now ranking Acer in the number 2 spot for global PC sales, based largely on its laptop shipments.
• The 5 Best Business Technologies of a Lousy Decade The '00s weren't pretty, but they brought us broad adoption of major business technologies we can't imagine living without.
• Black Friday Sales Gains Higher Online Than in Stores The holiday shopping season finds more people hitting the keyboards than the sidewalk -- and they're buying electronics.
• Android Hot on Windows Mobile's Heels, Per Analyst The upstart Android OS, in its first year, is gaining on the decade-old Windows Mobile (CE) platform.
• Windows 7 Gobbles Market Share Overall, Windows is losing users, but the update's release coaxed some new customers and returnees, study reports.
• iPhone Gets Slow Start at China Sales Launch The iPhone got a slow start in China late on Friday as China Unicom and Apple launched sales on a rainy evening without long buyer lines.
• Will Droid Put Motorola Back On Top? After a few years of Razr and Rockr remixes, Motorola may finally be getting its handset groove back.
• Analyst: Ignore Financials — Sprint's on the Rebound "Sprint is addressing everything that was a problem, and now the recovery just has to take its natural course," insists one analyst.
• Might Google Overdo? Google must take care to not lose focus amid its successes and many projects, analysts warn.
• Apple's Hot Quarter Due to Lower Priced Macs, iPhones Tightening the margins a bit had a huge effect on sales, which also broadened Apple's market share.
• Worldwide PC Sales Return to Growth Gartner reports PC shipments are beginning to bounce back in the third quarter of the year.
• Open Broadband Nurtures Competion -- and Deals Analysis: An FCC report finds that boosting broadband rivalry is a win for consumers; bring it on.
• Social Networks War Shows Facebook Dominant, Twitter Gaining Facebook has long overtaken MySpace, but the tweets are multiplying ever faster in the fast-paced world of social networks.
• Facebook: the Google of Social Networks Metrics reveal the characteristics, strengths and challenges of each of the major social networks.
• Cell Phones Blur the Line Between Work and Life The iPhone's win in JD Power's satisfaction survey proves there's no such thing as a "business cell phone."
• Tech Retailers Fear You'll Be Cheap for the Holidays From Best Buy to Radio Shack, top gadget retailers predict a holiday season stymied by spendthrifts, cheapskates, and grinches.
• Security Software Sales Expected to Climb The market for security software will grow 8% in 2009, Gartner analysts predict.
• PC Sales Jump Unexpectedly IDG reports desktop and laptop sales are climbing even before the release of Windows 7 next month.
• SEC Considers Putting Kibosh on 'Flash' Trading Practice gives financial companies early access to stock trading information — fractions of a second before that information becomes available to the trading public.
• HDTVs, Blu-Ray Players Push Web Connections Consumer electronics vendors add more Internet services to their new HDTVs and Blu-ray Disc players.
• Which Dominates Office: Desktops or Cell Phones? A Forrester Research survey examines which tools are the biggest help to information workers.
• Social Network Passes a Threshold Forrester says 51% of U.S. Web surfers tweet, link, write on walls, or read those who do.
• Optimistic Outlook from Dell, Intel May Signal IT Rebound Five recent developments in the industry indicate that a tech recovery may be under way.
• Apple May Have App Competition In Android The iPhone may be the king of the app world, but Android-powered devices are rapidly gaining ground.
• Mac or a Netbook? Students Chose the Latter Students are choosing PCs over Macs by a wide margin when it comes to buying laptops for college, according to a study.