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Microsoft Baits Bing’s Hook With New Rewards Program

Once more, with feeling ...

Pentagon: Yep, We Got Hacked

A "significant compromise" of U.S. military networks has been acknowledged by the Pentagon two years after the breach was reported in the press ...

DoD Slaps Down WikiLeaks’ Offer to Review War Docs

An overture by WikiLeaks to the U.S. Defense Department to collaborate on sanitizing classified documents on the Afghan war before the whistleblowing website makes the material public has been spurned by the federal agency ...

Google’s Mad Men to Sell DirecTV Ads

Google's expansion into advertising outside the virtual world received a boost Wednesday when it landed a new client: DirecTV. The deal with the satellite TV provider will add another 18.7 million households to Google TV Ads' reach, bringing the total number of households reached by the service to 30 million ...

Dish Aims Slingbox at iThings, BBs and Androids

Satellite television provider Dish Network plans to release a load of apps this fall that will allow its subscribers to watch its program offerings on Apple's iFamily of mobile devices -- the iPhone, iPad and iPod -- as well as Research In Motion Blackberries and smartphones running Google's Android operating system ...

Camera Makers Take 3D to the Living Room

With 3D movies now mainstream fare in theaters and 3D TVs adorning retail shelves, it was only a matter of time before 3D consumer camcorders would begin to hit the market. That time was this week as two camcorder makers, Panasonic and DXG USA announced 3D camcorder products ...

Twitter’s Earlybird Lands With Groupon, Gilt on Board

Twitter on Wednesday launched its @earlybird service, aimed at providing its some 75 million members with daily deals and creating a revenue stream for itself ...

YouTube Says HTML5 Not Ready for Prime Time

Despite predictions to the contrary, Adobe Flash won't be supplanted any time soon as a major video distribution vehicle on the World Wide Web, according to a software engineer at the Net's largest video sharing site, YouTube ...

Skype Aims to Wend Its Way Into Gadgetry With New SDK

The top dog in Internet telephony is set to expand its reach with the release of new development software. SkypeKit is aimed at allowing software writers to integrate the Net phone service into a variety of consumer electronics devices and computer software programs ...

FCC to Test if You’re Getting the Broadband Speed You Pay For

Four out of five consumers don't know the speed of their broadband connections. Do they care? Apparently not -- but the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does, and it's starting two projects to clarify how fast U.S. broadband speeds are ...

‘Farmville’ Maker Zynga Plows New Turf With Yahoo Deal

One of the most popular game providers on Facebook cut a deal Wednesday to bring its entertainment wares to Yahoo ...

Security Flaws Leave Egg On Face(book)

Two privacy flaws in Facebook were quickly patched Wednesday, but for security experts the breaches are just signs of what may be chronic problems with the social network's ability to preserve the sensitive data of its more than 400 million members ...

Microsoft Dishes Up New Flavor of SQL Server 2008

Microsoft announced a new revision of its SQL server software Wednesday, a version that the software maker is hailing as the "most complete information platform for managing, accessing and delivering information" in the corporate environment ...

NSA Chief: Cyberwar Rules of Engagement a Policy Minefield

It's not often that the military calls on Congress for guidance in conducting a war, but that's what the nominee to head the Pentagon's command for cyberwarfare did on the eve of a hearing on his appointment ...

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Motorola’s Devour: An Android Phone for Info Gorgers

You need spend only five minutes with Motorola's Devour smartphone to realize how appropriate its moniker is. It's an information gourmand's delight ...

YouTube’s New Look Draws Mostly Cheers

After months of planning and testing, the Internet's No. 1 video-sharing site, YouTube, launched a new look and received mixed reviews ...

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Corel’s X3 Photo Editor Paints a Pretty Picture

In the Windows world, photographers looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop that will save them cash without skimping on power typically have turned to Corel's PaintShop Photo Pro. The program has consistently kept pace with the evolving needs of shutterbugs over the years and the latest "X3" version (US$99) of the software continues that tradition...

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3M Miniprojector Packs Lots of Versatility Into Small Package

Digital cameras have been around for so long that for some shutter buffs, it's difficult to remember a time when they didn't exist. It's even more difficult to recall the days when a slide projector was a necessary accessory for an image-grabbing hobbyist. ...

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Samsung’s New Android: It’s Fun to Live in the Moment

One of the problems with smartphones up to now is that they behaved more like a computer than a cellphone. That's not the case with the Moment, Samsung's new smartphone based on Google's Android operating system. ...

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Enter the Netbook Slayer

If you want to know why the netbook is headed to the endangered species list, take a look at Gateway's new ultraportable. ...

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