Researchers ask how best to engineer the planet
Time to assess different climate engineering approaches--be it injecting light-blocking particles in the atmosphere or artificial trees--say academics at an MIT symposium.
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Executive charged in Galleon case leaves IBM
A high-ranking IBM executive charged with insider trading connected to the Galleon Group has left the company.
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Mozilla releases first beta of Firefox 3.6
The "Namoroka" beta brings performance improvements, Personas, and several abilities Web developers should notice. With it, Mozilla is trying to move faster.
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The strangest Microsoft video ever?
Hundreds of schoolchildren singing and performing the Microsoft Bing jingle. It sounds all right, but why do images of Romania circa 1963 come to mind?
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Get cozy with comics on your iPhone
The iPhone is a nice platform to check out some comic books. That's why we've compiled a list of comic-book apps you'll want to try out.
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Lightroom 3: Bring on the time-lapse videos
By fiddling with preset settings files in the new Lightroom 3 beta, Sean McCormack adapted the software to make time-lapse videos.
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Google: We're not making Android hardware
Rumors of a Google-developed smartphone have been circulating for years, but don't expect to see Google hardware anytime soon, according to the head of its Android project.
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Bing's new mobile site wants to be touched
Microsoft updates mobile version of Bing with some new features for touch-screen devices. U.S. users also get a way to keep up on NFL scores and domestic flights.
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Reporters' Roundtable: Future of the book
We discuss the future of book publishing. Andrew Savikas from O'Reilly Media and our own executive editor David Carnoy talk about the upcoming Nook, the continued success of the Kindle, and the anticipation over a rumored Apple device.
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Miley Cyrus: Twitter should be banned
The teeny singer declares "Twitter should just be banned from this universe." Meanwhile, a Twitterer says she will kill her cat if Miley doesn't come back to Twitter.
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Lala co-founder discusses Google deal, iPhone app
Lala is working with Google to add some intriguing features to its music search service, and it hopes to have its iPhone app approved by Apple next month.
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File sharing's mysteries again stump Uncle Sam
A security breach that stemmed from the use of peer-to-peer file sharing by a junior congressional staffer is said to be an isolated incident. Not exactly.
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New Apple iMacs plagued by choppy Flash video playback?
After reading Engadget's report citing complaints about Flash video playback mucking up system resources on the latest 27-inch iMacs, we decided to test the claims using our own system.
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Cell phone sales inch up in third quarter
Global cell phone market ekes out small gain for third quarter compared with first half of year, with total shipments up 5.6 percent over the second quarter, says latest report from IDC.
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Open source: Big value, not big money
Open source may not provide much in terms of direct revenue to its vendors, but it creates a hugely valuable ecosystem, much like soccer.
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Parachute failure only blemish in successful Ares test flight
Despite a parachute failure, NASA officials say the experimental Ares I-X rocket performed as well or better than computer modeling predicted during its six-minute test flight.
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Is this how Novell treats its customers?
Novell bashes the City of Los Angeles for dumping its product in favor of Google Apps, but for what purpose?
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GE launches eHealth, hopes for early adopters
The eHealth suite aims to connect clinicians and patients in a highly secure platform, but relies in part on early adopters paid by the federal government.
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Microsoft's store opening garners a crowd
More than 1,000 people turn out to Mission Viejo, Calif., for the opening of Microsoft's second retail outlet. The offer of tickets to a pop concert probably helped a bit.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Why Verizon is key to the Droid's success
CNET's Maggie Reardon talks about why Motorola could regain some of its long lost momentum with the arrival of the new Droid smartphone.
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Photos: A close look at Intel's microserver
Intel wants Web hosting companies to buy very small machines it calls microservers. Here's a look at the prototypes.
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