• New Attack Fells Internet Explorer

  
  Symantec says that an unpatched flaw affecting IE 7 and IE 6 has been made public.

• Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns

  
  The much-anticipated Chrome OS has finally arrived, but for all the curiosity and expectations, the early returns are underwhelming -- but everyone's checking it out.
• Hacked Climate Change E-mails Highlight Security Concerns
• iPhone Expected to Boost Mobile Game Market
• Windows 7 Sales Brisk? Can't Give it Away
• Skip the Crowds: Online Shopping Tips for Black Friday
• Happy Facebook Photos Costs Woman's Health Care
• Best iPhone Games

Latest News

• Hacked Climate Change E-mails Highlight Security Concerns In the heat of the climate change debate sparked by hacked e-mail messages, there has been little discussion of how the e-mails were leaked. In a connected world, security and privacy are both more important, and harder to come by.
• More Facebooking, More Malware More vigilence in security matters is necessary as social networking use increases, says security vendor F-Secure.
• Chrome OS: Google's Big Brother Fetish Continues If Google Chrome OS supplants Windows in a meaningful way, then we can kiss our privacy goodbye.
• Tech Workers Dubbed the Unhealthiest Pounding on a keyboard and consuming caffeine simply isn't good exercise, researchers report.
• Microsoft Surface Draws Interest, if Not Buyers The tabletop computer interface has found some niche uses and continues to mature, Microsoft tells developers.
• Want a Faster Interface? Put a Chip in Your Skull Intel says chips embedded in people's brains will control computers by 2020.
• Internet Serves as Springboard for Attacks on US Military Cyberattacks on the U.S. military jumped sharply in 2009, a report reveals
• Listen Up for Twitter Tunes Tweets from around the world create the first album of Twitter music, compiled by a British composer.
• Microsoft's Silverlight Vision Silverlight will "optimize everywhere," Microsoft tells developers conference.
• Can Droid Phones Take Care of Business? Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris aren't strong on Exchange mail support, security, and configurability -- all needed for business use.
• iPhone Expected to Boost Mobile Game Market Most users have played games on their phones, and the trend is likely to keep growing, researchers say.
• New Attack Fells Internet Explorer Symantec says that an unpatched flaw affecting IE 7 and IE 6 has been made public.
• Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point Google's newly unveiled operating system has many critics unimpressed, but Chrome OS is meant to be lean, fast, and simple, not flashy.
• Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 The Gartner Symposium serves up a selection of hottest issues and challenges for technology management in the next year.
• Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns The much-anticipated Chrome OS is available and the early returns are underwhelming (but many).
• PlayStation Helps Feds Catch Pedophiles The federal government is using Sony's PS3 to crack passwords and investigate suspected child pornographers.
• Google Chrome OS: Not for Your Desktop The newest operating system isn't for the PC, it's for Web appliances and netbooks that run only Web apps.
• Windows 7 Sales Brisk? Can't Give it Away Analysis: Microsoft's newest Windows wasn't zooming off the shelves when one user tried to peddle an extra copy.
• Steve Jobs: Born to Tweet? The Apple CEO's infrequent e-mail to customers is typically brief and to the point -- well within 140 characters.
• Next: Control a Computer With Gestures A new technology still in development supports input by motion controls and drawings.

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  Hacked Climate Change E-mails Highlight Security Concerns In the heat of the climate change debate sparked by hacked e-mail messages, there has been little discussion of how the e-mails were leaked. In a connected world, security and privacy are both more important, and harder to come by.
• Today @ PC World
  Chrome OS: Google's Big Brother Fetish Continues If Google Chrome OS supplants Windows in a meaningful way, then we can kiss our privacy goodbye.
• Linux Line
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• Today @ PC World
  Google Unveils Chrome OS; Tech World Yawns The much-anticipated Chrome OS is available and the early returns are underwhelming (but many).
• Today @ PC World
  Skip the Crowds: Online Shopping Tips for Black Friday Top shoppers tell their secrets for scoring the best bargains online as the holiday shopping season begins.
• Tech Inciter
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• Today @ PC World
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• Today @ PC World
  Google Chrome OS: A Simple FAQ Everyone's all a-twitter over Google's newly announced operating system, Google Chrome OS. So what is it, and what could it do for you? Here are some answers.
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  Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back The OS X 10.6.2 update dropped support for the hackintosh-friendly Intel Atom processor. Just two days after the update was released, it was hacked to allow the chip to be used once again.
• Today @ PC World
  Sony Online Service to Challenge iTunes? Fat Chance Sony has little hope to rival Apple's iTunes with a new music service called Sony Online Service.
• Tech Inciter
  Sold-out! Grinch Steals Nook Christmas No, Virginia, there is no Nook for Christmas. Shortage means you are more likely to find Santa Claus than a Nook e-reader under this year's Christmas tree.
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  Get Chrome OS Now Google's new operating system doesn't run right out of the box, so here's how to install it on your choice of platform.
• Game On
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  Got Extra USB Drives? Updated Pogoplug Puts Them to Use $129 hardware device turns USB hard drives into an Internet storage cloud for multimedia and data.