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  1. Great Reuters story: hackers use H1N1 virus offer to spread virus: http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNN0151320220091201?rpc=44
  2. Take new ITIC survey on SQL Server: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=jBEQm8xkWaQRRtGpqjDbyg_3d_3d
  3. Great stuff: Jason Carlson of Emo Labs invented invisible speakers; he won $500K at DEMOfall conference. Wow!
  4. New smartphone tracking app helps illegals to track border patrols and facilitate entry. Developer says it's keeps people safe. Yes, but...
  5. There's green in Green IT: US Labor Dept. announced $55M in green jobs grants: $$$ will be used to help workers find green jobs
  6. Google Chrome for Mac v4 beta set for release soon. Some features like 64-bit support have been pushed back to v5
  7. Best ingenious recession-busting job op: the guy in Michigan charging $485 for a Marijuana 101 course to grow doctor-approved medicinal pot
  8. Biggest guessing game in tech: what the rumored Apple Tablet will look like & when it will ship. Only Steve Jobs knows for sure
  9. Analysts hope Cyber Monday sales will hit the coveted $1B mark today. Buyers beware: update your browsers & do NOT use your debit cards
  10. Shopping for the best deal by mobile phones was all the rage on Black Friday; that+multiple browsers should boost Cyber Monday
  11. After long wait Apple iPhone arrives in South Korea; it's a hit there too -- people lined up 26 hours in advance to get theirs
  12. IBM buys database security startup Guardium for $225M; deal strengthens services, security & database portfolio; stokes the Oracle rivalry
  13. Tech IPOs surge to 50 firms going public in 2010, raising $5B http://bit.ly/69MMxN/
  14. Terrific, insightful, common sense blog by IT guru Andrew Baker on why firms standardize on IT technology @ http://bit.ly/5J1kp7
  15. Storage continues to be a bright spot: EMC leads followed by IBM, HP, Dell & NetApp. Enterprise storage demands triple, quadruple YoY
  16. HP expected to report strong financials later today. HP should beat street on: cost cutting; strong services + strong consumer & enterprise
  17. Dell sales slipped 15% to $12.9B; income dropped 54%. But Dell optimistic due to strong demand for Win7; Dell must also sell more consumer
  18. Lot of hopes and future revenue riding on Windows 7: Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba & Sony to name a few...
  19. Gap between womens vs. mens pay widens: women now make $.77 for every $1 men make, down from $.78 in 2007, Bureau of Labor says
  20. Electric fish like eels have a dimmer switch that lets them automatically turn down the lights; wish my utility company could do that!