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Adobe releases new Flash, AIR betas
November 16, 2009 10:07 PM PST
Flash Player 10.1 gets a hardware video boost, and AIR 2 gets tighter integration with desktop computing resources such as USB drives and multitouch interfaces.
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Crowdsourcing cartography with PublicEarth and OpenStreetMap
November 16, 2009 9:00 PM PST
Can a crowd of amateur mappers create better guidebooks and maps than professionals? Signs point to yes.
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Report: Countries prepping for cyber war
November 16, 2009 9:00 PM PST
U.S., Israel, Russia, China, and France are gearing up for cyber offensives, according to a new McAfee report.
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Google scoops up ex-Microsoftie Don Dodge
November 16, 2009 7:20 PM PST
Microsoft's former director of business development takes a position at Google, evangelizing their technologies to the developer community.
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A new antidepressant really turns women on
November 16, 2009 5:52 PM PST
Flibanserin, designed to fight depression, turns out to be a poor antidepressant but a great libido booster in women who report low sex drives, new studies find.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 banned in Russia
November 16, 2009 5:04 PM PST
Russian gamers and politicians are offended that Russians are portrayed as somewhat terroristic, so they ban the console version and force edits in the PC and Steam versions.
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Audio Slideshow: Hackers use tech to solve disaster relief challenges
November 16, 2009 4:56 PM PST
At Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, Calif., developers come together with NASA, the World Bank, Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to exchange emergency response ideas.
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Firefox-syncing Weave updates to beta
November 16, 2009 4:52 PM PST
Mozilla's homegrown tool for synchronizing Firefox across computers and devices graduates to beta and introduces incremental syncing and a more streamlined, less obtrusive experience.
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Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer
November 16, 2009 4:35 PM PST
The Microsoft co-founder has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to a memo sent by his sister.
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Finding safe toys this holiday season
November 16, 2009 4:17 PM PST
Toys might top your kids' holiday lists this year, but finding safe toys for them might be a little difficult. This roundup offers resources for determining whether your prospective purchase is a safe toy.
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Senate to disclose findings in Web 'mystery charge' probe
November 16, 2009 2:50 PM PST
Numerous shoppers have traced mystery credit card charges to Webloyalty, Affinion, and Vertrue. Congress will reveal the results at a hearing Tuesday.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Supercomputers and the future of Hulu
November 16, 2009 2:31 PM PST
We talk supercomputers and Hulu, in just that order. Who's got the fastest supercomputer? And will you soon have to pay to use Hulu.com to watch TV shows and movies?
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Microsoft opens app store to more phones
November 16, 2009 2:15 PM PST
Although Microsoft has just made its mobile marketplace available for Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1, Microsoft will have to do more if it wants to reach Apple's 100,000 apps--and counting.
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Office 2010 beta available for developers
November 16, 2009 1:45 PM PST
The updated test version is now available to members of Microsoft's MSDN and TechNet developer programs.
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Antitrust concerns linger in Google Books deal
November 16, 2009 1:37 PM PST
Opponents of Google Books settlement say the search giant will still have exclusive rights to digitize orphaned out-of-print works.
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Intel unveils supercomputer chip, NEC partnership
November 16, 2009 1:35 PM PST
Intel has disclosed a version of its Xeon processor line optimized for high-performance computing. The company also announces it's teaming up with NEC.
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Upping the ante in the supercomputer stakes
November 16, 2009 1:35 PM PST
roundup This week's SC09 conference puts the spotlight on the highest of high-end computing systems.
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Shuttle Atlantis takes off on station delivery mission
November 16, 2009 1:20 PM PST
The shuttle Atlantis rockets into orbit on a three-spacewalk mission to deliver 15 tons of spare parts and other equipment to protect against failures after the shuttle is retired.
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Five competitive differentiators for cloud services
November 16, 2009 12:43 PM PST
Public cloud computing vendors are offloading "commodity" IT functionality to large multi-tenant data centers. How can these vendors differentiate themselves, and what should you look for in a cloud service.
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Live-music archive to introduce memberships
November 16, 2009 12:38 PM PST
Wolfgang's Vault to launch membership model: $48 a year will get you $50 (that's right) in merchandise, along with discounted downloads, and a tour of the company's memorabilia-filled headquarters.
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