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Podcast: Google Health and a case of the heebie-jeebies (21 May 03:42) |
| Netflix opens up its massive MP3 library; why Google Health gives Rafe Needleman a serious case of the willies; and can cable companies succeed in the wireless market? |
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Yahoo shareholder lawsuits to reveal insight into employee severance program? (21 May 03:30) |
| A Delaware Chancery Court judge may make a decision within a week or two on whether to unseal portions of an amended shareholder complaint against Yahoo, potentially offering new light on th... |
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Orphan Works: Half a loaf (21 May 03:14) |
| The world of copyright may be about to change because of pending legislation, but in a guest post, James V. DeLong, says that Congress's hard work is only beginning. |
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The Estonia cyberwar: One year later (21 May 03:04) |
| One security researcher offers his take on the DDoS attacks that crippled Estonia in May of 2007. |
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Mashup alert: Google Earth gets Google News (21 May 03:03) |
| Google Earth now can show Google News in a new layer. The Internet is global, but increasingly, it's local, too. |
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Mino among sharks: New Flip camcorder coming (21 May 02:51) |
| Flip Video is launching a new budget camcorder in June called the Mino. |
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Schwarzenegger blasts White House over environment (21 May 02:11) |
| But California's governor lauds businesses profiled in new report for incorporating "green" policies into their daily operations. |
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Earnings alert: HP profits rise (21 May 02:02) |
| Plus: Sony posts rosy outlook...EA tops expectations...SAP sees profit dwindle...Verizon is still on a roll. |
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HP beats analyst estimates (21 May 02:02) |
| Hewlett-Packard sees profits rise, raises its full-year forecast on strong sales in emerging markets. |
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Dow Chemical's green-meets-green vision (21 May 01:21) |
| Neil Hawkins, vice president of sustainability at Dow Chemical, talks about what it means to be green at the Dow Jones Environmental Ventures conference. |
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James Cameron: 3D heading beyond movies (21 May 01:08) |
| The legendary filmmaker tells a crowd of digital advertisers that the kind of three-dimensional experiences just making their way into film will also revolutionize television and gaming |
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Psystar launches Open Computer software updates (21 May 12:16) |
| Psystar adds software updates to its Web site |
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Panasonic plasma TV streams YouTube, accesses Picasa photos (21 May 12:13) |
| Company's flagship plasma TV can stream YouTube videos and access digital photos stored on the Picasa photo service, among other IPTV-related features. |
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U.S. cell phone sales take a dip (21 May 12:10) |
| Weakening economy and a maturing market affecting sales of cell phones in U.S., but feature-rich phones like smartphones still seem to be selling well. |
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Fujitsu gives biometrics a hand (21 May 12:00) |
| Researcher advocates scanning live blood flow in the palm as a means of preventing false positives. |
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Senators weigh new laws over China online censorship (20 May 11:48) |
| Silicon Valley execs once again forced to justify their business practices in China and other Internet-censoring countries, with Cisco taking the hot seat over new allegations of cozier-than... |
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A new Apple rumor, and the reason we're writing about it (20 May 11:33) |
| iPhone news tidbit of the week: the 3G version will be announced at a Steve Jobs keynote speech June 9. Sounds a lot like last week's tidbit, but that's OK. |
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Logitech unleashes Pure-Fi Mobile Bluetooth speakers (20 May 11:29) |
| In addition to its built-in rechargeable battery and wireless A2DP connectivity, the Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile portable speaker also doubles as a speakerphone for compatible Bluetooth phones. |
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Is ESPN's new Wi-Fi universal remote the ultimate? (20 May 11:01) |
| ESPN The Ultimate Remote launches for Father's Day at Amazon.com for $299. |
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Is ESPN's new WiFi universal remote the ultimate? (20 May 11:01) |
| ESPN The Ultimate Remote launches for Father's Day at Amazon.com for $299. |
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Google Earth app shows effects of climate change (20 May 10:45) |
| British government-led effort uses Google Earth to project temperature changes and Arctic ice loss over next 100 years. |
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Desktop virtualization is inevitable (20 May 10:00) |
| Everyone in the IT industry is doing back flips over server virtualization, begging the obvious question: What about the desktop? |
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Next Photoshop could come in small packages (20 May 09:41) |
| Adobe may invite users to mash up Photoshop and other applications in the next Creative Suite to make Flash widgets. |
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Next Photoshop widget-happy? (20 May 09:41) |
| Adobe Systems is considering whether to invite users to mash up Photoshop and other applications in the next Creative Suite to make Flash widgets. |
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Nielsen: MySpace, Club Penguin growth static, LinkedIn soaring (20 May 09:30) |
| Music-focused social networks Imeem and Buzznet are also growing fast, Nielsen finds, and Facebook continues to grow, but not as quickly as one might expect. |
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The Wii is still sold out (20 May 09:22) |
| Even a year and a half after its release, the Nintendo Wii is still sold out online and is unavailable for purchase from major retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon. |
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Hedge fund, corporate raider sign onto Yahoo-Icahn battle (20 May 09:21) |
| Third Point and T. Boone Pickens are snapping up millions of Yahoo shares and throwing their support behind Carl Icahn's proxy fight. |
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Study: Engineering teams, not processes, factor heaviest in code quality (20 May 09:06) |
| New research suggests that open source doesn't necessarily create better-quality software. This is perhaps not surprising, but begs the question as to whether the open-source process does a... |
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MIT's YouTomb catalogs videos yanked from YouTube (20 May 09:00) |
| Project scans the most popular videos for the metadata Google inserts after a clip has been taken down, purportedly due to DMCA violations. |
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Aster Data Systems offers cluster for deep insights (20 May 08:50) |
| Taking cue from Google, company's parallel-processing analytical engine and commodity hardware can extract insights from hundreds of terabytes of data. |
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Optimal gives electricity grid a better 'brain' (20 May 08:41) |
| If you want a smarter grid, think Cisco, says start-up Optimal Technologies. You need a network operating system that can route traffic better. |
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Exploring the music industry's other alternatives (20 May 08:33) |
| Featured links from the CNET Blog Network
Exploring the music industry's other alternatives -- Don Reisinger has some ideas for the music industry. Do you have others?
Audioengine... |
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OMG! InterActiveCorp buys teen fashion site (20 May 08:19) |
| Not only does IAC's purchase of GirlSense.com show its faith in the burgeoning teen market, but it also is a sign that after months of boardroom turmoil, the media conglomerate's snap-'em-up... |
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Dell-only ad agency names first CEO (20 May 07:55) |
| Where once there were hundreds of firms doing ads for the PC maker, now there's just one big, dedicated group, WPP's Project Da Vinci. |
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Congress to like Google's censor-handling proposal? (20 May 07:29) |
| Silicon Valley's again in front of a Senate hearing today, and some sensible ideas are finally on the table about how to deal with censorship-heavy countries. |
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Green-tech news harvest: Wind-powered sports car (20 May 07:23) |
| Also: Is there an ethanol smear campaign?; climate change means higher utility rates, study says; smart oil fields; test drive for the Chevy Volt; and a cheap way to make silicon solar panel... |
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Green-tech news harvest: Fuel cells for gadgets, wind-powered sports car (20 May 07:23) |
| Is there an ethanol smear campaign?; climate change means higher utility rates, study says; smart oil fields; test drive for the Chevy Volt; and a cheap way to make silicon solar panels more... |
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Outside.in raises $3 million, hires new CEO (20 May 06:54) |
| A former About.com general manager is now in charge of the start-up, which aggregates news and blog discussion around towns and neighborhoods. |
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Dysfunctional executive watch (20 May 06:35) |
| This is Train Wreck's new recurring post: Dysfunctional Executive Watch. |
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Palm opens its Virtual Developer Lab (20 May 05:30) |
| New plan for engaging developers and getting their programs to market includes renting out hourly remote access to Palm phones to complete tests and make tweaks. |
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Inrix sees the future of traffic prediction (20 May 04:30) |
| Traffic prediction no longer dependent on proximity to a major city. Inrix uses real-time and historical data to determine the future flow of traffic. |
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Cable hedges its wireless bets (20 May 04:30) |
| Cable companies are ponying up big bucks to get into the wireless market, but will their strategies be successful? |
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Electric cars: iPhones of the auto industry? (20 May 04:30) |
| Consumer desire for greener cars is giving small, tech-driven companies the rare chance to outmaneuver the auto giants, start-ups say.
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Transfer AutoCorrect settings to a new PC (20 May 12:31) |
| A simple Word macro backs up, restores, and lets you transfer your custom AutoCorrect entries. |
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6 million DRM-free MP3s now at Napster (20 May 09:31) |
| Napster to offer its complete catalog of more than 6 million songs in the MP3 format. |
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Now at Napster: 6 million DRM-free MP3s (20 May 09:31) |
| All four major labels and thousands of indies are represented in the store, but there's no trade program for customers who have a library of DRM-protected WMA files. |
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Look out, Apple TV: The $100 Netflix Player has arrived (20 May 09:30) |
| The long-awaited "Netflix box" has finally arrived, but is this barebones product worth the $100 asking price? |
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Mobile IM to surpass SMS? (20 May 08:48) |
| While Gartner study predicts a steep rise in SMS text messages among U.S. mobile-phone subscribers, integrated IM in the iPhone might be a game changer. |
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SMS on the rise in the US, but mobile IM is expected to be the next killer app (20 May 08:48) |
| A recent Garner study estimates 189 billion mobile messages will be sent by US mobile phone subscribers in 2007 and forecasts 301 billion in 2008. |
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U.K. tech agency: Microsoft's no friend to schools (20 May 07:11) |
| A British government agency says that Microsoft isn't doing enough to support interoperability standards for tech in schools. |
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