2008 Mar 17
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Seattle man gets 51 months in prison in a case prosecutors called the first federal case against someone using file-sharing softwa read more »
Seattle man gets 51 months in prison in a case prosecutors called the first federal case against someone using file-sharing softwa read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Solar thermal systems are making a comeback in the U.S., and companies like Fat Spaniel Technologies are playing a part. read more »
Solar thermal systems are making a comeback in the U.S., and companies like Fat Spaniel Technologies are playing a part. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Luxim's plasma lightbulb. Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives read more »
Video: Luxim's plasma lightbulb. Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a Tic Tac that gives read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Luxim's tiny but powerful plasma lightbulb. Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a T read more »
Video: Luxim's tiny but powerful plasma lightbulb. Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a lightbulb the size of a T read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Stony Stevenson writes "Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new read more »
Stony Stevenson writes "Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
LinkedIn provides a powerful search marketing and networking tool that many professionals and businesses have yet to tap into or t read more »
LinkedIn provides a powerful search marketing and networking tool that many professionals and businesses have yet to tap into or t read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "The British space agency, BNSC, is reconsidering its 1986 decision to reject all human space missions. read more »
An anonymous reader writes "The British space agency, BNSC, is reconsidering its 1986 decision to reject all human space missions. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Video: Microsoft research projects help simplify your life. Several new projects and ideas emerged from Microsoft's read more »
Video: Microsoft research projects help simplify your life. Several new projects and ideas emerged from Microsoft's read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Mac shipments through U.S. retail channels were up 60 percent from February '07 to February of this year, outpacing the growth of read more »
Mac shipments through U.S. retail channels were up 60 percent from February '07 to February of this year, outpacing the growth of read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
DoubleClick to serve up widget ads that Web surfers can grab and embed into their own sites in a viral marketing scheme. read more »
DoubleClick to serve up widget ads that Web surfers can grab and embed into their own sites in a viral marketing scheme. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Maine-based Hannaford, which operates grocery stores in the Northeast and Florida, reported a data intrusion that while significan read more »
Maine-based Hannaford, which operates grocery stores in the Northeast and Florida, reported a data intrusion that while significan read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Novell's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for destroying the market for WordPerfe read more »
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Novell's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft for destroying the market for WordPerfe read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Applications in the cloud are getting more realistic. Salesforce.com has the opportunity to make it happen. read more »
Applications in the cloud are getting more realistic. Salesforce.com has the opportunity to make it happen. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The industry-first partnership gives Yahoo a way to distinguish itself from Google. read more »
The industry-first partnership gives Yahoo a way to distinguish itself from Google. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Web
Webware.com
The short answer is yes. The long answer is that the success of the soon-to-be-released Flickr video depends largely on how mu read more »
The short answer is yes. The long answer is that the success of the soon-to-be-released Flickr video depends largely on how mu read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Company pulls down version 1.4 of the photo management program and recommends those who have updated go back to the old version un read more »
Company pulls down version 1.4 of the photo management program and recommends those who have updated go back to the old version un read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Vigile writes "Intel previewed the information set to be released at IDF next month including details on a wide array of technolog read more »
Vigile writes "Intel previewed the information set to be released at IDF next month including details on a wide array of technolog read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Recently unearthed patent application suggests company may be considering different designs on future iPhones, without ditching a read more »
Recently unearthed patent application suggests company may be considering different designs on future iPhones, without ditching a read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Tesla Motors is starting to pop cars out of its factory. It's slow right now but it will pick up, the company says. read more »
Tesla Motors is starting to pop cars out of its factory. It's slow right now but it will pick up, the company says. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology ZDNet News
European Commission says setting preferred standard would give the industry a boost, but mobile operators said Brussels was acting read more »
European Commission says setting preferred standard would give the industry a boost, but mobile operators said Brussels was acting read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The cube-shaped Linux PC that generated a lot of buzz at CES will be on sale through NewEgg.com. read more »
The cube-shaped Linux PC that generated a lot of buzz at CES will be on sale through NewEgg.com. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
eldavojohn writes "A settlement has been reached in the Verizon GPLv2 violation suit. The now famous BusyBox developers, Erick And read more »
eldavojohn writes "A settlement has been reached in the Verizon GPLv2 violation suit. The now famous BusyBox developers, Erick And read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft released the code to manufacturing last month, but it could be next month before it shows up on retail shelves--and it's read more »
Microsoft released the code to manufacturing last month, but it could be next month before it shows up on retail shelves--and it's read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Almost one-third of flash-based notebooks being shipped are being returned, says Avi Cohen of Avian Securities. Dell agrees there read more »
Almost one-third of flash-based notebooks being shipped are being returned, says Avi Cohen of Avian Securities. Dell agrees there read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Web
Webware.com
I'm ready. Here's a creepy site that is based on a sound idea: JustInCaseIDie. On this service you can set up a message to b read more »
I'm ready. Here's a creepy site that is based on a sound idea: JustInCaseIDie. On this service you can set up a message to b read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
State wanted to fine kids under 17 who purchased games with Mature or Adults-only rating. A district court rejected the law, and n read more »
State wanted to fine kids under 17 who purchased games with Mature or Adults-only rating. A district court rejected the law, and n read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Also: Blogs vs. 'Real Time Reports'. See what people are saying on News.com Extra. read more »
Also: Blogs vs. 'Real Time Reports'. See what people are saying on News.com Extra. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
IT frets over Wall Street's financial meltdown; Tim Berners-Lee issues qualms about new online ad system; and muni Wi-Fi back from read more »
IT frets over Wall Street's financial meltdown; Tim Berners-Lee issues qualms about new online ad system; and muni Wi-Fi back from read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
yukster writes "As Ruby on Rails rocketed into the development community's hearts and minds a few years ago, the number of books o read more »
yukster writes "As Ruby on Rails rocketed into the development community's hearts and minds a few years ago, the number of books o read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Intel's Larrabee chip will use a new class of vector-processing instructions when it arrives in late 2009 or 2010, but the company read more »
Intel's Larrabee chip will use a new class of vector-processing instructions when it arrives in late 2009 or 2010, but the company read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Tim O'Brien has one of the more difficult jobs at Microsoft. He is tasked with getting different parts of the company to dance to read more »
Tim O'Brien has one of the more difficult jobs at Microsoft. He is tasked with getting different parts of the company to dance to read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
CNET's Robert Vamosi talks with Josh Corman, principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems, about political hack read more »
CNET's Robert Vamosi talks with Josh Corman, principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems, about political hack read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Disparaging large competitors is part of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff's marketing offensive. He characterizes Microsoft as a di read more »
Disparaging large competitors is part of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff's marketing offensive. He characterizes Microsoft as a di read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Jimmy Wales, founder of the famed online encyclopedia, is ensnared in a sex scandal. Oh, wait, now it's a money scandal. Who knows read more »
Jimmy Wales, founder of the famed online encyclopedia, is ensnared in a sex scandal. Oh, wait, now it's a money scandal. Who knows read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Web
Webware.com
I love a good deal, and the number of sites out there to help get special codes and links is massive and frequently packed with read more »
I love a good deal, and the number of sites out there to help get special codes and links is massive and frequently packed with read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Luminus Devices says it has a super-efficient LED that can direct light like a laser. The company also now has $72 million to see read more »
Luminus Devices says it has a super-efficient LED that can direct light like a laser. The company also now has $72 million to see read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Joseph Nacchio gets a second chance as U.S. court of appeals overturns his insider trading conviction and orders a new trial. read more »
Joseph Nacchio gets a second chance as U.S. court of appeals overturns his insider trading conviction and orders a new trial. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
After a long hiatus, Hewlett-Packard re-enters the 8-socket x86 server space. read more »
After a long hiatus, Hewlett-Packard re-enters the 8-socket x86 server space. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Attempting to seize control of news about Tibet violence, China is only attracting more negative press worldwide as the country pr read more »
Attempting to seize control of news about Tibet violence, China is only attracting more negative press worldwide as the country pr read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
WirePosted writes to mention that a new highly efficient microchip has been announced by researchers from MIT and Texas Instrument read more »
WirePosted writes to mention that a new highly efficient microchip has been announced by researchers from MIT and Texas Instrument read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology ZDNet News
Healthcare providers see a new use for the iPhone--as a doctor's assistant. They predict that doctors would be more likely to use read more »
Healthcare providers see a new use for the iPhone--as a doctor's assistant. They predict that doctors would be more likely to use read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Equinox runtime project aims to make applications easier to deploy with an OSGi-compliant componentized middleware platform. read more »
Equinox runtime project aims to make applications easier to deploy with an OSGi-compliant componentized middleware platform. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Some worry broad economic woes may finally show up on the balance sheet of big tech firms. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley veterans say read more »
Some worry broad economic woes may finally show up on the balance sheet of big tech firms. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley veterans say read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The company says its Dynabook SS RX is the world's first notebook with a 128GB solid-state drive. read more »
The company says its Dynabook SS RX is the world's first notebook with a 128GB solid-state drive. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
In addition to revenue sharing, Blogger & Podcaster Magazine's new advertising network might help new media pioneers maintain read more »
In addition to revenue sharing, Blogger & Podcaster Magazine's new advertising network might help new media pioneers maintain read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
MachineShedFred writes "The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will be hearing the FCC's appeal to the 2nd U read more »
MachineShedFred writes "The Supreme Court of the United States has announced that it will be hearing the FCC's appeal to the 2nd U read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network To build a better mousetrap: where high-tech meets low-tech -- The latest case conc read more »
Featured links from the CNET Blog Network To build a better mousetrap: where high-tech meets low-tech -- The latest case conc read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
CNet's Green Tech Blog is reporting that Detroit Electric plans to release a small number of cars based around a car designed near read more »
CNet's Green Tech Blog is reporting that Detroit Electric plans to release a small number of cars based around a car designed near read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The struggling pollution-to-algae company is said to have landed a contract to build a plant in Europe that will grow algae from p read more »
The struggling pollution-to-algae company is said to have landed a contract to build a plant in Europe that will grow algae from p read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
buzzardsbay writes "Baseline is reporting on an upcoming survey from Symantec and Applied Research-West that confirms many suspici read more »
buzzardsbay writes "Baseline is reporting on an upcoming survey from Symantec and Applied Research-West that confirms many suspici read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Novell can continue with its private suit against Microsoft for alleged antitrust behavior in competing with Novell's desktop PC p read more »
Novell can continue with its private suit against Microsoft for alleged antitrust behavior in competing with Novell's desktop PC p read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
New York City will become a digital-media paradise from June 3 to 10, thanks to the mayor's office and the organizers of the annua read more »
New York City will become a digital-media paradise from June 3 to 10, thanks to the mayor's office and the organizers of the annua read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Google is now the first of the major search engines and e-mail providers to deny helping the National Security Agency with its who read more »
Google is now the first of the major search engines and e-mail providers to deny helping the National Security Agency with its who read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The company's CEO continues to shake up the executive suite by replacing two more in its leadership team. read more »
The company's CEO continues to shake up the executive suite by replacing two more in its leadership team. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
KentuckyFC writes "If we're ever going to benefit from the perfect security of quantum communication, we're going to need ways of read more »
KentuckyFC writes "If we're ever going to benefit from the perfect security of quantum communication, we're going to need ways of read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Company appears to be focusing a lot of attention on future Moorestown silicon that will go into mobile phones. read more »
Company appears to be focusing a lot of attention on future Moorestown silicon that will go into mobile phones. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Company creates way for region-focused blogs to pull in extra cash by embedding CBS news widgets on their sites and splitting the read more »
Company creates way for region-focused blogs to pull in extra cash by embedding CBS news widgets on their sites and splitting the read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Jamie found a cool story at MIT Tech Review. (As an aside, it sits behind an interstitial ad AND on 2 pages: normally I reject web read more »
Jamie found a cool story at MIT Tech Review. (As an aside, it sits behind an interstitial ad AND on 2 pages: normally I reject web read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Jamie found a cool story at MIT Tech Review. (As an aside, it sits behind an interstitial ad AND on 2 pages: normally I reject web read more »
Jamie found a cool story at MIT Tech Review. (As an aside, it sits behind an interstitial ad AND on 2 pages: normally I reject web read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Web protocols creator says he's troubled by potential privacy risks posed by advertising-oriented tracking software such as Phorm. read more »
Web protocols creator says he's troubled by potential privacy risks posed by advertising-oriented tracking software such as Phorm. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The Detroit Electric--an electric car from the turn of the 20th century and a fine example of Yankee know-how--will come out in a read more »
The Detroit Electric--an electric car from the turn of the 20th century and a fine example of Yankee know-how--will come out in a read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The portable wireless base station now comes with the fastest iteration of the networking standard, already present in Apple's oth read more »
The portable wireless base station now comes with the fastest iteration of the networking standard, already present in Apple's oth read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
kernowyon writes "The BBC has an interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee during his visit to the UK on their website currently. In it, read more »
kernowyon writes "The BBC has an interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee during his visit to the UK on their website currently. In it, read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
The acquisition will fill out BMC's systems management portfolio with BladeLogic's configuration management tools for data centers read more »
The acquisition will fill out BMC's systems management portfolio with BladeLogic's configuration management tools for data centers read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Apple clearly didn't put its best attorneys on the agreement for iPhone's software development kit. It's simply amateurish. read more »
Apple clearly didn't put its best attorneys on the agreement for iPhone's software development kit. It's simply amateurish. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Ezhenito noted some research pointing out the (maybe) surprising bit of research that 6 botnets are responsible for 85 percent of read more »
Ezhenito noted some research pointing out the (maybe) surprising bit of research that 6 botnets are responsible for 85 percent of read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Concerned with the difficulty of programming for multicore chips, Microsoft and Intel will sponsor a lab to build frameworks for w read more »
Concerned with the difficulty of programming for multicore chips, Microsoft and Intel will sponsor a lab to build frameworks for w read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
An Associated Press article about the impact of the internet on journalism has a few interesting findings. A few years ago, it was read more »
An Associated Press article about the impact of the internet on journalism has a few interesting findings. A few years ago, it was read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Web
Webware.com
If you're among the majority of Americans, you probably aren't watching high-definition on your television yet. But come Monday, read more »
If you're among the majority of Americans, you probably aren't watching high-definition on your television yet. But come Monday, read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Online auctioneer cancels its deal with ValueClick. It plans to handle affiliate marketing on its own trough the eBay Partner Netw read more »
Online auctioneer cancels its deal with ValueClick. It plans to handle affiliate marketing on its own trough the eBay Partner Netw read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Popular Science has up a feature looking at "how it works", examining the innards of several new technology-based innovations. We' read more »
Popular Science has up a feature looking at "how it works", examining the innards of several new technology-based innovations. We' read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
A new report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism is sure to ignite controversy with its latest report on the state of th read more »
A new report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism is sure to ignite controversy with its latest report on the state of th read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
A look at Microsoft's past business practices suggests that the "openness" on the Web wouldn't be its top priority, Google CEO say read more »
A look at Microsoft's past business practices suggests that the "openness" on the Web wouldn't be its top priority, Google CEO say read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology ZDNet News
The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. For years, Marc B read more »
The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. For years, Marc B read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Minneapolis is about to complete its network and its business model which includes business and residential customers could be the read more »
Minneapolis is about to complete its network and its business model which includes business and residential customers could be the read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Music service gets an extra year to pay back $7 million in loans. Company still offers songs from only one top music label. read more »
Music service gets an extra year to pay back $7 million in loans. Company still offers songs from only one top music label. read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Pickens writes "Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters, and mythologies from around the world include stories of stran read more »
Pickens writes "Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters, and mythologies from around the world include stories of stran read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
arogier writes "After numerous delays and an actual release reversal, the official release date for Vista service pack one has bee read more »
arogier writes "After numerous delays and an actual release reversal, the official release date for Vista service pack one has bee read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
New hybrid in-text ads from the company display ads and related content side-by-side when highlighted words are moused over on a W read more »
New hybrid in-text ads from the company display ads and related content side-by-side when highlighted words are moused over on a W read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Web
Webware.com
Coordinatr is a new events communication service that's been designed for creating spontaneous get-togethers amongst tight knit gr read more »
Coordinatr is a new events communication service that's been designed for creating spontaneous get-togethers amongst tight knit gr read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology Slashdot
Gibbs-Duhem writes "An MIT graduate student has up a page showcasing a standout art project. He's designed custom LED light fixtur read more »
Gibbs-Duhem writes "An MIT graduate student has up a page showcasing a standout art project. He's designed custom LED light fixtur read more »
Date : 2008 03 17 Technology CNET News.com
Microsoft has promised the Vista update would be broadly available by mid-month, which by my calendar means the code should show u read more »
Microsoft has promised the Vista update would be broadly available by mid-month, which by my calendar means the code should show u read more »
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