- Tue Feb 9 4:00 AM PST 2010 Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bounty
Google follows Mozilla in launching program to pay researchers who find bugs, but critics say it won't necessarily pay off.
- Tue Feb 9 12:00 AM PST 2010 Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-up
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
- Mon Feb 8 12:43 PM PST 2010 Adobe promises faster Flash on Macs
The Mac version of the widely used browser plug-in should catch up to the Windows version soon. Also: an apology for mishandling a bug.
- Mon Feb 8 9:12 AM PST 2010 Security software maker Vitamin D exits beta
The software, created by three former Palm executives, lets people use an ordinary Webcam as a security system.
- Mon Feb 8 9:01 AM PST 2010 RealPlayer SP for Mac adds video conversion
The latest version of RealPlayer for SP provides a simple tool for Mac users who want to download videos and transcode them for a portable device.
- Fri Feb 5 5:55 PM PST 2010 Oracle signals change of tone about cloud
Even as Oracle kills off the critically acclaimed Sun cloud offering, it prepares a PR blitz to proclaim its cloud strategy: the software arms dealer to the cloud-computing stars.
- Fri Feb 5 4:01 PM PST 2010 Odds and Ends: Essential video codec packs for OS X
While most videos use common and open standards such as H.264 that are readily viewable, others may be more obscure and will require you to install a special codec to view them.
- Fri Feb 5 10:43 AM PST 2010 The 404 Podcast 513: Where we did not put that sticker there
Antisocial networking, Facebook doppelgangers, a new Heinz ketchup packet, and Jeff realizes his phone has a gender...and it's not male.
- Fri Feb 5 4:26 AM PST 2010 Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.1 alpha
Bug fixes, interface refinements, and a revamped browser engine are built into the first test version of Mozilla's new e-mail software.
- Fri Feb 5 4:00 AM PST 2010 Caught on tape: Pastry thief and a bad dog walker
Video-monitoring software from a trio of former Palm executives has led to some interesting discoveries. CNET has an exclusive look at what Vitamin D turned up during its beta testing.




