We have long read about defective laptops and mobile phones that can explode, but we had never witnessed a product actually blowing up (fortunately). Thanks to this article in The Inquirer, however, we now know what an exploding laptop looks like in photos, if not in real life.
The new BlackBerry Tour, carried by Verizon and Sprint, arrives Sunday, even as RIM seems to be losing sales to exclusive devices like the iPhone and Pre.
roundup Google Chrome OS, due in 2010, underscores the Web giant's cloud-computing ambitions and opens new competition with Microsoft.
• What Chrome OS has on Windows that Linux doesn't
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Cutting Edge
Americans see science as lagging hereThe public appreciates scientific advancement but thinks the U.S. has fallen from its pedestal, according to a new Pew survey. Scientists, ahem, disagree.
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Photos: The surface of the moon, here on Earth
The Open Road
Firefox, Mac OS 9, and the power of open sourceOne of the benefits of open source is that it gives users control of their destiny, as a port of Firefox to Mac OS 9, called "Classilla,'" suggests.
Beyond Binary
Microsoft hopes users see the (Silver) lightAt an event in San Francisco, Microsoft launches the latest version of Silverlight, its would-be rival to Adobe's Flash.
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Video: iPhone 3G S launch in New York City
Digital Media
Flat panel revenue growth forecast as anemicRevenue from sales of flat panel displays will rise only 1 percent annually from 2008 to 2016, DisplaySearch predicts. That compares with 20 percent annual growth over the past eight years.
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A recipe for high-tech chocolate
Geek Gestalt
Road Trip pic of the day, 7/10: What is it? Who made it?This artwork is in Utah, near the Nevada border. For today's Road Trip picture of the day challenge, be the first to tell me what it is and who the artist is, and you win a prize.
Business Tech
VCs more confident about recoverySilicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index sees second straight uptick since hitting five-year low in 2008.
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Images: The many faces of the smart grid
The 404
The 404 379: Where we have a ball with Steve GuttenbergCNET official Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg guest hosts today's ball-busting show. Steve brings his usual brand of random topics to the table today that include the most bizarre festival you'll never want to visit and the world's largest ketchup bottle. W
Green Tech
Chasing the Toyota Prius' 50-mpg nirvanaCNET News' Martin LaMonica, an early buyer of the 2010 Toyota Prius, finds that the car gets good mileage but there's clearly more to learn.
