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  Mission to Mercury

  video CNET's Kara Tsuboi talks to a NASA scientist about the tiny planet and what researchers hope to glean from a new batch of info and images.
  • Photos: Messenger returns to Mercury

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  MIT prof: No free ride
  to cleaner cars

  q&a John Heywood of MIT says policies that encourage consumers to buy "green" are the only way to truly transform the nation's fleet.

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• Another iPhone bug?

  Security conscious 12-year-old discovers new security hole in iPhone that allows people to see incoming text messages even when the passcode lock is enabled.

  (Posted in Apple by Elinor Mills)

• Tech stocks tumble for a second straight day

  The Dow Jones industrial average takes another wild ride, marking a second consecutive day it has ended the session below 10,000.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Firefox Geode: Web sites know where you are

  The Internet is international, but increasingly local, too: Mozilla Labs' new Firefox plug-in lets Web sites know where you are.

  (Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

• Microsoft search results land inside Facebook

  As part of a deal announced in July that resulted from an investment, users can now do Web searches using Microsoft's engine without leaving the social-networking site.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

• EU directive could change iPhone battery design

  Regulators are considering a directive that would force cell phone makers to offer batteries that are "readily replaceable," which is not the case with Apple's iPhone.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm

  A new Army energy strategy includes plans for what could become the world's largest solar thermal farm, as well as geothermal and biomass-to-fuel projects.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Elsa Wenzel)

• A 'fabless' alternative for Advanced Micro

  The chip company is not going fabless in the classic sense of the word: a design house without any manufacturing facilities.
  • AMD to spin off manufacturing
  • A foundry-focused restructuring

  (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Government report: Data mining doesn't work well

  Using data mining to try to detect terrorists is "neither feasible as an objective nor desirable as a goal of technology development efforts," new report finds.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

• Search-ad revenues grow amid market malaise

  Growth in the market is apparent through the third quarter, despite the financial meltdown, according to an industry report and a Wall Street analyst.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• CBS live Webcast: Presidential debate, round two

  Continuing our coverage of Election 2008, CBS News and CNET are presenting a live Webcast of Tuesday's presidential debate, followed by Web-only analysis and commentary.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by CNET News staff)

• Astronaut training awaits Esther Dyson

  The tech pundit and investor is girding for six months of training at Russia's Star City, as an understudy to International Space Station-bound Charles Simonyi.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Jonathan Skillings)

• Solar start-up scores with series of tubes

  Maker of CIGS thin-film solar tubes secures $600 million in funding and $1.2 billion in contracts.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• If the economy tanks, will subscriptions become a panacea?

  Zuora debuts online payment service with PayPal connection, the second product from a start-up focused on the software-as-a-service business.

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)
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