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Monday, August 31

Is AT&T losing its grip on the iPhone?
A financial analyst predicts that AT&T's exclusive deal to offer the iPhone in the U.S. could be finished within the year, which will likely mean bad news for AT&T.

Apple's new OS geared for multicore future
Intel and AMD threw programmers a curve ball when they forsook faster clock speeds for multicore chips, but Snow Leopard introduces real technology to help compensate.

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Oy! Google Translate now speaks Yiddish
Google adds nine new languages to its translation service--which can translate text, comments, live chat, or entire Web pages--bringing the total to 51.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Microsoft extends IE 8 charity offer
Software maker says program that donates food to the hungry when people download IE 8 will run through September. However, it appears Microsoft is not hiking its maximum donation.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Opera 10 to emerge Tuesday
The next version of the browser includes support for new Web standards and a Turbo mode for poky Net connections.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Grand Theft Auto game coming to iPhone
Rockstar Games says Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will make its way to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch this fall. Pricing is undisclosed.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Netbook shipments continue to rise
Netbooks grab greater market share with more than 38 million shipped in the second quarter of 2009, says new report from DisplaySearch.
(Posted in Crave by Lance Whitney)

LA fires threaten cell phone, broadcast towers
Southern California blaze poses risk to Mount Wilson Observatory and nearby towers that provide cell phone service, along with TV and radio broadcasts.
(Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

It's official: Apple event set for 09/09/09
Apple sends invitations to a music-focused event in San Francisco next week, with few other details.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Disney to pay $4 billion for Marvel
With the deal, Disney will acquire more than 5,000 Marvel characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Captain America.
(From The New York Times)

Trend Micro launches new security tracking tool
New product provides IT administrators with detailed information about who on the network is doing what, when and from where.
(Posted in Security by Sam Diaz)

VMware steps up data center automation game
Company to roll out a product family dubbed vCenter to automate data center tasks and manage to service level agreements.
(Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

Medical imaging procedures--worth the risk?
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds more people exposed to moderate-, high-, and very high-density doses of radiation through CT scans of the abdomen, pelvis, and chest.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

WoodPellets.com stocks coffers for winter
It's a small industry, but pellet stove makers see more people looking to heat with biomass.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Sunday, August 30

Measuring Windows 7 appeal to businesses
Analysts say that Windows 7 addresses a lot of businesses' concerns over Vista. But in this cost-conscious environment, will that be enough?
• New York launch for Windows 7

YouTube's first celebs: Where are they now?
From Bowiechick to dancing Matt Harding, they became overnight Web stars. Some are still at it. Others moved on to new, related ventures.

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More questions than answers on Google Books
Google insists it has the best of intentions following its settlement with book rights holders, but there is a strong undercurrent of distrust in the publishing community.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Saturday, August 29

Report: Wolfram Alpha to offer API for data feeds
Wolfram Alpha is opening up its data via an application programming interface. It's a good move that allows others to take advantage of collective information resources.
(Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg)

Facebook's iPhone update paves the way for apps
The social network's latest iPhone application update sure does make it feel like an app launcher of its own. Are Facebook apps making their way to the popular handset?
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Apple, AT&T face yet another iPhone MMS lawsuit
The companies have to respond to a third publicized lawsuit claiming that consumers were duped into believing that the iPhone was capable of sending and receiving MMS.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Shuttle lights up sky with spectacular launch
The shuttle Discovery, delayed by bad weather and problems with a hydrogen valve, roared to life and rocketed into orbit overnight Friday to kick-start a space station resupply mission.
(Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

Apple says it's not to blame for 'exploding' iPhones
In an internal investigation into accusations, Apple denies that there is a problem with the iPhone that would cause it to spontaneously crack or explode.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Coupons you don't clip, sent to your cell phone
Mobile coupons, usually text messages with discount codes sent to a cellphone, are becoming the blue-light specials for the Digital Age.
(From The New York Times)

Augmented reality on iPhone: Secretly inside Yelp
Launching Yelp's "Monocle" Easter egg, found by shaking your phone three times, brings up overlaid restaurant and bar data that moves as you move.
• Yelp app makes debut on BlackBerry, Palm Pre
• iPhone Yelp gets happy hour deals, moving maps
(Posted in iPhone Atlas by Scott Stein)

Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
Critics question revised proposal from Sen. Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary to respond to a "cybersecurity emergency."(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Friday, August 28

Bill would give president emergency Net powers
Critics question revised proposal from Sen. Jay Rockefeller to let the White House do what it deems necessary in a "cybersecurity emergency."

Cyberbullying case to test Megan's law
A harassment case involving a sexually suggestive Craigslist ad revolves around a Missouri law passed last year following the suicide of Megan Meier.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Lance Whitney)

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Do signs from Intel, Dell point to real turnaround?
Intel and Dell are indicating that PC demand may be increasing but it's not clear how permanent the trend is.
• Intel boosts outlook for third quarter
• Dell reports lower earnings, but beats the Street
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

BrowserPlus rides on Yahoo Messenger coattails
Yahoo has begun spreading its browser-boosting plug-in by including it in the installation of the next Yahoo Messenger.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Study paints Kindle e-reader dark green
Are electronic readers better for the environment? An analysis by the Cleantech Group finds, when used to replace paper, Amazon's Kindle is less polluting over its lifetime.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Brin, wife give $500K to Creative Commons
Google co-founder Sergey Brin and 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki donate $500,000 to the copyright reform group to help build out its science initiative.
(Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

Apple lands deal to sell iPhone in China
China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone into the massive market in the fourth quarter--but with Wi-Fi disabled.
• Facebook 3.0 for iPhone pours on the features
(Posted in Wireless by Jonathan Skillings)

Apple's Snow Leopard makes tracks
special coverage Launching Friday, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard brings a host of updates. Keep an eye here for the latest news, plus a full review, tips, slideshows, and videos.
• 64-bit Snow Leopard defaults to 32-bit kernel
• Beware fake Snow Leopard sites
• Images: Snow Leopard
• Photoshop CS3? No problem
• Review: Snow Leopard worth cost

Computers unraveling complexity of disease
Eric Schadt is one of a handful of scientists blending mathematics, biology and supercomputers to pursue a new understanding of human biology.
(From The New York Times)

Rise of the high-def Netbooks
Netbooks with a high-definition 1,366x768 display offer a clear reason for stepping up to a more expensive system.
(Posted in Crave by Dan Ackerman)

Nonprofits to test Facebook pay platform
Four charitable groups--Project Red, Kiva, Toms Shoes, and the World Wildlife Fund--will be selling virtual gifts through Facebook to raise funds.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Putting a Net-controlled robot on 'guard duty'
Home surveillance robots can be fun--at least the Rovio is. CNET's Josh Lowensohn spent a week with this three-wheeled robot watching over his house.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Algae-coated buildings touted as climate fix
In a report, the U.K.'s Institution of Mechanical Engineers concludes that artificial trees, algae-growing buildings, and white roofs offer the most promise.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

First-gen YouTube celebs: Where are they now?
They went from everyday people to overnight Web stars, all thanks to a newfangled site called YouTube. Some are still at it. Others moved on to new, related ventures.
(Posted in Digital Media by Michelle Meyers)

Thursday, August 27

Apple's Snow Leopard makes tracks
special coverage Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard brings a host of updates. Keep an eye here for the latest news, plus a full review, tips, slideshows, and videos.
• Beware fake Snow Leopard sites
• Images: Snow Leopard
• Photoshop CS3? No problem

YouTube's first celebs: Where are they now?
From Bowiechick to dancing Matt Harding, they became overnight Web stars. Some are still at it. Others moved on to new, related ventures.

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Shuttle launch delayed again by valve glitch
NASA managers order yet another launch delay for the shuttle Discovery to make sure a suspect valve in the ship's engine compartment will work properly during fueling.
(Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

Dell reports lower earnings, but beats the Street
Company still betting on 2010 for an enterprise "refresh cycle," while sales begin to show some stabilization. Dell also confirms it's working with China Mobile.
(Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder
Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
• Is Pirate Bay sold? Don't believe it
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

How the Wright brothers landed an Army deal
photos In 1909, the U.S. government paid $30,000 for a Wright Flyer, and Signal Corps Airplane No. 1 thus became the world's first military airplane.

Apple gets higher profile in HTML standardization
The group standardizing the fast-changing language of Web pages now has three leaders, and an Apple manager occupies the new seat.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Google could be adding mortgage info soon
A lawsuit between LendingTree and one of its technology providers has revealed that Google is also interested in using the latter's tech to offer mortgage information.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

FCC votes to look at 'innovation' in wireless industry
The unanimous vote is a step that could lead to more regulation, including a curb on exclusive deals like the one between Apple and AT&T.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

IBM eyes molecule 'anatomy' for future computers
Scientists have imaged the chemical structure of an individual molecule, which may lead to the construction of electronic building blocks on an atomic scale.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Google Book Search? Try Google Library
Friday's conference over the Google Book Search settlement will focus on privacy, quality, and Google's unique role as a private company operating a public library.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Google adds translation to Docs
Want to translate something you've written, or something that's been shared with you on Google's Docs and Spreadsheets service? Now you can.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Windows 7 to get New York launch
Microsoft is planning two Big Apple events, including the October 22 launch for Windows 7 as well as a consumer "open house" earlier in the month.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Facebook ratchets up privacy controls (again)
This time, Facebook is responding to advocacy groups' and policymakers' concerns about the amount of user data exposed to third-party developers.
• ACLU chapter flags Facebook app privacy
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Italian antitrust group examining Google News
Several Italian publishers claim Google threatened to exclude them from search results in retaliation for withholding their content from Google News.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Wednesday, August 26

Apple's Snow Leopard worth the upgrade
review Next generation of the Mac OS is in. Users will like its smartly designed interface, and Exchange support is a must-have (especially with Outlook for Mac on the way).
• Great news for Windows 7
• Hands-on: It's all about speed
• Full coverage

Sculpture that fits on the head of a pin
photos With a very steady hand, Willard Wigan creates tiny works of art--so minute that they're visible only through a microscope.

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ACLU chapter flags Facebook app privacy
Northern California chapter's new campaign aims to raise awareness of the fact that not only can third-party apps on Facebook's platform access your data, they can see some of your friends', too.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Zune marketing exec says good-bye to Microsoft
Chris Stephenson, one of the employees Microsoft tasked with building Zune into an iPod challenger, is headed to Universal Music Group.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

iPhone app issue shows mobile Net growing pains
Useful applications such as Google Voice won't be blocked from the iPhone as competition, Apple changes, or Web apps will break today's logjam.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

PG&E to compress air to store wind power
Pacific Gas & Electric says it is applying for stimulus funds to build a compressed-air storage facility able to store as much energy capacity as a medium-size power plant.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents
TiVo alleges AT&T and Verizon are violating three of its DVR patents, in a repeat of the tack it took against Dish/EchoStar.
(Posted in Digital Media by Larry Dignan)

Apple: 'Technical issues' holding up Vonage app
Company says it's working with the developer of the voice over Internet Protocal app on some "technical issues."
(Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

Open Book Alliance to oppose Google Book deal
Amazon, Microsoft, and Yahoo have joined forces with library and author groups to oppose Google's settlement with publishing groups over digital book scanning.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Blu-ray not yet finding a home on PCs
The format is enjoying strong growth in the consumer space, but is still trailing far behind DVD in the PC market, according to a research report from iSuppli.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Nokia unveils new mobile financial service
Nokia Money will let consumers pay for purchases, take care of bills, and send money to other people, all from their cell phones.
(Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

Wikipedia community grapples with changes
For the first time, the free encyclopedia's English version will soon require editors' approval before edits to articles on living persons go live. It's probably not the end of life as we know it.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Michael Robertson: Digital music's bad boy was right
Robertson pegged the problems with ad-supported music sites two years ago, and today the sector is struggling. He now says iTunes will fall. Is he right about that as well?
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also facing injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

A Hummer getting better than 100 mpg?
Testing shows Hummer H3E can go all-electric for its first 50 miles. Going by GM's Chevy Volt estimate method that's 190 mpg in city, Raser says.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

Tuesday, August 25

Sony's e-reader goes wireless
With the new 3G-equipped Reader Daily Edition joining two other models, Sony reinforces the message that it's not ceding the market to Amazon.
• Photos: Sony Reader Daily Edition

Augmented reality: The future of toys?
With its i-Tag toy tie-ins to James Cameron's "Avatar" movie, Mattel is just scratching the surface of what's possible

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Symantec pulls Norton patch after error reports
Security company offers fix after faulty patch prompts error messages for Norton users.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Microsoft apologizes for race-swap photo incident
Software maker offers mea culpa after its Polish subsidiary used photo editing to change the race of a person shown on its Web site.
• Microsoft swaps race in Web site photo
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

In Stockholm, sanitation expert rocks the potty
Bindeshwar Pathak introduces a toilet that can save not only water but also human lives, flushing away a common means of spreading infectious disease.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

YouTube ad money available to more users
Long knocked for being unable to turn amateur-made clips into profits, the video site will sell ads for anyone who comes up with a hot video.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Browserless Windows 7 refuses to go gracefully
Microsoft said last month that it was scrapping entirely its plans for separate "E" versions of Windows 7. So why are they still listed in their online store?
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Facebook hires an open-source dude
Leaving his current gig at Six Apart, David Recordon will join Facebook as senior open programs manager.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Apple readying MacBook makeover?
The entry-level notebook is reportedly getting an overhaul that will result in a slimmer, lighter enclosure, as well as new internal architecture.
(Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

Steam Car team claims record run
The British Steam Car project says its namesake vehicle averaged nearly 140 mph in two runs over a measured mile, good enough to beat out a Stanley Steamer.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Jon Skillings)

Google patches severe Chrome vulnerabilities
Maliciously crafted JavaScript and XML could let an attacker take over a person's computer through the stable version of Chrome, Google warns.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
An appeals court rules that a judge was hasty in deciding Novell didn't sell Unix copyrights to SCO Group.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Google Maps adds traffic data from your cell phone
Traffic on side streets will now be visible on Google Maps, using data gathered from the reams of cell phone users driving around using the Google Maps application.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

U.S. lags other nations in Internet speed
Average download speed in U.S. is slower than that in 27 other countries, says report from the Communications Workers of America. South Korea lands top spot with fastest Internet speeds.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Lance Whitney)

Monday, August 24

With backlog cleared, Yahoo back on track
Improvements to Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and search introduced Monday are long overdue, but their launch gives Yahoo room to right the ship.
• Yahoo gets more social with updates

Microsoft's phone push for emerging markets
Redmond readies OneApp, software that lets feature phones access various mobile Internet services. First stop: South Africa.

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Legal, financial maelstrom hits Pirate Bay
roundup Recent days have been tumultuous for the BitTorrent tracker and its would-be buyer, Global Gaming Factory X.
(Posted in Digital Media by CNET News staff)

How to heal a broken (or weakened) heart
Biotechnology researchers in Israel have engineered a "cardiac patch" out of recycled heart muscle in newborn rats, and hope to proceed to human clinical trials soon.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
New feature to be deployed soon on a test wiki assigns an experienced editor to sign off on changes to articles on those who are alive and well.
(Posted in Digital Media by Michelle Meyers)

Microsoft coy on apps for Zune HD
There will definitely be an option to download some basic games, but Microsoft is hedging on whether it will offer more options in time for the product's fall launch.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Coder shows Firefox with multitouch Web apps
Firefox itself already has some support for multitouch gestures. A Mozilla programmer now is demonstrating multitouch Web apps within Firefox.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

The e-book battle heats up as e-readers take sides
Irex Technologies announces that its upcoming consumer e-reader will boast Barnes & Noble e-books. E-books are becoming an arms race.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Intel, Microsoft plan Windows 7 event
The companies will hold an event next week to discuss collaboration on improvements to the forthcoming Windows 7.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Chevron taps solar-powered steam to get more oil
Chevron signs a deal with BrightSource Energy to create steam from solar thermal systems to improve oil exploration.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Eyeing Webkit, RIM acquires Torch Media
Smartphone maker confirms its intentions to compete with Apple in the mobile browser space by buying a Webkit developer.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Rhapsody tries music subscription iPhone app
Real Networks' subscription music service plans to submit for Apple's approval an application that would enable users to stream music to their iPhone or iPod Touch.
(Posted in MP3 Insider by Donald Bell)

Who owns transit data?
Some transit agencies are opening up their data, some keep it under lock and key. But the prevailing movement is clearly toward openness.
(Posted in Rafe's Radar by Rafe Needleman)

China's BYD to bring electric cars to U.S. in 2010
The electric car company, part-owned by Warren Buffet, plans to enter the U.S. market next year and test an all-electric sedan aimed at raising brand awareness.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Apple to ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard on Friday
Snow Leopard isn't so much about adding new features as it is about refining the code in the Apple operating system.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Sunday, August 23

Living with Office 2010
With Windows 7 out the door, CNET News' Ina Fried decided to move on to her next "dogfooding" project--trying out the early test version of Office.

A short history of shrinking game consoles
Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years.

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Jailed SF network administrator faces fewer charges
Judge dismisses most of the charges against a former San Francisco network administrator accused of hijacking the city's computer network.
(Posted in Security by Steven Musil)

Records show Global Gaming chair stepping down
Magnus Bergman has filed documents to end his affiliation with Global Gaming Factory X, the company attempting to acquire The Pirate Bay.
• Sweden launches criminal probe of Pirate Bay sale
• Global Gaming CEO says LA Times reporter knows investors
• Pirate Bay acquisition appears to be unraveling
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Saturday, August 22

Jobs' surgeon specializes in cancer recurrence
Dr. James Eason, who performed Steve Jobs' liver transplant earlier this year, gives his first interview on the subject to Bloomberg.
(Posted in Apple by Natalie Weinstein)

Ellison's salary drops to $1
Oracle founder Larry Ellison agrees to receive a symbolic salary for fiscal 2010. But don't worry, he won't exactly starve.
(Posted in Business Tech by Natalie Weinstein)

Intel acquires two software firms
Chipmaker has snapped up two companies in the last 30 days with aim of boosting development of applications that take advantage of multicore processors.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Report: AT&T to require smartphone data plans
Customers buying or upgrading to a smartphone will be required subscribe to the data plan starting next month.
(Posted in Wireless by Natalie Weinstein)

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
CNET Reviews checks out the Sony PS3 Slim, the 2010 Chevy Camaro, a Samsung home theater system, and more.
• Week in review: Gaming gets small

AT&T denies squelching Google Voice for iPhone
Apple's carrier partner says it "had no role" in the approval process for Google Voice, while Apple says it's actually still "reviewing" the application.
• Apple sheds light on App Store approval process
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

McAfee seeks gag on exec ousted over options
Former McAfee President Kevin Weiss wants to clear his name after being awarded damages over his firing, but McAfee wants the information to remain confidential.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Yahoo wins appeal of music-streaming case
Yahoo's music services are not interactive enough to require it to pay the rights holders of songs additional royalty fees, a three-judge panel ruled in upholding an earlier verdict.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
Introduced at last fall's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

BEAR robot roars to the rescue
The Army-funded humanoid can locate victims in a mine shaft, battlefield, toxic spill, or quake-damaged structure and carry them over long distances to safety.
(Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha
Microsoft's search engine has reached a deal to display Wolfram content in Bing search results, but the details are still unclear.
• Survey: Linux users love Google, ignore Bing
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Friday, August 21

FCC takes closer look at wireless industry
Agency to launch two new inquiries to gather information on how competitive the market is and to look at truth-in-billing issues.

Pirate Bay deal hits rough water
Financial questions about the company bidding for the BitTorrent tracker cast doubt on whether a revamped Pirate Bay will launch anytime soon.
• Trading halted in stock of Pirate Bay bidder

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Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
Introduced at last fall's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha
Microsoft's search engine has reached a deal to display Wolfram content in Bing search results, but the details are still unclear.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Verizon turning cell phones into TV remotes
Carrier is reportedly about to launch a new application that allows its Fios TV customers to interact with their sets using their Verizon Wireless phones.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

The real Facebook-Twitter turf war: Marketers
Facebook has finally launched a feature to syndicate profile updates through Twitter, but it's only for its brand-based "fan pages." What gives?
• Facebook disables 6 phishing apps, but 5 more appear
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

The shrinking game console: A history
Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Survey: Linux users love Google, ignore Bing
The open-source crowd prides itself on diversity, but Linux "desktop" users' search behavior reveals anything but diversity.
(Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

Twitter pro accounts coming by year's end
Will Twitter actually make money? Yes, it appears, if businesses are willing to pay up for pro accounts with souped-up data.
• Twitter API getting location data
• Not so fast, Twitter: 'Tweet' isn't yours
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

New LED tech promises more flexible displays
Process for creating ultrathin LEDs could result in cheaper, better, more flexible displays for everything from windows to TVs to wearable health monitors.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Hearing set for appeal of Word injunction
A federal appeals court set a Sept. 23 hearing to evaluate whether to uphold a ruling that would force Microsoft to stop selling Word in its current form.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Hacker Mitnick may sue AT&T over data breach
Kevin Mitnick's mobile account gets breached. AT&T allegedly says it's not at fault and plans to drop his contract and not compensate for damages. Now he may sue.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Amazon sidesteps battle over Dan Brown book
E-tailer was poised for battle with Random House over "The Lost Symbol," but the publisher has backed down, paving the way for a Kindle version to appear the same day as the hardcover.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Salesforce turns in a robust second quarter
The company adds 3,900 net paying customers to hit a total of 63,200, and its financial targets were in line with estimates or better than expected.
(Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

Thursday, August 20

Los Angeles gets its Google Apps groove
The nation's second-largest city is close to overcoming security fears and jumping on the cloud computing bandwagon. Will other cities follow?

Bombarding cancer cells with proton beams
More precise than X-rays, proton beam therapy also requires huge and very pricey machines. Work at Lawrence Livermore could cut the size and cost dramatically.

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Facebook disables 6 rogue apps, but 5 more appear
A handful of unwelcome applications were sending Facebook users to a phishing site, stealing passwords, and then spamming users' friends.
• Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Nokia considers entering Netbook market
The world's largest handset maker may be making a play for the Netbook market, according to remarks the company CEO made at a press event.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Report: Palm spurned Apple offer on hiring
Steve Jobs in 2007 wanted to stop Apple execs from jumping ship to Palm, but Palm's then CEO Ed Colligan wouldn't strike a deal, Bloomberg News reports.
(Posted in Apple by Lance Whitney)

Google Apps Script gets green light
The tool works mainly within the Spreadsheets app to automate various processes. Google's enterprise team also unveils a tool called Side-by-Side search.
(Posted in Business Tech by David Meyer)

Toyota holds back in race to go electric
Mitsubishi and Nissan hope to leapfrog Toyota and GM by focusing on battery-powered cars rather than hybrids like the Prius and the Volt.
(From The New York Times)

World of Warcraft jumps into print
Five years after the massively popular online game came out, its 11.5 million users will get a new view into its lore, its artwork and its processes with World of Warcraft: The Magazine. But will anyone buy it?
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Not so fast, Twitter: 'Tweet' isn't yours
Although Twitter applied for the "tweet" trademark, it doesn't look like the company will be able to secure it, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office document.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Smartphones moving to fancier flash drives
Better flash memory for smartphones will be comparable to the solid-state drives found in laptops today, according to Micron Technology.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Nintendo: We killed the DS lookalike app
Company confirms it requested the removal of the Nintendo DS lookalike app, DS DoubleSys, from Apple's App Store.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

iPod-toting geek, er, Greek gods
San Francisco artist Adam Reeder meshes geek culture with classical sculpture to make some tech-focused art.
• Photos: Imagining Greek gods as geeks
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Micro injections: Score 1 for needle-phobes
Researchers at Georgia Tech have designed a painless patch of "microneedles" that could replace hypodermics and even annual flu shots.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

Yahoo vents frustration over App Store process
An update to Yahoo Messenger for iPhone has been languishing in the App Store approval process for two weeks, which isn't sitting well with the company.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Wednesday, August 19

It's official: MySpace to acquire iLike
But it's not just a music deal. MySpace plans to extend iLike's technology to other areas of entertainment such as gaming and possibly film.
• iLike price a factor of Facebook dependence?

Microsoft details a fix for 'white space' interference
Company researchers tell MIT's Technology Review that it has a new algorithm that could be used to turn unused analog TV spectrum into new wireless broadband services.

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Not so fast, Twitter: 'Tweet' isn't yours
Although Twitter applied for the "tweet" trademark, it doesn't look like the company will be able to secure it, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office document.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Smartphones moving to fancier flash drives
Better flash memory for smartphones will be comparable to the solid-state drives found in laptops today, according to Micron Technology.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
A group of malicious Facebook apps is stealing log-in credentials and spamming friends, Trend Micro says.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Yahoo vents frustration over App Store process
An update to Yahoo Messenger for iPhone has been languishing in the App Store approval process for two weeks, which isn't sitting well with the company.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Blockbuster, Motorola team up for mobile movies
The movie rental retailer is partnering with the mobile-device maker to bring its OnDemand app to mobile phones. No release date has been announced.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Time Warner, YouTube ink distribution pact
The deal means YouTube will get more professional content like CNN news and shows like "Gossip Girl," and Time Warner can sell ad time and control channels.
(Posted in Digital Media by Larry Dignan)

PositivePress: A heavy-duty DIY Web archive
Want to start saving the Web? Iterasi's got a new service aimed at pros who want to permanently archive RSS feeds and search queries.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Photos: Loaded with promise in the R&D pipeline
Before fax machines, ATMs, and LCDs became everyday tech, they were recipients of R&D 100 awards. Here are some of this year's winners.

Microsoft's plan to get back in the phone game
The company's long-rumored "Pink" plans will start revealing themselves next year, as a long delayed overhaul of Windows Mobile hits the market.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Missouri woman charged with cyberbullying
After allegedly posting details about a teenage girl on Craigslist, Elizabeth Thrasher becomes first person charged with cyberbullying under Missouri state law.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Lance Whitney)

Rogue pharmacies still a problem for search engines
A recent report on sponsored search ads on Bing highlights the ongoing challenges posed by shady drug vendors to Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo.
(Posted in Health Tech by Lance Whitney)

Challenge to Google Books settlement focuses on class actions
A lawyer plans to file a new objection to Google's settlement with book rights holders claiming that class action lawsuits were not intended to strike licensing deals.
• Report: Google near Book Search deal in France
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Microsoft releases SQL Azure Database preview
Free trial of its cloud-based relational database is made available, along with a preview of an SQL Server driver for building PHP applications for the Azure platform
(Posted in Business Tech by David Meyer)

Tuesday, August 18

Microsoft asks for stay of Word injunction
The software maker also asks court to quickly hear an appeal of the order, which threatens to halt sales of Microsoft Word in its current form.

Sony announces $299 PS3 Slim
In Germany, Sony unveils a new game console with the same features and functions as the "old" PS3, but smaller and lighter.
• Live blog: Sony's unveiling
• Photos: PlayStation 3 Slim

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HP quarterly profit dips 19 percent
Sales at the computer maker were down for the third quarter in every category, except the services division.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

EU's exploding-iPhone investigation heats up
The European Commission is looking into reports of exploding iPhones and iPod Touches, and Apple is reportedly cooperating.
(Posted in Crave by Matt Hickey)

Report: Google near Book Search deal with French library
After opposing Google's efforts to digitize the world's books, the national library of France is near a deal with the search giant to obtain access to its archives, according to a report.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

September 9, 2009, could be a Beatles perfect storm
For the first time, the Beatles' entire catalog will be released, in stereo, in one fully digitally re-mastered collection. Will an iTunes announcement happen the same day?
(Posted in Digital Media by Daniel Terdiman)

Google Project 10^100 update 'within a month'
Delayed several times, Google's competition is finally ready to start narrowing down the 150,000 ideas submitted in hopes of winning part of $10 million in funding.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Report: Nvidia readies Intel-disputed chip
Nvidia is readying silicon that would work with Intel's newest processors, according to a report. In February, Intel sued Nvidia in an attempt to prevent it from bringing chips of this sort to market.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Judge: 'Skanks in NYC' blogger may be unmasked
A New York court rules that Vogue cover model Liskula Cohen has a right to learn the identity of a blogger who called her, among other things, a skank.
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon
Researchers say they have developed a routing algorithm that can help big Internet companies reduce their energy bills by millions of dollars.
(Posted in Green Tech by Marguerite Reardon)

Nintendo DS lookalike app no longer in App Store
DS DoubleSys, which mimics the Nintendo DS experience, is no longer available from the iTunes App Store. The app's developer remains tight-lipped on the removal.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Leap applies for stimulus funds as big carriers pass
Major ISPs, such as Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast, are sitting out the first round of stimulus funding, but smaller players like Leap Wireless are applying.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Barnes & Noble shutters how-to site Quamut
Barnes & Noble's how-to site Quamut has been shut down, although the bookseller will continue to sell the digital downloads and physical guides.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

BioSolar marks its biomass turf with patent app
The company files a patent application for solar-cell backsheets made from plant byproducts and 100 percent recyclable aluminum.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

Monday, August 17

'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom
Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.
• Should Sony cut PS3 to $299?

Concept cars make splash on Pebble Beach
photos The latest sports cars from Lotus, Devon Motor Works, Mercedes-Benz, and companies you've probably never heard of were on display next to some vintage autos at the Concours d'Elegance auto show this weekend.

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Three men indicted in largest U.S. data breach
Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers, and others.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Here come the 'Twitter, we did it first' lawsuits
A service that makes emergency-management messaging software has sued Twitter over alleged patent infringement. The legal documents, however, are pretty vague.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Report: Apple music event September 9
The event is said to be completely music-focused, with no tablet announcements, according to AllThingsD.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

White House pulls e-mail for 'fishy' reports
Say good-bye to "flag@whitehouse.gov"--it's been deactivated and messages bounce back, a win for critics comparing it to an "enemies list" and surveillance program.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Yahoo Mail still king as Gmail lurks
Yahoo added almost 20 million e-mail subscribers in the last year, giving it more users than Hotmail and Gmail combined. Still, Gmail is growing at a faster clip.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

A truly hands-free Bluetooth headset
Darrell Huff, a 51-year-old from Centreville, Md., has made a truly hands-free Bluetooth headset for his quadriplegic son.
(Posted in Crave by Nicole Lee)

MSNBC acquires local news start-up EveryBlock
MSNBC Interactive News has acquired a small start-up called EveryBlock to help it attract more local news readers.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Preview of Jolicloud: The social Netbook OS
We give upcoming Netbook OS Jolicloud a spin. There's much to like, and a few things that may keep some users away.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Moonlight 2.0 goes beta
The new test version of the Silverlight-on-Linux software incorporates Silverlight 2.0 as well as a few features from Silverlight 3.0.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

How to finance a green-tech revolution
Venture-backed tech companies create lots of buzz, but many companies that create green jobs rely on different--and troubled--funding sources.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

IBM looks to DNA to sustain Moore's Law
As chip geometries get infinitesimally small, IBM is looking to DNA to make manufacture of future chips feasible.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Modern power moms flock to smartphones
Busy, multitasking mothers are turning to sophisticated devices to keep organized and stay connected.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Adobe's next Lightroom to forsake PowerPC Macs
As with Adobe's Creative Suite applications, the future version of Lightroom for the Mac will work only on Intel-based machines.
(Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

Sunday, August 16

Microsoft confirms Zune HD details
The tech titan acknowledges the pricing, availability date, and capacities for its upcoming touch-screen media player.
• Zune HD's processing punch
• A Bing-powered Web browser
• Poll: Want a Zune HD?

How turf wars, miscues crippled SpiralFrog
Before the doors closed at the once-promising start-up, money got tight, and the payroll went unpaid. Management squabbles made a bad situation even worse.
• Old users getting spammed
• SpiralFrog's turmoil, in missives

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Nortel sale to Ericsson stirs protest in Canada
The sale of research and patents to Ericsson of Sweden could endanger Canada's national security, opponents of the deal argue.
(From The New York Times)

Borders survey presumes a future 'iPAD' e-reader
Question in survey asks customers about e-readers and whether they plan to buy one of Apple's mystery "iPAD" large-screen reading devices.
(Posted in Apple by Michelle Meyers)

Saturday, August 15

The rise of the $299 Wal-Mart laptop
First Acer, then Hewlett-Packard, now Toshiba. The $299 laptop is a force to be reckoned with.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Evoking the romance of space travel, 1940s style
The Raygun Gothic Rocketship is a retro space ship "built" in 1944. In reality, it is one of the biggest art projects for the forthcoming Burning Man festival.
• Photos: Raygun Gothic Rocketship
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

New worries about children with cell phones
Parents who used to worry about whether to buy their children cellphones are now concerned about scams and improper texting.
(From The New York Times)

Researchers prove kernel is secure
An Australian research organization says it has absolute mathematical proof of the security of an operating system core.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

iLike's download store debuts
Famous for its popular Facebook app, iLike is making a foray into music downloads and will offer tunes from all four big record companies.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Legacy B-52 to launch futuristic WaveRider
X-51A WaveRider scheduled to be dropped over Pacific Ocean in December inaugural test flight.
(Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

Verizon completes initial 4G wireless test
The wireless provider has successfully completed the first test of its 4G wireless service in the first two markets: Boston and Seattle.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Textbook publisher to rent to college students
Facing growing competition, a leading publisher will rent college textbooks at 40 percent to 70 percent of the sale price.
(From The New York Times)

Study: Twitter is 40 percent 'pointless babble'
Also notable in data firm Pear Analytics' breakdown of tweet species is that there's less spam than expected.
• Twitter needs to die for micro-blogging to live
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

How condoms for men could be a thing of the past
Scientists at the University of Utah are making progress with a "molecular" gelatinous condom to be applied by women, on women, for women.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

Mozilla Labs rolls out usability 'Test Pilot' add-on
More than a year after announcing its intention to make usability and feature testing easier and more consistent, Mozilla has released its Test Pilot browser plug-in.
(Posted in Digital Media by David Meyer)

Friday, August 14

Google chief economist: Search scale is 'bogus'
q&a Hal Varian doesn't think Microsoft's decision to snap up Yahoo's search market share will give it any real advantage in making a quality search engine.

Getting a charge from the Chevy Volt
After writing about the Volt for over a year, CNET News' Martin LaMonica gets a quick, but very fun, ride from one of the car's designers.
•  Video: Feisty ride in the Volt

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Cocktail part of Apple's September event
Music industry insiders say Apple will debut its next-gen digital album experience, code-named Cocktail, at event on September 7.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Plug-in opens up federal courts, with your help
When you pay to download a court document, the next person won't have to, thanks to a Firefox browser plug-in that's a collaborative project of Princeton University and the Internet Archive.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Rhapsody connects to Facebook, Twitter
New buttons on every Rhapsody Web page let you share full songs via the two popular social-networking services.
(Posted in Digital Noise: Music and Tech by Matt Rosoff)

U.K. gets its own Pirate Party
Party, which is dedicated to tech and copyright-law reform, registers with the U.K. Electoral Commission, but its numbers are small--around 250 active members so far.
(Posted in Digital Media by Tom Espiner)

Microsoft makes a fine viral ad sans vomit
A Microsoft-sponsored video features a wonderfully impossible waterslide stunt. It is rapidly becoming a viral wonder, with nearly 1.7 million YouTube views in less than two weeks.
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Video game sales in free fall
For the fifth consecutive month, industry sales are down, and in July, sales were off 29 percent from a year earlier. So much for recession-proof.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Netscape founder backs new browser
Now a prominent financier, Marc Andreessen is backing a start-up called RockMelt that is building a new Internet browser.
(From The New York Times)

Use the iPhone on Verizon
Access the Verizon data network on your iPhone with one handy device.
(Posted in CNET TV by Tom Merritt)

Report: Apple board to discuss Schmidt replacement
The directors will meet Tuesday to talk about who can fill the role recently vacated by the Google CEO, according to The Wall Street Journal.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Social-networking ban for sex offenders: Bad call?
A just-signed Illinois law that bans registered sex offenders from social-networking sites might do more harm than good. Here's why.
• Should Illinois sex offenders be kicked off the Net?
(Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

Twitter plans to integrate retweets
Microblogging service unveils its plans to integrate retweeting into its service and accompanying API.
• Can the Twitterati help sell your soda pop?
(Posted in The Web Services Report by Harrison Hoffman)

Five million iPhones to return home
Unicom, China's second largest cell carrier, has bought 5 million iPhones and will start selling them to its customers in September.
(Posted in iPhone Atlas by Dong Ngo)

Apple planning September event?
No official word yet, but rumors are already swirling about the timing of the company's annual September event.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Thursday, August 13

The long shadow of IE 6
Microsoft has released two versions of its Web browser in the last few years, but in many ways its image remains tied to its 2001-era product.

Shooting the boss (and getting paid for it)
At more and more companies, employees are being encouraged to play video games together as team-building exercises.

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Shedding new light on tumors
A new material developed at the University of Virginia simplifies the imaging of low-oxygen regions of tumors associated with cancer aggressiveness.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

Apple planning September event?
No official word yet, but rumors are already swirling about the timing of the company's annual September event.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Microsoft confirms Zune HD details
The tech titan acknowledges the pricing, availability date, and capacities for its upcoming touch-screen media player.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Les Paul, recording-tech pioneer, dies at 94
Legendary jazz guitarist Les Paul's reputation as a guitarist and recording artist are overshadowed by his contributions to music technology.
(Posted in Crave by Dan Ackerman)

Next Mac Office, due by 2010's end, gets Outlook
The software maker says it is working on a new version of its Mac Office product, which will include a Mac version of Outlook, replacing Entourage.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

ReMail brings full text e-mail search to the iPhone
A new application for the iPhone indexes user e-mails and provides full-text search of their contents, a feat that the phone's built-in mail application fails to accomplish.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Oracle launches tool for virtual appliances
The database specialist has released a template builder that taps into JeOS to help developers build virtual appliances for Oracle VMs.
(Posted in Business Tech by Sally Whittle)

Google Reader gets better sharing, discovery tools
New Google Reader features make it easier to share content in places like Twitter and Facebook, as well as discover personal feeds from your friends--not just ones they subscribe to.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Start-up goes fishing for biofuels
LiveFuels to grow algae in its natural environment and harvest the oil from the fish that eat it. The harvested oil could fuel cars and trucks, the company says.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

New ICANN policy stops domain tasting
Policy has nearly wiped out the practice of buying up lots of domain names and dumping the unprofitable ones, says a new report from ICANN.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Lance Whitney)

Can the Twitterati help sell your soda pop?
Marketers are pouncing on the potential influence of active Twitter users to talk about their brands. The path to profit, however, is less clear.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Energy Department eyes superfast Ethernet
The federal agency wants to create a 100Gbps Ethernet network to connect its supercomputer centers--and then make it faster still.
(Posted in Wireless by Tom Espiner)

WSJ: China not requiring Green Dam software
Industry minister now says China won't force installation of the Internet filtering software on PCs shipped to the country, according to The Wall Street Journal.
(Posted in Security by Lance Whitney)

Wednesday, August 12

Is GM's Volt mileage claim legit?
Automaker says its electric car will get 230 mpg in the city. But there are questions about how plug-in vehicles should be rated on fuel efficiency.
• GM's virtual design studio
• To grow, GM tries to make small cars cool

Patent holder not out to destroy Word
It has won a ruling that could halt sales of Microsoft Word in its current form, but I4i says its goal is to build products, not kill a key part of Office.
• Microsoft unlikely to let Word injunction stand

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Open Social gadgets now available on iGoogle
Google's personalized home page service now offers gadgets that allow users to share photos and videos as well as play games with friends using the Open Social API.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

eBay for iPhone gets notifications, pay-on-phone
The app now includes push notifications that tell you when an auction is close to ending or when you've been outbid. It also lets you pay for things from the device.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Apple's Schiller responds to angry developer
Top-level exec Phil Schiller responds via e-mail to a developer, making it the second time in less than a week that he's reached out to set the record straight about the App Store.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Microsoft-Nokia pact takes aim at RIM
The BlackBerry maker, not Google or Apple, is the main target of the new team effort. Also, mobile Office apps for Symbian could take until 2011.
• Microsoft, Nokia ink Office deal
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

MySynths puts Photosynth inside Facebook
Want to share your Photosynth creations with Facebook friends? Now you can with a simple application that inserts them on Facebook pages.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Microsoft releases preview for next SQL Server
A preview of the next version of Microsoft's database product has been delivered to developers and will soon be made generally available.
(Posted in Business Tech by Tom Espiner)

A soldier's eye in the sky
Officials say smaller technologies and robots could make a difference for the soldiers who take on some of the most dangerous missions hunting out insurgents.
(From The New York Times)

Typhoon knocks out Asia telecom cable
Cut in undersea cable cripples connection speeds in Asia-Pacific region Wednesday, hitting Singapore and the Philippines.
(Posted in Wireless by Victoria Ho)

Report: Apple's smartphone market share rises
Apple's iPhone sees big gains in sales in the second quarter, boosting company's market share for the category to 13.3 percent, up from 2.8 percent in the same period last year.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Facebook launching Twitter-like 'Lite' site?
Alerts for a beta test popped up and then disappeared on Tuesday night. From the looks of it, a new stripped-down Facebook profile feature hit the Web prematurely.
• Facebook tweaks its terms to address ads, privacy
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Apple updates Safari, AirPort, and Multi-Touch
Company releases fixes for several problems, including security issues for the browser.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

HP, Dr. Dre plan new 'digital music ecosystem'
Famed rapper/producer is teaming up with the computer maker in an ambitious effort to overhaul the sound quality of digital music.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Microsoft workers seek Office suggestions
Inspired by Dell's IdeaStorm site, the unofficial MakeOfficeBetter.com lets people suggest product improvements, and rank those suggestions.
• Office, Windows get critical patches
(Posted in Microsoft by David Meyer)

Tuesday, August 11

How turf wars, miscues crippled SpiralFrog
Before the doors closed at the once-promising start-up, money got tight, and the payroll went unpaid. Management squabbles made a bad situation even worse.
• Old users getting spammed
• SpiralFrog's turmoil, in missives

MLB beefs up Roku's rotation
The $99 streaming-video set-top box adds live Major League Baseball games, the first live content available on Roku's device.

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Chevy Volt to pull 230 mpg in city
General Motors says the Chevy Volt gas-electric sedan, due out late next year, will get triple-digit fuel economy based on draft EPA methodology.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Kids' search terms: Sex, games, rock 'n' roll
Top 20 terms including "YouTube," "Wikipedia," and "sex," says Symantec, show that children want to be entertained, educated, and titillated.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney)

Apple adds antiglare to 15-inch MacBook Pro
Company decides to offer an upgrade option--already available on the 17-inch model--of an antiglare display instead of standard glossy.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Google invites feedback on secret search upgrades
Developers who want to offer their take on differences between Google's current infrastructure and a new, tweaked test version are invited to use the code word "caffeine" in feedback. Hmm.
(Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)

PayPal targets students, parents with debit cards
New program lets parents keep track of their kids' expenses and act as the bank by funneling money into a monitored debit account.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

'Rapid tests' target STD-tropical disease combos
New tests that use rapid flow-through technology to detect disease combinations, including HIV and malaria, are an industry first, according to developer.
(Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

Tilting at RIAA, a stalwart is upended
When Charles Nesson lost Joel Tenenbaum's music-downloading case last month, many saw a moment when an eccentric scholar's devotion to a soaring vision blinded him to practical legal realities.
(From The New York Times)

Intel, Micron develop flash chips for USB drives
The NAND flash memory, capable of 3 bits per cell, is based on 34-nanometer technology. The chips will be limited initially to flash drives.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal?
The social-networking titan scoops up FriendFeed, a service that gathers people's scattered online activity. It's a deal focused on talent, not product.
• FriendFeed features that Facebook needs to absorb
• Facebook gets Twitter-like search
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

USAA app lets iPhone users deposit checks
With USAA's updated iPhone, customers can take a picture of a check and deposit the funds directly to their bank accounts.
(Posted in Apple by Lance Whitney)

Windows 7 jump lists come to Chrome
Google Chrome fans who use the developer's build now get access to one of the best features in Windows 7, while Mac users also see some Chrome improvements.
• Windows 7: 64-bit to go prime time
• Windows 7: Complete coverage
(Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt)

Nvidia graphics tech set for future Intel chips
Intel and circuit board makers have licensed Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface technology, used typically in high-end gaming boxes, for future Intel chips.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Monday, August 10

Windows 7: 64-bit to go prime time
The transition to Windows 64-bit kicks into high gear with the release of Windows 7. Here are the compelling reasons to move to the 64-bit platform.
• Windows 7: Complete coverage

Facebook acquires aggregator FriendFeed
The social-networking titan scoops up FriendFeed, a service that gathers people's scattered online activity. It's a deal focused on talent, not product.
• FriendFeed features that Facebook needs to absorb

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Windows 7 jump lists come to Chrome
Google Chrome fans who use the developer's build now get access to one of the best features in Windows 7, while Mac users also see some Chrome improvements.
(Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt)

Nvidia graphics tech set for future Intel chips
Intel and circuit board makers have licensed Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface technology, used typically in high-end gaming boxes, for future Intel chips.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

VMware puts squeeze on Red Hat with SpringSource buy
The $420 million acquisition makes a true app lifecycle powerhouse, extending SpringSource's Java app tech to the cloud.
(Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

Apple preps software fix for MacBook Pro drives
Company is creating a fix for strange clicking sounds coming from MacBook Pro hard drives that are accompanied by temporary stalling.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Bank to offer check deposits via iPhone
USAA, a privately held financial and insurance firm that serves mostly military personnel, is becoming an innovator in mobile banking.
(From The New York Times)

Inside the short, troubled life of a music start-up
The hyped SpiralFrog music service had money, big partners, and promising traffic. What it didn't have was effective leadership or a strong business model.
• Can ads support Web music?
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Green electronics EPEAT registry goes global
EPEAT certification, which rates electronics on a variety of environmental factors, will be available to tech gear sold outside the U.S.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

GM joins with eBay to sell new cars online
A co-branded site will allow consumers to browse, negotiate, and then buy new GM cars online during a nearly monthlong trial in California.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Toshiba signs up for Blu-ray
Its rival format long since gone, Toshiba will move on with a new range of DVD players, HDTVs, and laptops that support multiple storage devices.
(Posted in Digital Media by Larry Dignan)

Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

URL shortener Trim gets cut off
It was costly and not worth the effort to compete with Twitter fave Bitly, according to a post by parent company Nambu Networks.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
An early version of an update to the browser is starting to emerge. Mozilla touts faster JavaScript, new style features, and more rapid delivery than with Firefox 3.5.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach
The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
(Posted in Apple by Jennifer Guevin)

Sunday, August 09

Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
Accounts of pro-Georgian blogger were targeted in denial-of-service attack that led to an outage at Twitter and problems at Facebook, Blogger, and LiveJournal, Facebook's security chief says.
• FAQ: The ins and outs of DoS attacks
• DoS attack cripples Twitter

For wireless companies, green is in
Wireless operators and handset makers are all going green, but Sprint Nextel and Samsung say they want to lead pack with the new Reclaim handset.
• Review: Samsung Reclaim SPH-M560

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Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

Mozilla issues first Firefox 3.6 alpha version
An early version of an update to the browser is starting to emerge. Mozilla touts faster JavaScript, new style features, and more rapid delivery than with Firefox 3.5.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Report: Apple, Google agreed not to poach each other's workers
The two companies are said to have had an agreement not to actively recruit each other's employees--at least that is before Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board.
(Posted in Apple by Jennifer Guevin)

Saturday, August 08

British military encouraged to get online
Ministry of Defence issues a 13-page guidebook encouraging military personnel to use blogs, social networks, and online games to tell their stories--within limits.
• NBA star's Twitter ID crisis rebounds on him and the site
(Posted in Digital Media by Jennifer Guevin)

Should Starbucks ban laptops?
Some coffee shop owners in New York are banning laptop users between certain hours of the day, as they sit there for too long and don't spend much. Should Starbucks take their lead?
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
The developer of the market-leading browser has become more actively engaged in hashing out many details of a proposed revamp of the Web page standard.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Targeted Twitter user blames Russia
Georgian blogger blames Russian hackers in attack that downed Twitter and affected his accounts on Facebook, Blogger, and LiveJournal.
• Attack targeted one user
• The ins and outs of DoS attacks
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Nortel CEO said to be leaving soon
Mike Zafirovski, who led the Toronto company into bankruptcy protection and oversaw the sell-off of wireless assets to Ericsson, will reportedly depart within weeks.
(Posted in Wireless by Michelle Meyers)

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including BMW Z4, Toshiba SDP93S portable DVD player, and Samsung Reclaim cell phone.

EU ombudsman slams Intel antitrust regulators
Investigator criticizes regulator in recent case, saying European Commission didn't include evidence that was potentially exculpatory for the chipmaker, according to The Wall Street Journal.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Google Voice to be retooled as Web app for iPhone
As it did when its Latitude application was rejected, Google plans to turn Google Voice into a Web-based app to clear the iPhone App Store.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Microsoft backtracks on free Office Live domains
Company started charging new customers for domain renewals last year, but had told early customers domains would be registered for free "in perpetuity."
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Friday, August 07

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Thursday, August 06

Cisco sees positive economic trends
CEO of the tech industry bellwether says quarterly orders for networking gear followed normal trends, signifying the economy is likely improving.

What On2's video tech might mean for Google
Google is ponying up $106.5 million for video compression technology. Does it just want it to make YouTube cheaper to run, or does it have something grander in mind?

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Mac OS X 10.5.8 update is out
A new batch of fixes improves security, Bluetooth compatibility, connection issues with AirPort networks, and increases RAW image support.
• Apple fixes hole with Mac OS X image viewing
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

IDC: Online ad spending down again
Spending declines in the States and worldwide for the second consecutive quarter, according to the market research firm, and a recovery may still be a ways off.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

Elvis impersonators, patriot jets salute MyTouch arrival
What do Elvis, skydivers, and confetti have to do with a cell phone? We're not sure either. But T-Mobile used all of those, along with all sorts of other random hoopla, to celebrate the release of the MyTouch 3G.
• Photos: Campy S.F. launch for MyTouch 3G
(Posted in Crave by Dara Kerr)

Wednesday, August 05

Windows 7 bug likely not a 'showstopper'
Microsoft says it is looking into reports of a bug in the final version of Windows 7, but the head of the business says it has yet to reproduce the issue in question.
• Users start to get final Windows 7 this week
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Solid-state rivalry sizzles: Toshiba ships 512GB SSD
Toshiba has begun volume shipments of solid-state drives ranging up to 512GB in size, as these hyper-fast storage options bulk up on capacity.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

New Chrome beta reflects bigger Google challenge
Google has moved several features to its more beta version of Chrome. Next up: moving beyond the early adopters.
• What Google's got cooking with Chrome
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

URL shortener Trim takes a tumble
It's not yet clear what caused the temporary outage on Wednesday, but a link to a popular airline fare promotion may have caused server overload.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Convulsion in browser share stats: Safari plunges
A change in how Net Applications measures browser share led to an apparent drop for Apple. Safari's growth, though, didn't change.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Embedded Android code goes open source
The company behind MIPS has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.
(Posted in Webware by David Meyer)

New Palm brand design chief hails from Apple
Jeff Zwerner becomes Palm's fourth executive with experience at its rival smartphone maker.
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Report: iPhone muscles in on smartphone profit
Despite only having only having an 8 percent share in the smartphone market, Apple walked away with 32 percent of the profits for the industry, according to AllThingsD.

Energy Department awards auto battery grants
The White House names the battery and auto companies that will receive a share of $2.4 billion in grants to promote vehicle battery manufacturing in the U.S.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Tuesday, August 04

Why consumers won't buy tablets
Apple's mythical tablet, the Crunchpad, and other keyboardless computers have one thing in common: nobody wants them.

Reflecting on the DTV transition1 hour, 56 minutes ago
q&a CEA President Gary Shapiro talks about the 25-year process of bringing the U.S. into the digital television era, and where we go from here.

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Yahoo has escape clause in Microsoft search deal
Yahoo has reserved the right to terminate its search deal with Microsoft, if it doesn't maintain an unspecified amount of revenue per search and query market share.
(Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

EA posts sizable loss, but touts big Sims 3 sales
Video game giant's first-quarter broad results are not good. But the third full iteration of the Sims franchise got off to an impressive start.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

New York rolls dice on semiconductors
State heavily subsidizes chipmaker to build manufacturing plant in area hard-hit by unemployment.
(Posted in Business Tech by John Bentley)

North Korea pardons Current TV journalists
During visit with former President Bill Clinton, Kim Jong Il issues "special pardon" to two detained U.S. journalists working for the Internet news site co-founded by Al Gore.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dara Kerr)

How Vizio will stand out among the sea of Web TVs
The TV maker will offer a nifty remote control and integrated Wi-Fi, and give options to application developers for its Net-connected TV coming this fall.
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

Yahoo's Delicious adds a little Twitter
Yahoo's Delicious social-bookmarking service has revamped the way that it finds fresh content, which includes making use of data from Twitter.
(Posted in The Pervasive Datacenter by Gordon Haff)

Ancestry.com files to go public
Genealogy site hopes to raise around $75 million with its initial public offering. Launched on the Web in 1997, the site now has almost 1 million paying customers.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

Flickr's new search tool puts details into focus
Search results page now focuses on thumbnails and makes it easier to discover groups and photographers who take shots relating to your search term.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Electric-car maker Think plots rebound
Derailed by money problems, Think hopes to jump-start itself financially and begin production of a small electric car in the fourth quarter.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Chrome gives Google bookmark sync religion again
Google's browser will get its own ability to synchronize bookmarks soon. Could its message-passing infrastructure be useful for Chrome OS, too?
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Military to get priority Google Voice accounts
Within 24 hours of sending a request, active military members will get the service that lets users assign a single number to ring their home, work, and cell phones.
(Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

With latest ruling, TiVo-EchoStar battle slogs on
TiVo has lost an important battle with EchoStar. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected two of the claims in TiVo's DVR patent.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Giant particle collider struggles
After 15 years and a showy "switch-on" ceremony, the Large Hadron Collider is riddled with bad connections.
(From The New York Times)
• Culprit found for latest Hadron Collider leaks

Monday, August 03

Microsoft apps--only suckers pay retail
Microsoft's retail prices? Ignore them. Plus, secret programs for tech companies.
• Review: What Windows 7 delivers
• Pricing the Windows 7 family pack

Google's Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board
The Google CEO, who has been on Apple's board of directors since 2006, is stepping down because of a growing number of conflicts of interest.
• Report: FCC looks into rejection of Google Voice app

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New Firefox patches authentication security holes
Two critical problems with how Mozilla's browser handles authentication processes could let an attacker see encrypted data or take over a machine.
(Posted in Security by Stephen Shankland)

PayPal suffers from e-commerce outage
eBay's online payment system suffered outages for about two hours Monday, but the company says it's working for most people again.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Report: Apple tried to silence family over exploding iPod
Company accused of offering a refund only if family agreed not to disclose any information about the incident, according to a U.K. newspaper.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Clearwire to widen WiMax coverage
Company will add 10 WiMax markets starting September 1 in its effort to blanket the U.S. with 4G wireless broadband service.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Nissan turns over a new Leaf
Nissan shows off pictures and releases details of its electric car, the Leaf, which will launch in 2010.
(Posted in The Car Tech blog by Wayne Cunningham)

Culprit found for latest Hadron Collider leaks
The liquid helium leaks that have pushed back the restart of the Large Hadron Collider are thought to have been caused by a fault in flexible hosing.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Tom Espiner)

Analyst views Apple tablet, sees Sept. launch
A recent article from Barron's offers up some new tidbits on Apple's much-rumored "slate-style" PC.
(Posted in Crave by David Carnoy)

DIY home surveillance with a Webcam
Too cheap to buy a real home security system? A Webcam gets you part of the way there. We examine a few ways to do it with an old computer or with some fun new gadgets.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

IDFusion offers app store for the Mac
With Bodega, it aims to do for the Mac what Apple's App Store did for the iPhone--give users a place to purchase and download applications.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Peter Sunde departs Pirate Bay
As spokesman for The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi was noted for his sarcastic criticism of copyright owners. He says he wants to write a book, start new projects.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Google aims at commuters with Google Apps ads
For a month starting Monday, billboards in four major U.S. cities will push the Web-based Google Apps service as an alternative to traditional office productivity software.
(Posted in Digital Media by Tom Krazit)

EA to take Sims 3 on new adventures
The expansion pack Sims 3 World Adventures, due in November, will let Sims players explore faraway destinations such as Egypt, China, and France.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney)

Borrego Solar to bankroll solar installs
To overcome a dearth of financing, solar installer Borrego Solar gets equity investor that will finance large commercial and government solar power projects.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Sunday, August 02

With Yahoo search gone, content becomes king
What kind of company will Yahoo be when the Microsoft search deal takes shape? A content company that needs to make hard decisions about how to attract eyeballs.
• Roundup: Microhoo a done deal
• Microsoft, Yahoo free to focus on new selves

Microsoft's Bach on Zune, Natal, WinMo
The head of the software giant's entertainment unit talks about key efforts in the consumer arena, including getting that movie you bought to play on multiple gadgets.

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Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)
review Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, it's where Microsoft needs to go and they went there. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to abandon XP remain to be seen.
• No browserless Windows 7
• Family pack pricing

Using software updates to spread malware
Researchers warn that attackers could put malware on machines by intercepting software updates on Wi-Fi networks.
• More Black Hat and Defcon coverage
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

U.S. weighs risks of civilian harm in cyberwarfare
Fears of collateral damage are shaping an effort to develop rules and tactics for carrying out attacks on computer networks.
(From The New York Times)

Whitman leads in cash for Calif. governor race
It's no surprise that the billionaire Internet exec has lots to spend, but she's also the leader in individual contributions, according to reports.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Michelle Meyers)

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Samsung Jet, RIM BlackBerry Tour 9630, and the Sonos Bundle BU250.

Saturday, August 01