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Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:40:08 PDT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:40:08 PDT 14171 CNET News.com CNET http://www.news.com/2009-1090-980549.html 20 http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif http://www.news.com/ 88 31 http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9984098-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 The oil company turns to the sun, with plans to build a factory manufacturing thin-film solar panels with a cumulative yearly power generation capacity of 1 gigawatt. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9984098-54.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9984007-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an "All-Play" series for Wii. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9984007-7.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:32:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50002896.html?tag=rsspr.6243123&part=rss&subj=news News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom. http://news.cnet.com/1606-2_3-50002896.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9984017-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9984017-57.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983951-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Free tool helps Web developers analyze their site for a variety of cross-site vulnerabilities. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983951-57.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:51:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983862-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 On Thursday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the latest development in the Google-Viacom lawsuit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983862-7.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:44:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-9983860-90.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 How engineering is helping revive post-Katrina New Orleans; Google and Viacom battle over user privacy; and what Microsoft has to do with the Facebook and ConnectU legal battle. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-9983860-90.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:40:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983940-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Loosely affiliated supporters mount an online protest over new laws in Lithuania banning the display of Soviet symbols. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983940-57.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:35:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983884-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Opera updates its most recent release, while Mozilla continues to support an older version of Firefox with updates. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983884-57.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-9983882-80.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 On this week's EIC Squared podcast, CNET News.com's Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the week's big stories. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-9983882-80.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:34:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983859-57.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 The four, which will be released next week, are considered important, not critical, says Microsoft. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9983859-57.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:23:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9983811-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 If you'd been considering the best configuration of the MacBook Air--with a faster processor and solid-state hard drive--it's now $500 cheaper, but still expensive. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-9983811-37.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:15:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9982489-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Sun-drenched country pushes for solar power, a soaring industry there. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9982489-54.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9983744-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 "Missing greenhouse gas" called nitrogen trifluoride, used in production of flat-screen TVs, chips, and synthetic diamonds, could accelerate global warming, according to a report. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9983744-54.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-9983783-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 An open-source Twitter might create a true communication utility. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-9983783-62.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983784-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Report finds that most of Yahoo's top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather than a Yahoo search. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983784-7.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:57:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-9983732-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 According to survey conductor iShare, Japanese respondents generally would prefer to keep any mobile computing for business separate from that for personal use. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-9983732-62.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/Stolen-Google-employees-personal-data/2100-1029_3-6243093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Security http://news.cnet.com/Stolen-Google-employees-personal-data/2100-1029_3-6243093.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:52:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983702-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 In copyright case, Google is glad information Viacom will get to see during discovery is limited, but it's "disappointed" Viacom will get access to users' viewing history. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9983702-7.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:35:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9983246-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Researchers are cooking up safer, more eco-friendly pyrotechnics. http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9983246-54.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PDT http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-6243059-1.html?part=rss&tag=6243059&subj=news U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting a great deal of money and effort into new hurricane protection systems that it hopes can reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding in the future. Consumer electronics http://news.cnet.com/2300-13576_3-6243059-1.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PDT