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  Who is looking out
  for online shoppers?

  A long-running marketing ploy now under federal investigation has raised questions about why it was allowed to go on for nearly a decade.
  • E-tailers snagged in marketing 'scam' blame customers

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  3G wireless still
  holds promise

  The next generation of 4G wireless may get all the headlines, but advanced 3G technology will likely dominate services for the next few years.

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• Confidential 9/11 pager messages disclosed

  Glimpse into events of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks comes from pager messages that have been anonymously published on WikiLeaks.org.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

• Ericsson wins Nortel's North American GSM unit

  The Swedish communications giant gets the GSM operations for $70 million in cash. It had already acquired Nortel's CDMA and LTE business in North America.
  • Ciena buys Nortel's Metro Ethernet business

  (Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

• Apple to Psystar: Don't try any Black Friday sales

  In the latest step in the intellectual property case, Apple calls for a permanent injunction against Psystar's Mac clone operations.

  (Posted in Apple by John Paczkowski, AllThingsD)

• California unveils draft cap-and-trade rules

  The state is in the vanguard of addressing climate change, especially in light of slow national action and setbacks for global talks coming up in Copenhagen.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Reuters)

• Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way?

  The social network has converted all existing shareholders' stock to the more powerful Class B; it'll go back to Class A if they sell it during an IPO. But the company says it still doesn't have IPO plans set.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Microsoft CFO Liddell leaving; Klein tapped

  Chris Liddell is stepping down after four and a half years as Microsoft's chief financial officer. He will be replaced by Peter Klein of Microsoft's Business Division.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Tom Krazit)

• Magazines said to be building online newsstand

  Time, Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith are said to be equity partners in a project aiming to create what has been called an "iTunes for magazines."
  (From The New York Times)

• IBM staffer posts pics on Facebook, loses benefits

  A Canadian woman suffering from depression goes on holiday and puts some cheery photos on Facebook. Her insurance company withdraws her sick-leave benefits.

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Start-up Asana promises workplace nirvana

  Heavy on vision but light on the details, new workplace apps company emerges from Facebook tech talents.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Google to track TiVo viewing habits

  A new partnership between the two companies will help Google determine how TiVo owners--even the ones really good at fast-forwarding--still see some ads.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Human rights groups: No in-game war crimes

  Report from two Swiss human rights organizations says too many video games let gamers engage in activities that would be illegal in real life. And they want it to stop.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• Offline Gmail no longer shuns attachments

  No, Google hasn't forgotten about improving offline use of its Web apps. Gmail now can handle attachments when a computer is off the network.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• DOE doles out smart-grid funding

  The second wave of government smart-grid funding totals $620 million to install network-savvy grid equipment and to test utility-scale storage.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
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