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Apple MacBook: Change is in the Air

Some of the upgrades we might see in the next MacBook Air include a bigger and better solid state drive, improved design, and upgraded processors.
(Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits by Brooke Crothers)

Toyota plans Prius with solar panels

Automaker plans to install roof solar panels to power the car's air conditioning, the Nikkei newspaper reports.
(Posted in Green Tech by Steven Musil)

iPhone 3G: The waiting is getting old

Waiting in line for gadgets has gotten tiresome and cliche, but a group of activists called Waiting for Apples has squeezed one last little bit of novelty out of it.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
• iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan

Cashing in on taking digital photos of strangers

There are at least four small companies that do nothing but take digital pictures of drivers on US-129 because of the popularity of the road.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)
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Confessions of a Bluetooth convert

News.com reporter speaks out about the disappointingly simple installation of a car dash module and his first foray into law-abiding Bluetooth usage.
(Posted in News Blog by Steven Musil)

Privacy advocates praise Google's new link

Company's decision to add a link to its home page that leads to its Privacy Center is enough to quell a controversy.
(Posted in News Blog by Natalie Weinstein)

Photos: U.S. Army names its best inventions

Every year, the U.S. Army designates a set of its top inventions. This year's list includes a GPS-guided artillery shell and a new method for saving severely injured soldiers.
(Posted by Jonathan Skillings)

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

CNET Reviews rates the Garmin Nuvi 880 car GPS gadget, a Panasonic Viera flat-screen TV, the Asus Eee PC 901 laptop, and more.
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On day care, Google makes a rare fumble

Search giant has been facing a reality check regarding its subsidized, high-quality child care: make it affordable to all employees or just the wealthiest ones?
(From The New York Times)
•  Stolen: Google employees' personal data

Photos: Take a trip inside the Mac Classic

Just what went into one of the most famous personal computers ever made? See what Apple was up to in 1991.
(Posted by CNET's Mark Kaelin)

Down to earth with the Blue Angels

During a visit to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., News.com's Daniel Terdiman gets to see the high-performance pilots on their home turf.
(Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)
• Photos: Blue Angels
• Road Trip 2008

Apple cuts price of flash-drive MacBook Air

If you'd been considering the best configuration of the MacBook Air--with a faster processor and solid-state hard drive--it's now $500 cheaper, but still expensive.
(Posted in One More Thing by Tom Krazit)

1 euro eBay baby goes home

Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
(Posted in News Blog by Natalie Weinstein)

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