http://news.cnet.com/8300-10784_3-7.html CNET News.com | Tech news blog en-us Recent posts on technology, trends, and more. Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT Swiss secret sauce to power green choppers http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10021569-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog (Credit: Innosuisse)

Hydrogen peroxide is not just for blonds anymore. It's also used to power an experimental helicopter that the developer says is more economical and environmentally friendly than any other rotary-wing technology in existence today.

SwissCopter AG of Murten, Switzerland is working to certify a "ultra-covert propulsion technology"

...]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10021569-7.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT Mark Rutherford iLink to deliver answers to military online communities http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10004980-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog (Credit: DARPA)

A Silicon Valley company has integrated iLink, a social network analytics technology, into three online military communities in hopes of improving the way users, ranging from Army wives to platoon leaders, share critical information across a wide variety of domains.

iLink is a machine learning-based system that models

...]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10004980-7.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:00:00 GMT Mark Rutherford Vonage names new CEO http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10002433-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog Internet phone company Vonage is turning to a former Cingular Wireless to help guide it forward.

Marc Lefar, CEO of Vonage

(Credit: Vonage)

Vonage announced Wednesday that Marc Lefar, former chief marketing officer at Cingular, will become the Vonage's new CEO. Lefar, 44, will take over the top spot ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10002433-7.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:28:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon T-Mobile 'Gekko' officially reveals itself as T-Mobile Sidekick http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10000989-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog It's so hard to keep a good secret these days. Just ask T-Mobile. Word of its new Sidekick model, code-named Gekko, got out months ago and was all but confirmed about a week ago when the ruthless blogosphere got hold of some internal T-Mobile documents about the upcoming model. ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10000989-7.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:01:00 GMT Bonnie Cha Alcatel-Lucent CEO, chairman stepping down http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10001369-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog Alcatel-Lucent's CEO and chairman are stepping aside as the company continues to face big losses and increased competition from Asian suppliers.

The telecommunications equipment giant said Tuesday that CEO Patricia Russo and Chairman Serge Tchuruk will leave later this year. Russo will finish out the year as she helps ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10001369-7.html Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:13:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon New York gets Fios TV http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10000922-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog New Yorkers will now officially be able to get Verizon's Fios TV service.

Verizon employees were at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan Monday to market the new Fios TV service.

(Credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET Networks)

The phone company launched the new service Monday in what is the largest launch ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-10000922-7.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:12:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon New Yorkers to get Fios TV http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999969-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog Verizon's Fios TV is coming to New York City starting Monday.

The phone company sent a media advisory on Friday about the launch and will provide more details about the service during a Webcast press conference Monday morning. New York City granted Verizon its TV franchise back in May. ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999969-7.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:08:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon Vonage to get new CEO http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999918-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog Internet phone company Vonage will name a new chief executive as early as next week, according to a story published in The Wall Street Journal Friday.

The newspaper cited people familiar with the situation. The news comes as Vonage secures funding to buy back some of its debt. On Thursday ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999918-7.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:29:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon Inspiring computer professor Randy Pausch dies http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999767-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor who inspired millions through his "last lecture", died at his home in Virginia on Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47.

(Credit: Randy Pausch)

Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2006. And his popular "last lecture" at ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9999767-7.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT Marguerite Reardon Ixia kicks off competitive upgrade program http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9996031-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog

Ixia kicked off its "Switch to Ixia campain" by offering trade-in equipment and competitive financing solutions.

(Credit: Ixia)

Ixia, a leading company in IP performance testing, announced a competitive upgrade program today as part of its "Switch to Ixia" campaign.

The program will last through the end of ...

]]> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9996031-7.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:35:00 GMT Dong Ngo