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Apple relents on Mad artist's caricature app
November 14, 2009 6:05 PM PST
Company apparently has a change of heart about the Bobble Rep app, which features caricatures of congressional politicians and provides contact information.
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Judge rules for Apple in Psystar case
November 14, 2009 3:36 PM PST
Summary judgment states that Psystar's creation of Mac clones that run Mac OS X violate "Apple's exclusive reproduction right, distribution right, and right to create derivative works."
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Verizon ad describes negotiations with Apple?
November 14, 2009 2:06 PM PST
A print ad for the Verizon Droid uses far more personal anti-iPhone references than any of its TV spots. Is this a barely subliminal description of Verizon's negotiations with Apple?
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Verizon sending antipiracy notices for Hollywood, too
November 14, 2009 9:25 AM PST
Long considered disinterested in playing copyright cop, Verizon apparently has a change of heart. The company is now forwarding violation notices on behalf of NBC Universal--as well as the RIAA.
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Google Books settlement sets geographic, business limits
November 13, 2009 10:19 PM PST
Revised settlement allows the scanning of out-of-print works from only English-speaking countries, restricts future business 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.
Loaded: Your phone can help with the laundry 
Loaded: Tweeting your body weight 
Loaded: Google's gift of free airport Wi-Fi 
Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week 
Images: Getting personal with Windows 7 
New Manhattan Apple store on the Upper West Side--photos 
