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  Comcast poised to get NBC Universal

  The cable giant and NBC parent company GE have reached a deal to give Comcast a majority stake in the entertainment unit, according to CNBC.
  • Report: GE, Vivendi reach deal to clear NBC sale

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  Smart grid potential
  gated by broadband

  The junction of broadband and energy can lead to efficiency and tech innovation. Still needed, execs and officials say, are wider access, standards, and the right regulations.
  • Photos: Smart energy displays
  • Google hosts energy experts

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• Put your Flip videos on the big(ger) screen

  Flipshare TV is a system that wirelessly streams Flip video clips to a TV screen. Updated software will send video to iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Android phones.

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Mark Zuckerberg's grand missive: The translation

  The Facebook CEO wrote a long explanation of some recent modifications to the site. But what is he really saying? Here are CNET's not-entirely-serious translations.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• One of Google Chrome OS's hardest tasks? Printing

  Printer drivers are a complicated problem to solve when building a new operating system, and Google hopes to come up with a unique solution for Chrome OS's launch.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Microsoft's Mehdi on financial impact of Yahoo deal

  In a speech, Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi says that once the two companies have a single paid search platform both should see double-digit increases in revenue per search.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• EFF sues feds for info on social-network surveillance

  After agencies fail to provide info requested on policies for using Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks in investigations, Electronic Frontier Foundation sues.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• Another e-tailer named in probe changes course

  VistaPrint, an online printing company, says it is no longer connected to Affinion, one of three marketing companies accused of duping consumers into paying monthly fees.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Henderson resigns as chief of General Motors

  Chief executive Fritz Henderson will be replaced on an interim basis by the automaker's new chairman, Edward Whitacre Jr.
  (From The New York Times)

• Facebook and MySpace delete NY sex offenders

  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo praised Facebook and MySpace for purging their roles of more than 3,500 New York-based registered sex offenders.

  (Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

• No shocker: Google prefers HTML5 to Gears

  Google sees HTML5 as a more logical future for Web improvements than its own Gears software. No surprise, given its work on the standard and dislike for plug-ins.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Microsoft: November security updates are fine

  The company's investigation into matter finds there is nothing in the latest Windows updates that should lead users to encounter a so-called "black of screen of death."

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Study: Cyber Monday sees strong gains

  Coremetrics, which monitors online retailers, says sales for the post-Thanksgiving Monday are up significantly from last year--and consumers got more for their money.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Don Reisinger)

• Fake CDC vaccine e-mail leads to malware

  AppRiver warns of scammers preying on public interest in the H1N1 vaccine through an e-mail purporting to come from Centers for Disease Control.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• Twitter founder formally unveils 'Square' project

  The add-on can turn a device, such as an iPhone, into a credit card reader. It's being aimed at small businesses for whom traditional credit card systems are cumbersome and expensive.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
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