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1 - Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks 2 - Detergent uses GPS to stalk customers 3 - Hedge your bets in cloud computing 4 - In IPO-signaling move, Zynga adds fancy CFO 5 - Will Apple's 'Spinning Wheel of Doom' become chic? 6 - Intel may be destined for iPhone, iPad 7 - Contest finds workers at big firms handing data to hackers 8 - Picture of the Day 7/31: What is this? 9 - Top-rated reviews of the week (photos) 10 - Baseball Hall of Fame plaques (photos) 11 - Baseball's best shine in the Hall of Fame (photos) 12 - Gazing at a DIY Dobsonian telescope (photos) 13 - DIY Weekend: Building a window to the stars 14 - At long last, a visit to Cooperstown 15 - Tighter security coming in Firefox 4 16 - Judge to RIAA: No LimeWire asset freeze 17 - Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy 18 - We get a charge out of driving Nissan Leaf 19 - Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole 20 - Reporters' Roundtable: How to start a tech business today
Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the U.S. for hacker show.
A Brazilian promotion for Omo detergent involves 50 boxes that have GPS inside. Customers lucky enough to buy one of these boxes will be followed home in order to be given a very technological prize.
The future role of cloud computing is in many ways unpredictable and ever changing. What balance of traditional infrastructure, private clouds, and public cloud services will your IT department consume in the next three years? Five years? The trick is to hedge your bets wherever you can.
The fast-growing social-gaming site says it has hired Allen & Co. investment banker David Wehner as its new chief financial officer.
An enterprising marketer is attempting to persuade geeks that the new geek chic consists of wearing Apple's Spinning Wheel of Doom on their chests. Will it work?
Multiple reports indicate that an Intel buyout of chipmaker Infineon's wireless unit may be imminent.
Organizers of contest at hacking confab hope showing how easy it is to get data from cold calls to companies will help alert firms to the threat of social engineering.
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the 2011 BMW 535i, the Sony BDV-E770W home theater system, and the Apple Magic Trackpad.
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman calls out the best cross-section of players in baseball history.
Road Trip 2010: After a lifetime as a fan, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman finally makes it to Cooperstown.
Amateur astronomer Douglas Smith made his own stargazing telescope, and it can see details on the moon. Have a look.
Douglas Smith built a telescope out of plywood, aluminum, and porthole glass. Now he can see the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter.
Road Trip 2010: The Baseball Hall of Fame showcases many of the most memorable moments of America's Pastime, as well as its most cherished players, and even some of its most notorious scandals.
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 towards safer coding practices.
RIAA wants to make sure that nothing happens to Lime Wire's assets before courts decide how much the file-sharing service must pay in damages. Judge says assets aren't going anywhere.
A preliminary ruling rejected a claim that Intel's pricing practices hurt consumers.
CNET Car Tech gets to take the Nissan Leaf electric car for a preview drive.
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.
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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