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All rights reserved Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:40:04 PDT Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:40:04 PDT 14171 CNET News CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://news.cnet.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279337-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 A new site collates the social-networking activity of sports people, tabulated by name, league, and country. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279337-71.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:05:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10279239-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Is there a downside to squeezing a real graphics processor into in a 3-pound, ultra-thin laptop? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10279239-64.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:45:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10279512-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 A noodle shop in Japan has employed robots to make your soup. Next, they'll assume your identity and steal your car. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10279512-62.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:34:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-10001156.html?tag=rsspr.6249852&part=rss&subj=news On the north side of the Great Salt Lake, far from civilization, is one of the grandest pieces of large-scale art in the world. Made up of volcanic basalt, Spiral Jetty is a Road Trip 2009 highlight. http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-10001156.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279317-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 The wife of the new head of MI6 reveals details of their vacations, their children, their celebrity friends, and even how he looks in swimming attire. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279317-71.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:43:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10279475-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Technical and privacy issues are plaguing the U.S. government's work on the overarching system to protect federal computer networks from cyberspies, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10279475-83.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:13:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279327-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 On the north edge of the Great Salt Lake, Robert Smithson's masterpiece sits peacefully, awaiting visitors willing to make the long trek to see one of the world's great land art pieces. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279327-52.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279218-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 At Promontory Summit, Utah, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869 after 1,776 miles of track had been laid over six years. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279218-52.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279001-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 In the days since 1,000 miles, Road Trip 2009 has visited some of the most incredible scenery America has to offer--and learned about some of the most sobering military realities. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279001-52.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279124-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279124-52.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:26:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10279096-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10279096-37.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:25:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279084-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 At least two dozen sites experience protracted outage following Thursday night electrical fire at Fisher Plaza data center. Verizon's Seattle-area DSL service also gets temporarily disrupted. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279084-93.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:14:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10279085-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Martin Veitch at CIO.co.uk riffs on how certain football clubs resemble software companies, to good and painful effect. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10279085-16.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279029-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279029-1.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:54:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10278963-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10278963-37.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:43:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10278426-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10278426-83.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10277114-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10277114-92.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10278844-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 At the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Grounds facility in the Utah desert, researchers look for ways to protect soldiers against "bugs" that could easily kill or sideline them. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10278844-52.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10278914-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Open source has a role to play in cloud computing, but it's likely not to be the vanquisher of old, proprietary dominance. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10278914-16.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:54:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10278864-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 Firefox 3.5 introduces a new embeddable font feature that can make Web typography much more visually appealing. But type foundries have to play along. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10278864-62.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:56:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10278209-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5 If you've been wronged or you're just not happy with the way you were treated, there are some sites on the Web that will help you get your voice heard. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10278209-2.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:49:00 PDT