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Systems engineer deemed best job in America (14 March 06:51) |
| A deep and detailed survey by Focus.com concludes that the best job in the United States is a tech job: systems engineer. No. 2: physician assistant. No. 3: college professor. |
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Privacy is not dead says SXSWi keynoter Boyd (14 March 06:36) |
| Recent PR debacles surrounding Google Buzz and Facebook's privacy settings have put the spotlight on basic misunderstandings by tech companies about how people use social media. |
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A 257-degree panorama from the GDC floor (14 March 06:30) |
| A view of the expo floor from on top of the Sony booth at the Game Developers Conference in the South Hall of Moscone Center in San Francisco. |
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Why people really do care about privacy (14 March 05:32) |
| When Facebook changed its privacy settings, Zuckerberg took pictures off his Facebook pages. Google's Schimdt is reportedly trying to take down his ex-lover's blog. No one cares about privac... |
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Selling a car the iPod way (14 March 04:54) |
| Chevy is hoping to tap into the same sentiments that spark gadget fandom with its new Volt electric car. But is the crowd at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival the right audience? |
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ATTs network up to SXSW iPhone onslaught (14 March 04:17) |
| After last year's network meltdown at the hands of thousands of iPhone-toting geeks at the interactive confab in Austin, Texas, AT&T promised it would do better. People were skeptical, but t... |
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Google 999 percent sure to shutter Googlecn (14 March 02:11) |
| Google, now "99.9 percent" certain it will shutter its Chinese search engine amid conflict over censorship, has in-depth plans to do so, according to a Financial Times source. |
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Behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt photos (13 March 11:29) |
| Eager to court fans of cutting-edge tech who at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, General Motors sends the e-car. CNET's Caroline McCarthy gets a chance to drive it. |
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Social gamers accept marketing for virtual currency (13 March 11:26) |
| A ComScore-Offerpal Media survey shows that social gamers are willing to be marketed to in order to get free virtual currency. Avoiding scams will be key to making this trend last. |
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Apple loses key chip executive (13 March 11:06) |
| Sources say Dan Dobberpuhl, PA Semi's founder and pre-acquisition chief executive, has jumped ship to work at chip-related start-up Agnilux. |
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Work hard play hard at GDC audio slideshow (13 March 07:30) |
| At the 2010 Game Developers Conference, artists, programmers, and designers are sharing their best ideas on the future of gaming. |
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Wheelie robot brings dinner on the double (13 March 08:23) |
| Toshiba shows off a two-wheeled autonomous robot than can roll over ramps and balance a tray of food. Wheelie might make a decent waiter. |
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Hunch gets $10 million from Khosla Ventures others (13 March 08:10) |
| Hunch, a buzzy start-up that answers questions using crowdsourced recommendations, has lined up at least $10 million in funding, according to sources. |
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ScrewYouSXSW vents at absent husband (13 March 08:10) |
| We might never know if a Twitter feed purporting to be by a woman left behind on her anniversary weekend by her SXSW-bound husband is real. But it's very funny stuff. |
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FCC chairman outlines broadband plan for kids (13 March 07:18) |
| Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski lays out a plan for 21st century digital access, citizenship, literacy, and safety. |
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VoxOx now translates as you type (13 March 05:57) |
| VoxOx's claim on a robust feature set makes it a powerful, if slightly unstable, multi-protocol chat and VoIP client--now with free universal translation for all IMs and tweets. |
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Runaway Prius Questions raised about driver (13 March 05:31) |
| The case of a "runaway" Prius in San Diego demonstrates how claims about electronic flaws requires investigators to look carefully at the human element too. |
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Man fined for insulting ex-girlfriend on Facebook (13 March 05:19) |
| A court decides to fine a man for offensive messages sent to his former lover on Facebook. What kind of precedent might this set? |
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Microsoft races to plug IE hole after exploit code released (13 March 05:00) |
| Software giant's patch process speeds up after researcher releases code on Net that can be used to target the vulnerability and take over PCs. |
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SXSWi Emergency alarm evacuates convention center (13 March 04:55) |
| Was it a glitch or a mischievous prankster who pulled the fire alarm during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival? Or maybe a sign that it's happy hour? |
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Reporters Roundtable podcast Future of laptops (13 March 04:49) |
| It's been four years since laptop computers passed desktops in U.S. unit sales. But laptop vendors can't rest, with the Netbook phenomenon sweeping the world and the iPad coming. |
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Images Day One at SXSWi (13 March 04:02) |
| The annual interactive festival has only been underway for hours, but already the scene is full of energy. And lots of people. |
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Day one at SXSWi photos (13 March 04:02) |
| The annual interactive festival has only been under way for hours, but already the scene is full of energy--and lots of people. |
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Apple COO gets $5 million thank you (13 March 03:37) |
| Tim Cook will get $5 million plus some extra stock options as a reward for filling in for Steve Jobs last year. |
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Apple COO gets $5 million thank-you (13 March 03:37) |
| Tim Cook will get $5 million plus some extra stock options as a reward for filling in for Steve Jobs last year. |
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Windows Phone 7 and SkyDrive could be awesome together (13 March 03:31) |
| In the search for cloud-based music storage, Microsoft has all the pieces to offer an unparalleled experience on Windows Phone 7. |
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GDC Sid Meier and his mind games (13 March 03:15) |
| Game developer and guru tells developers that if they want to create the next best seller, they need to get inside the player's head. |
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Drowning in ads at SXSWi (13 March 03:13) |
| Marketers are everywhere at the annual digital-culture fest. It sort of makes your face start to melt a little bit. |
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Consensus emerges for key Web-app standard (13 March 02:14) |
| Indexed DB isn't a sure thing, but it's got most of the right allies in the browser world to become an enabler of the cloud computing vision. |
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Consensus emerges for key Web app standard (13 March 02:14) |
| Indexed DB isn't a sure thing, but it's got most of the right allies in the browser world to become an enabler of the cloud-computing vision. |
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FCC tool collects broadband speed data (13 March 02:12) |
| A new FCC tool tests whether consumers are actually getting the broadband speeds they're paying for. |
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Come see Paris--in 26 gigapixels (13 March 02:10) |
| Site, which offers a breathtaking view of Paris, enables you to pan around, see monuments, and get a high-def feel for what the City of Light is all about. |
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EMC wants to distribute data (13 March 01:55) |
| EMC has unveiled a vision for globally federating data, essentially a cache for storage across wide area communication links. |
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Privacy concerns derail Netflix contest (13 March 01:41) |
| Netlix says privacy concerns have prompted the company to cancel a contest that rewards technology that best predicts a user's movie-viewing preferences. |
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Cloud vs source in the battle of bland corporate names (13 March 01:13) |
| Open source and cloud-computing start-ups have one thing in common: a tendency to wear their industry trend on their sleeves. |
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ICANN postpones decision on xxx domains (13 March 12:57) |
| Advocates for a .xxx designation for adult sites will have to wait until at least June after the ICANN board postponed a decision on the matter at its meeting Friday. |
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Week in review Game on for Sony (13 March 12:30) |
| Sony joins the motion controller wars, and broadband gets ready for a big leap. Also: SXSWi goes geolocation. |
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Tech finds its place at SXSWi roundup (13 March 12:25) |
| As the Web generation descends on the South by Southwest Interactive show in Austin, several location-based start-ups try to put themselves on the map. |
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Friday hiatus CNET News Daily Podcast (13 March 12:09) |
| There will be no News podcast today. |
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When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites (12 March 11:54) |
| Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms? |
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Plastic Logic Que e-reader delayed till summer (12 March 11:51) |
| Plastic Logic's Que proReader was supposed to come out in April. Now it's been pushed back till summer. With the iPad's arrival next month, that may spell doom for this once highly anticipat... |
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Google ponders split decision on China (12 March 11:31) |
| Google appears close to deciding its future in China and might be eyeing a resolution that lets it stay in the country in some fashion even if it shuts down its search engine. |
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Obama to aggressively protect intellectual property (12 March 10:08) |
| The president says us intellectual property is country's "single greatest asset" and must be protected from piracy and counterfeiting. |
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ISP interruptions trip up Zeus botnet (12 March 09:11) |
| But the source of the Zeus banking Trojan is back in action after unidentified agents cut off upstream connectivity to an ISP in Kazakhstan. |
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Chasing efficiency in green homes (12 March 09:01) |
| At Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy conference, the focus is on deep cuts in energy through efficiency and on-site power. |
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Chasing efficiency in green homes photos (12 March 09:01) |
| At the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy conference, the focus is on deep cuts in energy through efficiency and on-site power. |
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Beijing official warns Google to obey Chinas laws (12 March 08:47) |
| Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong cautions that the search giant must adhere to China's laws on censorship. |
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Deep energy retrofits take root in homes (12 March 07:37) |
| The talk at an annual building conference in Boston is about how to reduce energy use in houses by more than 50 percent, which early pilots show can be done but with steep costs. |
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Deep-energy retrofits take root in homes (12 March 07:37) |
| The talk at an annual building conference in Boston is about how to reduce energy use in houses by more than 50 percent. Early pilot tests show it can be done, but with steep costs. |
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Video game pros get down to work and play at GDC photos (12 March 07:30) |
| Video game developers, artists, and producers gather to share ideas on the future of gaming at the Game Developers Conference, the world's largest professionals-only video game convention. |
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