Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google’s New Search-Based Keyword Tool Tells You What Keywords You’re Missing  —  Google released a new keyword tool tonight, named the Search-Based Keyword Tool.  This tool goes beyond what the other Google tools provide and tells you what keywords you are currently missing out on based on search query […]

Arn / MacRumors:
Mid-2007 Prototype MacBook Air Found on eBay  —  MacRumors forum member Brett33 bought an “as is” MacBook Air on eBay for a selling price of $730.  As it turns out, it appears the machine is actually a prototype model of Apple’s MacBook Air.  —  After receiving the unit …

Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Plans for No-Cost Consumer Security Offering  —  New anti-malware solution will broaden PC protection and help improve Windows experience.  —  To address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors …

Ina Fried / Crave: The gadget blog:
Microsoft chopping Zune prices  —  With the economy tanking and the holidays looming, Microsoft is hoping to salvage some Zune sales by chopping prices.  —  The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its flash-based models.  The 4GB version will drop to $99 … […]

Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft chopping Zune prices  —  With the economy tanking and the holidays looming, Microsoft is hoping to salvage some Zune sales by chopping prices.  —  The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday a price cut for its flash-based models.  The 4GB version will drop to $99 …

Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Judge grants Apple’s motion to dismiss Psystar’s counterclaims  —  A California judge on Tuesday granted Apple’s motion to dismiss counterclaims on the part of unauthorized Mac clone maker Psystar, who charged the Mac maker with violating antitrust laws through its vigorous attempts …

Cesar Menendez / Official Zune Insider Blog and Podcast:
Zune 3.1: Update Your Zune!  —  The team has been doing a little extra work heading into the holiday season; in fact this week is a busy one.  You are going to see some pretty cool things coming for Zune that we thinks you’ll enjoy…Aside from […]

Matthew Broersma / ZDNet:
Mozilla to end support for Firefox 2  —  The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser.  —  The ‘end of life’ (EOL) plan for Firefox 2 is part …

Jerry Yang / Yodel Anecdotal:
Stepping down  —  As you’ve no doubt already read, I’ve decided that I will step down from my role as Chief Executive Officer after my successor has been selected.  —  Ever since founding Yahoo! with David Filo 13 years ago, I’ve been passionate about this company, its brand, its employees […]

Waxy.org:
Deconstructing Google Mobile’s Voice Search on the iPhone  —  I’ve experimented with audio transcription lately, but always with big, clumsy humans.  I’d happily use [cyborgs] speech recognition software, but even today, automatic conversion of voice-to-text is still flawed.