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FCC report negates free Internet interference claims (1) share digg
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Report from commission engineers boosts plan to auction spectrum for free wireless Internet by dismissing concerns it would interfere with existing providers' signals.

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Microsoft to announce Silverlight 2.0 on Monday (3) share digg
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The software maker plans to announce the completion of Silverlight 2.0 on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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- Rubenerd said: Nobody is even using 1.0! What a joke
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Apple will repair MacBooks that have faulty Nvidia GPUs (2) share digg
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Computer maker says it has determined some MacBook Pros may be affected by Nvidia graphics chip glitch, and offers to repair those notebooks at no charge.

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Apple: The cheaper alternative? (1) share digg
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Is Apple becoming the cheaper alternative to competitors? Don Reisinger thinks it's happening, and he couldn't be happier because of it.

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Open-source innovation in a recession (1) share digg
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Open source will win in this economic crisis because it enables its adopters to innovate through the downturn.

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Apple's October update fixes 20 security flaws (1) share digg
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Here's a bushel of security updates from Apple, including a mix of Mac OS and open-source fixes. Some are specific to Apple features such as Single Sign On, Finder, and ColorSync.

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iTunes Genius and privacy (1) share digg
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I'm not concerned that Apple collects anonymized information about my playing habits or asks for my credit card number--I get a lot more worried when they ask for my Social Security Number before I can buy an iPhone.

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Will Senate actually investigate NSA spying on Americans? (3) share digg
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The National Security Agency's electronic ear is supposed to listen in on terrorists. But whistleblowers say they were tuning in to unrelated conversations including phone sex.

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Academics sink teeth into Yahoo search service (1) share digg
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Yahoo hopes its Build Your Own Search Service program has piqued the interest of academic researchers. Next stop: start-ups.

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Yahoo investor: Sell to Microsoft for $22 a share (1) share digg
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Mithras Capital, which owns a small percentage of Yahoo, proposes selling the company to Redmond for a 74 percent premium on Yahoo's current stock price, according to a report.

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Zuckerberg: Facebook is all about growth (1) share digg
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Just how do you best monetize the strikingly popular social network? The CEO reckons they'll have that problem licked in about three years.

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The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in (1) share digg
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Netbooks are almost cheap enough to be an impulse buy. This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock.

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The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in (2) share digg
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Netbooks are almost cheap enough to be an impulse buy. This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock.

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Former software execs arrested for inflating revenues (1) share digg
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The former CEO and chief financial officer of software-as-a-service provider Entellium are arrested after allegedly lying to investors about the company's revenues.

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Yahoo falls into $12 range, Dow enters 8,000 territory (1) share digg
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The Internet company and the Dow Jones index continue to slip downhill, hitting lows they haven't seen for the past five years.

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Microsoft to issue 11 security patches on Tuesday (2) share digg
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Starting next week, company is expected to also provide an "exploitability index" to help system administrators prioritize the patches.

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Parity provides free online identity management (1) share digg
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New CardPress service provides a hosted application for associations, organizations, and merchants wanting to issue information cards.

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Photos: Cracking open Apple's revamped iPod Nano (1) share digg
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The new-model iPod Nano is tall, thin, and well-built. Maybe just a little too well-built for its own good.

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Micron to cut workforce by 15 percent, slash flash output (1) share digg
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Company announces a restructuring of its memory operations. Move comes on the heels of quarterly loss and news that Micron was cutting executive pay.

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Start-ups: How freaked out are you? (1) share digg
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Early-stage tech companies, please chime in: are you losing sleep over the current economic crisis, or are you feeling confident? And how long will your cash last?

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