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Wednesday, March 31

Microsoft's latest small-business plan
A healthy mix of Windows 7, a dash of Azure, and a large helping of work from partners are all part of the right recipe, company's small business VP Birger Steen says.
• Free Windows 7 trial extended

Science in the public view: A good gamble
When the Large Hadron Collider started, sputtered, and started again this week, it was more than a science experiment writ large. It was a human interest drama.
• LHC experiments run at highest energy level yet

Just in

Reports: Publishers to set Amazon e-book prices
Reported shift comes days before iPad's launch and on the heels of a public dispute over e-book prices between publishers and the e-tail giant.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

Comcast demos live 3D TV
Cable giant shows reporters what the live 3D TV feed will look like from the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., next week.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Yahoo to shutter AdSense clone at the end of April
Yahoo's Publisher Network might have been going strong for nearly five years, but in the face of tough competition from Google, it has decided to close it up on April 30.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

RIM earnings: Revenue light, outlook strong
Research in Motion reports a solid forth quarter, but it falls short of Wall Street's lofty expectations. BlackBerry shipments surge.
(Posted in Wireless by Larry Dignan)

Vietnamese dissidents targeted by botnet attacks
Google and McAfee say they have found evidence of a botnet targeting opponents of a Vietnamese mining project that was created through the use of malware.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Porsche gives the Cayenne an electric boost
The Cayenne S Hybrid, launched at the New York auto show, uses a nickel metal hydride battery pack to power a 47-horsepower electric motor.
• Ford taps Microsoft Hohm for electric-car charging
(Posted in New York Auto Show 2010 by Wayne Cunningham)

YouTube's big redesign goes live to everyone
January redesign test going out live to all on Wednesday. The new look simplifies things, while making some fundamental changes to how the site works.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Towel-folding robot won't do the dishes
Researchers at UC Berkeley teach Willow Garage's PR2 humanoid robot how to fold a pile of towels. It's one step toward making robots better at housework.
(Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)

No cloud music for iPad's launch
Apple's cloud-based music service is unlikely to debut before fall, sources say. Meanwhile, some studios are still reluctant to share HD films via iTunes.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

Inventors Hall of Fame inducts tech types
Technical gurus inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame for 2010 include Magnavox game system designer and inventor of precursor to GPS.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Twitter tweaks home page for newbies
To entice more to sign up, Twitter revamps its home page to feature more live tweets, a feed of trending topics, and links to Twitter celebrities.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

Conficker fizzled a year ago, but headache remains
Versions of the worm that went bust a year ago are still spreading and hiding on 6.5 million infected computers, security experts say.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Tuesday, March 30

What Verizon iPhone users can expect
Rumors of a Verizon iPhone are buzzing. So what can potential Verizon iPhone subscribers expect when and if the phone is announced?

Navigating life with the Apple iPad
CNET's iPad Atlas keeps you fully up-to-speed on what's new and what's what with the tablet, which arrives in stores Saturday.
• FAQ: All about the Apple iPad
• So who'll buy it?

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Travel, security costs plunge for Google's Schmidt
Google CEO Eric Schmidt's 2009 compensation was cut in half after the company spent less on his security expenses and travel costs for Schmidt's friends and family on Google-owned jets.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Google, Verizon CEOs advocate for light Net regs
Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg co-wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal asking the FCC to take a light regulatory approach to the Internet.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Microsoft issues emergency patch for 10 IE holes
Security experts praise Microsoft for patching vulnerabilities now rather than waiting two weeks for the next Patch Tuesday, given the severity of the issues affecting Internet Explorer.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Google to build Flash into Chrome browser
The browser will include Flash and update it automatically. Google is also working with Adobe and Mozilla to improve plug-in tech overall.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Intel chip hits eight-core milestone
Chipmaker is integrating the largest number of cores onto one chip in its history--an average three-fold jump in performance, it says.
• Why Nehalem-EX matters
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Apple sued over multitouch patent
Elan Microelectronics asks the International Trade Commission to ban the import of all Apple products with multitouch input, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, and forthcoming iPad.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Tech coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law
It's time to fix a 1986 privacy law that fails to protect cloud computing services and the privacy of Americans' mobile devices, a broad coalition including Google, Microsoft, and liberal and conservative groups will announce, CNET has learned.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Confusion reigns over Google search outage in China
Chinese Internet users who want to use Google even just to find out the weather are having their queries blocked, according to several reports.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Pa. university to give all students iPads
Even though Apple's iPad has yet to hit store shelves, the small Seton Hill University plans to give all full-time students an iPad starting in the fall.
(Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

Researchers find security holes in smart meters
Utilities hire a security consultancy, which finds a number of vulnerabilities in smart meters that could let a criminal remotely control a meter.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

NASA to look into Toyota acceleration issues
The Transportation Department announces two major investigations into unintended acceleration in cars and the possible role played by electronic controls.
(Posted in The Car Tech blog by Lance Whitney)

Electric Nissan Leaf priced at $33,000 in U.S.
Nissan prices the electric Leaf in the "mass market" with goal of meeting consumer demand and driving up volumes.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Monday, March 29

Coalition pushes rewrite of online privacy law
It's time to fix a 1986 privacy law that fails to protect cloud computing services and the privacy of Americans' mobile devices, a broad coalition including Google, Microsoft, and liberal and conservative groups will announce, CNET has learned.

Why AT&T should buy you a femtocell
Mobile carriers could help solve their cell phone connectivity problems with small radio stations in homes. So why are you stuck paying $150 for one?

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WSJ: Verizon iPhone in the works
Apple's suppliers are building two new versions of the iPhone--one compatible with AT&T's network, and the other with Verizon's, The Wall Street Journal reports.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Yahoo adds Facebook status updates to Mail
Facebook users will be able to update their status from their Yahoo Mail in-box, another small improvement from Yahoo in hopes of improving its social-media standing.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Former IBM exec pleads guilty in Galleon case
Robert Moffat was once thought to be a candidate for chief executive at Big Blue.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

ESPN 3D coming to DirecTV in June
The satellite TV provider says ESPN 3D and another dedicated 3D channel will be available to all customers as a free upgrade.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Verizon nears Fios network completion
Verizon Communications is almost finished building its Fios fiber-to-the-home network.
• AT&T's U-verse gets 24Mbps downloads
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Microsoft rushes to patch zero-day IE hole
Tuesday fix will address nine vulnerabilities, including a critical zero-day hole disclosed three weeks ago that affects Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
• Microsoft defends IE8 following hacking contest
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

MI5 to let go of tech-averse staffers
The United Kingdom's Security Service is instituting voluntary and compulsory layoffs, after a review of its staff's IT skills.
(Posted in Business Tech by David Meyer)

Google planning fix for Android fragmentation?
Android developers have a lot to think about when they design apps, given the different versions of the OS. Google may soon make it easier for them.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Rumor: Google's Chrome to bundle Adobe's Flash
Google and Adobe are developing a deeper partnership to build Flash natively into the Chrome browser or OS, according to ZDNet sources.
(Posted in Webware by Larry Dignan)

Clearwire 4G launches in Houston
Clearwire and its partner, Sprint Nextel, will begin offering 4G wireless broadband service in Houston.
• Sprint leverages Wi-Fi to sell 4G
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Report: Windows 7 holes? Ax admin rights
BeyondTrust report says companies should set most workers as standard users and not administrators to avoid being exposed to attacks.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Partial block for Google Mobile services in China
Google updates its China status page for the first time, reflecting the partial availability of its mobile services in that country.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Sunday, March 28

Mystery mix-up sends Web traffic to China
Visitors to popular U.S. sites get rerouted behind China's firewall. Some wonder if Beijing was hijacking Web traffic after Google's move to Hong Kong. • In post-Google China, censorship is unfazed

Creativity explodes on Chatroulette
From a piano player serenading strangers to a Canadian indie band announcing its next album, the popular Internet service has become a place where artists, musicians and game players can be truly inspired.

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New iPad orders won't ship until April 12
Apple changed the delivery date for new orders to April 12, indicating that pre-order sales of the new tablet device may be better than expected.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Talent agents a new force in the video game industry
With the $46 billion worldwide market in upheaval, agents are increasingly useful for finding people to complete complex titles, structure deals, or obtain financing.
(From The New York Times)

British Times papers to charge for Web content
The News Corp.-owned Times and The Sunday Times of London plan to replace combined site and charge readers for new, separate sites in June.
(Posted in Digital Media by Michelle Meyers)

Saturday, March 27

Rumor: 'iAd' mobile ad platform is Apple's next big thing
MediaPost is reporting that after iPads invade the world next weekend, the company will introduce a mobile advertising platform on April 7.
(Posted in Crave by Kyle VanHemert)

Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Gateway NV7915u laptop, Sony BDP-S570 Blu-ray player, and the Motorola MotoNav TN765t GPS.

Revised Facebook policy hints at location tags
Wary of last February's outcry, Facebook announces new version of privacy policy in advance of possible "place" and third-party site features.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Microsoft confirms, dates Xbox 360 USB storage
Microsoft is bringing USB mass storage capabilities to the Xbox 360 in an update coming in a week and a half.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

iPad App Store revealed?
A mobile-app analytics firm turns up what appear to be screenshots of what the App Store will look like on the forthcoming touch-screen tablet from Apple.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

LA newsman accused of Google leak
Lawyers representing YouTube allege that Bob Tur, who had sued the video site over copyright concerns in 2006, was the source of a document leak to CNET that brought to light a deposition by Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Reporters' Roundtable podcast: Google vs. Apple
This week: Google vs. Apple, or "It all started out so well." With Google experts Tom Krazit from CNET, Farhad Manjoo from Slate, and Brad Stone from The New York Times.
(Posted in Reporters' Roundtable Podcast by Rafe Needleman)

Apple snags iPad trademark from Fujitsu
Fujitsu registered the trademark in 2003, but Apple bought it just in time for the iPad launch next week.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Week in review: Google's road to Hong Kong
Web giant makes good on censorship threat, while legal shenanigans abound in Viacom vs. Google. Also: putting green into going green.
• Weekly giveaway: Astro A30 gaming headset
(Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

Friday, March 26

Green-tech shortfall: People power
Tech-industry veterans who have traded bits and bytes for clean electrons say that shifting to the green scene means getting up to speed and making fresh contacts.
• CompTIA offering Green IT exam

Mystery mix-up sends Web traffic to China
Visitors to popular U.S. sites get rerouted behind China's firewall. Some wonder if Beijing was hijacking Web traffic after Google's move to Hong Kong.
• In post-Google China, censorship is unfazed

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Revised Facebook policy hints at location tags
Wary of last February's outcry, Facebook announces new version of privacy policy in advance of possible "place" and third-party site features.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Microsoft confirms, dates Xbox 360 USB storage
Microsoft is bringing USB mass storage capabilities to the Xbox 360 in an update coming in a week and a half.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

iPad App Store revealed?
A mobile-app analytics firm turns up what appear to be screenshots of what the App Store will look like on the forthcoming touch-screen tablet from Apple.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

LA newsman accused of Google leak
Lawyers representing YouTube allege that Bob Tur, who had sued the video site over copyright concerns in 2006, was the source of a document leak to CNET that brought to light a deposition by Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Reporters' Roundtable podcast: Google vs. Apple
This week: Google vs. Apple, or "It all started out so well." With Google experts Tom Krazit from CNET, Farhad Manjoo from Slate, and Brad Stone from The New York Times.
(Posted in Reporters' Roundtable Podcast by Rafe Needleman)

Apple snags iPad trademark from Fujitsu
Fujitsu registered the trademark in 2003, but Apple bought it just in time for the iPad launch next week.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Cisco warns of 'highly critical' SIP flaw
The flaw in Cisco's IOS operating system could let a hacker remotely execute code or launch a denial-of-service attack.
(Posted in Security by Richard Thurston)

Wikipedia readies for first major UI overhaul
A Web site that goes nearly a decade without a major redesign is practically prehistoric. Thus it is that the Wikimedia Foundation is on the cusp of big changes to the hit user-created encyclopedia.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Facebook hires ad exec from Google
David Fischer will join the massive social-networking site as its vice president of advertising and global operations, the company confirms.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Google moves toward fiber network locale
Search giant will review the 600 suggestions for the best place to build its experimental fiber network and will announce a decision by the end of the year.
(Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

China bars scholar from traveling to U.S.
A prominent Chinese scholar who had been scheduled to speak in the U.S. this week said she had been barred from going in retaliation for her stance on free speech.
(From The New York Times)

Radio Shack looking for a buyer?
Sources tell the New York Post that the company is pitching itself to investment firms, but could also be looking to partner with Best Buy.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Thursday, March 25

Sprint, Clearwire CEOs ponder LTE for future
Company execs take the stage at CTIA and admit they can foresee using a competing technology in future network upgrades.
•  Can 4G wireless take on traditional broadband?
•  Full CTIA coverage

Helping you evaluate phone camera quality
Imaging-industry group moves toward a handy way to rate cameras in mobile phones. Microsoft and Google could help the system catch on.

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iPhone, Safari, IE 8, Firefox hacked in contest
At the CanSecWest security conference, all four dropped like flies in a hacking contest that takes researchers weeks or more to prepare for, but minutes to win.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

GoDaddy to stop registering domains in China
Following Google's lead in moving its search engine outside of the Chinese government's purview, GoDaddy decides new Chinese laws on domain registration are too restrictive.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Digg's belated iPhone app brings native goodness
Digg's coming out with an iPhone application of its news site, which adds a handful of useful features its mobile Web version never had.
• Images: Digg's new iPhone app
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

How to share ridiculously large files (the video)
CNET's Tom Merritt walks you through a few picks from our popular post "How to save and share ridiculously large files" in a video how-to guide.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Wednesday, March 24

Demo debrief: Rafe and Josh's favorites
This year's DemoSpring conference has come to a close, and CNET takes a minute to look back at some of the best ideas we came across.
• Photos: Demo's gadgetry
• Roundup: DemoSpring 2010
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Mars rover gets smarter with age...and software
Thanks to a new software upload, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is now able to make decisions about what rocks it should fully investigate.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Gmail to alert users to suspicious activity
New Gmail feature displays banner warning when the automated system detects unusual activity.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

A conversation with the FCC chairman
Julius Genachowski talks to CNET's Molly Wood about his plans to improve broadband infrastructure in America and bring faster Internet to everyone.
(Posted in CNET Conversations by Molly Wood)

In Viacom vs. Google, legal shenanigans abound
Experts aren't surprised by accusations of creative editing and failure to produce evidence in this hardball court fight. But they caution that judges usually see through tricks.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

Bug displays Google corporate site in Chinese
Google says it's fixing a bug--not a hack--that resulted in displaying its English-language corporate site in Chinese and other languages.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

GM floats autonomous two-seater city car idea
EV concept car with GPS, cameras, sensors, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication could direct itself around congested city streets.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Microsoft brings audio, video to its Mac IM
Company issues beta of Messenger for Mac 8, which--at long last--allows Mac users to exchange video and audio messages over Windows Live Messenger.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Tuesday, March 23

AT&T wants more spectrum, less regulation
AT&T execs at the CTIA wireless show say they want the government to adopt policies to keep growth and investment in wireless going.
• Sprint unveils first 4G phone
• Qualcomm adds 4G to modems
• First Netbook for T-Mobile's 3G network

Microsoft data centers go beyond the container
Redmond says that the next generation of data center will have everything except the concrete floor already pre-built.
• Photos: Data center in a box

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Nintendo 3DS puts pressure on TV makers
If consumers embrace 3D gaming without glasses, they're going to expect the same from their 3D TVs.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Icahn pal Chapple to leave Yahoo's board
John Chapple will not run for re-election in June, leaving the company less than two years after accompanying investor Carl Icahn.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Coalition enlists consumers in smart grid
The SmartGrid Consumer Coalition launches to educate consumers how smart-grid technologies can better control energy use at a time when consumers are apathetic or opposed to smart meters.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

DemoSpring: Where start-ups sprout
special coverage Expect a strong crop of fresh businesses offering everything from new uses for mobile phones to innovations aimed at bettering the planet.
• Why the iPhone needs background processing
• Next-gen Web TV apps focus on the browser
• Neverend Media builds smart new e-book format

China blocking some Google searches
Access to Google's new Chinese-language search site was not blocked outright following Monday announcement, but searchers in China report new site is subject to same Great Firewall filtering as Google.com.
• Google's China headache not likely to go away
• Google moves Chinese search to Hong Kong
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Skype founders raise funds for European start-ups
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis' company Atomico is looking for early-stage companies that can provide "outsized returns."
(Posted in Digital Media by Richard Thurston)

Taxpayer data at risk from IRS security flaws
Government Accountability Office report says weak passwords, inadequate access controls, and lax patch management make IRS data vulnerable.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Mozilla halts work on Windows Mobile browser
The company also says it won't build Firefox for Windows Phone, citing Microsoft's restrictions on native applications.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

U.S. Cyber Command prepped to launch
U.S. Cyber Command, which will operate the computer networks used by the Defense Department, is waiting on congressional approval of its new commander.
(Posted in Security by Lance Whitney)

Microsoft, Google eye Twitter-like services for work
After testing microblogging services within their own walls, the two giants both see broader opportunities in giving workers new ways to keep up with colleagues.
• Images: OfficeTalk, Twitter for suits
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Hollywood scripting getting a multimedia rewrite
Film has been king in Tinsel Town for decades, but a new form of storytelling known as transmedia is forcing studio executives to rethink the way a complete story is packaged.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Facebook: That ad is not actually targeted
The social network is allegedly cracking down on ads that look like they're specifically targeted to members but are generic.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Monday, March 22

Google's China headache not likely to go away
Google's decision to reverse course in China and move its search operation to Hong Kong follows years of agonizing about the best choice in China, and such dilemmas won't end Monday.
• Google moves Chinese search to Hong Kong
• Chinese media slam Google

Malware sent by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads
Researchers at Avast are pointing fingers at some large ad delivery platforms used by high-profile sites including Drudge Report and New York Times.

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Virgin spacecraft makes maiden voyage (photos)
As Virgin Galactic readies its commercial spaceflight program, its first commercial aircraft, the VSS Enterprise, undergoes testing at the Mojave Air and Spaceport in California.

DemoSpring: Where start-ups sprout
special coverage Expect a strong crop of fresh businesses offering everything from new uses for mobile phones to innovations aimed at bettering the planet.
• Phone Halo tracks any gadget's whereabouts /a>
• Fliptop makes RSS feeds more accessible /a>
• With Exaudios, it pays to get angry
• Flinc will turn your car into a taxi (fare included)

Next Adobe Lightroom dips toes in video waters
It looks as if Lightroom 3 will get basic video handling, better image noise reduction, and tethered shooting support. A second beta version appears imminent.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Study details online hate, terror groups
New study from the Simon Wiesenthal Center finds that social networks are more popular then ever among hate and terror groups.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

Chevron sets up test site for seven solar technologies
Project Brightfield will use 7,700 solar panels to evaluate various solar technologies, including panels that use thin-film and one that uses crystalline-silicon photovoltaic technology.
(Posted in Green Tech by Reuters)

SanDisk ships 32GB memory card for phones
Currently, smartphone MicroSD cards top out at 16GB. Removable card would match maximum internal capacity of high-end phones like the iPhone 3GS and Nexus One.
(Posted in Business Tech by Brooke Crothers)

Battery tech is key to cheaper electric cars
Battery technology is evolving rapidly but cost reduction in electric cars will be driven by supply chain expansion in the next few years, argues research company PRTM.
• Chrysler to bring Fiat 500 electric to U.S
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Norton ranks riskiest cities for cybercrime
Seattle tops the list as the riskiest city in the United States for cybercrime among 50 examined for a new report by Symantec.
(Posted in Security by Lance Whitney)

Can 4G wireless take on traditional broadband?
Clearwire says half of its subscribers are using the 4G wireless service as a replacement for broadband. Could 4G wireless be the long sought-after third competitor to broadband?
(Posted in CTIA 2010 by Marguerite Reardon)

Census time heightens privacy concerns
As the 2010 census gets under way, critics spurred by a distrust of government data collection can also draw on issues raised about methods and policies in the digital era.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

In bid to sway sales, cameras track shoppers
Retailers say they are using video cameras to watch customers as a way to make shopping in stores more enjoyable, but privacy advocates are skeptical.
(From The New York Times)

Google Skipfish scans Web apps for security
The new open-source tool is designed to search for flaws, including "tricky scenarios" such as blind SQL or XML injection.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

Amazon unveils Kindle app for iPad
With the iPad release less than two weeks away, Amazon details plans to release a Kindle app for the Apple device and other tablet computers.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Sunday, March 21

Novell rejects Elliot takeover bid as 'inadequate'
But company says it's committed to enhancing value for stockholders and will explore options including a stock repurchase, joint ventures, and a sale.
(Posted in Business Tech by Leslie Katz)

What does Google really know about advertising?
Whether you consider Nexus One a success or failure, the fact is that Google has never successfully launched anything that required advertising. Does the company know how to do it?
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

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At long last, the Plastiki sets sail
photos After much anticipation, banking heir David de Rothschild's boat, made buoyant by 12,000 discarded soda bottles, sets sail from Northern California on its way to Australia.

Top-rated reviews of the week
photos Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the X-Mini Happy Speaker MP3 player, LG BD590 Blu-ray player, and the Origin Genesis gaming PC.

Saturday, March 20

Reasons to care about Viacom v. Google
faq It may sound like two big companies fighting over who gets what. But there's plenty at stake in this court fight for other content creators and Web site operators.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

Desperate times for Palm
With sales of the Palm Pre sagging amid fierce competition, financial analysts are starting to wonder when--not if--Palm is forced to give up.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Engineering a massive cleanup of toxic waterways
photos Boats, barges, and buildings dumped in a San Francisco Bay Area delta are leaching toxic chemicals into local drinking water, but a huge effort to clean it up is under way.
• Full Frame: Barge-scale cleanup in a California delta


Report: Memory card exposed 3,000 phones to virus
Malware found in HTC Magic phones has been traced back to memory cards that shipped in about 3,000 phones, according to report citing Vodafone.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Trial of human retinal implants quite successful
German company Retinal Implant unveils the results of its first human clinical trial, which involved retinal implants of 11 patients since 2005.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

Firm denies hacking, stock manipulation charges
BroCo Investments says the account at the heart of an SEC complaint was opened on behalf of a client and that it is cooperating with authorities to clear its name.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages
Food company's Facebook fan page became a lesson in how not to deal with social-media backlash this week, when a company rep snapped back at environmentally motivated critics.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Microsoft bolsters Web-accessible data plan
OData got a shot in the arm from its prime promoter this week as Microsoft announced programming tools and a standardization plan. The W3C would like to oversee the standard.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Friday, March 19

Desperate times for Palm
With sales of the Pre smartphone sagging amid fierce competition, financial analysts are starting wonder when, not if, Palm will be forced to give up.

Unlocking the Windows Phone emulator
Australian site TechAU offers a look at the Windows Phone 7 Series features hidden in the emulator Microsoft released this week.
• Windows Phone stars at Mix
• Windows Phone's 'smart links'
• No copy and paste for you

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Firm denies hacking, stock manipulation charges
BroCo Investments says the account at the heart of an SEC complaint was opened on behalf of a client and that it is cooperating with authorities to clear its name.

Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages
Food company's Facebook fan page became a lesson in how not to deal with social-media backlash this week, when a company rep snapped back at environmentally motivated critics.

Microsoft bolsters Web-accessible data plan
OData got a shot in the arm from its prime promoter this week as Microsoft announced programming tools and a standardization plan. The W3C would like to oversee the standard.

Former MySQL chief lands at Eucalyptus
Marten Mickos has opted to run another high-flier in the open-source software world.
(From The New York Times)

VirnetX files second lawsuit against Microsoft
Hot on the heels of one legal victory against Microsoft, VirnetX files a second lawsuit against the company, claiming patent violations in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft pulls Bing iPhone app outside U.S.
Redmond says the application was always meant to be only for the United States and that it is in the process of pulling the app from international iTunes stores.

Survey: Consumers intrigued by electric cars
Consumers Reports finds about one quarter of adults will consider a plug-in when shopping for new cars, even though there are few available.

Apple's legal skirmishes through the years
Its cases against phone maker HTC and clone maker Psystar are hardly the only times that Apple has used the law to try to get its way.
• HTC fires back at Apple patent complaint

Collider takes a step closer to full power
Large Hadron Collider circulates beams at 3.5 tera-electron-volts, bringing it closer to CERN's goal of conducting research into fundamental physics.

GameStop: PS3, Wii shortages to continue
If you're looking to buy a PlayStation 3 or a Nintendo Wii, you might need to wait a few more months--at least, if retailer GameStop's predictions are correct.

Google moves could bring fast Web apps closer
The Native Client technology for high-performance Web applications is getting more versatile. And Google has the power to make NaCl a real force on the Web.

Google aims for easier 3D Web on Windows
A project called ANGLE aims to make the accelerated 3D graphics standard called WebGL easier to use on Windows computers without hardware support.

Thursday, March 18

Viacom, Google air dirty laundry in court docs
The copyright confrontation gets fierce. Also: Viacom says YouTube founders always intended to build video version of Napster and looked for ways "to avoid the copyright bastards."
• Images: Excerpts of court docs
• Google's statement
• Viacom's statement

Google's fast pipe to Asia almost ready
An undersea cable built by a group including Google and telecom companies is set to start carrying traffic at any point, with Google to get as much as 20 percent of the capacity.

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Microsoft: Only minor tweaks in Windows 7 SP1
In its first comments on what will be in the first service pack for Windows 7, Microsoft says it will include only minor updates. No ETA given.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Report: 'Hundreds of thousands' of iPad preorders
The Wall Street Journal says sales of Apple's newest device on pace to beat original iPhone in first three months.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Palm issues disappointing earnings
For its third fiscal quarter, the smartphone maker reports a loss of 61 cents per share, but that's less than in the year-ago period.
(Posted in Wireless by Sam Diaz)

Toshiba says good-bye to incandescent era
Japanese manufacturer's 120-year relationship with incandescent lighting ended this week in favor of LEDs.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

Apple to join the geolocation craze?
A patent filed for a social-networking service called iGroups would allow iPhone and other mobile-device users to stay in touch and share location updates.
• In geolocation wars, SXSWi is mere skirmish
• Mashup mocks SXSWi's 'geo' obsession, gender imbalance
• Video: The future of in-car computing technology
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Report: T-Moblie in talks with Clearwire, cable
T-Mobile USA's CEO says the company has talked with Clearwire and cable companies about teaming up.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Google Calendar gets 'smart' rescheduling
Google Calendar users who want a non-third-party solution for finding the best times to reschedule a meeting now have an official option by Google.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Report: USB mass storage coming to Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 memory card may soon be a thing of the past. Screenshots of what's said to be an upcoming software update show that users will be able to use USB sticks and hard drives to save system files.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

GE places solar bets on thin-film cells
Working with start-up PrimeStar Solar, General Electric is developing solar modules that use low-cost, cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Microsoft nixes barrier to Windows 7's 'XP mode'
Windows 7 users will no longer need their PC's processor to support hardware virtualization to run the new and old operating systems together.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Apple director Jerry York, 71, dies
The former CFO of IBM and Chrysler was hospitalized Tuesday night after collapsing at his home. He sat on Apple's board for 13 years.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Chip spending to surge in 2010
Manufacturers say they'll step up their spending on semiconductors, helping the chip industry stage a healthy recovery this year after a sluggish 2009, says iSuppli.
(Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

Wednesday, March 17

Pursuing a 'TiVo moment' for thermostats
Start-up Tendril is designing a home energy system aimed at people who aren't tech-savvy or eager to work hard on energy efficiency.
• Intel inside the smart grid

Businesses start to embrace Windows 7
Study shows that, far more than with Windows Vista, businesses do plan to adopt Microsoft's new OS, with many set to begin this year.

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Devo on the fate of the world--and Chatroulette
q&a At SXSWi, two band members tell CNET that Chatroulette is a natural home for Devo and note that the Net is a lot cheaper than TV for promoting a big project.
• Devo 2.0, the Internet start-up--take it seriously
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

DOE grants $1 million for ocean energy research
Lockheed Martin to determine if ocean thermal energy conversion and seawater-based air conditioning is viable for widespread use.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

Report: Mobile app demand to explode by 2012
Total value of the worldwide market for apps on the go could grow to $17.5 billion in the next three years, GetJar estimates.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Bing Maps adds a telescopic lens
Users of Microsoft's mapping service can now "look up" and see what the stars look like from any vantage point on the globe.
• Behind Bing's blue links
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

With IE9, Web video issue remains deadlocked
The preview version of the Microsoft browser shows that lots of new standards will be useful on the Web. But HTML5 video is caught between two formats.
• Microsoft modernizes Web ambitions with IE9
• A visual tour of IE9 preview
• Microsoft: IE9 won't run on XP
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

TV broadcasters prepare for spectrum battle
They're not happy with the National Broadband Policy, which asks them to give up 40 percent of their spectrum holdings for wireless broadband.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Google making it easier to leave Exchange
Google's bid to get businesses on its cloud computing office productivity software has new weapon: a tool for making the Exchange migration easier.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Teen wins $100,000 Intel science award
An 18-year-old from Albuquerque gets top prize in Intel's Science Talent Search for designing software to help spacecraft travel through the solar system more easily.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Chinese ad partners beg Google for information
Twenty-seven advertising partners in China also ask Google how they will be compensated if the company goes ahead with a threatened withdrawal.
• Google optimistic about Android in China
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

Firefox 3.0 reaching end of the line
Security and stability updates will finally come to an end with the release of Firefox 3.0.19, due out March 30.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

IT pros happy with enterprise software support
Overall, they're very satisfied with support services offered by enterprise software vendors, says IDC, with HP rated tops, followed by Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and IBM.
(Posted in Business Tech by Lance Whitney)

Microsoft says it decimated Waledac botnet
The company has said that thousands of bots are no longer receiving commands and attributed it to earlier legal action.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

Tuesday, March 16

Why Google's Nexus One hasn't flopped (yet)
Google never expected to sell large numbers of Nexus One phones in 2010 because it's not playing the same game as the rest of the smartphone industry.
• Nexus One arrives for AT&T, Rogers Wireless

Microsoft ups Web ambitions with IE9
Company has gradually restarted its browser development. With the preview version of Internet Explorer 9 now available, Microsoft shows it's back at full steam.
• A visual tour of IE9 preview
• Live blog: IE9 in the Mix
• Microsoft: IE9 won't run on XP

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At SXSWi, Twitter may finally have met its match
No question Twitter is still huge here, but Foursquare and Gowalla have to be considered a major part of people's organizing principle.
• No big announcement at Spotify talk
• Full SXSWi coverage
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

A supersonic jump, from 23 miles in the air
From a helium balloon, Felix Baumgartner, no stranger to high jumps, intends to break the speed of sound in free fall.
(From The New York Times)

How to get DRM-free PC games: Just wait
PC game digital rights management is getting more stringent, but one of the ways to play without it is to be patient. Or at least history tells us so.
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

Music label seeks realism in iTunes guitar app
Universal becomes first major label to design its own simulated guitar-playing video game, Six String, debuting Wednesday on iTunes App Store.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

Feds consider going undercover on social networks
Confidential Justice Department presentation on social-networking sites says undercover work can help agents "communicate with suspects" and "gain access to nonpublic info." IRS is more wary.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Breaking the Mariposa botnet (Q&A)
PandaLabs' Luis Corrons talks about the international effort that led to the arrest of three men and about what still needs to be done.
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

When your iPad battery dies, dig out $99-plus
Apple says it'll give consumers replacement iPads when the batteries on their original devices can no longer hold their charge.
(Posted in Crave by Lance Whitney)

Google optimistic about Android in China
Despite Google's problems with the Chinese government, the company's CFO expects Android smartphones to "flourish" in China.
(Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

Companies adopt Intel 6-core chip for IT, games
IBM, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard are deploying Intel's 6-core processor, boasting more speed for gamers and better cost-efficiency for IT departments.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Microsoft woos developers to Windows Phone
In a video interview, Microsoft execs Joe Belfiore and Scott Guthrie discuss the developer opportunities with Windows Phone 7 Series.
• Multitasking on Windows Phone: A mixed bag
• Images: Developing apps for Windows Phone
• Live blog: Windows Phone at Mix
• Windows Phone 7 and Zune HD: Some differences
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Is Google Wave getting Buzzed?
In 2009, Google Wave was Google's vision of the future of communication. With the debut of Google Buzz in February, that vision has competition.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

GigaPan panorama robot now for SLRs, too
The $895 device for digital SLRs automates the process of taking multiple photos that can be joined into a single panoramic view.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Monday, March 15

Twitter CEO unveils '@Anywhere' platform
The microblogging company's big news at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival is its new way to integrate Twitter data into partner sites.
• Twitter targets Facebook Connect?
• 'Faster,' 'instant' Digg 2.0 unveiled
• Full SXSW coverage

FCC unveils National Broadband Plan
The agency takes the wraps off a major proposal, to be presented to Congress this week, that could cost as much as $350 billion of public and private money.

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Dell sues five companies over LCD price fixing
The PC maker has accused five LCD panel makers, Hitachi, Sharp, Toshiba, HannStar, and Seiko, of colluding on prices.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Multitasking on Windows Phone: A mixed bag
The answer to whether you can do many things at once on the new device is not a simple one. The phone supports multitasking, but developers won't have free reign.
• Images: Developing apps for Windows Phone
• Live blog: Windows Phone at Mix
• Windows Phone 7 and Zune HD: Some differences
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Intel ships solid-state drive for fast app start-up
The SSD can speed load times for operating systems and applications.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Boeing's robo-copter flexes its muscle
Unmanned A160T Hummingbird demonstrates ability to conduct autonomous resupply operations, a preview of front-line operations of the not-too-distant future.
(Posted in Military Tech by Jonathan Skillings)

Classmates.com tied to dubious marketing tactics
Already implicated in post-transaction marketing practices officials have called a "scam," the site is now accused of duping users into upgrading memberships.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

eMonitor home energy tracker drills deep
High-end energy monitor from Powerhouse Dynamics aims to give circuit-level details on electricity use to help people cut energy waste at home.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

U.S. Army worried about Wikileaks in secret report
Army intelligence worried that Wikileaks.org could harm military operations and speculates that criminal prosecution could deter disclosures, document posted Monday indicates.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan Mccullagh)

Top ad moneymaker leaving Yahoo
Joanne Bradford, senior VP of U.S. revenue and market development, plans to leave company for post at online content upstart Demand Media.
(Posted in Digital Media by Kara Swisher, AllThingsD)

Report names 'enemies of the Internet'
Reporters Without Borders names several countries, including China and Iran, as Internet enemies for clamping down on online freedom and prosecuting bloggers.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Lance Whitney)

RealNetworks: A tale of opportunities missed
There's no question Rob Glaser was an Internet pioneer, but he was unable to stay ahead of the pack. CNET takes a look at what happened.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

China warns Google partners: Look for backup
Web sites that use Google search services should seek alternatives in case Google goes through with its decision to stop censoring results, Beijing reportedly cautions.
• Google '99.9 percent' sure to shutter Google.cn
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Police Blotter: Bid for breathalyzer code denied
Minnesota Court of Appeals says DUI defendant failed to prove that the Intoxilyzer 500EN's source code would "relate to his guilt or innocence."
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

The iPad developer's challenge
Applications meant for the iPhone may look similar to their iPad brethren, but they present new challenges to the people creating them.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Sunday, March 14

Privacy is not dead, says SXSWi keynoter
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.
• Why people do care about privacy
• Why no one cares about privacy

Must-have gadgets: The top 10
cnet reviews This month's picks include the Nexus One and the Squeezebox Radio. See what else is hot on CNET reviewers' most recent Must-Have Gadgets list.
• Top-rated reviews of the week

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Digg 2.0 unveiled at SXSW, 'faster,' 'instant'

 #OMGConan: The big Digg party Twitter hoax

 GDC 2010: Scaling the summits of gameplay

 Tech finds its place at SXSWi (roundup)

 Systems engineer deemed best job in America

 Privacy is not dead, says SXSWi keynoter Boyd

 A 257-degree panorama from the GDC floor

Systems engineer deemed best job in America
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.
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Behind the wheel of the Chevy Volt
photos Eager to court fans of cutting-edge tech at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, General Motors sends the e-car. And CNET's Caroline McCarthy gets a chance to drive it.
• Selling a car the iPod way
• AT&T surviving iPhone onslaught
• Full SXSWi coverage

Google '99.9 percent' sure to shutter Google.cn
Now "99.9 percent" certain that it will close its Chinese search engine amid conflict over censorship, Google has detailed plans to do so, according to a Financial Times source.
(Posted in Webware by Zoe Slocum)

Saturday, March 13

Effort to widen U.S. Internet access sets up battle
Ten-year plan would reimagine nation's media and tech priorities by establishing broadband as the country's dominant communication network.
(From The New York Times)
• FCC chairman outlines broadband plan for kids
• FCC tool collects broadband speed data
• What's in a title? For broadband, it's Oz vs. Kansas
• Next Conversation: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

Apple loses key chip executive
Sources say Dan Dobberpuhl, PA Semi's founder and pre-acquisition chief executive, has jumped ship to work at chip-related start-up Agnilux.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Working hard, playing hard at GDC
audio slideshow At the 2010 Game Developers Conference, artists, programmers, and designers are sharing their best ideas on the future of gaming.
• Sid Meier and his mind games
• Photos: Video game pros get down to work at GDC
• Full coverage of GDC 2010
(Posted in Full Frame by James Martin)

Social gamers accept marketing for virtual currency
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.
(Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg)

Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the 2010 Mini Cooper S, Falcon Northwest Mach V, and the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7.

Hunch gets $10 million from Khosla, others
Hunch, a buzzy start-up that answers questions using crowdsourced recommendations, has lined up at least $10 million in funding, according to sources.
(Posted in Digital Media by Peter Kafka, AllThingsD)

This week in Crave: The on-the-Move edition
Too busy pulling together your Na'vi wardrobe to keep up with Crave this week? Here's what you missed while you were putting on your blue mask.
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

EMC's Gelsinger plans to deliver application fluidity
COO tells industry analysts of a soon-to-come network of distributed data caching appliances. If it works, it could deliver application fluidity.
(Posted in Data-driven by John Webster)

Microsoft races to plug IE hole
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.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Friday, March 12

Consensus emerges for key Web app standard
Indexed DB isn't a sure thing, but it's got most of the right allies in the browser world en route to becoming an enabler of the cloud computing vision.

Obama vows to protect intellectual property
The president says U.S. intellectual property is the country's "single greatest asset" and must be protected from piracy and counterfeiting.

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Microsoft races to plug IE hole
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.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Apple COO gets $5 million thank you
Tim Cook will get $5 million plus some extra stock options as a reward for filling in for Steve Jobs last year.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Emergency alarm evacuates SXSWi convention center
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?
• Drowning in ads at SXSWi
• Photos: Day one at SXSWi
• Full coverage: Tech finds its place at SXSWi
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

GDC: Sid Meier and his mind games
Game developer and guru Sid Meier talks gamer psychology at the Game Developers Conference.
• Photos: Video game pros get down to work at GDC
• Full coverage of GDC 2010
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

FCC tool collects broadband speed data
A new FCC tool tests whether consumers are actually getting the broadband speeds they're paying for.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Privacy concerns derail Netflix contest
Netlix says privacy concerns have prompted the company to cancel a contest that rewards technology that best predicts a user's movie-viewing preferences.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

ICANN postpones decision on .xxx domains
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.
(Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites
Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms?
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Google ponders split decision on China
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.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

'Deep-energy retrofits' take root in homes
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.
• Photos: Chasing efficiency in green homes
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

IE 9, Windows Phone in the Mix
At the annual Las Vegas event, Microsoft plans to show its latest browser and give developers the tools they need to write software for the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 series devices.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Thursday, March 11

Sony unveils Move--its PS3 motion controller
PlayStation maker gives those gathered at a press conference during the Game Developers Conference a sneak peek at its motion-sensitive controller.
• Game service OnLive to go live June 17
• GDC 2010: Scaling the summits of gameplay

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FTC wants more input on Google-AdMob deal
The FTC is asking Google competitors to weigh in on its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob, according to a report.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

European Parliament slams digital copyright treaty
Secret negotiations over a once-obscure draft treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement prompted an unusual rebuke from the European Parliament.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Attention shoppers: Target offers mobile coupons
Target claims it's the first major retail chain to launch mobile coupons nationwide for eager bargain hunters.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Microsoft Outlook makes friends with MySpace
The software maker says it is ready with a version of its Outlook Social Connector that links the e-mail program with the youth-oriented social network.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Green tech can't shake the bubble question
Investors say we've already experienced "mini bubbles" driven by hype or subsidies. But there remains a societal push for cleaner and domestic sources of energy.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Twitter to block malicious links
Links in direct messages on Twitter and e-mail notifications about direct messages will be filtered in an attempt to stop phishing attacks.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Phones you can't get on a U.S. carrier
photos Our European and Asian brethren usually get first dibs on all the cool gear, and sometimes, we won't even see it at all.
• iPhone 4G: 25 most-wanted features

Mozilla to overhaul its open-source license
The Firefox backer wants to modernize and simplify the Mozilla Public License and sets an ambitious November deadline.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Google-China resolution coming 'soon,' says CEO
Talks between Google and Chinese government are ongoing, Google's Eric Schmidt says Wednesday, and he expects the matter to be resolved sooner rather than later.
• Google-China flap spurs plan to bypass censors
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

WhitePages.com halts ad networks over malware
Site investigates malware delivered via ads on its site in a fake antivirus attack similar to that on the Drudge Report site.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Dell tablet said to be named 'Streak'
According to leaked company documents, the Mini 5 touch-screen tablet will come in a multitude of colors and have Amazon Kindle and Video On Demand access.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Windows Live support via e-mail ends
Starting Wednesday, users with problems will have to go to online forums to get answers to issues with Microsoft's consumer Web services.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible
Big Blue is teaming up with two universities to explore ways to make smartphones and mobile devices more accessible to people who have disabilities or lack literacy.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Wednesday, March 10

In geolocation wars, SXSWi is mere skirmish
The rivalry between Gowalla and Foursquare might seem to define the nascent geolocation market. Hold your horses: Let's see what Facebook is cooking up.
• SXSWi: Let the geolocation games begin

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FTC wants more input on Google-AdMob deal
The FTC is asking Google competitors to weigh in on its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob, according to a report.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

European Parliament slams digital copyright treaty
Secret negotiations over a once-obscure draft treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement prompted an unusual rebuke from the European Parliament.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Attention shoppers: Target offers mobile coupons
Target claims it's the first major retail chain to launch mobile coupons nationwide for eager bargain hunters.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

Microsoft Outlook makes friends with MySpace
The software maker says it is ready with a version of its Outlook Social Connector that links the e-mail program with the youth-oriented social network.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Green tech can't shake the bubble question
Investors say we've already experienced "mini bubbles" driven by hype or subsidies. But there remains a societal push for cleaner and domestic sources of energy.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Twitter to block malicious links
Links in direct messages on Twitter and e-mail notifications about direct messages will be filtered in an attempt to stop phishing attacks.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Phones you can't get on a U.S. carrier
photos Our European and Asian brethren usually get first dibs on all the cool gear, and sometimes, we won't even see it at all.
• iPhone 4G: 25 most-wanted features

Mozilla to overhaul its open-source license
The Firefox backer wants to modernize and simplify the Mozilla Public License and sets an ambitious November deadline.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Google-China resolution coming 'soon,' says CEO
Talks between Google and Chinese government are ongoing, Google's Eric Schmidt says Wednesday, and he expects the matter to be resolved sooner rather than later.
• Google-China flap spurs plan to bypass censors
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

WhitePages.com halts ad networks over malware
Site investigates malware delivered via ads on its site in a fake antivirus attack similar to that on the Drudge Report site.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Dell tablet said to be named 'Streak'
According to leaked company documents, the Mini 5 touch-screen tablet will come in a multitude of colors and have Amazon Kindle and Video On Demand access.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Windows Live support via e-mail ends
Starting Wednesday, users with problems will have to go to online forums to get answers to issues with Microsoft's consumer Web services.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

IBM hopes to make mobile devices more accessible
Big Blue is teaming up with two universities to explore ways to make smartphones and mobile devices more accessible to people who have disabilities or lack literacy.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Tuesday, March 09

More states propose Internet sales taxes
As Amazon.com cancels its affiliate program in Colorado in response to a new state law, 14 other states have considered or are considering similar measures.

How to save and share ridiculously large files
Want to transfer a really big file in your browser, but keep running into size limits? We break down a list of free and paid services that can lend a hand.

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GDC 2010: Scaling the summits of game play
roundup This week's Game Developers Conference brings together designers, programmers, publishers, and others for the latest from the world of video play.
• Power Gig, a music game with real guitars
• Valve games, Steam headed to Macs
• At GDC, iPhone game development breaks out
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by CNET News staff)

Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
Google has released a new native programming kit that provides new graphics abilities to programmers using Android 2.0 phones.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Newegg probes shipments of fake Intel chips
As the Newegg case of fake Intel CPUs demonstrates, typos are one of the big tip-offs.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Google reluctant to release info in Viacom case
Viacom wants court documents to be released in two weeks and Google wants to wait three months. Does the public have a right to "immediately" see the information?
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

Could Cisco be announcing a killer set-top box?
Cisco Systems is hyping a major news announcement for Tuesday, which some speculate could include a new all-in-one set-top box that does everything.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

When TiVoing the Oscars, Twitter isn't your pal
It's nearly impossible to keep from finding out what happens at live events like the Academy Awards, the Olympics, or the Super Bowl if you're a Twitter or Facebook user.
• The illegal downloaders' Oscar winners
• Steve Jobs, iPad ad spotted at Oscars
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

HP mimics, mocks iPad with Slate demo video
HP's demo of its touch-screen tablet is an homage to Apple, but highlights the Slate's Adobe Flash compatibility.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Google's computer might betters translation tool
The company is using its network to push the limits of translation technology; its free service has become the favored source for millions.
(From The New York Times)

Backdoor found in Energizer USB battery charger
The battery maker says it doesn't know how the Trojan got into the software it offered via download for Windows-based computers.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Google launches tool for searching public data
Curious about unemployment trends in your state cross-referenced against salaries? Google Public Data Explorer could make it easier to create a visual representation.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
At the MIT Energy conference, investors and executives grappled with how to make the giant energy business cleaner.
• Photos: Driving toward cleaner energy
• Will 'fun factor' or mandates drive electric-car sales?
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Relevant Results giveaway: Google I/O
We're giving away two tickets to Google I/O in May courtesy of Google; find out how to win inside.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Monday, March 08

More states propose Internet sales taxes
As Amazon.com cancels its affiliate program in Colorado in response to a new state law, 14 other states have considered or are considering similar measures.

When TiVoing the Oscars, avoid Twitter
It's nearly impossible to keep from finding out what happens at live events such as the Academy Awards, the Olympics, or the Super Bowl, if you're simultaneously tuned into a social network.

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Valve games, Steam headed to Macs
Valve announces that its gaming service, Steam, is coming to the Mac platform, and the future will bring simultaneous releases of games for both PCs and Macs.
(Posted in Crave by Dong Ngo)

Android coders get high-speed graphics ability
Google has released a new native programming kit that provides new graphics abilities to programmers using Android 2.0 phones.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Google reluctant to release info in Viacom case
Viacom wants court documents to be released in two weeks and Google wants to wait three months. Does the public have a right to "immediately" see the information?
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

HP mimics, mocks iPad with Slate demo video
HP's demo of its touch-screen tablet is an homage to Apple, but highlights the Slate's Adobe Flash compatibility.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Backdoor found in Energizer USB battery charger
The battery maker says it doesn't know how the Trojan got into the software it offered via download for Windows-based computers.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Google launches tool for searching public data
Curious about unemployment trends in your state cross-referenced against salaries? Google Public Data Explorer could make it easier to create a visual representation.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

How Pandora slipped past the graveyard
After a decade of near-death experiences, the Internet music service is attracting attention from investment bankers who think it could go public.
(From The New York Times)

Gowalla debuts Travel Channel deal, Android app
The location-based mobile networking app has launched its first non-iPhone app, and is making it clear that it's gunning for the same media partnerships that rival Foursquare is going for.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Tuning the energy innovation engine at MIT
At the MIT Energy conference, investors and executives grappled with how to make the giant energy business cleaner.
• Photos: Driving toward cleaner energy
• Will 'fun factor' or mandates drive electric-car sales?
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

At GDC, iPhone game development breaks out
For the first time, the leading game development conference will feature a summit devoted entirely to iPhone games. But GDC is changing in other important ways too.
• Handicapping GDC 2010
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Relevant Results giveaway: Google I/O
We're giving away two tickets to Google I/O in May courtesy of Google; find out how to win inside.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

100Mbps broadband may be closer than you think
Super fast broadband speeds are possible today, but the problems are what to do with all that bandwidth and who really wants to pay for it?
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

The illegal downloaders' Oscar winners
Bit Torrent has tabulated the numbers of downloads for each Oscar movie on its site. If each download represented one vote, then the winner, with more than 12 million votes, is a surprising one.
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Sunday, March 07

How Buzz pushed me to Facebook
CNET's Stephen Shankland likes Buzz overall. But, perversely, its arrival re-energized his Facebook activity. Why? That's where his friends are.

A village (of scientists) will reinvent energy

At this week's ARPA-E Summit, scientists and entrepreneurs were all about hot new tech, from cheap solar cells to super-efficient gas engines.
• Photos: Green tech at ARPA-E
• Vinod Khosla: Ignore the experts
• Seeking a green 'Netscape moment'

Just in

The illegal downloaders' Oscar winners
Bit Torrent has tabulated the numbers of downloads for each Oscar movie on its site. If each download represented one vote, then the winner, with more than 12 million votes, is a surprising one.
• Final Cut Pro the Apple of Oscar's eye
(Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

Apple A4 chip, iPad vs. the competition
As the Apple iPad and its A4 chip get ready to ship, plenty of competing products are waiting in the wings.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Will 'fun factor' or mandates drive electric car sales?
The first wave of electric cars are targeting consumers willing to pay a premium for a greener machine, but government mandates to get them on the road are also needed, say experts at MIT Energy conference.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Saturday, March 06

Microsoft demos game across three platforms
Microsoft shows a game that's playable on Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows 7, and the gaming session is maintained as you move from one device to another.
(Posted in Crave by Kyle VanHemert)

New York isn't Silicon Valley. That's why they like it.
A decade after the dot-com bust, the Internet economy in New York is springing back to life.
(From The New York Times)

Police get Webcam pictures in school spy case
Two IT employees at Lower Merion School District have been put on administrative leave while alleged misuse of Webcams in student laptops is investigated.
(Posted in Safe and Secure by Larry Magid)

Intel exec critiques PC graphics, phone market
Executive Vice President David Perlmutter downplays the importance of laptop graphics performance and speaks about ARM chip rivals at an investor conference.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

All about the Apple iPad
faq CNET has answers to the most frequently asked questions about Apple's new touch-screen tablet, due April 3.
• iPad to hit the U.S. on April 3
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

MIT Media Lab Complex ready to illuminate
Architect Fumihiko Maki creates literal think tanks in the form of glass-encased labs for MIT's most famous interdisciplinary program.
• Photos: MIT's latest think tank
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Robot avatar MeBot gives you wriggling bug body
Developed by an MIT researcher, MeBot is a small robot avatar for telepresence applications that can gesture to help convey the user's emotional state.
(Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)

Xbox Live alters policy on referencing gender, race
Previously, members of the popular gaming service were prohibited for making references to sexual orientation, race, or religion. Now, a new policy will allow them to express their identities.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

3D printing changing prosthetics forever
For industrial designer Scott Summit, the ability to make perfectly fitted, custom prosthetics is a major goal. But 3D printing is also changing the industry for one-off lamps, shoes and more.(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Friday, March 05

At Sony, gearing up for a comeback effort
After several years of fading influence, Sony may yet again be stepping up to the plate with new devices and a drive to regain the upper hand.
• Report: Sony launching new line of handheld gadgets

A village (of scientists) will reinvent energy
At this week's ARPA-E Summit, scientists and entrepreneurs were all about hot new tech, from cheap solar cells to super-efficient gas engines.
• Photos: Green tech at ARPA-E
• Vinod Khosla: Ignore the experts
• Seeking a green 'Netscape moment'

Just in

Xbox Live changes policy on referencing gender, race

 CNET News Daily Podcast: More details on iPad availability

 This week's Google acquisition: DocVerse

 Can Sony stop breaking its fans' hearts?

 Chrome bug kills offline Gmail

 Rescuecom drops trademark suit against Google

Xbox Live alters policy on referencing gender, race
Previously, members of the popular gaming service were prohibited for making references to sexual orientation, race, or religion. Now, a new policy will allow them to express their identities.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

iPad to hit the U.S. on April 3
Apple's new iPad tablet will go on sale in the U.S. on April 3, with the Wi-Fi version ready on that date and the Wi-Fi + 3G edition available in late April.
(Posted in Apple by Lance Whitney)

This week's Google acquisition: DocVerse
Google's torrid acquisition pace continues with the purchase of DocVerse, a start-up that helps make Microsoft Office documents more collaborative, for a reported $25
million.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Rescuecom drops trademark suit against Google
After Best Buy sued Rescuecom for using the same advertising tactics Rescuecom decried in its suit against Google, the PC support company makes peace with Google.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

A week off the grid and in touch with energy
CNET's Martin LaMonica spends some time visiting an off-grid, solar-powered resort, a place where you're keenly aware of where your energy and water come from.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Office 2010 nearly ready; upgrade offer launched
Microsoft says it will finalize the code next month, with plans to launch the software for businesses in May. Kicks off program giving free upgrade to Office 2007 buyers.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Week in review: Tech on the docket
Apple files iPhone patent suit, while RealDVD gets canned. Also: Feds look to expand Net monitoring.
(Posted in Business Tech by Steven Musil)

Microsoft discontinuing midmarket server
Company is axing its Windows Essential Business Server, a combination of server software aimed at midsize businesses.
• Ballmer on the cloud
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Buzz backfire: How Google pushed me to Facebook
Stephen Shankland likes Buzz overall, but perversely, its arrival re-energized his Facebook activity. Why? That's where his friends are.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

More details leak on Microsoft's 'Courier'
Just as Apple announces iPad shipping plans, more information about Microsoft's rumored consumer tablet emerges. Device runs Windows CE and will be out later this year, says Engadget.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Does Google Street View see a future in Europe?
With major conflicts over data retention, Google executive says the company may stop shooting Street View photos in Europe, but a Google rep downplays those concerns.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

Windows Phone 7: A complete reset
Software maker says those developing software for Windows Phone 7 Series devices will do so using either Silverlight or XNA.
• Windows Phone 7 Series FAQ
• Microsoft's secret phones coming to Verizon
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Minor browsers seek more prominence in Europe
Six browser makers want to become more obvious on the screens that make Windows users in the European Union aware of alternatives to Internet Explorer.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Thursday, March 04

Can you appeal a YouTube ban?
In the first installment of our consumer advocacy column, CNET to the Rescue, a travel blogger gets banned from YouTube and doesn't know why. We get the ban reversed.

RSA 2010: Taking on cyberthreats
roundup Everyone's got Web security on the brain: politicians, Web giants, and security vendors alike, all descend on RSA this week.
• Symantec makes cybercrime tangible

Just in

Microsoft's secret phones coming to Verizon
Project Pink, Redmond's other new phone project, is coming, says Gizmodo. It's got the lowdown, based on some leaked marketing materials.
(Posted in Crave by John Herrman)

Microsoft to fix eight Windows and Office holes
Microsoft will have a relatively light Patch Tuesday next week, fixing eight holes with two bulletins, but a fix for a zero-day VBScript vulnerability is still pending.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Apple removes Wi-Fi finders from App Store
Apple has removed several apps capable of detecting Wi-Fi networks from the App Store, with no explanation.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Intel to debut 6-core gaming chip
The new 6-core processor is designed to crunch through the most chip-taxing games out there.
• Intel expands Atom to home servers
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

YouTube brings auto-captioning to everyone
YouTube is making its auto-captioning technology available to everyone in the hopes of making closed captions an option for all users.
• Live blog: YouTube press conference
(Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

EchoStar injunction upheld in victory for TiVo
Dish Network DVR owners won't see any impact just yet as EchoStar appeals the latest decision, but TiVo is a step closer to $300 million and a crippling blow against EchoStar.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

How Roger Ebert found his new voice (Q&A)
Scotland's CereProc helped the famed film critic speak again. Engineer Chris Pidcock talks about creating electronic voices that sound just like the real person.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Report: Sony launching new line of handhelds
Company is looking to better compete with Apple with new products set to launch this year, according The Wall Street Journal.
(Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

Steve Ballmer on the cloud
In speech broadcast on the Web, Microsoft's CEO is outlining his vision of the future of computing and the cloud's role. CNET's Ina Fried has live coverage and analysis.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Comdex to be reborn as a virtual trade show
The defunct technology confab is finding new life as a virtual event to take place November 16th and 17th of this year.
(Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

Feds weigh expansion of Internet monitoring
Homeland Security's top cybersecurity official tells CNET that Einstein network-defense system, which exchanges data with the NSA, could be extended to private sector.
• RSA 2010: Taking on cyberthreats
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Study lauds IE for blocking Web's social attacks
The study, funded by Microsoft, concludes that Microsoft's browser bests competitors in blocking socially engineered malware attacks.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Wednesday, March 03

Ruling puts an end to RealDVD
Federal judge issues permanent injunction against sales of RealDVD, the DVD-copying software Hollywood claimed violated copyright law. RealNetworks agrees to pay studios $4.5 million.

RSA 2010: Taking on cyberthreats
roundup Everyone's got Web security on the brain: politicians, Web giants, and security vendors alike, all descend on RSA this week.
• McAfee: Source code easy target within companies

Just in

Google opens PowerMeter to energy monitors
Google publishes an API for PowerMeter to entice software developers and device makers to feed data to its Web-based energy-monitoring application.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Report: China Unicom to sell Android phones
Despite a spat between Google and the Chinese government, state-owned telco China Unicom said it will sell phones using the Google Android OS.
(Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

More from Microsoft's TechFest
Although the annual science fair isn't open to the press, company is releasing details on projects on display, including a phone that does language translation on the fly.
• Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Sharepoint beta gets Olympic tryout
The United States Olympic Committee used the beta of Sharepoint 2010 to power its press Web site during the Vancouver Games.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Google mulls blend of education, search
It's easy to find millions of data points using search services like Google. It's harder to turn that data into knowledge and ideas without educational guidance.
(Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

Mozilla issues new Firefox test release
The organization behind Firefox wants testers to try out a crash-proofing feature in a new alpha release of Firefox.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Facebook's $1B revenues: Now keep it up
A new estimate suggests that Facebook's revenue is higher than expected--something that highlights both the company's successes and its challenges ahead.
• Hi5 to support Facebook games
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Lemelson-MIT prize goes to man of many talents
Award winner Erez Lieberman-Aiden has developed breakthroughs in such areas as genetics, sensor technology, applied mathematics, and even evolutionary linguistics.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Google Health gains partners
Search giant announces new collaborators for its Google Health initiative, including Surescripts, which lets people access their prescription information online.
(Posted in Health Tech by Lance Whitney)

EU gives obscure browsers a big chance
Seven lesser-known browsers are getting a chance at relevance as 100 million Europeans see alternatives to Internet Explorer.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Green tech seeks its 'Netscape moment'
Entrepreneurs and investors at a clean-energy conference say they are hopeful that new technologies can shake up the energy industry but are frustrated with the pace of change.
• Vinod Khosla: In energy, ignore the experts
• GE's Immelt: U.S. lagging in clean energy
• DOE's Chu looks to past for energy breakthroughs
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Microsoft exec: Infected PCs should be quarantined
q&a Under Scott Charney's plan, ISPs would keep infected PCs off the Internet, much like doctors quarantine sick people and governments restrict smoking in public areas.
• Microsoft working with Germans on electronic ID
• White House outlines secret cybersecurity plan
• Roundup: RSA 2010
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Why the social-media aggregator has croaked
The recent demise of Streamy reinforces that there's just no more room for a start-up that wants to get all your social-networking feeds in one place. Facebook's snuffed that market out.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Tuesday, March 02

Apple wants your movies in the cloud
Apple is talking with major film studios about a streaming media service that you could access from its iPad and other Net-connected devices.
• Netflix considers an iPhone app

Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents
It alleges that the rival phone maker infringes on 20 iPhone-related patents, as it takes aggressive action on the ever-hotter patent front.
• Lawsuit stokes fans' passion
• Apple sues HTC--court filings

Just in

Spain arrests three accused of running huge botnet
The so-called Mariposa botnet was made up of about 12.7 million PCs infected with worm that stole data and spread via USB drives, MSN Messenger, and P2P networking.

Microsoft exec: Infected PCs should be quarantined
q&a Under Scott Charney's plan, ISPs would keep infected PCs off the Internet, much like doctors quarantine sick people and governments restrict smoking in public areas.
• Microsoft working with Germans on electronic ID

Metastudy: Violent video games raise aggression
A study out of Iowa of 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide concludes that exposure to violent video games results in more aggressive, less empathetic youths.

Hedge fund offers $1.8 billion for Novell
Elliott Associates, which already owns 8.5 percent of Novell's shares, says the software company has underperformed under current ownership.

Real-world woes shuttering virtual world There
Hard hit by the recession, the pioneering virtual world, which launched to the public in 2003, will shut down for good on March 9.

White House outlines secret cybersecurity plan
Obama administration's summary of still-classified 2008 directive, announced at RSA, boosts involvement of National Security Agency in federal intrusion prevention.
• Video: Obama's latest cybersecurity plans
• Video: RSA president calls on industry to adopt cloud tech

NASA finds up to 1.3 trillion pounds of lunar ice
Data gathered from a NASA radar on board an Indian spacecraft indicate that more than 40 craters permanently in shadows contain as much as 600 million cubic meters of ice.

Microsoft uses TechFest to tout new user interfaces
The software maker uses its internal science fair as an opportunity to showcase new ways of connecting with the computer.

GE's Immelt: U.S. lagging in clean energy
Growing demand for energy products gives developing countries an advantage in burgeoning clean energy field, while U.S. picture is a "mixed bag," says GE CEO.
• DOE's Chu looks to past for energy breakthroughs
• Innovations grow at Greener Gadgets confab
• Photos: Great green gizmos

Microsoft sees business PC, server sales picking up
Software maker expects enterprise spending to rebound this year and into 2011. Microsoft also confirms upgrade program to Office 2010 and says it's sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 so far.
• Microsoft: Small businesses start to eye Windows 7
• Microsoft offers upgrade deal for developers
• Steve Ballmer talks Bing, Twitter)

Netflix considers an iPhone app
The video service is polling customers on their interest in its streaming software as an application for the iPhone.

Botnets cause surge in February spam
Spam levels increase more than 5 percent in February over prior month, due in large part to greater activity from Grum and Rustock botnets, according to Symantec.

Skype on TV: Will the videophone finally be reality?
The addition of Skype to new TVs from Samsung, Panasonic, and LG could bring about the long-predicted videophone.

Monday, March 01

When good game consoles go bad
Sony's PS3 clock bug brings to mind other big annoyances console users run into. And until Sony says what really caused the problem, can we assume it's DRM?
• PlayStation Network on the fritz

Piecing together a Firefox overhaul
With a name like JaegerMonkey, how can Mozilla's upcoming JavaScript engine not vanquish rivals? Also: developments with extensions and hardware acceleration.
• Why Intel's still using IE 6

Just in

Microsoft warns of zero-day hole for older Windows
One workaround for hole that could be exploited by attackers is to avoid pressing the F1 key when prompted by a Web site.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Four men charged in automated online ticket scam
Group is accused of operating a network of computers that bought up the best seats at concerts and sporting events and re-sold them, allegedly making more than $25 million in profits.
(Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

Google acquiring Web-based photo editor Picnik
Picnik, which makes an online photo editor, has announced on its blog that the company is being bought by Google.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Key Intel executive suffers stroke
Sean Maloney, one of the chipmaker's highest-ranking executives, suffers a stroke and will take a leave of absence.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Innovations grow at Greener Gadgets confab
New York conference aimed at sharing ideas for environmentally friendly gadgets proves fertile ground for green innovation.
• Photos: Great green gizmos
(Posted in Crave by Matt Hickey)

Apple MobileMe exec chosen as Thumbplay CTO
Pablo Calamera is joining the cloud-based music service as its chief technology officer, a newly created position.
(Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

Spotted at Olympics: 3D photography in action
A photographer at the Olympics in Vancouver used a dual-SLR camera rig to take 3D images.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Roger Ebert using software to find his lost voice
After losing his voice following surgery, the film critic is using a new kind of text-to-speech software to communicate in a voice that sounds just like his.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)

Is H.264 a legal minefield for video pros?
Some think license terms for the popular video encoding technology mean Apple's Final Cut Pro should be called Final Cut Hobbyist. Not so fast.
(Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

New surgical bone screw biodegrades in two years
Titanium screws may soon be a thing of the past as researchers in Germany unveil medical screws that promote bone growth into the implant itself so as not to leave holes.
(Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

X Prize group sets sights on next challenges
q&a Peter Diamandis, who helped get private space flight off the ground, tells CNET where the X Prize Foundation sees the next big technological gains.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

Symantec to play host to health care companies
Symantec Health offers online storage and archiving for hospitals and health care providers to better help them retain and share medical records.
(Posted in Health Tech by Lance Whitney)

P2P music use down; users may be stuffed
After a decade of illegally sharing music, some people may have finally exhausted hard drive space or sated their desire for any more songs, says NPD Group.
(Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)