Weekend Update 01.02.10–The First Oh-Ten Edition

The AllThingsD tech team was on call this week with a whole slew of posts to help you ring in the new decade in the know. Even if Kara was still off in the islands with her famously fun family, Walt, John and Peter kept their offices humming and their fingers typing with all the news and reviews.
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No File! No Icon! Litl Is a Big Idea, but Still Cloudy

The laptop melds cloud computing with a TV-like viewing experience, but it gets mixed reviews for poor battery life and some clumsy features, writes Walt Mossberg.

Litl Introduces Its Web-Based Netbook

Is a computer with no disk drive and no applications software still a computer? Litl LLC, a small Boston company, says its eponymous Litl device is the future of personal computing. Litl is a Web computer with a full keyboard and an operating system designed for people who use online software like Google Docs and store their photos on Flickr or Shutterfly.