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13, August 2007 ( 01:03:37 )
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File under useful? Sunglasses case with built-in speaker  
Blog: Hong Kong's Asia Vantage combines sunglass cases with music speaker.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
What is this steampunk contraption?  
Blog: While driving through Milford, Utah, Daniel Terdiman came across a contraption. It looked cool and steampunk, b...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
Cisco issues 10 security updates  
Blog: Three address vulnerabilities that can cause "moderate" damage to users' systems.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
MySpace profile cited in court dispute over citizenship  
Blog: Details in a MySpace user profile of a 31-year-old woman have been cited in a court case that centers on whethe...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
Xbox 360 Premium now includes HDMI  
Blog: Microsoft confirms that the middle-tier Xbox 360 now includes an HDMI output.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
Police Blotter: Defendant wins breathalyzer source code  
Man charged with drunk driving says his attorney needs access to the source code to fight the charges; state supreme ...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
Competition is good for search privacy, report says  
A Washington advocacy group funded in part by search companies applauds their recent policy changes.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go?  
Protect America Act signed Sunday temporarily makes it easier for the feds to eavesdrop on calls and e-mail. But what...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:55
iWork '08 debuts at Apple press event  
Video: iWork '08 debuts at Apple press event. From Apple's Cupertino, Calif.-headquarters, CNET's Molly Woo...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
iLife '08 with new iMovie  
Video: iLife '08 with new iMovie. From Apple's Cupertino, Calif.-based headquarters, CNET's Molly Wood take...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Barbie tries the Webkinz way  
Blog: Mattel starts selling a new "Barbie Girls" MP3 doll this week, in an attempt to get hip to a generation immerse...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Some iPhone customers finding dead spots on iPhone screens  
Blog: Apple appears to be replacing an unknown number of iPhones that have unresponsive spots on the touch screen, ac...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Flash memory replacement coming this year?  
Blog: Phase-change memory chips (ovonics) have been a long time in the works. With the help of Intel and STMicroelect...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
AT&T calls censorship of Pearl Jam lyrics a mistake  
Blog: AT&T's Webcast of a Pearl Jam song at Lollapalooza on Sunday bleeped out references to George Bush. Now it plan...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
RSA and Tablus focus on data security  
Blog: EMC security unit RSA plans to buy Tablus, a data leak prevention company; think of this deal as a portfolio ex...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
JibJab's 'Starring You!' is the greatest office time-wast...  
Blog: Put in funny photos of your boss!
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
'Freakonomics' moves to prime time  
Blog: NYTimes.com exclusively hosts 'Freakonomics' with Mark Cuban, Jim Cramer as quorum and Q&A guests to the social...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Police agencies push for drone sky patrols  
Local law enforcement agencies want a free hand to fly unmanned aerial vehicles. The FAA says not so fast.Photos: Unm...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Photos: Unmanned vehicles take to air, land and sea  
Unmanned vehicles allow military, researchers to explore dangerous areas without putting people in harm's way.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Location, semifinalists set for urban robot race  
Blog: DARPA announces the 36 semi-finalists that will compete in the Urban Grand Challenge, a robot race over mock ci...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Bush signs off on billions for science, tech  
Blog: But he warns Congress that the law, which authorizes $33.6 billion for federal research and education programs,...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Podcast: Why customers are hanging up on Vonage  
Vonage faces new questions, Blockbuster buys into the Internet, and AMD goes show biz.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Plasma manufacturers can't keep up with LCD  
Blog: Average price declines will send revenue down for good after a peak next year, according to a report by iSuppli.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Chevy Volt to test this spring  
Blog: GM's revival of the electrical car has its batteries lined up and should be ready for sale by 2010.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Google disables own blog as spam  
Blog: Google misidentifies its Custom Search blog; original content now restored.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Microsoft's August Patch Tuesday to include nine patches  
Blog: Of the six critical patches, one is shared between Windows and Microsoft Office.
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Today on the CNET Blog network  
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Future Implications: Why Microsoft will fear Google and Linux -- The s...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
Ford releases Sync pricing info  
Blog: Ford releases details on how much people are going to have to fork over to choose Sync on select 2008 Ford, Mer...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
AMD's September launch party could bring Barcelona  
Blog: George Lucas' spread in San Francisco's Presidio district will play host to a launch party for AMD, and the com...
CNET News.com 2007-08-10 18:00:53
FCC says 'no' to cheap rural Internet  
THE US GOVERNMENT has rejected plans to use spare capacity in the broadcast spectrum to provide cheap, fast, Internet...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
POS device eliminates PC servers, databases  
A US FIRM has introduced a solid state thin client which attaches to any network and comes with a slim Linux based OS.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Hold on to your nanohole flying hard drive heads  
BOFFINS AT Fujitsu claim they've come up with a method of creating 1.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Overcockers claim they're barred by Overclockers  
AN UNSEEMLY row appears to have broken out amongst members of the overclocking community.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Exploit hunter ponders ethical hacking  
LIKE SPIES in a John LeCarré novel, network security professionals inhabit an ethically shadowy world.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Chinese punters wage war on Dell  
DISENCHANTED CHINESE CUSTOMERS are ganging up to accuse Dell of slow deliveries, misconfigured hardware and poor cust...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Firm seeks to restore TV quiz show credibility  
THE BRITISH public's confidence in the verity of TV quiz shows could be restored completely, says Michel Ayache, who ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
AMD's Fusion looks as innovative as Intel's gluing process  
Subject: The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
London Times loses grip on reality  
IS IT A GAME OR IS IT REAL? The London Times today runs a salacious story listing dramatic motor racing crashes and ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Blockbuster snaps up Movielink  
PURVEYOR OF BITS OF PLASTIC, Blockbuster, has finally moved into the 21st Century by purchasing film download outfit ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
LG downs Youtube clip of Youtube phone  
SPANISH-LANGUAGE blog site, Clipset.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
IBM puts blades in the backroom  
IBM HAS BEEN showing off the HC10- its latest graphics workstation design - at Siggraph this week.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Man claims graphics chips intersect art and technology  
PETER GLASKOWSKY sent the INQ a little note to alert us to a happening on the Interweb.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Google introduces forum comments to news stories  
SEARCH LEVIATHAN GOOGLE will allow individuals to post comments to news stories it aggregates on its "Google News" be...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Vole shoots foot with 10.1 upgrade  
REPRESENTATIVES from the almighty Vole have been speaking at Siggraph over the last few days, and what they've said h...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
AMD pumps up the Barcelona volume  
JUST IN case you were going to forget, AMD will very shortly start shipping its quad core Barcelona Opteron chips to ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Microsoft man says too much security is bad thing  
A VOLISH INSECURITY expert has issued a stinging attack on the US's War on Terror.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
The Internet is as safe as houses, say school boards  
THE US NATIONAL School Boards Association has decided that the Interweb isn't as dangerous as people think, and teac...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Spammers have Archilles' heel  
SPAMMERS COULD be taken out of business quickly if companies stopped wasting time trying to block mail servers used ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Xbox 360 to get HDMI port  
MICROSOFT HAS confirmed that it is including HDMI outputs on its Xbox 360 Premium consoles, in a move designed to win...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Aussies can use technology to skip advertising  
AUSTRALIANS WILL be allowed to use technology to skip television advertisements after a landmark court case.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Six spam scammers arrested  
SIX MEN have been caught in the Netherlands following an investigation into a $US1.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
BitTorrent goes closed source  
DEVELOPERS ARE being told that they cannot have access to the code of the latest version of BitTorrent.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Socket AM2 motherboards prove there's still life in AMD w...  
BIOS MAGAZINE TESTED an NAS setup from Netgear, the The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
OCZ launches SPD-Z  
AFTER SEEING WINDOWS utilities that flash the BIOS on modern motherboard, and some third party programs to flash the ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Antivirus hailed as greatest IT thing ever  
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS, people selling cures for baldness, impotence and flatulence were tarred, feathered and run out ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Brocade's ex-CEO was on the fiddle  
A JURY yesterday convicted Gregory L.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
French copyright cops nick Harry Potter pirate  
A TEEN PIRATE has been arrested by French coppers for posting his own translation of the latest Harry Potter book on ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
What to make of AMD's Barcelona  
AMD'S BARCELONA chippery arrives this month.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
How many INQ hacks can you fit in a phone box?  
COLLY MYERS, best known for being the founding CEO of Symbian, now spends his time cultivating The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Microsoft issues emergency fixes for Vista  
MICROSOFT HAS ISSUED two updates for Vista, rated 'important', that address performance and reliability problems.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Dell plans to embrace virtualisation  
THE LOW-COST PC assembly business Michael Dell started in his college dorm seems poised to plonk virtualisation into...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Microsoft sues firm over US Army contract  
A CASE STARTED IN Washington DC by Microsoft alleged a firm it contracted to provide services to the US Army and the ...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Qualcomm's courtroom loss has serious consequences  
THE REVELATION that wireless chip maker, Qualcomm, deliberately mislead an industry standards body over patents it he...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Nvidia loses out to Dammit in new Macinteltosh line  
THE RELEASE of Apple's new super-sleek Imacs heralds more than just a design change for the Cappuccino-based firm - i...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
DRAM prices soar after spot of Samsung bother  
MEMORY watchers DRAM Exchange said that prices of spot DRAMs soared after a fire at an electricity substation knocked...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Dell in channel lather over prices in Japan  
AN ATTEMPT by formerly direct PC seller Dell to get into retail in Japan appears to have hit something of a snagette.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
UK data watchdog issues Big Brother warning  
THE UK INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE (ICO) has warned that bureaucrats share citizens' data with each other willy...
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
Intel preps talent show  
WE'RE NOT SURE we've ever heard of such a thing before.
The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
IBM seeks to build world's fastest supercomputer  
BIG BLUE will cobble together what is expected to be the fastest supercomputer in the world for the US The Inquirer 2007-08-10 18:00:43
AQuantive approves Microsoft buyout
(AP)
 
AP - Shareholders of online advertising company aQuantive Inc. approved a buyout offer from Microsoft Corp. at a meet...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Porn Company Perfect 10 Sues Microsoft
(PC World)
 
PC World - A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft Corp. for putting links and images of the company...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Update: Porn company Perfect 10 sues Microsoft
(Info...  
InfoWorld - A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft for putting links and images of the company'...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Microsoft's "Halo 3" pre-orders exceed 1 mi...  
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday orders ahead of the official launch of the fast-paced shooter video gam...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Perfect 10 Sues Microsoft
(PC World)
 
PC World - A publisher of nude model photography is suing Microsoft Corp. for putting links and images of the company...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Windows Vista, XP Service Packs Eagerly Awaited
(Tec...  
TechWeb - Microsoft is getting kudos from the Internet Storm Center for getting as many eye balls as possible on the ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Leaked Vista hotfix packs ready for download
(InfoWo...  
InfoWorld - Microsoft released the two Windows Vista updates that had leaked to the Internet at the end of July on Tu...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
Prototype Internet device fails FCC test
(AP)
 
AP - The government gave a failing grade to a prototype device that Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Dell Inc. and other...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:31
IBM, Novell strengthen desktop, server ties
(InfoWor...  
InfoWorld - IBM and Novell are beefing up their existing partnership on two fronts with Linux distributor N...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:30
IBM shows what Power6 processor can do
(InfoWorld)
 
InfoWorld - IBM is introducing a new feature of its recently released Power6 processor that makes it possible to move...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:30
Sun UltraSparc T2 Chip Touted For Virtualization Servers ...  
TechWeb - Though it will be offered in commodity servers and is priced competitively, Sun execs deny the Niagara will...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:30
AMD Offers New Server And Workstation Chips
(TechWeb)
 
TechWeb - The latest processors are designed so companies that want to upgrade later to AMD's upcoming quad-core ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:30
IBM Information Server Blade does data integration
(...  
InfoWorld - For years IBM has doggedly pursued the massive problem of pulling data strewn across the enterprise into ...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:30
Hacker Strips DRM From Netflix Movies
(PC World)
 
PC World - A hacker has posted instructions for how to save streamed movies from the Netflix Inc. service, underminin...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Hacker strips DRM from streaming Netflix movies
(Inf...  
InfoWorld - A hacker has posted instructions for how to save streamed movies from the Netflix service, undermining Mi...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
SpyProxy takes Web apps security fight to 'virtual sa...  
InfoWorld - Faced with volumes of browser vulnerabilities and Web-based exploits designed to take advantage of the fl...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Giant 'pump-and-dump' spam scam hits computers
...  
AFP - Spammers have unleashed one of the biggest online stock manipulation campaigns in history in the last 24 hours,...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Google's purchase of Postini gets antitrust OK
(...  
Reuters - Google Inc. has received U.S. antitrust approval to acquire Web-based security provider Postini, U.S. off...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Fighting Spam, Site by Site
(PC World)
 
PC World - Spammers may have an Achilles Heel.
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Researchers: Take anti-spam fight to the Web
(InfoWo...  
InfoWorld - Spammers may have an Achilles' heel.
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
Viruses, Spyware, Phishing Cost U.S. Consumers $7 Billion...  
TechWeb - The survey, based on a national sample of 2,000 U.S. households with Internet access, suggests that consume...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
New Security Holes Put PC Users at Risk
(NewsFactor)
 
NewsFactor - The next wave of hacker attacks seeking to exploit unaware PC users might come from an unexpected source...
Yahoo! News 2007-08-10 18:00:29
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