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OWCâs service adds eSATA port to new 27-inch iMac (Macworld.com)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:41am EDT
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Macworld.com - For whatever reason, Apple refuses to outfit a Mac with readily-accessible eSATA ports. The company seems to think that FireWire and USB are enough for external devices.
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Picture of the Day 7/31: What is this?
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:00am EDT
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If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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DXG to offer $600 3D Pocket Camcorder (Macworld.com)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:29am EDT
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Macworld.com - With 3D movies gaining acceptance and 3D HDTVs on the market, it was only a matter of time before a 3D camcorder for the masses hit the market. DXG hopes to be at the forefront of the 3D camcorder trend with its $600 DXG-5D7V 3D Pocket Camcorder. -
Microsoft Needs a Tablet Strategy, Not a Tablet (PC World)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:18am EDT
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PC World - Ballmer promised the world that a Windows 7 tablet is coming. Maybe it is, or maybe it's just a pipedream, but Microsoft doesn't need to focus on developing a Windows 7 tablet. Microsoft does need to focus on having a strategy for taking advantage of the changing mobile computing market--but it doesn't have to include a Windows 7 tablet. -
The Macalope Weekly: They're on to us! (Macworld.com)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 10:00am EDT
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Macworld.com - Look out, Apple fans! Stunning new research shows not only what jerks we are but how weâre also just one big cult. Whatâs next? Will they figure out the recipe to our fantastic peach cobbler?! Not only that, one silly pundit has advice for Google on how to finish the iPhone once and for all. How did they figure all this out in one week?!
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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
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Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the 2011 BMW 535i, the Sony BDV-E770W home theater system, and the Apple Magic Trackpad. -
Baseball Hall of Fame plaques (photos)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
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Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman calls out his selections as the best cross-sections of players in history. -
Baseball's best shine in the Hall of Fame (photos)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
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Road Trip 2010: After a lifetime as a fan, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman finally makes it to Cooperstown. -
Gazing at a DIY Dobsonian telescope (photos)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
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Amateur astronomer Douglas Smith made his own stargazing telescope, and it can see details on the moon. Have a look. -
DIY Weekend: Building a window to the stars
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 9:00am EDT
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Douglas Smith built a telescope out of plywood, aluminum, and porthole glass. Now he can see the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter.
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Twitter Hits 20 Billion Tweets (Mashable)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 7:53am EDT
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Mashable - There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitterâs inception, according to tracking service GigaTweet.
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At long last, a visit to Cooperstown
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 7:00am EDT
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Road Trip 2010: The Baseball Hall of Fame showcases many of the most memorable moments in America's Pastime, as well as its most cherished players, and even some of its most notorious scandals.
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Smooth-talking hackers test hi-tech titans' skills (AFP)
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 2:38am EDT
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AFP - Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks.
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BlackBerry maker to launch tablet in November: report (Reuters)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 9:19pm EDT
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Reuters - Research In Motion will introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc's iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the company's plans. -
Kindle's E-Reader Price War: Who'll Blink First? (PC World)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 8:34pm EDT
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PC World - When, oh when, will the price-cutting end? Now that Amazon has stunned the e-book world by dropping the price of its Kindle e-reader (well, the new Wi-Fi-only model) to $139, will competitors Barnes & Noble, Borders, and Sony do the same?
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Tighter security coming in Firefox 4
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 8:03pm EDT
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At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices. -
Judge to RIAA: No LimeWire asset freeze
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:52pm EDT
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RIAA wants to make sure nothing happens to Lime Wire' assets before courts decide how much the file-sharing service must pay in damages. Judge says assets aren't going anywhere.
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FCC Concerned Over DefCon Mobile Hacking Talk (PC World)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:50pm EDT
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PC World - Chris Paget wants to demonstrate how easy it is to snoop in on mobile-phone conversations. The question is: Will the federal authorities allow it?
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Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:39pm EDT
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A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers. -
We get a charge out of driving Nissan Leaf
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:35pm EDT
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CNET Car Tech gets to take the Nissan Leaf electric car for a preview drive.
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Novell upgrades Mono Tools for Visual Studio
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:27pm EDT by Paul Krill
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Novell this week unveiled Mono Tools for Visual Studio 2.0, which enables development of Microsoft .Net applications for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X from within Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE.
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Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:01pm EDT
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Attackers exploiting a hole involving how Windows handles shortcut, or .lnk, files prompt Microsoft to rush out an emergency patch, well before its next scheduled Patch Tuesday. -
Reporters' Roundtable: How to start a tech business today
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:00pm EDT
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AOL exec: 'We have a big f-ing problem!'
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:57pm EDT
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Former Yahoo "Peanut Butter Manifesto" author Brad Garlinghouse is known for being colorful. At AOL, unlike Yahoo, he's confident that the company can do more than talk the talk.
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Microsoft takes aim at tablet market (Christopher Null)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:40pm EDT
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Twitter offers help in finding accounts to follow (AFP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:22pm EDT
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AFP - Twitter wants to help you build your network.
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Software released for attacking Android phones (Reuters)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:18pm EDT
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Reuters - Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's email and text messages.
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Microsoft schedules emergency Windows patch for Monday
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:18pm EDT by admin
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Microsoft today said it will issue an emergency patch for the critical Windows shortcut bug on Monday, August 2.
The company said it is satisfied with the quality of the "out-of-band" update -- Microsoft's term for a patch that falls outside the usual monthly delivery schedule -- but also acknowledged that it has tracked an upswing in attacks.
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Microsoft to challenge Google-Yahoo Japan deal
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:17pm EDT
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So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, it's not too happy about it.
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Samsung wins FCC approval for first LTE phone
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:11pm EDT by admin
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Samsung appears to have won the race to be the first device manufacturer to gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a phone based on the 4G LTE standard.
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SAP adopting more open source software
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:05pm EDT by admin
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Although not traditionally known for its contributions to the open source community, the German-based SAP is adopting more open source software, as well as contributing more of its own code back into the community, company officials said in an interview.
"In the past we didn't have an open source strategy," said Claus von Riegen, SAP's program director of technology standards and open source. "That has changed over the last two years or so."
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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations (NewsFactor)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 5:01pm EDT
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NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked."
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Did Dell tech support display woman's naked pics?
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:46pm EDT
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A woman calls Dell tech support to ask for help in locating pictures of herself on her computer. The pictures end up on a newly created Web site. She accuses the support representative of creating the site.
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BlackBerry Tablet Coming this November? [REPORT] (Mashable)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:25pm EDT
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Mashable - BlackBerry tablet rumors continue to gain momentum, with a new report indicating that the device, possibly to be called the BlackPad, is set to hit stores this November.
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Redbox rolls out Blu-ray rentals
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:09pm EDT
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The quickly growing movie rental company is now bringing Blu-ray movies to its kiosks. They'll cost $1.50 per day. -
Report: RIM's Blackpad set to take on iPad
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:06pm EDT
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BlackBerry maker will launch a tablet with similar dimensions as the iPad, but with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities only. To connect to the Web, the device has to be paired with a mobile phone.
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SAP Warms to Open Source (PC World)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:00pm EDT
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PC World - Although not traditionally known for its contributions to the open-source community, the German-based SAP is adopting more open-source software, as well as contributing more of its own code back into the community, company officials said in an interview.
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Microsoft to ship IE9 beta in September
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:55pm EDT by uphan
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Microsoft will ship a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in September, a company executive said today.
If the timeline is accurate, the IE9 beta release will come a month later than earlier speculation, which had settled on August, a pick based in large part on PowerPoint slides purportedly from a Microsoft presentation that focused on Windows 8, the next iteration of the company's OS.
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RIM’s rumored 'BlackPad' tablet due in November? (Ben Patterson)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:54pm EDT
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Ben Patterson - Rumors of a BlackBerry tablet are heating up by the day, with Bloomberg now claiming that the BlackPad — yes, the BlackPad — will arrive in November, complete with an iPad-size screen and the ability to connect to the Internet via either Wi-Fi or your Bluetooth-connected BlackBerry.
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NASA hopeful, but not confident, about ailing Mars rover
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:17pm EDT
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Spirit, in electronic hibernation to endure a harsh Martian winter, has not phoned home since March 22, but engineers are hoping for a miracle from Mars.
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Microsoft plans to protest Yahoo Japan-Google partnership
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:10pm EDT by Cecilia Kang
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Microsoft said it plans protest a search and advertising partnership struck by Yahoo Japan and Google by telling regulators in Japan that the deal is anticompetitive and would lock up the market on search and online advertising.
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Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:10pm EDT
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CRM's Evolution to Be Showcased at NY Event (PC World)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:10pm EDT
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PC World - CRM (customer relationship management) users, vendors, analysts and consultants are set to gather in New York next week for the CRM Evolution conference, which will feature discussions on how technologies and economic forces are changing the software segment.
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How to use App Tabs in Firefox (video)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:51pm EDT
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Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this How To video.
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The Navigator: The TSA's Secure Flight initiative may be making your privacy less secure
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:14pm EDT by Christopher Elliott
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Are airlines using the information they're collecting on travelers through the TSA's Secure Flight initiative for commercial and marketing purposes?
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'Smart window' maker Soladigm to build factory
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:06pm EDT
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Soladigm, which adds thin films to glass to block light and heat, plans a manufacturing plant in Mississippi to make its green building gear. -
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:01pm EDT
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Academics Jeff Jarvis and Danah Boyd, on stage at Supernova, can't pinpoint a solution to online privacy controversies, but agree misguided attempts to define privacy are part of the problem. -
Apple tries to patent travel, hotel, shopping apps
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:43pm EDT
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The company applied for a patent on mobile applications for booking flights and hotels, as well as mobile shopping services. -
Report: Google, CIA fund predictive analytics firm
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:26pm EDT
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Google Ventures and CIA's investment arm fund Recorded Future, a start-up that monitors Web and connects dots between people, places, events, Wired says.
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YouTube Videos Now Give Users 15 Minutes of Fame (NewsFactor)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:11pm EDT
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NewsFactor - In what appears to be a competitive move against emerging video sites, YouTube on Thursday announced an unexpected improvement to its video platform. The Google-owned company is increasing the upload limit from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
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Week in review: Jailbreaking goes legit
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:00pm EDT
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Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops. -
Sony, McAfee, sued over software activation patent
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:29pm EDT
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Uniloc USA is also suing Activision, Quark, others as follow-up to a similar suit filed against Microsoft over software activation tech. -
360 Panorama does instant, awesome panoramas
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Want to grab a quick panoramic picture with your iPhone? The makers of the popular RedLaser app have a new photo tool out that can create one using your iPhone's video camera.
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Citrix tops VMware in desktop virtualization
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 11:31am EDT by admin
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RIM leads way as mobile phone shipments surge 14 percent
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 9:31am EDT by admin
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Worldwide mobile phone shipments jumped by 14.5 percent in the second quarter, driven by sales of smartphones and entry-level handsets, IDC reported today.
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U.S. should seek world cooperation on cyber security, says ex-CIA director
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 8:15am EDT by admin
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LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. needs to consider working with other leading nations to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace, retired general and former director of the CIA Michael Hayden said during a keynote address at the Black Hat conference here on Thursday.
As the country with the largest stakes on the Internet, the U.S. has been somewhat reluctant to engage in such discourse because of concerns that any international negotiations will force it to reveal or limit its cyber capabilities, Hayden said.
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Peas 'I Gotta Feeling' hits 6M download mark (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 8:07am EDT
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AP - The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of "I Gotta Feeling."
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Defcon contest rattles nerves at FBI, security groups
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:30am EDT by admin
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A Defcon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at U.S. corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled some nerves.
Contest organizers have been called by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and seen warnings issued by security groups and the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, (FS-ISAC) an industry group that provides information on security threats affecting the banking industry.
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Intel wins key ruling in class-action suit
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:21am EDT by admin
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A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel offered to manufacturers.
The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware in 2005, consolidates more than 80 separate cases that generally accuse Intel of wrongfully offering discounts to computer manufacturers and causing computer prices to be artificially inflated.
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FBI access to e-mail and Web records raises fears (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:19am EDT
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AP - Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law.
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T-Mobile tops AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint in customer care rankings
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:12am EDT by admin
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T-Mobile USA topped other top U.S. wireless carriers in providing overall customer care during the first half of this year, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report released Thursday.
The eighth annual U.S. Wireless Customer Care Performance Study is based on a survey of 9,690 wireless customers who had contacted their carrier's customer service department over the past six months.
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Ask Maggie: On cutting data costs and making video calls
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:00am EDT
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Harley-Davidson's latest and greatest bikes
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:00am EDT
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Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman appreciates adventure, and as part of his, he went to see Harley-Davidson put together the machines that will take countless people on endless journeys.
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Apple's latest iOS 4 issue: iPhone 3G woes
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 7:00am EDT by Galen Gruman
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Now that Apple has pacified iPhone 4 customers with free bumper cases to alleviate antenna issues, the company is looking into problems with iOS 4 and the iPhone 3G.
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Facebook may postpone IPO to 2012: report (Reuters)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:34am EDT
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Reuters - Social networking website Facebook Inc may postpone its initial public offering until 2012, Bloomberg said, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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Burton Group: Avoid Office 2010 lock-in, stick with Office 2007
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:30am EDT by admin
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Microsoft's 2010 software suites present "the most complicated lock-in decision in years," and many customers will be justified in sticking with the 2007 versions of Office, Exchange, and SharePoint, Burton Group analysts said this week at the Catalyst conference.
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The InfoWorld news quiz: July 30, 2010
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 6:00am EDT by Jason Snyder
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This week WikiLeaks blew its loudest and largest whistle yet, revealing more than 90,000 confidential documents detailing the war in Afghanistan. What else happened? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act went in for a trim, Apple continued to pick fights with other smartphone makers, and Android tablets began to show up everywhere. Have you got the skills to ace our quiz? Give yourself 10 points every time you get one right. Now let's get this party started.
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Samsung says 2Q net profit surges 83 percent (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 4:54am EDT
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AP - Samsung's quarterly profit surged to a record high as sales of semiconductors, flat panels and TVs climbed, but the electronics giant warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
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Samsung Elec to introduce Android-based tablet in Q3 (Reuters)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:47am EDT
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Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co plans to introduce tablet computers this quarter based on Google's Android operating system, joining a growing list of firms seeking to challenge Apple's popular iPad. -
Google says China services back up (AFP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 3:36am EDT
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AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.
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Facebook May Put Off IPO Until 2012 [REPORT] (Mashable)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:36am EDT
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Mashable - Facebook may postpone its initial public offering to 2012, Bloomberg has learned from three sources familiar with the matter. -
Australia govt expands proposed broadband network (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:12am EDT
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AP - Australia's government expanded its ambitious plan to bring broadband to much of the vast country, adding 300,000 homes and businesses to the coverage area Friday in hopes of winning votes in next month's federal election. -
Australia pledges expansion of fibre broadband network (AFP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 2:02am EDT
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AFP - The Australian government Friday committed to expanding its fibre broadband Internet network to a further 300,000 homes across the vast island continent if re-elected at next month's polls.
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'Nightmare' start for iPhone 4's latest launch (AFP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 1:02am EDT
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AFP - Hundreds of customers in New Zealand and Hong Kong were turned away empty-handed on Friday as the second phase of the Apple iPhone 4's global launch got off to a "nightmare" start.
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Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:51am EDT
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AP - Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.
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More Japan workers lose jobs, factory output falls (AP)
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:46am EDT
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AP - Japan received a sobering reminder Friday of its fragile recovery: The jobless rate rose, deflation deepened, and factories made fewer cars and mobile phones.
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David Walls is overseeing the transition at the GPO to digital archiving
Posted: July 30th, 2010, 12:00am EDT by Lisa Rein
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The U.S. Government Printing Office provides Americans with permanent access to government information, printing about 2 billion pages every year.
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Laying the grid for the electric car (photos)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 10:33pm EDT
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Hoping to energize the electric car industry and make the Bay Area the electric car capital of the United States, San Jose, Calif., installs the first of hundreds of electric vehicle charging stations.
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False alarm: Google search still working in China (AP)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 10:28pm EDT
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AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.
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Epicor 2Q loss narrows (AP)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 8:38pm EDT
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AP - Business software maker Epicor Software Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter loss narrowed as revenue climbed.
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Mitsubishi i-Miev in the city
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:33pm EDT
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Do unto others--Jasmine's Tech Dos & Don'ts
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:29pm EDT
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Get schooled by CNET editor Jasmine France. This week she gives tips on how you can use technology to do good things for fellow humans.
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Samsung Sneaks Out Wi-Fi Camera, Swivel-Lens Pocket Camcorder (PC World)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:26pm EDT
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PC World - It's been a grand total of seven days since Samsung announced new additions to its point-and-shoot camera lineup, but the company has finally broken its excruciating week-long silence.
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Black Hat shines light on security (roundup)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:11pm EDT
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Las Vegas is the setting this week for two of the most popular annual security events. First comes Black Hat for the professional crowd, followed by the more antic Defcon gathering.
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Ballmer: Microsoft needs to challenge Apple's slate dominance
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:06pm EDT by admin
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Microsoft's chief executive on Thursday sought to address some common questions raised by analysts, but his answers may not have been exactly what they were looking for.
While Microsoft reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue last week, the company was also criticized for lacking a well-developed strategy for slate PCs, and for continuing to struggle with some of its consumer businesses.
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What’s private on Facebook anyway? (Christopher Null)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 7:04pm EDT
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Christopher Null - Today’s revelation about the existence of a document that details the names, URLs, and unique Facebook IDs of 100 million of the site’s users has raised new questions about what is and what is not private on the immensely popular website. -
IBM Survey: Wall Street Beefs Up IT (Investor's Business Daily)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:58pm EDT
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Investor's Business Daily - Businesses tend to resist government regulations, but new rules bring new opportunities. Such is the case with the recently passed financial reform bill.
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Firefox Home for iPhone, Firefox Sync see fixes
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:55pm EDT
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Updates to the Firefox cloud-based syncing tools for iPhone and for the Firefox browser correct three of users' top complaints, according to Mozilla. -
Google services reported down in China
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:55pm EDT
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But those reports, which said nearly all of the Internet giant's services were blocked Thursday, turned out to be erroneous.
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Microsoft slates IE9 beta for September
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:45pm EDT by admin
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MIcrosoft will ship a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in September, a company executive said today.
If the timeline is accurate, the IE9 beta release will come a month later than earlier speculation, which had settled on August, a pick based in large part on PowerPoint slides purportedly from a Microsoft presentation that focused on Windows 8 , the next iteration of the company's OS.
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McAfee 2Q profit rises (AP)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:45pm EDT
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AP - Computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 38 percent, helped by growth in its corporate and consumer businesses.
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Can your calls be intercepted? This tool can tell
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:44pm EDT
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Airprobe software, combined with hardware and crypto cracker tool, allows people to test the snoop factor of their GSM mobile phones--and even intercept calls of others. -
NY Giants, Jets bring replays to in-stadium fans
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:19pm EDT
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The New York Giants and Jets will soon offer replays, statistics, and live feeds of other games to fans at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
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Spotify in the U.S. Faces More Delays [REPORT] (Mashable)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:16pm EDT
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Mashable - We've been reading reports tonight that the popular European music service Spotify has hit yet another delay in making an entry in the U.S. market. -
US suing Oracle alleging software contracts fraud (AP)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:01pm EDT
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AP - The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is joining a fraud lawsuit against Oracle Corp. related to software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. -
On the Strengths of Linux, Android Will Win the Mobile Contest (PC World)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 6:00pm EDT
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PC World - Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which mobile operating system is fairest of all? That's a common question, given the many contenders in the mobile arena--and the well-publicized glitches that have recently come up.
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SAP gives NetWeaver portal an iGoogle-style upgrade
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 5:47pm EDT by admin
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SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content.
The software is now in a "ramp-up" release mode and set for general availability toward the end of this year, according to a presentation on SAP's website.
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RIM snaps up 'BlackPad.com,' sparks more tablet chatter (Ben Patterson)
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 5:37pm EDT
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Ben Patterson - Looks like Apple may have started a trend with this whole iPad thing, both in terms of the tablet and — unfortunately for those who squirm at the word "pad" — the name itself.
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Bob Kerrey not joining MPAA after all
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 5:01pm EDT
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Talks to hire the former U.S. senator as head of the film industry's trade group fall apart.
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Is an Internet sales tax coming?
Posted: July 29th, 2010, 5:01pm EDT by Ylan Q. Mui
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A movement is slowly building in Washington to banish one of the biggest perks of shopping online: not paying sales tax.