Online Shopping Gains, With Amazon Leading

Online spending increased significantly year-over-year to date, with Amazon the most popular cyber-storefront.

Many Android Developers Unhappy

Developers are frustrated with low application download volumes, poor marketplace design, and problems with Google Checkout.

Glide OS 4.0 Offers Google, Bing Search

Transmedia Dec. 7 will launch Glide OS 4.0, a fresh version of the company’s Web operating system for computers.

Large Hadron Collider Breaks Energy Record

The physics community is excited to see CERN’s particle accelerator up and running again.

NASA Finds Tranquility With a View

Space agency prepping the last major component to be added to the International Space Station in February. The Tranquility node will provide additional room for crew members and come attached with a copula offering views from six windows on the sides and one on top. – NASA has officially taken possession of the Tranquility node, the last major component set to be added to the ISS (International Space Station)

Starent Settles Suit Over Cisco Bid

Starent Networks, which Cisco wants to buy for $2.9 billion, settled one of several lawsuits seeking to block the sale. Starent agreed to provide more information for shareholders in exchange for the suit being dropped

IBM Confirms Acquisition of Database Security Vendor Guardium

After declining comment this morning, IBM gave in and admitted reports that it was acquiring Guardium were in fact true. The acquisition brings Guardium’s database activity monitoring and data security capabilities into IBM’s software portfolio. – IBM officials confirmed the company has acquired Guardium for its database security and activity monitoring technology

Amazon Boasts Best-Ever Kindle Sales Month

For its Kindle e-reader, Amazon announced that November was the best sales month ever. The announcement came as Sony and Barnes Noble are struggling to get their e-readers, the Daily Edition and the Nook, on shelves for holiday shoppers. – Amazon has announced that November was the “best sales month ever” for its Kindle e-Reader even before the arrival of Web-surfing-heavy Cyber Monday, the first Monday after the long Thanksgiving weekend

AT&T, LG Intro 1 GHz Smartphone

The eXpo is the first major U.S. smartphone to feature a 1-GHz processor, an integrated mobile projector, and a fingerprint sensor.

Dell Dabbles With Chrome OS

Owners of Dell Mini 10v netbooks can now try a version of Google’s Chrome OS for themselves.