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Photos: The ultramobiles of IDF

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:56:00 PDT

Here's a peek at a dozen or so ultramobile computers powered by Intel's new Atom CPU and on display this week at the company's developer forum.

Apple finally ready for iTunes subscriptions?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:47:00 PDT

Three separate reports came out this afternoon--with very similar details--that Apple is preparing to introduce a music subscription service on iTunes.

50 young journalists featured on UWIRE blog

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:35:00 PDT

News aggregator UWIRE has launched a new blog, Youth Vote '08, in conjunction with CBS News and Washingtonpost.com that features a youth perspective on the presidential election.

Malicious Flash ads attack, spread via clipboard

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:24:00 PDT

Flash ads on legitimate sites are pasting malicious links into peoples' clipboards and spreading as people unwittingly paste them into e-mails, blogs, and IMs.

The OpenSocial roadmap

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:32:00 PDT

Google's Joe Kraus provides an update on OpenSocial, the set of APIs rolled out late last year for creating applications that can access friends and feeds from social networks.

Comcast to throttle some customers' Web speeds

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:20:00 PDT

Broadband provider plans to reduce Internet speeds to its heaviest users for up to 20 minutes during periods of congestion, according to interview with Bloomberg.

Retail moves suggest new iPods are coming

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Yet another sign that new iPods are around the corner has arrived in the form of inventory moves at Apple's retail partners.

Build your own Cloud with the Eucalyptus open source project

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:38:00 PDT

Eucalyptus is a relatively new open source project that aims to let you build your own Cloud

At IDF, Intel rallies its developers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:00 PDT

The Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco gives the chipmaker the chance to tout its direction for the months ahead.

Intel lists new processors for ultra-portables

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:00 PDT

Chipmaker lists new low-power processors for upcoming ultra-portables from Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo as well as the new quad-core mobile processor.

Nokia takes 'Lonely Planet' mobile

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:00 PDT

Company is adding Lonely Planet travel guides to its Nokia Maps 2.0 service.

Talking cool: Intel doubles notebook fan speed

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:54:00 PDT

Chipmaker hopes the prototype being displayed at the company's developer forum ultimately will find its way into notebook PC designs.

FTC would have OK'd EA-Take Two merger

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:47:00 PDT

Federal government gives the merger its nod of approval, but Electronic Arts let its bid for Take Two expire earlier this week.

Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:06:00 PDT

Security researcher digs into Google and Baidu to find evidence of Chinese gymnasts' ages and finds evidence disappearing as he works, like sand shifting under his feet.

Solazyme targets algae fuel in three years

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:00 PDT

Next-generation biofuels using algae or plant wastes are getting closer to commercialization, but large-scale production with sustainably grown plants remains the challenge.

Daily Debrief: Possible fall pizzazz from Palm

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:55:56 PDT

CNET's Kara Tsuboi and senior editor Bonnie Cha discuss what to expect from the Treo Pro and whether this iteration will help the company refresh its image.

Federal adoption of open source: It's just a question of how much

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:32:00 PDT

Why is the U.S. government adopting open source so broadly? Cost and flexibility.

CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple finally speaks up on iPhone 3G glitches

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:17:00 PDT

Apple breaks its silence on iPhone 3G glitches, and mark your calendars, Sims fans.

Hillcrest Labs sues Nintendo over Wii controller patents

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:00 PDT

Hillcrest claims the console's "Wiimote" violates four of its patents.

Yahoo plans software push for Net-enabled TVs

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 PDT

The Internet power hopes to bring new possibilities to TV watching and advertising, and it's joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market.

Bigfoot site stuns the world: It was a hoax

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:11:00 PDT

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Bigfoot Web site stuns the world: It was a hoax--Outside observers discover that the alleged cadaver was merely a gorilla costume. The rubber foot was a dead giveaway.

Free-to-play, ad-supported games the winners?--Getting gamers addicted is the key to monetization, according to PC Gaming Alliance's chief technology officer. But the business model hasn't proven popular outside Asia.

Why can't Firefox print as well as IE?--Printing seems to be at the bottom of Mozilla's priority list. It's time to make Firefox the equal of Internet Explorer in terms of printing Web pages.

New Byrne/Eno album streams free--David Byrne and Brian Eno have made their entire album, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, available as a free online stream and are encouraging fans to embed it.