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VMware turns in a strong fourth quarter VMware CEO Paul Maritz says the company is working to provide products that "go beyond cost reduction" and deliver "competitive value."
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Is that a Canon 5D Mark III which I see before me? Canon's 5D Mark II SLR is due for an update, and a California photographer might have stumbled across its successor in Kenya.
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No Picnik: Photo-editing site's users blast Google Picnik users say Google is trying to force them into its Google+ social network if they want access to the site's photo-editing features. And they're not happy about it.
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Operation Ghost Click DNS servers to shut down in March The DNSChanger malware servers that were converted by the FBI's Operation Ghost Click to function legitimately will be shut down in March, possibly leaving some systems unable to access the Internet.
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Sony reveals what could be the iPhone 5's camera sensor Do you think your smartphone has the best camera around? Well, wait until you see this.
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Why Supreme Court's GPS ruling will improve your privacy rights Supreme Court's ruling against warrantless GPS tracking is likely to enhance Americans' privacy rights in other hot-button disputes, including warrantless cell phone tracking.
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Facebook, Twitter, MySpace create social search tool As an alternative to Google's Search Plus Your World, social media companies join efforts to create a bookmarklet that combines results from all the major social networks.
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Obama to visit Intel plant, in nod to domestic manufacturing President Obama will visit Intel's cutting-edge factory in Arizona, in a show of support for Intel's manufacturing presence in the U.S.
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Google nearly doubles lobbying spending in 2011, tops Microsoft The Web giant, subject of both a Senate antitrust hearing and a Federal Trade Commission investigation, spent $9.68 million on federal lobbying last year.
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Solar flare blasts radiation storm toward Earth The burst of plasma from a solar flare is expected to reach the Earth's magnetic field tomorrow and potentially cause disruptions to satellites.
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Solar flare blasts radiation storm on Earth The burst of plasma from a solar flare is expected to reach the Earth's magnetic field tomorrow and potentially cause disruptions to satellites
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Ten things RIM's new CEO must do right away BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has a new CEO. Here's a list of action items for the new guy to tackle on his first day on the job.
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10 things RIM's new CEO must do right away BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has a new CEO. Here's a list of action items for the new guy to tackle on his first day on the job.
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10 things RIM's new CEO must do to right away BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has a new CEO. CNET has put together a list of top 10 action items the new guy may want to consider on his first day on the job.
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Prefab homes that are stylish, sustainable (video) Simpatico Homes constructs eco-friendly, modern houses out of factory-built modules. The inspiration? Joseph Eichler. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das takes a tour of a prototype.
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Intel's Qlogic deal pumps up InfiniBand's future Buying Qlogic's high-end server interconnection products and hiring its employees supports Intel's supercomputing goal for 2018.
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Windows 8 promising easier time juggling mobile networks Microsoft has tweaked the setup for both Wi-Fi and 3G/4G in Windows 8 in an effort to make the process easier for all mobile users.
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U.S. Attorney chasing MegaUpload is former piracy fighter Neil MacBride, the U.S. attorney who indicted MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom, is the former chief of antipiracy at the Business Software Alliance.
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RIM co-CEOs leave on a disapproving note An informal survey of RIM employees found that, like the company's customers and Wall Street, they weren't so hot about the job co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie did running the show.
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RIM's co-CEOs: Their employees didn't like them either An informal survey of RIM employees found that, like the company's customers and Wall Street, they weren't so hot about the job co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie did running the show.
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Tumblr an online powerhouse, hits 15B monthly pageviews The microblogging service is also currently servicing 120 million unique visitors each month, according to its founder and CEO David Karp.
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Who is RIM CEO Thorsten Heins, anyway? The BlackBerry maker is rolling the dice on a new CEO who knows the old way. Yet Thorsten Heins isn't a name many outside the Canadian company will recognize. Who is he, where does he come from, and what does he believe he must do to save RIM?
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Canceled laser space antenna just might see launch after all The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, a joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency, became a casualty of tightening budgets. But it could rise again.
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Anonymous: Facebook is next, on January 28 In a YouTube video that appears to be linked to a known Anonymous account, the hacker collective offers a linked program in order to attack Facebook.
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Startup Secret No. 22: Some garbage is to be expected Don't expect to get it right at the start. Starting a project is supposed to be hard.
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New CEO at BlackBerry maker Popular file-sharing site FileSonic limits use after the MegaUpload arrests, Obama uses Google+ Hangout, and Research In Motion's co-CEOs resign to make way for a new leader.
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Microsoft: Designing Windows 8 app store was a challenge Microsoft's goal for the Windows app store was to make it easy to find and download apps, which sounds simple but was a challenge given the array of programs likely to pop up.
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Law enforcement needs warrant for GPS tracking, high court rules The U.S. Supreme Court, in a split vote, says warrantless GPS tracking for people in automobiles is a violation of the U.S. constitution.
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Police need warrant for GPS tracking, high court rules The Supreme Court unanimously rules that warrantless GPS tracking of people in automobiles violates the U.S. constitution.
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YouTube soars past 4 billion daily video views The online video site has seen its daily video viewership jump from 3 billion in May, and has its sights now set on 5 billion.
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Cleanweb hackers get busy with energy data A weekend hackathon generates Web and mobile apps geared at improving energy and resource efficiency with a heavy dose of social.
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Nokia's Lumia shipments may have exceeded 1 million in 2011 Shipments of the Nokia's first Windows Phones may have hit 1.3 million last year, according to a concensus of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
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Nokia may have shipped more than 1M Lumia phones in 2011 Shipments of the Nokia's first Windows Phones may have hit 1.3 million last year, according to a consensus of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
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Obama to polish techno-savvy image with Google+ chat Selected people will get to hang out with Obama, who last week sided with Google to help thwart antipiracy legislation.
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Obama to Internet: Hang out with me on Google+ Selected people will get to participate in a video "hangout" with Obama, who last week sided with Google to help thwart Draconian copyright bills.
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Android will be the platform of choice for developers, study says Within the next 12 months, Android could overtake Apple's iOS as the most important platform for developers, although most will still support both.
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Uh oh: Netflix set for an even worse 2012, analyst says The trouble keeps coming for Netflix, as Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter says the company's future is in doubt.
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Netflix's international expansion: Analysts shout 'cut!' Many analysts have an increasingly gloomy outlook on Netflix; Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter even says the company's future is in doubt.
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Wall Street's reaction to RIM's new CEO: Who cares? Investors have been clamoring for new leadership atop the troubled smartphone maker. The reaction to the new CEO, however, has been anything but enthusiastic.
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Tablet ownership nearly doubled during the holidays Between mid-December and the beginning of January, the number of tablet owners in the U.S. almost doubled from 10 percent to 19 percent, says Pew Internet.
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MegaUpload lawyer: U.S. misunderstands the business Lawyer for MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom asks New Zealand court to release him on bail, saing he's innocent of piracy and money-laundering charges against him. Lawyers for the U.S. say DotCom is an "extreme" flight risk.
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MegaUpload lawyer says U.S. misunderstands business A lawyer presenting MegaUpload founder Kim DotCom asked a New Zealand court to release him on bail and said that he's innocent of the piracy and money laundering charges brought against him by the U.S. government. Lawyers representing the U.S. allege that DotCom is an "extreme" flight risk.
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Apple sells 350,000 textbooks in three days, analyst says Company's iBooks Author application is also popular, tallying 90,000 downloads so far, according to a report from Global Equities Research.
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NHTSA ends safety probe into Chevy Volt The Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles are still safe to drive, says the NHTSA after a side collision test with the Volt caused concerns.
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Chevy Volt poses no elevated fire risk, NHTSA says The Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles are still safe to drive, says the NHTSA after a side collision test with the Volt sparked concerns.
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Wi-Fi 802.11ac to drive wireless HD video in the home With routers, smartphones, tablets, and TVs expected to adopt Wi-Fi 802.11ac over the next few years, the upcoming standard will be the linchpinch for wireless HD video streaming, says NPD In-Stat.
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How an increasingly fragmented mobile world helps Gameloft The mobile-game publisher says it is structured to handle a diverse mix of phones, operating systems, and hardware in the market, as it too looks to casual gamers and the "freemium" business model for growth.
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Apple earnings preview: It's all about the iPhone 4S Apple is expected to report another record quarter, but all eyes are on the number of iPhones sold, with this being the first quarter to include sales of the iPhone 4S.
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RIM's leadership shakeup too little, too late? commentary The resignations of co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie and appointment of insider Thorsten Heins may not be drastic enough to help the ailing handset maker.
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RIM's co-CEOs step down; insider Heins takes helm Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis resign their positions in the beleaguered company as profits decline and investor disappointment grows.
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RIM's co-CEOs to step down Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis resign their positions in the beleaguered company as profits decline and investor disappointment grows.
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Is Windows 8 on Intel coming sooner rather than later? Is Windows 8 coming as soon as this fall? One can't help but think that Intel is gung-ho about Windows 8 for a reason.
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FileSonic disables file sharing in wake of MegaUpload arrests Digital locker's service can now only be used to upload and retrieve files users personally uploaded.
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New EU data protection rules due this week Companies would be required to immediately disclose breaches, and individuals would get the "right to be forgotten" under a European Union proposal.
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The sweet, sweet music of the wood-playing turntable Bartholomaus Traubeck has created a record player that is capable of reading a tree's year rings and translating them into piano music. Every tree generates different melodies.
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Officials seize $42 million in MegaUpload assets Raids on offices, homes, and hotel suites in Hong Kong yield a large amount of digital evidence and suspected criminal proceeds.
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What the world needs now: an iOS laptop An iPad-like device with a physical keyboard would be really cool. And despite Apple's willingness to dump old technologies, I don't think it's a pipe dream.
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Why Google owes you nothing Critics of Google' Search Plus Your World, in which Google+ results are given vast prominence, suggest that Google has betrayed its contract with its users. Even more so, with forced Google+ membership for all newbies. What contract?
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DIY Weekend: You're never too young to be a maker From resurrecting old toys to building a full-on flight simulator, young San Francisco Bay Area makers strut their skills while building a maker community for the next generation.
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Young makers get early start on DIY (photos) The maker movement has been around long enough to be passed to the next generation. At San Francisco's Exploratorium, makers from 6 to 17 show off their ingenuity at the first of four Open Make events.
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Violinist interrupted by Nokia ringtone, plays the ringtone A Slovakian violinist playing solo finds his concert interrupted by a Nokia ringtone. Instead of merely getting angry, he begins to play the ringtone.
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Did MPAA chairman just go Mafia on politicians? MPAA Chairman Christopher Dodd appears to offer an open threat to politicians to vote the Hollywood way on SOPA-style legislation, or, um, else.
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Velodyne's first headphone is a bass lover's delight Velodyne is a big name in subwoofers, but the company is just now venturing into the headphone market. Its first model, the vPulse, makes a ton of bass!
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Secrets to Apple success: Displays One reason for Apple's success is its knack for driving technology standards. So much so that tech adopted by Apple often becomes a must-have on products from other device suppliers.
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A tale of Apple, the iPhone, and overseas manufacturing A new report uses Apple and its recent history to look at why the success of some U.S. firms hasn't led to more U.S. jobs. In the process, it offers up interesting details about the evolution of the iPhone and how it was made.
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Jobs' seat on Disney board not to be filled by widow or Trust Neither Steve Jobs' widow nor a representative of his trust will be on the ballot when Disney shareholders vote on re-electing the company's board, says a report. The Jobs Trust is Disney's largest shareholder.
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Web-hosting service DreamHost warns users of password hack The Web-hosting service and domain name registrar sends a heads-up e-mail to customers, saying their FTP passwords may have been accessed by hackers. It also asks them to change e-mail passwords, though it says those passwords weren't affected by any breach.
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Readers' hi-fi and home theater pictures (photos) A tasty selection of our readers' systems. There's some awesome looking gear out there!
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Info-starved no more--home energy gadget clues you in Energy monitoring is like fitness-tracking for your utility bill. CNET's Martin LaMonica tries a whole-house electricity monitor out and gets a read on where software and the cloud is taking home energy.
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Apple schools us on the next wave of textbooks Apple's much-rumored textbook plans came to light this week, alongside a new version of iBooks and iTunes U. More on that and the rest of this week's news and rumors in Apple Talk Weekly.
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How to get electricity meter data online (photos) Wattvision is one of a few whole-house electricity monitors that feeds meter data online to give you a better picture of your electricity usage. Through APIs, software developers can develop custom apps with that data, too.
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Protect IP, SOPA supporters vow not to give up fight Two Hollywood-backed copyright bills were dealt a severe blow by this week's historic online protests, but their supporters are hardly giving up.
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Groupon acquires online retailer Mertado Groupon Goods may be getting a boost by picking up daily-deal shopping site Mertado.
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PayPal makes its way to brick-and-mortar stores The eBay-owned company is expanding into credit card territory by giving customers the option to shop in more than 2,000 conventional stores.
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Finally! The 'Star Wars Uncut' director's cut is here After more than two years of accepting user-submitted 15-second clips, the creators of the crowdsourced--and Lucas approved--fan-made film have at long last released their full version.
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Testing pushes SpaceX cargo flight to at least late March Launch of a SpaceX Dragon cargo carrier on an initial test flight to the International Space Station is on hold until at least late March, and possibly later, to give engineers time for additional tests and checkout.
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This is smart: Seconds opens SMS channel to retailers, merchants New company lets you text your local businesses. And get a reply back. Yeah, you think that'd already be a thing, but it isn't.
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Zynga online gambling could mean real money, but real problems Zynga may try its hand at online gambling, which ZDNet's Larry Dignan says might be both a great business move and a real problem.
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Google cancels Picnik and closes a few other businesses The Web giant continues its purge of peripheral actitivies, shuttering the photo-editing service, its social graph API and four other businesses.
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Helix Nebula sparkles in a new light (video) A newly released image of the planetary nebula taken in infrared light brings into view what normally can't be seen in visible light.
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Anonymous tricked people into joining Web site attacks Clicking on innocent-looking links prompted computers running JavaScript to join distributed denial-of-service attacks on Web sites targeted for attack.
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Web sites paint it black to protest SOPA week in review Prominent Web sites go dark to protest proposed antipiracy legislation, while hackers take down government and entertainment sites to protest piracy arrests. Also: Yang out at Yahoo.
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New biochip measures glucose levels in saliva Engineers at Brown say the chip can also detect other substances in tandem, including anthrax.
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SOPA song shows times a-changin' In an era when Peter, Paul, and Mary aren't topping the charts with "Blowin' in the Wind," the protest song still seems to be finding a way to make itself heard.
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SOPA song shows times a-changin' for would-be Dylans In an era when Peter, Paul, and Mary aren't topping the charts with "Blowin' in the Wind," the protest song still seems to be finding a way to make itself heard.
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In Super Bowl warm-up, Samsung laughs at Apple again Another in the series featuring allegedly sad fanboys waiting in line for an Apple launch, Samsung ad this time shows off its turn-by-turn feature on the Galaxy S II.
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T-Mobile's 'secret menu': Extra goodies you need to ask for For a limited time, T-Mobile is offering up mobile hot-spot capability to customers on the 5GB or 10GB premium data plans as a free add-on--you just need to ask for it.
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Reporters' Roundtable: What SOPA hath wrought The backlash against the SOPA and PIPA anti-copyright bills continues, with major sites going dark, feds shutting down MegaUpload, and Anon retaliating. We talk about these related and developing stories with CNET reporters Declan McCullagh, Elinor Mills, and Greg Sandoval.
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Reporters' Roundtable: SOPA backlash continues with MegaUpload takedown, Anonymous hacks The backlash against the SOPA and PIPA anti-copyright bills continued this week. Major sites took themselves offline. The U.S. government shut down MegaUpload. Anonymous launched a successful attack against government Web sites. In this Roundtable, CNET experts Declan McCullagh, Elinor Mills, and Greg Sandoval discuss how these episodes related to each other.
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MythBusters to launch explosive new series, 'Unchained Reaction' The Discovery Channel has given the thumbs-up to a new show to be executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. In a tweet this morning, Savage called the show his and Hyneman's "new sooper secret project."
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Can your car run on seaweed? This startup thinks so Converting seaweed sugar to fuel sidesteps land-use and fresh-water issues posed by conventional biofuels, Bio Architecture Lab argues.
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Seaweed aquafarmed for auto fuel Converting the sugar in seaweed to fuel avoids conflict over land and fresh water use that conventional biofuels pose, says startup Bio Architecture Lab.
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Fly, be free! Jailbreak for iPhone 4S, iPad 2 released The "corona untether" jailbreak allows A5-based devices running iOS 5 to access a wider world of apps. For now, it's only available for Mac OS X, with a Windows version supposedly showing up soon.
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Intel announces sweeping management changes Intel announced that Brian Krzanich will become chief operating officer, as well as other top management changes.
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Soon, we'll be wearing movies With Flora, the open-source hardware designers at Adafruit Industries have come up with an extensible wearable electronics platform that could make it simple to link together hundreds and hundreds of LEDs.
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Getting Gmail? Now you get Google+, too Google is showing just how far it will go to promote its social networking platform.
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Best gadgets for your valentine Valentine's Day is right around the corner. If you're tired of giving the usual flowers and candy, why not mix it up this year and give your loved one the gift of tech. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports.
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Developer turns $35 Raspberry Pi PC into an Apple TV If you want to stream photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your TV, this clever hack might let you do so on the cheap.
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The order books open for the electric BMW ActiveE With only 700 ActiveEs to lease, you'll have to move fast if you want to be one of BMW's electric pioneers.
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EU Internet czar piles on, says SOPA is bad news Neelie Kroes tweeted that she's happy to see SOPA losing support, saying that governments should be "safeguarding benefits of open net."
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