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  Why Facebook Connect will beat OpenID

  The universal log-in standard has been around for three years now. So why is Facebook Connect stealing all its thunder? It's all about keeping it simple.
  • Video: A game changer?

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  Nokia's mystery device? The N97

  Internet-focused Nokia N97 is a full-QWERTY smartphone with a touch screen. Will its style and substance compete with the iPhone, G1, and BlackBerry Storm?
  • Map and message upgrades
  • A smarter home
  • Symbian buy complete

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• Apple deletes Mac antivirus suggestion

  Apple removes statement to customers urging them to use antivirus software, saying that Macs are safe "out of the box."

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Microsoft-HP cashback saga continues

  Earlier this week a Microsoft representative indicated that a deal offering 40 percent cash back at HP.com would be restarted following Black Friday glitches. Now that appears less certain.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• EFF, Bush administration spar over telecom immunity

  Feds tell district judge government must be allowed to protect the heartland. EFF says that is fine, but don't strip away constitutional rights.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• IPOs a thing of the past?

  At AlwaysOn Venture Summit West conference, investment bankers, venture capitalists, and private equity players weigh in on the prognosis for the IPO market.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Conde Nast to shutter teen site Flip.com

  The teenage girl social-networking site plans to shut down on December 16, according to an e-mail sent to users.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Analyst says iPhone kept smartphone growth alive

  Apple's iPhone ensured the smartphone market would continue its strong growth during the third quarter, while the rest of the market wavered.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Microsoft expands Vista SP2 testing

  Starting on Thursday, the software maker will make public a test version of the service pack update to Vista.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Bush signs law promoting censorship of kids' programming

  A law signed by President Bush will compel the Federal Communications Commission to explore content-blocking technologies.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Dr Pepper crashes Guns N' Roses' album party

  A promotion related to the band's newly released album crashes the drink maker's Web site--and the band is ready to pop over a giveaway it wasn't involved with.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Entertainment dominates top iPhone applications

  During the first year of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, games and entertainment dominate the list of most-downloaded applications.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Telcos, groups draw up national broadband strategy

  A coalition of diverse groups join together to issue a "call to action" for the next administration and Congress to implement a national broadband plan.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Facebook Marketplace relaunch powered by Oodle

  After its in-house classified ads system failed to take a bite out of Craigslist, Facebook turned to an official outside provider to revamp the feature.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Nokia completes Symbian acquisition

  Stage is set for eventual release of open-source mobile operating system based on the Symbian OS and backed by several partners in the Symbian Foundation.

  (Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)
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