U.S. government will review proposals for solar energy installations on protected land that it had planned to put on hold until 2010.

Shares of Dell climb as high as 4.5 percent on Wednesday, as company founder Michael Dell makes the largest insider purchase ever for the computer maker.

Graphics chip designer ran into some problems during the current quarter with certain products for notebook PCs, and will have to take a charge to account for the product failures.

The official tally of Firefox downloads surpassed 8 million. Sounds like the Download Day PR stunt hit pay dirt.

After listening to arguments made by CNET attorneys, judge agrees to release redacted copies of a June 23 closed hearing.

Google and Yahoo say their search engines will start to index Flash content. Microsoft is staying mum on whether or when it might add such support to Live search.

The box's maker, Roku, says to expect content soon from other providers.

A social network-based invitation to a beach party in the U.K. threatened to bring so many drunken revelers to town that the local police force felt the need to take action.

Under the deal, the Internet company will supply ads for network operator 3 UK's mobile-Internet portal, starting later this month. It already has partnership with rival Vodafone.

A new report from eMarketer highlights serious consumer suspicion of targeted ads--like we didn't know that already--and suggests that advertisers consider awareness campaigns.

John McCain says in a campaign speech that the Federal Communications Commission needs to allocate more spectrum for public safety.

IBM says it can help diagnose osteoporosis, and was Microsoft bluffing about Yahoo?

The order of 50 million 8Gb chips should go a long way toward keeping Apple in flash memory during the initial ramp of the iPhone 3G.

Releasing an album from a recognizable artist as a digital promo can build buzz and drive traffic to social music start-ups--but let's hope these deals are made cheaply.

In Wednesday's edition, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dawn Kawamoto discuss the Yahoo-Google ad partnership and the Justice Department civil investigation.

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The sooner that companies figure out that their mainframe folks can help with the discipline and planning aspects of storage networking, the sooner companies will realize the benefits of today's storage networks and minimize many of their problems

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The company released firmware 2.40 Tuesday, and reports of problems started flowing in soon after on the official PlayStation 3 message board.

One of the devices used by the group was a wireless transmitter to anticipate the cards players would be dealt, according to a Justice Department indictment.

Under the agreement, MySpace will create an exclusive WAP-portal for subscribers of MTS Russia, who currently number more than 60 million.

Read this chapter from <i>The New School Of Information Security</i> before your company gets hacked, and learn why covering up a data breach is a bad short-term strategy and a risky long-term one.

The groups also want to know the number of times the government has sought cell-phone location information without court permission and how many times it has obtained the information.

Linspire produced Click'N'Run as a way of finding, reviewing, and downloading a copy of desktop software available on the Internet, including the Linspire Linux distribution.

When the deal was announced, Google and Yahoo said they had agreed to delay it for three months to allow the Department of Justice time to review the arrangement.

As AT&T rolls out its own IPTV offering, it may see its satellite TV partnerships as insignificant to its overall strategy.

India's telecoms ministry does not see any security risk from Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry e-mail service and has no plans to shut the service, a top government official said Wednesday.

The $8.5 billion banks invest in core systems will by 2013 have substantially shifted into new, possibly foreign-owned technology, Financial Insights says.

TrafficLand will use up to 190 traffic cameras to show drivers the status of major highways.

B-hive Conductor will allow VMware to add proactive management of applications running in virtual machines.

FBI agents were able to cross-link surveillance video with ICQ info to arrest a man in a dark baseball cap emblazoned with the words "Top Gun" and a star and wings symbol.

A recently published study could prompt the medical industry to re-evaluate its growing use of RFID.

An Intel researcher's blog said software developers need to consider major changes in their code base to prepare for many-core computing.

AP - Internet users will now have an easier time finding sites that rely heavily on the popular Flash video format.

AP - Microsoft Corp. will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.

AP - Police in the 1970s urged citizens to "drop a dime" in a pay phone to report crimes anonymously. Now in an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs — to identify criminals using text messages.

AP - In recent days, Chief Executive Michael Dell has bought about $100 million worth of stock in Dell Inc., the shares of which rallied this spring but are still near a five-year low.

CNET - Dell shares rose as high as 4.5 percent Wednesday, following reports that founder Michael Dell acquired nearly $100 million in shares in the computer maker.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp has had no new negotiations on deals involving Yahoo Inc , but preliminary talks with media companies continue, a source familiar with the software giant's thinking said on Wednesday.

PC World - Nvidia said it will take a one-time charge to cover costs related to repair of defective GPUs used in notebooks.

AP - A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison rode his scooter to a small-town police station in Massachusetts on Wednesday and turned himself in while talking to his mother on his cell phone.

PC World - Mozilla is successful in setting the world record for most software downloads in one day with Firefox 3.

PC World - Microsoft has eased hardware requirements for PC makers to load Windows XP Home on ultra-low-cost PCs to allow touchscreens...

PC World - A trade group raises concerns about IBM's acquisition of a competing mainframe vendor.

USATODAY.com - Sexual predators are using gaming consoles such as the Wii, PlayStation and Xbox to meet children online.