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Facebook users will soon be required to actively set their privacy settings on the social network, while getting much more granular control over who can see individual pieces of content they post; Apple is reportedly pitching its upcoming tablet to the publishing industry in preparation for a spring launch; and Mozilla readies mobile Firefox and launches Thunderbird 3.

Today's stories:

Microsoft plugs zero-day IE hole

Facebook details new privacy settings

Apple pitching tablet to publishing industry

First Mobile Firefox enters home stretch

Mozilla lets Thunderbird 3 fly

Google Goggles' visual search headed for Chrome

Monday night's big news was that hard drive maker Seagate is dipping its feet into the solid state storage market. The company is limiting its first efforts to the server market with a 200GB drive, which means you won't find one in this year's holiday gift basket. However, if things go well we could see consumer models sometime next year.

We also talk Google's Chrome browser coming to Mac and Linux, a new fast track for green patent applications, and the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's crazy looking spaceship that will take people out of this … Read more

Over the weekend Apple confirmed it had in fact picked up music service Lala, an acquisition that could drastically change the company's iTunes business and product offerings. It remains to be seen what parts of Lala's technology and services Apple chooses to integrate into its own.

We also get CNET writer and copy editor Jeff Sparkman in the studio to talk about his recent foray into the world of creating customized dress shirts online, a process he says has been made easier by playing video games. Find out more about the service he checked out, and how involved … Read more

MTV doesn't show much more than reality TV programming these days, so video-sharing site Vevo is looking to fill that void. Already armed with the video libraries of record labels Universal and Sony, word comes today that EMI is on the verge of signing with Vevo as well. That would leave Warner Music Group as the lone holdout among major labels.

Today's stories:

Video site Vevo close to signing EMI

Behind last night's Bing outage

Google adds streaming news to Google Finance

Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33Ghz chip option

Hardware for Gmail: the 'Gboard'

CNET News reporter Ina Fried talks about what a Microsoft Bing app for the iPhone might look like. Plus, we run down other headlines of the day, including an official announcement of the Comcast/NBC Universal deal and some good news for online retailers.

Today's stories:

Comcast snags NBC Universal to build $37 billion venture

ComScore: So far, online holiday sales are up

Study: 'Digital abuse' hits half of youth

Google Earth peers into California's eco-future

Google wants to unclog Net's DNS plumbing

Phone photo quality interests Google, Microsoft

Bing's iPhone plans (and more)

Bing Maps Beta: Very cool, but limited… Read more

In today's podcast: McAfee finds that Cameroon's .cm extension is the riskiest domain, as cybercrooks take advantage of a commonly mistyped version of ".com;" Psystar stops selling its Mac clones; AT&T gives up on its Verizon ad lawsuit; and more of today's tech news.

Today's stories:

Comcast poised to get NBC Universal

McAfee uncovers riskiest domains

FCC's plans take from Peter to pay Paul

Psystar ceases sales of Mac clones

Spring Design Nook injunction denied, but battle's still on

AT&T gives up on Verizon ad lawsuit

Intel hopes 48-core chip will solve new challenges… Read more

Comcast is on a roll this week. On Tuesday it began its public pilot of a bandwidth monitoring system for its customers to figure out exactly how much they're downloading each month. This comes a little more than a year after the company announced it would be capping users at 250GB per month.

More importantly, reports say that General Electric and Vivendi have reached a tentative agreement that helps pave the way for Comcast to buy NBC Universal. If, or rather when, that deal is sealed, Comcast would expand its media reach outside of its service roots into being … Read more

The holiday shopping season has begun. The Friday after Thanksgiving, and the Monday after the Thanksgiving weekend, are major indicators of the health of the economy for many retailers. To discuss how things are doing so far, we have with us in the studio CNET reporter Erica Ogg, who covers consumer electronics and retail.

In other news: The CrunchPad is no more; the Barnes & Noble Nook will hit stores later than expected; and the Large Hadron Collider sets a new record.

Today's stories:

Click away: Holiday Web shopping bounces back

Barnes & Noble Nook to hit stores later than expected … Read more