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How to baby-proof a disaster zone
December 4, 2009 1:47 PM PST
One submission to the 2009 Samsonite Baby Travel Design Competition may have been too radical to win, but deserves honorable mention with its air purification and waste sequestration systems.
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Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Air travel tech
December 4, 2009 1:44 PM PST
Rafe Needleman interviews Patrick Smith of Salon's Ask the Pilot, and Evan Konwiser of the new Flightcaster service, on how technology is changing commercial air travel, for the better and the worse.
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Bartender, gimme a beer from outer space
December 4, 2009 1:26 PM PST
Japanese brewer Sapporo launches a beer it says is made from barley grown on the International Space Station. The 250 winners of a lottery for it will each receive a six-pack.
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Google acquires EtherPad online collaboration tool
December 4, 2009 1:03 PM PST
The Net colossus is bolstering the Google Wave project by acquiring AppJet, a smaller rival with an online collaboration service. EtherPad will shut down in March.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Vevo: The MTV of new media?
December 4, 2009 12:41 PM PST
The video sharing site is closing to signing up EMI as the third major label for its music video destination.
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In mobile, do developers or consumers matter most?
December 4, 2009 12:39 PM PST
Apple took the lead in mobile by appealing to consumers, but Google could surpass the iPhone if it can marry a strong developer story with consumer sex appeal.
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'Green' gas and diesel get boost in biofuel grants
December 4, 2009 12:33 PM PST
Federal government pumps more than $600 million in projects to demonstrate advanced biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol and plant-based replacements for diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline.
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Apple in 'advanced' acquisition talks with Lala
December 4, 2009 11:57 AM PST
Sources with knowledge of the talks say a deal for Lala, a streaming-music service, is close to being finalized. Does Apple plan to stream music?
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Create a holiday wish list to get the gifts you want
December 4, 2009 11:07 AM PST
If you're planning to create a holiday wish list this year, we have you covered with some nice options from across the Web.
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Apple grabs top U.S. retail sales spots in October
December 4, 2009 11:06 AM PST
Apple secures 2 out of the top 3 desktop spots, in terms of retail sales, and 4 out of the top 10 notebook spots for computer sales in October, according to NPD Group's Stephen Baker.
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Week in review: Old faces in new places
December 4, 2009 11:00 AM PST
A cable giant becomes an entertainment star, while a search giant gets into the DNS business and a software titan becomes map maker.
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Google adds streaming news to Google Finance
December 4, 2009 10:15 AM PST
Google is betting that real-time news (or something closely resembling it) will attract more financially oriented visitors to its Google Finance pages.
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Behind last night's Bing outage
December 4, 2009 9:36 AM PST
Microsoft says that a change that was being tested was mistakenly moved onto the live site, causing Thursday night's sitewide outage.
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Google edges toward Rosetta Stone status
December 4, 2009 9:23 AM PST
Wonder what the French really think? The search giant offers a native-language view of the Web through translated search results. Also new: a dictionary service.
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Apple updates Mac Pro with 3.33GHz chip option
December 4, 2009 8:46 AM PST
Apple updates its Mac Pro line of desktop computers with an option to add the quad-core Intel Xeon. This would add $1,200 to the price of the base configuration, currently priced at $2,499.
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Cisco works percentages toward Tandberg takeover
December 4, 2009 7:16 AM PST
Just shy of 90 percent of Tandberg shares as it passes a self-imposed drop-dead deadline, Cisco says its acquisition plan is still very much alive.
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Video site Vevo close to signing EMI
December 4, 2009 7:02 AM PST
Vevo, a site scheduled to launch Tuesday that hopes to become the MTV for the next generation, continues to sign licensing deals with the top labels.
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Viewers to explore 360 degrees of MTV Woodies
December 4, 2009 6:57 AM PST
On Friday night, MTV will be showing its 2009 Woodie Awards online, utilizing a new spherical-video platform developed by Calgary, Alberta-based Immersive Media.
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Recharge your batteries in style for $34.99 shipped
December 4, 2009 6:20 AM PST
This one-day-only deal from Amazon gets you a high-end charger, eight NiMH batteries (four AA and four AAA), and adapters for C and D cells.
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Coke eyes climate-friendlier vending machines
December 4, 2009 6:12 AM PST
The soft-drink company plans to replace hydrofluorocarbon, a contributor to greenhouse gases, in its new vending machines and coolers by 2015.
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