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Picture of the Day 7/31: What is this? - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:00:00 PDT
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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Top-rated reviews of the week (photos) - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the 2011 BMW 535i, the Sony BDV-E770W home theater system, and the Apple Magic Trackpad.
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Baseball Hall of Fame plaques (photos) - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman calls out his selections as the best cross-sections of players in history.
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Baseball's best shine in the Hall of Fame (photos) - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Road Trip 2010: After a lifetime as a fan, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman finally makes it to Cooperstown.
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Gazing at a DIY Dobsonian telescope (photos) - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Amateur astronomer Douglas Smith made his own stargazing telescope, and it can see details on the moon. Have a look.
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DIY Weekend: Building a window to the stars - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT
Douglas Smith built a telescope out of plywood, aluminum, and porthole glass. Now he can see the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter.
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At long last, a visit to Cooperstown - Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Road Trip 2010: The Baseball Hall of Fame showcases many of the most memorable moments in America's Pastime, as well as its most cherished players, and even some of its most notorious scandals.
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Tighter security coming in Firefox 4 - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:01 PDT
At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices.
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Judge to RIAA: No LimeWire asset freeze - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:52:34 PDT
RIAA wants to make sure nothing happens to Lime Wire' assets before courts decide how much the file-sharing service must pay in damages. Judge says assets aren't going anywhere.
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Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:05 PDT
A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers.
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We get a charge out of driving Nissan Leaf - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:35:40 PDT
CNET Car Tech gets to take the Nissan Leaf electric car for a preview drive.
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Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:01:12 PDT
Attackers exploiting a hole involving how Windows handles shortcut, or .lnk, files prompt Microsoft to rush out an emergency patch, well before its next scheduled Patch Tuesday.
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Reporters' Roundtable: How to start a tech business today - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:00:00 PDT
Got a great idea for your own tech company? Today we're talking about how to make it a business, with two great guests: XMarks CEO James Joaquin, and Mahalo CEO (and This Week in Startups host) Jason Calacanis
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AOL exec: 'We have a big f-ing problem!' - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:57:23 PDT
Former Yahoo "Peanut Butter Manifesto" author Brad Garlinghouse is known for being colorful. At AOL, unlike Yahoo, he's confident that the company can do more than talk the talk.
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Microsoft to challenge Google-Yahoo Japan deal - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:17:11 PDT
So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, it's not too happy about it.
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Did Dell tech support display woman's naked pics? - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:46:44 PDT
A woman calls Dell tech support to ask for help in locating pictures of herself on her computer. The pictures end up on a newly created Web site. She accuses the support representative of creating the site.
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Redbox rolls out Blu-ray rentals - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:09:41 PDT
The quickly growing movie rental company is now bringing Blu-ray movies to its kiosks. They'll cost $1.50 per day.
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Report: RIM's Blackpad set to take on iPad - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:06:35 PDT
BlackBerry maker will launch a tablet with similar dimensions as the iPad, but with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities only. To connect to the Web, the device has to be paired with a mobile phone.
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NASA hopeful, but not confident, about ailing Mars rover - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:17:38 PDT
Spirit, in electronic hibernation to endure a harsh Martian winter, has not phoned home since March 22, but engineers are hoping for a miracle from Mars.
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How to use App Tabs in Firefox (video) - Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:51:29 PDT
Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this How To video.
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