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Verizon‘s acquisition of Alltel will close on January 9 according to an SEC filing made on Friday. Verizon will pay $5.9 billion and acquire $22.2 billion in Alltel debt to acquire some 13 million customers – creating the largest wireless carrier in the U.S with 83 million + subscribers. (Cynopsis 1/5)

Speaking of netbooks, Google‘s Android mobile operating system is being adapted for use on the Asus EEEPC 1000H netbook, according to VentureBeat. With netbooks poised to take off due to their affordability and ease-of-use, Google hopes the stripped-down OS will help dramatically increase the exposure of applications such as its new open source Chrome web browser. Chrome had carved out about 1% of the U.S. browser market as of Dec. 2008, according to research firm Net Applications, when Microsoft Internet Explorer‘s market share declined to 68%. (Cynopsis 1/5)

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