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BusyBox
settles Monsoon GPL lawsuit
Maker of Linux-based digital TV devices agrees to abide by GPL
requirements for publishing source code--and is paying the BusyBox
programmers.
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House
extends ban on Net access taxes Bill pushing end date to 2014 now goes to
President Bush,
who's expected to sign off before current law expires this week.
Photos:
Ferrari's new red racer Maranello introduced the FXX Evoluzione, the next test car in
its invitation-only program for special Ferrari clients.
Video:
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U.S.-Microsoft
antitrust deal to get temporary extension Procedural move would give judge more time to decide whether
it's
necessary to impose on Redmond a lengthier watchdog period, as recently
advocated by a number of state prosecutors.
Early
adopters boost Leopard sales for Apple
Roughly the same percentage of the Mac OS X installed base upgraded to
Leopard over the weekend as the percentage of the Windows installed
base that has upgraded to Vista in nine months. (From News.com's One
More Thing blog.)
Inside
the world's largest corn maze
Blogging from inside the world's largest maize maze is fun, even though
the prospect of being lost amid 40 acres of corn is a little scary.
(From News.com's Geek Gestalt blog.)
Survey:
Mobile developers prefer Google
Mobile developers go gaga over Google as they build location-based
applications for phones, according to recent findings.
Daylight-saving
bug: Deja vu? The time to set the clocks back comes a
week later than usual this year, and some say it caused
them to fall back too soon. You too?
Photos:
Solar racing Down Under Teams from around the world
were on the move across Australia this past week to
show what a homemade car and some solar panels can
do.
Obama
pledges Net neutrality laws if elected president
The presidential hopeful
says if elected, he'll prioritize enacting antidiscrimination
rules for broadband providers during first year in office.
Will others follow?
FTC:
Let us fine spyware operations, already
Democratic commissioner says agency would be much
more effective in halting deceptive spyware makers if
Congress allowed it to levy hefty monetary penalties.
iPhone
jailbreak for the masses released
A group of hackers releases perhaps the easiest
application yet for getting third-party software onto
iPhones running the most up-to-date version of Apple's
firmware. (From News.com's One More Thing blog.)
Change
of heart in Office spat
In a high-stakes conflict over document formats,
some ODF backers are abandoning the standard in favor
of a W3C alternative.
'Small
wind' turbines blow onto rooftops
Although still in the shadow of its giant counter-parts,
small-scale wind turbines are slowly starting to reshape
the wind industry.
Apple
imposes limits on iPhone purchases Apple decided this week to require a credit card or debit card to buy
an iPhone, and there's now a two-iPhone limit at its retail stores.
Upstart
unveils tourist space suit Washington, D.C., start-up Orbital Outfitters shows off a prototype of
its first pressurized suit for the commercial space industry at the
2007 X Prize Cup.
Lunar
rover flies, then falls
Armadillo Aerospace is the lone competitor in NASA's $2 million Lunar
Lander Challenge and it almost won some money Saturday.
Photos:
On board the Airbus A380
The first Airbus A380 was delivered to Singapore
Airlines and one of its first stops was at Sydney Airport
where ZDNet Australia staffers climbed aboard.
Start-up
crafts waterproof concrete
Grandpa developed a waterproofing molecule and
the family business, Hycrete, put it in building materials
to stop problems with seepage.
Colbert
fan group on Facebook soars like an eagle
The "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen Colbert" group
on Facebook, founded to support the gag presidential campaign,
actually hits a million members--in just over a week.
An 18-year-old student and Apple
devotee is hired to make a television commercial for Apple's
new iPod Touch. (The New York Times) Find more stories in:Music
devices, Video,
Advertising
, Apple
The
bottom line on Facebook's ad future Now
that Microsoft has anted up, analysts are remarkably sunny about an ad
initiative that hasn't even launched or been fully explained yet.
Vista,
'Halo 3' boost Microsoft The
software giant turns in strong quarterly results, touting a big uptick
for the latest versions of Windows and its marquee game.
Coming
next week: A tax on your e-mail?
As Senate considers a Net access ban extension, the Democrat behind
original ban warns that changes to current law could make that so.
Photos:
Inside GE's clean-tech labs
Company's "Ecomagination" pipeline delves into flexible
plastic lights, green homes, solar cells and water desalination.
Adobe
Creative Suite 3 sales 'on fire'
Creative professionals are buying the latest graphics and Web suite
faster than previous releases, according to an analyst group.
roundupGenerating
ideas for energy's future Start-ups, utilities and government agencies are all in the hunt for
energy tech with an edge. A California conference brings all the
players together.
Source:
Microsoft wins Facebook bid battle
After weeks of speculation, Microsoft appears to have won a battle with
Google over who would get a stake in Facebook, according to a source
familiar with the situation.
(From News.com's Beyond
Binary blog.)
Photos:
Best ideas in design Winners of the 2007 IDEA awards include a "game changing"
Bluetooth headset and an algae inhibitor that poses as a jellyfish.
Photos:
Cutting the speaker cord Avnera has developed two chips that it says will help lower
the cost and improve the performance of existing wireless speakers.
Hitachi
unveils superskinny LCD TVs
Tokyo-based electronics company is aiming for "pure luxury" with its
new TV line, which debuts in the U.S. early in 2008
Targeted
attacks on the rise, Microsoft report says
There was a more than five-fold increase in the types of malicious code
used to install trojans, password stealers, keystroke loggers and other
malware.
First
'E4' trade show off to slow start
E for All Expo was meant to fill the void left when the
industry's biggest trade show, E3, downsized this past year. Find more stories in: E3,
Games
Microsoft's
phone talk is all business
Rather than touting fancy new features that compete head-on with the
iPhone, the software maker is courting the people who help businesses
decide what phones to buy--the IT geeks.
Space
elevator isn't going anywhere yet
For the third year in a row, no team rises to the challenge
of
building a robotic climber and a vertical tether that could one day
comprise a workable space elevator. Find more stories in: Aerospace
MySpace
to debut casual-game site in January
Social games from white-label game maker Oberon Media will be available
for users of the News Corp.-owned social-networking site early next
year.
Microsoft
concedes in EU fight European
regulators finally get their way on a 2004 antitrust ruling, as Redmond
agrees to put some "substantial" changes into effect.
Turning
a blind eye on NSA wiretap aid E-mail and IM providers would be immune from legal liability
for their part in domestic spying, if a Senate bill becomes law.
perspectiveDoes
Microsoft have an iPhone answer?
CEO Steve Ballmer is
speaking at the big mobile-phone trade show Tuesday, and News.com's Ina
Fried says it will be interesting to see the tack Ballmer takes
vis-a-vis Apple
Qualcomm
likely to avoid another chip ban
Judge recommends halting investigation stemming from Nokia's complaint
to the ITC that Qualcomm chips infringe on patents.
Toyota
takes baby steps to plug-in car
In the face of GM's swift timetable for the Chevy Volt, rival automaker
says it has good reason to move more slowly on its own plug-in electric
car.
How
many site hits? Depends who's counting
Although online advertising is growing fast, that growth is
being
stunted, industry execs say, because nobody can get basic visitor
counts straight.
(The New York Times) Find more stories in: Advertising,
Web
sites
United
Nations agency gives boost to WiMax
The U.N. telecom agency approved the wireless technology for
inclusion in 3G mobile standards, signaling a win for Intel and defeat
for competing technologies. Find more stories in: WiMax
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Top 10 reviews of the week
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Yahoo
marketing chief to leave
Chief Marketing Officer Cammie Dunaway, the latest executive to depart
the company, is taking off at the end of this month.
Photos:
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Winners of the 2007 IDEA awards include a "game changing"
Bluetooth
headset, an allergy alert system for kids, and an algae inhibitor that
poses as a jellyfish.
Flickr
to use Picnik for online photo editing
In coming months, Flickr users will be able to edit their photos online
with Picnik's technology in addition to sharing, tagging and discussing
them.
Windows
gets a 'mini me'
Microsoft engineer shows off a new MinWin kernel that takes up a
fraction of the space of the traditional operating system.
New
directions for mobile Java
Sun sees the desktop version gradually replacing its stripped-down
mobile cousin. Will that unfragment Java fo gadgets?
MySpace
series 'Quarterlife' unveiled
Co-creator of upcoming online show discusses creating for the Web, the
20-something experience, and why inking a MySpace partnership was a
"deal with the devil."
Secure
instant messaging for the masses
Here's how nontechnical users can secure their own instant-messaging
conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be it the
government or a nosy neighbor).
photos
10
ways to geek out this Halloween
There are lots of things you could do for a Halloween costume. But
we've got some ideas for you--as long as you're willing to look really
dorky.
Canon
has fix for high-end SLR autofocus
The SLR maker plans to publish instructions in coming weeks for how
people can fix a problem that had afflicted the new 1D Mark III camera.
Teaching
plasma to follow LCD's lead The
energy-hog televisions are losing ground to their cheaper counterparts.
But developers hope that will change with improved technologies.
Canon
has fix for high-end SLR autofocus
The SLR maker plans to publish instructions in coming weeks for how
people can fix a problem that had afflicted the new 1D Mark III camera.
Binaries
are great, if you are a computer
CNET News.com reporter Ina Fried leaps into the blogosphere with Beyond
Binary, a look beyond the ones and zeros of technology.
RIAA
threatens 19 universities with lawsuits
Group launches ninth wave of "pre-litigation" letters, offering
students and personnel the chance to settle copyright infringement
claims out of court "at a discounted rate."
U.S.
wants end to Allofmp3 spinoffs
Politicians and trade officials are still pressuring the nation to shut
down "illegal" Web sites and to align its intellectual property laws
with "international standards."
Designing
a rocket ride into suborbit
Industrial designer takes inspiration from comics, movies while working
on the interior of Virgin Galactic spacecraft and the suits tourists
will wear on suborbital flights.
newsmakerScott
McNealy is far from retired Former Sun CEO is racking more frequent-flier miles now as chairman,
traveling the world to meet with customers and tout Sun's virtues.
The
new e-discovery burden perspectiveRather than streamline and limit litigation, a rule change adds a new
financial burden, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says. Find more stories in: Lawsuits,
Financial,
Legal
RIAA
tries to pull plug on Usenet
The Recording Industry Association of America attorneys claim binary
newsgroups are rife with copyright infringement--and they may even. Verizon
letter on privacy stirs debate
Analysts and consumer
advocates suggest the company may be interested in gathering
information to tailor the advertising it displays on cellphone screens. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Cell
phones, Privacy
, Verizon
Communications
Material
sciences to fuel economic growth
Physical sciences, rather than information technologies, will
increasingly drive societal change, nanotech leader says at conference.
Supreme
Court dumps Microsoft, Best Buy appeal
Companies had urged high court to review a class action suit that
accused them of violating federal law by signing up customers for MSN
without their consent.
An
Internet jihad aims at U.S. viewers
A growing constellation of apparently independent operators
is
broadcasting the message of al-Qaida and other groups, translated into
English and aimed for a Western audience online. (The New York Times) Find more stories in: Iraq,
Blogs,
Video
Oracle
to push out 51 patches
Update includes fixes for
27 vulnerabilities in Oracle Database, five of which may be exploited
remotely without authentication. Find more stories in: Flaws,
Patches
, Oracle
Teen
claims to have easy iPod Touch jailbreak
Hacker claims to have developed code that would let you put third-party
applications on an iPod Touch without having to take a computer science
class.
Monday, October 15
Virtual-world
makers aim to hook kids Eager upstarts are looking to mix it up with Disney and
Neopets, and cash in on children's love of digital playgrounds.
newsmaker
The
morality in software
IBM's Grady Booch says developers can no longer just dash off code
without thinking about the larger implications.
False
starts in race to future of DVDs The number of Blu-ray and HD DVD players and discs remains
stubbornly miniscule. Should consumers pay any attention at all?
Photos:
Top 10 reviews Here
are CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including a
NetGear ReadyNAS storage device and an in-dash multimedia player.
Today's
sports fans, always in touch
Thanks to new tech and various hotel programs, traveling
sports fans can more easily track scores and close deals.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week,
including
a NetGear ReadyNAS storage device, two camera pouches and an in-dash
multimedia player.
Microsoft
says Automatic Update not misbehaving
Despite blog reports that Windows Update appeared to be changing
automatic update settings, Microsoft says it knows of no changes made
to the patching system.
perspective
Fessing
up to my Facebook fetish CNET News.com's Charles Cooper wants his boss to know there's a reason
why he wastes all that time prowling around Facebook each day
Photos:
Saturn moon mysteries NASA's Saturn visitor found one moon with strange dark spots
and another that's spewing ice. Plus more.
Video:
Microsoft's post-Gates plan Steve Ballmer talks about sharing leadership role with top
execs after Bill Gates transitions away from his day-to-day duties.
Photos:
Dinosaur Sightings: 1970s computers
During the disco days of the 1970s, personal computers moved
out of
electronic hobbyists' garages and into offices, classrooms and homes.
newsmakerThe
public face of U.S. nuclear power Frank Bowman says that in an age of climate change, nuclear deserves
more consideration as a source of alternative energy.
Mandriva
Linux 2008 released
Desktop
Linux distribution Mandriva 2008 has been released after six months of
development and testing. The
new release comes packaged with all the latest open source software and
many enhancements. Some of the latest software includes KDE 3.5.7, the
new GNOME 2.20, version 2.6.22.9 of the Linux kernel with fair
scheduling support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, a 3D-accelerated desktop
courtesy of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6.
special featureWhen
the PC becomes a parenting problem About a third of parents believe the Internet sucks up too much of
their child's time. So what do you do about it?
Democrats
kill proposal for permanent Net tax relief But key committee does unanimously approve four-year extension of a law
that generally prohibits state and local governments from taxing
Internet access services.
VCs
sweet on kids' virtual worlds Venture capitalists are showing more interest in 3D
playgrounds for
kids online since Disney bought the virtual world Club Penguin for $350
million earlier this year.
U.N.
bureaucrat: RFID can help us do our jobs The organization sees potential value in the track-and-trace chips as a
way of keeping track of relief supplies--and personnel--in
disaster-plagued zones.
Mandriva
Linux 2008 is now available
With this new release, Mandriva is upgrading its commercial offer
around a single unified product: Mandriva Linux Powerpack. It
integrates a unique set of commercial packages and services to offer a
whole Linux solution. The best-seller Powerpack is the commercial
edition of Mandriva Linux and the recommended extension for users of
the community version.
Power
outages on MacBook Pros
Apple could be getting ready to replace MacBook Pro power adapters, one
report says, while on Apple's Web site, other MacBook Pro users
complain about battery life.
Report:
MySpace to launch developer platform
Social-networking site, rapidly losing ground to Facebook and its
wildly popular developer platform, may be launching a platform of its
own.
Power
outages on MacBook Pros Apple could be getting ready to replace MacBook
Pro power
adapters, one
report says, while on Apple's Web site, other MacBook Pro users
complain about battery life.
Photos:
V-22 Osprey deploys to Iraq
The Marines bring the tilt-rotor aircraft to Al-Anbar
province, where it will get a real-world test in a war zone.
House
may ban Net taxes for another four years
Panel schedules Wednesday vote on bill that would extend
an existing
law that prohibits state and local governments from taxing Internet
access services.
A
giant 3D screen for simulating houses, cities
Cyberdome. Is that where Mad Max and Frankie Goes to
Hollywood used to
live? No, the 8.5-meter-high hemisphere-shaped screen is one of the
biggest in the world.
IBM
updates mash-up builder for businesspeople
Mashup Starter Kit, which is an updated version of the
QEDWiki tool, is
designed to make it easier to tap into corporate databases, local files
and Web services.
Photos:
Tech behind 3D movies Real D has pioneered 3D movie projection tech, but Dolby
Laboratories will mount a major challenge beginning in November.
VMware
tool tries new twist on power savings VMware Infrastructure 3.5 will include experimental support for a
feature that can automatically consolidate work onto fewer servers to
save power.
Vonage
settles patent case with Sprint
Internet telephony provider agrees to pay Sprint Nextel a total of $80
million to use its voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, patents.
the-rev's blogHow to Consider a VPS
Tired
of shared or reseller and seeking for a Virtual Private Server? Before
order one examine who is offering this product because the Web hosting
Industry experiences today a VPS fever and many providers are only
jokers that does not know what are doing.
Photos:
Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week,
including
the QuickBooks 2008 and the Flip Video Ultra, a 'force to be reckoned
with in the low-end digital camcorder category.'
Photos:
Beauty tools for gadgets lovers
Sure, it's an MP3 player, but it also deep-cleans your skin.
What today's consumer electronics claim to do for beauty.
Ubuntu
pride--on the basketball court
If the Boston Celtics can now be associated with Linux, what team might
want to claim Windows as its inspiration? Hmm...
photosRobots
on the road to Victorville DARPA's urban grand prix for driverless vehicles will pit the likes of
Junior and Alice against the hulking Terramax.
Senators
face new pressure to renew Net tax ban
A handful of Republicans take a step designed to speed up a vote on
renewing the soon-to-expire federal law, but it's unclear how
Democratic leaders will respond.
Nintendo
gets touchy with new 'Zelda'
New Zelda game designed for the DS has
more interactive gameplay that seems in line with Nintendo's goal of
reaching a broader audience. Find more stories in: Games
Video
game czar: More countries need a DMCA
Entertainment Software Association chief endorses controversial U.S.
law, which generally frowns upon cracking DRM, as vital to the
industry's success.
NBC
chief urges all-hands assault on piracy
Jeff Zucker calls for pulling in all levels of government, ISPs,
consumer electronics makers, credit card companies, user-generated
content sites...and the list goes on.
Images:
Space flight In
celebration of the 50th anniversary of Sputnik's launch, we take a look
back--and forward--to see how space exploration is evolving.
Coming
soon to kindergarten class: antipiracy ed
Entertainment industry representatives say their messages to teens and
college kids aren't working. Some are hoping for better luck with the
elementary-school set.
Making
friends with ninjas The hit video blog, Ask a Ninja, launches its own
social-networking service where fans can network with each other,
create friends lists, and so on.
Skype
CEO steps down
Niklas Zennstrom shifts to new projects as parent company
eBay also announces $1.43 billion in charges related to Skype. Find more stories in: Telephony
, eBay
Facebook
to launch custom groups
Social-networking site says it's going to let members group their
friends into custom profile lists, though it hasn't yet set a timeline.
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