Everyone loves top-10 lists, of course, but we also need a little variety now and then. So today we offer a shorter compilation, the "Top 5 business maxims that need to go"--which includes such heretical entries as "failure is not an option" and "the customer is always right." We'll take quality over quantity anytime.
Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
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Intel meets its match in IBMWith Power7, IBM has served notice on the computing world that Intel isn't the only high-performance microprocessor manufacturer in town.
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Software, Interrupted
Big IT vendors overcomplicating the cloudCA and NetApp have joined together on cloud offerings. But are they missing the point of simplifying enterprise IT?
Beyond Binary
Olympic snow still in short supply at CypressOlympic organizers have now shortened training, stepped up trucking of snow, and even turned to adding dry ice to the mix to make sure the venue is ready for the start of the Games.
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Apple iPad: Is it for you?
Digital Noise: Music and Tech
Microsoft on iTunes in 2003: 'We were smoked'Groklaw uncovers a couple of e-mails from Bill Gates and then-Windows leader Jim Allchin revealing that Microsoft was worried about iTunes when it first launched.
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Apple iPad announcement wrap-up
The Social
Brangelina kiss lands Paul Allen on TMZThe Microsoft co-founder appears to have gotten chummy with the Hollywood power couple, even chilling with them in the same box at the Super Bowl last weekend.
Geek Gestalt
Boeing's next-gen 747 takes first flightThe 747-8 Freighter, whose passenger version is slated to come a year later, is getting tested alongside the 787 Dreamliner in Washington state.
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Next-generation 747 takes first air (photos)
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LG SL80 series LCD TV puts style firstThe LG SL80 series' style-first philosophy will appeal to buyers seeking a sleek LCD TV and don't mind sacrificing some performance.
Green Tech
A Toyota Prius owner waits for the recallLast summer, CNET's Martin LaMonica wanted to see if his new Prius could hit the magic 50-mpg mark. Now he's wondering when his spiffy hybrid will get a fix for faulty brakes.
