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  Microsoft top lawyer: EU deal opens new chapter

  q&a Microsoft's Brad Smith talks about what the EU deal means for the future of Windows and whether Redmond will finally be able to get off of the antitrust hot seat.
  •  EU resolves Microsoft IE antitrust case

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  Graphics chips a new legal front for Intel

  The FTC's anticompetition complaint against the chipmaker breaks from past regulator suits, as it focuses on sales practices for graphics processors instead of CPUs.
  • Intel sued over sales tactics
  • Nvidia CEO: FTC action 'transforms' industry

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• Mac clones through the years

  Looking back at those who've tried to sell Mac OS on non-Apple hardware.

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Adobe to patch zero-day Reader, Acrobat hole

  That date lets Adobe stick to its quarterly security update schedule. In the meantime, users can disable JavaScript.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• FCC digs into broadband controversies

  A task force that is shaping a national plan to provide ubiquitous high-speed Internet access tackles the USF, wireless spectrum, and cable set-top boxes.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Firefox 3.5.6 patches critical security holes

  A memory corruption bug and two issues with Ogg media technology are among the 62 fixes in the latest version of Mozilla's browser.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• FBI makes arrest in 'Wolverine' uploading case

  A New York man is charged with copyright infringement nine months after the X-Men movie showed up on the Web before its release to theaters.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Apple wins permanent injunction against Psystar

  Mac clone maker is barred from selling PCs with Mac OS X preinstalled and from circumventing Apple's measures to stop unauthorized copying of OS X.

  (Posted in Apple by John Paczkowski, AllThingsD)

• YouTube tips top videos of '09

  Unlike so many other year-end lists, Michael Jackson doesn't make the top five. Who does? A Scottish singer, a wedding party, a vampire, and some darling young-uns.

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Twitter touts top trends of the year

  Iran's elections were deemed the "most engaging" topic of the year among Twitter users, though the microblogging site offers up other interesting trends as well.
  • Hitwise: 'Facebook' the year's top search term

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• Employees rank best places to work

  Glassdoor announces the year's best companies in the eyes of worker bees. Only one tech company made it into the top 10.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• LED lights creep toward mainstream in 2010

  Tech improvements are making energy-efficient LEDs more attractive for consumers, but the high upfront price is a persistent barrier, according to pair of studies.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• A long year for Sun, and tech in general

  year in review In an economy marked by vanishing jobs and profits, some tech giants strove to get bigger still. Oracle, for one, took heat over its plans to acquire Sun.

• Keeping Uncle Sam from spying on citizens

  As Center for Democracy and Technology lawyer, Greg Nojeim works to keep government from using national security as excuse to violate citizens' online privacy.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• HP swooping in on Sun customers

  Hewlett-Packard continues to take advantage of Sun's uncertain future by teaming up with Microsoft, Novell, and Red Hat to offer migration tools to lure away its customers.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)
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