Technology: Afternoon Edition

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Editor's Note: Please note with the holiday week, your Afternoon Update will be on hiatus. We will return on Monday. Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) Leonsis has the option to purchase franchise Former AOL executive Ted Leonsis, who purchased the Washington Capitals from Pollin in 1999, has the first right of refusal to purchase the Washington Wizards, Verizon Center and the Baltimore-Washington Ticketmaster franchise. 2) Comments on net neutrality irk AT& T AT&T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really gotten under its skin. 3) HDTV Buying Guide: Select the Right Flat-Panel Technology High-definition television is truly different from the standard-definition television that it replaces. The screen is wider, and since many more pixels make up the image, you get greater detail. And these days, many television shows and sports broadcasts, as well as Blu-ray Disc movies, can deliver... 4) Ciena buys Nortel unit to expand footprint Linthicum-based Ciena announced Monday that it has won a bid to buy a major piece of bankrupt Canadian tech firm Nortel Networks. 5) iPhone To Be Sold In The UK Equivalent Of Walmart Is an iPhone price war about to break out in the UK? After Vodafone and Orange bagged the iPhone ? when O2's two year monopoly expired in September ? we learn today that Tesco, the UK supermarket leviathan, is to sell the iPhone on Tesco Mobile, its MVNO joint venture partnership with O2. 6) Advanced Antivirus Illustration by Gary Neill > Today's vast threatscape of duplicitous Trojan horses, invisible exploits, and slithering worms make antivirus protection a must. But that doesn't mean you have to pay top dollar for a security suite that may have features you don't want or need. 7) Just In Time For #Thanksgiving, TurkeyTwitter Gathers All The #Thankful Tweets Want to know what people are thankful for this Thanksgiving? You can be sure many will be Tweeting about it. Tomorrow if you search #thanksgiving or #thankful on Twitter search, you will get a good sense of what thanks people are sharing on Twitter. 8) HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015d Monochrome Laser Has Speed and Paper Capacity, But Toner is Pricey The HP LaserJet Enterprise P3015d is a midpriced ($649 as of 11/12/09) monochrome laser printer that doesn't realize its full potential. Though the company touts it as an enterprise model, it's expensive to operate and it has limited connectivity options. 9) Holiday Shopping Notebook NEW YORK -- The season's traditional kickoff isn't quite here, but already some winners have emerged, from electronic book readers and hot pink netbooks to shimmery tops and the "snood," a hood-scarf hybrid that resembles a babushka. 10) Smartbook Says Bloggers Can't Use The Word Smartbook Anymore. Smartbook. For most of us, the term 'smartbook' (a device that's somewhere in between a smartphone and a netbook) is nothing but the latest tech buzzword du jour. For German company Smartbook , however, it's apparently a chance to score some free publicity by vigilantly defending a multinational trademark and... UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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