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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) The End Of The CrunchPad It was so close I could taste it. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad . The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing. We could even let people play with the device themselves ? the user interface was intuitive enough that people "got it" without... 2) Jay Leno losing his audience to DVR machines NEW YORK -- Much of the prime-time audience lost to NBC when Jay Leno moved into prime-time has gone not to its rivals but the digital video recorder. 3)  Is there a history lesson from the swine flu of '76? As more and more people receive the H1N1 shot, an earlier vaccine is casting a mysterious shadow over the attempt to immunize 200 million people in the next few months. 4) iDroid app rejected by Apple. Well, duh. Here's a tip for all you iPhone app developers out there. If you want to make sure your app doesn't join the long list of rejected iPhone apps out there, make sure it doesn't advertise a competing product, especially if that product runs the Android operating system. Swavv Apps (creators of Beer ... 5) A new kind of company, a new challenge for feds One is a giant of the entertainment world -- a tangle of television networks, a film studio and a stable of hit shows. The other is a cable colossus, the nation's largest provider of cable TV and Internet access. Together, the possibilities are endless. 6) Shoppers already whetting holiday appetite online SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Holiday shopping online hit a record for Black Friday, several days before the retail industry-coined Cyber Monday gets underway, as more consumers said they used the web to seek deals. 7) Features Chrome For Mac Beta Will Be Missing As we've noted , Chrome for Mac is getting very, very close to its official beta launch. The team is down to a mere 8 bugs to fix before it's ready (and it looks like the list has been trimmed to 7 as of a few hours ago). This is great news for Mac users who want to try out the Chrome experience... 8)  By 2011, greener screens in Golden State Nick Canzoneri weighed several factors when he went shopping for a new flat-screen TV at the Best Buy in Gaithersburg earlier this week. He wanted the right brand ("Sony. I've had one for 20 years. I tend to stick with what I like . . .") and the right price. Size mattered, too. Canzoneri's son t... 9) House seeks records in contracting case A House oversight panel this week called on Army Secretary John M. McHugh to provide procurement documents, e-mail and other material related to almost $200 million worth of technology contracts involving the Communications-Electronics Command. 10) Twitter Doesn't Track The Zeitgeist. Only 2 Percent Of Tweets Overlap With Search Trends. Whenever you want to take a reading of the current zeitgeist , popular search terms can tell you a lot about what's on people's minds. Right now, for instance, the hottest search terms on Google Trends include "lakewood police shooting," "tiger woods mistress," "surviving Christmas," and "cyber... UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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