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  NASA trains WISE eye
  on the sky

  photos The WISE space telescope has cast aside its lens cap and is ready to start taking infrared images of distant stars.

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  In 2009, the Web
  goes on a diet

  year in review With leaner times in full swing, Internet giants get rid of services that aren't shaping up, and create new ones that push the envelope.

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• Green-tech venture investing cools off in 2009

  Green tech is still attracting billions of dollars a year, but the amount of money has shrunk significantly as investors began to focus on start-ups with the most potential.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Hacker Gonzalez pleads guilty in Heartland breach

  Reuters reports that Target was also among the many victims of the data breaches led by Albert Gonzalez that led to massive identity fraud.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• Apple wins appeal in earbud hearing-loss lawsuit

  Judge says plaintiffs failed to prove that iPod earbuds are dangerous.

  (Posted in Apple by Sam Diaz)

• Online holiday sales hit $27 billion

  E-commerce sales grow 5 percent for the holiday season, reaching $27 billion compared with $25.8 billion last year, says new ComScore report.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

• Amazon touts top products of 2009

  Web retailer gives top honors to tech-related gear ranging from a Netbook to a digital tire gauge to--surprise, surprise--the Kindle.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

• Aha! It's the iGuide, not iSlate--maybe

  In the latest rumor about the name of the new Apple tablet, the name iGuide surfaces as a possibility. Could this really be it?

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Notion Ink tablet first with Pixel Qi display

  Android-based tablet boasts cutting edge display technology that works in bright conditions and uses 90 percent less power than conventional panels.

  (Posted in Crave by Darius Chang)

• Demand improving for LCD TVs

  DisplaySearch reports that consumers' desire for LCD TVs served the market well in the third quarter, and bodes a favorable start to 2010.

  (Posted in Crave by Lance Whitney)

• More attacks expected on Facebook, Twitter in 2010

  McAfee Labs 2010 Threat Predictions report warns of increased attacks on social networks, as well as Adobe Reader and Google's Chrome OS.

  (Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

• Google plans January 5 Android press event

  Event could finally clear up questions over Google's strategy for Android, with expectations that it will use the occasion to launch the Nexus One phone.
  • Report: T-Mobile set for Google phone launch
  • Nexus One--$530 unlocked, $180 with T-Mobile?
  • Full coverage: Google Android

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Tivit streams Mobile DTV to your iPhone, BlackBerry, and PC

  The Tivit lets your smartphone or PC access Mobile DTV programming via Wi-Fi.

  (Posted in 2010 CES by John P. Falcone)

• Microsoft rebuts IIS vulnerability claims

  Redmond follows up on a security researcher's claims of a URL loophole that could let an attacker upload and execute code on an Web server.

  (Posted in Security by Vivian Yeo)

• Have you Zeen what HP is up to?

  New trademark applications from Hewlett-Packard show the company eyeing some new brands for computing devices.
  (From The New York Times)

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