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  Brazil's love of Linux

  special report The open-source software definitely gets a warm reception here, but its role can easily be overestimated, too.
  • Digital inclusion, but how?

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  IE 8 browser rises
  to the competition

  The second public beta for Internet Explorer 8 offers features similar to those found in Opera, Safari, and Firefox, plus a few extras.
  • Review: IE 8 Beta 2
  • Images: IE 8 screenshots
  • Daily Debrief: The IE 8 experience

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• Video: For Dems, is it Twitter, text, or telephone?

  How are the delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic convention? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.
  (Posted in CNET TV)
  • Product marketing joins politics at Democratic convention
  • Full coverage: Democrats' quest for the White House

• Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obit

  Though it was retracted within minutes, the appearance of the CEO's obituary on the Web is bound to make some Apple fans and shareholders quite uncomfortable.

  (Posted in Apple by Caroline McCarthy)

• Nvidia boosts graphics on Intel i7

  Company is extending its support for Intel's upcoming Core i7 processors while it prepares to announce next-generation integrated graphics silicon.

  (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Welcome to the new CNET

  The yellow and green CNET pages are history as we have officially launched our new site design and several new features to millions of users.

  (Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber)

• After flight delays, FAA may add backup system

  The Federal Aviation Administration plans to upgrade its decades-old technology for flight-plan processing and potentially add a third backup system.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Stefanie Olsen)

• Microsoft, Nikon sign patent-sharing deal

  Nikon will compensate Microsoft in the cross-licensing deal, which the companies say will improve new consumer electronics products and features.

  (Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

• Blogger accused of leaking Guns N' Roses tracks

  Los Angeles-area music blogger has allegedly admitted to streaming tracks of an unreleased Guns N' Roses album on his site.

  (Posted in Crave by Michelle Thatcher)

• Handheld breath sensor could help detect cancer

  University of Oklahoma researchers are working on a test that measures suspected cancer biomarkers in the breath and could lead to an easy-to-use detection device.

  (Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

• Security hole opens up password protected iPhones

  Users report serious security flaw in iPhone 2.0.2 that exposes mail, texts, voice messages, and browser to strangers despite the device being password-protected.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds

  McAfee says phishing attacks, viruses, spam, and money laundering are rife in virtual worlds.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Copyright holders use YouTube to profit from piracy

  Hollywood has long called on YouTube to help scrub the site of unauthorized videos. Now, copyright owners are using YouTube's copyright filters to help generate ad revenue.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• TiVo loses subscribers but adds small profit

  The DVR maker has struggled in delivering money to shareholders, but it ekes out a tiny profit this quarter, beating analysts' expectations.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Erica Ogg)

• Rocket Racing League takes off with new engine

  The league, an aspiring Formula 1 for rocket racing, chooses a new liquid oxygen-alcohol engine from Armadillo Aerospace, a suborbital space company founded by Doom creator John Carmack.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Stefanie Olsen)
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