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Wolverton: Tech gift guide
Looking for holiday gift ideas? Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton has some suggestions for the gadget-hounds in your life.

Books for the techie on your list

More personal tech reviews and gift ideas

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Updated: November 23, 2009
	Another California crisis: Unemployment fund facing $7.4 billion deficit Magid: Cyber criminals lurk on social networking sites Tech books for your holiday shopping list Black Friday deal alerts issued on social media Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content Drobo offers new data storage device

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	HP profit growing despite sales slowdown Retailers in expansion mode Tax credit fuels strong home sales in October Peet's ups offer in brewing battle Butler: Investors who exited, seek way back in HP profit jumps 14 percent Peet's Coffee raises offer for Diedrich to $265 million Bay Biz Buzz: Twitter not for sale, but IPO possible

Biz Buzz


	Bay Biz Buzz: Twitter not for sale, but IPO possible

Columnists


	Butler: Investors who exited, seek way back in Pletschet: Plato would declare our executives our overpaid Lindich: Turn-on sequence critical to `handshake" Pletschet: Dow Jones Average best stocks gauge for investors Munroe: Innovation alive and well in America

Real Estate


	Retailers in expansion mode Tax credit fuels strong home sales in October Tax credit spurs unexpectedly large rise in home sales, Realtors say James Dulley: Slam the door on heat-robbing leaks

Technology


	Retailers look to stretch out Cyber Monday push Tech gifts for $100 or less Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline Too much fun? Facebook photos cost woman her sick-leave benefits

Personal Finance / Spending


	Economics 101, by way of toy hamster Back-to-basics retailers poised to gain Butler: Investors who exited, seek way back in Pletschet: Dow Jones Average best stocks gauge for investors

Gas Prices / Auto News


	Bay Area gas prices down for the holidays


	GM asks governments to pay for most of European restructuring Nissan CEO: Electric car adoption to be gradual Ford, Subaru, VW win insurance industry picks

Market update

Financial Markets


	Weak dollar, home sales data carry stocks higher NEW YORK—The stock market ended a three-day losing streak Monday, closing broadly higher as a weaker dollar and upbeat home sales numbers encouraged investors to take on more risk. Full Story