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Gmail’s chat-to-SMS feature is getting pulled back by a couple weeks for the Gmail team to fix a showstopper bug that kept it from working properly.
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DVD-player manufacturer in China ordered to comply with content protection technology license.
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The Netbook market expects the price of its most visible notebook to drop even further next year.
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Donald Bell recounts his quest to create a public video installation using Max/MSP software and some help from his friends.
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Researcher challenges Google after finding names and e-mail address of JotSpot users via Google search and wins–Google changes that and turns everything private.
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The maker of the Jawbone headset is the latest victim of the economic downturn.
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The troubled electronics retailer’s stock doesn’t meet minimum criteria to be listed, the company is told.
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As klutzy Apple laptop users know, damage from spilt water, coffee, or other liquids is not covered under the standard warranty. To uncover any potential for warranty fraud, it’s rumored the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has installed liquid sensors in its new line of MacBooks and MacBook Pros. CNET’s Kara Tsuboi looks into the rumored move […]

An amateur astronomer has captured this image of a planet more than 500 million miles away–with his iPhone.
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Live Search cuts to the chase with answers to various questions, not just links to other sites with the answers. Microsoft is expanding this ‘instant answer’ feature.
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This week, guest Ryan Naraine talks about social-media malware, among other security-related things, with CNET’s Robert Vamosi.
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It’s now easier for programmers who want to gussy up Yahoo search results to get their ideas into circulation.
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A high-profile chip designer is leaving IBM for Apple, causing IBM to file a non-compete lawsuit and creating much speculation over Apple’s possible renewed interest in the server market. Why does IBM cares so much and what does this hiring could mean for Apple, a company best known for consumer products?
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Don’t care to spend $500 for a ride in a zeppelin? This audio slideshow is a much cheaper way to get some of the sights and sounds of the new airship.
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Motorola’s a mess right now, and CNET News reporter Maggie Reardon joins us to diagnose the problem with the handset maker.
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Company has fallen on hard times and the discussions about giving up its U.S. distribution may be another sign that physical distribution is giving way to digital.
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The company has fallen on hard times and the talks about giving up its entire U.S. distribution is a sign the label is looking hard to cut costs.
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Some sobering analysis comes today from pundit Michael Arrington, indicating that the social network may be unable to keep up its bank accounts in sync with its rapid growth.
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Now that they know what it will take for their advertising deal to get approval from antitrust regulators, all Yahoo and Google have left to figure out is: Is it worth it?
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Google has begun releasing its third beta version of Chrome. Our tests show it’s 37 percent faster at JavaScript than the earlier beta from two months earlier.
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Republican wants strong laws protecting children from sexual predators online. He also wants to keep Net connections tax-free.
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Libertarian presidential candidate, who wants to keep Net connections tax-free, says Real ID threatens people’s privacy and places an undue burden on states.
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The Democratic presidential candidate, a staunch believer in Net neutrality, says he’ll push for infrastructure improvements so the U.S. can lead in broadband penetration.
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The independent presidential candidate says the FISA Amendments Act sets up a double standard of justice. And his favorite gadget: “Typewriter!”
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Congress members whose votes are deemed most tech-friendly: Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell and Texas Rep. Ron Paul. Here’s why.
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How did U.S. politicians vote on tech-related proposals? Find out by clicking on a state, then on a name.
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Republican wants strong laws protecting children from sexual predators online. He also wants to keep Net connections tax-free.
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The independent presidential candidate says the FISA Amendments Act sets up a double standard of justice. And his favorite gadget: “Typewriter!”
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See how CNET News graded Senate votes ranging from e-commerce restrictions to mandated library filters.
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From polling widgets to iPhone-based countdown clocks, election apps are everywhere. With the election only a few days away, it’s not clear what’s next for the companies that make them.
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The Democratic presidential candidate, a staunch believer in Net neutrality, says he’ll push for infrastructure improvements so the U.S. can lead in broadband penetration.
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Libertarian presidential candidate, who wants to keep Net connections tax-free, says Real ID threatens people’s privacy and places an undue burden on states.
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See how CNET News graded U.S. House of Representatives votes ranging from H-1B visas to computer-generated porn.
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Compose music right in your browser with Noteflight. This service lets you add notes, measures and more with your keyboard, mouse and browser.
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In yet another extension of Microsoft’s “I’m a PC” campaign, the company is putting video booths outside a U.K. Apple store and asking people to record their own videos.
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Eric Wilfrid will assume leadership of the group that creates Office for Mac, replacing Craig Eisler.
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Intel issued a warning on product demand.
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Yahoo Video streams surged 56 percent and unique users grew 35 percent in September, according to Nielsen Online.
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Magento is fast gaining traction as the industry’s leading open-source e-commerce solution.
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Sprint wasn’t able to find a buyer for its Nextel network, so the company plans to ‘rejuvenate’ the network.
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Software giant shows developers what is waiting in the wings, while Motorola looks to Google as its cell phone savior. Also: Net threats.
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FDA-approved touch-screen laptop with Web application for the housebound likely.
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The search giant injected a little Halloween humor into its robots.txt file’s instructions for Web-crawling software.
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The search giant injects a little Halloween humor into its robots.txt file’s instructions for Web-crawling software.
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Elon Musk, the CEO of the all-electric luxury car makers, says that Tesla plans to raise $20 million, which less than it had hoped but enough to meet its goals.
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It took a decade of indexing advances such as skip lists and index compression to make indexing practical, and another decade of computing advances to give us billions of searchable documents says Attivio’s Jonathan Young. Commentary–It seems as though there is a watershed event in…
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Atos Origin explains how risk-management tech helped to prioritize the real risks hidden within. The security team behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has revealed how it found the real risks hidden within the millions of alerts received every day. Faced with 12 million alerts per…
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Linux is being deployed everywhere these days, including Windows laptops.
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Consumers have finally woken up and realized the game sequels just aren’t enough to make pull out their wallets.
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