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Friday, October 31

Invasion of the election apps
From polling widgets to iPhone-based countdown clocks, election apps are everywhere. With the election only a few days away, it's not clear what's next for the companies that make them.

Electric-car race could strain battery supply
With lithium ion batteries becoming the power pack of choice for a new wave of plug-in electric cars, more people are studying the question of worldwide supply.

Just in

Third Chrome beta another notch faster
Google has begun releasing its third beta version of Chrome. Our tests show it's 37 percent faster at JavaScript than the earlier beta from two months earlier.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Microsoft sets up ad kiosk outside U.K. Apple store
In yet another extension of Microsoft's "I'm a PC" campaign, the company is putting video booths outside a U.K. Apple store and asking people to record their own videos.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Yahoo, Google under pressure to make next move
Now that they know what it will take for their advertising deal to get approval from antitrust regulators, all Yahoo and Google have left to figure out is: Is it worth it?
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Friday Poll: From Netflix to you, but how?
With Netflix distribution methods seemingly expanding by the day, we want to how you prefer to get your flicks. Vote in our poll.
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Microsoft's Mac unit gets new boss
Eric Wilfrid will assume leadership of the group that creates Office for Mac, replacing Craig Eisler.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Google jokesters ward off zombies
The search giant injects a little Halloween humor into its robots.txt file's instructions for Web-crawling software.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Microsoft's other new platform: Live Framework
Expected to be a big deal at PDC, the developer component of Live Mesh finds itself overshadowed some by Windows Azure, the cloud-based OS that the mesh sits on top of.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Yahoo Video gains, YouTube crosses 5.3 billion streams
Yahoo Video streams surged 56 percent and unique users grew 35 percent in September, according to Nielsen Online.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dan Farber)

1 Trojan + 3 years = 500,000 financial accounts
RSA discovers a half-million bank and credit card accounts compromised by the Sinowal Trojan that sneaks onto machines from Web sites and steals information.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Tesla Motors seeks cash to keep moving forward
Elon Musk, CEO of the all-electric luxury car maker, says Tesla is raising more than $20 million, which less than it had hoped but enough to meet its basic needs.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Duplicating keys via distant digital images
UC San Diego group uses modest technology to prove how easy it is to duplicate keys from a far-off photo.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Thursday, October 30

special coverageMicrosoft looks ahead at PDC 2008
 Research honcho Rick Rashid talks batteries, tools, telescope, and the iPhone. Plus: Windows 7, Office 14, and more.
• Video: Office online
• Video: Ozzie paints Azure

imagesUbuntu's Intrepid Ibex on the loose
Canonical plans to release Ubuntu 8.10 on Thursday. It's striving for ease of use, a challenge given the complexities of Linux.

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Source: MTV exec Holt offered MySpace Music job
Source says Courtney Holt, executive vice president of digital music and media at Viacom's MTV Networks, may be close to accepting the job, but there are sticking points.
(Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

Facebook worm feeds off Google's reputation
New worm crawling Facebook accounts leads victims to "videos" on Google Reader and Google Picasa pages that in turn link to malicious server sites.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Wednesday, October 29

AMD 'Shanghai' chip debuts at resellers
AMD's next-generation Shanghai quad-core Opteron processor has made an appearance at resellers.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Photos: Maltese Falcon docks in the bay
We snapped some shots of Tom Perkins' rig--said to be the world's largest and fastest sailing yacht--as it prepares to depart San Francisco Bay.

iPhone users get free Wi-Fi access from AT&T
AT&T says iPhone users can now access the company's 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots for free. (This time it's true.)
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Comcast shows resilience to economic downturn
Largest cable operator in the U.S. reports a solid quarter, as company helps prove that TV and broadband are becoming must-have services.
(Posted in Digital Media by Marguerite Reardon)

Rashid: Battery power is a tricky thing
Microsoft's research chief talks about computing in rural India, the Kindle, and how your laptop is essentially a bomb that (hopefully) will never detonate.
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

Psystar planning Mac OS-based notebook
Mac clone maker Psystar has confirmed it is working on a notebook that will run Mac OS, although the timing of that release remains unclear.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Venture capitalists: We are open for business, but take our advice...
At a VentureBeat panel about managing through the economic downturn VCs offer sober advice for entrepreneurs.
• Welcome to Recession Valley
• Video: VCs still investing
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Yahoo-Google deal faces yet another round of concern
More grist for the grill has been served up by legislators, a consumer group, and Wall Street in Yahoo's proposed search advertising deal with Google.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

EA announces three Android games
Game publisher says it will release Tetris, Bejeweled, and Monopoly for Google's new mobile phone platform.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Intel, Asus want laptop designs from you
Consumers can become product designers, working together and with the two companies, in a project called WePC.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Tuesday, October 28

Will Windows 7 be a better Vista?
With the upcoming OS, Microsoft aims to address many of Vista's shortcomings while keeping things largely the same under the hood.
• Images: Windows 7 so far
• Video: Microsoft's Mike Nash talks Windows
• Full PDC 2008 coverage
• Ballmer to customers: Ready for the revolution

photos Getting all charged up about batteries
If electric cars and buses are the future, we're going to need a lot more batteries, and better tech to go with them.

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Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us
Competing products make people question the status quo, Jon von Tetzchner says, and that drives people to Opera.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Tech stocks ride high in anticipation of interest rate cut
Cisco, Amazon, Comcast, and other tech stocks surge on market rally. Dow posts gain of nearly 900 points.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Yahoo's Zimbra e-mail service heads to school
Yahoo now offers educational institutions discounted pricing to run its Zimbra server software for e-mail and collaboration.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Images: Browser-based Office
Here's an early look at Microsoft's newly confirmed browser-based editing capabilities, which are being developed in conjunction with the next version of Office, known as Office 14.

Labs gives Google Apps collaborative options
The Internet giant now offers three collaborative applications for organizations using Google Apps. More will come, from Google and others.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Yahoo and Google race to rebuild sites
Swarmed by start-ups, Yahoo is trying to steer its battleship in a more social direction, while Google is aiming to expand beyond its search core.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Verizon Wireless to improve indoor cell coverage
Company expects to introduce so-called femtocell technology early next year to help subscribers who get poor cell phone reception at home or in the office.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Broadcom gets a discount on AMD's TV unit
The unit from AMD could strengthen Broadcom's own digital TV system business by expanding the tier-one customer base.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

As SAP profits fall, revenue outlook yanked
The German enterprise software titan offers investors little hope for a quick turnaround in IT spending, noting that the climate remains murky.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

iPhones not on House 'must-have' list
Speed trumps accuracy once again, as a report last week that Congress is considering switching its BlackBerrys for iPhones turns out to be quite the exaggeration.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Screenshots: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 6801
CNET News takes a look at Windows 7 Ultimate Build 6801, a remarkably feature-rich and performance-stable alpha version.

Tech group aims to protect privacy, speech online
A global initiative launched by companies including Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft aims to protect privacy and freedom of speech on the Internet.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Monday, October 27

Microsoft casts light on its cloud efforts
At PDC 2008, Ray Ozzie and company talk up Windows Azure, Redmond's new offering "at the Web tier of computing." It's ready for release in preview form.
• Full PDC 2008 coverage
• Windows Azure: Blue skies ahead?
• Ozzie: It comes down to trust
• Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software

Big Sun shareholder wields velvet glove
The investment company gobbling up shares of Sun may look tough, but it usually avoids playing hardball with executives.
• Sun's biggest shareholder looks to 'maximize value'

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Report: Yahoo jobs site used in phishing attack
A vulnerability on Yahoo's HotJobs site is letting somebody steal authentication privileges from Yahoo users to gain access to their accounts, Netcraft says.
(Posted in Security by Stephen Shankland)

Cox to offer wireless service
Beginning in 2009, the cable provider will add cell phone service to its existing bundle of high speed Internet, telephony, and TV service. But cracking into the wireless market could be tough.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Ubuntu 8.10 due Thursday. Profits? Not so fast
Canonical will release Intrepid Ibex this week, improving wireless networking and sporting BBC content. Profitability, though, could be three to five years away.
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Software unlock for iPhone 3G coming soon?
Team of programmers that has worked feverishly on jailbreaking and unlocking the iPhone believes it is close to developing a software-based unlock for the iPhone 3G.
• Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
• Street View, more nav options come to iPhone 2.2
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Can crowds do a better job than the BBB?
Vanno is a clever new business rating system that asks users to rate stories about companies as either serving to support or knock down their scores in several categories (invites available).
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Video start-up Revision3 joins the layoff club
A source close to the production company, which was founded by Digg's Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson, tells us that nine people have been laid off.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Quiet wind-turbine comes to U.S. homes
Part of growing variety of small wind machines, this turbine can turn out 1.5 kilowatts and is suitable for home roofs.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Verizon's profits soar on wireless
Despite economic uncertainty, company sees big gains in profits in the third quarter due to its wireless business.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Video game legend Miyamoto talks 'Wii Music'
The creator of games like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong sits down to talk about his latest title--one Nintendo hopes will be a holiday hit.
• Video: New generation of music
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

With smartphones, Cher Wang made her own fortune
The founder of HTC Corporation is one of the most powerful female executives in technology whom you have never heard of.
(From The New York Times)

Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
The Internet giant releases an iPhone version of its geographic exploration software. And with multitouch and GPS, the interface is better than a PC's.
• Street View, more nav options come to iPhone 2.2
(Posted in Apple by Stephen Shankland)

An uphill battle for Redmond's Republican
A Democratic challenger may score a win in race for Washington's 8th District--home of Bill Gates, Microsoft, and many other tech companies--which once as known as solidly Republican.
• Election 2008: Campaign coverage
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Project Masiluleke taps cell phones in AIDS fight
Project M harnesses the ubiquity of cell phones in South Africa to spread information about public health crises such as AIDS, tuberculosis.
(Posted in Wireless by Leslie Katz)

Sunday, October 26

Election Day brings invasion of robocalls
Voters may hate them, but automated, prerecorded calls are certainly popular with politicians, despite a lack of evidence that they are effective.

14 things to do after being laid off
It's a setback all right, but also an opportunity. Here are some personal and professional suggestions on how to use that new free time.
• Tech layoffs: The scorecard
• The spreadsheet of sunshine: Who's hiring

Just in

Security flaw revealed in T-Mobile's Google phone
A computer security specialist said the flaw could be exploited by an attacker who might trick a G1 user into visiting a booby-trapped Web site.
(From The New York Times)

Stock art consolidation: Getty to buy Jupiterimages
Getty Images has agreed to acquire one of its top competitors, Jupiterimages, for $96 million. Another rival, Corbis, is cutting photographer royalties.
(Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

VMware, IDC play virtualization hardball
VMware disputes recent findings by IDC about the growth of a competitive product from Microsoft. IDC says "confusion and misinformation being sown" by VMware.
(Posted in Business Tech by Colin Barker)

Saturday, October 25

Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including Apple's new MacBook Pro, the Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro, and in-ear headphones from Klipsch.

Q&A: Symbian's switch to open source
Research chief David Wood gets into the nitty-gritty of the process, and looks ahead to what the next few years hold for smartphones.
(Posted in Wireless by David Meyer)

What we Craved this week
Here's a quick recap of the week's biggest stories in gadget land, from the first Android phone to Oprah's endorsement of the Kindle.
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

Windows 7 to reach down to Netbooks
When Microsoft talks Windows 7 next week, expect the software maker to talk about a product that can reach a part of the market that Vista has so far barely touched.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Yahoo to expose its wiring to developers next week
A key part of the company's effort to socially overhaul its Web properties arrives next week as developers get access to Yahoo Open Strategy technology.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Vista SP2 beta due next week
Microsoft says it's ready with a test version of the update, with native Blu-ray support, faster searching, and better Bluetooth connectivity.
• Prepping for PDC
• Yahoo nixes Vista-optimized IM program
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

Debate to delay 'white space' vote heats up
Lawmakers and professional sports groups are joining broadcasters in asking the FCC to delay a vote on opening some TV spectrum for unlicensed use.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Chip gear industry's funk is a red flag
The downturn in the business of building chip equipment means that chipmakers are pulling back.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

The last waltz of new media's giddy youth?
Tech and publishing execs say their time at the lavish WebbyConnect confab was productive. But it's also opulence at a time when budgets are getting slashed.
• The Huffington Post, beyond the election
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Friday, October 24

The XO laptop gets a Windows makeover
CNET News' Ina Fried gets an exclusive, first-hand look at what it means to have Windows, rather than Linux, on One Laptop Per Child's signature device.
• Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop
• Video: One (Windows) Laptop Per Child

Another view of Israel's high-tech success
Myths aside, a full explanation has to take into account the spillover effect from the nation's rapid military build-up to compensate for its small population.

Just in

Virtual keypads set to grace Android phones
Developers are planning to add a touchscreen option early next year for phones using Google's Android OS.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Will Kindle sales spike because of 'Oprah effect?'
Oprah gives the thumbs-up to Kindle on her show but does she still have the audience to make a difference on sales?
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Microsoft joins server messaging effort
The company says it is joining an effort, initiated by competitors, to establish a standard way for business applications to communicate.
(Posted in Business Tech by Mike Ricciuti)

Software aims to stop calls while driving
Daniel Sieberg of CBS News reports on how gadgets can use GPS to detect when you're driving--and turn off the calls, for safety's sake.
(Posted in Wireless by CBS Interactive staff)

Search shift gives Google Profiles new prominence
Google Profiles no longer are invisible to search engines, so people can find friends more easily. Does Google have grander social-networking hopes for the service?
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Report: Yahoo to open Nebraska site
Company is set to announce construction of a new data center. Deal comes on the heels of Yahoo's 10 percent layoffs.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Huh? Canon's $500 G10 matches a $40,000 Hasselblad?
Side-by-side comparisons of 13x19-inch prints showed Canon's enthusiast compact model matching a professional medium-format camera. Wow.
(Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

q&a Linden Lab CEO: No credit crunch in 'Second Life'
Mark Kingdon says the virtual world, which is "only now starting to realize its full potential," is still seeing record-breaking Lindex currency trade levels.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Tim Ferguson)

More video coming to NYTimes.com
Site launches a new platform to bring more videos--in HD--to its home page, articles, blogs, and site library.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Microsoft, Telefonica dial up Live Messenger VoIP
Companies team up to take on eBay's popular Skype in Latin America and the States. And with Voype's competitive pricing, it may prove to be a viable alternative.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Green news harvest: Solar thermal returns to Calif., Seattle algae
Duke Energy scales back solar plan, Solydra scores another big customer for rooftop solar, energy and water's close linkage, an algae biofuels contest, smartening the grid, and more.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Xerox to cut 3,000 jobs
By trimming 5 percent of the workforce over the next six months, company expects to save $200 million.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Thursday, October 23

Election Day brings invasion of robocalls
Voters may hate them, but automated, prerecorded calls are certainly popular with politicians, despite a lack of evidence that they are effective.
• Election 2008: Full coverage

photos 21st-century zeppelin flies to San Francisco
A company called Airship Ventures is bringing an update on aviation history to the Bay Area for modern-day sightseers.

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Microsoft's Surface pricier than anticipated
The software maker is offering developers a chance to buy one of the tabletop computers, but the machines cost well over $10,000.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Mr. iPhone goes to Washington?
Members of the House of Representatives are reportedly interested in the iPhone, even though they are heavy users of RIM's BlackBerry devices and service.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Intel unveils new cooling tech for ultrathin laptops
Keeping the outside of notebooks cool has been a challenge. Chipmaker's new technology will be licensed to customers so they can make "thinner and thinner laptops."
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

TheWB.com: Big media's beacon of hope?
At the WebbyConnect conference, the Warner Bros. video hub has been generating quite a bit of buzz as a business model that might actually work for online video.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Yahoo plug-in gives brains to browser search
Inquisitor suggests results for Web browsers' search box and presents them with a splashy interface. It was just for Safari, but it now works on Internet Explorer and Firefox.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Five things to watch for in Microsoft earnings
There's a lot more to pay attention to--particularly amid the economic uncertainty--than just how much profit the software giant raked in.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

14 things to do after being laid off
It's a setback all right, but also an opportunity. Here are some personal and professional suggestions on how to use that new free time.
• Tech layoffs: The scorecard
• The spreadsheet of sunshine: Who's hiring
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

MoveOn.org uses customized video to get out the vote
New video from the left-leaning advocacy group embeds recipient's name in faux newscast in attempt to persuade Americans to vote for Barack Obama next month.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Sales, currency cause Sony to reduce forecast
Profits are expected to be almost 60 percent less this year. One of the main culprits: the increasingly unfavorable yen-to-dollar conversion rate amid the global economic downturn.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Amazon's Linux cloud computing out of beta, joined by Windows
Amazon Web Services now offers online access to Windows servers, and Linux gets a reliability commitment. Also: new features coming in 2009.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Microsoft issues 'critical' patch outside normal cycle
Patch addresses vulnerability in Windows that could allow attackers to take hold of a user's computer and launch code remotely.
(Posted in Security by Dawn Kawamoto)

Aussies positively charged about Better Place
Shai Agassi's venture will get help raising $665 million in funding to build a chain of swap-and-go electric-car battery stations Down Under.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

iRobot chairman and co-founder Greiner resigns
Helen Greiner's step-down at the maker of robotic floor cleaners and military combat robots, which follows that of fellow co-founder Rodney Brooks, is unexpected and unexplained.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Wednesday, October 22

'We can't care' if newspapers die
Publisher and chairman of The New York Times Company, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., says at WebbyConnect conference that the company is willing to embrace radical change to stay afloat.

Amazon offers dim holiday forecast
Despite posting revenues that were in line with analyst expectations, shares of the e-commerce giant were down 15 percent in after-hours trading.
• Forrester: Holiday e-commerce growth to slow

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Keystrokes can be recovered remotely
Researchers find they can recover usernames and passwords remotely by listening to the electromagnetic waves broadcast by the keyboard itself.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Yale MBA dean to found Apple University
Apple will have a new program early next year called Apple University, and while it's not clear what that will entail, Yale's Joel Podolny has been tapped as its leader.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Android Market offers coders a payday
With T-Mobile's G1 phone now on the market, Google opens the doors to the Android Market. Later, programmers and carriers will share revenue.
• T-Mobile delivers the G1
(Posted in Wireless by Stephen Shankland)

Bill Gates' new venture: A think tank?
A new tech site from former Seattle P-I reporter Todd Bishop has the scoop on BGC3, Gates' latest endeavor. Its trademark application covers "think tank services."
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Solid-state drives: No rush to wide success
Momentum is building, but the up-and-coming storage technology will have to wait a little longer still for its big breakthrough.
• Forrester: Holiday e-commerce growth to slow
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Report: As stock market drops malware rises
PandaLabs statistics show how cybercriminals are taking aim at confused consumers in a time of economic uncertainty.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Sun's largest investor ups stake, seeks active role
Southeastern Asset Management increases its stake to 21.2 percent and wants to talk to Sun management and third parties about maximizing Sun's shareholder value.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Intel blasts iPhone; Apple honeymoon over
A once-torrid relationship between Apple and Intel has dissolved into name-calling and finger-pointing over the iPhone's Internet-surfing ability.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

SanDisk layoffs appear to be in the works
Flash memory supplier, which just reported a sizable loss, will be making "some pretty tough choices" that are likely to include job cuts.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Reports: Social Security numbers still vulnerable
State, local, and federal government agencies have recently begun taking action to protect SSNs, but they are still widely accessible, two new government reports say.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

ESA confirms new E3 dates, growth
The video game industry's lobbying organization "announces" the new format for the show after published reports include all the details.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Imeem jumping on the layoff bandwagon
A 25 percent cut at the social-music site, rumored to be hunting for a buyer, affects staffers in "finance, marketing, communications, product, technical operations."
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Tuesday, October 21

Yahoo profit drops; layoffs coming
Net income dropped 64 percent in the last year, and layoffs on the order of 10 percent are indeed coming to the Internet pioneer.
• Yang's e-mail on Yahoo restructuring
• Tech layoffs: The scorecard
• Yahoo-Google deal doomed? No, they insist

Apple: Profit soars, outlook 'challenging'
The quarter gone by was excellent, as expected, but Apple offers a cautious outlook as it contemplates the economic downturn.

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Sun shares plummet, broader markets falter
Shares of Sun Microsystems take a beating, falling 17.5 percent in a day when the broader markets also gave up ground.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

LucasArts, BioWare announce 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'
New game will be an MMO based on the Star Wars universe. It is set 3,500 years before the films and some 300 years after the Knights of the Old Republic games.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Inventor Kamen pitches tech for world's poor
Segway inventor Dean Kamen discusses his firm's two "black boxes" that clean water and make power for the developing world. He's still looking for ways to deploy them.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Google's open-source Android now actually open
After years of in-house work, Google's phone OS is ready to be shared. Next: Will it catch on as a collaborative project?
• Kyocera builds Android phone
• Video: T-Mobile's G1 on tap
• Shazam moves to Android, works with Amazon MP3 Store
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

Webroot launches consumer security suite
Suite features licensed tools for antivirus, firewall, and online storage in addition to Webroot's own antispyware and utilities.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Microsoft delaying Xbox Live Primetime
The service, which is meant to feature programmed interactive games, is put on hold until next spring, apparently for technical reasons.
(Posted in Crave by Daniel Terdiman)

One paw up: A mixed report in bid to end Net traffic of protected species
Even as eBay agrees to ban the sale of elephant ivory, wildlife group says this may only be tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegal Internet traffic in protected or endangered species.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

More BlackBerry app store details emerge
RIM fleshes out the structure of the BlackBerry application storefronts at the first-ever BlackBerry Developer Conference in Silicon Valley.
(Posted in Crave by Jessica Dolcourt)

Wither Mac Mini?
The Mac Mini, the cheapest Mac in Apple's lineup, could be headed for the exits after years of playing third fiddle to the MacBook and iMac.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Blip.tv raises funding for video exploits
The video site is investing in its growth. But with uncertain economic times and a less-than-ideal business model, its profitability is still in question.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Video game industry looks to make E3 giant again
After two years as essentially a press event, E3 seems headed once again for throngs of people and headache-inducing noise.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Tech may not shed so many jobs this time
Whatever job cuts occur in the technology sector in the coming months, they're unlikely to be as deep or as lasting as the cuts that occurred in the dot-com bust.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Oracle ordered to name price in SAP lawsuit
Federal judge tells Oracle to set a dollar amount in dispute over handling of third-party data for ex-Oracle customers who switched to its archrival.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Monday, October 20

PDC cameo for next Microsoft Office
While Windows will get top billing at next week's developer confab, the Office 14 suite will have a role, sources say. Just don't expect a copy in the goody bag.

Apple's earnings: It's all about the forecast
The past quarter was likely business as usual for the company, but are consumers spooked by the economy still planning to gobble up new Macs and iPhones?

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New Apple ads tweak Microsoft marketers
Two new Mac vs. PC commercials starring John Hodgman and Justin Long play on recent Microsoft marketing moves to reclaim its image while hitting back at Apple.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Digitizing Holocaust memories
USC system backed by Sun and Steven Spielberg to help make 100,000 hours of testimonials, videotaped on Betacam SP, available on the Internet.
• Video: Recalling Holocaust horrors
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Reluctantly, FCC may delay white-spaces vote
The agency is examining whether it should delay its vote on opening up unlicensed wireless spectrum due to a petition filed by broadcasters last week.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Layoffs at Jimmy Wales' Wikia?
Gossip blog Valleywag reports that 30 percent of the company's workforce has gotten the axe. The for-profit wiki start-up is not confirming the news yet.
• Trulia: Bucking the layoff trend
• Report: Yahoo plans cost-cutting moves, layoffs
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Microsoft aims to get more touchy-feely
At a conference this week, the software giant plans to detail several new research efforts in the field on new user interfaces. We've got the early scoop.
• Photos: Touch interface
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

MPAA slams EFF on RealDVD
Hollywood denies it's trying to block companies from innovating around DVD players without its permission. Studios say EFF's claims are "tired and weathered."
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Microsoft gets bleeping patent
The software maker is granted protection for a technology that allows real-time censoring of naughty words.
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

Bob Metcalfe cheers global warming bubble
Energy is seeing Internet-speed innovation, which will challenge assumptions about how fast global warming and energy problems can be solved, says Internet figure Bob Metcalfe.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Circuit City considers shutting some stores
The troubled consumer electronics retail chain has outlined a plan to avoid bankruptcy, according to reports.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Gold sales shine in dark economic times
Internet retailers selling precious metals say that economic uncertainty, the stock market crash, and inflation fears have led to a resurgence of interest in all kinds of precious metals--and a shortage of gold and silver coins.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Number of IT venture deals falls to 10-year low
Venture capitalists pull back sharply, shrinking U.S.-based tech deals to a level not been seen in more than a decade, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
• Venture investing tops $7 billion in third quarter
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Motorola preps its own Android phone
The phone maker is gearing up to release a social-networking smartphone that uses Google's mobile operating system by the second quarter, according to a BusinessWeek report.
(Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

Next up for chips? 'Energy scavenging'
Microprocessors capable of "stealing" and harnessing energy from the environment can help address power scarcity, says expert in embedded systems.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Swati Prasad)

Sunday, October 19

roundupApple polishes up its MacBook line
 The notebooks get some bodywork done by "brick," plus gain solid-state drives, graphics by Nvidia, and more. Macs, Apple says, have momentum.
• Checking under the hood of the new MacBooks
• New MacBook lineup vs. old

Ballmer: It's OK to wait for Windows 7
Microsoft's CEO, speaking to enterprise customers, says Windows 7 is worth the wait and that a Yahoo deal still makes sense.
• Strange math for Windows 7
• Ballmer: Yahoo offer still makes sense

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Quran references delay PS3 title 'Little Big Planet'
Sony is delaying the much-anticipated puzzle platform game due to a discovery that background music contained potentially offensive expressions found in the Muslim holy book.
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Venture investing tops $7 billion in third quarter
But will financial market woes clog up the spigot? For the moment, at least, the software and clean-tech sectors have done all right for themselves.
(Posted in Business Tech by Jonathan Skillings)

Report: New Apple iMacs due in next couple weeks
On the heels of last week's unveiling of a new MacBook lineup, there's now buzz about an iMac refresh in time for the holidays.
(Posted in Apple by Michelle Meyers)

Saturday, October 18

Broadcasters challenge FCC 'white space' report
The National Association of Broadcasters wants the FCC to take a second look at its recent report supporting the use of "white space" spectrum.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Move over pinochle, Web surfing stimulates aging brains
UCLA study finds Net searching triggers key centers in the brain that control decision making and complex reasoning in computer-savvy middle-aged and older adults.
(Posted in Digital Media by Michelle Meyers)

Newer Chrome, Firefox show speed gains
A new JavaScript engine secures Firefox's lead on the SunSpider test, but Chrome showed a 22 percent gain on Google's own performance benchmark.
• Flock 2.0 out of beta
(Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

IBM's next slogan: Sexy's out, boring's in
At least, that should be the next slogan. Software and services--the stuff that provides recurring revenue--is where Big Blue's sees its future.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Apple moving Finder to Cocoa
One of the last Apple-developed applications written in the Carbon programming environment has been rewritten using Apple's Cocoa programming environment, according to a report.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

New Veoh player: Now with actual working parts
New Veoh Web player allows you to watch long-form movies without opening a separate application.
(Posted in Crave by Eric Franklin)

Google, eBay up, but indexes down
A handful of tech stocks swim against the tide and post gains in a day that saw the broader markets close out in the red.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

How tech start-ups plan on getting by
There's no denying that hard times have arrived, but experience counts for something--and that's something the survivors of the dot-com crash have in spades.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Rumor: New touch-screen BlackBerrys on the way
Research In Motion is preparing a GSM version of the BlackBerry Storm touch-screen phone as well as a new touch-screen device that sports a full QWERTY key pad.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Friday Poll: Shopping list, less one gadget
Vote in our weekly poll: which bit of gadget goodness, if any, will get axed from your holiday shopping list due to economic worries?
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Friday, October 17

Newer Chrome, Firefox show speed gains
A new JavaScript engine secures Firefox's lead on the SunSpider test, but Chrome showed a 22 percent gain on Google's own performance benchmark.
• Flock 2.0 out of beta

Just in

Apple moving Finder to Cocoa
One of the last Apple-developed applications written in the Carbon programming environment has been rewritten using Apple's Cocoa programming environment, according to a report.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Google, eBay up, but indexes down
A handful of tech stocks swim against the tide and post gains in a day that saw the broader markets close out in the red.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

How tech start-ups plan on getting by
There's no denying that hard times have arrived, but experience counts for something--and that's something the survivors of the dot-com crash have in spades.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

Friday Poll: Shopping list, less one gadget
Vote in our weekly poll: which bit of gadget goodness, if any, will get axed from your holiday shopping list due to economic worries?
(Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

Security Bites podcast: Voting in America
Brian Chess and Jacob West of Fortify talk about electronic voting with CNET's Robert Vamosi.
(Posted in Security Bites podcast by Robert Vamosi)

Apple, Psystar agree to dispute resolution process
The two companies have agreed to pursue a mediated settlement process before resorting to a trial, which could keep the eventual outcome of the case under seal.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Rumor: New touch-screen BlackBerrys on the way
Research In Motion is preparing a GSM version of the BlackBerry Storm touch-screen phone as well as a new touch-screen device that sports a full QWERTY key pad.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Zillow lays off 25 percent of staff
The real estate site announces Friday that it has cut 25 of its employees to prepare for a recession.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Start-up tries to manufacture a solar revolution
Rather than pursue radically new ideas, 1366 Technologies says it can make solar power widespread with a series of improvements to standard polycrystalline silicon solar cells.
• Photos: Chasing a solar revolution in Mass.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Magazine-sharing site meets its demise
After having to remove many of the popular magazines it offered for free, Mygazines.com shuts down.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Cell phones make life tough for pollsters
The traditional method of surveying presidential race voters--randomly calling landlines--might not work so well this year. Blame the young'uns and their blasted cell phones.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Report: Google calls on advertisers to tout Yahoo ad deal
The search giant is reportedly calling on its advertisers who also use Yahoo to publicly tout their proposed search advertising partnership.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Thursday, October 16

Android: An upsell for Google services
T-Mobile's G1, the first Android phone, works fine with many companies' online services. But it works especially well with Google's.
• Review: T-Mobile G1
• Video: Android phone living up to hype?

Google hurdles over profit estimate
Search ad giant's net income is well above analyst estimates for the third quarter; revenue almost matches expectations.
• IBM produces good news for weary tech sector
• AMD reports smaller loss, better revenues

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SEC plans XBRL standard to liberate financial data
Securities and Exchange Commission is encouraging companies to start filing their financial reports in XBRL format in hopes that filings will be more transparent and accessible.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Apple sells 200 million TV shows, but is that a big deal?
The money that the networks make from iTunes is still relatively small, but it delivers a message: there's a growing market for mobile video.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Microsoft mulls 'Instant On' for Windows
The software maker is surveying select users on whether an operating-system option that gives nearly instant access to select applications upon bootup is a good idea.
(Posted in Business Tech by Mike Ricciuti)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey steps down
He's switching places with fellow co-founder Evan Williams, who will become CEO as Dorsey takes over the position of chairman of the board.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Yahoo rolls out social Web foundation
Internet company is beginning the transition to its new socially-enabled platform, laying the foundation for its "universal profile" Thursday.
(Posted in Webware by Dan Farber)

Ballmer: OK to wait for Windows 7
Microsoft's CEO, speaking to enterprise customers, says Windows 7 is worth the wait and that a Yahoo deal still makes sense.
• Ballmer: Yahoo offer still makes sense
• Windows 7 equals some strange math
(Posted in Business Tech by Mike Ricciuti)

iGoogle attacked by giant widgets
New "canvas view" for the personal home page lets widgets take over the portal page. In canvas view, Google will not restrict monetization schemes from running.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Microsoft's Fast unit probed over accounting
The software company confirms that police showed up on Thursday at its offices in Oslo, Norway. Microsoft says it is cooperating fully with police inquiries.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Twitter steps up its antispam moves
Microblogging service posts a position for a spam engineer and tweaks the handling of suspended accounts as it suffers from an outbreak of spam.
(Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

Now on Facebook: The Zuckerblog?
The young CEO has penned a post for the company blog about his trip to Europe. Maybe we'll be seeing more of this in the future--or not.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Microsoft starts distributing open-source Drupal
The software maker, whose CEO has called open-source code like that of Linux a "cancer," may have just become one of the world's biggest distributors of open-source software.
(Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

Gmail down for some for a day
Google gets its e-mail service back up for most of the "small number" of users who have not been able to access it for the past day. It apologizes for the inconvenience.
(Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

HealthCare.com buys health insurance ad network
For an undisclosed sum, the online directory of health care providers acquires BrokersWeb and its Health Insurance Finders search engine. Will the buy help it fend off economic issues?
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

Wednesday, October 15

The sunshine business in the Golden State
In San Diego, the solar industry's annual confab shows the diversity of solar gear for power plants, commercial roofs, or homes.
• Home energy monitors getting wise to solar

Adobe fends off rivals with Flash Player 10
The incumbent power in rich Web app technology just got a little more powerful--but it also now has Silverlight 2 to reckon with.

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Secunia exploits security suites flaws

Eventful raises $10 million in Series C round

Photos: Solar business heats up the Golden State

Facebook announces 25 developer grant finalists

Who loves an economic crisis? Yahoo Finance

Windows 7 equals some strange math

Flock 2.0 out of beta: Gets current Mozilla engine, MySpace support, more

Windows 7 equals some strange math
Although Windows 7 was also the product's code name, the forthcoming version of Windows is not Microsoft's seventh iteration, and it won't carry the version number 7.0.
• Hey, Microsoft: Keep Windows 7 simple
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Secunia exploits security suites flaws
A nontraditional test using exploits instead of malware shows that traditional security suites fail.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Three things Apple won't do
Buried at the end of Tuesday's notebook event, CEO Steve Jobs makes clear what direction he won't be going next time his company makes another Mac announcement.
• Roundup: Apple polishes laptops
• New MacBook Pro for games?
• Photos: MacBooks go metallic
(Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

Intel buys network gear company
Chipmaker announces the acquisition of NetEffect, a company specializing in Ethernet products and technologies for server compute clusters.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Facebook announces 25 developer grant finalists
They now have a chance to apply for $225,000 in grant money in the FBFund developer competition's final round--but only if they successfully build the apps first.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Election 2008: Final countdown
YouTube rejects McCain's request for DMCA takedown fix; PBS, YouTube partner on Election Day project; and more.
• CBS Webcast: McCain-Obama debate, round

Who loves an economic crisis? Yahoo Finance
Sites with financial news and data saw record numbers of visitors in September, according to ComScore. Just wait for the October tally.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

'Popular Mechanics' honors tech innovators
In its fourth-annual selection of the best and brightest from across science and technology, the magazine highlights innovations that make differences in people's lives.
• Photos: Award winners
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Authorities shut down spam ring
An international spam network was ordered to shut down, stopping what the authorities say was one of the most prolific spam gangs on the Internet.
(From The New York Times)

Dark times for Web ads: Analysts cut forecasts
Online-advertising budgets are likely to be flat or decreasing, and companies such as Google and InterActiveCorp that on it can expect to feel the pain, financial analysts say.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Facebook hosts 10 billion photos
That's a heck of a lot of photos, requiring a heck of a lot of server space. Will revenue catch up with with server demands?
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Court lifts ban on phones with Qualcomm chips
The decision on imports is the latest in a long-running stream of legal battles between Qualcomm and Broadcom.
(Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

Atom chip demand redefining Intel
Chipmaker is seeing solid Atom results, possibly giving the first evidence of Intel's low-cost future.
• Intel posts record revenue, but cautions
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Tuesday, October 14

Businesses bank on solar power
Much of the action in solar power is at large organizations looking to hedge against rising energy prices, show environmental stewardship, and lower electricity bills.

What treats does Jobs hold in his bag?
On this edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Erica Ogg discuss new design possibilities, chip upgrades, and laptop rumors.
• Microsoft: Mac buyers pay Apple tax
• Apple notebook event: Live blog Tuesday

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Schwarzenegger: Full steam ahead on green tech
At solar power conference, California governor says that even with the economic downturn, the U.S. should stick to environmental policies that promote clean tech.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Kongregate: Where the boys are
Flash game site adds tutorial so that fanboys can learn to build their own games. Up first: a side-scrolling space-themed shoot-em-up.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Alleged NASA hacker loses another appeal
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith holds firm, so despite being diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, Gary McKinnon still faces extradition to the U.S..
(Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

Microsoft plans unified communications update
Software maker's Office Communications Server has made inroads as a tool for corporate instant messaging. It still has a lot of ground to cover when it comes to telephony.
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

Gartner on IT vs. the economic crisis
ZDNet's Larry Dignan reports from the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Florida on what the firm's analysts see on the road ahead for corporate IT departments.
(Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

Report: Justice Dept. talking with Yahoo, Google
The Web giants are in early-stage talks with antitrust regulators to avoid a challenge to their proposed advertising deal, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

Samsung laptops splash onto U.S. shores
And it looks to be off to a solid, if conservative, start with seven laptops in four categories: Netbook, slim ultraportable, mainstream consumer, and business.
(Posted in Crave by Michelle Thatcher)

Start-up developing new Web interaction paradigm
The secretive start-up Siri plans to make the interface to the Internet more usable by mere mortals.
(Posted in Webware by Dan Farber)

Brightcove upgrades video platform
The company says Brightcove 3 offers improved work flow for media companies and an easily customizable video player.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Photos of new MacBook Pro leaked?
Ahead of Apple's laptop event Tuesday, Engadget posts a blurry photo of what appears to be the rumored Apple MacBook Pro laptop.
(Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

Microsoft makes Windows 7 name final
Microsoft exec says the next version of Windows will retain its Windows 7 code-name when it is released to the market.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Google to appeal German copyright decisions
German courts rule in favor of content owners in two separate cases Monday, both having to do with display of copyrighted content in thumbnails attached to search results.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Quicken Online is finally free
Intuit drops the subscription fee for its Web-based financial software and is readying an iPhone version.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Monday, October 13

Microsoft ready for Silverlight's second act
Software maker announces Silverlight 2 and new partners. Among new features are support for DRM tech, improved cross-platform support and deep zoom technology.

The Apple notebook guessing game
Will the company make the price drop plunge on Tuesday when it rolls out its new notebook lineup?

Just in

Are entrepreneurs worrying enough?
Overconfidence remains strong among start-up CEOs, a quick survey shows. A little more fear might help more young companies survive the tanking economy.
• Taking stock of stock losses
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Wave and tidal power looks for its footing
The ocean has great potential as a renewable energy source, but the industry struggles with technical challenges, harsh environments, and environmental permitting.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Justice Dept. closes ATI and Nvidia antitrust investigation
After a nearly two-year probe, U.S. antitrust regulators decide not to take action against the unit of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices or Nvidia regarding their pricing and sales practices.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Gartner and UBS provide a mixed view on IT spending
Gartner report forecasts a 2.3 percent growth in IT spending this year, while UBS Securities predicts a more dire outcome of a 5- to 15-percent decline.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Review: BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
While flashier siblings may overshadow it, the 8220--sold through T-Mobile--should satisfy those who have been yearning for a clamshell design.

Hollywood.com acquires Media By Numbers
The acquisition is part of a plan by Hollywood.com to bolster its offerings in a fiercely competitive space. Will the film industry use the data to forecast individual films' performance?
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

What is a Netbook computer?
Michael Horowitz offers an introduction to Netbook computers, a new class of low-end laptops.
(Posted in Defensive Computing by Michael Horowitz)

Network security makes a quantum leap
Encrypted network in Vienna, Austria, which has been worked on four more than four years by 41 organizations from 12 countries, hints at the future of government and business data.
(Posted in Security by Tim Ferguson)

Taking stock of stock losses
If you bought shares in most tech companies in October 1999 and sold them today, you would have lost money. And then there's inflation.
• Tough times for tech
(Posted in Business Tech by Declan McCullagh)

Green news harvest: 'Black silicon' solar cells
Plus: SiOnyx unveils enhanced silicon, Bloom Energy steps ahead with fuel cell, tough days for public clean-energy companies, and the nuclear fallout from falling stock market.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

MobUI buys Action Engine, plans iPhone apps
With the acquisition, MobUI plans to rapidly create iPhone, mobile Web, and downloadable applications for major consumer brands.
(Posted in Wireless by Dong Ngo)

MySpace program targets small advertisers
Called "MyAds," it allows small advertisers to use MySpace's targeted ad program, opening up a big opportunity for local ads on the social network.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

NComputing lands big India deal
The PC sharing start-up, headed by former eMachines CEO Stephen Dukker, announces it has begun wiring 5,000 schools.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Sunday, October 12

The tech downturn: How long and how bad?
We interviewed more than 20 executives, venture capitalists, and bankers to see what they think. While there's little consensus, one thing's for sure: they're plenty worried.
• Angel investor to portfolio: Cut expenses now
• Wall Street gives Net titans price cut
Read full story

photos Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano
The new-model iPod Nano is tall, thin, and well-built. Maybe just a little too well-built for its own good.
Read full story

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Microsoft to announce Silverlight 2.0 on Monday
The software maker plans to announce the completion of Silverlight 2.0 on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried) 

Apple will repair MacBooks that have faulty Nvidia GPUs
Computer maker says it has determined some MacBook Pros may be affected by Nvidia graphics chip glitch, and offers to repair those notebooks at no charge.
(Posted in Apple by Anne Dujmovic)

FCC report negates free Internet interference claims
Report from commission engineers boosts plan to auction spectrum for free wireless Internet by dismissing concerns it would interfere with existing providers' signals.
(Posted in Wireless by Michelle Meyers)

Visit China's Forbidden City--as a virtual eunuch
An IBM-led 3D re-creation lets online tourists watch the Qing dynasty emperor feast at dinner, train fighting crickets, or practice archery with the help of a courtesan.
(From Reuters)

Saturday, October 11

Ellison's mantra: Spend, baby, spend
It may be hell out there, but Oracle's chief tells shareholders the company still intends to shop for more acquisitions.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

President signs broadband data collection bill
The Broadband Data Act encourages wider collection of information regarding nationwide access to broadband.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Verizon Wireless considers extra text fee
The wireless company is considering a plan to charge companies that send SMS text alerts three cents extra per message.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

EFF: Hollywood's RealDVD suit is a smokescreen
Internet advocacy group accuses Motion Picture Association of America of being less concerned about stopping piracy than it is about controlling innovation.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the Pantech flip phone, Sony Bravia LCD TV, Acer Aspire laptop, and Canon PowerShot ultracompact.

IBM invests in business partners' training
A business development fund aims to encourage its largest partners to take up more skills training around data centers.
(Posted in Business Tech by Colin Barker)

Apple, eBay stocks rise as Dow goes on wild ride
Two notable technology stocks swam against the tide Friday, with shares rising in the positive territory for most of the day.
(Posted in Apple by Dawn Kawamoto)

YouTube beams up 'Star Trek' for long-form video
YouTube gets Beverly Hills 90210, MacGyver, and Star Trek in a test of longer-form video that's theatrically presented and interrupted by ads.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Friday, October 10

Getting schooled on Yahoo BOSS
Yahoo hopes its Build Your Own Search Service program has piqued the interest of academic researchers. Next stop: start-ups.

q&a Digg's Kevin Rose talks people power
In the second half of a wide-ranging interview, the Web luminary discusses what's next for Digg, the future of the media, and what a tough economy means for young entrepreneurs.

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VCs throw cold water on portfolio companies
With the credit markets in a meltdown and Wall Street under siege, venture capitalists are telling their portfolio companies to prepare for the worst.
• Tough times for tech
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

11 troubled Web companies: The next Kozmos?
Some popular Web companies may be vulnerable to the economic slowdown. Do they face an ill fate similar to that of the beloved delivery service of the last bubble.
• Zuckerberg: Facebook is all about growth
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Windation's machine inspired by ancient Persia
The shape of urban wind power continues to morph. The latest twist come from Windation, a company with a design inspired by centuries-old "wind catchers."
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Google fine-tunes Gmail's IMAP access options
The company now gives people some precise control over how other e-mail applications can use Gmail with IMAP. It's minor, but it shows the wisdom of Google's approach.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Ning's OpenSocial support goes live
The social-network builder now has a directory of about 30 applications built with the open-source technology.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Wal-Mart reverses policy on DRM?
Reports out say the retail heavyweight will maintain digital rights management servers for the near future.
(Posted in Digital Media by Margaret Kane)

Mahalo gets live news ticker
Curated search engine adds news desk, live blog, anchor desk, and chat room. This could be a precursor to a new round of one-upsmanship in live news coverage.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Yahoo investor: Sell to Microsoft for $22 a share
Mithras Capital, which owns a small percentage of Yahoo, proposes selling the company to Redmond for a 74 percent premium on Yahoo's current stock price, according to a report.
(Posted in Digital Media by Michelle Meyers)

Will Senate actually investigate NSA spying?
The National Security Agency's electronic ear is supposed to listen in on terrorists. But whistleblowers say they were tuning in to unrelated conversations including phone sex.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

Toyota may make Prius a brand, widen lineup
Japanese carmaker may create a separate brand for its Prius hybrid car, and add both larger and smaller Prius models to the lineup.
(From The New York Times)

SkyFuel heats up solar thermal power race
Concentrating solar power is one of the most cost-effective ways to produce electricity from the sun. Can a cheaper design break into the pack of solar thermal upstarts?
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

Apple's October update fixes 20 security flaws
Here's a bushel of security updates from Apple, including a mix of Mac OS and open-source fixes. Some are specific to Apple features such as Single Sign On, Finder, and ColorSync.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Zuckerberg: Facebook is all about growth
Just how do you best monetize the strikingly popular social network? The CEO reckons they'll have that problem licked in about three years.
(Posted in Webware by Jonathan Skillings)

Thursday, October 09

Solid-state shift in Seagate's future
The largest hard-drive maker in the world is turning its eyes to solid-state drives. And it faces plenty of competition in that market.

photos Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano
The new-model iPod Nano is tall, thin, and well-built. Maybe just a little too well-built for its own good.

Google Maps gets search-related text ads
The Internet colossus has begun opening another direct revenue spigot: text ads that show up when people search at Google Maps.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Microsoft Live Labs launches political meme tracker
The software maker's Political Streams platform offers a new way to keep an eye on election news. An interesting feature: it keeps track of mentioned names and places in each story.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Guinea pigs squeal over Yahoo home page test
Some people selected to try the new Yahoo home page don't like it. One top complaint: it's harder to check e-mail. Another: Yahoo won't let selected users out of the test.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

It's official: Apple to talk laptops on October 14
Apple's invitation leaves us with a pretty clear idea of what Steve Jobs and company will be talking about.
(Posted in Crave by Dan Ackerman)

Micron to cut workforce, slash flash output
Company announces a restructuring of its memory operations. Move comes on the heels of quarterly loss and news that Micron was cutting executive pay.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Ben Huh can has successful business model?
The CEO of ICanHasCheezburger.com has some surprisingly sound business ideas, considering he's a guy who makes his money off dorky photos of cats.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

The tech downturn: How long and how bad?
We interviewed more than 20 executives, venture capitalists, and bankers to see what they think. While there's little consensus, one thing's for sure: they're plenty worried.
• Angel investor to portfolio: Cut expenses now
• Wall Street gives Net titans price cut
• Start-ups: How freaked out are you?
(Posted in Business Tech by Jim Kerstetter)

q&aGetting global with Digg's Kevin Rose
Financial markets worldwide are in a state of disarray, but Rose says he hasn't changed his vision as Digg moves beyond its roots.
• Digg: More than just a fanboy hub?
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Amazon drops S3 prices
The price of cloud computing just got a little less expensive. Baseline monthly fee for storage remains, but high-volume users will be able to take advantage of a tiered pricing model.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

Start-up looks to extend battery life
ZPower promising 40 percent longer battery life with its silver-zinc battery, which will make its debut with a large laptop manufacturer next year.
(Posted in Business Tech by Matthew Broersma)

Symantec eyes pay-per-use software
Virtualization may spell the end of expensive long-term software-licensing deals, enabling the monitoring of each software instance use, according to the security company.
(Posted in Security by Nick Heath)

Introducing the new Xbox Live 'experience'
Microsoft hopes a new system centered on an intuitive graphical interface and an avatar motif will attract core and casual gamers alike.
(Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

Being smart about Web mail
If someone learns your Web mail password, it's a very difficult situation--one that may not end well. Here are tips to prevent problems with Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
(Posted in Defensive Computing by Michael Horowitz)

Wednesday, October 08

Sprint cuts the cord in Baltimore
Once the locale of HBO's The Wire, Baltimore now hosts the flagship WiMax network for a new "unwired" broadband initiative.
• Video: Sprint launches Xohm WiMAX

videoTouch-screen tech for the BlackBerry
 CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Bonnie Cha check out the new Storm phone from RIM and Verizon and how it measures up to Apples iPhone.
• The Storm: first impressions
• The Storm is no iPhone

'Napster judge' thumps RealDVD, but will she ban it?
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel took Napster out, but in another case she ruled computer source code is protected under free speech. She has lots of questions about RealDVD.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Yahoo relaunches IndexTools as Web Analytics
Six months after acquiring IndexTools, parent company Yahoo has rebranded the service with a slew of new features as Yahoo Web Analytics.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

How botnets use 'bullet-proof' domains
Researchers find clues as to how switching servers behind hard-coded domain names keeps criminals in business.
(Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

Attention, Maps fans: Here come GeoEye photos
The first image has arrived from the GeoEye-1 satellite, which will supply new high-resolution imagery to Google Maps and other customers.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

Does Windows Cloud equal Windows Strata?
Web site for Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference briefly lists several cloud computing sessions grouped under the heading "Windows Strata."
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Alleged Palin hacker indicted
College student accused of hacking into vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's e-mail account was indicted Tuesday and has turned himself in to authorities.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Tech stocks and broader markets edge downward
Wednesday marks sixth-consecutive trading day of losses--despite efforts by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to instill confidence on Wall Street.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

For Apple, the kids are alright
Piper Jaffray's biannual survey of U.S. high school students shows that Apple continues to enjoy a strong position with the iPod while interest increases in the iPhone.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Study: iTunes, Rhapsody grow in brand awareness
Amazon's music service also fared well in a survey of music downloaders, but MTV and VH1 lost some ground.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Yahoo shares fall into the $13 range
The Internet company also sets a new 52-week low as its battered stock falls to a level it has not seen since May 2003.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Feds seek simplicity on personal info
The U.S. government is working to consolidate its collection, use, and protection of personally identifiable data from citizens and federal employees.
•  Govt. biometrics use: A privacy problem?
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

The candidates and clean tech
The picture on energy policy got a little clearer at two events this week: Obama and McCain's town hall debate and a meet-up between their energy advisers at MIT.
• Video: Examining debate No. 2
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

New Wikia interface enables search-results apps
Wikia Search releases an interface to let others build miniature applications to spruce up search results.
(Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

Tuesday, October 07

A 'fabless' alternative for Advanced Micro
The chip company is not going fabless in the classic sense of the word: a design house without any manufacturing facilities.
• AMD to spin off manufacturing
• A foundry-focused restructuring

q&a MIT prof: No free ride to cleaner cars
John Heywood of MIT says policies that encourage consumers to buy "green" are the only way to truly transform the nation's fleet.

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EU directive could change iPhone battery design
Regulators are considering a directive that would force cell phone makers to offer batteries that are "readily replaceable," which is not the case with Apple's iPhone.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Photos: Messenger returns to Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft makes second pass by Mercury as part of effort to slow down enough to orbit the barren planet in March 2011.

Government report: Data mining doesn't work well
Using data mining to try to detect terrorists is "neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts," new report finds.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

CBS live Webcast: Presidential debate, round two
Continuing our coverage of Election 2008, CBS News and CNET are presenting a live Webcast of Tuesday's presidential debate, followed by Web-only analysis and commentary.
(Posted in Politics and Law by CNET News staff)

Solar start-up scores with series of tubes
Maker of CIGS thin-film solar tubes secures $600 million in funding and $1.2 billion in contracts.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

If the economy tanks, will subscriptions become a panacea?
Zuora debuts online payment service with PayPal connection, the second product from a start-up focused on the software-as-a-service business.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

PayPal rival details fees for launch on eBay
ProPay, a credit card processor and e-payment service, will try its luck as an alternative to PayPal on eBay before month's end.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

ZoomProspector helps you relocate your business
Commercial real estate site designed to help businesses find communities for new offices or plants, and then find the properties that fit their needs.
(Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

At CERN, computers to tackle the Big Bang
Scientists hope the Large Hadron Collider will offer clues to the origin of the universe. They'll get some help from a well-stocked data center.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Nick Heath)

Supreme Court denies Samsung appeal
The justices will not consider a push by the electronics company to require memory chip designer Rambus to pay its attorney fees for a dismissed patent infringement case.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Android phones make their way into the wild
It's not just for co-founders anymore: if you lurk where the Googlers hang out, you may spot an Android-powered phone.
(Posted in Wireless by Stephen Shankland)

Kleiner Perkins backs smart-grid firm Silver Spring
Venture capital firm digs into its Green Growth fund to lead a $75 million investment in a company that uses Internet Protocol-enabled devices to improve grid reliability.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

CA acquires identity management firm IDFocus
The acquisition of IDFocus and its identity management technology is a move to bolster CA's security offerings.
(Posted in Security by Dawn Kawamoto)

Monday, October 06

Verizon bets big on infrastructure
While other companies try to scale back the bandwidth their customers use, Verizon is going the other way, spending billions to get people the high-definition content they want everywhere they go.

q&a Henry Blodget's life as a blogger
The one-time Wall Street darling is trying his hand at journalism after being barred from the securities industry. He says blogging isn't always easy, but at least he laughs more.

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Supreme Court ignores EchoStar appeal against TiVo suit
The Supreme Court is refusing to hear EchoStar's appeal against a patent infringement suit brought against it by TiVo.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Microsoft planning add-on to SQL Server
The software maker says the "Kilimanjaro" add-on, due in the first half of 2010, will add business intelligence features.
(Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

Delta to filter porn on planes
Airline says it is looking at ways to filter pornography from its in-flight Wi-Fi service, without going overboard.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Adobe offers Elements with Photoshop.com promo
Adobe Systems' enthusiast-level Photoshop and Premiere editions are out, with a promised promotion for the online Photoshop.com site.
(Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

30 percent of iPhone 3G buyers dump existing carriers
Nearly one-third of all iPhone 3G buyers have been willing to ditch their provider to go with exclusive carrier AT&T in order to get the popular smartphone.
(Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

SAP shares free-fall on third quarter warning
Shares plunge 17.6 percent in intra-day trading after the enterprise software behemoth warns its third quarter revenues will come in short of analysts projections.
(Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

Ford's key-with-a-chip to control teen drivers
Programmable key allows parents to limit a car's maximum speed, keep the stereo down, remind the driver to fasten the seatbelt, and warn about a low fuel tank.
(Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

Netflix shares plummet on lower quarterly outlook
Shares of movie rental service Netflix take a 13 percent hit in early-morning trading after the company lowers its outlook for fourth-quarter revenues and subscriber levels.
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Analyst: Half of 'social media campaigns' will flop
New research from Gartner, to be presented later this month, encourages marketers and businesses to approach social media with caution because it's just so easy to screw up.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Yahoo price target cut to $21 a share
Sanford Bernstein analyst takes a dim view of a deal between Yahoo and AOL, in light of antitrust concerns over a Yahoo-Google tie-up.
• 'Brief delay' for Yahoo-Google search-ad deal
(Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

Two Europeans indicted over U.S. cyberattacks
A 24-year-old from England and a 25-year-old from Germany face conspiracy and computer damage charges related to a large-scale DDoS attack resulting in major financial losses.
(Posted in Security by Matthew Broersma)

Judge halts sales of RealDVD
Legal fight heats up between Hollywood and RealNetworks over DVD-ripping software.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

GigaOm's tech blogs pull in $4.5 million
Alloy Ventures leads Giga Omni Media's third round of funding, which was planned both as a means for growth and a safeguard against economic troubles.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Sunday, October 05

How 'carders' use your stolen ID info
An executive whose company monitors the criminal underground tells how a person's "full" set of personal data can sold via shady online forums for a mere $20.

video Becoming 'Iron Woman'
CNET's Kara Tsuboi heads to Industrial Light & Magic to try out a motion capture suit like the one used in the movie "Iron Man."
• Photos: Iron Man in real time
• Playing Iron Man for a day

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Who's to blame for spreading phony Jobs story?
Silicon Alley Insider and CNN are at center of controversy surrounding false report that Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack. Citizen journalism may not be solely to blame.
• SEC probes phony Jobs heart attack report
• Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings
• Video: Apple's encounter with 'citizen journalism'

Report: Palin, Obama lead in election-related spam
The spam study doesn't mean much in terms of who actually wins the election, but it does show spammers are staying on top of what names are hot among Net users.

Saturday, October 04

Kids keep parents in the dark about cyberbullying
A study finds that online bullying is pervasive among teenagers, but few report the incidents to their parents or other adults.

Can't open your e-mailbox? Good luck
What would you do if you logged onto your e-mail and received an unfamiliar message: "User name and password do not match"?
(From The New York Times)

Amazon's Kindle 2 leaked?
Boy Genius Report gets ahold of some photos that appear to be the next-generation digital Reader from Amazon. Could it be the real thing?

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week
Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the 120GB iPod Classic, Nikon D90 digital SLR, and Seagate's FreeAgent Go portable hard drive.

A broken link economy? Then fix it
One approach is not necessarily better, but each tries to engage the community in the best way it knows how.

Hanky-panky distorts Obama iPhone app results
Someone apparently found a way to inflate the recruitment call statistics for Barack Obama's iPhone application. The problem was fixed late Friday, though.

Hack and tell: Teen hacker Mafiaboy writes memoir
Michael Calce, aka "Mafiaboy," who shut down major Web sites in 2000, has written a tell-all book that is due out next week.

Business Software Alliance makes antipiracy push
The BSA trade group sends 48,000 peer-to-peer-related takedown warnings and asks sites to shut down 18,000 auctions for the first half of this year.

'Brief delay' for Yahoo-Google search-ad deal
The search-ad deal was set to go into effect shortly, but the companies postponed it to give antitrust investigators more time. The new deadline for review: Oct. 22.

Steve Fossett's unfinished legacy
The adventurer, who died in a plane crash last year, was planning to be the first explorer of the Pacific Ocean's deepest point. Now Hawkes Ocean Technologies is hoping to commercialize the craft it built for him.

Friday, October 03

A bailout's effect on tech
While a large chunk of a bill just passed in the U.S. House of Representatives is devoted to green technology, other provisions are included for IRS snooping and even tuna canning.
• Troubled times ahead for the tech industry?

video Apple's encounter with 'citizen journalism'
An unverified rumor--this time, that Steve Jobs had a heart attack--has again impacted the stock. CNET's Charles Cooper and Tom Krazit chat about what amounts to a big black eye for CNN's iReport.
• Shares tumble with false rumor

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Study: Microsoft Cashback attracting visitors
Hitwise finds evidence Microsoft Cashback is attracting more search users. So good news for SearchPerks: maybe incentives can help Microsoft's search effort.
(Posted in Microsoft by Stephen Shankland)

Windows XP gets another lifeline
Microsoft again extends the time frame in which large PC makers can sell Vista machines that come with its older operating system in the box.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

Facebook exec Dustin Moskowitz quits
Head of engineering from day one, Moskowitz's involvement with Facebook goes back to when he and CEO Mark Zuckerberg were students together at Harvard.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Craigslist founder criticizes telecoms for 'artificial' Net neutrality debate
Online classifieds site founder Craig Newmark would like to see more transparency in Washington, D.C., from politicians and telecommunications companies.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Friday Poll: Which tech gadget is Palin?
Vote in our weekly poll: If Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were a tech gadget, which would she be?
(Posted in Crave by Ina Fried)

Security Bites podcast: Investigating data breaches
Verizon Business' Bryan Sartin talks about investigations into data thefts by third parties, and the possible ties to organized crimes and terrorism.
(Posted in Security Bites podcast by Robert Vamosi)

Thursday, October 02

Gawker Media to lay off 14 percent of editorial staff
Attributing the decision to the threat of an advertising recession, publisher Nick Denton has opted to cut back on editorial staff and suspend next year's bonus program.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Gadgets go greener, thinner, and wireless
As the consumer technology expo in Tokyo wraps up, we look at themes among the highly imaginative prototypes and new products. Which will make it to the upcoming CES?
• More Ceatec coverage
• Ceatec firms feel credit crunch
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

Skype: We didn't know about security issues
The company's president says he knew its Chinese partner filtered messages, but he was unaware that it was storing personal information in an insecure way.
(Posted in Security by Marguerite Reardon)

Date set for restart of Large Hadron Collider
CERN's ground-breaking particle accelerator, which was shut down after a malfunction caused a leak of liquid helium, is scheduled to begin operating again in April.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Tom Espiner)

Two online health site operators to announce a merger
In a deal valued at $300 million, Revolution Health Network plans to announce a merger with Waterfront Media, a publisher that owns several health Web sites.
(From The New York Times)

Facebook exec Dustin Moskowitz quits
Head of engineering from day one, Moskowitz's involvement with Facebook goes back to when he and CEO Mark Zuckerberg were students together at Harvard.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Craigslist founder criticizes telecoms for 'artificial' Net neutrality debate
Online classifieds site founder Craig Newmark would like to see more transparency in Washington, D.C., from politicians and telecommunications companies.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

Friday Poll: Which tech gadget is Palin?
Vote in our weekly poll: If Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin were a tech gadget, which would she be?
(Posted in Crave by Ina Fried)

Security Bites podcast: Investigating data breaches
Verizon Business' Bryan Sartin talks about investigations into data thefts by third parties, and the possible ties to organized crimes and terrorism.
(Posted in Security Bites podcast by Robert Vamosi)

Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings
One of CNN's "iReporters" posts a rumor that Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack Friday morning and was rushed to the hospital. It's not true.
• Video: Apple's encounter with 'citizen journalism'
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Wednesday, October 01

Kevin Mitnick's brush with the law
After a recent flight from Colombia, the renowned hacker is detained by U.S. customs for four hours in his first run-in with the law since being released from prison eight years ago.

Microsoft still paying people to search
The software maker introduces SearchPerks, a new program that offers prizes to people willing to use its search engine, browser, and operating system.

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OLED, 3D displaying the future
Ceatec exhibitors show off prototype displays for our mobile devices and televisions, including display measuring just 0.3 millimeter thick.
• More stories from Ceatec
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

StumbleUpon 2.0: Good-bye, software toolbar
Social recommendation site moves forward with an updated service that removes the need to install software to take advantage of its "stumbling" feature.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Netflix adds 2,500 streaming movies from Starz
Netflix is partnering with Starz to make 2,500 additional movies available to subscribers for instant viewing online.
(Posted in The Web Services Report by Harrison Hoffman)

Slide adds CBS, Comcast, Time Warner to its friends list
Start-up plans to announce a new deal that would bring major media companies' videos directly to social-networking sites, according to a report.
(Posted in Digital Media by Jennifer Guevin)

Imeem cleans up its act
Social music site reorganizes and restructures its home page, adds a few new features--just after the launch of rival MySpace Music.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

Pandora, Webcasting see victory in Senate
Senate passes Webcaster Settlement Act, and the legislation Web radio stations need to get reduced royalties is almost law.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

Google's stock plummets to $249 due to 'erroneous orders'
As if this week wasn't already stressful enough on Wall Street, the search giant's stock drops over 200 points, apparently due to errors on the exchange.
(Posted in The Web Services Report by Harrison Hoffman)

Skype 4.0 beta 2 gives you more say
Skype's second attempt to preview version 4.0 of the VoIP calling application adds several changes that beta users have been clamoring for.
(Posted in The Daily Download by Jessica Dolcourt)

Lessons learned from the sad end of a great little company
We all know the rules of the game when we get into it, but that doesn't mean that these rules are right. Just ask Identity Engines.
(Posted in Business Tech by Jon Oltsik)

Intel bucks gloom with upgrade
Amid all the doom and gloom in the financial arena, Intel cops an upgrade. Piper Jaffray has raised its rating on Intel to "buy" from "neutral."
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

Broadcom to use Wi-Fi positioning tech in chips
Chipmaker strikes a deal with Skyhook Wireless to use its Wi-Fi positioning technology in its chips for mobile devices.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

AT&T reorganizes at the top
Company has carved the company into four segments to help align its wireline and wireless businesses.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

Simonyi signs up for another rocket ride
Space Adventures says that Charles Simonyi, who spent time on the space station in 2007, is ready to return to orbit sometime next spring.
(Posted in Cutting Edge by Jonathan Skillings)