The untimely death of Yahoo’s would-be networking site is a lesson for the industry. It just isn’t enough to invite people to build a friends list anymore.
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Cable Internet provider outlines bandwidth usage cap policy; Apple and AT&T might allow tethering of the iPhone; and Nintendo Wii sales continue to propel the company forward.
The $3.75 million in prizes distributed by Google to Android developers includes several applications that take advantage of location-aware technology in mobile phones.
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Working with Windows and Linux, playing with the Mac– Google Insights data suggests that we enjoy our Macs for more than we enjoy Windows and Linux.
You don’t really need an iPhone 3G–The iPhone 3G is popular because people want it. And after a few weeks of using it, they realize quickly that they really didn’t need it.
IBM tests 4-terabyte solid-state drive tech–Big Blue announces solid-state drive technology that achieves high speed and power savings, even if only in the labs so far.
Google’s weird ways with open-source licenses–Company takes an odd, circuitous route to reapproving two popular open-source licenses, Mozilla Public License and Eclipse Public License, for its Google Code open-source repository.
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Next week, FCC engineers will go to Seattle to see whether a proposed free wireless broadband service will interfere with T-Mobile’s new 3G services.
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Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple all make strides in the browser battles, while courts rule on copyright cases. Also: Politics, tech-style.
If the latest e-mail claiming to be the work of Apple’s CEO is accurate, iPhone 3G owners might soon be able to get their laptops online using their phone
While Google and Wall Street are betting on the controversial Yahoo-Google advertising deal gets a green light from antitrust regulators, the level of scrutiny is intensifying in the coming weeks.
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CNET News’ Ina Fried traveled to Campinas, Brazil, to explore the Bradesco Foundation school, home to one of Latin America’s largest one-to-one computing projects.
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CBS News’ Katie Couric and her fellow pundits discuss presidential nominee Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, which closed the DNC and left many attendees in tears.
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