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Sunday, August 31

AMD walks fine line with $3 billion N.Y. plant
The chipmaker is caught between the need to reduce manufacturing capacity on its books with pressure to build a fab in New York state.

ASCII: An artful way around spam filters
There's been a recent surge in a method to evade spam filters: disguising text by using the venerable ASCII art method. But so far, spammers are bungling the attempt.

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Photos: Cracking open the famous Simon

Sarah Palin Wikipedia edits--fast and furious

Telecom carriers brace for Gustav

Hyundai booth raided at German tech fair

AT&T rivals happy to attack over iPhone woes

Adobe gets an e-earful, and listens

How to get thrown into a Chinese prison

Sarah Palin Wikipedia edits--fast and furiou
There's nothing like the vice presidential nomination of a relatively unknown (and female) governor to push the Wikipedia edit machine into high gear.
• Few tech tracks for McCain's VP pick
(Posted in Politics and Law by Natalie Weinstein)

Telecom carriers brace for Gustav
With the powerful hurricane on a path toward New Orleans, emergency workers and telecom carriers are rushing to prevent a repeat of Katrina.
(Posted in Wireless by Natalie Weinstein)

Hyundai booth raided at German tech fair
Customs police seize flat-screen TVs from the company's booth at the IFA consumer electronics show.
(Posted in Business Tech by Natalie Weinstein)

Saturday, August 30

Adobe gets an e-earful, and listens
Dear Adobe, a site where people can carp about problems with products and pass judgment on others' gripes, has caught the company's attention.
(Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

AT&T rivals happy to attack over iPhone woes
Debut of Apple's iPhone 3G has been a public relations headache for AT&T, after complaints of dropped calls and poor network connections.
(From The New York Times)

How to get thrown into a Chinese prison
James Powderly planned to use a green laser to project a pro-Tibet message on the Bird's Nest Stadium during the Olympics. Before he could make the attempt, Chinese authorities locked him up for nearly a week.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Elsa Wenzel)

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including BlueAnt M1 Stereo Bluetooth Speaker, Monster Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, and the unlocked Palm Treo Pro.
• Week in review: Taming the wild Web

Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom
The chip giant has acquired open-source mobile specialist Opened Hand, which will now focus on developing a Linux software stack for Atom processors.
(Posted in Business Tech by Tom Espiner)

Hans Reiser gets 15 years to life for murdering wife
Linux programmer pleads guilty to second-degree murder and thus gets a reduced sentence as part of a deal made in exchange for bringing police to his victim's body.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Michelle Meyers)

Nvidia about-face brings questions
Despite chest thumping at the company's gaming conference, a last-minute announcement of support for high-end gaming graphics via Intel silicon raises questions.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Lessons to learn from Yahoo's Mash smash
The untimely death of Yahoo's would-be networking site is a lesson for the industry. It just isn't enough to invite people to build a friends list anymore.
• Antitrust scrutiny in Yahoo-Google deal intensifies
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones
New thumb-type device can be used by law enforcement, thieves or parents to snoop on the cell phone activities of anyone who leaves the phone unattended.
(Posted in Security by CNET staff)

Following up on letting iPhone apps run my life
After experiencing problems with several apps when CNET News' Daniel Terdiman let the iPhone take over for a day, he decided to give them another try at home.
• Tethering coming soon to iPhone 3G?
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Friday, August 29

Design for the masses, chosen by the masses
Industry execs say crowdsourcing is one of the best ways to stay on top of consumer trends, so a host of sites are asking people to submit art for sneakers, skateboards, cars, and stationary.

Students in Brazil get a new Classmate
There is more at stake at the largest one-to-one computing project in Latin America than the reputation of Intel's Classmate PC.

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LinkedIn spruces up Groups platform

 Report: Sorkin's Facebook screenplay is based on Ben Mezrich's book

 Judge: Qualcomm violates Broadcom ruling

 Nintendo shares soar on bumped-up forecast

 Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery

 Napster won't rule out a sale

 iPhone data plan promotion extended in Canada

IBM tests 4-terabyte solid-state drive tech
Big Blue announces solid-state drive technology that achieves high speed and power savings, even if only in the labs so far.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Microsoft to drop $486 million for Euro shop site
Deal will bring Ciao, one of Europe's leading price-comparison sites, into Microsoft's fold and extend its online presence on the continent.
(Posted in Microsoft by Mike Ricciuti)

Psystar countersues Apple on antitrust grounds
Mac clone maker's expected countersuit alleges that Apple engages in restraint of free trade and unfair competition.
(Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

With 'followers,' Blogger grows more social
Google's blog publishing platform will soon allow members to track other Bloggers through a "dashboard" and display a graphic of their own followers.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Napster won't rule out a sale
In a letter to shareholders, the struggling music service notes it is still employing an investment banks and is exploring "strategic alternatives" to staying public.
(Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

Google Code reverses open-source license ban
"Our bad," declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects. Also added: the Eclipse Public License.
• Google's weird ways with open-source licenses
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

IE 8 Beta 2 not without its faults
While hiccups are expected from beta software, some of the affected services are Microsoft's own.
(Posted in Microsoft by Robert Vamosi)

Obama's VP text-messaging didn't work so well
Report says 40 to 50 percent of the text messages sent by the Obama campaign regarding the candidate's VP choice were late or never received.
• In YouTube age, criticism can (and will) be used against pols
• Full coverage of Democratic convention
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Yahoo Mash gets smashed, bashed, quashed
After a year and little uptake, Yahoo shuts down its experimental social-networking service.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

iPhone data plan promo extended in Canada
Rogers Communications, the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada, is extending a promotional data plan to attract more smartphone sales, including that of the BlackBerry Bold.
(Posted in Apple by Marguerite Reardon)

Comcast to cap monthly consumer broadband
Party seems to be over for unlimited bandwidth: in October, Comcast will begin capping usage at 250GB per month, with dire consequences for abusers.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Apple to fix hole in password-protected iPhones
Company promises to plug hole next month that exposes iPhone users' e-mail, text, and voice messages despite password protection.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Thursday, August 28

Veoh ruling: Portents for Google, YouTube
In the Veoh video copyright case and in Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube, there's a key difference: whether the plaintiff sent take-down notices.
• Veoh wins copyright infringement lawsuit

images The highs and lows of digital drama
A look back at a decade--yes, a decade--of Web series from sitcoms to thrillers to musicals that both succeeded and flopped.

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Google Code reverses open-source license ban
"Our bad," declares company, deciding that the Mozilla Public License is once again an option for Google Code projects. Also added: the Eclipse Public License.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

IE 8 Beta 2 not without its faults
While hiccups are expected from beta software, some of the affected services are Microsoft's own.
(Posted in Microsoft by Robert Vamosi)

In YouTube age, political criticisms can (and will) be used against you
Republicans interrupt the DNC with Web site featuring videos of Barack Obama's onetime rivals attacking him during the primaries.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Whoops! Obama's VP text-messaging idea didn't work out so well
Report says 40 to 50 percent of the text messages sent by the Obama campaign regarding the candidate's VP choice were late or never received.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Comcast to cap monthly consumer broadband
Party seems to be over for unlimited bandwidth: in October, Comcast will begin capping usage at 250GB per month, with dire consequences for abusers.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Apple to fix hole in password-protected iPhones
Company promises to plug hole next month that exposes iPhone users' e-mail, text, and voice messages despite password protection.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Schmidt: Yahoo-Google deal set to start in October
CEO Eric Schmidt tells Bloomberg that Google thinks its arguments are strong that the partnership with its rival doesn't post antitrust problems.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Digg town hall: Local news options, forums on the way?
From the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Digg executives Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson answered user questions via Webcast and on stage.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Dell earnings down 17 percent
The PC maker's net income and earnings per share are below expectations. Dell blames conservative IT spending and the costs of acquiring more market share in Europe.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Google CEO: Internet spurred Obama's nomination
Eric Schmidt fields questions at the Democratic convention about politics, online journalism, and privacy.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent
A recent patent application filed on behalf of Apple describes technology for controlling a touch-screen Mac tablet with iPhone-like gestures and controls.
• Why Apple should release a touch-screen Mac
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Google announces Android Market for phone apps
The search giant is fleshing out its mobile-phone effort with the Android Market to let users find, buy, and download applications.
(Posted in Wireless by Stephen Shankland)

McCain grabs top Google ad spot for searches on Joe Biden
Obama usually outshines McCain on the Web, but McCain campaign manages to outbid Obama campaign for top ad spot on Google linked to searches for Joe Biden.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Wednesday, August 27

AMD walks fine line with $3 billion plant
It's caught between the need to reduce manufacturing capacity on its books with pressure to build a chip plant in New York state.

IE 8 browser rises to the competition
The second public beta for Internet Explorer 8 offers features similar to those found in Opera, Safari, and Firefox, plus a few extras.
• Review: IE 8 Beta 2
• Images: IE 8 screenshots

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Let the 'Spore' advertising blitz begin

Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds

Nanosolar raises $300 million for thin-film solar

Handheld breath sensor could help detect cancer

YouTube's filters help copyright owners profit from pirated videos

Exploring Internet Explorer 8

Why Apple should stop chasing rainbows

Welcome to the new CNET
The yellow and green CNET pages are history as we have officially launched our new site design and several new features to millions of users.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

Security hole opens up password protected iPhones
Users report serious security flaw in iPhone 2.0.2 that exposes mail, texts, voice messages, and browser to strangers despite the device being password-protected.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

TiVo loses subscribers but adds small profit
The DVR maker has struggled in delivering money to shareholders, but it ekes out a tiny profit this quarter, beating analysts' expectations.
(Posted in Digital Media by Erica Ogg)

Rocket Racing League takes off with new engine, DKNY
The league, an aspiring Formula 1 for rocket racing, chooses a new liquid oxygen-alcohol engine from Armadillo Aerospace, a suborbital space company founded by Doom creator John Carmack.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Stefanie Olsen)

Tech firms at Democratic convention push for free trade
The Consumer Electronics Association, which represents Apple, Microsoft, and others, is pressing hard for legislators to embrace free trade.
• Full coverage: Democrats' quest for the White House
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Tests clear iPhone 3G antenna on reception woes
Swedish tech publication GP tests the antenna to see if that component is to blame for the phone's reception issues, and finds no obvious problems.
• Report: Orange backs off iPhone 3G throttling
• iPhone ad banned over 'all Internet' claim
• 'Murderdrome' most foul, Apple rules
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Dell's designs on cloud computing
Standing 52 stories in the air at San Francisco's upscale Carnelian Room, executives from Dell, Facebook, and Salesforce.com discussed the meaning and use of the latest technology buzzword, cloud computing.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

Video: Bigger blogger presence at DNC
As CNET's Kara Tsuboi explores the blogger lounge known as "The Big Tent," it's clear that the nontraditional media presence is growing in force and voice.
• Democratic bloggers shun official digs for 'Big Tent'
• Full coverage: Democrats' quest for the White House

AMC to allow fans' 'Mad Men' Twittering
After initially sending a DMCA takedown notice, the cable network decides to let the fans continue to post fake updates on the show's characters.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Brazil: Digital inclusion, but how?
While hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on digital inclusion projects in Latin America, many of the programs start and end with the technology.
(Part of the Borders of Computing series by Ina Fried)

Compressed-air storage coming to wind power
Newly formed firm Energy Storage and Power plans to make compressed-air energy storage machines for utilities that need storage for wind and solar power sources.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Google gooses Apple's Safari with Gears beta
With a new beta version of Gears for Safari, Apple's browser joins Firefox and Internet Explorer with support for Google's augmented browsing abilities.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Dell's new low-cost PCs for emerging markets
PC maker continues its international push with notebooks and desktops made for such countries as China and India.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Tuesday, August 26

Psystar to hit Apple with countersuit
The maker of Mac clones says it plans to sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels.

ASCII: An artful way around spam filters
There's been a recent surge in a method to evade spam filters: disguising text by using the venerable ASCII art method. But so far, spammers are bungling the attempt.

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U.S. flight delays pegged to FAA computer woes
Hundreds of flights were delayed in cities across the country Tuesday because of a computer failure in the Federal Aviation Administration's system for processing flight plans.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stefanie Olsen)

U.S. government giving 'green' buildings a boost
What if by 2025 all new office and retail buildings could generate as much energy as they use? David Rodgers of the Department of Energy explains that goal.
(Posted in Green Tech by Elsa Wenzel)

Surveys: Consumer outlook for economy, tech spending rise
Consumer surveys show slight increase in confidence about overall economy in the U.S. and that people plan on spending more on technology in the coming 12 months.
(Posted in Business Tech by Elinor Mills)

Serious games for serious people
Forrester researchers come up with a new phrase--"serious games"--to define games that can teach vital skills to corporate workers. Go figure.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Dan Farber)

Solid-state drives slip into the mainstream
They made their mark by appearing in the trendiest ultraportables, as a high-priced option. Now solid-state drives are coming off their rarefied shelf space.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Google, Verizon, others sued over voice mail patent
Patent holding company Klausner Technologies targets Google, Verizon, Cox, LG, and others in latest patent infringement lawsuit, bolstered by settlement wins in suits against Apple, AT&T.
(Posted in Wireless by Elinor Mills)

Upstart JumpTap takes on Google
The mobile search and advertising start-up gets another round of funding and deepens its relationship with AT&T as it battles Google in the mobile market.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Google helping expand undersea cable infrastructure
Company is helping build an undersea cable to bring more Internet capacity to Asia as it also looks for partners for an undersea cable to Africa.
(Posted in Digital Media by Marguerite Reardon)

Amex, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest customer details sold on eBay
Over 1 million customers' details have been compromised because of a data-archiving company's server being sold on eBay.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

Nintendo shouldn't rush to release the Wii 2
At least one analyst says Nintendo should be the first to enter the next-gen video game console fray, but I think it should be the last.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Google launches free ad management tool
Ad Manager is designed to help advertisers sell and display ads, and if any ad inventory goes unsold, Google is happy to fill it with its own through AdSense.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Drawings of Android phone revealed
The blog "Android Guys" publishes some of the most detailed engineering drawings yet of the soon-to-be released T-Mobile phone that uses Google's Android operating system.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

AT&T expands iPhone international data plans
iPhone users can add one of two international plans to their existing service, as carrier seeks to cut consumers' reliance on pay-per-use data services.
(Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

Monday, August 25

special coverageDemocrats' quest for the White House
 CBS News and CNET News are teaming up to give you in-depth coverage of the Democratic convention in Denver. Check here for the latest.
• How the Democratic convention is getting wired
• Live from makeshift media-trailer-city at DNC

Fuzzy math in Google tool
The search engine's built-in calculator has some troubles with big numbers. So do we all, but this is a company that named itself after a really big number.

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Microsoft invests in Net video company Move Networks
The software giant takes a stake in the Internet video company for an undisclosed sum, in a move to broaden the reach of its video streaming technology.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stefanie Olsen)

EA, Take-Two in confidential talks
The rival game makers sign a confidentiality agreement after agreeing to hold private talks about a potential transaction.
(Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

Google joins group to offer free Wi-Fi in Milpitas
As a member of a nonprofit coalition, the search giant is working with the Silicon Valley suburb in an effort to keep its citywide Wi-Fi network open to the public.
• Stealing Wi-Fi: If you can, you shouldn't
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

IE 8 to include private browsing feature
The next version of Explorer will allow you to control whether or not the browser automatically saves your browsing history, cookies, and other data.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Analyst: Google's favorable foreign exchange rate to hit bump
After 10 consecutive quarters of healthy foreign exchange rates, the search giant could encounter a reversal of fortune in the third quarter, according to an analyst report.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Nvidia kicks off confab in tough times
Nvidia is trying to shake off a tough quarter as the Nvision conference starts today in San Jose.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Tech lets tongue drive the PC, wheelchair
Georgia Tech develops technology that would allow people with severe disabilities to operate a wheelchair or computer by moving their tongue. They only need to get as hip as a tongue-pierced punk.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Stefanie Olsen)

Layoffs and executive shuffle at Vudu
Maker of movie-playing set-top boxes won't detail how many layoffs but says they come in "each department" as the company names a new chief financial officer.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Why Apple should release a touch-screen Mac
Apple should release a touch-screen Mac as soon as possible. But is it the right move for the company?
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Microsoft taps RFID for Tech.Ed delegates
RFID tags will be embedded into badges at the annual conference in Sydney as part of a tracking experiment. Those who opt out will have less access to conference info.
(Posted in Business Tech by Liam Tung)

Orwell's diary, 70 years later to the day
Author's copious diaries are being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were written.
(From The New York Times)

Getting around at Gnomedex
Vocal Joystick gives computer control to those with disabled hands. Plus: An open-source approach to tracking stolen laptops, and Sarah Lacy, back on stage.

Microsoft and WPP to swap advertising assets?
Software maker is reportedly talking to ad firm about swapping the Avenue A/Razorfish interactive advertising agency for some cash and WPP's 24/7 Open AdStream ad-serving tool, according to Advertising Age.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Sunday, August 24

Joe Biden's mixed tech record
Barack Obama's VP pick has been an ally of the music industry on copyright and the FBI on wiretaps. He also helped spur the creation of PGP, unintentionally.
• Obama picks Biden as running mate

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Sarah Lacy takes on Gnomedex
Months after her infamous South by Southwest interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the tech journalist faces another geek conference audience.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Report: A Kindle for college kids?
An analyst says he's heard from Amazon that it sees promise in marketing the e-book reader to students. Plus: new models ahead.
(Posted in Crave by Jonathan Skillings)

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
CNET Reviews rates the Gateway P-7811FX laptop, the 2009 Mercedes C63 AMG, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700, and more.
(Posted in Image Galleries)

Space junkies ask 'who owns the moon?'
A NASA working group hosts a discussion this week to ask: who owns the moon? The answer, of course, is no one. Property rights could get sticky, however.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Stefanie Olsen)

Report: iPhones en route to Russia
Apple has reached a deal with the country's largest carrier, Mobile TeleSystems, that could put the iPhone on store shelves in October, according to Reuters.
• Letting iPhone apps run my life for a day
• Photos: Putting iPhone apps to the test
(Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings)

Saturday, August 23

Forget Seinfeld. Microsoft needs the two Coreys
Crave asked readers who would be a better spokesman for the Redmondians. Their suggestions range from the insightful to, well, the just plain cruel.
(Posted in Crave by Jim Kerstetter)

Kevin Rose foretells iPod Nano redesign
The Digg founder offers up a sampling of details on what could be changes in store for the iPod lineup in September.
(Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings)

Google making SSL changes, other sites quiet
A security researcher holds off on releasing exploit after talks with Google, the only company to respond to complaints about SSL implementations.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

How lame is lithium ion? Don't get me started
If my laptop drops dead one more time because the battery's out of juice, I may go postal. But a start-up named ZPower says it has the answer. Let's hope so.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Fatal flaws found in terrorism database
Congressional investigation reveals one of the country's most important terrorism databases is suffering from mismanagement and technical flaws.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

The history of I Can Has Cheezburger
At Gnomedex, CEO Ben Huh discusses how the hit LOLCats site came to be and how the company has grown into a blogging empire.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

How about this fight card? Dell vs. Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple
Dell is thinking about ways to bring cloud-based consumer storage to the mainstream. By the way, so are Microsoft, Google and Apple.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Friday, August 22

Letting iPhone apps run my life for a day
When his original plans one day in Seattle fall through, CNET News' Daniel Terdiman decides to test out some iPhone apps and put them in charge.
• Photos: Putting iPhone apps to the test
Read full story

special coverage Democrats' quest for the White House
CNET News and CBS News keep you informed on what's up with Barack Obama and his party as they get ready for next week's Democratic convention.
Read full story

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How about this fight card? Dell vs. Google vs. Microsoft vs. Apple
Dell is thinking about ways to bring cloud-based consumer storage to the mainstream. By the way, so are Microsoft, Google and Apple.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Red Hat, Fedora servers compromised
Linux seller says Red Hat and Fedora servers were breached but customers are not affected.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Microsoft wants to 'build Windows,' but how about bridges?
The software giant's new marketing campaign seems to be about hot air rather than substance, given its myriad efforts to raise barriers to interoperability.
(Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

Photos: Intel's vision of future machine intelligence
Intel paints a bullish future with advances in processing, communication, robots, materials science, and human-computer interfaces.
• Intel touts progress toward intelligent computers
• Read it all: Intel Developer Forum

Groups request records in AMD-Intel case
News outlets and advocacy organizations are seeking access to sealed court documents in Advanced Micro Devices' antitrust case against Intel.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephanie Condon)

Picnik adds support for layering, mass uploading
Web-based photo-editing tool Picnik now has support for batch uploading and multiphoto editing. With minimal effort, users can add transparency, text, and myriad filter effects.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Smokestack heat: Fuel of the future?
Escaped heat is an underused resource for electricity and heating. New technology and a push toward energy efficiency could make recycled energy more attractive.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Phreaker calls buddies overseas on U.S. government dime
U.S. FEMA investigating voice mail hole that allowed hacker to make hundreds of calls overseas.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Did Tibet album spur China iTunes block?
Art of Peace Foundation, a nonprofit that released a high-profile album on the iTunes Store supporting Tibet, blames China's censors for barring access to the digital-media marketplace.
(Posted in Apple by Caroline McCarthy)

Google to make real-time judgment of ad quality
Coming changes will mean that Google will judge each advertiser's ad quality immediately rather than use a precalculated score. Also: adios, minimum bids.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Polish carrier stocks iPhone lines with actors
Concerned about low demand, mobile phone operator Orange created fake lines in front of its stores in anticipation of the iPhone launch this week.
(Posted in Crave by Caroline McCarthy)

Wonder why everything isn't speech controlled?
Ever wonder why automated call-centers communicate eerily well, yet your consumer life relies on dozens of keyboards, buttons, and remote controls? Here is the company you should blame.
(Posted in Train Wreck by Steve Tobak)

Thursday, August 21

For YouTube videos, a 'fair use' boost
A judge's ruling requires media companies to take a good look at videos before alleging a copyright foul. Will this make it tougher to send the dreaded takedown notices?
• Judge: Copyright owners must consider 'fair use'

video A longer-lasting laptop battery?
CNET News' Charles Cooper speaks with ZPower CEO Ross Dueber, who says upcoming silver zinc tech will give a big boost to battery life.

Woz urges engineers to follow their hearts
Steve Wozniak, Apple's co-founder, recalls his early days fulfilling his engineering dream by working for Hewlett-Packard while designing Apple computers.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Security expert: DNS attacks are happening
IOActive researcher Dan Kaminsky says people are looking for unpatched DNS systems and some attacks are due to a fatal vulnerability with the DNS Web address lookup system.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Plasma TV on the rebound?
Overall TV shipments are better than a year ago. But plasma increased more than 50 percent thanks to the introduction of 32-inch sets.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Bad economy kills this year's DigitalLife Expo
The annual tech trade show, typically held each fall at New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center, has been "postponed" until 2009, according to organizer Ziff Davis Media.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

A much deeper Facebook experience coming to iPhone users
The next mobile version of Facebook, presumably available in late September, is packing a punch with some useful updates that make it almost as capable as the Web version.
• Facebook developers to factor in age, location
• Facebook's 'Engagement Ads' tests the waters
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Iowa chosen for next Microsoft data center
Software maker will build its fourth U.S. data center in West Des Moines, which is also the hometown of Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Bebo appoints exec to handle original content
Kelly Brett, a London-based television producer, has already been working on Bebo-commissioned video content for the past year.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Journalists, residents getting same Net in Beijing
Tests at the main Olympic press center and on other connections around the Chinese city show that both reporters and city dwellers are getting less restricted Internet access than usual.
• Full Olympics coverage
(Posted in Sinobyte: China and technology by Graham Webster)

Venture money finds India, China tech
Venture firms in Q2 stepped up their investments in India-based companies by about 120 percent, according to new report. China's on fire with venture firms, too.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stefanie Olsen)

Microsoft taps Seinfeld for ad campaign
According to The Wall Street Journal, comedian Jerry Seinfeld will appear with Bill Gates in part of a $300 million marketing project stressing connections and ideas.
(Posted in Microsoft by Margaret Kane)

Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips
Mexicans terrified of soaring kidnapping rates are spending thousands to implant transmitters under their skin so they can be tracked if abducted.
(From Reuters)

q&a Will Wright on the origins of 'Spore'
The legendary game designer talks about the evolution of his new evolution game.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Amazon launches hard disk in the sky
New Elastic Block Storage for Amazon Web Services gives developers low-level access to cloud-based data stores.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Wednesday, August 20

Microsoft trucks in its data centers
As it plugs in 10,000 servers a month, Redmond looks beyond the traditional rack for ways to cut costs and ease power consumption. Read full story

Yahoo makes pushfor Net-enabled TVs
The Internet giant hopes to spur new options for TV watching and advertising, and it's joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market. Read full story

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 Disney wants to socialize with parents, too

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FCC finalizes Comcast's filtering penalties
In BitTorrent case, federal agency gives cable operator 30 days to submit its "network management" compliance plan for its approval. The company will not be fined.
(Posted in The Iconoclast by Declan McCullagh)

American Airlines launches in-flight Wi-Fi
The service, called Gogo, is available for $12.95 on some cross-country flights.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
Worried about leaving tracks as you browse the Web? A privacy mode is on the agenda for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
(Posted in Microsoft by Stephen Shankland)

Apple acknowledges iPhone 3G reception issues
After weeks of silence, Apple has admitted that the iPhone 3G can suffer from reception problems and that the latest software update is the cure.
• Developer creates copy-paste tech for iPhone
(Posted in One More Thing by Tom Krazit)

All-day 'Harry Potter' read-a-thon comes to the Web
If you're really bored at the office on September 23, you'll be able to tune into publisher Scholastic's Web site to watch people reading the first Potter book cover-to-cover.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Disney wants to socialize with parents, too
Disney's Internet unit launches DisneyFamily.com, a social network for parents to create a profile, swap advice, get cooking tips, and clip coupons.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stefanie Olsen)

roundupAt IDF, Intel touts its mobile processors
At its developer confab, the chipmaker reveals that it has 'first silicon' for Moorestown, its next mobile chip. Also: New Atom chip is due next month.
• Thinking big with SSDs
• Barrett laments R&D funds
• Intel: Sensors will be key

Motorola's consumer handset chief resigns
Rob Shaddock will be replaced by company veteran John Cipolla in what is expected to be a "seamless" transition, handset maker says.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

Listen up, 'New York Times': German papers thrive with tech
Craigslist and blogs supposedly mean the end of traditional newspapers, but in Germany the papers are using technology to boost profits.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

FTC all but bans robocalls
Federal Trade Commission is restricting telemarketers from sending prerecorded phone calls to consumers unless the consumer gives written consent to receive them.
(Posted in The Iconoclast by Stephanie Condon)

Mayor Bloomberg floats New York City wind plan
Michael Bloomberg envisions an off-shore wind farm and small turbines on skyscrapers and bridges that would provide part of the city's electricity needs in coming years.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Microsoft, Novell add $100 million to Linux deal
The companies ramp up their existing interoperability deal that gives corporate users a bridge between Windows and Linux.
(Posted in Microsoft by Mike Ricciuti)

Net companies prep for party conventions
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are bringing their tech to bear on the upcoming Democratic and Republican events, for those on site and for you at home.
(Posted in The Iconoclast by Stephanie Condon)

Tuesday, August 19

Microsoft on search: We'll dig deeper
The software giant says it can do a better job than Google by paying closer attention to your search patterns.
• Microsoft sees Powerset-powered search ad revolution
Read full story

Judge lifts gag order on MIT trio in subway case
In an abrupt reversal, a federal judge rejects Mass. transit agency's bid to bar students from discussing subway card vulnerabilities.
Read full story

Dell, Facebook prep 'significant' announcement
The companies are expected to announce a cloud computing partnership at a special event next week.
(Posted in Digital Media by Erica Ogg)

Google outpaces search market growth
In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google's searches in the U.S. increased faster at 16 percent.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

HP posts another solid quarter
Growth in notebook sales again leads the way for the computer maker, which beat Wall Street estimates for the third quarter with $2.03 billion in earnings.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Verizon exec: Some Net neutrality fans suffer from 'paranoia'
In the wake of the FCC's ruling against Comcast, broadband providers and their allies at a tech policy conference say Net neutrality is dangerous and still makes no sense.
(Posted in The Iconoclast by Declan McCullagh)

Intel's Barrett laments R&D investment
Production is imminent for high-capacity solid-state drives ranging up 160GB. Is this the beginning of the end for hard-drive dominance?
• Intel's Barrett laments R&D investment
• Intel: Sensors will be key to future computing
• Complete IDF coverage
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Ringback tone sales to triple in four years
Those tunes that play while you wait for someone to pick up are expected to generate $4.7 billion in revenue for mobile operators by 2012, according to new research.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

New York to Montreal overnight--with no GPS?
In the inaugural Rental Car Rally, you'd be surprised how many teams didn't opt for a GPS navigator. Even the ones that did still encountered a few surprises.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Canonical joins Linux Foundation
The only surprise, says an open-source analyst, is that Ubuntu sponsor Canonical has taken until now to join the foundation. Founder Shuttleworth has been on its board since 2007.
(Posted in Business Tech by Tom Espiner)

Palm leaks Treo Pro photos and videos
Photos and videos of Palm's soon-to-be addition to its Windows Mobile smartphone lineup are all over the Internet on Tuesday morning after Palm posted, then quickly pulled, the images.
(Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)

Google digs up funds for geothermal energy
Tech giant invests $10 million in start-ups AltaRock Energy and Potter Drilling in quest to produce a gigawatt of electricity through renewable sources.
• Tapping the hot asphalt jungle for energy
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Southwest Airlines CEO crowdsources his Halloween costume
Gary Kelly, known for typically un-CEO-ish hijinks, asks the readers of his blog to choose what he should wear on October 31.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Microsoft relaxes rules on virtual machines
Software maker lifts a licensing limit that had allowed software running inside virtual machines to shift hardware only once every 90 days.
• Windows 7 Server to be 'minor release'
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Ireland investigating fake credit card reader scam
Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Monday, August 18

Capitol Hill eclipse for solar power?
One of the engines of growth for solar energy projects has been a federal tax credit. Now that financial incentive could be in jeopardy. Read full story

q&a Running the show at EA Games
Frank Gibeau has a big day ahead with the September launch of Spore, but that's not all that the EA exec has on his plate. Read full story

Sunday, August 17

Tech lobbyist's agenda, with another's signature
Shadowy D.C. firm specializes in planting ghost-written op-eds to benefit clients including Comcast and Microsoft. It works well--unless the firm gets caught.Read full story

Fire Eagle is cool, but also unnerving
Yahoo's geolocation service is a storehouse for personal location information, and that makes CNET's Charles Cooper nervous.
Read full story

Preparing for an urban WMD attack
The city of San Francisco ran a large-scale exercise Saturday to help train its emergency response agencies how to deal with a terrorist attack. (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

WordCamp in a nutshell
Andrew Mager gives a play-by-play of today's WordCamp conference, hosted by the creators of the open-source blogging platform WordPress. (Posted in Webware by Dan Farber)

Now playing on YouTube: Clips with ads
After years of regarding pirated video on YouTube as a threat, some major media companies are starting to treat it instead as an advertising opportunity.  (From The New York Times)

Cadence pulls bid to buy Mentor Graphics
Cadence says financing "no longer attractive" for shareholders, but Mentor calls news of withdrawal "inconsistent" with recent statements from its rival. (Posted in Business Tech by Anne Dujmovic)

photos Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
CNET Reviews rates the 20-inch iMac, a new Maserati, an external drive made of bamboo and recycled aluminum, and more.

Saturday, August 16

Sixth place in Beijing for twin ConnectU founders
After making it all the way to the grand final of the men's pair in the rowing event, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss fail to win a medal; Australian team gets the gold.  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Intel rolls while Rambus and MIPS reel
Intel processor shipments surge, while Rambus and MIPS--which don't have their own chip fabrication facilities--restructure. (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Innovation: It's all in how you see it
Corporate cultures can be a curse to fresh ideas. So what's a big tech company like eBay, HP, or Microsoft to do? (Posted in Business Tech by Stefanie Olsen)

New magazine-sharing site escapes copyright laws abroad
A new site that lets users share digital copies of magazines conveniently slips around U.S. copyright laws by hosting its domain name and servers abroad. (Posted in The Iconoclast by Stephanie Condon)

Live Webcast coverage from Democratic, Republican conventions
With the Democratic and Republican conventions coming up in the next few weeks, we are planning extensive coverage across CNET and CBSNews.com, including live Webcasts following the TV coverage. (Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

TSA declares some laptop bags 'checkpoint-friendly'
In an effort to streamline the security screening process at airports, the agency decides to let travelers keep their laptops packed in certain types of bags. (Posted in The Iconoclast by Stephanie Condon)

Internet captivated by Bigfoot hunters' press conference
Twitter and Google searches are dominated by talk of the press conference that claims to prove the existence of the legendary ape-man.(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Friday, August 15

Innovation: It's all in how you see it
Corporate cultures can be a curse to fresh ideas. So what's a big tech company like eBay, HP, or Microsoft to do?

photosHow the Victorians did gadgets
 What clever, handy devices came out of the 19th-century mind? Self-pouring teapots, periscope glasses, fire grenades, and more.

New magazine-sharing site escapes copyright laws abroad
A new site that lets users share digital copies of magazines conveniently slips around U.S. copyright laws by hosting its domain name and servers abroad.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Live Webcast coverage from Democratic, Republican conventions
With the national conventions coming up in the next few weeks, we are planning extensive coverage across CNET and CBSNews.com, including live Webcasts following the TV coverage.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

TSA declares some laptop bags 'checkpoint friendly.'
In an effort to streamline the security screening process at airports, the agency decides to let travelers keep their laptops packed in certain types of bags.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Net captivated by Bigfoot hunters' press conference
Twitter and Google searches are dominated by talk of the press conference that claims to prove the existence of the legendary ape-man.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Netflix starts shipping DVDs again
After a three-day outage, the red envelopes are moving once more. The company has not revealed the cause of the outage, but is issuing a credit to affected customers.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

CNET readers share their iPhone 3G stories
iPhone 3G reception issues were reported in 32 states across the U.S., and while Apple has yet to officially acknowledge the problem, technical support staffers are well aware.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Google quietly launches AdSense for Feeds
Blog publishers can now monetize their RSS feeds with AdSense for Feeds, a carryover from Google's acquisition of FeedBurner last year.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Olympic committee rethinks YouTube copyright claim
The International Olympic Committee has withdrawn its request for YouTube to remove a Tibetan protest video because of copyright issues.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

NYT: Google's Android coming soon on HTC handset
HTC, T-Mobile, and Google gear up to release a phone based on Android software over the next couple of months, according to The New York Times, echoing an earlier report.
(Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)

Microsoft to tweak virtualization licensing policies
The software maker plans to announce some changes on Tuesday, CNET News has confirmed. It's another effort to adjust to a world in which software can move freely among both physical and virtual machines.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Q&A: Will Wright talks 'Spore,' 'Sims,' science
The creator of The Sims explains the concept behind the upcoming Spore game, his definition of "god," and why game development is like aikido.
(By Eileen Yu of ZDNet Asia)

Thursday, August 14

Gag order stands for subway card hackers
Judge postpones decision on whether MIT trio can reveal "information" about security problems in Boston subway cards.

Intel USB 3.0 update resolves dispute
Rival chipmakers AMD and Nvidia step back from a threat to go their own way. The high-speed spec, due in 2009, is now 90 percent complete.

Yahoo puts final coda on the Icahn battle
Frank Biondi and John Chapple join Yahoo's expanded board of directors, as part of an earlier agreement reached with Carl Icahn.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

New Intel chipset could awaken the PC as phone
Chip will allow people to receive phone calls on their PCs even when the machine is powered-down.
(Posted in Digital Media by Marguerite Reardon)

Class action suit means Facebook's Beacon just won't go away
Social network, as well as eight of the participants in its Beacon ad program, are sued over the sharing of user data in the weeks before Facebook altered the program.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

MacBook Air to get new Intel chips?
Apple's ultrathin laptop could be getting a performance boost with the addition of new chips from Intel already expected to appear in due time inside new MacBooks.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Former Apple lawyer settles SEC options case
Nancy Heinen will pay $2.2 million in fines to settle charges, without admitting guilt, that she falsified corporate documents to cover up Apple's stock option backdating.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Netflix users suffer service's longest outage ever
An undisclosed error has taken all 55 Netflix distribution centers offline, though the company's customer-facing site remains up.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Report: Software fix in the works for iPhone 3G
Business Week reports that a software fix could be the answer to reception problems that have been frustrating iPhone 3G owners, rather than a more drastic recall.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Fire Eagle is cool, but also unnerving
Yahoo's geolocation service is a storehouse for personal location information, and that makes CNET's Charles Cooper nervous.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)
• Video: Fire Eagle is all about location
• Fire Eagle geolocation service now open to all

Tech lobbyist's agenda, with another's signature
Shadowy D.C. firm specializes in planting ghost-written op-eds to benefit clients including Comcast and Microsoft. It works well--unless the firm gets caught.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

EIC Squared: Kindle, iPhone, Dell laptops
On this week's EIC Squared podcast, CNET News Editor in Chief Dan Farber and ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan debate whether the Kindle e-reader is the next iPhone.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

Waste-to-fuel firm files for IPO
Changing World Technologies makes diesel fuel from animal and agricultural wastes with a process that could work with household trash, plastics, and even electronics.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

HSBC could order 200,000 iPhones
Such a move to replace the BlackBerry--still in the mulling stages--could see the Apple gadget "potentially be deployed, conservatively, to 200,000 people."
(By Liam Tung of ZDNet Australia)
• Gartner: iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard

Apple market cap tops Google
Mac maker, whose stock price has been steadily increasing for the past few years, has surpassed the search mogul in market valuation.
(Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

Wednesday, August 13

Gadget prototypes get a dose of glitz
With a new show called "Prototype This," the Discovery Channel will give viewers a good look at emerging gear, from robots to a "pyro pack."
• Photos: Prototyping for TV

State of the union for solid-state drives
The up-and-coming storage format has pride of place in gear like the MacBook Air, but drive makers warn of a looming "trough of disillusionment."

Tuesday, August 12

Hydrogen Road Tour rolls across America
Automakers, U.S. government agencies, and hydrogen advocates are sponsoring a coast-to-coast tour to show off hydrogen-fueled vehicles in action.
• Photos: Hydrogen Road Tour gets into gear

Microsoft touches up video editing
A research project called Unwrap Mosaic paves the way for adding things like facial hair to the subject of a video that's already been shot.

Monday, August 11

iPhone 3G travails: Network, interrupted
Users of Apple's marquee gadget say they're having trouble getting, and staying, connected to the 3G networks in their areas.
• Jobs confirms iPhone app blacklist feature
• Launchpad Chicken: MobileMe and sync trouble
• iPhone 3G: What's the frequency?

Today's green news
Solar thermal start-up Ausra, recycling service ReCellular, and lithium extractor Simbol Mining pull in funding. Plus: Heat from car exhaust could improve mileage.
• Dutch paving stones clean air pollution

AMD to Nvidia: Two chips are better than one
Advanced Micro Devices announces its most powerful graphics technology to date, going after Nvidia in the enthusiast game sector.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Apple's MobileMe suffers more downtime
Apple's MobileMe service suffers another outage. This time it's Web mail yet again, which seems to be giving Apple some of its biggest hiccups.
(Posted in Apple by Josh Lowensohn)

White Space tests get mixed results
Testing of unused wireless spectrum is getting mixed results as the FCC puts different technologies to the test in real world situations.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Blogs battle over Demo plagiarism claim
A kerfuffle erupts over claims and disavowals of claims related to an article on suggestions for start-ups presenting at TechCrunch 50.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Why the Net remains NBC's Olympic headache
As the world settles in to watch the first truly broadband Olympics, too many big media creators still judge the Web to be more of a foe than a friend. Meanwhile, the masses are voting with their eyeballs.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Gmail is down, Twitter sizzling with the news
Google's e-mail service is offline, and frustrated users are hammering Twitter with reports and details of their experience.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Massachusetts: We want to meet with MIT subway-hacking students
State transit agency says it's reviewing the Defcon presentation prepared by three students it sued, and wants to meet with them before deciding whether to continue with a federal lawsuit.
(Posted in Security by Declan McCullagh)

New TV show: Temptation gadget island
Playboy TV's Gadget or the Girl will make contestants choose between a weekend getaway with a gal of his choice or a surprise high-tech toy. Hmmm...
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Georgia accuses Russia of cyberattack
Georgian embassy says sites had been unavailable over the weekend, claiming this was due to Russian denial-of-service attacks coinciding with ongoing military operations.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

Winklevoss twins get another Olympic shot
Best known as the founders of onetime social network ConnectU, rowers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss will be headed to the semifinals of the men's pair event on Wednesday.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Tiffany appeals ruling in eBay counterfeits case
Jeweler Tiffany & Co. announces that it is appealing a federal court ruling that eBay is not required under trademark law to police counterfeit listings on its site.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

The secret to Imeem's rise: More music
Imeem is starting to stand out from the recent crop of music sites.
(Posted in Digital Noise: Music & Tech by Matt Rosoff)

'Extreme' gamers padding video game industry's bottom line
Three percent of gamers are spending an average of 45 hours playing each week and bought 24 games in the last three months, according to an NPD study.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Sunday, August 10

Congress, Greenpeace move on e-waste
Environmental groups and even LG Electronics, maker of Zenith TVs, are promoting plans to introduce recycling programs that tackle the monumental problem of e-waste.

Judge halts speech on subway hack
Grants state's request to prevent three MIT students from giving Defcon talk about hacking smartcards used in Boston subway.
• Full Defcon coverage
• Video: Where feds and hackers rub elbows

Saturday, August 09

Censors not able to keep up with NBC's online Olympics coverage
Watching the live feed on NBC Olympics.com means experiencing the warts, too.
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

T-Mobile to launch open development platform to challenge iPhone
Wireless carrier will encourage development on all of its phone platforms.
(Posted in Negative Approach by Dave Rosenberg)

Killing the cash cow and other acts of media indecency
You can find any number of similar stories about how the Internet forced media to fragment and change. So why does The Philadelphia Inquirer think it can defy history?
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Yahoo makes its Google search advertising agreement public
A copy of the controversial search advertising agreement--albeit heavily redacted--is released in an SEC filing, marking the first public unveiling of the deal's specifics.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Intel to release new midrange chips Monday
Chipmaker says it will roll out midrange processors on Monday, and PCs based on the new chips are expected to follow.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Microsoft Money, outside the box
Redmond shifts its Money software from retail outlets to online-only with less frequent updates. Is this a signal about the future of consumer software?
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Sprint eyes sale of Nextel's iDen network
Finding a buyer for the network, which has plummeted in value in recent years, may prove a challenge.
(From Reuters)

Yahoo lets users opt out of targeted advertising
In response to Congressional inquiry, the company announces it is allowing consumers to opt out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Friday, August 08

Microsoft Money, outside the box
Redmond shifts its Money software from retail outlets to online-only with less frequent updates. Is this a signal about the future of consumer software?

Taking 'Warcraft' to the next level
With its Lich King expansion in beta, Blizzard is ready to show it's still a force to be reckoned with in massively multiplayer online games.

Olympics, LinuxWorld, and Google cookies
In this week's EIC Squared podcast, CNET News' Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan talk about Olympics and technology, LinuxWorld, and Google's new opt-out policy, which has merged its tracking efforts with DoubleClick's.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

Counting down to 'Spore, Electronic Arts knows it has a winner
That's because this side of Steve Jobs, Spore inventor Will Wright may be the most creative mind in the consumer technology business.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Tech recycling for the upgrade-happy
Start-up TechForward bets that environmental concerns and rapid upgrades will convince consumers at purchase to sell back their electronic gadgets in two years.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Dell unlikely to get trademark for 'cloud computing'
The Patent and Trademark Office reverses course on its preliminary decision to allow Dell to trademark the term "cloud computing."
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Google Translate now fits in your pocket
Google Translate is now iPhone optimized and the perfect tool for travelers who don't want to carry around phrase books.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

At Black Hat, hacking a safe harbor
The security conference gives reporters a hard lesson in how a bond of trust can be violated.
(Posted in Defense in Depth by Robert Vamosi)
• Black Hat roundup
•  Hackers at my table

Video: Cybersecurity at the Olympics
Joel Brenner, the U.S. national counterintelligence executive, talks with Bob Orr of CBS News about the threats that travelers to China could be facing and offers advice on how travelers can protect themselves.
(Posted in Security by Jonathan Skillings)
• Opening Olympics ceremony video online, but not on NBC
• Google brings Olympics updates to mobile phones

iPhone 'kill switch' limited to location-aware apps
A report Friday suggests that the furor over the discovery of a "blacklist" inside the iPhone's OS might have been a bit premature, since the URL only "blacklists" certain applications.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)
• Much ado about the iPhone's 'kill switch'

Apple boots $1,000 app from App Store
The removal of the $1,000 "I am Rich" application along with a few other apps from Apple's App Store has some developers wondering what the rules are.
(Posted in Apple by Marguerite Reardon)

Facebook responds to security warnings
The worm discovered this week has been fixed, head of security Max Kelly has said, ensuring users that the social network continues to work hard to keep the site safe.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
• Security firm warns of malware attack on Facebook

Apple's cash hoard: Begging for a 'windfall tax'?
Company is making so much money right now that it will almost certainly lead to fear and loathing down the road.
(Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

Thursday, August 07

roundup Black Hat: Hackers descend on Vegas
The cybersecurity lessons from Civil War history; an inside look at the Storm worm botnet; and the whys of attacking DNS.
•  Presidential advice
•  Podcast: On hackers' minds

Promethean Power uses sun for cooling
Can a clever combination of thermoelectronics and solar panels turn clean electricity into refrigeration in developing countries?
• IKEA to sell solar panels?

Wednesday, August 06

video Credit compromised, charges filed
CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the charges by the U.S. Justice Dept. against 11 people accused of hacking retailers in a multinational crime.
• Alleged TJX hackers charged

Commuter bike offers electric glide
Ultra Motor says its A2B electric bicycle will appeal to people who want a zero-emissions ride and the zip of a scooter.
• Video: Traditional bike, electric zip

Tuesday, August 05

In-flight Wi-Fi cleared for takeoff
Delta aims high with a plan to offer wireless broadband by mid-2009 to passengers on all domestic routes.
• Photos: More from Oshkosh air show

Loaded with gadgets, rower halfway to Hawaii
Checking in with Roz Savage to talk tech and self-sufficiency as she aims to be the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.

Monday, August 04

The human factor in Google translations
The tech giant is readying a service to help people get documents translated. Might the service also help train Google's machine translation tech?
• Twittervision adds tweet translation

Q&A Green-tech dreams for San Jose
Mayor Chuck Reed says California's high-tech hometown can become the world's eco-capital. Calling all solar companies, and Tesla, too.
• Corporate giants push into clean-tech investing

Sunday, August 03

Bringing the Olympics to the PC
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how Microsoft, NBC, and others are putting thousands of hours of live video from the Beijing games onto the Internet.
• 2008 Olympics: The digital games
• Images: Olympics, live on your PC
• Video: Olympic broadcast tech

video Green garage revs up service for hybrids
San Francisco's Luscious Garage, owned and operated by women, finds a niche serving only customers with hybrid cars.
• Photos: Repair shop caters to hybrids

The FCC on Comcast: Confusion in spades
Good that the FCC found Comcast in the wrong over Web usage. But the FCC still doesn't know its own mind on the more fundamental question at stake here.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)
•  FCC's Comcast ruling: Fuel for the fire
• FCC: Comcast illegally squeezed BitTorrent

Olympic chief: No deal on Internet censorship
IOC president applauds organization of Summer Games, says there was no deal with Chinese government to restrict journalists' Internet access.
(Posted in Digital Media by Desiree Everts)

Saturday, August 02

roundup Yahoo, shareholders convene--at last
At the annual shareholders meeting, Yahoo honchos continue to voice optimism about the company's future. Some investors had hoped for more action.
• Disapproval eases for Yahoo board in this year's vote
• Shareholders disgruntled
• Blow by blow at the Yahoo shareholders meeting

Night life reprogrammed
Young Internet entrepreneurs, some holdouts from the old days and a few members of New York's creative class (and underclass) are engaged in a new type of party.
(From The New York Times)
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Nortel shares sink after lackluster earnings
Telecom equipment maker posts a wider loss on restructuring costs and warns it faces challenges ahead amid concerns about the economy.
(Posted in Wireless by Desiree Everts)

Images: Dinosaur sightings: Old search engines
Here's a look back at some of the first home pages of search engines that are still around today, and some that have passed on.

iLink to deliver answers to military online communities
The military is evaluating the technology and how it can be applied to solve battlefield problems, promote professional development, and support military families.
(Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

What if Apple stopped issuing DRM keys?
Sure, it's highly unlikely now, but what about a few years out? The fact is, consumers of DRM-laden music are at the mercy of whoever holds their encryption keys.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Mixed reviews for illegal file-sharing on campus
Congress passes the Higher Education Act 2008 with provisions that require universities and colleges to deter illegal file-sharing. A tech-education group doesn't like it, but Hollywood does.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stefanie Olsen)

Report: Microsoft could release $200 Xbox this September
If it's true that Microsoft plans to break the magic price point, it could go a long way to helping Microsoft win the next-gen console wars.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Nut jobs galore at Yahoo's big show
Hard as it is to acknowledge, I actually felt sorry for Yahoo's board as it had to feign interest in the parade of goofball investors who attended the company's annual shareholders meeting.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

New worm targets Facebook, MySpace
Kaspersky warns of worm spreading via social networks. It looks like a video clip from a friend but is instead a copy of the worm that will turn the machine into a zombie on a botnet.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Friday, August 01

Yahoo face-to-face with shareholders
Yahoo gets together with investors to talk about its rocky year so far and where the company goes from here.
•  Full coverage of Yahoo shareholders meeting
• Bostock skips some key points
• Time Warner objects to Miller on Yahoo's board?

What if Apple stopped issuing DRM keys?
Sure, it's highly unlikely now, but what about a few years out? The fact is, consumers of DRM-laden music are at the mercy of whoever holds their encryption keys.

Photos: America's biggest air show in Oshkosh, by gosh
Each year, hundreds of thousands of air travel enthusiasts swoop into the Oshkosh, Wis., airport for a weeklong homage to flying machines.

Why Facebook left 'Scrabulous' alone
Though Facebook could've faced legal troubles for not pulling a developer-created game, leaving the game alive as long as possible was in Facebook's best interest for a number of reasons.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Green-tech firms thirsty for seed capital
There's a growing need for small-scale seed funding for clean-tech companies. Can angel investors and national labs research prime the pipeline?
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

The ethics of lock picking and telling
Hackers are turning their attention from software to locks and publicizing the vulnerabilities, angering the industry. But security experts say publicity is necessary.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Yahoo lights up LinkedIn, Yelp in search results
Tests showed SearchMonkey technology often made search results more useful for searchers, so Yahoo automatically spruces up results involving LinkedIn, Yelp, and Yahoo Local.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

IBM aims $400 million at cloud computing
Big Blue is building data centers in North Carolina and Japan to support new services and, the company says, become a little more "green."
(Posted in Business Tech by Jim Kerstetter)

Nikon, Canon top camera satisfaction poll
J.D. Power's annual survey of camera buyers shows two brands outranking the rest. However, the overall poll includes some surprising results.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lori Grunin)

Sun shares fall sharply on quarterly results
Shares slip as much as 14 percent in morning trading, after the company posts declining quarterly results amid a slowing U.S. economy.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)