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Sunday, September 30
German
court overturns eBay shopper's conviction
In a case that may hurt eBay's business in its second largest
market, a court in Germany rules in favor of a customer who had been
found guilty of buying stolen merchandise via the site. Find more stories in: Auctions,
Germany
, eBay
Photos:
Extreme tree houses
Houses built into treetops and made from trees are the
ultimate in green building.
Photos:
The 21st century dentist In case you ever wondered what it looks like when you're
sitting in the dentist chair, here it is.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week,
including
the Canon EOS 40D, the 2008 Mercedes-Benz ML550 and the new Slingbox
Solo.
Senate
panel kills vote on Internet tax bill
Lawmakers have had since January to schedule a vote on the bill. They
still haven't done so, and a temporary moratorium expires in just a few
weeks.
Disney
Mobile bites the dust
Company says service will no longer be available after December 31, but
it might offer some of the specially designed software and applications
through another wireless operator.
Photos:
From analog to digital TV February 17, 2009, is the day when analog broadcasts shut
down, and the government is planning ahead.
Photos:
Tech for basic needs Designers tackle tech to make life easier for the poor, who
make up most of the world's population.
Gateway
mimics Apple with 'One' Jumping on the design-and-simplicity bandwagon, Gateway unveils a
desktop it touts as an alternative for those who don't want to shell
out the bucks for, well, Apple.
perspective
Fast
Times at Web 2.0 High Spotplex CEO
Doyon Kim writes that the Internet in-crowd is taking people back to
high school, where the "cool kids" drown out the silent majority.
Photos:
'Alice' in DARPAland Team Caltech's "Alice," will compete next month in the
semifinal round
of DARPA's race of driverless vehicles on mock city streets.
Report:
Apple developing OS X minitablet
Apple could be preparing a third touchscreen gadget for next year, one
that reminds more than one person of the Newton.
Photos:
Sukhoi Superjet 100
Russia is hoping to make a splash in the commercial aviation
sector with a new midrange jet from renowned maker of fighter jets.
Armani
opens store in 'Second Life'
Modeled on flagship store
in Milan, virtual store will trade in Linden Dollars, but also link to
Armani online shop for non-virtual goods. Find more stories in: Virtual
reality
Next
iPhone update could break unlocked phones
If you hacked your iPhone to run it on a network other than
AT&T's,
the next iPhone software update could leave you with an iBrick, Apple
warns.
Buy
a laptop for a child, get another laptop free
One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing
to
the developing world's children, is reaching out to the public through
an interesting marketing campaign. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Notebooks
and tablets
Week
in video: Taking ozone for a spin
Legos recreate movie scenes and trailers, a high-tech salad
spinner, and the iPhone makes its way to the other side of the pond. Find more stories in: iPhone,
Video
Make
money from home--sort of
Amazon's Mechanical Turk lets you earn money for doing small computer
tasks like eyeballing highway photos and classifying Web sites.
Cable
subscribers sue for 'a la carte' TV options
New lawsuit wants a court to order that cable, satellite and media
companies allow subscribers to pick channels individually--an idea they
have fiercely resisted in the past.
Friday, September 21
photosThe
tools that make tech If you want to see the machines behind the machines you use, look no
further than Diskcon 2007.
Zune
gets a Jobs-esque price cut
Online retailer Woot.com offers Microsoft's digital music player for
$129, but "apologizes" to buyers who paid a higher price a month ago,
offering them a $10 coupon.
Indonesians
tune in to digital Koran
About the size of an iPod, popular handheld devices are
loaded with
recitations of the Muslim sacred writings rather than music. Find more stories in: Handhelds
perspectiveWelcome
to the Naked Generation Snarky, self-referential
and exhibitionist. CNET News.com's Caroline McCarthy wonders why
members of her generation are so willing to bare their private lives.
news analysisMicrosoft
hopes to regain its 'Halo' After Xbox 360's summer of frustration, title release could go a long
way toward regaining gamers' confidence.
Digg
turns its social networking up a few notches
News aggregation community begins launching a number of
significant
changes that let members further customize their profiles...and the
Digg experience.
No
3G for the U.K. iPhone
Apple is holding fast to its declaration that 3G chips consume too much
power, so the Brits are stuck with an EDGE iPhone just like the
Americans.
George
Lucas turns computers into pencils
The filmmaker aims to bring together tech and education with
Edutopia--a nonprofit magazine and Web site for improving public
schools. Find more stories in: Education
newsmakerInside
Pandora's music box Music service founder Tim Westergren wants to change royalty rates, the
musician class system and how labels interact with customers.
Photos:
Bringing niches into focus Glut of mainstream digital cameras has manufacturers zooming
in on
specialties from astronomy to birding and stereo photography.
Video:
Burning Man 2007 Watch video of Burning Man alight with fireworks and a Tesla
coil attracted to a fire-wielding sculpture.
Microsoft
resumes bashing open source
In a remark reminiscent of its more confrontational days, a Microsoft
representative argues that pure open-source software companies can't
sustain innovation.
U.K.
iPhone unveiled on O2 network
The wait is finally over--Apple has officially unveiled the U.K.
iPhone, which will be available to buy on November 9.
Intel
on lookout for next big thing Intel Developer Forum will zero in on this year's chips.
Intel's plans for longer-term growth aren't quite so clear.
Comcast
may be acquiring BuddyTV.com
Cable giant, which has been acquisition-friendly in the past, is
allegedly in the process of purchasing television fan community
BuddyTV, according to reports.
New
satellite to sharpen Google Earth
New spacecraft, dubbed WorldView I, will be launched on
Tuesday to
help boost the accuracy of satellite images and flesh out Google's
archive.
Getting
touchy with the newest iPod Apple's iPod Touch made it into the wild a bit earlier than expected,
but folks are finding some quibbles with Cupertino's latest.
Saturday, September 15
YouTube
conundrum for vintage acts The video site is proving a thorn in the side of older,
well-known musical artists, from Prince to the Village People.
SCO
Group files for bankruptcy protection
A month after a devastating legal ruling, The SCO Group says
it's
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it reorganizes.
Photos:
Touring NextFest
Wired's celebration of futuristic ideas and technology
features hybrids
of art and robotics, extraordinary telescopes, personal aircraft and
protective polymers.
Images:
Hawaii's observatories and their heavenly views
The top of the Mauna Kea volcano is dotted with the most
important
collection of observatories in the world. Here's a look inside the
eight-dish Submillimeter Array.
Marley
family's vitriol leads Verizon to bite back
A licensing dispute over cell phone ring tones between the
estate
of Bob Marley, the Universal Music Group, and Verizon Wireless takes an
ugly turn. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Ringtones
Fahrvergnugen
in Frankfurt CNET's
Wayne Cunningham is at the big auto show in Germany. Check here for the
latest on this year's concept cars, dashboard tech and more.
Photos:
Concept cars
Korea
alleges Intel violated antitrust laws
Allegations from the Korea Fair Trade Commission mark the third time in
the past two years that an international government has taken a deeper
look into Intel's business practices.
DirecTV's
black eye in its piracy battle
CNET News.com's chief political correspondent, Declan McCullagh,
examines the court's ruling against DirecTV's antipiracy campaign.
roundupGetting
real about virtualization VMware kicks off its San Francisco
event on the multi-OS tech with news
that it's buying a Swiss software maker.
Solar-powered
UAV flies and flies U.K.
defense contractor Qinetiq says its spindly Zephyr has set a world
record for time aloft by an unmanned aircraft.
Is
free music too costly for SpiralFrog? Getting
online music service off the ground has proved no easy task for
start-up. Despite setbacks, it's now exploring a public offering.
Intel
45-nanometer fab to open in 45 days
Intel's first manufacturing facility for producing
45-nanometer
processors in high volume will open in October in Chandler, Ariz.
Reshaping
the architecture of memory
If an idea in an IBM lab is correct, electronic devices
could
potentially hold 10 to 100 times more data in the same amount of space. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Memory,
R&D
, IBM
roundup
Core
competencies for chipmakers
It's a big day for AMD, which is poised to launch its Barcelona chip at
last. Then Intel comes along with an earnings surprise.
Weekend
frenzy led to 1 million iPhones?
Apple hit its shipment targets a few weeks ahead of schedule, and one
analyst thinks the price cut accounted for more than 100,000 sales.
Feds
still love Real ID despite growing opposition
FBI and Homeland Security chiefs deem controversial scheme a
"priority." Meanwhile, states may get slight reprieve in asking for
more time to comply.
Intel
butts into Barcelona Day with earnings surprise The third quarter has turned out better than expected for Intel, and
the news also gives the company an excuse to tweak AMD on its smaller
rival's most important day of the year.
Creating
a game? Get a lawyer With
patents, copyrights and marketing rights playing an ever bigger role,
game makers are discovering they need legal hawks just as much as
everyone else.
Photos:
Gadgets galore at IFA Consumer electronics gear takes center stage in Berlin, from
GPS gizmos to home servers and more.
Video:
iPhone ready for business? Webware's Rafe Needleman talks with software developers and
business users about the iPhone's potential as a business device.
New
York City puts hospital error data online
The nation's largest public health system uses its Web site
to post
infection and death rate data, lifting the shroud from a guarded
hospital industry. (The New York Times) Find more stories in:Health
care, Web
sites
Saturday, September 08
A
call for machine morality
A Singularity Summit speaker predicts the challenges and opportunities
of an AI age marked by self-driving cars and household robots.
roundupApple's
iPod Touch and iPhone slap Sure, the iPod Touch
(with Wi-Fi), revamped Nano and ringtones for the iPhone are cool. But
the iPhone price cut sure ruffled feathers.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week,
including
HP's Blackbird game PC, two sets of Shure earphones, and the new Sony
PSP slim.
Creating
a game? Get a lawyer With
patents, copyrights and marketing rights playing an ever bigger role,
game makers are discovering they need legal hawks just as much as
everyone else.
Coming
to grips with intelligent machines Technologists
will gather to discuss the benefits and risks of artificial
intelligence, and how to deal with computers that are smarter than
humans.
Microsoft
opens up on the Web Accustomed
to its dominant role in software, Redmond is working to be more
compatible with rivals to ensure a central role online too.
White
House opposes tech-backed patent bill
Policy statement arrives as politicians continue fighting over sweeping
measure, which could see a House of Representatives floor vote as soon
as Friday.
Democrats
seek to delay spy satellite expansion
Congressional panel leaders ask in writing for the Bush
administration to postpone launching a new program until they've had a
chance to review its legal underpinnings.
White
House says blocking Iraq Web documents was 'mistake'
In response to CNET News.com, Bush administration says blocking search
engines from indexing key Iraq-related documents was a simple mistake,
and it alters its White House Web site.
Photos:
iPod Touch, new Nanos Apple
unveils an updated line of iPods, including a phoneless iPhone called
the iPod Touch that sports a multitouch interface and Wi-Fi.
roundupNips
and tucks for chipmakers Intel brings out its
Tigerton chips and deals with regulators. AMD rejiggers its sales
organization in the wake of two key departures. Find more stories in: Processors
Rapleaf
revamps privacy policy In
response to queries by CNET News.com, specialized search engine
discloses marketing business that sells data about people's
social-network ties.
news analysisDoes
Sony finally have an iTunes answer? As it
reportedly prepares another challenge to iTunes' video offering,
observers say the company has many tools needed to launch an offensive
against Apple. Find more stories in: Music,
Video
, Apple,
Sony
Apple's
iPod is growing up If
the rumors are true and Apple releases an iPod with Mac OS, it will
have developed an interesting little computer--not just a video player.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews this week CNET's
favorite items from the past week include a high-scoring portable video
player, a sleek music phone and a carrying case for the PSP.
Video:
Archos 605 WiFi CNET's Donald Bell looks at the Archos 605, a Wi-Fi-enabled
video player that can act as a DVR.
Microsoft
stumbles in Open XML standards vote
But the closely watched vote--marked by intense lobbying and
politicking--is not the end of the line for the Open XML standards
effort.
images
Community-powered
wind power The turbines are up and running in the town of Hull, Mass. Within a few
years, it plans to get all its energy from the wind.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews this week CNET's
favorite items from the past week include a high-scoring portable video
player, a sleek music phone and a carrying case for the PSP.
Video:
Archos 605 WiFi CNET's Donald Bell looks at the Archos 605, a Wi-Fi-enabled
video player that can act as a DVR.
FCC
rejects free Wi-Fi start-up's spectrum plans
Regulators conclude it's not in the "public interest" to give one
company an exclusive, 15-year license and plan to ask for public
comment on how the fallow band should be used.
news analysis
NBC,
Apple play game of brinkmanship
A day after
reports said NBC would not renew its iTunes contract, Apple announces
it will not offer NBC's new TV shows. This spat is about control. Find more stories in: Music,
Video,
Entertainment
, Apple
FCC
rejects free Wi-Fi start-up's spectrum plans
Regulators conclude it's not in the "public interest" to give one
company an exclusive, 15-year license and plan to ask for public
comment on how the fallow band should be used.
news analysis
NBC,
Apple play game of brinkmanship
A day after
reports said NBC would not renew its iTunes contract, Apple announces
it will not offer NBC's new TV shows. This spat is about control. Find more stories in: Music,
Video,
Entertainment
, Apple
At
Rapleaf, your personals are public
The
start-up aggregates social-networking profiles and, through TrustFuse,
opens the possibility of selling that data to marketers.
photos
Electric
rides for today's circuit
You don't have to wait for the big automakers to come through. There
are options on the road already.
update
NBC,
Apple play game of brinkmanship
A day after reports said NBC would not renew its iTunes contract, Apple
announces it will not offer NBC's new TV shows. This spat is about
control.
Germany
wants to sic spyware on terror suspects
Conservative government is backing a proposal allowing authorities to
transmit Trojans to suspects through official-looking e-mails.
Opposition parties and privacy advocates cry foul.
Photos:
Cracking open the 1974 Altair 8800
If not the first home computer, the Altair was definitely the
first
successful one. Go inside the 8800 as Erik Klein, vintage computer
collector, restores one of these classic machines.
Court
tosses $11 million judgment against Spamhaus
At least for now, Spamhaus, the popular British spam-blacklisting
organization, won't have to cough up $11.7 million as part of a spat
with an Illinois e-mail marketing company.
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