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Logitech wants to pay you to promote Google TV

44 min 17 sec ago
Want to try out the Google TV before it hits store shelves? Logitech wants that too, and is hiring people to host Google TV parties. But there are some pretty big strings attached.
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U.S. wind energy popular, but lacks investment

1 hour 9 min ago
China and Europe outpacing U.S. in building wind energy infrastructure, despite public interest in adding wind energy to U.S. grid.
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Office for Mac to get conversation view

1 hour 22 min ago
In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office.
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Amazon friends Facebook to offer gift ideas

1 hour 32 min ago
New deal between the companies enables Amazon shoppers to receive product recommendations for themselves and their friends based on their Facebook profiles.
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Raising the stakes in social gaming

1 hour 50 min ago
What does it mean when big tech companies are going nuts over game manufacturers that let people build virtual farms? Well, things start to get a little bit nutty, that's for sure.
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Adobe to follow Microsoft plan of sharing security info

2 hours 22 min ago
The company will begin sharing vulnerability information early with security vendors just as Microsoft does. Plus: a new toolkit from Redmond.
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Google and gaming

2 hours 46 min ago
GameStop acquires the social-gaming site Kongregate, Amazon can suggest gift ideas for your Facebook friends, and Google may be working on a social network for gaming.
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Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/28: What is this?

3 hours 22 min ago
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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Sprint sees sales slip as subscribers rise

3 hours 29 min ago
Wireless carrier continues to struggle financially but sees welcome improvement in subscriber growth, thanks in part to demand for the new HTC Evo 4G smartphone.
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U.K.: Privacy abuse unlikely in Google Street View flap

4 hours 1 min ago
Information Commissioner's Office finds no "meaningful personal details" in the data collected in the Street View snapshots of Wi-Fi networks.
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Apple releases Safari Extensions Gallery

5 hours 3 min ago
The company updates its Safari Web browser, offering users a gallery with extensions from the likes of Amazon, Bing, MLB.com, and Twitter.
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Comcast sales rise but earnings slip

5 hours 11 min ago
Second-quarter revenue climbs 6 percent for the cable provider, but earnings drop almost 9 percent as a result of costs related to its planned purchase of NBC Universal.
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Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod

5 hours 22 min ago
High-performance Lustre file system is getting its day in the sun as new start-up Whamcloud unwraps commercial offerings.
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Adobe buys Day Software for $240 million

5 hours 48 min ago
The acquisition of the Swiss maker of content management software is intended to bolster Adobe's enterprise lineup.
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Check counterfeiting using botnets and money mules

6 hours 22 min ago
SecureWorks uncovers bizarre criminal operation that uses digital techniques to aid in old-school check counterfeiting.
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The making of a Ben & Jerry's pint (photos)

7 hours 22 min ago
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman's travels take him to where 250,000 pints a day head off for happy mouths.
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Senators fail to agree on privacy approach

7 hours 22 min ago
During marathon hearing, politicians worry about everything from Facebook to peer-to-peer software, spam, NebuAd, cancer patients, and advertising, with no consensus on what to do next.
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In Vermont, Ben & Jerry's ice cream is king

7 hours 22 min ago
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman visited the factory where some of the best ice cream on the planet comes off a conveyor belt at the rate of 250,000 pints a day.
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Winners of CNET 100: Your top 10 iPhone apps

7 hours 22 min ago
For two business weeks, CNET editors submitted their favorite iPhone apps for you, our readers, for your votes. Now the votes have been tallied and the results are in. See which are your top apps.
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A reality check on Jobs' 3G network complaint

7 hours 22 min ago
The Apple CEO said it can take years to add new cell sites in cities like San Francisco. We set out to discover if that's true.
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