Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
What’s powering Web apps: Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5 [Updated]  —  Of all the things Google is really good at, patience isn’t necessarily one of them.  —  To prove Web applications like Gmail and Google Docs could be as sophisticated as desktop apps …

Mark Milian / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
What’s powering Web apps: Google waving goodbye to Gears, hello to HTML5  —  Of all the things Google is really good at, patience isn’t necessarily one of them.  —  To prove Web applications like Gmail and Google Docs could be as sophisticated as desktop apps, Google created its […]

Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Microsoft looking into Windows ‘black screen of death’ problem  —  Microsoft says it’s looking into reports that its latest security updates are causing some Windows machines to stop working and display a mostly black screen with no desktop icons, taskbar, sidebar or other elements …

Alaska Miller / Silicon Alley Insider:
Check Out Google’s Favorite Android Apps  —  Google named the winners today in its second annual mobile apps contest.  —  The top prizes for this year’s Android Developer Challenge went to:  — Sweet Dreams, which lets you avoid late-night phone calls and save battery power

Om Malik / GigaOM:
Droid Nears Its Million-Device Target  —  Motorola and Verizon’s $100 million marketing push seems to be paying off: The much-ballyhooed Droid smartphone made by Motorola and powered by Google’s Android 2.0 OS is inching toward its goal of a million devices sold during the fourth quarter of 2009.

Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Takes Control of ‘TabletMac’ Trademark  —  A couple of years ago, a company called Axiotron announced an aftermarket modification for the MacBook that converted the Apple laptop into a tablet.  The modification remains for sale at $699 and takes a stock MacBook, removes the keyboard and screen …

Scott Moritz / TheStreet.com:
Apple iPhone May Go to T-Mobile Next  —  Stock quotes in this article: AAPL , VZ , MOT , T  —  NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple’s (AAPL Quote) path to U.S. smartphone dominance may take an abrupt detour as the iPhone’s next destination may be Deutsche Telekom’s (DT Quote) T-Mobile and […]

Jeremy Kirk / PC World:
Latest Microsoft Patches Cause Black Screen of Death  —  Microsoft’s latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rending the computer useless.  —  The problem affects Microsoft products including Windows 7, Vista and XP operating systems …

Matt Hamblen / Computerworld:
Kindle has best sales month in November, Amazon says  —  Kindles are still available, while Sony and Nook e-readers are out of stock  —  Computerworld - November was the best sales month ever for the Kindle e-reader, even before traditionally heavy sales on Cyber Monday, Amazon.com Inc. said early today.

Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:
LEAK: The Google Phone “Is a Certainty”  —  According to a trusted source who’s seen it with their own eyes, the Google Phone “is a certainty.”  —  And by “Google Phone” we don’t simply mean another Android handset.  We’re talking about Google-branded hardware running a version of Android we haven’t yet […]