Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk  —  Patches critical bug, exploitable because of add-on silently slipped into Firefox last February  —  Computerworld - An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla’s Firefox last February leaves the browser open to attack …

Ryan Singel / Epicenter:
YouTube’s Bandwidth Bill Is Zero.  Welcome to the New Net  —  YouTube may pay less to be online than you do, a new report on internet connectivity suggests, calling into question a recent analysis arguing Google’s popular video service is bleeding money and demonstrating how the internet has continued to morph […]

Om Malik / GigaOM:
The Rise & Fall of a Billionaire Technology Hedge Fund Guru  —  About fifteen years ago, as a young reporter covering the semiconductor industry for a newswire, I met a man called Raj Rajaratnam.  At that time he was not only an influential semiconductor analyst at Needham & Company, but also […]

Dan Ratner / The Official Google Blog:
Street View: We can trike wherever you like  —  With Street View on Google Maps, you can take a virtual drive over the Golden Gate Bridge or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home.  But some of the country’s most interesting and […]

Boy Genius Report:
Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough  —  We hope you Android lovers out there are sitting down, because we’re about to knock your socks off.  Android 2.0 hasn’t been released, announced, or even pictured.  Until now.  And we’re doing it like we’re doing it for TV — major screenshots …

BBC:
ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft  —  TalkTalk security expert Matt Roxburgh demonstrates the problem to Rory Cellan-Jones  —  UK ISP TalkTalk has staged a wireless stunt, aimed at illustrating why it thinks Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect filesharers is “naive”.

Dong Ngo / CNET News:
Performance showdown: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard  —  As someone who uses both platforms for work and personal entertainment, I’ve been wanting to do a performance comparison between Windows 7 and Mac OS X since I first got my hands on the Windows 7 RTM (the final build of the […]

Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War  —  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a brash price war against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its online site, Walmart.com.  —  That was just the beginning.

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Acquires Kevin Rose Side Project WeFollow  —  Digg founder Kevin Rose launched a side project called WeFollow, a Twitter directory, earlier this year.  Twitter users can go to the site and add themselves under a specific category.  Without much in the way of marketing …

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”  —  During Google’s third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google’s mobile strategy is starting to pay off.  “Android adoption is about to explode,” declared CEO Eric Schmidt, explaining that all the …