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Best Western details hack of German hotel

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:32:14 PDT

Hotel chain admits systems in a Berlin hotel were compromised but claims only 10 customers have been affected, not the 8 million cited in a newspaper report.

Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:34 PDT

Correlation or causation? You decide: As Democrats gathered in Denver, sex-wanted ads increased roughly 70 to 80 percent on Craigslist.

Veoh decision setback for Viacom but Google not off hook

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:51:00 PDT

Pornographers who sued Veoh didn't notify the video-sharing site before filing lawsuit and also didn't prove that Veoh's business model depended on piracy. Viacom did send take-down notices and argues YouTube built on infringing content.

Google announces Android Market for phone apps

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:14:00 PDT

The search giant is fleshing out its mobile-phone effort with the Android Market to let users find, buy, and download applications.

Target settles with blind patrons over site accessibility

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:51:00 PDT

Retail giant will pay $6 million to plaintiffs and promises to embed Target.com with code that makes it fully usable by blind visitors, ending a class action suit.

Mozilla's Google subsidy to last three more years

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:34:00 PDT

Open-source developer extends until 2011 the Google search partnership that's provided the vast majority of the revenue for the backer of the Firefox Web browser.

Piracy as a core business strategy

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:07:00 PDT

Could piracy be a key differentiator in driving a band's success?

Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 PDT

A flaky power-control algorithm within the iPhone 3G seems to be a likely cause of the persistent reception problems that have plagued early adopters.

Be safer than NASA and disable autorun

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:14:00 PDT

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Be safer than NASA and disable autorun--A computer worm infected machines on the International Space Station.

Is anybody using the LimeWire Store?--Lime Wire announces a deal with The Orchard that will double the number of songs available through its online store. But if you're using LimeWire P2P software, are you going to buy music?

Console gaming, digital distribution and the "video game defense"--Video game distribution is changing. Experts say that the industry needs to stay flexible and aware.

The problem with open-source revenue models--Open source still needs to figure out the best ways to get paid without sacrificing the ideals that make it so powerful.

Computing from the bottom up

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:00 PDT

The IT industry is in a qualitatively different place than it once was. The enterprise architects still have a job to do.

Linux jumps to 13.4 percent of the stalling server market

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:07:00 PDT

The Linux server market is on a growth spurt, one that may well accelerate as CIOs seek to shave budgets in a recessionary economy.

Gartner: Global mobile-phone sales up

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:06:00 PDT

The only region worldwide showing a dip in year-over-year handset sales in was Western Europe, according to market research firm, whose U.S. figures did not match up with NPD's.

British man to face hacking charges in U.S.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:03:03 PDT

Gary McKinnon, recently diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, says he hacked into NASA and military systems in search of UFO data. After losing appeal, he is set to be extradited.

Video: Democratic convention, day 3 recap

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:49 PDT

Vice presidential nominee Joe Biden gives the climactic address of Wednesday evening, following a speech by former President Bill Clinton.

Veoh wins copyright infringement lawsuit

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:42:00 PDT

Video-sharing site is found to have complied with the DMCA, potentially bolstering Google's YouTube defense against Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit.

Get a 16GB iPod Touch for $269.99 shipped

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:41:00 PDT

If you don't mind a refurbished unit with a short warranty, you can save big on the "iPhone without the phone."

GE reshapes the future of wind power

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:22:00 PDT

How to make wind 10 percent of electricity generation? Funky-shaped turbine blades, high-tech materials, and smarter grid connections, says GE's head of wind research.

EIC Squared: Psystar vs. Apple, Cisco vs. Microsoft, Dell's cloud

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:09:00 PDT

On this episode of the EIC Squared podcast, CNET News' Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the week's news.

Quebec sued for not considering open source. Why this is bad policy

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:07:00 PDT

Quebec is being sued for not considering open-source software, but this is the wrong way to encourage adoption.

New binoculars make the most of mirage

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:00 PDT

Military looks to new binocular system to penetrate heat haze.

Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obituary

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:24:00 PDT

Though it was retracted within minutes, the appearance of the CEO's obituary on the Web is bound to make some Apple fans and shareholders quite uncomfortable.