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Science The latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it’s a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting.
This search engine aggregates second-hand ticket listings from around the Web, including eBay and broker sites, and arranges them on a useful seating chart.
The U.S. Department of Justice finishes its investigation into doubled texting rates without taking action against wireless operators.
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Science The 747-8 Freighter, whose passenger version is slated to come a year later, is getting tested alongside the 787 Dreamliner in Washington state.
Some claim that Linux is too hard, but its difficulty stems from application developers not yet giving it the attention it arguably deserves. This may be about to change.
What’s behind the Google Chrome OS, technologically and from a business perspective? Rafe Needleman discusses with CNET writers Stephen Shankland and Gordon Haff.
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Science A former Intel executive pleads guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud by providing confidential information in the Galleon Group insider-trading case.
Google Android is gaining momentum, and the reason goes far beyond the cost advantages its CFO cites for the open-source mobile platform.
A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.
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Science On Monday, Boeing’s 747-8 Freighter took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., its first flight, and the first for the new 747 program.
Division president Bob Muglia talks about the future of Windows Server and Windows Azure and defends against claims Microsoft has no future in the consumer space.
Through the text message giving program in Haiti, the Red Cross raised $26 million in just nine days. Was this a one-time outpouring of goodwill, or the beginning of a trend in global humanitarianism?
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Science A start-up employee in Indiana telecommutes to work in California by using a robot body stationed at his office. Meet the Texas Robot from Willow Garage.
ComScore releases stats on the online holiday-shopping season so far. Sales are strong and ahead of 2008 levels.
The company’s chairman says in an interview that Acer has been working on it since earlier this year.
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Science The software maker says that an error message warning users that their batteries may need replacing appears to be working as intended, despite some complaints.
Charitable campaign called #BeatCancer sets a Guinness World Record for the most social-media mentions in a 24-hour period. It has raised over $70,000 so far.
Cloudkick offers an open approach to cloud-computing management, and now a business model for monetizing it.
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Science On the podcast: Blackberry vulnerabilities, Verizon blocks 4chan sites, the space station gets a new bay window, and more.
The App Store business model, nearly perfected by Apple, has changed the way software is made, sold, distributed, and priced. Join Rafe Needleman in discussion with CNET’s Maggie Reardon and GigaOm’s Sebastian Rupley.
The free and pro Twitter apps for Palm’s WebOS graduate from Homebrew status into the App Catalog.
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Science Sources familiar with the company’s plans tell CNET that Google is ready to integrate status updates into Gmail in Twitter-like style, with a stream of text and multimedia updates.
Good box office returns for the 3D film are expected to spur 3D entertainment from the theater to the living room.
Some power users are none too pleased, though, and are requesting refunds for seller fees if their auctions were disrupted as a result.
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Science An exec at the gaming company hinted that its ‘Madden NFL’ franchise will launch a Facebook version, the first application we’ve seen of EA’s Playfish acquisition to its existing game titles.
Actor Joseph Mazzello, best known for playing a freaked-out 8-year-old getting chased by dinosaurs, will now be playing a nerdy Harvard engineer getting chased by ConnectU lawyers.
A major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to “three strikes” for file sharers.
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Science Report from Earth911.com shows more people with questions on how and where to recycle in 2009, with PCs, batteries, and TVs topping the list of search queries.
Long-winded iPhone e-mail authors can tap, tap away in a new, automatically expanding window when composing mail from Gmail.com.
But even after closed-door meeting on Thursday evening, 10 days after Google’s report of illegal hacking, the U.S. has not issued a formal protest.