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Report: Huffington Post lands $15 million in VC funding

2 hours 18 min ago
The site plans to use the proceeds to help fund its expansion, which will include offering local news and investigative journalism.
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Disney takes on Chinese affiliate over piracy

2 hours 24 min ago
Disney is in a piracy war over Wall-E against a Chinese video sharing site that it invested in.
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Customers line up for new BlackBerry Storm

2 hours 53 min ago
BlackBerry Storms are flying off the shelves at some Verizon Wireless stores, as many shoppers were left empty-handed when stores ran out of initial inventory.
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Five reasons Sun won't be acquired

2 hours 57 min ago
Amid a tight credit market and skepticism about the computer maker's product lineup, a dramatic restructuring might be the only way to make investors happy.
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Security Bites 122: IBM sees security challenges ahead

3 hours 19 min ago
In this week's Security Bites podcast, Kris Lovejoy of IBM talks with Robert Vamosi about security challenges facing enterprises in the next couple of years.
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Geodesic takes aim at SMS with Mundu IM

3 hours 59 min ago
The communication software maker offers a mobile instant-messaging service that takes aim at text messaging. Find out how it performs.
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Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll

4 hours 22 sec ago
The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.
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Intel graphics discontent justified?

4 hours 7 min ago
There's a long history of hard feelings about the graphics capabilities of Intel silicon. Some of the criticism is valid--but some of it surely misses the point.
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Apple iPhone update makes device more secure

4 hours 12 min ago
Latest software update fixes vulnerabilities that could expose data on locked iPhones, among other holes.
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World's largest zeppelin dedicated at NASA facility

4 hours 15 min ago
To be called the Eureka, the 246-feet long zeppelin is the pride and joy of a company called Airship Ventures, which will offer the public rides, as well as help NASA do scientific research.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: When live, online video goes too far

4 hours 58 min ago
CNET News' Greg Sandoval stops by to talk about the Justin.TV live suicide broadcast and how it could have been prevented.
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Tech layoffs: The scorecard

5 hours 4 min ago
Follow the companies that are shedding workers with this live layoff tracker, which we'll continue to update as more news surfaces.
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Video: Daily Debrief: The shrinking CES

5 hours 30 min ago
Those of us trekking to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January of 2009 will have a smaller show floor to explore. On this Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Erica Ogg discuss why companies are scaling down their exhibit space and if we can expect the same hoopla as in years past.
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Ziibii: iPhone RSS with a twist

5 hours 43 min ago
A new iPhone app has you keeping track of Flickr images, friends' Facebook updates, and RSS feeds in a whole new way.
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BringIt launches open beta for new gaming site

6 hours 9 min ago
Online gaming competition site, BringIt, has launched in open beta, but its gambling element may cause some issues.
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Don't confuse the economy with data privacy

6 hours 45 min ago
Note to legislators and IT professionals: Don't cut corners on IT security. If you do, we are all likely to suffer the consequences.
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Week in review: Yahoo to replace Yang

7 hours 9 min ago
Search giant searches for new CEO, while Microsoft takes its security strategy in a new direction. Also: Sing along with DRM.
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Is Apple scared of RIM?

7 hours 27 min ago
Now that the BlackBerry Storm has hit store shelves, should Apple be concerned? The timing of the iPhone 2.2 software update's release seems to indicate that it already is.
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IE8 coming in 2009, but will it be late to the Firefox party?

7 hours 32 min ago
Microsoft is finally lugging out version 8 of Internet Explorer, but its delay has given the open-source competition room to run.
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A 'where's the feature?' report: iPhone 3G

7 hours 51 min ago

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

A 'where's the feature?' report: iPhone 3G--Peter Glaskowsky describes his WTF reaction to many missing iPhone 3G features. WTF, of course, stands for "Where's That Feature?"

At what point does the stock market tumble become funny?--We are living through a massive sell-off on the stock markets, fueled by sheer panic. At what point does panic become funny?

Byrne/Eno succeed in cutting out the middleman--Ian Rogers, whose digital music company Topspin was behind the latest Byrne/Eno album, recently revealed some numbers showing that cutting out the middleman can put power back in the hands of the artist.

Google attempts to save marriages around the world--Google is shutting down its Second Life rival site, Lively. Will this have a positive effect on the institution of marriage?

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