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Windows 7: A worthwhile upgrade?

September 28, 2009, 8:15am PDT

Will Microsoft's Windows 7 succeed where Vista failed? The new operating system offers a new graphical user interface, more reliable power management tools, and better search, but it still might not offer enough to convince PC users to buy it. ZDNet Correspondent Sumi Das talks to Larry Dignan, editor in chief of ZDNet, and Ed Bott, ZDNet's Microsoft Report blogger, about Windows 7's pros and cons.
Intel unveils the Net-savvy CE4100

September 24, 2009, 4:57pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Eric Kim, senior vice president at Intel, revealed a new Atom-based CE4100 chip. It is designed to bring Internet content and services to digital TVs, DVD players, and advanced set-top boxes by integrating different processors to handle graphics, displays, networking, and video decoding.
The 100% Electric Motorcycle

September 24, 2009, 1:33pm PDT | 10 | Latest comment by HAL 9000

Motorcycle company Brammo Enertia has created one of the first bikes which runs fully from electric power. WBBM's Angie Hunt reports from Ames, Iowa, where one resident has tested his new wheels.
The DEKA Arm

September 24, 2009, 1:24pm PDT

New technology is making it possible for amputees to pick up small objects they never thought they would master thanks to the biggest innovation in prosthetic arms since WW II. Scott Pelley reports for 60 Minutes.
Microsoft's new version of Silverlight on Moblin

September 23, 2009, 4:45pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Microsoft General Manager Ian Ellison-Taylor and Intel General Manager Renee James show attendees Silverlight 3 running on an Atom-based Moblin device. The new software will run on mobile Linux Netbooks, phone as early as 2010.

Irex launches new digital reader

September 23, 2009, 3:32pm PDT

Natali Del Conte takes a First Look at the Irex DR800SG, a new e-book reader with an 8-inch display that wirelessly downloads books over the Verizon network for free, which was first seen at the press launch event in New York City.
IDF: 09: A look at smart signs and digital slot machines

September 23, 2009, 1:55pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Executive Vice President Sean Maloney demonstrates some new embedded technologies. He shows off a new digital billboard and virtual slot machine that can be remotely managed and reprogrammed on the fly using Intel's vPro processor technology.
Product spotlight: MSI X340 Slim

September 23, 2009, 11:20am PDT

The MSI X340 is as thin and flashy as the MacBook Air and the Dell Adamo, but costs less than half as much. See how it stacks up as a business laptop.
Ellison wants to model new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM

September 23, 2009, 10:56am PDT

At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says he’d like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.
CNET Conversations: Aneesh Chopra

September 23, 2009, 5:05am PDT

Introducing a new series where CNET editors interview tech newsmakers. First up, Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra talks DMCA, Net neutrality, innovation, and more.
IDF 09: Intel demos Moblin

September 22, 2009, 4:55pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel product manager Claire Alexander shows Intel CEO Paul Otellini a demo of the Linux-based, open-source operating system Moblin, which will include next-generation mobile features such as a touch-screen interface.
Windows 7 gadgets on display at IDF

September 22, 2009, 3:36pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows off some new consumer devices optimized to run Intel processors and various versions of Windows 7. He also looks at the company's next-generation microprocessor, Sandy Bridge, running on Windows 7.
Intel shows off new 22-nanometer wafer

September 22, 2009, 12:29pm PDT

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Paul Otellini shows off a silicon wafer housing chips made with 22-nanometer process technology. Chips made on that process will be ready for market in 2011.
Humanoid robot Nao shows off its skills

September 22, 2009, 10:23am PDT

The pint-size humanoid bot Nao, created by Paris-based Aldebaran Robotics, exhibits its dexterity, object-tracking, interaction, and balance skills. Already used in the RoboCup soccer competition, Nao is set to start selling in the mass market in late 2010.
Sony PSP Go preview event

September 21, 2009, 5:48am PDT

Brian Tong takes a look at Sony's digital download gaming device, the PSP Go.