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Unisys hopes ex-Gateway chief can turn it around

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:35:00 PDT

Struggling IT services company has chosen Edward Coleman, a man it says has a long history of transforming troubled tech companies, to take over as CEO.

CEA: Economy down, TV sales up

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:25:00 PDT

Sales in flat-panel TVs and game hardware should do fine during the upcoming holidays, the Consumer Electronics Association says.

Click-to-buy links for songs, games added to YouTube

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:57:00 PDT

YouTube is adding links to Amazon.com and the iTunes Store from the pages of thousands of its videos, making it easier for people to buy an MP3 they hear or a video game that looks good.

No escape from the perfect financial storm

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:00 PDT

After this perfect storm, brewed out of years of habit and taken down by mortgages for the masses, consumers and businesses will be far more conservative in their spending habits.

Judge keeps RealDVD restraining order in place

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:59:00 PDT

District judge presiding over the RealDVD case says she needs to hear more testimony, and decides to keep the DVD-copying software off limits in the meantime.

Another iPhone bug?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:53:00 PDT

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.

Tech stocks tumble for a second straight day

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:48:00 PDT

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

CNET News Daily Podcast: Subway cards now easily hackable

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:41:00 PDT

Protecting yourself from subway card hacks; a possible battery change for Apple's iPhone; and corporate restructuring at AMD.

Will Beijing's sustained driving restrictions maintain clear skies?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:34:00 PDT

Much has been made of Beijing's decision to keep a lighter version of its Olympics traffic restrictions, not least because whatever the city did to clean the air seemed to have worked in August.

Firefox Geode: Web sites know where you are

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:22:00 PDT

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

HP to offer printing on MySpace

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:00:00 PDT

MySpace members will be able to print out photos, blog entries, and other stuff from their profiles using HP technology.

Army plans 500-megawatt solar thermal farm

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:57:00 PDT

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.

Microsoft search results land inside Facebook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:53:00 PDT

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.

Money makes open source tick

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:37:00 PDT

Open source is not about peace-loving developers hacking their way to freedom. It's about corporations funding development that helps them serve customers and crush competitors.

Astronaut training awaits Esther Dyson

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:28:00 PDT

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.

Scale and zoom around presentations with ZuiPrezi

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:16:00 PDT

ZuiPrezi is a next-generation online presentation tool that lets you zoom and fly around online presentations. It's not out yet, but it sure looks neat.

Search-ad revenues grow amid market malaise

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:06:00 PDT

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

Photos: Messenger returns to Mercury

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:52:00 PDT

NASA's Messenger spacecraft makes second pass by Mercury as part of effort to slow down enough to orbit the barren planet in March 2011.

At last Google invents something truly brilliant

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:25:00 PDT

Gmail Goggles stop you from drunkenly sending an e-mail you might regret.

MyPunchbowl gets new look, snazzy invite designer

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:37:00 PDT

Party-planning tool MyPunchbowl has a new "design studio" for creating online invitations. It looks startlingly like paper.

Apple's 'Brick' manufacturing rumors--not so revolutionary?

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:43:00 PDT

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