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Japanese Shell subsidiary plans solar-panel plant

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:00 PDTLogin to discuss
The oil company turns to the sun, with plans to build a factory manufacturing thin-film solar panels with a cumulative yearly power generation capacity of 1 gigawatt.

EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:32:00 PDTLogin to discuss
After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an 'All-Play' series for Wii.

Video: Latest in Viacom-Google lawsuit raises questions

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:48:00 PDTLogin to discuss
News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom.

Researcher faults Apple iPhone on security updates

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:00 PDTLogin to discuss
He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.

Google RatProxy looks for cross-site flaws

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:51:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Free tool helps Web developers analyze their site for a variety of cross-site vulnerabilities.

Daily Debrief: Celebrating America's independence, questioning our own online

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:44:00 PDTLogin to discuss
On Thursday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the latest development in the Google-Viacom lawsuit.

News.com Daily Podcast: Should YouTube users worry about privacy?

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:40:00 PDTLogin to discuss
How engineering is helping revive post-Katrina New Orleans; Google and Viacom battle over user privacy; and what Microsoft has to do with the Facebook and ConnectU legal battle.

Hundreds of Lithuanian Web sites defaced

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:35:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Loosely affiliated supporters mount an online protest over new laws in Lithuania banning the display of Soviet symbols.

Mozilla and Opera fix security flaws

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Opera updates its most recent release, while Mozilla continues to support an older version of Firefox with updates.

EIC Squared: Indexing Flash; Powerset; and Viacom vs. Google

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:34:00 PDTLogin to discuss
On this week's EIC Squared podcast, CNET News.com's Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the week's big stories.

Four security bulletins expected on Patch Tuesday

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:23:00 PDTLogin to discuss
The four, which will be released next week, are considered important, not critical, says Microsoft.

Apple cuts price of flash-drive MacBook Air

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:15:00 PDTLogin to discuss
If you'd been considering the best configuration of the MacBook Air--with a faster processor and solid-state hard drive--it's now $500 cheaper, but still expensive.

India reveals its first climate change plan

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:29:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Sun-drenched country pushes for solar power, a soaring industry there.

LCD making worse for environment than coal?

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:00 PDTLogin to discuss
'Missing greenhouse gas' called nitrogen trifluoride, used in production of flat-screen TVs, chips, and synthetic diamonds, could accelerate global warming, according to a report.

Identi.ca--open-source Twitter?

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:59:00 PDTLogin to discuss
An open-source Twitter might create a true communication utility.

Yahoo's top U.S. sites get traffic help from Google search

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:57:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Report finds that most of Yahoo's top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather than a Yahoo search.

In Japan, iPhone over BlackBerry?

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 PDTLogin to discuss
According to survey conductor iShare, Japanese respondents generally would prefer to keep any mobile computing for business separate from that for personal use.

Stolen: Google employees' personal data

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:52:00 PDTLogin to discuss
Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services.

Google to Viacom: 'Respect YouTube users' privacy'

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:35:00 PDTLogin to discuss
In copyright case, Google is glad information Viacom will get to see during discovery is limited, but it's 'disappointed' Viacom will get access to users' viewing history.

Photos: Engineering New Orleans, post-Katrina

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PDTLogin to discuss
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is putting a great deal of money and effort into new hurricane protection systems that it hopes can reduce the risk of catastrophic flooding in the future.

As hurricane protection goes, so goes New Orleans' future

Published: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PDTLogin to discuss
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has more than 140 projects in the works to try to reduce the risks to New Orleans from the next hurricane.