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Intel's Annual Tech Innovation Event

April 28, 2011 6:29am PDT

Intel held its annual Tech Innovation Event in New York City on Wednesday, filled with tons of exciting and innovative products ranging from digital touch screens for in-store shopping to robots...

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ARPA-E researchers dig deep for energy innovation (photos)

March 3, 2011 10:00am PST

The ARPA-E Summit showcased research in several clean-energy technology areas which the Department of Energy hopes to yield results in a few years.

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Clearwire's Silicon Valley WiMax Innovation Network

April 9, 2009 1:53pm PDT

At the CTIA Wireless 2009 Conference in Las Vegas, Clearwire's co-chairman, Benjamin Wolff, announces the launch of the Silicon Valley WiMax Innovation Network. The 20-square-mile "sandbox" will...

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Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center

April 9, 2009 12:24pm PDT

At the CTIA Wireless 2009 Conference in Las Vegas, Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, announces the next initiative in the LTE Pipeline, the Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center....

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John Doerr: How Obama can kick start 'green' innovation

November 6, 2008 5:11pm PST

Kleiner Perkins VC John Doerr discusses his views on clean tech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. "The most important thing" that President-elect Barack Obama needs to do, he says, is...

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Photos: Awarding tech innovation

November 9, 2007 6:05am PST

At its annual gala, Tech Museum recognizes innovators using technology to help the environment and emerging nations.

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Photos: Microsoft Innovation Day in Brussels

December 10, 2007 3:50am PST

The software giant and its partners show off tech wares that they predict could take off in the near future.

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Innovation in Design at the SF Green Festival (photos)

April 13, 2010 4:20am PDT

Exchanging ideas and seeking innovation at the SF Green Festival.

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At BBN, the Internet's inventor tackles wartime innovations (photos)

July 21, 2010 11:00am PDT

Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman went to the birthplace of the Internet and saw some of the innovations BBN Technologies is working on for soldiers.

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Ideas and innovation at Silicon Valley art and tech fest (photos)

September 18, 2010 1:00pm PDT

The 2010 01SJ Biennial, which opened this week in San Jose, Calif., asks artists, engineers, and designers to hack the world, building and rebuilding--physically and conceptually--with ideas and...

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Innovation on display at the Stanford Cool Product Expo (photos)

April 10, 2010 8:10pm PDT

Innovators put their new technology on display at Stanford University's annual Cool Product Expo.

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Looking in on Verizon's App Innovation Center (photos)

August 10, 2011 4:00pm PDT

CNET swung by Verizon's new App Innovation Center on its opening day to see what cutting edge projects the spacious downtown San Francisco office has in store.

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NASA tech breakthroughs that led to innovations

January 20, 2011 11:22am PST

NASA has spurred incredible advances in technology over the years. This gallery shows some of the modern inventions for which the space agency is ultimately responsible. Examples include...

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Laptop innovation flop: Detachable displays

August 27, 2010 1:27pm PDT

Laptop innovations, like the trackpad and built-in webcam, have been hits. But, these US patent drawings show a definite miss--detachable displays.

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Rail, auto, and aviation innovations at The Henry Ford history museum

December 18, 2012 4:51pm PST

The Henry Ford in Detroit houses a collection that includes a 1896 Ford Quadricycle, a 1900 Wood electric truck, a 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale limo, a 1941 Allegheny Locomotive, a 1946 diner, and...

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Video: Five ways CIOs can use innovation as their secret weapon

February 4, 2009 8:39am PST

CIOs are one of the few corporate officers with knowledge of the entire organization's processes and practices. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives, explains how CIOs can use their...

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Video: Game developers tout innovations at GDC 09

April 7, 2009 12:24pm PDT

Games enhanced by wind, vibration, and light, plus mind control and super-realistic motions. CNET was at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and saw some of the latest game creation...

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Video: Verizon Wireless announces LTE Innovation Center

April 21, 2009 6:21am PDT

The Verizon Wireless LTE Innovation Center will serve as an incubator to test and make prototypes of new consumer electronics, telematics, and machine-to-machine products.