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If Google told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it? And if you did it, would you seriously try to sue Google for telling you to do it? Oh, America. You're so messed up. In other news today, Google unofficially banned Windows from its campus; anonymous sources say the DOJ is expanding its Apple probe; iPad is totally winning; and nobody quit Facebook on Quit Facebook day. Quelle surprise.


The U.S. copyright office now says that there are instances in which you may hack, fold, spindle, or mutilate copy protection, but just a few, and don't go breaking any other contracts while you're at it. Also, Microsoft wants its employees to build Windows 7 phone apps... for free!

The Dell Streak is free with a contract in the U.K., the PS3 3D firmware hits Japan next week, and Google is getting rid of its Windows machines.

Turns out, according to some developers, that the only way to get your hands on a prereleased iPad is to build it a special sealed bunker of its very own, with darkened windows and a chain so it can't get up and walk away on you. People, we are NOT making this up. Also, we dish the dish on Viacom vs. YouTube; get a good, long look at Windows Phone 7; and yeah, Molly's mad about the Android 2.1 delay. No surprise.

We welcome Jessica Dolcourt to the cell phone team with a slew of news full of Droids, iPhones, BlackBerrys, and a healthy preview of Windows Phone 7. We also go over the week's reviews and answer a few of your questions.

500 millionth, actually...but one of the press kits had an embarrassing typo in it. Also, everybody who makes slates is dropping Windows (except HP), we now have lasers shooting down airplanes, and a flashlight for the iPhone is actually a secret tethering app.

We're hearing from more folks that AT&T is giving our free microcells to make up for its lousy service. Oh, and so is Verizon. Plus: Apple's Toyota moment, Windows XP gets a reprieve until 2020, and the undead crash their car.


Need to focus on a task without all those other open windows distracting you? On today's Tekzilla Daily, Veronica shows you how to use CinemaDrape to close out everything except your most important task.

Microsoft is updating its Windows Live apps, Google's home page looks a bit more like Bing, and the Kno textbook e-reader is revealed.

The LG Fathom is a well built Windows Mobile phone with plenty of features, but its occasional lapse in performance can be annoying.

Windows can get annoying to responsible users. Here's how to turn off auto-updates.

We take a closer look at some of the features inside Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone 7 Series.


Don't hunt for that icon, make any Windows program you want launch at the stroke of a key.

Microsoft Office 2010 launches Wednesday, Windows Mobile phones get free voice-guided GPS, and Playboy goes 3D.

CNET editor Dan Ackerman shows you Windows-based Netbooks and latops, MacBook Pros, and iPads you should be taking a look at.

Microsoft's Charlie Kindel talks to CNET's Ina Fried about the decision to push developers in a new direction to write software for the company's new 7 series phones. Also, Kindlel gives a quick demo of the phone's new interface.

We may have found the ugliest car ever, wanna' see? A Porsche hybrid goes to Nurburgring, Volvo offers a factory-installed Windows PC, lots of Porsche Cayenne feedback from y'all...And a drive in an American icon that you should really wait before you buy.