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  A 'fabless' alternative
  for Advance Micro

  The chip company is not going fabless in the classic sense of the word: a design house without any manufacturing facilities.
  • AMD to spin off manufacturing
  • A foundry-focused restructuring

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  MIT prof: No free ride
  to cleaner cars

  q&a John Heywood of MIT says policies that encourage consumers to buy "green" are the only way to truly transform the nation's fleet.

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• EU directive could change iPhone battery design

  Regulators are considering a directive that would force cell phone makers to offer batteries that are "readily replaceable," which is not the case with Apple's iPhone.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Government report: Data mining doesn't work well

  Using data mining to try to detect terrorists is "neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts," new report finds.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

• CBS live Webcast: Presidential debate, round two

  Continuing our coverage of Election 2008, CBS News and CNET are presenting a live Webcast of Tuesday's presidential debate, followed by Web-only analysis and commentary.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by CNET News staff)

• Solar start-up scores with series of tubes

  Maker of CIGS thin-film solar tubes secures $600 million in funding and $1.2 billion in contracts.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• If the economy tanks, will subscriptions become a panacea?

  Zuora debuts online payment service with PayPal connection, the second product from a start-up focused on the software-as-a-service business.

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

• PayPal rival details fees for launch on eBay

  ProPay, a credit card processor and e-payment service, will try its luck as an alternative to PayPal on eBay before month's end.

  (Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger)

• ZoomProspector helps you relocate your business

  Commercial real estate site designed to help businesses find communities for new offices or plants, and then find the properties that fit their needs.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• At CERN, computers to tackle the Big Bang

  Scientists hope the Large Hadron Collider will offer clues to the origin of the universe. They'll get some help from a well-stocked data center.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Nick Heath)

• Supreme Court denies Samsung appeal

  The justices will not consider a push by the electronics company to require memory chip designer Rambus to pay its attorney fees for a dismissed patent infringement case.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Android phones make their way into the wild

  It's not just for co-founders anymore: if you lurk where the Googlers hang out, you may spot an Android-powered phone.

  (Posted in Wireless by Stephen Shankland)

• Kleiner Perkins backs smart-grid firm Silver Spring

  Venture capital firm digs into its Green Growth fund to lead a $75 million investment in a company that uses Internet Protocol-enabled devices to improve grid reliability.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• CA acquires identity management firm IDFocus

  The acquisition of IDFocus and its identity management technology is a move to bolster CA's security offerings.

  (Posted in Security by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Verizon loses patent suit against Cox

  A federal jury in Virginia rules that cable provider Cox Communications did not infringe on Verizon Communications' patents related to Internet telephony.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)
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