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  AT&T mulls curbs on heavy data usage

  Wireless chief Ralph de la Vega says AT&T may consider alternatives to curb heavy wireless data usage.

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  Facebook in Vietnam: Social-networking blues

  CNET's Dong Ngo reports from Hanoi on troubles that local users have been facing in accessing the social network. But is the government to blame?

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• Microsoft reposts Windows 7 download tool

  Software giant restores a tool that allows Windows 7 to be more easily installed on older Netbooks. This time, though, it is under an open-source license.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Mobile-app makers prepare for a gold rush

  Mobile apps are on the rise, but it's becoming harder to stand out among the crowd. What are some companies doing to either be seen, or help others get the limelight?

  (Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

• Twitter working on fix for 'misdirected' tweets

  The microblogging service says it is looking into a problem causing users to see tweets in their timelines that don't seem intended for them.

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Black Friday PC sales up, but overall revenue down

  Actual unit sales in many tech categories were up, but revenue for the week of Black Friday dipped thanks to lower average selling prices.

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Analyst: Verizon is the iPhone's next big feature

  Heading into 2010, financial analyst Gene Munster believes Apple will add Verizon to its list of U.S. carriers, ending the exclusive deal with AT&T.

  (Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

• 'Small wind' market to double by 2013, study says

  Pike Research sees industry of small wind turbines escalating to $412 million in revenue over the next three years.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• Milo.com and Google Products search store shelves

  New tools for just-in-time shoppers find the things you need when you don't have time to wait for delivery.

  (Posted in Rafe's Radar by Rafe Needleman)

• Why Google's glad to dance to Vevo's tune

  The Web titan's role in helping to build Vevo, the long-awaited music-video service, is yet another peace offering to the content industry.
  • Photos: Bono, Lady Gaga, Schmidt at Vevo bash

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• First Mobile Firefox enters home stretch

  Mozilla plans to release the first release candidate of Firefox for mobile phones next week. Coming next year: multitouch, Windows Mobile support, and more.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Geolocation wars heat up: Gowalla raises $8.4 million

  The round was led by Greylock Partners with contributions from a handful of prominent individual investors--some of whom also back competitor Foursquare.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Facebook details new privacy settings

  All Facebook users will soon be required to configure their privacy settings, though the company encourages people to keep some information public.

  (Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

• Google Goggles' visual search headed for Chrome

  A Google programmer is working on a Chrome browser interface to let people submit images as search terms.
  • New Google Web Toolkit reveals Web-app speed

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Griffin taking the long way to CES

  Five employees of the iPod accessory maker are heading from Tennessee to Las Vegas in a restored 1972 Volkswagen, meeting with gadget fans along the way.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
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