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Today's Technology News: Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance Google buys online collaboration startup iGo Green Power Charger Dell to Set up Mobile Business Unit Apple mute on Lala plans Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares plunge New Droid Ad Has a Blast at iPhone's Expense HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data Canada OKs Avaya purchase of Nortel unit Thanksgiving Webcam Promo Leads to Malware Study: MySQL Use to Drop Under Oracle Ownership Experts Not Surprised By iPhone Malicious App Report Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:08 am PST AP - No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $100-and-under favorites. Full Story Top AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:42 pm PST AP - Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application. Full Story Top FCC asks Verizon Wireless to explain fees Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:51 pm PST AP - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on "smart" phones. Full Story Top Gift Guide: Tech gadgets can boost your workouts Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:24 pm PST AP - In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes for a loop in the park. At most, you'd buy a watch with a digital display so you could time your laps. Full Story Top GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:53 pm PST AP - General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory filing Friday. Full Story Top Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance Fri, 4 Dec 2009 03:53 pm PST AP - Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market. Full Story Top Google buys online collaboration startup Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:31 pm PST AFP - Online collaboration startup AppJet said that Google is buying the San Francisco firm and merging its technology with an innovation Wave communication platform the Internet giant is creating. Full Story Top iGo Green Power Charger Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:18 pm PST PC World - The latest charger from iGo aims to make it easy to be green. The $100 iGo Green Charger uses only the precise amount of energy your laptop requires, and can automatically shut off if need be when not in use. Full Story Top Dell to Set up Mobile Business Unit Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:00 pm PST PC World - Dell is setting up a new business unit surrounding mobile products as it tries to expand its presence in the communications market, the company said on Friday. Full Story Top Apple mute on Lala plans Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:01 pm PST Reuters - Apple Inc has acquired digital music service Lala, as the dominant online music retailer explores new models for selling songs. Full Story Top Ahead of the Bell: Take-Two shares plunge Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:45 am PST AP - Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. plunged ahead of the regular session Friday after the video game maker lowered its financial outlook again and said it probably won't meet its profitability goals for next year. Full Story Top New Droid Ad Has a Blast at iPhone's Expense Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:22 pm PST NewsFactor - Verizon is ramping up the testosterone in its newest ad campaign against the Big Man on Campus, Apple's iPhone. Falling just short of saying other phones are for girlie-men, Verizon's ads tout their phone's "racehorse taped to a Scud missile" speed as opposed to that of a "digitally clueless beauty pageant queen." Full Story Top HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:20 pm PST PC World - HSBC Bank says a bug in its imaging software inadvertently exposed sensitive data about some of its customers going through bankruptcy proceedings. Full Story Top Canada OKs Avaya purchase of Nortel unit Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:48 pm PST AP - Telephone and computer software company Avaya Inc. said Friday that Canada's minister of industry approved its acquisition of the enterprise solutions unit of Nortel Networks Corp. Full Story Top Thanksgiving Webcam Promo Leads to Malware Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:20 pm PST PC World - The US$10 webcam that Anna Giesman bought her daughter at Office Depot over the Thanksgiving weekend sounds like one of those deals that's too good to be true. And for her, it was. Full Story Top Study: MySQL Use to Drop Under Oracle Ownership Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:50 am PST PC World - Usage of the open-source MySQL database is set to decline if Oracle succeeds in buying the software's owner, Sun Microsystems, according to new data released by analyst firm The 451 Group on Friday. Full Story Top Experts Not Surprised By iPhone Malicious App Report Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:57 pm PST PC World - Malicious iPhone apps that Apple unwittingly approves could attack even non-jailbroken iPhones, according to a developer, but security experts say this isn't earth-shattering news. Full Story Top

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