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At long last, a visit to Cooperstown
Road Trip 2010: The Baseball Hall of Fame showcases many of the most memorable moments in America's Pastime, as well as its most cherished players, and even some of its most notorious scandals.
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Tighter security coming in Firefox 4
At Black Hat, a trio of security representatives from Mozilla detailed how the company plans to push the browser to be more secure for users while nudging developers toward safer coding practices.
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Judge to RIAA: No LimeWire asset freeze
RIAA wants to make sure nothing happens to Lime Wire' assets before courts decide how much the file-sharing service must pay in damages. Judge says assets aren't going anywhere.
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Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy
A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers.
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We get a charge out of driving Nissan Leaf
CNET Car Tech gets to take the Nissan Leaf electric car for a preview drive.
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Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole
Attackers exploiting a hole involving how Windows handles shortcut, or .lnk, files prompt Microsoft to rush out an emergency patch, well before its next scheduled Patch Tuesday.
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Reporters' Roundtable: How to start a tech business today
Got a great idea for your own tech company? Today we're talking about how to make it a business, with two great guests: XMarks CEO James Joaquin, and Mahalo CEO (and This Week in Startups host) Jason Calacanis
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AOL exec: 'We have a big f-ing problem!'
Former Yahoo "Peanut Butter Manifesto" author Brad Garlinghouse is known for being colorful. At AOL, unlike Yahoo, he's confident that the company can do more than talk the talk.
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Microsoft to challenge Google-Yahoo Japan deal
So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, it's not too happy about it.
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Did Dell tech support display woman's naked pics?
A woman calls Dell tech support to ask for help in locating pictures of herself on her computer. The pictures end up on a newly created Web site. She accuses the support representative of creating the site.
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Redbox rolls out Blu-ray rentals
The quickly growing movie rental company is now bringing Blu-ray movies to its kiosks. They'll cost $1.50 per day.
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Report: RIM's Blackpad set to take on iPad
BlackBerry maker will launch a tablet with similar dimensions as the iPad, but with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities only. To connect to the Web, the device has to be paired with a mobile phone.
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NASA hopeful, but not confident, about ailing Mars rover
Spirit, in electronic hibernation to endure a harsh Martian winter, has not phoned home since March 22, but engineers are hoping for a miracle from Mars.
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How to use App Tabs in Firefox (video)
Mozilla has given tabs some long-overdue love in the second Firefox 4 beta with App Tabs, a feature that annihilates your scramble to search for that one elusive open tab. Watch what it does in this How To video.
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'Smart window' maker Soladigm to build factory
Soladigm, which adds thin films to glass to block light and heat, plans a manufacturing plant in Mississippi to make its green building gear.
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Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
Academics Jeff Jarvis and Danah Boyd, on stage at Supernova, can't pinpoint a solution to online privacy controversies, but agree misguided attempts to define privacy are part of the problem.
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Apple tries to patent travel, hotel, shopping apps
The company applied for a patent on mobile applications for booking flights and hotels, as well as mobile shopping services.
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Report: Google, CIA fund predictive analytics firm
Google Ventures and CIA's investment arm fund Recorded Future, a start-up that monitors Web and connects dots between people, places, events, Wired says.
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Week in review: Jailbreaking goes legit
Copyright office says bypass is legal, while Wikileaks publishes classified documents on the war in Afghanistan. Also: New Apple desktops.
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Sony, McAfee, sued over software activation patent
Uniloc USA is also suing Activision, Quark, others as follow-up to a similar suit filed against Microsoft over software activation tech.
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