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  • Novell rejects Elliot takeover bid as 'inadequate'

    But company says it's committed to enhancing value for stockholders and will explore options including a stock repurchase, joint ventures, and a sale.

    (Posted in Business Tech by Leslie Katz)
  • At long last, the Plastiki sets sail

    photos After much anticipation, banking heir David de Rothschild's boat, made buoyant by 12,000 discarded soda bottles, sets sail from Northern California on its way to Australia.

  • Top-rated reviews of the week

    photos Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the X-Mini Happy Speaker MP3 player, LG BD590 Blu-ray player, and the Origin Genesis gaming PC.

  • Reasons to care about Viacom v. Google

    faq It may sound like two big companies fighting over who gets what. But there's plenty at stake in this court fight for other content creators and Web site operators.

    (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)
  • Desperate times for Palm

    With sales of the Palm Pre sagging amid fierce competition, financial analysts are starting to wonder when--not if--Palm is forced to give up.

    (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)
  • Engineering a massive cleanup of toxic waterways

    photos Boats, barges, and buildings dumped in a San Francisco Bay Area delta are leaching toxic chemicals into local drinking water, but a huge effort to clean it up is under way.
    • Full Frame: Barge-scale cleanup in a California delta

  • Report: Memory card exposed 3,000 phones to virus

    Malware found in HTC Magic phones has been traced back to memory cards that shipped in about 3,000 phones, according to report citing Vodafone.

    (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)
  • Trial of human retinal implants quite successful

    German company Retinal Implant unveils the results of its first human clinical trial, which involved retinal implants of 11 patients since 2005.

    (Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)
  • Firm denies hacking, stock manipulation charges

    BroCo Investments says the account at the heart of an SEC complaint was opened on behalf of a client and that it is cooperating with authorities to clear its name.

    (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)
  • Nestle mess shows sticky side of Facebook pages

    Food company's Facebook fan page became a lesson in how not to deal with social-media backlash this week, when a company rep snapped back at environmentally motivated critics.

    (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
  • Microsoft bolsters Web-accessible data plan

    OData got a shot in the arm from its prime promoter this week as Microsoft announced programming tools and a standardization plan. The W3C would like to oversee the standard.

    (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)
  • iPad ad goes viral

    Apple's launch ad for its "magical and revolutionary" product succeeds in attracting 2.4 million views online, making it the second-most-watched online ad.

    (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)
  • Former MySQL chief lands at Eucalyptus

    Marten Mickos has opted to run another high-flier in the open-source software world.
    (From The New York Times)

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