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• InternetArray’s Noobis, Inc. Releases Full Beta Version of ... - PR Inside

  InternetArray, Inc. (OTC: IARY), an Internet development, technology licensing and marketing company, is pleased to announced that Noobis, Inc. launched its political social networking site, SocialVoter.com. The online social networking community ...

• Internet Millionaire Launches New Personal Coaching Program - WebWire

  Internet millionaire Frank Bruno is launching a new internet marketing personal coaching program, aimed at passing on the experience he’s gained from his 11 years of online business success. “Over the years I’ve seen a huge influx of Internet ...

• Klikki AB - Newsdesk

  Google today announces the appointment of the internet marketing company Klikki as Sweden’s first Google Analytics Authorized Consultant (GAAC). The accreditation authorises Klikki to provide support and consulting related to Google’s fast ...

Latest News on Softwares

• Hot Jobs: Software Implementation Analyst (PC World)

  PC World - Job description: The software implementation analyst ensures that deployments of new applications or upgrades are planned and carried out correctly.

• Used PCs Sought for Windows XP (PC World)

  PC World - Some used PCs are being purchased not for the hardware but because people want to get their hands on a copy of Windows XP, according to industry analysts and hardware suppliers.

• JetBrains build tool enhanced for software development (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - JetBrains released TeamCity 4.0, a continuous integration server and distributed build management tool featuring enhanced build capabilities, this week.??

• HTC's Real IPhone Rival Stands Up: the Touch HD (PC World)

  PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones that use Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, launched the Touch HD handset in Taipei on Wednesday, a 3.8-inch touchscreen mobile phone that more closely matches up to the iPhone 3G.

• Danish cycling team loses sponsor in fraud scandal (AP)

  AP - The Danish cycling team led by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis lost one of its main sponsors Monday after software firm IT Factory declared bankruptcy and said its chief executive had embezzled 500 million kroner ($85 million).

• EFF Berates Apple Over Open-source ITunes Project (PC World)

  PC World - Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.

• Fedora 10 Out, Packed With Improvements (PC World)

  PC World - The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 10, the latest version of the free Linux-based operating system, with a wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualization management, networking, boot time and security.

• The 2008 geek gadget gift guide: Gatekeeper Pico (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Why you must have it: Anti-malware software is annoying, what with all those alert pop-ups.

• iPhone 2.2 Update Gets Jailbroken (PC World)

  PC World - If you're into iPhone gimmicks and unsupported Apple applications, DevTeam released PwnageTool 2.2 to help you jailbreak the latest 2.2 iPhone software update available from Apple since Friday.

• Judge Orders Ballmer to Testify in 'Vista Capable' Case (PC World)

  PC World - A federal judge in Seattle has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class action lawsuit against Microsoft that alleges the company misled consumers in a marketing campaign for its Windows Vista operating system in which computers sold with an older Microsoft OS were labeled 'Vista Capable' when in fact they could only run a basic version of Vista.

• Israelis develop software to improve your looks (Reuters)

  Reuters - Want to optimize your looks without radically altering them? An Israeli team of computer scientists may have the answer.

  
  
  

• Nokia says Symbian deal on track (Reuters)

  Reuters - The world's largest cell phone maker, Nokia, said on Tuesday its 264 million euro ($339.9 million) acquisition of British software firm Symbian was on track to be closed this year.

• Ballmer Ordered to Testify in 'Vista Capable' Case (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - The advertising and marketing company hired to create Apple's commercials poking fun at Microsoft's Vista operating system might get new material to work with. After Microsoft tried to protect its top brass from testifying in a case involving "Windows Vista Capable" PCs, a judge has ordered CEO Steve Ballmer to give a deposition.

• Rumors Have Microsoft Live Search Becoming Kumo (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - The Web's rumor mill kicked into overdrive during the weekend, with speculation that Microsoft is preparing to rebrand its Live Search service. Several sites noted that the software giant has taken control of a domain that could be the new Live Search -- Kumo.com.

• BSA: College Students Still Favor Pirating Software (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - What do college students want from Santa this year? Pirated software, according to the Business Software Alliance.

• Apple's iPhone Update 2.2 Adds Multiple Features (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Features galore are included in Apple's new 2.2 software update for the iPhone, which became available a day earlier than expected. Apple released the new software one day before Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm hit store shelves, but analysts say it was just a coincidence.

• Sun, Microsoft boost IDEs (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - In separate moves this week, Sun and Microsoft both proceeded with previously stated plans to boost their software development environments

• Microsoft's Morro Could Challenge Security Giants (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - McAfee and Symantec could be affected as Microsoft moves to provide free antivirus software. If the software, code-named Morro, successfully protects against viruses, analysts said, it could mean an exodus from well-known security brands.

• A future without programming (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - A few years ago, self-proclaimed nondeveloper Kevin Smith worked for a software company that tried to build a project tracking tool using Microsoft .Net. Some 15 developers spent a year with little success. "After burning though a million dollars and still without a product, the company called it quits," says Smith, now managing partner of NextWave Performance, a consultancy in Denver, Colo.

• Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival (Reuters)

  Reuters - Microsoft Corp's upcoming security software is not designed to take sales from Symantec Corp and McAfee Inc as it is a stripped-down, free product that focuses purely on anti-virus protection, a Microsoft executive said.

Latest News on Search Engines & Website Portals

• Microsoft and Yahoo Dismiss Report of Search Deal (PC World)

  PC World - Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.

• Spears and Obama lead Yahoo top 10 searches (Reuters)

  Reuters - Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears," Yahoo Inc reported on Monday.

  
  
  

• Yahoo and Virgin agree British mobile search deal (Reuters)

  Reuters - Yahoo and Virgin Mobile have agreed a deal making Yahoo search the exclusive pre-installed search service for Virgin's 4 million mobile subscribers in Britain, the two companies said on Monday.

  
  
  

• Microsoft-Yahoo deal "total fiction:" report (Reuters)

  Reuters - A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion is "total fiction," according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog.

  
  
  

• Obvious Mistakes Caused Europeana Site Failure (PC World)

  PC World - "Brussels, we have a problem." That was the message to the paymasters behind Europeana, an Internet portal designed to pool all of Europe's most treasured cultural icons, as it tried unsuccessfully to launch last week.

• Carl Icahn raises his stake in Yahoo (AP)

  AP - In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings.

  
  
  

• Baidu vows overhaul after search scandal (Reuters)

  Reuters - China's Internet search leader Baidu said on Friday it will overhaul operations after state media said it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings to win more customers.

  
  
  

• Baidu Vows to Overhaul After Search Scandal (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - China's Internet search leader Baidu said on Friday it will overhaul operations after state media said it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings to win more customers.

• Black Friday Shoppers Tap the Net for Best Deals (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Many holiday shoppers are expected to stay at home this year, letting their fingers do the walking, as they take advantage of their PCs and smartphones to shop online. Rather than driving from store to store, many consumers will leverage the power of the Web to search online for the best deals.

• Consumers Hit the Net, Not Stores, for Holiday Shopping (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - With an unstable economy and the biggest holiday shopping season of the year upon us, many consumers are expected to stay at home, using their computers and wireless devices to do their holiday shopping. More people are expected to shop online this holiday season to do comparison shopping, take advantage of free shipping, and search for gifts using search engines instead of driving from store to store.

• Yahoo Sells off Comparison Shopping Arm Kelkoo (PC World)

  PC World - Yahoo has sold Kelkoo, the European comparison shopping service it bought in 2004 -- at a time when Microsoft is busy adding such features to its own search offering. The sale, to U.K. company Jamplant, is the first sign since CEO Jerry Yang stepped down last Monday that Yahoo is refocusing.

• Lycos Europe admits defeat in search for investor (Reuters)

  Reuters - Loss-making Lycos Europe plans to sell some of its assets and close the rest after failing to find an investor, the company said on Wednesday.

• Widening Internet search lead propels Google stock (AP)

  AP - Google Inc.'s stock snapped out of its recent funk Tuesday after new data showed the Internet search leader is becoming even more dominant in the most lucrative part of the online advertising market.

  
  
  

• Technorati cuts six jobs, pay (AFP)

  AFP - Technorati announced on Tuesday that it was laying off six employees and cutting pay for the remaining members of the blog search engine company.

  
  
  

• Google to cut contract workers: report (Reuters)

  Reuters - Internet search giant Google Inc said it is "significantly" reducing the number of contract workers it uses, but has no plans at this time to lay off employees, the Wall Street Journal said.

  
  
  

• Google Kills SearchMash as SearchWiki Emerges (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - While there is plenty of buzz around Google's new SearchWiki, another Google experiment is quietly disappearing: SearchMash. Once located at SearchMash.com, the service was Google's experimental search interface, a non-branded search engine that Google used to test new technology.

• 'No concrete plan' for Google server farm in Austria: spokeswoman (AFP)

  AFP - Google has "no concrete plan" to build a new European server farm in the north of Austria, despite buying land there, the US Internet search engine giant said Saturday.

  
  
  

• Even Google scales back on holiday fun (Reuters)

  Reuters - Internet search giant Google Inc is known for hosting the most extravagant holiday parties in Silicon Valley, often drawing crowds of over 10,000 and prompting some employees to post ads for party dates on classifieds Website Craigslist.

  
  
  

• Google Offers SearchWiki Custom Search Tools (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Google has added SearchWiki tools that will enable Web surfers to create customized search results by adding, deleting, re-sorting or commenting on query results. The program's development team said SearchWiki is a good example of how search is becoming increasingly dynamic.

• Google to shut down virtual world website (Reuters)

  Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.

  
  
  

Latest News on Open Source & Linux

• EFF Berates Apple Over Open-source ITunes Project (PC World)

  PC World - Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.

• Hackers boot Linux on iPhone (CNET)

  CNET - A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel.

• Fedora 10 Out, Packed With Improvements (PC World)

  PC World - The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 10, the latest version of the free Linux-based operating system, with a wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualization management, networking, boot time and security.

• Black Friday Bargain: Super-Cheap Linux Netbooks (PC World)

  PC World - I like Linux netbooks. I like them a lot. They're lightweight, they're solid performers, they're cheap, and it looks like they're soon going to be cheaper than ever.

• Intel Joins Giga-byte, Chunghwa to Launch Linux MID (PC World)

  PC World - Intel joined Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch Giga-byte Technology's Atom-powered M528 mobile Internet device on Monday in Taipei.

• Killer open source monitoring tools (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don't know what your network and servers are doing at every second of the day, you're flying blind. Sooner or later, you're going to meet with disaster.

• Sun receives complaint about Java vetting process (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems has heard from a company concerned about the vetting process of Java and open source, a Sun official said on Wednesday.

• Microsoft, Novell eye Moonlight beta, system management (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Marking the two-year anniversary of their controversial interoperability agreement, Microsoft and Novell this week are announcing upcoming availability of both the beta version of Moonlight, which puts Microsoft's Silverlight rich Internet application technology on Linux, and the general release of Advanced Management Pack for Suse Linux Enterprise for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

• 'Moonlight' heads to beta (CNET)

  CNET - Microsoft and Novell said Tuesday that they are nearly ready with a beta version of Moonlight--a Firefox add-on that allows Silverlight content to play on Linux PCs.

• Trick Out Your Firefox Browser with Style (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - The Mozilla creators of the popular open source Firefox browser are offering a supplementary web application that helps users customize the browser to their specific needs.

• The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Two years ago this month, Microsoft forged its controversial partnership with Novell that, among other things, had the two companies agreeing not to sue each other over intellectual property issues, in part to protect Suse Linux users over any patent litigation from Microsoft.

• Gartner: 85 percent of companies using open source (CNET)

  CNET - Eighty-five percent of companies are already using open-source software, with most of the remaining 15 percent expecting to do so within the next year, according to analysts at Gartner.

• Norway encourages use of open source software (AP)

  AP - Norway pledged funds Monday to stimulate public sector use of the free open source software OpenOffice to reduce its dependency on Microsoft Corp. and other major software producers.

• BlueStar sparks energy services with SOA (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - These days, the electrical power business has taken on a complexity akin to that of commodities trading. Deregulation, alternate energy sources, and customers seeking protection from rising prices have opened a world of opportunity to nimble electricity retailers such as BlueStar Energy Services, which -- thanks to a strategic investment in SOA, much of it open source -- has made the most of it.

• Adobe answers cries for 64-bit Flash on Linux (CNET)

  CNET - Starting to answer the clamorous demand from open-source fans, Adobe Systems plans to release an alpha version of its Flash Player technology on Monday for those using 64-bit Linux software.

• NASA turns to open-source problem-tracking databases (CNET)

  CNET - When the Space Shuttle Endeavour launches Friday afternoon, assuming it is not delayed, the astronauts onboard and the technicians on the ground at mission control will have at their disposal new software that could streamline the process of problem reporting and analysis.

• Sonatype forges ahead with Maven tools (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Sonatype is moving forward with commercial products augmenting the open-source Apache Maven build manager for Java, readying a repository manager and a product linking Maven to the Eclipse IDE.

• Parallels 4.0 Runs Windows, Linux Inside Mac OS X (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - Parallels has unleashed the latest version of its desktop virtualization technology for the Mac, which already enables more than 1.5 million users to run Windows, Linux and other operating systems inside Mac OS X. Called Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac, the new platform is designed to perform computing tasks at speeds up to 50 percent faster than earlier versions.

• Test Center review: Specialty Linuxes to the rescue (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Linux is, among other things, a customizable operating system. Clever developers can craft a Linux whose kernel and packages are configured for a specific purpose, to serve as a sort of vertical-market operating system. The benefit to users is somewhat akin to walking into a hardware store. On the shelves are tools, each suited to a specific task. And it's particularly nice that all the tools are free.

• Sun offers OSGi app server (InfoWorld)

  InfoWorld - Sun is offering on Thursday its open-source Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 Prelude, a Web application server based on a modular OSGi architecture with capabilities from the planned Java Platform EE (Enterprise Edition) 6 release.

Latest News on RSS & Blogging

• Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World)

  PC World - A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.

• In Mumbai, Bloggers and Twitter Offer Help to Relatives (PC World)

  PC World - Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out Thursday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai.

• Bloggers provide raw view of Mumbai attacks (AP)

  AP - When gunmen started spraying Mumbai with bullets and seizing the city's landmarks, countless people around the globe turned not to the television or the radio for news, but to each other.

  
  
  

• Microsoft-Yahoo deal "total fiction:" report (Reuters)

  Reuters - A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion is "total fiction," according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog.

  
  
  

• Twitter, blogs provide riveting accounts of Mumbai attacks (AFP)

  AFP - As heavily armed militants rampaged through Mumbai, bloggers, citizen journalists and users of Twitter, the short-messaging service, provided riveting, if sometimes erroneous, accounts of the bloodshed in India's largest city.

  
  
  

• New, old media good for each other, Huffington says (Reuters)

  Reuters - New media and old can clash and crowd each other out, but blogger extraordinaire Arianna Huffington argues in a new book that the two worlds are rapidly joining together to bring out the best in each other.

  
  
  

• Blogs feed information frenzy on Mumbai attacks (Reuters)

  Reuters - Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action after Islamist gunmen launched waves of attacks in the heart of India's financial capital, highlighting the emergence of citizen journalism in news coverage.

  
  
  

• Bloggers Feed Info Frenzy on Mumbai Attacks (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Bloggers across Mumbai fed live updates of the action after Islamist gunmen launched waves of attacks in the heart of India's financial capital, highlighting the emergence of citizen journalism in news coverage.

• Solid or striped? Woman blogs about Williams' ties (AP)

  AP - Each night after watching Brian Williams deliver the "NBC Nightly News," an English teacher in Ohio is moved to go to her computer and write — about what Williams wore around his neck. The Brian Williams Tie Report Archive isn't the weirdest thing you'll find online, but it's up there. It's a snarky, occasionally appreciative and flat-out funny read that will have you looking at Williams as never before.

  
  
  

• Twitter Appears To Have Declined Facebook Acquisition (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - A social-media giant that has been wooed by the likes of Yahoo and Microsoft is now looking at an emerging social-networking play. Facebook recently held acquisition talks with micro-blogging phenom Twitter, according to a report in the Financial Times.

• Technorati cuts six jobs, pay (AFP)

  AFP - Technorati announced on Tuesday that it was laying off six employees and cutting pay for the remaining members of the blog search engine company.

  
  
  

• Jordan's Queen Rania receives YouTube Award (AP)

  AP - Jordan's Queen Rania has received YouTube's first Visionary Award for a daily video Web cast and blog in which she sought to challenge stereotypes of the Arab and Muslim world and encourage dialogue across cultures.

• Celebrity blogs let stars speak for themselves (Reuters)

  Reuters - In the fast-paced world of celebrity news, stars are increasingly turning to their own Web sites and blog postings to talk about themselves in a do-it-yourself approach to managing their public images.

  
  
  

• Facebook targeted Twitter: report (Reuters)

  Reuters - Social networking company Facebook recently held acquisition talks with Twitter, the micro-blogging company, the Financial Times said.

  
  
  

• Facebook, Twitter in talks but no deal: report (AFP)

  AFP - Facebook, the fast-growing social network, offered to purchase micro-blogging service Twitter for 500 million dollars in stock but the talks broke down over price, AllThingsD.com reported Monday.

  
  
  

• Police Probe Roles in Live Online Video of Suicide (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - A South Florida teen committed suicide last week as a Webcam audience watched in real time. The Pembroke Pines teen died of a lethal drug overdose 12 hours after he shared his intent to kill himself on a blog, according to investigators.

• `Chinese Democracy' album: a 17-year evolution (AP)

  AP - The last time Guns N' Roses released an album of all-new material, there were no iPods or digital downloads. There was no "American Idol." No music blogs. No MySpace.

  
  
  

• Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience (AP)

  AP - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke.

• One More IE8 Update Planned (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Microsoft says via a blog post that an additional update is expected before Internet Explorer 8 is expected in the first quarter of 2009.

• Yahoo Sells Euro Shopping Site Kelkoo (PC Magazine)

  PC Magazine - Yahoo has sold its European shopping comparison site, Kelkoo, to a U.K.-based venture company, Jamplat, the ex-chief executive reported. The service could also come to the U.S., Kelkoo's ex-chief executive blogged.

Latest Internet News

• In Mumbai, Bloggers and Twitter Offer Help to Relatives (PC World)

  PC World - Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out Thursday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai.

• Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday' (AP)

  AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.

  
  
  

• Sling Media Goes Head-to-Head with Hulu: Updates Offerings (PC World)

  PC World - Sling Media hopes to go head-to-head with Hulu, Joost and other online streaming sites with a newly launched video streaming destination of its own at Sling.com.

• London Hospitals Nearly Back Online After Worm Infection (PC World)

  PC World - Three London hospitals whose computer systems were infected with a relatively old worm are now almost back online.

• Wall Street Beat: Clouds Loom for IT Despite Holiday Break (PC World)

  PC World - The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is bringing momentary relief to weary IT investors, but forecasts of flat sales or absolute declines for semiconductors, mobile devices and online commerce mean that it will be a while before the clouds lift from the tech sector.

• Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data (PC World)

  PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.

• China's NetDragon Teams With EA on Online Game (PC World)

  PC World - Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft plans to work with U.S. digital game maker Electronic Arts (EA) to create a multiplayer online game based on EA's Dungeon Keeper series of digital games.

• Estonian ISP Cuts off Control Servers for Srizbi Botnet (PC World)

  PC World - An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world's spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts.

• Adobe Rules in Web Video (PC World)

  PC World - Eighty-one per cent of worldwide online videos are viewed using Adobe Flash technology, making it the number one format for video on the Web. This is according to the independent research firm comScore.

• Singapore's StarHub Offers Femtocell Service (PC World)

  PC World - Singaporean operator StarHub is rolling out a femtocell service that allows mobile subscribers to make calls at home using their broadband Internet connections instead of the cellular network.

• UK Prosecutors Investigate BT Over Online Ad System (PC World)

  PC World - British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent.

• Microsoft and Yahoo Dismiss Report of Search Deal (PC World)

  PC World - Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.

• Clearwire to market WiMax under "Clear" brand (AP)

  AP - Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."

• Power.com Combines Multiple Social Networks (NewsFactor)

  NewsFactor - A Brazil-based startup says it has a solution for users of multiple social networks like Facebook, MySpace and others who want to access the Web sites on one portal. Power.com, which has backing from veteran technology investors, has been operating in stealth mode for users in India and Brazil, but now wants to woo U.S.-based users.

• 'Social Mobile' Applications: The Missing Book (PC World)

  PC World - If you were thinking of designing or building a Web site, you'd be in luck.

• Qaeda's Zawahri hails executed Bali bombers: websites (Reuters)

  Reuters - Al Qaeda's second-in-command, in an Internet message, praised as "steadfast heroes" three militants executed for the 2002 Bali bombings, vowing that the executions would prompt Islamists to step up their anti-Western fight.

• Nokia seen outlining smartphone, services push (Reuters)

  Reuters - World mobile phone leader Nokia is expected to bolster its offering of high-end phones at a media and industry event in Barcelona on Tuesday, where it is also due to outline a push into Internet services.

  
  
  

• Despite Steady Black Friday Numbers, Online Shopping Falls (PC World)

  PC World - The volume of sales at Internet retailers held steady Friday compared to last year, despite the worsening economic outlook and signs U.S. consumers are cutting back on spending.

• Malware is Getting Smarter, CA Warns (PC World)

  PC World - Online attacks will be dominated by smarter malware and bots targeting Web users ranging from gamers and social network users to the elderly and unsuspecting parents.

• Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe (PC World)

  PC World - A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.

Latest News on Technology

• Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday' (AP)

  AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.

  
  
  

• Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer (AP)

  AP - Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.

• Clearwire to market WiMax under "Clear" brand (AP)

  AP - Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."

• Shoppers cautious with gadget buys on Black Friday (AP)

  AP - Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers.

  
  
  

• Report: Redstone to sell Midway Games stake (CNET)

  CNET - National Amusements, a media and entertainment company controlled by Sumner Redstone, is expected to announce on Monday that it sold its majority stake in Midway Games, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

• In Mumbai, Bloggers and Twitter Offer Help to Relatives (PC World)

  PC World - Bloggers pitched in offering information and other help to people worldwide as Indian police and commandos battled it out Thursday with armed terrorists in two top hotels and a residential complex in south Mumbai.

• Could it be a Blue Christmas for Blu-ray? (PC World)

  PC World - This holiday buying season is going to be the first big market challenge for Blu-ray. This will be Blu-ray's first holiday season as the unquestioned HD format leader, but with the economy in the state that it is, will it be able to actually manage to assert itself as the dominant video format and finally overtake DVDs? I'm having my doubts, and I'm not the only one.

• Clearwire, Sprint Close WiMax Deal (PC World)

  PC World - Sprint Nextel and wireless wide-area network operator Clearwire have completed a deal to create a new company and build a nationwide WiMax network with help from Intel, Google and three cable operators.

• EFF Berates Apple Over Open-source ITunes Project (PC World)

  PC World - Apple's attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.

• Hot Jobs: Software Implementation Analyst (PC World)

  PC World - Job description: The software implementation analyst ensures that deployments of new applications or upgrades are planned and carried out correctly.

• Estonian ISP Cuts off Control Servers for Srizbi Botnet (PC World)

  PC World - An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world's spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts.

• China's NetDragon Teams With EA on Online Game (PC World)

  PC World - Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft plans to work with U.S. digital game maker Electronic Arts (EA) to create a multiplayer online game based on EA's Dungeon Keeper series of digital games.