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Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10279599-250.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Rafe'sRadar $300 million Andreessen Horowitz fund to back companies large and small, but only Internet-focused. http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10279599-250.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:00:00 PDT Rafe Needleman http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279704-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-DigitalMedia The Web-tracking service claims IE market share has dropped off since March, but should we believe the numbers? http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279704-93.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:30:00 PDT Larry Dignan http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10279618-26.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheWebServicesReport The micro-blogging site's trending topics is siege attack by Internet message boards. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10279618-26.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:26:00 PDT Harrison Hoffman http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279337-71.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TechnicallyIncorrect 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 Chris Matyszczyk http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10279239-64.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Nanotech-TheCircuitsBlog 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 Brooke Crothers http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10279512-62.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Software,Interrupted 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 Dave Rosenberg http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10279317-71.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TechnicallyIncorrect 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 Chris Matyszczyk http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10279475-83.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Security 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 Natalie Weinstein http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279327-52.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GeekGestalt 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 Daniel Terdiman http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10279279-48.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheCarTechblog For the final installment of my tribute to the most bad assed American automobiles, we take racing to the streets and the drag strip with the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am! http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10279279-48.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:30:00 PDT Gary Spencer http://www.cnet.com/8301-17919_1-10279251-86.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=CarTechPodcast Has the U.S. auto industry finally hit bottom? U.S. will get a new small SUV from BMW -- and perhaps a new mini Miata. Plus, we take you for a ride in a really nice car that could be sooo much better. http://www.cnet.com/8301-17919_1-10279251-86.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:00:55 PDT Brian Cooley http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10279250-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Modernista did it. Skittles did it. And now the world's hottest advertising firm, Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CPB), has done it, too: the NY outfit has re-launched its corporate web site as a conversational social hub that curates what is being said about C http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10279250-44.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10278110-47.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheAudiophiliac What's wrong with you? Doesn't everybody have one of these things? http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10278110-47.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:39:00 PDT Steve Guttenberg http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279218-52.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GeekGestalt 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 Daniel Terdiman http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279001-52.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GeekGestalt 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 Daniel Terdiman http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279219-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave The company's BDP-83 Blu-ray Disc Player with SACD & DVD-Audio is finally available after almost a 10-month wait. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279219-1.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:23:00 PDT David Carnoy http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10279135-27.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=DigitalNoise:MusicandTech VectorForm built a virtual DJ application for Surface, Microsoft's multitouch table, about a year ago, and just began demonstrating version 2.0 with new features such as scratching. Now if only there were more Surface tables out there. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526_3-10279135-27.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:00 PDT Matt Rosoff http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10279124-52.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GeekGestalt 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 Daniel Terdiman http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10279096-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple 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 Leslie Katz http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10279084-93.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-DigitalMedia 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 Leslie Katz http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10279085-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad 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 Matt Asay http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10279029-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Crave 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 Leslie Katz http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10278982-44.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Matter/Anti-Matter Frog Design founder and former CEO Hartmut Esslinger has written his first book, and it is available in stores now: A Fine Line - How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business. Part autobiography, part how-to innovation guide, part outlook to t http://news.cnet.com/8301-13641_3-10278982-44.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:33:00 PDT Tim Leberecht http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10278963-37.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple 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 David Meyer http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10278933-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad What you get from open-sourcing your code depends on a range of factors not directly related to licenses, but a liberal license could tip the scales in your favor. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10278933-16.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:13:00 PDT Matt Asay