Google Reader shares private data, ruins Christmas  —  Update: Got posted to /. homepage.  The discussion continues there.  —  As each day Google hoards more of your data there is an implicit deal that makes this possible: You give Google your private data, while they keep it private.

Source:   Felipe Hoffa’s Journal
Author:   Felipe Hoffa
Link: […]

Quiet year for tech on Capitol Hill  —  Democrats in 2007 controlled both chambers of Congress for the first time in a dozen years—and with the power shift came a scattershot year for technology policy.  —  Sweeping initiatives like elevating minimum wage and lowering prescription drug prices …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Anne Broache
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Facebook is so last year - welcome to the hit websites of 2008  —  Virtual pets, video diaries and travellers’ logs could be the next stars of cyberspace  —  For many in the dotcom world, 2007 was dominated by one story: the rise of Facebook.  The success of the social networking service …

Source:   Guardian
Author: […]

Apple and Google, telecom’s new stars  —  It was Apple and Google—not the traditional phone companies AT&T and Verizon Communications—that took center stage in the telephony market in 2007.  —  In January, Apple announced the iPhone and named AT&T its exclusive carrier in the U.S. For almost six months …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Maggie […]

Best Buy Still Using Secret In-Store Website With Higher Pricing  —  Even after being slapped in the face with a suit by a Connecticut attorney general, Best Buy is still having an internal bestbuy.com website that offers higher prices than the actual bestbuy.com.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Jason Chen
Link:   http://gizmodo.com/337429/best-buy-still-using-secret…

ComScore: Last Week Saw Strong Online Shopping  —  E-tailers have laggards and penny-pinchers to thank for last week’s brisk sales, which grew 25 percent over the comparable period last year, according to comScore.  —  Procrastinators and deal-seekers helped create a “flurry” …

Source:   PC World
Author:   Juan Carlos Perez
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20071224/tc_pcworld…