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Inside the 787 simulator

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 18:19
CNET takes a ride in Boeing's 787 simulator.
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Cricket Wireless looks to go national

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 17:49
Cricket Wireless exec Al Moschner dropped by CNET's offices to talk efforts to go national, growth in prepaid, an impending music service, and cheaper data plans
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Another ISP bucks 'Hurt Locker' subpoenas

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:53
Producers of Oscar-winning film "The Hurt Locker" did not properly serve a subpoena on a South Dakota-based ISP, according to that company's lawyers.
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Will Facebook face Apple in trying to trademark 'face'?

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:17
Facebook is reportedly not only trying to trademark the word "book" but the word "face." Yet Apple owns the trademark for FaceTime. Might Cupertino object?
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Early tablet executive leaves Microsoft

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 16:11
Bill Mitchell, who led the team in charge of some of Microsoft's early tablet efforts, has quietly left the company in recent months, CNET has learned.
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Google starts video series showcasing hot searches

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 15:50
Google Beat will focus on the top search terms of the week, marking a rare occasion where Google has actively produced its own content.
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Chrome for Mac tries graphical tab management

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 15:32
Like Mozilla's Panorama, Chrome "Tabpose" combines tab management with Apple's Expose idea in Chrome for Mac. Also on the way: hardware acceleration and Chrome labs features.
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In protest, Reddit rolls its own pot ads

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 15:07
Parent company Conde Nast tells social-news site to quit running ads promoting marijuana legalization, saying it doesn't want the revenue from them. Reddit's solution: run the ads and don't charge for them.
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Ask Maggie: On wireless-contract fine print

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 14:24
CNET's Maggie Reardon also addresses buying an e-reader in her weekly advice column responding to readers' wireless and broadband questions.
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How to make calls using Gmail (video)

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 13:07
We show you how to place phone calls from the convenience of your Gmail in-box, while considering how Google's new moneymaking service will impact its brand value overall.
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Sony halts sales of PS3 jailbreak

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 13:01
Australian court orders resellers there to temporarily halt presales of PS Jailbreak, a USB dongle that would allow PlayStation 3 owners to dump borrowed games onto the system's hard drive.
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Paul Allen sues Apple, Google over patents

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:48
Four patents held by a research organization Allen ran are being cited against 10 prominent companies, including Yahoo, eBay, and Staples.
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Google quietly revs Chrome dev to version 7

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:46
Google continues its pursuit of faster browser updates by pushing the developers build of Chrome to version 7.
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Meet Novell's new best friend: VMware

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:39
Now that the sales pop from the Novell-Microsoft partnership has played out, SUSE Linux growth has stagnated, and Novell has a new best friend.
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Google finds another start-up for social push

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:26
Angstro is the latest acquisition finalized by Google's always active M&A team. It's the third social-media tech company Google has acquired in as many weeks.
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Google working on Gmail spam issue

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:13
Company says it's fixing problem that first surfaced midweek for a small percentage of users whose e-mail messages were resent multiple times.
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Firefox Mobile comes to Android in 'Fennec'

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:04
Firefox-maker Mozilla brings Firefox Mobile one step closer to an Android release with an alpha build that bakes in a helpful and unique feature.
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Microsoft brings back Live Mesh, sort of

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 12:00
Software maker will rename its merged Live Sync product using the Mesh name, also bringing along Mesh's larger cloud storage feature.
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Icahn boosts stake in Motorola

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:33
Looking ahead to Motorola splitting itself into two pieces next year, billionaire investor Carl Icahn raises his stake in the company to more than 10 percent.
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Man arrested for YouTube video of swearing kid

CNET News - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 11:29
Connecticut man reportedly teaches 8-year-old neighbor to swear and puts a video of the instruction on YouTube. The boy's parents report man to police.
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