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says any Net neutrality plan restricting its ability to charge extra
for higher-priority services would be harmful and contrary to Internet
principles.
The
consumer electronics giant uses its first developer conference in the
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hold the Apple comparisons?
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autos safer and more energy efficient with embedded computers and
wireless technologies are also increasing risk of being hacked,
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HP's former chief executive has not been
nominated for re-election to News Corp.'s board of directors and will
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Apple announces that it will provide a live video stream of
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Toshiba's Android Netbook compares favorably with Windows-Intel
Netbooks, though the operating system has a few drawbacks, according to
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Carrier says any Net neutrality plan restricting its ability to
charge extra for higher-priority services would be harmful and contrary
to Internet principles. More
The consumer electronics giant uses its first developer
conference in the United States to recruit app makers for its
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Hynix signs on to manufacture the once-theoretical memory
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Wall Street Journal reports the commission has been meeting with
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unused spectrum for unlicensed use. More
The proposed offshore wind farm in Massachusetts wins a legal
victory that clears one of the last permitting hurdles for Cape Wind.
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ATK Aerospace Systems successfully test-fires a five-segment
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administration wants to cancel. More
A
new wave of App Store offerings, including Proloquo2Go, is gaining
favor over clunky and uberexpensive devices for those with
communication disorders--and making assistive technology cool.
It's
one of the many questions we have leading up to Wednesday's Apple music
event. We look at what will happen to the iPod lineup, what's next for
iTunes on the Web, and the chances of seeing an improved Apple TV.
In midst of bidding war with Dell to acquire
storage vendor 3Par, HP receives authorization from its board to
repurchase up to $10 billion of its own shares as it sees opportunities.
"Affective computing" standards and
technology could help computers grasp human emotion. An intuitive user
interface sounds nice, but what about information overshare?
SocialDeck becomes the latest start-up to join Google, as the
search giant works feverishly over the summer months to build out its
social-technology portfolio. More
A new wave of App Store offerings, including Proloquo2Go, is
gaining favor over clunky and uberexpensive devices for those with
communication disorders--and making assistive technology cool. More
Fuel economy labels for new passenger cars are being upgraded so
consumers can compare electric cars and plug-in hybrids with
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About a year after Intuit's acquisition of Mint.com, it is
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has been tough for the company, it acknowledges. More
Company reaches a milestone in about six weeks with this line of
Android-based smartphones, which have been available via AT&T and
T-Mobile. Sprint is up next. More
In midst of bidding war with Dell to acquire storage vendor 3Par,
HP receives authorization from its board to repurchase up to $10
billion of its own shares as it sees opportunities. More
News stories from the Associated Press will once again flood the
pages of Google News, now that the two sides have resolved a months-long
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Four years after acquiring graphics card vendor ATI Technologies,
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products under its own name. More
Just the right number of gadgets and computers can enhance
productivity, but there is a tipping point when too many gadgets hinder
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In a major restructuring, the news-gathering organization will
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smartphones, and other digital platforms. More
In a vintage video clip, Apple's iconic CEO, Steve Jobs, kicks
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Less than a week after Communications Products Head Jason Titus
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follows suit. More
After the members of 4Chan expose a British woman who put a cat
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A major lens overhaul yields two new supertelephoto lenses and
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Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past
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National Association of Broadcasters wants all cell phones
to have FM receivers, citing public safety concerns, but critics say
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Games like FarmVille have developed vast followings, but how much
time and effort are some top players putting into them? Is it healthy?
We talk to the companies that make them and the folks who play them.
The film about Facebook's origins, with a plot the company
denounces as fiction, is stirring up Oscar buzz after a few stellar
first reviews. What does it mean for the movie and for Facebook?
Australian court orders resellers
there to temporarily halt presales of PS Jailbreak, a USB dongle that
would allow PlayStation 3 owners to dump borrowed games onto the
system's hard drive.
Games like FarmVille have developed vast
followings, but how much time and effort are some top players putting
into them? And is it healthy? We talk to some of the companies involved
and the players who are playing them.
Four patents held by a research organization the Microsoft
co-founder ran are at the heart of lawsuits against 10 prominent
companies, including Yahoo, eBay, and Staples.
National Association of Broadcasters wants all cell phones
to have FM receivers, citing public safety concerns, but critics say
it's a mere money grab.
Australian court orders resellers there to
temporarily halt presales of PS Jailbreak, a USB dongle that would
allow PlayStation 3 owners to dump borrowed games onto the system's
hard drive.
Games like FarmVille have developed
vast followings, but how much time and effort are some top players
putting into them? And is it healthy? We talk to some of the companies
involved and the players who are playing them.
The film about Facebook's origins, with a
plot the company denounced as fiction, is stirring up Oscar buzz
already after a few stellar first reviews. What's it mean for the movie
and Facebook?
The new Digg is out and available for everyone, but a few things
went awry or missing along the way. Digg's founder Kevin Rose has come
out with a laundry list full of things that are being done. More
Larry Magid travels to New Orleans just before the fifth
anniversary of Hurricane Katrina where he learns about the role
technology is playing in the region's recovery. More
Producers of Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker" did not
properly serve a subpoena on a South Dakota-based ISP, according to that
company's lawyers. More
Facebook is reportedly not only trying to trademark the word
"book" but the word "face." Yet Apple owns the trademark for FaceTime.
Might Cupertino object? More
Bill Mitchell, who led the team in charge of some of Microsoft's
early tablet efforts, has quietly left the company in recent months,
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cited against 10 prominent companies, including Yahoo, eBay, and
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Like Mozilla's Panorama, Chrome "Tabpose" combines tab management
with Apple's Expose idea in Chrome for Mac. Also on the way: hardware
acceleration and Chrome labs features. More
Parent company Conde Nast told the social-news site to quit
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Smartphones are central to several companies' plans to make
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phone in place of a credit card.
The company is called out by developers for failing to publish
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the GPL license. More
Rice University students spend their summer in Morocco
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Word leaks out that Google is looking for someone to steer an
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Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman signed The Doors and
pushed the adoption of the compact disc, but he has no time for music
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Automaker will use Wi-Fi to send its Sync software directly to
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improve quality. More
Trying to restore a semblance of order to the tab profusion
that afflicts some people's Web browsers, Mozilla introduces Panorama.
Also in new beta: Firefox Sync.
CEO Paul Otellini offers a warning to Washington: unless government
policies change soon, more jobs will disappear and "the next big thing
will not be invented here."
In a report about Apple possibly adding
99-cent TV show rentals to Apple TV, Bloomberg says the annual fall
event will be held the Tuesday after Labor Day.
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out paid search and international markets.
Bankruptcy protection filing shows some
major labels have canceled contracts with Playlist.com, but company
says Chapter 11 will give it breather and allow it to find new funding.
Software maker says it's looking into an
issue that may leave many Windows programs subject to an attack
mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting.
In a report about Apple possibly adding 99-cent TV show rentals
to Apple TV, Bloomberg sources say the annual fall event will be held
the Tuesday after Labor Day. More
Two girls at a Swedish school bug their teachers' staff room in
the hope of getting clues to getting better grades. Then one of them
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Cellmania makes software that is used to build application stores
at places like Sprint, and RIM may want its know-how for its BlackBerry
App World. More
Television shows could be a reality on iTunes. Apple is said to
be in talks with Fox, CBS, and Walt Disney to allow customers to rent TV
shows for 99 cents. More
Wired's Chris Anderson argues that the Web is "dead." While that
may not be entirely true yet, it's certainly true that it is shifting
into a new phase that will make it quite different to use than we're
used to. More
Want the convenience of Google's "Chrome to Phone" extension with
your iPhone? A new solution comes close, letting you send open browser
links to Safari on your phone. More
A blogger has found a simple way to bypass a new copy-protection
scheme for Android applications, but Google provides a tip for making
the technique much harder. More
When a prominent tech pundit can go dark on Google Buzz without
anybody noticing for two weeks as the result of a serious bug, it seems
Buzz is a bust.
CNET has an early review of Amazon's third-generation
e-reader, due to ship shortly. Most notably, the Kindle 3 is smaller
and lighter, and has an improved screen.
The software maker says that it is
looking into an issue that may leave many Windows programs subject to
an attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting.
Intel announces the first dual-core Atom
processor for Netbooks. Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, and others are
expected to follow with systems in the coming months.
Images of several forthcoming phones have
been making the rounds in recent days. Meanwhile, Microsoft tells
developers the final version of its app-building tools are coming next
month.
Patent application covers security measures
for dealing with and identifying unauthorized users and activities,
including the practice of jailbreaking.
Former HP chief executive Carly Fiorina promises a deregulatory
approach toward technology if elected U.S. senator, warning of Net
neutrality overreach and saying current politicians don't understand
Silicon Valley. More
Another patent application surfaces showing the iMac maker is at
least thinking about a way to incorporate its touch interface with its
desktop lineup. More
Despite reports, iTunes hasn't been compromised and the company
isn't aware of any sudden increase in fraudulent transactions, sources
tell All Things Digital. More
Google's search-by-sight product, which up until now has been an
exclusive to Android, is said to still be coming to the iPhone, and as
soon as this year. More
The software maker says that it is looking into an issue that may
leave many Windows programs subject to an attack mechanism known as DLL
preloading, or binary planting. More
The printer maker, in suits filed with the ITC and a U.S.
District Court in Ohio, accuses the 24 replacement laser cartridge
manufacturers of violating 15 of its patents. More
The European Organization for Nuclear Research says external
module on the International Space Station will look for antimatter and
dark matter while measuring cosmic ray composition. More
Swedish prosecutors say that, contrary to earlier reports, Julian
Assange is not suspected of rape and is not wanted. Wikileaks suspects a
political plot. More
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the
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Another acquisition for Google: this time turning to visual
search and e-commerce engine Like.com, which could help Google's product
and image search sites. More
Paul McGuinness is once again blaming ISPs for falling music
revenues. I agree with his plan: subscriptions are the answer. The
problem is how to implement them. More
The digital review copy has reportedly been downloaded by a group
of game modifiers. Although the group says it has no plans to
distribute the code, it's yet another big Halo leak. More
To market the new movie "The Last Exorcism," producers lead
apparently unsuspecting Chatrouletters to believe they are about to see a
girl take her clothes off. Until... More
Road Trip 2010: It wouldn't be possible to tackle weeks' worth of
reporting spread over 13 states without a good car, and for that, CNET
reporter Daniel Terdiman got the chance to drive 5,000 miles in
Porsche's Panamera. More
A marketing campaign for Mafia Wars Las Vegas--no, not the one
that involved Snoop Dogg blowing up a truck--hasn't gone over so well
with San Francisco authorities. More
Though acquiring spectrum plays a huge part
in offering 4G service, Sprint and Clearwire also have to surmount a
multitude of logistical and legal barriers.
The digital review copy has
reportedly been downloaded by a group of game modifiers. Although the
group says it has no plans to distribute the code, it's yet another big
Halo leak.
Another acquisition for Google: this time turning to visual
search and e-commerce engine Like.com, which could help Google's product
and image search sites. More
Paul McGuinness is once again blaming ISPs for falling music
revenues. I agree with his plan: subscriptions are the answer. The
problem is how to implement them. More
Facebook finally introduces its location-discovery and
location-sharing platform called "Places." Find out what it does, and
what it means for third-party location-sharing services. More
Verizon is adding more bells and whistles to its Fios TV service,
including an app that turns an iPad into a TV and several other new
options for taking your video content on the go. More
The launch of Facebook Places means start-ups like Foursquare are
forced to rethink their business plan--and consumers are forced to
re-think the entire idea of a location-based "check-in" service. • Facebook
unveils 'Places'
Verizon
is adding more bells and whistles to its Fios TV service, including an
app that turns an iPad into a TV and several other new options for
taking your video content on the go.
TV
makers, many of whom gathered at the DisplaySearch TV Ecosystem
conference Wednesday, still face roadblocks in convincing consumers of
the value of 3D at home and that the technology isn't just a gimmick.
Search ads work, which is why Google also
uses them to promote its own products and services. But a law professor
thinks Google has a major conflict of interest.
• Report:
Google TV struggling to find partners
Employees at a Pennsylvania school district
won't face criminal charges over secretly taking Webcam photos of
students via laptops they had brought home.
Worldwide PC processor shipments and revenues rose more than
usual in the second quarter compared with the first quarter of 2010,
according to IDC. More
The launch of Facebook Places means start-ups like Foursquare are
forced to rethink their business plan--and consumers are forced to
re-think the entire idea of a location-based "check-in" service. More
Survey
says 34 percent of iPhone users will leave AT&T when the smartphone
goes to Verizon Wireless. But it's hard to know if they will do what
they say.
Microsoft released the first IE back in 1995, but arguably the browser has never been more important to Redmond's future.
• Images: IE through the years
According
to a leaked memo, Oracle will release Solaris source code only after
its versions of the OS ship, a move that cuts off the OpenSolaris
project.
Verizon Communications shows it can deliver
a 1Gbps service over its Fios fiber network, but customers shouldn't
expect such a high-speed service anytime soon.
Among the features in the new test version
are support for machines running Mac OS X Leopard or higher, remote Web
access, support for add-ins, and alerts.
3Par offers highly virtualized storage
arrays designed to help businesses treat storage as a utility, meaning
they use--and pay for--capacity only as they need it.
Among the features in the new test version are support for
machines running Mac OS X Leopard or higher, remote Web access, support
for add-ins, and alerts. More
University of Washington researchers are testing a tool called
MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language
and transmit images over U.S. cell networks. More
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University of Washington researchers are testing a tool called
MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language
and transmit images over U.S. cell networks. More
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ComScore's July online-video rankings reveal that, as expected,
Google's YouTube reigns supreme as a destination among online-video
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Warren Spector, a prominent video game developer for Disney, says
at GDC Europe that if the industry isn't careful, it might get
marginalized as a niche market like that of U.S. comics. More
Verizon Communications shows it can deliver a 1Gbps service over
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Survey says 34 percent of iPhone users will leave AT&T when
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year, industry group says. More
Survey says 34 percent of iPhone users will leave AT&T when
the smartphone goes to Verizon Wireless. But taken with other surveys,
it's hard to know if users will do what they say. More
Warren Spector, a prominent video game developer for Disney, says
at GDC Europe that if the industry isn't careful, it might get
marginalized as a niche market like that of U.S. comics. More
Class-action
suit alleges that Clearspring Technologies and host of affiliates,
Disney among them, broke law by covertly tracking Web movements of their
users, including children.
The
massive social network is within weeks of finalizing a long-rumored
product that will let users share their locations and give developers
more geo-data to work with, sources tell CNET.
New,
dangerous combination of banking Trojan and exploit toolkit enables
criminals to transfer money out of U.K. accounts while users are logged
into the bank site, without them knowing it.
Users of phones using the Google technology
may soon be able to use the eBay service for app purchases, Bloomberg
reports. PayPal is already available on Android devices, but not in an
integrated fashion. • Making
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analysis The seeds for the patent and trademark infringement suit
against Google and Android were sown at Sun, but it took Oracle's
financial power to bring them to fruition.
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4food, which aims to be the first of about a
dozen New York burger joints that play by the rules of green tech and
social-media game mechanics, is one ambitious (and tasty) experiment.
State Department tells CNET it has not asked
other governments to investigate Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange;
meanwhile, group says it will release the remaining 15,000 Afghan war
files.
Road Trip 2010: After a mass gathering of droids--R2-D2s
and friends--at Celebration V, what happens when they must all go their
separate ways? A lot of beeping, booping, and confusion over whose R2
is whose. More
Starting Sunday, GRIP project to get close-up view of tropical
cyclones to learn how they become hurricanes and help people better
forecast and prepare for such disasters. More
Precious is a bike that is equipped with sensors that reveal just
what it is thinking and feeling. It is currently crossing America in
aid of the Livestrong charity. More
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thousands who flocked to see the "Star Wars" creator talk about the
history of the mega-hit sci-fi franchise. Lucas was joined onstage by
Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and interviewer Jon Stewart. More
The market research firm estimates that worldwide ad spending on
Facebook will hit $1.28 billion in 2010, quite a bit more than last
year's $665 million. More
A fifth of iPhone users made an insurance claim during the last
12 months, according to provider Protectyourbubble.com. Some of the more
interesting claims include dropping one from a hot-air balloon. More
What appeared to be the corpse of a young girl lying on the
sidewalk in Worcester, U.K., turns out to be a very much alive young
girl playing a prank on a friend. More
Google and Verizon's proposal for Net neutrality regulations will
be protested by a group of critics outside its Mountain View
headquarters Friday. More
An iStoryTime iPad app for the children's book "Danny the Dragon
Meets Jimmy" is the first to include a sign language mode for deaf
children, and costs $2.99. More
The company has taken a lot of heat for its joint proposal with
Verizon Communications for drafting Net neutrality rules. And now the
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State Department tells CNET it has not asked other governments to
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it will release the remaining 15,000 Afghan war files. More
The company's $46 billion cash
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earnings per share or a dividend, an analyst says. What do other tech
companies do?
Android users can now dictate actions on the
phone--like dialing or e-mailing--with their voices, and link their
phones with their Chrome desktop browser.
State Department tells CNET it has not asked
other governments to investigate Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange;
meanwhile, group says it will release the remaining 15,000 Afghan war
files.
The company has taken a lot of heat for its
joint proposal with Verizon Communications for drafting Net neutrality
rules. And now the Internet giant says it wants to set the record
straight.
• Net
neutrality protest planned at Google on Friday
Under legislation proposed by Supervisor
John Avalos, cell phone carriers would face new restrictions when
installing new cell phone antennas on public property.
Google's Android software infringes on several patents
related to Java, which Oracle acquired from Sun earlier this year,
Oracle says in suit filed Thursday. More
Reports point to the European Union's regulators getting involved
in the FTC probe launched last month that is examining Apple's role as a
mobile software distributor. More
New, dangerous combination of banking Trojan and exploit toolkit
enables criminals to transfer money out of accounts while users are
logged into the bank site, without them knowing it. More
A ballot measure to suspend a California emission-reduction law
until unemployment improves is decried by Google, which thinks that
could derail clean-tech investment. More
A woman reportedly decides that she's had enough of her boss and
the way he monitors his staff's online activity. So she uses a dry board
and the office e-mail to reveal, among other things, his FarmVille
obsession. More
The massive social network is within weeks of finalizing a
long-rumored product that will let users share their locations and give
developers more location-based data to work with, sources tell CNET. More
Shipments of game-capable mobile phones are expected to grow
about 11 percent this year, as shipments of consoles and handhelds slow,
according to iSuppli. More
Trojan comes hidden in a media player app and then sends
expensive text messages after it is installed. It appears to be
affecting Android smartphone users in Russia and to only work on Russian
networks. More
The
massive social network is within weeks of finalizing a long-rumored
product that will let users share their locations and give developers
more geo-data to work with, sources tell CNET.
New,
dangerous combination of banking Trojan and exploit toolkit enables
criminals to transfer money out of U.K. accounts while users are logged
into the bank site, without them knowing it.
It's
no more and no less than a peace offering in the raging Net neutrality
war, issued by two of the leading combatants, argues Stanford Law's
Larry Downes.
• Net
neutrality crusaders slam Verizon, Google
Trojan comes hidden in a media player app
and then sends expensive text messages after it is installed. It
appears to be affecting Android smartphone users in Russia and to only
work on Russian networks.
Microsoft says four fixes dealing with audio
and video codecs, Office, .Net, and Silverlight should be priorities.
Meanwhile, Adobe releases 10 critical fixes.
Project Vigilant is the mysterious
group whose members outed Wikileaks' alleged source and want to monitor
Internet attacks to find out who's behind them.
Guess what? Pretty much every company you know is using open
source. And open source systems management tools are solving a broad set
of enterprise needs. More
Supporters
of Net neutrality legislation and regulation lambasted Verizon and
Google for leaving wireless networks out of a proposal for new Net
neutrality rules. • Google,
Verizon propose Net neutrality framework
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about his dual passions--software and saving lives--and what he's up to
on both fronts.
• Gates:
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Moore's Law spoiled us
Jambool, the manufacturer of a product
called Social Gold, is said to have been purchased for a total of about
$70 million, according to a blog report.
Mobile hardware engineering chief's exit may
not have been solely related to iPhone 4 antenna issues. A report says
it was due to his failure to thrive in Apple's corporate culture.
Research In Motion's security for its
BlackBerry devices has won it many fans among the corporate elite, but
it's causing problems as the company looks to enter new markets.
A developer of "jailbreaking" software has
expanded its test product called Frash, which brings the exiled Adobe
Flash to iPhones and iPads that have been already jailbroken.
An international research team is awarded $2 million from the
National Institutes of Health to develop a nanochip brush that can
detect oral cancer in minutes. More
YouTube's new music section is nice, but it's a pretty passive
experience. A new Firefox extension turns it into something slightly
more useful: a full-fledged karaoke machine. FInd out how it works. More
Mark Hurd, who was at the helm of the largest computer
company in the world, has resigned after an investigation into sexual
harassment claims found he violated standards of business conduct. More
Supporters of Net neutrality legislation and regulation lambasted
Verizon and Google for leaving wireless networks out of a proposal for
new Net neutrality rules. More
Oracle CEO sends e-mail to The New York Times lambasting decision
by HP directors to oust CEO Hurd over sexual harassment claim,
inaccurate expense reports. More
GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, which count Microsoft and Google as
clients, stand to earn more than $3 billion each for long-term projects
focused on improving satellite photographic abilities. More
Google and Hewlett-Packard are just two of the companies
represented at the inaugural Techonomy conference, focused on the
economic power of innovation. More
The news that CEO Mark Hurd resigned hit at the close of
Wall Street on Friday. Monday morning trading of the company's shares
shows that investors aren't happy. More
To develop an exaflop computer, a thousand times faster than
today's fastest supercomputers, the government agency is tapping
chipmakers Intel and Nvidia, among others. More
Popular note-taking and personal scrapbooking service says it
experienced a hardware fault in July that left 6,000-plus users at risk
of losing data. More
Jambool, the manufacturer of a product called Social Gold, is
said to have been purchased for a total of about $70 million, according
to a blog report. More
CNET's
Maggie Reardon answers questions about wireless broadband services,
including why usage-based data billing may not be a bad thing for all
consumers.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has
decided to allow the government of Saudi Arabia access to BlackBerry
users' messages, in order to avoid a ban on the device in the country.
Formerly known as Project Playlist, the
digital-music service says it will continue to operate and expects to
come out of the bankruptcy protection period in better shape.
The renowned physicist suggests that, sooner or later, the Earth
is doomed. So the only hope for a continuation of the human race is to
begin to populate outer space. More
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has decided to allow the
government of Saudi Arabia access to BlackBerry users' messages, in
order to avoid a ban on the device in the country. More
news analysis
Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from HP over fake expense reports and a
relationship with an employee is the second major scandal on his watch
in his five-year tenure there.
Teens
in particular are turning to an app that assigns a real phone number
and turns their iPod into a free texting device. Should carriers be
worried?
A
report by AlterNet details how a large group of users has been banding
together for the past year to control what appears on the front page of
popular social news site Digg.com.
video
In this episode we talk with our three reporters who attended Black Hat
and Defcon about their experiences and takeaways from the annual
hackathon in the desert.
Mark Hurd, who was at the helm of the largest computer company in
the world, has resigned after an investigation into sexual harassment
claims found he violated standards of business conduct. More
As a well-managed company, HP's next few months will likely be
business as usual. But the next CEO has opportunities to expand HP's
reach and vision even further. More
Mark Hurd's abrupt departure from HP over fake expense
reports and a relationship with an employee is the second major scandal
on his watch in his five-year tenure at HP. More
Formerly known as Project Playlist, the digital-music
service says it will continue to operate and expects to come out of the
bankruptcy protection period in better shape. More
This back-to-school chart compares Dell's Studio line to Apple's
MacBooks. Is it really "apples to apples," as Dell puts it? Here's a
reality check on what consumers may place value on. More
A set of photos from particularly dramatic displays of the aurora
borealis visible to millions in the last few days due to what NASA
calls a coronal mass ejection. More
Reuters and other news agencies are reporting that Research In
Motion is close to finalizing a deal with regulators in Saudi Arabia to
keep its mobile e-mail service up and running. More
When it comes to tackling tough problems, Gates says the U.S.
political system is enough to make even an optimist like himself get
down in the dumps. More
Company investigation finds Mark Hurd "exhibited a profound lack
of judgment," engaging in a relationship with a contractor and approving
incorrect expense reimbursement for her. CFO Cathie Lesjak will take
over as interim CEO. More
The
U.S. Defense Department formally demands that Wikileaks return all
classified military records, and it leaves open what might happen to
the group's principals, if they refuse.
• Wikileaks
draws critics, censorship threats
They're
at it again and this time it's personal: Google's trying to hit
Facebook where it hurts, and Facebook is snapping up patents that may
make Google's social-media aims harder to achieve.
Google-Verizon
deal rumors seem to have crashed negotiations to resolve a legal
stalemate. Signs, however, point to real progress toward a lasting
solution, Stanford Law fellow Larry Downes argues.
• FCC
Net neutrality talks dead? • Google
denies Verizon deal
California's Supreme Court has ruled that a
former Google employee can proceed with a lawsuit against the company
claiming he was fired because he was too old.
Google and Hewlett-Packard are just two of
the companies represented at the inaugural Techonomy conference,
focused on the economic power of innovation.
Here's how an attacker could get an iPhone user to visit a
malicious Web page in order to exploit a new hole in the device's
browser, researchers say. More
Google and Hewlett-Packard are just two of the companies
represented at the inaugural Techonomy conference, focused on the
economic power of innovation. More
California's Supreme Court has ruled that a former Google
employee can proceed with a lawsuit against the company claiming he was
fired because he was too old. More
A fiber-based laser technology called BeamPath, commonly used to
treat head and neck cancers, may reduce the risk of damaging the nerves
necessary for erections in prostate cancer patients. More
Google-Verizon deal rumors seem to have crashed negotiations to
resolve a legal stalemate. Signs, however, point to real progress toward
a lasting solution, Stanford Law fellow Larry Downes argues. More
Reports of a Google-Verizon traffic-shaping deal only highlight
what no one is saying out loud. Net neutrality won't apply in the next
network battleground: wireless. More
Researchers find the most influential Twitterers aren't the most
prolific or most followed, but those whose tweets bounce across the Web
like a rock skipping across a lake. More
Microsoft's Live Labs team's new service lets users upload and
share images or entire sites using Seadragon tech, which it acquired in
early 2006. More
roundup Google CEO Eric Schmidt
talks Google Wave, Net neutrality, and society's connection to
technology at the inaugural Techonomy conference in Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Though
performance could be better and it could stand for some hardware
upgrades, the RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 and BlackBerry OS 6 offer
much-needed improvements to stay in step with the competition.
The search giant says the real-time
collaboration tool saw less use than the company had hoped. The company
will aim to use technology in other products.
TechCrunch reports that Slide, founded by
former PayPal exec Max Levchin, has sold for $182 million--impressive,
but less than half its reported $500 million valuation from a few years
back.
Google
CEO Eric Schmidt talks Google Wave, Net neutrality, and society's
connection to technology at the inaugural Techonomy conference in Lake
Tahoe, Calif. More
Speaking
to reporters, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that Android devices are
being sold at double the rate they were two months ago. As for Chrome
OS, it's still coming this year, he said. More
Speaking
on the sidelines of the Techonomy conference, Schmidt chalked up Wave's
lack of adoption to Google's strategy of trying difficult things and
seeing what works. More
Kicking
off the inaugural Techonomy conference, Google's CEO says that
technology is moving faster than society can answer the questions it
raises. More
The
search giant says the real-time collaboration tool saw less use than
the company had hoped. The company will aim to use technology in other
products. More
Almost
60,000 people around the world have played Foldit, a game much like
Tetris that involves folding proteins to tackle problems in medicine
such as disabling the flu virus. More
The
commission's settlement aims to restrict aggressive and potentially
anticompetitive business practices, and it leaves room for it to
challenge the chipmaker's future alleged practices. More
TechCrunch
reports that Slide, founded by former PayPal exec Max Levchin, has sold
for $182 million--impressive, but less than half its reported $500
million valuation from a few years back. More
NASA is racing the clock to iron out plans for two quick-response
spacewalks to replace a critical coolant system pump aboard the
International Space Station. More
European scientists are the first to use an atomic-force
microscope to "see" the unknown molecular structure of a marine compound
taken from the deepest place on Earth. More
Madden NFL from EA is the target of a lawsuit by retired NFL
players who believe they were not paid for their inclusion in previous
versions of the game. More
A week after its 100-megabyte disclosure of Afghan war files,
anger in political circles continues to grow. Some say the site should
be shut down. More
A
week after its 100-megabyte disclosure of Afghan war files, anger in
political circles continues to grow. Some say the site should be shut
down.
• Wikileaks researcher detained at border
Phone
companies and satellite operators are turning to federal officials who
recently closed a loophole in local-program access rules to get their
hands on cable-controlled sports feeds.
Bloomberg
reports that AT&T and Verizon Wireless are working with Discover
and Barclays to launch a new service that would allow people to use
their smartphones as credit cards.
When the iPhone maker bought Lala.com, most assumed a music cloud
service was on the way. But sources tell CNET that it may take a back
seat to video. More
Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for
three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the
U.S. for hacker show. More
A Brazilian promotion for Omo detergent involves 50
boxes that have GPS inside. Customers lucky enough to buy one of these
boxes will be followed home in order to be given a very technological
prize. More
The future role of cloud computing is in many ways unpredictable
and ever changing. What balance of traditional infrastructure, private
clouds, and public cloud services will your IT department consume in the
next three years? Five years? The trick is to hedge your bets wherever
you can. More
An enterprising marketer is attempting to persuade geeks that the
new geek chic consists of wearing Apple's Spinning Wheel of Doom on
their chests. Will it work? More
Organizers of contest at hacking confab hope showing how easy it
is to get data from cold calls to companies will help alert firms to the
threat of social engineering. More
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