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  Google Android:
  Something's afoot

  special coverage Google plans a Jan. 5 Android press event as reports surface that T-Mobile is getting ready for a Google phone launch. Hmmm.
  • Photos: Trying out Google Goggles

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  Top 10 news stories
  of the decade

  images Let the debate begin: Was the iPhone more important than iTunes? Was anything bigger than Google finding a great business model? CNET offers its list of the 10 most important stories of the '00s.

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• Unannounced HP 210 Netbook 'in stock'

  Reseller eCost lists the Mini 210, which packs Intel's newest Atom N450 silicon, at $389. And even HP has jumped the gun.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• 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)

• Teen Muziic founder chastised by Vevo

  David Nelson, the 16-year-old founder of a music-video service that piggybacks on YouTube's API, runs afoul of Vevo, the start-up video service backed by three of the top four largest music labels.
  • Muziic Web app offers Vevo without ads

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint

  The Finnish company alleges that Apple infringes seven Nokia patents "in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers."

  (Posted in Apple by Jon Skillings)

• Verizon sees rise of 'slate' computers in 2010

  The wireless communications giant is looking closely at tablet and Netbook computers and whether it could market them.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Garmin adds new wilderness GPS models

  The touch-screen Oregon 450 and 450t navigation devices give hikers an updated interface and improved track navigation, the GPS device maker says.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• E-tail Scrooges and how one woman prevailed

  This is no "It's a Wonderful Life," but the thousands stung by Web marketing practices now under government scrutiny may find it a feel-good story anyway.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• With search war stalemate, Google branches out

  year in review Google certainly spent a lot of time on search in 2009, but had more pressing issues with the feds and building the next generation of its smartphone OS.

• Ford tag-teams HD Radio, iTunes tagging

  Starting in 2010, car buyers will be able to get a factory-installed HD Radio receiver through which they can tag songs for later purchase and download.

  (Posted in Crave by Jonathan Skillings)

• The secret behind Kindle's best-selling e-books

  Kindle users are leaning toward downloads priced at $0.00. Still, with Amazon playing close to the vest, it's hard to tell what the sales patterns really look like.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Peter Kafka, AllThingsD)

• AT&T resumes online iPhone sales in NY

  It's once again safe to order an iPhone through AT&T's Web site if you live in New York, after an unexplained halt in the area over the weekend.
  • AT&T ceases online iPhone sales in NY area

  (Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)

• Ex-employee says Seagate violated law

  In a court filing, a former employee, Paul A. Galloway, said that Seagate had appropriated hard-drive technology from Convolve for its own products.
  (From The New York Times)

• Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal

  Google's proposed acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob would make it too easy to bring the Web giant's dominant search ad business to the mobile world, according to two consumer groups.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)
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