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  The big chill
  for holiday parties?

  Tech companies faced with cost-cutting may not be canceling the annual festivities outright, but things are certainly being done differently this year.
  • Economy takes bite out of CES

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  The evolution of the benevolent alien

  With a remake of the classic film The Day the Earth Stood Still due out next month, we're reminded of how our hopes and fears come through in celluloid extraterrestrials.

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• Google crunches numbers on clean-energy policy

  Search giant pressures policy makers with an analysis arguing that government and business can clean the U.S. energy supply while stimulating the economy.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Woman who posed as boy testifies in MySpace case

  Young woman tells federal jury she had posed as a boy in e-mail messages to a 13-year-old girl that ended in the girl's expressing suicidal thoughts and hanging herself.
  (From The New York Times)

• Apple releases iPhone 2.2 update

  The latest software update offers several improvements to Google maps as well as over-the-air downloading for podcasts.

  (Posted in Apple by Marguerite Reardon)

• Report: Teen commits suicide on Justin.tv

  Viewers reportedly egged on the man, who overdosed while on live Internet video.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Gadgets for which we are thankful, part 2

  In the second half of our Thanksgiving feature, more Crave contributors tell which gadgets they're feeling most grateful for.
  • Gadgets, part 1
  • Video: Singing Elvis, Wii lightsabers

  (Posted in Crave by Crave staff)

• Don't confuse the economy with data privacy

  Note to legislators and IT professionals: Don't cut corners on IT security. If you do, we are all likely to suffer the consequences.

  (Posted in Security by Jon Oltsik)

• Online quiz tests phishing knowledge

  Do you know a legitimate e-mail from a phishing e-mail? A security vendor says many people do not.

  (Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

• Economy takes bite out of CES extravaganza

  Responding to the down economy, Cisco Systems, Yahoo, Seagate, and others are forgoing booth exhibits at the Consumer Electronics Show.

  (Posted in Crave by Stephen Shankland)

• Week in review: Yahoo to replace Yang

  Search giant searches for new CEO, while Microsoft takes its security strategy in a new direction. Also: Sing along with DRM.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

• Green news harvest: Tracking Congress' signals

  Rep. Waxman dethrones Rep. Dingell in energy post, Sen. Boxer calls for quick action on climate change, and "hypermiling" is Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Google adds OAuth to widget mashups

  The search giant's Google Gadgets platform is adopting the open authentication standard for controlling privacy. Move follows June move to use OAuth for the Google Data API.

  (Posted in Security by David Meyer)

• Yahoo sells Kelkoo to U.K. private-equity firm

  Christmas comes early for Yahoo, according to a TechCrunch report, as the ailing Internet search company sells its comparison-shopping to Jamplant for less than $125 million.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Boston-Power readies long-lasting batteries

  After three years of development, upstart Boston-Power is expected to announce a customer that will include its premium batteries in laptops early next year.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
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