Facebook maps the swine flu hysteria
Facebook releases a set of images, displaying discussion of the swine flu outbreak across the site.
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Tellme voice app to search Windows Mobile
Everybody chuckled when Tellme, a mobile voice company snapped up by Microsoft almost two years ago, released its smartphone application for BlackBerry. With a new version in the works for Windows Mobile 6.5, they won't be soon.
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Microsoft wraps up Vista update
The software maker says it has finalized the code for the second service pack update to the operating system.
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Reports: Google, DOJ talked about Book Search
The Justice Department has held talks with Google about its book-search project, according to published reports. Are antitrust concerns getting more serious?
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Swedish ISPs vow to erase users' traffic data
In more fallout from a Swedish antipiracy law that went into effect April 1, some of the country ISPs say they will erase IP data to protect their customers' privacy.
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Finovate: Privacy is dead, long live the PIN
Passwords are nice, but PINs can be far easier to remember. We take a look at four companies trying to take PINs online.
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Microsoft tightens Windows 7 security for USB drives
Windows 7 won't automatically launch programs using AutoRun when USB drives are inserted, the company says.
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Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals
During RealDVD hearing, Rob Glaser says studios could help prevent the illegal copying of rented DVDs by helping devices recognize those discs as rentals.
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At Finovate, a bad economy means good start-ups
Start-ups at this year's financial innovation gathering seem optimistic despite a glum economy--maybe because they're building tools that make the credit crunch easier to handle.
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Box.net now lets files talk to you
Box.net has partnered with iSpeech to read your text documents back to you.
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Phishing with swine flu as bait
Experts say beware the e-mails from strangers that reference swine flu and could contain links to malicious sites or harbor data stealing code in attachments.
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Judge issues extension in Google Book Search settlement
The search giant had asked for a 60-day extension, but a federal judge felt four months were needed to give more authors a chance to join or opt out.
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Twitter's lack of loyalty--an Achilles' heel?
Twitter may be hip but it lacks the user loyalty of other large social networking sites. How can the service become stickier?
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Which smartphone maker isn't Verizon talking to?
Verizon Wireless is rumored to be making plans with Apple, Microsoft, and makers of Google Android phones to get cool new devices on its network. So who is next?
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More on Windows 7's 'XP Mode'
Microsoft offers more details on how it will use virtualization to try to combat a perceived Vista shortcoming--its lack of compatibility with software written for older versions of the OS.
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Google crashes Wolfram Alpha debut party
Mathematica maker publicly demonstrates a Web service to dig into data like stock prices or mortality--but Google launches a similar service on the same day.
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Here comes the nanoneedle--can you see it?
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a nanoneedle with a diameter of only 50 nanometers that helps facilitate the study of living cells.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Mom tests McAfee's new help center
CNET News reporter Elinor Mills and her mom took McAfee's free online cybercrime help center for a test drive, and Elinor shares her experience.
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Nintendo helps moms cook, lose weight, be more maternal
The latest Nintendo DS Lite bundle arrives, this one targeting mothers.
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Where federal energy research money should go
The Energy Department's new ARPA-E program aims to find "transformational energy technologies" beyond fossil fuels. Here are some offbeat ideas on how it could get started.
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Photos: Part insect, part timepiece
Artist Mike Libby customizes real insect specimens with antique watch parts and other technological components. Part creepy, part cool.
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