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Most Viewed Articles in Technology 1) Obama names former Bush, Microsoft official as cyber-czar Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an adviser to orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting computer systems, the White House on Tuesday tapped a former Bush administration official for the job. 2) Obama to name former Bush, Microsoft official as cyber-czar Seven months after President Obama vowed to "personally select" an adviser to orchestrate the government's strategy for protecting computer systems, the White House will name a former Bush administration official to the job Tuesday. 3) For Google, The Meaning Of Open Is When It's Convenient For Them Yesterday, Google published a long manifesto on the "meaning of open" in the form of an email to all employees republished as a blog post. In it, senior VP of product management Jonathan Rosenberg , makes an eloquent argument for why open systems always win and urges Google's employees to always... 4) Nokia N900: Powerful, but Missing Some Key Features Nokia fans disappointed by last summer's N97 smartphone, get excited: The Nokia N900 ($570, unlocked; price as of December 18, 2009) delivers on its promises of fast performance and excellent Web browsing. It also offers solid multimedia features, as well as one of the best cameras I've used on a... 5) Apple Not Liable For Plagued iMac Screens, Updates Firmware Anyway Apple just dodged a bullet. A New York California federal judge dismissed a potential class action lawsuit which alleged that Apple propagated their popular iMac screens without disclosing certain manufacturing defects to its customers, saying that the allegations were too general to be considered. 6) Avatar Is Like The iPhone Of Movies I've seen Avatar twice now, which is saying something when you're talking about a nearly three hour movie that was released 36 hours ago. But we lined up on Thursday night for the first midnight showing. And then I saw it again yesterday at the TechCrunch screening in San Francisco. 7) Voice May Join Google's Enterprise Lineup GrandCentral, which Google acquired in 2007 , relaunched as Google Voice way back in March. It's still technically in private beta, but invitations aren't all that hard to find. 8) Twitter Captures A Nexus One Unboxing And Another Video A number of pictures have hit the web now showing the Nexus One, aka the Google Phone , in the flesh. But there haven't been too many showing its packaging, and it getting unboxed. Today, some Twitpics shared by one user show those. As a bonus, he also shows off a bit of its HTC-innards, and even... 9) Video: A Decade Of Tech Highs And Business Lows Quick, which company was founded first: Facebook or Youtube? What year did Apple launch the Jesus phone? Can you name three of the biggest financial calamities of the past decade? The three-minute video above from WatchMojo recaps the decade in business and technology. 10) FBI probes cyber attack on Citigroup: report NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a computer hacking that targeted Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of million of dollars, The Wall Street Journal said, citing unidentified U.S. government officials. UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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