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Google puts brakes on corporate Google+ accounts Top
A planned trial of accounts for organizations is being scaled back, but Google will launch the Google+ feature for all comers in a few months.
 
Google's Calder doodle sways with laptop tilt Top
The latest dynamic doodle commemorates the appreciation sculptor Alexander Calder had for gravity--and helps Google show off the latest in Web programming.
 
Library of Congress: We didn't call WikiLeaks 'extremist' Top
After dispute over whether WikiLeaks is an "extremist Web site," a library representative explains to CNET how that label came to be applied to a book about the Web site.
 
Apple's MacBook Air goes into Intel i5 hyperdrive Top
Apple's new MacBook Air leapfrogs from old Intel Core 2 Duo silicon to a fresh Sandy Bridge chip. That's a leap of two generations, and it shows in the performance.
 
Google+ hits 20 million mark in three weeks Top
Web giant's social-networking experiment doubles the number of members in the past week, according to ComScore data.
 
How Sprint tests its phones Top
CNET has often wondered why it takes some phones to go on sale so long after a carrier announces them. A recent visit to Sprint's testing labs gave us the answer.
 
Apple mulling Hulu acquisition? Top
Apple is in early talks for the online video service, according to a Bloomberg report, joining a growing list of possible suitors.
 
Space shuttle touches down for the final time (photos) Top
As it touched down just before dawn this morning, Space Shuttle Atlantis sent NASA's shuttle program into the history books. Here are a few photos of the landing and from the shuttle's final mission.
 
Angry Birds maker targeted in Lodsys suit Top
Lodsys, a group that's targeted companies big and small for infringing on its patents, is now going after Electronic Arts, Angry Birds maker Rovio, Atari, Square Enix, and Take-Two Interactive in a lawsuit it filed earlier this year.
 
Stereo 3D devices can be such a headache--literally Top
A study out of Berkeley finds that a phenomenon called vergence-accommodation--focusing on both the distance to a screen and the content in front of or behind that screen--can lead to discomfort, fatigue, and headaches.
 
Inside Sprint's cell phone testing labs (photos) Top
CNET goes inside Sprint's testing labs in its Kansas headquarters to see how the carrier evaluates new cell phones before bringing them to market.
 
Study: 19 percent of people drop phones down toilet Top
A study by online address-book site Plaxo suggests that nearly 1 in 5 people accidentally drop their phones into the loo, thus losing all their contacts. (And their pride.)
 
AMD: Finding a CEO a top priority, the timeline isn't Top
Chipmaker's second-quarter results get overshadowed by the issue of the company's search for a chief executive.
 
Blockbuster closing more video stores Top
Dish Network, which acquired the once mighty but now bankrupt video store chain, announces more store closures.
 
Apple's Lion hits 1 million copies sold Top
More than 1 million copies of the new operating system were sold on its first day of availability. The company says it's the fastest-selling Mac OS ever.
 
Icahn pushing Motorola Mobility to sell its patents Top
Billionaire activist investor and Motorola shareholder Carl Icahn says he believes the company's patent portfolio is worth more than Nortel's recently sold intellectual property.
 
Microsoft results top expectations, led by Office, Xbox Top
The software giant posts solid fourth-quarter results on continued strength in its Office, server software, and Xbox video game business.
 
Lion mauls third-party NAS support for Time Machine Top
OS X Lion renders third-party NAS servers incompatible with Apple's Time Machine backup software.
 
Inspection orb bots could swim in nuclear pipes Top
Engineers say their egg-size bot could swim through nuclear plants, many of which are aging and threatening local groundwater.
 

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