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11:15 PM ET, November 20, 2009

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Randall C. Kennedy / InfoWorld:
Why Chrome OS will fail — big time  —  A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history  —  The Chrome OS is here — sort of.  This week, Google was kind of enough to give the world a sneak peek at its nascent desktop operating system.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Why Google Chrome OS has already won  —  Today InfoWorld's Randall Kennedy says that Google's Chrome OS will fail.  —  What he is missing is he's looking at the wrong field.  —  Google is playing a different game.  Google Chrome OS is NOT about killing Microsoft or Apple.  —  What is it about?
Discussion: Computerworld
David Coursey / PC World:
Brin: Two Google Operating Systems May Become One
Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans  —  BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.
Brad Stone / Bits:
Barnes & Noble's Nook Sold Out for the Holidays  —  It's shaping up to a be very merry holiday season for Amazon.com's Kindle e-reader.  —  Earlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee that its new Daily Edition Reader would reach online buyers in time for Christmas.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
YouTube pulls a Hulu — yanking API access from Popcorn Hour (Update: Google responds)  —  Hope you weren't enjoying watching YouTube on the television screen via Popcorn Hour and other set-top boxes, as they have been given notice by the newly 1080p and network TV-friendly website that they are no longer welcome to access its content.
Don Clark / Digits:
Does Apple Enjoy a Licensing Loophole on iPhone?  —  While death and taxes are notable certainties, there's another in the wireless world: make a 3G cellphone and you pay patent royalties to Qualcomm.  But Apple may be evading some of the consequences.  —  Analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein …
Discussion: Maximum PC
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Twitter to turn on advertising “you will love” (here's how: SuperTweet)  —  Twitter's COO, Dick Costolo, today, at the TechCrunch Real Time Crunchup (live video of the conference is live now on building43, there will be lots of news all day long from this event), told the audience that Twitter is …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Brizzly Opens To All.  And Snatches Someone From Facebook.  —  Brizzly was first unveiled in private beta at our first CrunchUp event in July, so it's only appropriate that today, the day of our next CrunchUp, it's being opened to the public.  Now, to be clear, the product is still technically in beta …
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Joe Wilcox / BetaNews:
10 things about Microsoft's PDC 2009: The good, the bad and the ugly  —  Microsoft's 2009 developer conference wrapped up yesterday in Los Angeles.  Not since PDC 2003 has Microsoft talked so much and said so little.  As I listened to the keynotes and have reviewed the sessions, words …
Discussion: Channel 10
Paul Buchheit:
Open as in water, the fluid necessary for life  —  “Open” is a great thing.  Everyone likes it.  Unfortunately, nobody agrees what open is.  There are many meanings, but in general, I think “open” must be the opposite of “closed”.  In the world of abstract things like software …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Hot Potato Organizes The Stream Around What's Really Happening Now  —  Yesterday, Twitter changed its organizing question from “What Are You Doing?” to “What's Happening?”  But if you want to know what's really happening now, check out Hot Potato, a startup launching right now at our Realtime CrunchUp.
Lauren Hansen / BBC:
What happened to Second Life?  —  Some shops opened with a fanfare then quietly closed  —  Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world.  Today you'd be forgiven for asking if it's still going.
Discussion: New World Notes
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
Verizon Droids already dropping in price.  Dell sells for $120  —  Update: Amazon has dropped Droid to $150 as well  —  You might be able to find a refurbished iPhone for $49 off...but only if if it is refurbished.  Even chain discounter Walmart only takes $2 off the price of the iPhone and there are never sales.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Seesmic Ventures Into Mobile With Powerful New Apps For Android And BlackBerry  —  Seesmic is having a huge week.  The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a native Windows client at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference earlier this week.
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Apple's App Store approval process gets partially automated  —  Apple has added a new automated layer to its approval process for App Store software, but according to one developer, it's not perfect.  —  Apple recently began using computers to automatically scan for the use of private application programming interfaces.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code  —  Apple agreed to turn over iPhone source code in antitrust lawsuit, but then reneged, plaintiffs say  —  Computerworld - iPhone owners charging Apple and AT&T with breaking antitrust laws asked a federal judge this week to force Apple to hand …
Discussion: Macsimum News and 9 to 5 Mac
David Ebner / Globe and Mail:
Flickr co-founder tries his hand at another Web startup  —  B.C.-based Tiny Speck has big plans to tap the Web interactive wave he helped create with an attempt - still a secret - to take online gaming to another level  — Personal Tech - Back to School Laptop Guide - The Download Decade - Browse the Windows 7 section
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Tom Kaneshige / Computerworld:
Technology Lets You Command a Computer With Gestures  —  What's the latest buzz among software engineers and computer geeks in Silicon Valley?  Aside from the newly released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, it's a video released earlier this week of Pranav Mistry talking about the next big thing—SixthSense technology.
 
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Rippol's Video Discovery Engine Launches To The Public
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Nick Halstead / TweetMeme Blog:
Adtweets are Launching...and Featured Tweets are Back!!
Discussion: VentureBeat, Thanks:atul
Dan Goodin / The Register:
FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
GCHQ targets recruits on Xbox Live
Discussion: VG247, Joystiq, Destructoid and Kotaku
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision
Discussion: internetnews.com
Jaikumar Vijayan / Computerworld:
Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site
Sebastian Anthony / Download Squad:
Proper web browsing on a console: Firefox coming to the Sony PS3?
Discussion: Joystiq and psinsider.e-mpire.com
 Earlier Items: 
Mark Hattersley / Computerworld:
CloudMade pushing open-source alternative to Google Maps
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Sends Cease And Desist To USocial
Discussion: BBC
Carolyn Duffy Marsan / Network World:
Google adding IPv6 to YouTube
Discussion: Computerworld