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Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
November 13, 2009 10:19 PM PST
Revised settlement narrows scope of countries for the out-of-print works, sets limits on the future businesses for Google, and gives copyright holders more rights.
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Medpedia to best the more democratic Wikipedia?
November 13, 2009 6:43 PM PST
Modeled on the user-contributed open-source wiki software popularized by Wikipedia, the nearly year-old Medpedia grows up with the addition of three key features.
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Ricky Gervais helps reveal pain of cell phone salesmen
November 13, 2009 6:17 PM PST
The star of the British original "The Office" is helping to create a new sitcom based around the joys of working in a soul-sucking mall cell phone store.
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NASA spacecraft confirms water ice deposits on moon
November 13, 2009 5:27 PM PST
Deliberate crash of an empty rocket stage in a permanently shadowed crater near the moon's south pole last month kicked up definitive signs of water ice, scientists say.
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Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole
November 13, 2009 5:15 PM PST
Company warns customers that exploit code for the Server Message Block hole is available and suggests a workaround until a patch is ready.
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Running a contest on Facebook? That'll cost you
November 13, 2009 5:10 PM PST
The social network tightened its rules for companies running contests on its platform last week, and sources say those companies will be required to buy ad space too.
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Wife poses as schoolgirl online to snare husband
November 13, 2009 4:38 PM PST
A woman suspects her husband is a pedophile. So she sets up a computer in their house, goes online, and pretends to be a 14-year-old. Her husband takes the bait.
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Nissan says all-electric Leaf will compete on price
November 13, 2009 4:16 PM PST
Kicking off a marketing tour for the all-electric vehicle, CEO says price will be "key to the mass market" but that it's too early to say what that price will be.
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Reporters' Roundtable 10: Funny business
November 13, 2009 4:10 PM PST
Rafe Needleman interviews two experts on the business of online humor: Ben Huh, CEO of the Cheezburger Network, and Ryan Dolan, previously in business development at The Onion.
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Wary green-tech venture investors shift gears
November 13, 2009 3:56 PM PST
Applying the venture capital model of IT onto energy isn't working, which is something many clean-tech venture capitalists will learn the hard way, say experts.
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Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation
November 13, 2009 3:13 PM PST
Coders have found a way to disable the normal activation requirements of Microsoft's latest operating system, although Redmond says it is working to shore up its antipiracy protections.
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Apple fixes AirPort problems marring video playback on 27-inch iMacs
November 13, 2009 2:45 PM PST
Apple fixes AirPort problems marring video playback on 27-inch iMacs.
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AT&T: Verizon ads are 'blatantly false'
November 13, 2009 2:40 PM PST
The wireless provider, which has been taking a beating in a series of parody ads over its 3G coverage, adds heat to its lawsuit. No word on what the misfit toys think.
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Yahoo Messenger 10 waves bye to 'beta'
November 13, 2009 1:52 PM PST
Yahoo Messenger 10 leaves beta, adding social-networking and video chat improvements to Yahoo's general chat app offering.
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Microsoft: Windows 7 tool used GPL code
November 13, 2009 1:41 PM PST
Microsoft confirms that a tool intended to allow Netbooks to more easily move to the new operating system was based in-part, and unintentionally, on open-source code.
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Transcript of CNET Conversations with Eric Schmidt
November 13, 2009 1:31 PM PST
This week, CNET's Tom Krazit and Molly Wood interviewed Google CEO Eric Schmidt. This is a transcript of their conversation.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Dell's big smartphone move
November 13, 2009 12:43 PM PST
The PC maker says it will be making a smartphone, after all, but only for customers in China and Brazil to start. Also: Verizon's piracy warnings and AMD's tough road.
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Dolly Parton endorses IE 8 Web Slices
November 13, 2009 12:40 PM PST
It might come as a surprise, but the country singer is endorsing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 and its Web Slices feature. Yup, you read that correctly.
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Must-have live recordings at Grooveshark
November 13, 2009 12:10 PM PST
Grooveshark is a great source for sampling live shows before you buy them.
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FatWallet gets in on Black Friday craze
November 13, 2009 11:31 AM PST
FatWallet preps for Black Friday with new Black Friday and Cyber Monday page. It joins one of many companies that are offering information on the latest Black Friday deals.
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