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Abuzz over Microsoft's Yahoo bid

February 1, 2008 6:00pm PST

On the streets of Silicon Valley Friday, everyone from software engineers to grandmas was analyzing Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with one alum of...

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Albright on her new book, 'Memo to the President Elect'

January 28, 2008 5:00am PST

From the role the Internet plays in presidential campaigning to American tech companies and their rights abroad, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright lays down her vision for the future of...

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A sneak peek at the Pulse smart pen

January 28, 2008 5:00am PST

The digital pen company aims to succeed where others have failed. CNET News.com's Ina Fried gets a sneak peek at the Pulse smart pen from Livescribe CEO Jim Margraff.

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San Francisco in 100 years

January 24, 2008 7:00pm PST

The year is 2108. Here in San Francisco, water is a precious resource and the population has doubled--or even tripled. How will the city accommodate these challenges? And what it's going to look...

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ILM snags Oscar nods for visual effects

January 23, 2008 5:00pm PST

How do you make a 30-foot robot/semi-truck appear lifelike? What about a creature with tentacles for a face? Those were some of the challenges for the visual-effects teams at San Francisco-based...

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Creativity solves museum's engineering challenges

January 18, 2008 11:00am PST

When planning San Francisco's new California Academy of Sciences building in Golden Gate Park, engineers ran across a few design challenges that demanded clever solutions. CNET News.com's Kara...

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Zapped to glory

January 16, 2008 5:00pm PST

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a ride with the Compex Sport, which electrically stimulates nerves to build muscles. It's an efficient, legal, and very painful way to beef up athletic...

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Comcast CEO makes cable pitch

January 9, 2008 9:05am PST

Comcast cable subscribers will have several new products available by year's end. Among those announced in CEO Brian Roberts' Tuesday morning CES keynote speech in Las Vegas were 'AnyPlay,' which...

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Group helps bridge digital divide with free tech support

December 19, 2007 12:00pm PST

In San Francisco's Tenderloin district, amid liquor stores and boarded-up buildings, a partnership of nonprofits earlier this month sponsored the first "Tenderloin Tech Day." The half-day workshop...

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Navigating online travel sites

December 9, 2007 7:00pm PST

If you want to travel for cheap this holiday season, you better start walking. Not entirely true! CNET News.com Reporter Kara Tsuboi learns some insider secrets on finding and buying reasonably...

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Gibson's self-tuning guitar

December 5, 2007 12:00pm PST

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a look at a guitar that can tune itself, saving time and making it possible for musicians to carry only one guitar instead of several. After selecting a key,...

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Take a look at Tokyo, tech capital

November 1, 2007 12:00pm PDT

Tokyo is arguably the high-tech capital of the world. With cutting-edge technology, efficiency in travel and creative options for living in constrained spaces, the city of 12 million people is...

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Is Zeno the future of home entertainment?

October 29, 2007 7:00pm PDT

Zeno, a humanoid robot with a $300 price tag, is set to be released in 2009. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a look at a prototype and asks why this one may be different than others that...

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Steve Ballmer on the iPhone

October 24, 2007 1:00pm PDT

With the emergence of the iPhone, Windows Mobile has a strong competitor in the mobile market. CNET News.com's Ina Fried speaks with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about what he thinks of the device,...

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In the nation's capital, a village powered by the sun

October 16, 2007 9:17am PDT

The Solar Decathlon, a competition among 20 universities to build the best solar-powered house, opened last week at the National Mall in Washington. CNET News.com's Martin LaMonica talks with...