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Driving assistance systems use to explode by 2016 Top
Research firm ABI Research believes the market value for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems will hit $10 billion in 2011--and reach $130 billion in 2016.
 
Facebook fixes bug, but 'Nicole Santos' hoax lives on Top
Company is removing posts containing malicious code from users' pages, but the malware continues to spread when people click on the links. Already, the hoax has been memorialized on T-shirts and YouTube.
 
MIT study: Biofuels not necessarily greenest choice Top
Scientists take cradle-to-grave look at 14 diesel and jet fuels made from biomass, and identify key factors that make a difference in whether a biofuel is truly an environmental improvement.
 
Help Road Trip conquer Paris Top
This year, CNET Road Trip is heading to Europe. The schedule is packed, but Paris is kind of a blank slate. If you help Daniel Terdiman figure out what to do in the City of Light, he's got a prize for you.
 
Iris recognition gadget eliminates passwords Top
The EyeLock device scans your iris to confirm your identity, potentially eliminating the need to use old-fashioned passwords to log in to secure Web sites.
 
RIAA, Lime Wire close to settling copyright suit Top
Lime Wire, the file-sharing service found liable for copyright infringement last year, could pay a significant sum to the four largest record companies to compensate them for their losses.
 
Report: Parts, labor shortages to impact iPads, iPhones Top
The iPad 2 is already hard to come by, and according to a new report it might get even harder to get one in the coming months due to component and labor shortages.
 
U.K. wagers on large-scale wave power Top
The U.K. has nominated a proposed 28-megawatt wave energy project off the coast of Scotland to receive funding from the European Union.
 
White House proposes cybersecurity legislation Top
Proposal is designed to prod Congress into enacting new laws, which have been stalled over concerns about privacy, Internet "kill switches," and overreaching regulation.
 
Facebook adds new user security features Top
Warnings will pop up to block malware attacks, while security codes via text messages can be used new device logins.
 
TomTom offering real-time traffic data to partners Top
The firm's data, which includes route times and traffic speeds across the U.S., can be used for hardware and government markets, among others, TomTom said.
 
Exclusive: eBay removes page that exposed data Top
Following an inquiry from CNET, the e-commerce giant takes down a Web page that was being automatically filled in with other people's information.
 
A Russian airplane out of control in flight? Top
A Tupolev Tu-154 appears to bounce maniacally around the sky. The video may be a fake--or may be a lesson for those wanting to test a plane that's been mothballed for a decade.
 
Chromebooks debut Top
Facebook adds item-tagging to photos, Google TV software is updated to be more like Honeycomb, and Google announces the new Web-centric Chromebooks.
 
Amazon vows to cut more affiliates over state taxes Top
After severing partnerships with affiliates in several states already, the retail giant threatens to cut ties in even more states over the hot-button issue of tax collection.
 
Facebook's antisocial PR pitch against Google Top
A prominent public relations firm admits it took aim at Google's Social Circle feature at Facebook's behest, while trying to keep the social network's hand out of view.
 
Google to rebuild Chrome on secure foundation Top
A Google project called Native Client turns out not just to be for running fast software from the Web securely. Google plans to use it to run the entire browser, too.
 
Software piracy hits record high of $59 billion Top
Global software piracy has nearly doubled since 2003, according to a study from the Business Software Association, and emerging markets account for the majority of the problem.
 
Bing continues to capture more searches Top
Yes, yes, yes. Google is still by far the dominant search engine, with nearly two-thirds of the market. But Microsoft's Bing is inching up, says ComScore.
 
Open-source Scala gains commercial backing Top
Will Scala be the next Java, PHP or Ruby? A newly funded start-up aims to find out.
 

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