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Road Trip 2009 hits 3,000 miles outside Craters of the Moon
July 9, 2009 1:00 PM PDT
The odometer may read 1,000 miles, but it's been the equivalent of a full trip across the United States since Road Trip 2009 got underway. And what a trip it's been.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: The Chrome OS advantage over Linux
July 9, 2009 12:46 PM PDT
Stephen Shankland drops by to talk about why Chrome OS can challenge Microsoft in ways Linux never could.
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Silverlight 3 debuts ahead of Friday's launch
July 9, 2009 12:44 PM PDT
Microsoft has posted the final version of its Adobe Flash rival, with the product's formal launch a day away.
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Users upset after CA anti-virus detects Windows system file as virus
July 9, 2009 12:23 PM PDT
False positives prompt confusion and anger among CA anti-virus users.
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EV battery tech compared
July 9, 2009 12:20 PM PDT
A variety of battery technologies for electric cars are compared in a chart.
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Odd-couple lawyers aim to save Jammie Thomas
July 9, 2009 12:13 PM PDT
Attorney Joe Sibley and partner Kiwi Camara may be an unlikely pair, but that's partly why defendant Jammie Thomas-Rasset is in good hands.
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DirectX targeted in Microsoft security updates
July 9, 2009 11:59 AM PDT
Microsoft Patch Tuesday preview shows that one of six security updates slated for next week will target critical hole in DirectX.
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Hotmail gets more Bing with new quick add menu
July 9, 2009 11:45 AM PDT
Hotmail's quick add option gets some Bing'ification. Users of the popular Web mail service can now do Bing searches that can be stuck inside of outgoing messages and replies.
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Google Earth event hints at moon mapping
July 9, 2009 11:06 AM PDT
An event scheduled for July 20--the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing--could mean the addition of new moon imagery to Google Earth.
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Selected Search speeds up on-page searching
July 9, 2009 10:51 AM PDT
If you frequently use the search tool that's built into Firefox you'll probably enjoy Selected Search. This tool streamlines the process of searching from on-page text.
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First open-source Symbian software released
July 9, 2009 10:29 AM PDT
The launch of the OS Security Package is the first step in the Symbian Foundation's plan to eventually open-source its entire Symbian mobile operating system.
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VCs more confident about recovery
July 9, 2009 9:54 AM PDT
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index sees second straight uptick since hitting five-year low in 2008.
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Search engines for the music lover
July 9, 2009 9:50 AM PDT
If you're looking for music, there are search engines on the Web designed specifically for finding it.
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Clippy stars in new Office 2010 promo video
July 9, 2009 8:48 AM PDT
Microsoft's attempts to turn Office into the plot of an action-adventure movie are definitely entertaining, if not the stuff of box office hits.
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Mozilla calls on coders for Web-tool index
July 9, 2009 8:08 AM PDT
The Open Web Tools Directory is Mozilla's attempt to build a comprehensive list of all open-source developer tools out there.
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Red Hat: From manic acquisitions to focused execution
July 9, 2009 8:02 AM PDT
There's a lesson in Red Hat's current focus, but also in its early profligacy: good companies learn from mistakes and can overcome their teenage foibles.
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Road Trip pic of the day, 7/9: What is it?
July 9, 2009 8:00 AM PDT
This military hardware was a staple of Cold War thinking. Do you know what it is and where this particular example of it is located today?
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EMC wins Data Domain
July 9, 2009 7:06 AM PDT
After weeks of tug of war, NetApp must concede defeat as EMC strikes a $2.1 billion deal to buy Data Domain.
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Is Sony on the right track with its PS3 strategy?
July 9, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
Sony has said, once again, that it doesn't plan to drop the price of the PlayStation 3. But can another strategy help the company capture more market share?
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LiveAndroid software gains functions
July 9, 2009 5:53 AM PDT
The Beijing-based LiveAndroid project releases an early version of its software that offers "a taste of a Google phone on your computer."
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