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David / weblog.rubyonrails.org:
Merb gets merged into Rails 3! — It's christmas, baby, and do we have a present for you. We're ending the bickering between Merb and Rails with a this bombshell: Merb is being merged into Rails 3! — We all realized that working together for a common good would be much more productive …

New York Times:
After Slow Start, E-Books Turn Page and Find Fans — Could book lovers finally be willing to switch from paper to pixels? — For a decade, consumers mostly ignored electronic book devices, which were often hard to use and offered few popular items to read.

Electronista:
Apple slips 0.5% in PC share over summer — Despite a major shift from desktops towards notebooks in the summer, Apple slid slid significantly in its worldwide market share over the period, according to a new iSuppli study. The MacBook creator lost exactly a half percentage point of influence …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Mozilla CEO: Ties with Google ‘complicated’ since Chrome — John Lilly also says Microsoft's disinterest in faster browsing a cause for concern — Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. has a “reasonable” relationship with long-time partner Google Inc., but it's gotten complicated since Google launched …

Jack Loftus / Gizmodo:
Dev-Team Shows Live iPhone 3G Unlock ‘Yellowsn0w’ Demo — This video is the first public demo of the iPhone 3G unlock, named “yellowsn0w”, courtesy of Dev-Team member MuscleNerd. With a wave of his hand, he goes from AT&T to T-Mobile, and makes a call. — The target release date for the official unlock is New Year's Eve.