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  Windows 7 tool used GPL code, Microsoft says

  Company confirms that a tool intended to enable Netbooks to more easily move to the new operating system was based in part on open-source code.
  • Hackers bypass activation
  • Microsoft's new ad target
  • Images: Getting personal
  • If it were my idea

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  AT&T: Verizon attack ads 'blatantly false'

  The wireless provider, which has been taking a beating in a series of parody ads over its 3G coverage, adds heat to its lawsuit. No word on what the misfit toys think.
  • Verizon to send RIAA notices

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• Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits

  Revised settlement narrows scope of countries for the out-of-print works, sets limits on the future businesses for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

• Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you

  The social network tightened its rules for companies running contests on its platform last week, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space too.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• NASA confirms water ice deposits on moon

  Deliberate crash of an empty rocket stage in a permanently shadowed crater near the moon's south pole last month kicked up definitive signs of water ice, scientists say.

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole

  Company warns customers that exploit code for the Server Message Block hole is available and suggests a workaround until a patch is ready.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• Wary green-tech venture investors shift gears

  Applying the venture capital model of IT onto energy isn't working, which is something many clean-tech venture capitalists will learn the hard way, say experts.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Coders charged with helping Madoff falsify records

  The FBI arrested two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff's investment firm, prosecutors said on Friday.
  (From The New York Times)

• Nissan says all-electric Leaf will compete on price

  Kicking off a marketing tour for the all-electric vehicle, CEO says price will be "key to the mass market" but that it's too early to say what that price will be.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Reuters)

• A CNET Conversation with Eric Schmidt

  Google's chief sits down for an extremely rare and wide-ranging interview and discusses Google's two operating systems, government scrutiny, and, of course, evil.
  • Video: Conversation with Schmidt
  • Transcript of CNET Conversations with Eric Schmidt

  (Posted in CNET Conversations by Tom Krazit)

• Week in review: Pre-holiday buying spree

  Lots of big tech players go shopping, while Intel closes antitrust deal. Also: Windows 7 inspired by Mac OS?

  (Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

• With $1.25 billion, can AMD finally compete?

  After settling with Intel, AMD must now compete with Intel on its merits. Some experts weigh in on how it will do.
  • What Intel bought for $1.25 billion: Less risk
  • Intel hires antitrust expert as new top lawyer
  • No big change for consumers
  • Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Google says Docs to catch up to Office next year

  A Google exec says that Docs isn't "mature" enough yet for businesses but that another 30 to 50 updates will bring it up to speed with Microsoft Office.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Victoria Ho)

• Dolly Parton endorses IE 8 Web Slices

  It might come as a surprise, but the country singer is endorsing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and its Web Slices feature. Yup, you read that correctly.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• iTunes music library makes its way to browser

  Apple has changed music links in its iTunes software to deliver users to a new page called iTunes Preview, which features song information in the browser.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)
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