Microsoft shareholders nix proposed green committee
Microsoft's annual shareholders meeting was filled with some of the usual shareholder grumbles on things like stock price and dividends.
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Engineer refuses scanner, protects junk, gets investigated
The TSA says it will investigate case of John Tyner, a software engineer who refused new full body scanners and threatened to have a TSA operative arrested if he touched his "junk."
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Shenmue creator want to make a third title
The cult-classic that became a Sega Dreamcast hit and subsequently performed poorly on Xbox, will make a comeback if the franchise's creator has anything to say about it.
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Intel tackles effort to create safer football helmets
Teaming up with university researchers, chipmaker is using simulations to study effects of football injuries on the brain and envisions embedding Atom chips into helmets.
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GE funds energy start-ups in smart grid contest
General Electric and VC partners to invest $55 million in 12 start-ups while GE to make $10 million to students to encourage training in electric power engineering.
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Samsung plans to offer Google TV sets
A company exec tells Bloomberg that Samsung is planning in January to announce a line of HDTVs running Google TV.
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Facebook acquired start-up assets for mail overhaul
Zenbe, a mail and messaging start-up, sold some of its intellectual property to Facebook in preparation for the social network's e-mail overhaul.
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Sirius tries to upstage iTunes with McCartney news
Former Beatle Paul McCartney will perform at an exclusive concert for listeners of satellite radio Sirius XM.
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Loaded: The Walrus on iTunes
The Beatles come to iTunes, Google Shopping will run inventory checks at local stores for you, and Facebook's new messaging system is like e-mail on crack.
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Microsoft flexes muscles on supercomputing jobs
Microsoft unveils new work in the world of supercomputing that makes use of its high-performance computing server product. The highlight is a project that saved money and electricity by being moved to the cloud.
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Google mixes local and social reviews in Hotpot
In a new crack at a social technology, Google launches a service to review businesses and find what your friends recommend. Google Maps for Android dovetails with it.
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The Beatles come to iTunes at last
Fans of the Fab Four can now get the entire Beatles catalog via the iTunes store. The news marks a long-time-coming, personal victory for Apple's Steve Jobs.
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Panasonic redials smartphone plans beyond Japan
The devices, which will run on Google's Android mobile operating system, will feature networking capabilities with other Panasonic products.
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Dueling solar cell technologies duke it out on cost
Due to industry scale, silicon solar cells are getting cheaper and more efficient, forcing thin-film alternatives to focus more on costs, according to a research report.
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Carriers creating Isis mobile payment network
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile join forces to build a commerce network designed to let people more easily buy items via cell phones.
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Renault/Nissan chief likes EV odds
The automaker expects to boost production as battery costs come down and sees annual sales of between 500,000 and 1 million vehicles within a few years.
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Chrome, Safari, Office top list for serious bugs
The Four major browsers are in Bit9's "Dirty Dozen" list of applications with severe bugs, along with several Apple and Microsoft programs.
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Cable cars: The San Francisco treat (photos)
Road Trip at Home: Once a vital method of transportation around the world, cable cars are now unique to San Francisco.
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Powering San Francisco's cable cars
Road Trip at Home: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stopped in on the Cable Car Museum to see how San Francisco's world famous vehicles--the only ones remaining in operation in the world--work.
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Dell hybrid tablet 'Duo' due next week
Dell is expected to roll out its "Duo" hybrid tablet-Netbook next week, taking careful aim at the Apple iPad. Dell's tablet converts to a Netbook--keyboard and all.
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