Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane plans to create an original animated series for Google that will be distributed on the AdSense advertising system, according to a report in the New York Times.

I haven't been back to this part of the world in over two decades. Reading about the changes is one thing. Seeing them up close is quite something else.

No visit to the cradle of the Blues would be complete without an evening actually listening to the genuine music of the Mississippi Delta.

While NBC has made great strides in bringing online content to viewers over the years, the network is still putting restrictions on content that are intended to keep you in front of your TV.

Record label defends copyrights of songs from the Spice Girls, Roxette, and other pop stars of yesteryear, claiming "massive and blatant" infringement by Hi5 users.

The digital natives who love Twitter are getting restless as company engineers try to save the patient from flatlining.

Earlier this month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the iPhone would come to China, but making that happen hasn't been easy.

The future of Intel-based gaming laptops can be seen in a Germany-based company's Centrino 2-based laptop.

When needing to shoot video without carrying a full-scale camera or camcorder, I used a couple of simple, light, low-fi choices on the road.

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Adobe Acrobat 9, the T-Mobile @Home VoIP phone converter, and the first Dell Studio laptop.

Steve McQueen's Bullitt on Google Maps; Gmail limits; Google ads in China; Google I/O videos, building a mobile community.

With limited data use and fewer anytime minutes, the Rogers service plans for the iPhone 3G won't get you much.

Telecom giant says it has outgrown San Antonio, and Dallas will give it better access to customers and key technology partners, suppliers, and workers.

Users are notified via e-mail that the annual service fee for Yahoo's small-business site had increased by $25.

NASA will launch its first solar sail as early as July 29, potentially changing the way space is explored.

Talks between Apple and China Mobile Communications Corp. are on track for potential partnership after the iPhone maker dropped a revenue-sharing demand that was the 'biggest hurdle,' says China's largest network.

Newer 802.11n products are starting to gain popularity with enterprises as vendors report acceleration in shipments, according to Infonetics.

Ideas ranged from the exotic to the more down to earth, like improving air-flow management and using outside air in colder climates to cool equipment.

Buying replacement ink from a third-party vendor can save you big bucks. But will you pay with lousy-looking prints that fade in no time? We did months of testing to find out.

We trace the history of some of the industry's most mundane and most unusual terminology.

The operator of a P2P site is convicted on copyright infringement charges.

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We take a front-row look at sites that offer movie downloads onto mobile devices: Amazon Unbox, BitTorrent, CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink, Vongo, and ZML.

In the face of growing demand to target security investments based on risk management principles--a domain foreign to many CIOs and infosec practitioners--there's wisdom to be garnered from our peers.

As IT groups spawn new virtual machines at a breakneck pace, security is too often an afterthought. Can VMware's dominance of the enterprise server virtualization market buy us some breathing room?

To achieve widespread adoption, TPM must overcome challenges to encryption key management.

Nokia's plan to make the mobile OS open source is sure to affect businesses that want to push more apps onto smartphones, and it could influence the role of open source software in general.

"IT has an obligation to find a simplified approach to a business problem, and everyone should be challenged to find the most elegant solution."

Sun's experience making Java open source offers lessons for Nokia.

New data center edition of open source CRM application supports "multi-instance" deployments.

New capabilities make the technology better than ever for access control and compliance reporting.

The Trusted Platform Module never releases its internal key outside itself, so it becomes its own root of trust.

Oasis' open Enterprise Key Management Infrastructure initiative promises less-complex encryption. But will vendors get on board?

The billionaire investor is seeking to revive buyout talks between Yahoo and Microsoft.

The fax machines were sold at electronic, computer and camera stores nationwide, and also via Internet retailers, for between $130 and $150.

The ruling helps companies like AT&T and Verizon who are trying to compete locally against cable operators such as Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Despite the hoopla about Microsoft's upcoming release, executive John Gilmartin says Hyper-V is six to seven years behind VMware's technology curve.

AP - Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers.

AP - Former Intel Corp. Chairman Andy Grove has a knack for sensing when circumstances should force changes at a company or an industry — and how to respond.

AP - NBC is making more than 2,200 hours of live competition from Beijing available online, giving Olympic junkies more action than they could ever devour in a day.

AP - On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.

CNET - Web search giant Google has enlisted Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane to create an original animated series that it will distribute on the Web via its AdSense advertising system, according to a report in the New York Times .

AFP - Russia will be able to create its first Internet addresses using the Cyrillic alphabet next year, communications ministry official Vladimir Vassiliev told Interfax news agency on Sunday.

AP - Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is buying Helio LLC, a struggling cell phone carrier that was founded to bring the advanced features of South Korean phones to the U.S. market.

NewsFactor - Virgin Mobile USA on Friday said it has agreed to acquire Helio, a joint venture between SK Telecom and EarthLink, for $39 million in equity.

PC World - The leading database vendor retained strong market share in 2007, but faces increasing competition from low-cost, open source alternatives.

AP - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.

TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Mindreef and Iona Technologies are expected to bolster Progress' portfolio which includes management tools and business process management software.

Reuters - Aerosmith fans can finally get their chance to step into the shoes of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as video game developer Activision Inc released its Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game on Friday.