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BenQ shows e-reader off, joins e-book fray

BenQ plans to launch the e-reader in January for US$280

Obama warns against turning away ‘the best and the brightest’

Without mentioning H-1B, Obama's says top foreign students should be welcomed in U.S.

The FCC seeks bids for white spaces service providers: where’s Google?

The FCC is considering granting a monopoly to a white spaces database service provider: can Google outshine Microsoft?

Cell phone subterfuge produces nation of spies

Global news recap, World Tech Update, Dec. 4, 2009

Microsoft releases Bing Maps Beta, Berners-Lee talks about privacy, Facebook plans changes and more

Cisco has 84% of Tandberg locked up

Still needs 6% more to close the deal

FCC wants all-IP voice networks

FCC work to speed moving phone infrastructure to VoIP could overlap Net Neutrality work

Two weeks, 5 iPhones sold in Chinese online store

The Chinese iPhone has suffered from its high price and lack of Wi-Fi

What color is your death screen?

The Windows 'Black Screen of Death' is striking terror across the Web, but whether it's actually striking PCs is debatable

With 3G ad lawsuits pulled, so too are more punches to AT&T’s eye

Battle has underscored need to bolster networks to keep up with data-hungry apps