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Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays Friday, 20 Nov 2009

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.  Full Article

 
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Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less Friday, 20 Nov 2009 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.  Full Article  

Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked 12:18am EST 

HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago.  Full Article