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How the U.S. funds open source abroad

Cnet News - Wed, 10/14/2009 - 01:59
The United States may buy a lot of proprietary software, but when it comes to international development, it's betting on open source.
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Cisco to buy mobile specialist Starent for $2.9 billion

Cnet News - Wed, 10/14/2009 - 01:47
Acquisition is designed to help Cisco keep a grip on the rapid growth of the mobile Internet due to the rising number of smartphones and other devices.
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Viper's new iPhone app replaces your keychain

Cnet News - Wed, 10/14/2009 - 01:00
The new Viper Smart Start iPhone app can lock and unlock your car with your iPhone. It can even turn it on in case you want to defrost it before getting in.
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For Intel, small laptops bring challenge from ARM

Cnet News - Wed, 10/14/2009 - 00:10
The focus of today is on Intel's earnings, but tomorrow could see U.K.-based ARM and its satellite of chip and device makers pose a growing competitive threat.
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Sidekick's lesson: We learn by failing

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 17:32
The Sidekick outage shows that management hasn't caught up with the cloud, not that network storage is unreliable.
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Paranormal movie succeeds with abnormal online marketing

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 14:13
The movie "Paranormal Activity" cost almost nothing to make, but is a big hit. That success it being credited to online buzz and social networking rather than conventional marketing.
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Next Firefox can detect computer orientation

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:50
In a new step to advance Web programming abilities, Mozilla's next Firefox will be able to detect how you're tipping your computer.
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SanDisk ships 'X4' flash chips

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:20
SanDisk X4 flash memory chips allow consumers to store more data on tiny Secure Digital flash cards.
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Neil Gaiman to create audio book based on tweets

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:11
Writer Neil Gaiman will compile 1,000 tweets of contributors into an audio book in his latest innovative use of the Internet.
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T-Mobile says Sidekick data may yet return

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 13:01
The wireless carrier says "recent efforts indicate the prospects of recovering some lost content may now be possible." Those who suffer permanent data loss will get $100.
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Yahoo riffs on the yodel

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 11:50
Do you feel the trademark Yahoo warble fails to express your personality? There's a yodel for that, and it comes as part of the $100 million ad campaign.
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Unanswered questions loom large in Sidekick fiasco

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 11:39
Microsoft and Danger remain largely silent as to both what led to a massive data loss as well as what it plans to do to try to make things right, not to mention what this will all mean for the future of the device.
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Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:38
The company says it is aware of a problem related to guest account log-ins that "occurs only in extremely rare cases," and it does not yet have a fix for it.
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Dyson unveils blade-free fan

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:28
James Dyson, who is famous for his vacuum cleaners, has created a fan that has no blades, using instead a unique technology to "multiply" air 15 times, expelling 118 gallons of smooth and uninterrupted air every second, according to the company.
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Facebook database outage cut off about 150,000

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:13
A downed Facebook database left a small but vocal percentage of its userbase without access to the social network for as long as 10 days.
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Dell teases with new Adamo shots

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 09:41
After offering a few tantalizing teases, Dell has now released a couple of shots that show just how the superthin can get away with being only around 10mm thick and still be usable for typing.
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The 'Tweance': Talk to dead stars on Twitter

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 09:38
Just in time for Halloween, a brilliant psychic is holding a Tweance. On October 30, you will be able to tweet your favorite dead stars. And they may just tweet back.
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Google Docs adds live sharing to folders

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 09:27
Two features added to the productivity suite, multiple-file uploading and folder sharing, bring functionality found in other Google products.
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Dictionary.com now available on BlackBerry

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 08:36
This free dictionary and thesaurus app is much like the iPhone version, but with a couple of BlackBerry-only extras.
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Electroscalpel method identifies cancer in real time

Cnet News - Tue, 10/13/2009 - 08:04
Researchers are pairing the electroscalpel with mass spectrometry to map out with molecular precision--mid-surgery--where and how aggressively cancer is spreading.
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