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  1. Visa warns of online "local" mom, teeth whitening scams. http://bit.ly/7B2gNI Plus: Valley house prices up from '08. eBay, Craigslist, Palm.
  2. Check out my growing list of Merc tech and biz writers at: http://twitter.com/mercspike/merctech
  3. Cheap laptops, flat-screen TVs on holiday shoppers' lists. http://bit.ly/5NIdCh Plus: Judge drops Broadcom charges. eBay v. Craigslist.
  4. An even greener Prius? Plug-in coming soon, Toyota says. http://bit.ly/4OZs8R Plus: "Dogfooding" the Google phone. eBay v. Craigslist.
  5. Craig trusted Meg, but didn't get eBay's promises in writing. http://bit.ly/7Wowtw Plus: Apple countersues Nokia.
  6. AT&T to iPhone owners: Don't use your iPhones so much. http://bit.ly/4LQ4fn Plus: Apple tablet by spring? Big Facebook changes. Rambus. eBay
  7. #eBay v. #craigslist: "We don't care about competition." plus: a frozen Silicon Valley; #YouTube; Xilinx; a chilly day for #tech stocks.
  8. Meg Whitman: #eBay wanted all of #craigslist. http://bit.ly/4sQa6k Plus: real-time #Google search, including #Twitter feeds; #Nvidia, #AMD.
  9. The truth behind Verizon, AT&T smartphone ads. http://bit.ly/8lml9x Plus: New-home sales rise. Mortgage rates at record low. TiVo slides.
  10. How Whole Foods CEO plans to make his workers healthier. Plus: Silicon Valley's jobless rate rises to 11.9% http://bit.ly/6ANYvU
  11. A sudden upward turn in Silicon Valley home prices. http://bit.ly/3x1VDw Plus: Dell's profit dives; Google; YouTube; Yahoo; chip stocks fall
  12. Hispanics embracing smartphones, mobile Internet devices. http://bit.ly/3Uyh0M Plus: Yes, a hot Silicon Valley IPO in this economy.
  13. A #Droid army of 600,000 by the end of the holiday season? http://bit.ly/3vZXoh Plus: Applied buying Semitool. A cloud over SunPower stock.
  14. Apple, AT&T accused of misleading #iPhone owners. http://bit.ly/qvuMt Plus: Univision on YouTube, Twitter to drop suggested user list.
  15. Silicon Valley job cuts, mergers and 'Modern Warfare' http://www.mercurynews.com/in-hindsight #siliconvalley #tech
  16. Intel chip truce: AMD surges 22%. http://bit.ly/1VFCBI Plus: record 'Call of Duty' sales; no buyer for Brocade? $INTC $AMD $BRCD
  17. Peace breaks out between Intel, AMD. http://bit.ly/1xm5uW Intel will pay $1.25 billion to put aside AMD's antitrust and patent claims.
  18. HP buying 3Com. Applied Materials cutting up to 1,500 jobs. AMD puts 'Bulldozer' in fight vs. Intel. http://bit.ly/4ghbPF plus: Macy's 3Q
  19. Stanford, Mountain View's Stevens Creek Trail among Google Street View trike finalists. http://bit.ly/4wDcAX
  20. Silicon Valley housing: still the nation's most expensive despite the slump. http://bit.ly/R0TCE Plus: 'Modern Warfare' launch, Yahoo, EA.