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  1. ATT's network up to SXSW iPhone onslaught

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    For anyone with an iPhone at last year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival here, the memories of slow, or nonexistent, coverage on ATT's network are something that will likely last for some time. After all, at a gathering of thousands of Internet- and communications-dependent geeks, many… Full Story »

  2. Google '99.9 percent' sure to shutter Google.cn

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    Google, seemingly torn between Chinese censorship and Chinese opportunity, is now "99.9 percent" certain that it will shut down its Chinese search engine, Google.cn. For Google, which, amid an investigation into alleged Chinese hacking of prominent U.S. Web properties, expressed… Full Story »

  3. Apple loses key chip executive

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    Dan Dobberpuhl, the PA Semi founder and CEO who came to Apple with the acquisition of his company, has apparently jumped ship to work at a chip-related start-up. Apple acquired PA Semi in April of 2008 for $278 million. At the time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the company… Full Story »

  4. VirnetX, Microsoft spar over use of VPNs

    Seattle Pi Microsoft Blog &bull Yesterday

    If you ask VirnetX, Microsoft Office Communicator sets up a virtual private network for secure instant messaging. If you ask Microsoft, the software doesn't use a VPN. Full Story »


  5. Quotes from Sid Meier's keynote GDC speech

    Venture Beat &bull Yesterday

    Veteran game designer Sid Meier delivered the keynote speech at the Game Developers Conference today and during his hour-long session on the "Psychology of Game Design: Everything you Know is Wrong," the creator of the Civilization franchise produced a series of key points, mantras, and worthwhile quotes captured here. The more historical, the more realistic, and the more factual, the better. The more railroady and piratey, the better. But what I thought I knew was wrong. During the early days of my career, I hadn't taken into… Full Story »

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  6. Eight Reasons Why Free US Broadband Should Be Spelled M2Z, Not AT

    The Next Web 2008 &bull Yesterday

    To anyone that's looked, the fact that 30% of Americans remain offline is a huge and immediate concern. Market research has shown overwhelmingly that the reason why most of these Americans are still offline is because of price concerns. As M2Z CEO John Muleta said in… Full Story »


  7. Motorola's Two CEOs Continue Voluntary Pay Cut In 2010

    Paid Content Yahoo &bull Yesterday

    The stock has rebounded recently with concrete plans laid out for how the company will be split into two divisions, and with some promising phone releases, like the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Droid on the Verizon Wireless network. The company plans… Full Story »


  8. 'Runaway' Prius: Questions raised about driver

    Cnet News &bull Yesterday

    Brooke Crothers has served as an editor at large at CNET News, an editor at Dow Jones' Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly, and a senior editor at InfoWorld. His CNET blog covers chip technology and computer systems, and how they… Full Story »

  9. Amtrak Seeks WiFi for Its Fleet

    Internet Evolution &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Amtrak wants ththe network capable of transmissions for on-board ticketing, electronic displays, and passenger entertainment. What about airline-type video monitors? Full Story »

  10. South Asian Mobile Social Network Mig33 Sending Twice As Many Messages A Day As Twitter

    Avashya &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Mobile social networks have tremendous potential to flourish in developing countries where mobile phone usage trumps internet connectivity. SMS based social networks like SMSGupshup have gained considerable traction in Asia because of this. For example, in India, there is currently… Full Story »

  11. The Best of Windows 7: The Official Magazine

    O'Reilly &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Explore the practical, fun, and creative things you can do right now with Windows 7-with expert guidance from the editors of the only officially endorsed magazine for Windows 7. This guide comes packed with smart-and-simple tips-and vibrantly illustrated how-to's-on everything… Full Story »

  12. Twitter helps spread Formspring.me hoax

    Venture Beat &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Twitter is abuzz today with a story attributed to popular news wire service The Associated Press. The new trending topic spotlights Formspring.me, a social network that lets users create profiles to post and answer questions anonymously, and its CEO, who… Full Story »

  13. Facebook turns out to be a pretty good friend to Foursquare

    Venture Beat &bull Mar 12, 2010

    In fact, the world's largest social network drives the largest share of the location-based game's web traffic, accounting for 33 percent of all upstream visits last week, according to web research firm Hitwise. Google follows closely behind, with a 22… Full Story »

  14. Community groups, city work to keep a lid on San Jose gang violence

    Silicon Valley &bull Mar 12, 2010

    When blood spills among rival gangs, the city turns to a small network of intervention specialists '" including pastors and former gang members '" who launch into action with a simple-yet-Herculean goal: cool tensions before somebody goes looking for revenge. Full Story »

  15. FCC tool collects broadband speed data

    Cnet News &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Broadband speed tests have been around for a long time. Speakeasy has offered a popular version of a test for years. And Internet service providers, such as Time Warner Cable, also offer their own Websites that allow consumers to check their speeds. The FCC is also allowing iPhone and Google Android smartphone subscribers to test their wireless connections. These phones can… Full Story »


  16. Come see Paris--in 26 gigapixels

    Cnet News &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has written about everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Don is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and posts at The Digital Home. He is not an employee of… Full Story »

  17. Game guru Sid Meier explains decades of understanding egomaniacal gamers

    Venture Beat &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Sid Meier knows how gamers think. He has been making hit games such as Civilization for decades. Today, he shared his learnings about gamer psychology and how he has had to change his assumptions about how players behave. More often than not, he said, players just don't act logically. Early on, Meier learned that players are egomaniacs. If you want to create a civilization that rules the world, you're by definition an egomaniac. That has a lot of… Full Story »


  18. Will Shatner Creates Sci-Fi Social Network Site MyOuterSpace

    Daily Tech Internet &bull Mar 12, 2010

    William Shatner has been a pitch man for a host of companies, including Priceline.com. However, he is best known, of course, for his contributions to the science fiction genre for his time spent playing Captain James T. Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise on the originalStar Trek.… Full Story »

  19. 'Cloud' vs. 'source' in the battle of bland corporate names

    Cnet News &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Some of the industry's biggest brands are also the blandest. Intel? And so the open-source companies wore "source" proudly on their sleeves: XenSource, MuleSource, SpringSource, SpikeSource, SourceSense, Sourcefire, and more. Matt Asay is chief operating officer at Canonical, the company… Full Story »

  20. When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites

    Cnet News &bull Mar 12, 2010

    Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads. While Drudge vehemently denied it and blamed accusers of playing politics, Arrington acknowledged on Thursday that there had been malware-laden ads on TechCrunch on Wednesday. It's unclear which ad network… Full Story »

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