2012 Olympics showpiece unveiled in London
A gossamer cloud of LED-laced "bubbles" supported by towers may hover above London while broadcasting real-time data and images.
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Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD prices
It charges the LCD makers with collusion, citing an investigation of display panel price-fixing by the U.S. Justice Department.
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Inside the Apple, er, Microsoft Store
Although Redmond's foray into retail bears a big resemblance to Apple's approach, Microsoft has added some distinctive features to draw casual PC buyers and techies alike.
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Man loses job after searching too hard for aliens
An employee of an Arizona school district is asked to resign after school officials allege he had downloaded alien-seeking software to all the district's computers.
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Google hosts energy experts amid climate talks
Next week, the international community plans to discuss climate change and green energy, and U.S. energy experts kicked things off at Google's offices Monday
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Nintendo primed for holiday console dominance
Based on Thanksgiving week numbers provided by Nintendo, an analyst has concludes that the Wii appears likely to have far outsold the Xbox and PS3 in November.
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Eclipse tells ex-community director to 'go away'
Bjorn Freeman-Mason had become a thorn in the Eclipse Foundation's side, so Eclipse executive Mike Milinkovich very directly said, "You're a jerk. Go away."
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Practice overtaking theory in cloud computing
The practice of using cloud computing to solve real development, deployment, and operations problems is generating more buzz than the vision and theory.
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Microsoft actively urges IE 6 users to upgrade
A shopping video and eBay promotion are part of Microsoft's effort to give IE 6 users a reason to upgrade. The company also is trying to move corporate customers away.
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Open source: No vow of poverty (or get-rich-quick scheme)
Open source is not a sure-fire way to get developers, income, or much of anything, but used right it can help to grow a proprietary software business. Go figure.
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Hungry fail whale eats up Twitter lists
Did you spot it? In response to a high level of error messages, Twitter temporarily disabled its fledgling "Lists" feature.
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Big marketing budget drives Moto Droid sales
Verizon and Motorola are spending big bucks--$100 million--on marketing the new smartphone, and it looks like it will pay off with 1 million devices sold by year's end.
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Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'
The software maker is looking into reports that some users' systems aren't working right after installing the latest Windows security updates.
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Dell brings Chrome OS to its Netbook
With an experimental project, Dell has adapted Google's browser-based operating system to its Mini 10v Netbook.
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Cyber Monday bargain hunters out earlier
Shoppers hit e-commerce sites early Monday, and traffic is already surpassing last year's peak, according to initial data from Akamai.
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With CrunchPad dead, the Web reacts
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington says his company's tablet computer, the CrunchPad, is officially dead. We take a look at what the Web is saying about it.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off holiday shopping
Today on the podcast: The holiday shopping season starts; the CrunchPad ends; the Large Hadron Collider sets a record; and more.
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TweetDeck links in retweets, Twitter lists, maps
An update to the desktop Twitter app, TweetDeck expands to support a LinkedIn column, old and new retweet styles, and Twitter lists, among other additions.
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What if: Apple Newton vs. Apple iPhone
We've taken the reigning champion of mobile devices, the Apple Newton Messagepad, out of retirement to put it up against a brand-new contender, its very own grandchild, the iPhone 3GS.
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