How mining nearly killed 'The richest hill on Earth'
In Butte, Montana, $48 billion worth of copper, gold and silver mining made a lot of people rich. And created America's largest Superfund site. CNET Road Trip 2009 investigated where things are today.
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Opera updates beta, but Unite still separate
Opera 10 chugs along as the beta build is updated with mid-level interface and usability tweaks, but the Web-serving service Unite remains officially un-integrated.
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Amazon says it won't repeat Kindle book recall
Company late Friday says it recalled an e-book because the publisher lacked book rights. However, in the future, it says it won't pull already downloaded material.
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Apple withholding promo codes for 17+ iPhone apps
Company will no longer provide developers of iPhone apps rated 17+ with promotional codes, a feature developers had used to market their offerings.
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Touch-screen features in Windows 7
As we wait for the Windows 7 code to get locked down, take a tour of what Microsoft's highly-anticipated operating system will offer for touch-screen users.
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Wikipedia's controversial video player coming soon
According to interview with its video guru, the Web encyclopedia's revamped player is coming very soon. But its format is causing a stir in the open-source community.
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Kazaa to return as subscription service
The name was once associated with piracy but Altnet plans to launch a legal subscription music service that features music from the top labels.
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Amazon recalls (and embodies) Orwell's '1984'
In a widely criticized move, the retailer has reportedly taken back copies of two electronic books after the publisher decided it no longer wanted to sell the e-books.
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CNET News Podcast taking Friday off
The podcast is taking Friday off. We'll be back Monday. Thanks for listening.
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Audio slideshow: 0th, the band that Skypes
With band members in New York and Las Vegas, 0th (pronounced zero-th) jams via the VoIP service.
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Shuttle Endeavour docks with space station
Shuttle docks with the International Space Station after a two-day orbital chase, boosting the lab's combined crew to a record 13 for a complex construction mission.
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Moonwalk footage being restored after original video lost
A Hollywood post-production house is working to re-create images of astronaut Neil Armstrong's historic moon walk. Here is how Lowry Digital is approaching the project.
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Hardly 'priceless': MasterCard's iPhone app
MasterCard's new iPhone app riffs off its amusing 'priceless' TV campaign. How well does that translate to an application?
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Google fixes flaws in Chrome
New versions of Google Chrome are out, fixing bugs and patching security holes in both the stable build and the beta build.
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Favorite picture of Road Trip 2009? Eagles' nest
In Yellowstone National Park, two eagles sit in their nest, caring little about the park visitors gawking at them from the road nearby. Road Trip 2009 captures the scene.
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Lawsuit claims Apple, Mafia sent threats via iPod
Man sues Apple, St. Louis police, and others, claiming a receiver had been installed on his iPods allowing the Mafia to transmit threats. Seeks $14.2 million in damages.
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Accenture to acquire Nokia's Symbian service experts
About 165 people will be transferred to Accenture as a result of the deal for Nokia's Symbian Professional Services unit.
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EATR creators: Our robots won't eat corpses
In a response to a Technically Incorrect story Wednesday, the creators of the EATR robots claim that their creations are "strictly vegetarian." Should we believe them?
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Rock Band game platform opens to indie music
The Rock Band Network, for which Harmonix and MTV Games plan to begin beta testing in late August, would allow artists to create Rock Band versions of their songs to sell to gamers.
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Mars500 sojourners emerge from isolation
Euro-sextet ends a simulated Mars mission after 105 days sealed into a facility designed to mimic a potential spacecraft built to fly to Mars and back.
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