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Early reports had it that the war between Russia and Georgia had spilled over into cyberspace. But after looking more closely at the Internet traffic, a noted security researcher offers a more nuanced conclusion.

Bill Gates took time out from his new role as full-time philanthropist to talk technology on a visit to China.

And for the man who has everything: the Goatee Saver. I don't know about you, but this has me more excited than the iPhone ever did. (Could also be that's because I never trim my "goat" without making a mess.)

Today's stories:

Three-alarm fire scorches Apple facility

Gates: Privacy an 'interesting challenge'

Kids, not Russian government, attacking Georgia's Net, says researcher

Winklevoss twins advance to Olympic finals

VMware: Don't shut down that virtual machine

Transit agency wants MIT students to stay gagged

Poet to make ethanol from corn cobs next year

Yahoo's Fire Eagle geolocation service now open to all

Terrifying goatee gadget promises perfect trim

Starbucks once had visions of turning its outlets into entertainment centers where customers sipped coffee and listened to the latest tunes. But that hasn't exactly worked out according to expectations. CNET News.com's Greg Sandoval explains.

Webware's Rafe Needleman spoke with the senior executive at Comcast charged with a new attempt to integrate television, the computer, and the phone.

And as one of the first software executives to battle Bill Gates, Lotus founder Mitch Kapor has seen many sides of Microsoft's co-founder. Take a listen to some of his recollections on the eve of Gates' final days as full-time employee at Microsoft.

Today's stories:

Dell hits server efficiency targets a year early

Adobe says Acrobat 9 is good to go

Social network Multiply goes premium

Comcast's goal: Integrate the screens

SodaHead.com slurps up $8.4 million

More new investment money is going into clean technology than any other sector of high tech. And while that's exciting a lot of investors, it's also raising questions about whether we're about to repeat history. CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica, who recently heard a number of experts debate the question, offers some comparative context to that question.

New York Post reporter Michael Kane followed two of professional gaming's best-known teams, Team 3D and CompLexity, as they fought for the coveted No. 1 spot in gaming. The result--Kane's book, out today, called Game Boys: Professional Videogaming's Rise from the Basement to the Big Time. News.com intern Holly Jackson had the chance to talk to Kane about who professional gamers are and what kind of stakes they're battling for.

We're fast approaching Bill Gates' final day as a full-time Microsoft employee. Dan Bricklin, one of the seminal figures in the history of the software industry, takes the measure of Gates, a man he has known--and competed against--for the last 30 years.

Today's stories:

Microsoft's Kevin Johnson on Yahoo

Disney sells Movies.com to Comcast's Fandango

Marc Benioff's mantra: Anything but Microsoft

Bubble shmubble, say clean-tech investors

SocialMedia to unveil 'friendship ranks'