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| NASA planning mission to visit the sun Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:12:08 PDT |
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| Space agency hopes to send a spacecraft into the solar atmosphere by 2018. | |||||
| IETF: AT&T's Net neutrality claim is 'misleading' Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:53:04 PDT |
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| A few days after AT&T said its push toward "paid prioritization" of network traffic is backed by technical standards, the Internet's primary standards body disagrees. | |||||
| Here come 'Hurt Locker' file-sharing subpoenas Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:48:10 PDT |
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| Film's producers subpoena Qwest Communications for Denver man's records, apparently overcoming legal challenges in their pursuit of alleged file sharers. | |||||
| Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:54:59 PDT |
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| Consumer Watchdog produced two cartoony ads slamming Google CEO Eric Schmidt as part of an effort to build support for a "do not track" list. | |||||
| Audit finds PG&E smart meters accurate Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:32:50 PDT |
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| However, the utility's customer service is faulty, according to an independent review of the controversial yet pioneering smart-meter program. | |||||
| Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:00 PDT |
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| Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using. | |||||
| Acer comes back down to earth, Dell rises Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:17:27 PDT |
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| Fastest-growing PC company of the last few years stumbles during the second quarter. Observers say it has to do with Acer's reliance on notebook sales as desktops gain. | |||||
| More evidence that light at night ups cancer risk Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:15:51 PDT |
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| New research out of the University of Haifa shows a clear link between light at night and cancer in mice, with the suppression of melatonin playing a key role. | |||||
| Toshiba recalls 41,000 laptops for overheating Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:53:23 PDT |
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| The Consumer Product Safety Commission says 129 cases of Toshiba Satellite laptops melting from overheating have been reported, but no major injuries. | |||||
| Apple's Ping seems half-baked at launch Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:48:19 PDT |
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| A scanty selection of artists to follow and missed opportunities to encourage user interaction are among the early problems. | |||||
| Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup) Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:31:21 PDT |
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| At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony. | |||||
| The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integration Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:12:27 PDT |
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| On Wednesday, Apple said users of its music social network could find friends via Facebook. But the feature has vanished, apparently over a tiff between the companies. | |||||
| Survey: E-mail eats up your time off Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:51:32 PDT |
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| Outlook add-in maker Xobni finds Americans and Britons are having trouble getting away from the workplace because of the reach e-mail has into their lives. | |||||
| Focus EV to use liquid thermal battery control Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:35:15 PDT |
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| Car will take its battery pack temperature, then automatically cool or warm it to optimal temperature range before charging or engaging the battery. | |||||
| Motor City getting in on electric fever Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:30 PDT |
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| Coulomb Technologies installs free public electric-charging station in downtown Detroit as part of ChargePoint America program to encourage EV adoption. | |||||
| Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:16:12 PDT |
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| Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles. | |||||
| India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:45:10 PDT |
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| India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications. | |||||
| All Apple news Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:41:06 PDT |
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| A new streaming Apple TV arrives with Netflix as predicted, iOS 4.1 comes with HDR photography and GameCenter, and new iPod Nanos drop the iconic clickwheel. | |||||
| Navteq tries to make GPS directions more 'human' Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:09:54 PDT |
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| Company creates a way to make GPS directions far more understandable to the average driver. | |||||
| Road Trip Pic of the Week, 9/2: What is this? Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:00 PDT |
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| If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge. |
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