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11:45 AM ET, December 2, 2009

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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook Blog:
An Open Letter from Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg  —  It has been a great year for making the world more open and connected.  Thanks to your help, more than 350 million people around the world are using Facebook to share their lives online.  —  To make this possible …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook To Roll Out New Privacy Controls To Its 350 Million Users, Kills Regional Networks  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just written an open letter to Facebook users regarding a privacy overhaul that is due to hit the site in the next few weeks.  Soon, users will be able to selectively choose …
Discussion: NBC Bay Area and Mashable!
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo's “Project Rushmore” Begins With Massive Facebook Connect Deployment Across Internet Giant  —  A few weeks ago, several sources at Yahoo begin telling BoomTown about a mysterious “Project Rushmore,” which was described as a massive integration of major social networking sites across the giant Internet portal.
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Lucas Mast / Yodel Anecdotal:
Update once to share with many on Yahoo! and Facebook  —  We have good news to share with everyone who uses Yahoo! and Facebook - in the first half of 2010 we will open the door between two of the Internet's largest online communities.  You will be able to see your Facebook friends' activities on Yahoo! …
Brad Stone / Bits:   Yahoo Deepens Friendship with Facebook
DigiTimes:
Acer to launch Chrome OS netbook in 2H10  —  Acer plans to launch a Google Chrome operating system-based netbook, which the company has been developing since mid-2009 in the second half of 2010, according to industry sources.  —  Acer chairman JT Wang also expressed his confidence …
Josh Cohen / Google News Blog:
Google and paid content  —  As newspapers consider charging for access to their online content, some publishers have asked: Should we put up pay walls or keep our articles in Google News and Google Search?  In fact, they can do both - the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Adds Googlebot-News User Agent To Allow Blocking Google News
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Fair Syndication Consortium: Google Responsible For Over Half …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Web-Based Productivity Suite Zoho Launches Full Integration With Google Docs  —  Zoho is undoubtedly the lesser known name and an underdog in the productivity suite race with Google and Microsoft.  But the startup has a compelling strategy: Zoho continuously launches integrations …
Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
Web giants oppose copyright plans  —  Some of the biggest names on the web have written to Peter Mandelson to express “grave concerns” about elements of the Digital Economy Bill.  —  Four firms including Facebook and Google object to clause 17 of the bill, which could give government the power to amend copyright law in the future.
Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia:
8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight  —  Disclaimer: The information presented here has been gathered and analyzed in my capacity as a graduate student at Indiana University.  This data was gathered and analyzed on my own time, without using federal government resources.
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:   Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would ‘Shock’, ‘Confuse’ Consumers
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Groupon Gets A Hefty $30 Million From Accel For Local Offers Service  —  Chicago based Groupon, which was formerly known as ThePoint, has raised a hefty Series B financing - $30 million - from new investor Accel Partners and existing investor New Enterprise Associates.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Psystar stops selling Mac clones with Apple's OS  —  Agrees to pay Apple $2.7M if appeal doesn't work out, but will stay in business by selling knock-offs and do-it-yourself clone software  —  Computerworld - Mac clone maker Psystar has agreed to pay Apple nearly $2.7 million …
Tom Krazit / Crave: The gadget blog:
One of Google Chrome OS's hardest tasks?  Printing  —  Many challenges will have to be solved before Google is ready to release Chrome OS, it's browser-based operating system for Netbooks.  One of the biggest ones could be something as far offline as it gets.
Discussion: Softpedia News and Electronista
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Royal Pingdom:
74% of the world, Google's Chrome OS is not for you
Discussion: ZeroPaid.com
Katherine Boehret / Wall Street Journal:
Videos on TV With a Flip of a Channel  —  Remember when families used to gather around the television to watch home videos?  The process sounds old fashioned now that we spend so much time watching videos on our computer screens.  The company that introduced the popular Flip hand-held video cameras …
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Nokia's 2010 Goals: Fix the Symbian UI, release Maemo 6, and make more money  —  Today Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is holding their Capital Markets Day event in Espoo, Finland.  It's similar to the Nokia World event that took place in September, but instead of an having an audience of press …
Startup diaries:
Don't be evil, Craigslist  —  Yesterday (Nov 30th 2009), at approximately 2pm PST, Craigslist effectively killed all Yahoo Pipes projects that use Craigslist as a data source.  For those unfamiliar with Yahoo Pipes, it's a nifty tool that allows you to take data from anywhere on the net …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Softpedia News, Thanks:atul
Dieter Bohn / PreCentral.net:
webOS 1.3.2 Released for Pixi, Pre Standing By  —  note: webOS 1.3.2 is not Christmas-themed, that'd be an add-on  —  We're not sure what to make of this yet, but andidendel in our forums just let us know that webOS 1.3.2 is getting pushed out to the Pixi right now.
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
E-Readers May Hold More Surprises  —  Books are having their iPod moment this holiday season.  But buyer beware: It could also turn out to be an eight-track moment.  —  While e-reading devices were once considered a hobby for early adopters, Justin Timberlake is now pitching one on prime …
Taylor Buley / Forbes:
Digg Bets Big On A New API  —  The social media company aims to make developing for its platform easier.  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. — Digg.com, the Internet fire hose of interesting stories on the Web, is about to up the pressure.  —  On Wednesday, the San Francisco-based content-sharing site …
Chris Foresman / Ars Technica:
Steve Jobs intervenes, approves Knocking streaming video app  —  A persuasive e-mail from an iPhone developer to Steve Jobs helped Pointy Heads Software get its Knocking Live Video—the first official iPhone app capable of streaming live video over 3G and WiFi connections—approved for sale in the App Store.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Jack Dorsey's Square Is (Almost) Open For Business  —  We've been tracking Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Square since May when we first got the details on the new mobile phone payment service.  —  Today the company unveiled its website for the first time, and they continue to test the product in private beta.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Square Worth $40 Million Before Launch
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Manufacturers redirecting R&D on declining GPS device orders?  —  If you enjoy the decimation of an industry as much as Google does then you're going to love the latest rumor sourced from DigiTimes' manufacturing moles.  According to the Taiwanese rumor rag, personal navigation device R&D teams …
Discussion: DigiTimes and TECH.BLORGE.com
Rich Miller / Data Center Knowledge:
Google Patent Reveals Data Center Innovations  —  A diagram of an “air wand” indicating the location of cooling vents in the wand, a key feature of a patent application by Google data center engineers.  —  Google has revealed some of the secret technology inside its mighty data centers …
Thanks:atul
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
MOG Launches All Access, Sets New Standard For Online Music  —  MOG's much anticipated All Access music service launches today for anyone to come and give it a try.  I've been using the service for the last few weeks and, despite my initial skepticism over the fact that users must pay for the service, I've been impressed.
Alex Petcherski / The Official Google Blog:
Show me the pictures: better format for image results  —  I love when I get images back in my Google search results.  There's no better way to quickly understand the difference between an ocelot and a clouded leopard.  But sometimes I want to see more images to really make sure I've identified the right jungle cat.
Marianne / My Opera:
Opera Mini 5 beta 2 is ready for download!  —  Finally, Opera Mini 5 beta 2 is here!  —  Since the release of Opera Mini 5 beta 1, we've been working hard to implement new, exciting features, and fix a lot of bugs.  Many of those bugs were reported by you, our users, and we thank you for that.
 
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Reuters:
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 Earlier Items: 
Jeffrey Burt / eWeek:
Intel, AMD Chips Help Fuel Server Market Rebound, IDC Says
Discussion: CNET News and The Register
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Geo-Targeted Display Ads Set for Growth
Asher Moses / Sydney Morning Herald:
Aussie Googler hits the world stage for climate change
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech:
Charlie Wolf: How the Mac roared back
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and The Register
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Web-based toy maker Smith & Tinker lays off 30 percent of staff
Discussion: paidContent and The Seattle Times
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft says black screens not caused by security updates