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  Google ups Gmail's
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  live blog CNET heads to the Googleplex to find out what's happening to Gmail. Earlier reports have pointed to Google taking on Twitter.

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  Watching the birth
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  Stewart Butterfield and pals are back with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman got exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
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• Tweeting a book by its cover

  An indie magazine in Brooklyn has launched a Twitter account that broadcasts what books people are reading on the New York subway--an attempt to show that e-readers have their voyeuristic disadvantages.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Alleged Mario pirate agrees to pay $1.3 million

  An Australian man who allegedly copied and then uploaded to the Web the New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii has agreed to pay up.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• Apple's Aperture 3 adds face recognition, GPS

  New version of Apple's professional photography software adds more than 200 new features, including the popular Faces and Places introduced in iPhoto '09.

  (Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

• Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bounty

  Google follows Mozilla in launching program to pay researchers who find bugs, but critics say it won't necessarily pay off.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)

• Mozilla plans to drop Mac OS X 10.4 support

  Dropping support for Tiger means Firefox could be better optimized for newer Mac OS X versions, but Mozilla is meeting some resistance.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Toyota adds 2010 Prius to global recall list

  Recall to affect more than 400,000 hybrid models, including the latest Prius, as Toyota seeks to fix a problem with the regenerative brakes, which help charge the cars' electric batteries.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Reuters)

• Student file sharers allegedly extorted

  Security analyst at University of Georgia tasked with catching copyright violators is accused of using his position to shake down students.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Cisco predicts wireless data explosion

  Company's mobile data forecast predicts a 39-fold increase in mobile data traffic over the next four years.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• EA losses drop, but sales and outlook decline

  Aggressive cost cuts trim Electronic Arts' quarterly loss, but lower game sales take a bite out of revenue. Meanwhile, the company lowers its forecast for current quarter.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney)

• Former Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon case

  A former Intel executive pleads guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud by providing confidential information in the Galleon Group insider-trading case.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Microsoft denies Windows 7 battery problem

  The software maker says that an error message warning users that their batteries may need replacing appears to be working as intended, despite some complaints.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Netflix says ISPs could threaten Web video

  Some bandwidth providers sell access to film and TV shows. Will that prompt them to relegate rivals to the Web's "slow lane"?

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Google launches Nexus One phone support

  Customers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums.

  (Posted in Wireless by Steven Musil)
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