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  Is EarthLink's failed
  muni Wi-Fi a blessing?

  Wireless Philadelphia, the nonprofit charged with providing broadband bundles to low-income families in Philadelphia, may be better off in the long run without EarthLink.

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  10 things we'd like
  to see in Chrome

  Google's Chrome is pretty good, but it could be a whole lot better. We've rounded up 10 ways to tweak it to make it an all-around better browser.
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• Microsoft tries to reclaim Windows' image

  After years of letting Apple's attack ads go unanswered, software maker sets out on difficult, costly journey of trying to take back control of what Windows stands for.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Ina Fried)

• About time: Joost to launch browser-based player

  Company's desktop client failed to catch on with the public, so the Web video service is retooling, but is it too late to catch up to Hulu and YouTube?

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Behind the prototyping of 'Spore'

  Many of the components of Will Wright's highly anticipated evolution game started out as small concept projects that are now available to the public.
  • GameSpot's 'Spore' review
  • Why EA is smiling today
  • Will Wright on the origins of 'Spore'

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Samsung contemplating SanDisk acquisition

  South Korean consumer electronics giant is considering a buyout of the chipmaker to reduce its NAND flash memory costs, according to PaidContent.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Week in review: Google's Chrome shines

  Web giant makes long-awaited foray into browser market, while the mobile market warms up. Also: Tech goes to Republican National Convention.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• iPhone to ingest EA's 'Spore Origins'

  The game that lets players design creatures and see them through a digital evolution is coming to Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch.

  (Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings)

• Nokia market share to take a hit

  The No.1 mobile handset maker in the world says a weakening global economy and price cuts from competitors will affect its market share standing for the third quarter.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Assessing the value of small wind-turbines

  Interest in roof-mounted wind turbines is spreading, even though their installation is hardly ever recouped in electricity savings.
  (From The New York Times)

• Comcast appeals FCC traffic-blocking ruling

  Broadband provider challenges ruling that Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic was unlawful.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Steven Musil)

• For game consoles, an $8 billion Net target

  Revenue possibilities for games continue to grow, at least for the big console manufacturers, according to a new report.

  (Posted in Negative Approach by Dave Rosenberg)

• Timing rumors surface for AMD plant spin-off

  Rumors persist that Advanced Micro Devices is planning to spin off all or part of its manufacturing operations.

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

• McCain talks up oil drilling, green energy

  Republican presidential candidate says we need to drill new wells now, while supporting innovative transportation technologies and "the use of wind, tide, solar and natural gas."
  • Republican VP candidate pushes oil over clean tech
  • What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Net
  • Audio slideshow at Republican convention
  • Full coverage of the RNC
  • Clean-tech group forms to support Obama

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)

• Dell planning to ditch factories

  CFO Brian Gladden has said the company has "more work to be done" to improve profitability. Now The Wall Street Journal reports that Dell is planning to lower costs by selling off its factories.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dan Farber)
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