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After being ordered by a federal judge on Tuesday to stop selling its Mac clones, Psystar was reported to be going out of business, according to a Dow Jones Newswires story on Thursday. Psystar's Web site was also inaccessible late this week.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-10418821-260.html...

McDonald's announced that it is going to provide free Wi-Fi access starting in January 2010 at 11,000 McDonald's locations across the nation. It's about time.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/184939...

Microsoft closes The Noughties by trying to keep up with competitors and to remain a top destination for developers by embracing cloud computing and open source. It opened the decade with another massive platform shift, though: the introduction of .NET.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/17/dot_net_noughties/

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a police department violated the constitutional privacy rights of an employee when it inspected personal text messages sent and received on a government pager.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/us/15scotus.html?_r=3

It's still not called the "Google Phone", but the Nexus One - to be made by HTC - is as close as I think we're going to get. The WSJ cites sources familiar with Google's plans and says that Google has designed this handset and plans to sell it directly to consumers, unlocked.

http://www.wiseandroid.com/NewsItem.aspx...

The Ohio Supreme Court said Tuesday police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect's cell phone, unless their safety is in danger.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/15/us/...

Operation Chokehold - a flashmob-style protest against AT&T that began as a joke on Fake Steve’s blog — looks like it may actually take place.

http://www.cultofmac.com/operation-chokehold-is...

Barely weeks after its launch, Barnes & Noble’s Android-based Nook e-reader has been hacked and ‘rooted’ (root, or full system access, has been obtained). A loose team of hackers reported the work on their wiki, Nook Devs.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/nook-torn...

McAfee's December spam report suggests that while antivirus and antispyware vendors continue to improve their security software offerings on a daily basis, hackers are still taking advantage of America's technology and fascination with pop culture to spread their spam.

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/article.phpr...

Microsoft Thursday announced a broadening of its licensing program around its exFAT file system, which is designed to handle large multimedia files.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/121009-microsoft...