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N.Y. court upholds school cell phone ban

CNET News - Sun, 01/25/2009 - 03:43
Appellate court unanimously sides with New York City school officials, dismissing parents' arguments that the policy is too broad and interferes with their ability to reach their kids.
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Cisco's home-network push

CNET News - 16 min 35 sec ago
Cisco sees a big opportunity in the connected home as it prepares to launch its first media-centric products at CES.
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Chinese government to Web companies: No porn allowed

CNET News - 4 hours 15 min ago
The Chinese government has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies including Google to curb the readily availability of pornography.
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Skype 2.8 for Mac to launch Tuesday

CNET News - 6 hours 56 min ago
Mac users will be first to see new features such as screen sharing and an integrated Wi-Fi hot spot connector.
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New HP ultraportable first to use AMD Neo chip

CNET News - 7 hours 15 min ago
Hewlett-Packard is launching an ultraportable notebook using AMD's new Neo silicon.
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SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone announced

CNET News - 7 hours 16 min ago
Sling Media declares a deadline for its upcoming SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone, and reveals a new trick in the app's retinue.
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Meg Whitman, governor of California? Maybe

CNET News - 7 hours 27 min ago
Speculation about the former eBay chief executive running for California governor is growing, with the latest hint being that she has resigned from four corporate boards.
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Online video viewing jumps 34 percent

CNET News - 10 hours 56 min ago
U.S. Internet users watched 12.7 billion online videos in November, an increase of 34 percent versus a year ago, according to ComScore data.
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Sources: Apple to expand DRM-free music, new pricing

CNET News - 11 hours 11 min ago
Moving further away from its one-price-fits-all model, the company will allow top four music labels more price flexibility.
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Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales

CNET News - 11 hours 16 min ago
Microsoft said its Xbox 360 had the strongest holiday season of its lifetime, while Sony and Nintendo both tout their own sales success.
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Steve Jobs' health now a public matter

CNET News - 12 hours 10 min ago
In choosing to go public with CEO Steve Jobs' ailments to deflect damaging rumors, Apple may be forced to give regular updates on the health of its founder.
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Microsoft elevates server unit, promotes Muglia

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:47
Longtime Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia is now president of the company's server unit.
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How to downsize your social network portfolio

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:43
Using a slew of social networking services is great, but as Don Reisinger explains, that practice doesn't deliver the most rewarding Web experience. To fix that, Don has compiled a list of services you should use exclusively.
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Google up, Microsoft down in November Web searches

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:31
Web searches rise again for Google in November and drop again for Microsoft as U.S. searches overall increase, Nielsen says.
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Two big reasons Dell should buy Red Hat

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 23:19
Dell needs a software business to grow, and it could hardly do better than to buy into open source through Red Hat.
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'60 Minutes' video: Tech that reads your mind

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:45
This segment investigates breakthroughs researchers have made in identifying what people are thinking by conducting brain scans, and why the Supreme Court might one day get involved.
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Toshiba muscles into solar-energy business

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:43
Company creates unit dedicated to building large-scale power plants using solar-photovoltaic panels.
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Update: Twitter blames celebrity hack on 'individual'

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:25
After a number of most popular accounts were compromised, Twitter has come out and said that it was a hacker, not the phishing scam making the rounds recently.
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Site Launcher turns bookmarks into shortcuts

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:10
Bring up a list of your bookmarks without the real estate-hogging bookmarks toolbar using Site Launcher--a simple and pretty Firefox add-on.
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Hands-on with Picasa for the Mac

CNET News - Mon, 01/05/2009 - 22:05
Picasa is a credible competitor to iPhoto--especially for those who have recently switched to the Mac.
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