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Wednesday,
May 14
Comcast
goes social with Plaxo acquisition The
purchase of Plaxo, a contacts management site, helps Comcast create a
unified social media experience across its Internet, voice, and TV
properties.
Atom-based
iPhone reportedly confirmed CNET sister site reports that an Intel executive from its German
operation has confirmed that Apple plans to introduce an iPhone
featuring the Atom processor.
(Posted in One
More Thing by Tom Krazit)
Photos:
Where the building is the network The
San Jose, Calif., headquarters of Echelon, maker of technologies for
smart buildings, model the company's energy management systems.
FCC
revives emergency network push After failed auction earlier this year, regulators take another stab at
setting aside a chunk of TV airwaves for first responders.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Google
adds real estate listings to Maps Google Maps users can now filter results to show real estate
listings as well as filter the display by price range and other
factors.
(Posted in News
Blog by Stephen Shankland)
Algae
maker scores cash and customer Series B round of $13.9 million gives GreenFuel capital to build algae
farms that eat carbon dioxide and turn out fuels.
(Posted in Green
Tech by Martin LaMonica)
Study:
Pirates cost software industry $48 billion Annual report from software industry group says piracy rates declined
in most countries surveyed during 2007, but estimated lost sales
worldwide grew overall.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Video:
Wednesday QuickCast, 2nd edition Bill Gates shows off Microsoft's latest prototype, TouchWall; Samsung
mulls ditching the laptop market; and Carl Icahn may mount a board
challenge against Yahoo management.
(Posted in CNET TV)
video
Seniors
have a ball with Wii bowling It's all strikes and smiles at one Northern California senior center as
grandmas and grandpas play Nintendo's Wii bowling to stay in shape,
keep sharp, and have fun.
Facebook
pulls 'stalker list' tool Some
users of the popular social-networking site panicked when Gawker
claimed it would show a list of the five people who visited a given
member's profile most frequently.
(Posted in The
Social by Caroline McCarthy)
Sony BMG releases more DRM-free music Download prices at new
service Dada Entertainment aren't bad, but the selection leaves a lot
to be desired. (Posted in News
Blog by Greg Sandoval)
Video:
Tuesday QuickCast, 2nd edition HP officially announces
$13.9 billion acquisition of EDS, Earthlink
pulls out of project to supply Philadelphia with Wi-Fi, and the future
of online mapping and geo-location.
(Posted in CNET TV)
CSC settles with feds over kickback allegations Computer Sciences Corp.
agrees to pay $1.37 million after complaint
that it took pay-outs from tech vendors in violation of government
contract rules. (Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Windows
Server 2008 goes down-market Company to offer public
preview for Small Business Server 2008 and
Windows Essential Server Solutions 2008, both based on mainstream
server release from earlier this year.
(Posted in Beyond
Binary by Ina Fried)
'Gears
of War 2' to headline Xbox showcase In an annual event in San
Francisco, Microsoft Game Studios will pull
back the curtain on many of its most-anticipated Xbox 360 games Tuesday.
(Posted in Geek
Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)
Dim
outlook for H-1B changes in this Congress? Adviser
to key Republican politician and other fans of the
controversial temporary worker visas say politics likely to get in the
way of increasing the annual cap soon.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Microsoft
says YouTube blocking was a glitch Software
maker says third party that handles which Web links are
blocked by its IM service made a mistake that led to some addresses
being blocked.
(Posted in News
Blog by Ina Fried)
Raikes
tapped as Gates Foundation CEO Longtime
Microsoft executive, who earlier this year announced plans to
retire from the software giant, calls new post "truly a dream job."
(Posted in News
Blog by Ina Fried)
Bringing
Google into the kitchen CNET
News.com's Caroline McCarthy tests out Food 2.0: Secrets From
the Chef Who Fed Google, the new cookbook from former
Mountain View executive chef Charlie Ayers.
(Posted in The
Social by Caroline McCarthy)
XP
update throws some for a loop After
moving to Windows XP Service Pack 3, some AMD-based systems are
getting stuck in an endless reboot cycle. Microsoft says it is
investigating.
(Posted in Beyond
Binary by Ina Fried)
Video:
Monday QuickCast, 2nd edition Major
quake hits one of China's tech regions; more problems emerge
for Microsoft XP's latest service pack update; and aren't data
portability efforts supposed to make things easier?
(Posted in CNET TV)
Cisco
makes TelePresence personal The
new version of the high-definition video conferencing system is
designed for personal use and costs less than $35,000.
(Posted in News
Blog by Marguerite Reardon)
JVC,
Kenwood officially hook up The
two Japanese audio equipment makers will combine to form JVC
Kenwood Holdings, which will focus on home and car audio equipment.
(Posted in News
Blog by Erica Ogg)
HBO
to Apple: Bada Bing? Content
deal between companies would supposedly involve selling HBO's
content at a different price than the rest of the iTunes
content--something Apple has fiercely resisted.
(Posted in One
More Thing by Tom Krazit)
BlackBerry
maker launches mobile VC fund Research
In Motion joins forces with venture capitalists and Thomson
Reuters to launch the $150 million fund focused on mobile apps and
services.
(Posted in News
Blog by Marguerite Reardon)
Today's
sign that the 3G iPhone is nigh Give
me a G! And another G! And yet another G! The analysts over at
Piper Jaffray are getting ready for the launch of a 3G iPhone in
"imminent" fashion.
(Posted in One
More Thing by Tom Krazit)
FBI
probe nets fake Chinese networking parts Investigation
into the sale of counterfeit network components to the
U.S. government recovers about 3,500 counterfeit devices with a value
of $3.5 million. (Posted in News
Blog by Steven Musil)
Yahoo
acquisition to aid Apple searches The
Internet company acquires Inquisitor, software that augments the search
process on Apple's Safari Web browser. (Posted in News
Blog by Stephen Shankland)
Saturday,
May 10
Google
gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering The
search giant's latest Web-hosted offering, Web Security for
Enterprise, gives it a leg up on Microsoft in a digital world
increasingly turning to cloud computing, experts say. (Posted in News
Blog by Elinor Mills)
Where
2.0 preview: Whrrl shows the way Next
week, a conference focused on geographic technology comes to San
Francisco. Here's what to expect. (Posted in Webware
by Rafe Needleman)
Colleges
fret RIAA push for state anti-P2P laws Politicos
aren't alone in considering new antipiracy mandates for
schools. Tennessee just passed the first such law, and universities are
bracing for other states to follow. (Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Adobe
says Photoshop Express glitch fixed The
software maker says it has fixed a bug that delayed an update to
the free, Web-based photo editing tool. The planned updates are now
available. (Posted in Beyond
Binary by Ina Fried)
videoC3PO
sighting in Pittsburgh Anthony
Daniels, the actor
who played the lovable Star Wars android, shares his filmmaking
memories during a chance encounter at Carnegie Mellon.
Philly's
Wi-Fi network in jeopardy EarthLink
is supposedly threatening to shut down Philadelphia's
citywide Wi-Fi as it negotiates a way out of its 10-year contract to
build and run the network. (Posted in News
Blog by Marguerite Reardon)
Images:
Satellites follow killer cyclone Satellite
images from NASA track a cyclone and the flooding it
caused--which may end up killing more than 100,000 residents of Myanmar.
Friday,
May 09
Atari
gets de-listed by Nasdaq The company that in many ways created the modern video games industry
has seen its fortunes fall about as far as possible.
(Posted in Geek
Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)
video
C3PO
sighting in Pittsburgh Anthony Daniels, the actor who played the lovable Star Wars
android, shares his filmmaking memories during a chance encounter at
Carnegie Mellon.
Philly's
Wi-Fi network in jeopardy EarthLink is supposedly threatening to shut down Philadelphia's
citywide Wi-Fi as it negotiates a way out of its 10-year contract to
build and run the network.
(Posted in News
Blog by Marguerite Reardon)
Microsoft
to appeal EC's $1.39 billion fine Microsoft announces its plans to appeal the European Commission's
historic fine, which dinged the Redmond giant for failing to comply
with its previous antitrust orders.
(Posted in News
Blog by Dawn Kawamoto)
Virgin
Mobile USA and Helio in merger talks? Possible merger between virtual cell phone operators could be
good
news for the companies as they struggle amid a weak economy and compete
against big wireless providers. (Posted in News
Blog by Marguerite Reardon)
Colleges
fret RIAA push for state anti-P2P laws Capitol Hill politicos aren't alone in considering new antipiracy
mandates for schools. Tennessee just passed the first such law, and
universities are bracing for other states to follow.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Video:
Friday QuickCast, 2nd edition Here's what's happening: Researchers expect solar prices to drop,
carbon storage risks grossly underestimated, and C3P0 actor shares
filmmaking memories.
(Posted in CNET TV)
Slouching
toward telecommuting: IT's newest challenge The latest data suggests that energy prices are likely going
higher.
Now the big question is whether IT will be ready to handle the new
demands put on it by more telecommuters.
(Posted in Coop's
Corner by Charles Cooper)
Weblin
can make any Web site social New service lets people have an avatar that they can use to communicate
with others visiting the same sites.
(Posted in Geek
Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)
Gates:
Vista is doing just fine Microsoft chairman says
sales of Vista are "rapid" with more than 140 million copies sold,
according to reports.
(Posted in News
Blog by Mike Ricciuti)
Scoop
on Facebook's profile page changes New design, which will give
users more granular controls and
application developers some new tricks, is set to appear around the
start of summer, according to Inside Facebook.
(Posted in Outside
the Lines by Dan Farber)
OLPC's
capitulation to XP: A community failure? Nicholas Negroponte's
recent decision to embrace Windows for One Laptop
Per Child seems to come down to a belief that when community fails, one
must default to a proprietary vendor.
(Posted in The
Open Road by Matt Asay)
Can
SlideShare spice up PowerPoint sharing? San Francisco start-up
lands a $3 million investment from Venrock,
Broadcast.com founder Mark Cuban and Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams.
(Posted in News
Blog by Stefanie Olsen)
State
Department laptops missing Hundreds of notebooks used
by State Department employees are unaccounted for, according to the Congressional
Quarterly.
(Posted in News
Blog by Elinor Mills)
Google
will take Viacom suit to Supreme Court Viacom's Redstone says he's
standing up for the principle of copyright
protection, but Google is willing to go all the way to the mat.
(Posted in News
Blog by Stephen Shankland)
roundup JavaOne
'08: Sun starts delivering At San Francisco
conference, company touts a rich Internet application environment and a
new cloud computing service. Plus, Neil Young sings Sun.
State
Real ID rebellion: Here to stay? Officials from states that
have rejected the plan rally for other
opponents to raise their voices and stop the next administration from
enforcing the contentious ID card rules.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
State
Real ID rebellion: Here to stay? Officials
from states that have rejected the plan rally for other
opponents to raise their voices and stop the next administration from
enforcing the contentious ID card rules.
(Posted in News
Blog by Anne Broache)
Zune
struggles to find right pitch After
grabbing some market share from Apple its first year on the
market, Microsoft's player hasn't made much progress in the market.
(Posted in Beyond
Binary by Ina Fried)