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Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays 6:22pm EST

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 2:30pm EST 

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  

Twitter to follow Google's lead

Nov 20 - The co-founder of the popular microblogging service Biz Stone tells Reuters TV that the company will eventually emulate the search company's lucrative ad model, but profit is not the priority at present.  Play Video

 
U.S. student on trial for murder

A look at the trial of Amanda Knox, an American university student accused of murdering a fellow student in a case that has attracted huge attention in Italy and in Europe.