Cricket Wireless looks to go national
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
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'?
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
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
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
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
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'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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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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