GM Chevy Volt on sale now for $41,000
GM starts taking orders for the electric Chevy Volt and touts the longer, 340-mile range over its electric-vehicle rivals.
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HTC trying to make name for itself in China
Mobile phone maker is set to debut smartphones under its own brand name in China for the first time.
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App Genome Project eyes iPhone, Android security
Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout say many security issues with Android and iPhone apps result from innocent coding mistakes in third-party software.
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X Prize group eyes oil spill cleanup
It's challenged entrepreneurs to fly into space. Now the X Prize Foundation says it will award millions of dollars in a new Oil Cleanup X Challenge.
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New Magical Apple products
The Library of Congress says you can jailbreak your iPhone, Google releases secure apps for the U.S. government, and Apple releases new iMacs, Mac Pros, LED Cinema Displays and a surprise Magic Trackpad.
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Pic of the Day, 7/27: What is this?
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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Apple unveils 27-inch LED display, nixes 30-inch model
The new 27-inch Cinema Display, priced at $999, replaces the currently available 24-inch and 30-inch models.
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Apple intros Mac Pro with 12 processing cores
The new Mac Pro, due in August, uses quad-core and 6-core Intel Xeon processors with speeds up to 3.33GHz.
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Apple updates iMac line, intros Magic Trackpad
Besides bringing Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 processors to its iMacs, Apple also releases the Magic Trackpad, bringing the power of gestures to the Mac.
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Xtreme Power raises cash for renewable-energy storage
Start-up pulls in nearly $30 million to go after the utility market with large-scale systems that make wind and solar power more reliable suppliers of electricity to the grid.
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Microsoft Hohm connects to home electricity monitor (photos)
Microsoft's Hohm Web application can now get data from the PowerCost Monitor whole-house electricity monitor by using a home broadband connection.
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Smart earplugs know when it's too loud
Now in use by the military, intelligent earplugs that automatically filter out the clamor when it reaches dangerous levels are being adapted for offshore drilling and other noisy jobs.
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Microsoft Hohm connects to home power monitor
Microsoft inks a deal with home energy monitor maker to let people get detailed information on home electricity use without the need for a smart meter.
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Check out CardStar's Foursquare check-ins
Digital loyalty card-minder CardStar adds new integration with Foursquare and along with it, a process for automatically checking into your favorite CardStar locations.
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Airbus A380's lumbering airshow acrobatics (video)
The 525-passenger aircraft is hardly nimble, but an Airbus A380 pilot still manages to show some grace and pizzazz in a at the Farnborough air show flight.
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Apple store back up; new iMacs and more
Retail site was offline for a bit ahead of announcement of updates to iMac line, new Mac Pro, and new 27-inch LED Cinema Display
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Firefox 'CPU resources' issue better but not gone
Mozilla has made strides in alleviating a longstanding CPU usage issue that, in some cases, caused small laptops to overheat.
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What the iPhone-jailbreaking ruling means (FAQ)
The practical impact of a new Digital Millennium Copyright Act ruling may be limited because Apple's end user contract still restricts jailbreaking.
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Hackers to flock to Black Hat, Defcon this week
Researcher to give talk on ATM security holes that was canceled a year ago, but talk on Chinese cyber army is axed after Taiwan complains.
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Google fixes Chrome holes, seeks security reform
Seven holes are fixed, six researchers who found them are paid bounties, and Google urges all software makers to fix serious problems within 60 days.
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