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Novell rejects Elliot takeover bid as inadequate (21 March 07:29) |
| But company says it's committed to enhancing value for stockholders and will explore options including a stock repurchase, joint ventures, and a sale. |
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Message from the grave straight to your cell phone (21 March 12:28) |
| RosettaStone products use near-field communication to stream personal information, photos, and even messages from the deceased lying beneath to any mobile device. |
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Weekend Webware Dailymotion video slideshows (20 March 08:57) |
| Dailymotion users looking to create video slideshows out of photos and their music can now make pretty snazzy-looking ones with a built-in tool from Stupeflix. |
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Barge-scale cleanup in California waterways photos (20 March 06:30) |
| A handful of oversize photos from a tour CNET took of a large-scale effort to pull polluting boats, barges, and buildings out of a San Francisco Bay Area delta. |
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Why Wrapsols new gadget skin is a happy accident (20 March 06:48) |
| A new gadget skin promises to keep your phone and other tech toys safe from six foot drops. The technology behind it turns out to be a happy accident. |
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Calendar app and sailboat-racing game iPhone apps of the week (20 March 06:44) |
| This week's apps include a simple calendar app for viewing more months at a time and a sailboat-racing game that's more than meets the eye. |
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Trial of human retinal implants quite successful (20 March 06:15) |
| German company Retinal Implant unveils the results of its first human clinical trial, which involved retinal implants of 11 patients since 2005. |
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Reasons to care about Viacom v Google FAQ (20 March 04:44) |
| It may sound like two big companies fighting over who gets what. But there's plenty at stake in this court fight for other content creators and Web site operators. |
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Reporters Roundtable podcast Maps and mapping (20 March 04:13) |
| This week: Mapping! We'll discuss how maps are made, who owns the aerial image of your back yard, and how to crowdsource mapmaking. |
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iPad ad goes viral (20 March 03:56) |
| Apple's launch ad for its "magical and revolutionary" product succeeds in attracting 2.4 million views online, making it the second-most-watched online ad. |
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Report Memory card exposed 3000 phones to virus (20 March 03:28) |
| Malware found in HTC Magic phones has been traced back to memory cards that shipped in about 3,000 phones, according to report citing Vodafone. |
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Cloak of invisibility becomes more foreseeable (20 March 03:19) |
| Scientists in Germany successfully cloak a bump in a layer of gold. The new cloaking device, made of seemingly light-bending crystals, even works in three dimensions. |
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Inside Xobni for BlackBerry video (20 March 02:45) |
| The new premium Xobni for BlackBerry is the latest tool for the mobile workforce and we've got to say, it's a handy one. Check it out in our First Look video tour. |
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Firm denies hacking stock manipulation charges (20 March 02:22) |
| BroCo Investments says the account at the heart of an SEC complaint was opened on behalf of a client and that it is cooperating with authorities to clear its name. |
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Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages (20 March 01:42) |
| Food company's Facebook fan page became a lesson in how not to deal with social-media backlash this week, when a company rep snapped back at environmentally motivated critics. |
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Desperate times for Palm (20 March 01:16) |
| With sales of the Palm Pre sagging amid fierce competition, financial analysts are starting to wonder when--not if--Palm is forced to give up. |
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Microsoft bolsters Web-accessible data plan (20 March 12:56) |
| OData got a shot in the arm from its prime promoter this week as Microsoft announced programming tools and a standardization plan. The W3C would like to oversee the standard. |
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Browser smarter on Android smartphones (20 March 12:53) |
| Google's default browser is just fine, but these three alternatives have more style, and in some cases, more substance. |
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CNET News Daily Podcast Senators push biometric ID cards (20 March 12:51) |
| Sens. Schumer and Graham present their plan to President Obama for a mandatory national ID card containging fingerprint, hand, or iris scan that all employers would be required to verify. |
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GameStop PS3 Wii shortages to continue (20 March 12:02) |
| If you're looking to buy a PlayStation 3 or a Nintendo Wii, you might need to wait a few more months--at least, if retailer GameStop's predictions are correct. |
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Microsoft pulls Bing iPhone app outside US (19 March 11:41) |
| Redmond says the application was always meant to be only for the United States and that it is in the process of pulling the app from international iTunes stores. |
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Week in review Tech goes to court (19 March 11:29) |
| Google and Viacom take off the gloves in copyright case, while iPad sales skyrocket. Also: FCC's National Broadband Plan. |
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VirnetX files second lawsuit against Microsoft (19 March 11:00) |
| Hot on the heels of one legal victory against Microsoft, VirnetX files a second lawsuit against the company, claiming patent violations in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. |
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Open-source innovation A matter of price (19 March 10:53) |
| The industry needs both product and price innovation, with open source providing more of the latter than the former. |
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LHC takes a step closer to full power (19 March 09:38) |
| Large Hadron Collider circulates beams at 3.5 tera-electron-volts, bringing it closer to CERN's goal of conducting research into fundamental physics. |
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Survey Consumers intrigued by electric cars (19 March 09:23) |
| Consumers Reports finds about one quarter of adults will consider a plug-in when shopping for new cars, even though there are few available. |
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NComputing gets in the chip game (19 March 08:08) |
| The company, known for products that let schools operate multiple terminals from a single PC, has a chip that it says will confer such access to many kinds of devices. |
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Windows Phone emulator unlocked (19 March 07:50) |
| The Windows Phone 7 series emulator released at Mix this week had a fair bit of Microsoft's stuff hidden, but one developer managed to jimmy his way in. |
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US wind power growing fast but still lags (19 March 06:58) |
| The wind industry in the U.S. is being outpaced by other government-subsidized power providers in what one insider calls "a global footrace." |
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Palms future a vicious cycle (19 March 06:37) |
| With weak sales in its third quarter and a sobering forecast for the fourth, the handset maker is mired in "underperformance." |
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Apple patent and trademark skirmishes through the years (19 March 04:30) |
| HTC and Psystar are not the only times Apple has used the law to get its way. |
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Google moves could bring fast Web apps closer (19 March 04:30) |
| The Native Client technology for high-performance Web applications is getting more versatile. And Google has the power to make NaCl a real force on the Web. |
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Senators push Obama for biometric national ID card (19 March 12:24) |
| In a meeting with the president, Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham say that a federally issued ID card with biometric information such as a handprint is necessary to curb illegal immigration. |
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iPhone will continue to beckon BlackBerry owners (19 March 12:10) |
| Are you a BlackBerry user who covets the Apple's smartphone? Join the crowd. |
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Report Google to leave China on April 10 (19 March 11:56) |
| A Beijing-based newspaper quotes an unidentified sales associate who works with the company as saying an announcement regarding Google's future in the country could be made on Monday. |
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Google aims for easier 3D Web on Windows (19 March 11:48) |
| A project called ANGLE aims to make the accelerated 3D graphics standard called WebGL easier to use on Windows computers without hardware support. |
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Facebook chatter betrays alleged Mafia hitman (19 March 05:31) |
| One of Italy's most wanted criminals is captured after he can't help himself chatting with his associates on Facebook. |
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Microsoft Only minor tweaks in Windows 7 SP1 (19 March 05:20) |
| In its first comments on what will be in the first service pack for Windows 7, Microsoft says it will include only minor updates. No ETA given. |
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Dont forget the public in public transportation--Jasmines Tech Dos Donts (19 March 05:00) |
| CNET editor Jasmine France runs down the dos and don'ts of riding public transportation with your tech gadgets. |
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Report iPad preorders numbering in hundreds of thousands (19 March 03:52) |
| The Wall Street Journal says sales of Apple's newest device on pace to beat original iPhone in first three months. |
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Report T-Moblie in talks with Clearwire cable (19 March 03:49) |
| T-Mobile USA's CEO says the company has talked with Clearwire and cable companies about teaming up. |
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Report T-Mobile in talks with Clearwire cable (19 March 03:49) |
| T-Mobile USA's CEO says the company has talked with Clearwire and cable companies about teaming up. |
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Palm issues disappointing earnings (19 March 03:47) |
| For its third fiscal quarter, the smartphone maker reports a loss of 61 cents per share, but that's less than in the year-ago period. |
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The future of in-car computing technology (19 March 03:26) |
| At the South by Southwest Interactive festival, a Ford systems engineer opines on what consumers may be able to expect in terms of hardware/software platforms in their cars five years from n... |
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Google Calendar gets smart rescheduling (19 March 02:53) |
| Google Calendar users who want a non-third party solution for finding the best times to reschedule a meeting now have an official option by Google. |
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A look at Windows Phones smart links (19 March 02:32) |
| It's not copy and paste, but Microsoft insists it's a better option in most cases for the software to recognize an address or phone number and let you take action on it. |
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Toshiba says good-bye to incandescent era (19 March 02:28) |
| Japanese manufacturer's 120-year relationship with incandescent lighting ended this week in favor of LEDs. |
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Tim OReilly Whole Web is the OS of the future (19 March 02:27) |
| The Web is the future and is built on open source, says Tim O'Reilly, but threatens to gift a chokehold to a few savvy companies like Google. |
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Viacoms statement on court fight with Google (19 March 01:28) |
| Parent company of Paramount Pictures and MTV, says YouTube contained "truckloads" of infringing content was a "rogue enabler of content theft." |
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Intels fastest chip is scarce so far (19 March 01:27) |
| New six-core processor is in demand in the U.S. and Japan for high-end systems--and sometimes hard to get. |
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