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Neat little clipping and saving service works on Web and iPhone.

Notorious as a malware ghetto, LimeWire takes its first steps to integrate authoritative threat protection by signing on AVG to provide premium users with download scanning and blocking.

But Microsoft is telling game developers to concentrate on the phones.

The PlayStation maker gives those gathered at a press conference during the Game Developers Conference a sneak peek at its motion-sensitive controller.

roundup This week's Game Developers Conference brings together designers, programmers, publishers, and others for the latest from the world of video play.

ICM Registry is again urging ICANN to allow adult sites to add .xxx to their names, creating what some have called a red-light district in cyberspace.

In our next interview for CNET Conversations, we'll ask FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski about everything from free broadband to exclusive wireless agreements to the NBC-Comcast deal. What's your question?

Google CEO expects a resolution on censorship in China soon, WhitePages.com drops its malware-tainted ad network, and a real-life jetpack for commuters.

Despite the easy-peasy development nature of the iPhone, there are some big legal strings attached to getting an app out into the wild, especially for those trying to take their app out of the U.S.

Secret negotiations over a once-obscure draft treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement prompted an unusual rebuke from the European Parliament.

The FTC is asking Google competitors to weigh in on its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob, according to a report.

At campfire-themed developer meet-up, Google introduces its Google App Marketplace, where users can buy third-party applications to run atop the Google Apps suite.

A woman appeals to the highest court in Germany to get the Large Hadron Collider stopped. The court decides she has no proof of any impending doom.

Target claims it's the first major retail chain to launch mobile coupons nationwide for eager bargain hunters.

The software maker says it is ready with a version of its Outlook Social Connector that links the e-mail program with the youth-oriented social network.

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Cisco's CEO lays out his road map for expanding the networking giant's presence across the tech industry

Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealths online driving exam scheduling system.

Last week, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse." On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he meant.

T-Mobile USA issued an explanation for the BlackBerry data outage affecting some nationwide users Monday and Tuesday, saying it related only to Wi-Fi and not T-Mobiles network, directly contradicting what some users reported.

BlueCross BlueShield announced that it is offering virtual physician visits to members and employers in New York who want to connect to doctors via videoconferencing or text messaging.

An Aberdeen Group report lists the nine SaaS vendors that offer actual ERP software and services -- not just a bunch of cloudy marketing hype.

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for $350 million.

Google's new Apps Marketplace could give a significant boost to Web-based communication and collaboration software for businesses by creating a wide-ranging yet integrated virtual suite of heterogeneous cloud applications.

Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to gain ground slowly, but it remains far behind Google, which has maintained its 70%-plus share of the market in recent months.

A Transportation Security Administration analyst has been indicted for tampering with databases used by the TSA to identify possible terrorists who may be trying to fly in the U.S.

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Acquisition of the system monitoring firm is a move toward growing CA's customer base in the cloud and managed service provider space.

Most iPhone developers don't fully understand the regulatory compliance challenges that accompany app distribution.

Given that Congress shot down an earlier proposal for free spectrum, what will it do with a new proposal?

Dell's decision not to lower prices to capture market share may have hurt, as only 0.2 of a percentage point separated it from the No. 3 spot in 2009 PC shipments.

The health insurer will continue to tweak its electronic medical records system to comply with the federal government's upcoming meaningful use criteria.

First Tennessee Bank redesigned its customer-facing Web site to provide online customers with the same level of service that it delivers in person.

Column about list of 100 questions that general managers always think about, from management consultant Patty Azzarello.

The company's 3-D products -- including LED, LCD, and plasma televisions and a 3-D Blu-ray player -- will begin shipping this month.

A cloud-based online gaming service founded by a veteran of Apple and WebTV highlights the Game Developers Conference.

The multi-year, $243 million project is part of a larger IT transformation effort, and could spark military-wide e-mail consolidation.

New data shows Microsoft making significant inroads against Google and Yahoo in the U.S. search engine market.

Charles P. Thacker, veteran hardware developer at the Xerox Corp.'s PARC and Microsoft, picks up the prestigious $250,000 prize.

Guidewire describes its approach to the billing product as shifting from a traditional view of billing as a back-office function to a "front and center" concept that offers increased flexibility to customers.

BOX will migrate matching engine to Equinix facility where ISE and c2 are located, taking advantage of cross-connects of market participants there.

Private forecaster AccuWeather.com said Wednesday it expects five hurricanes, two or three of them major, to strike the U.S Coast in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season that starts on June 1.

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AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.



AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.



AP - The sudden takedown of an Internet provider helping spread a promiscuous piece of malicious software has cut off criminals from possibly millions of personal computers under their control.

AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.

AP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.



AP - The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards.



AFP - A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.



AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.

PC World - Buy.com has a Sony VAIO W Series netbook in cocoa brown on sale for $443.75 with free shipping. The sleek little netbook has a 10.1-inch backlit LCD panel, which has great picture quality with minimal glare, rich colors, and sharp contrast. The VAIO W Series also features 720p high-definition support and plays 720p video stutter-free. The unit on sale boasts a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi. Like any good netbook, it also has a built-in Webcam and microphone and two USB ports--who needs an iPad when you can get this netbook for $50 less?

PC World - A scrum of reporters pressed against Brad and Ashley as they shuffled up to the counter at a Best Buy store in Manhattan. Cameras flashed and elbows flew. Was it the end of Brangelina? Some new reality show?

Reuters - Sony Corp has unveiled its new motion-controlled video game system, pitching it to both casual and hard-core gamers alike, as the company looks to ride one of the hottest trends in gaming.

PC World - The results are in from comScore for the most recent quarter for smartphone usage in the United States. With smartphone use up 18 percent over the previous quarter, topping 42 million users, Google's Android mobile operating system stands out as the dominant winner for this quarter.

AP - Technology management software company CA Inc. said Wednesday that it's buying Nimsoft Inc. for $350 million in cash.

InfoWorld - By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond.

Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its  X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.

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