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  Chrome's inner workings, and Easter egg

  Google's new browser shows a wealth of detail for programmers building Web sites or the open-source browser itself. Plus: an eggy mystery.
  • 10 things we'd like to see
  • Full Chrome coverage

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  EA's balancing act
  with 'Spore'

  GameSpot review Take multiple run-of-the-mill building blocks and put them all together, and you've got yourself a big, entertaining game.
  •  Why everyone should embrace gaming
  • Video: Ins and outs of 'Spore'

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• Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling

  Broadband provider challenges ruling that Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic was unlawful.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Steven Musil)

• Timing rumors surface for AMD plant spin-off

  Rumors persist that Advanced Micro Devices is planning to spin off all or part of its manufacturing operations.

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

• McCain talks up oil drilling, green energy

  Republican presidential candidate says we need to drill new wells now, while supporting innovative transportation technologies and "the use of wind, tide, solar and natural gas."
  • Audio slideshow at Republican convention

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

• Microsoft begins big ad push

  Microsoft's multi-year push, estimated at $300 million, begins with a spot featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld aired during Thursday's NFL game.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Michael Moore plans Net-only film premiere

  Filmmaker plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• 120GB Zune coming to a store near you

  The device, which was just recently confirmed to be in the works by Microsoft, has popped up on a store shelf in Atlanta.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• Microsoft Research gives photo help, for a price

  Redmond's research arm has a new tool for creating photo collages, but unlike past products from the labs, consumers have to pay for AutoCollage.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Police, advocates monitor Web sex ads during political conventions

  Law enforcement agencies and nonprofits turn to Craigslist and other classified ad sites during political conventions to hunt prostitution or human sex trafficking.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Apple to developer: No, you pull MY finger

  Another rejected iPhone application raises the question of just how Apple decides which applications are useful, if juvenile, and which aren't.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Docstoc offers simple sync with your hard drive

  Ever wanted to put your documents in the cloud without having to do all the heavy lifting? Docstoc now offers a way to sync your local docs with what's online.

  (Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

• Google: 10 ways the cloud is good for business

  At Office 2.0 conference, Matthew Glotzbach of Google tells us why the company's direction is the way of the future for business.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Cablevision completes first phase of Wi-Fi build

  Cable television provider says it is on track to complete a build-out of a wireless-access network spanning New York and the city's suburbs in the next couple years.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• OLPC revives Give One, Get One program with Amazon.com

  In addition, the touch-screen version of the XO, as well as a Linux and Windows XP dual-booting model, will be out soon.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)
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