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- Apple to issue refunds for Powerbook, iBook replacement power adapters
- Owners of Powerbooks and iBooks who purchased replacement power adapters after theirs began to spark should soon be eligible for a refund.
- Barriers to solar energy's blockbuster promise
- The potential for U.S. solar energy may look brightest in California, but legal, technological and cost limitations are interfering with big installations.
- Is carbon storage just a pipe dream?
- Tests and funding are moving ahead but researcher says that plans to drastically cut pollution from power sources are overly optimistic.
- Why Apple should release a game console
- <p>Featured links from the CNET Blog Network</p>
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<a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9940041-17.html?tag=bnpr ">Why Apple should release a game console</a>-- As more people trust and enjoy Apple products in the home, the company could easily capitalize on its success elsewhere and create a gaming console that could do the same. </</p>
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<a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-9939430-64.html?tag=bnpr">Nvidia CEO discusses his beef with Intel</a>--Jen-Hsun Huang describes his company as laser focused on just one thing: visual computing. This is leading to clashes with Intel, which is shifting its focus to this area. p>
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<a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13846_1-9939822-62.html?tag=bnpr">Verizon Wireless and I are no longer friends</a>--There are few things in life more infuriating than dealing with cell carriers.</p>
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<a href="http://www.cnet.com/8301-13526_1-9939714-27.html?tag=bnpr">DRM: it's like those zombie movies</a>--No matter how many times the content owners wish it worked, DRM has a fundamental technical flaw: you have to give the key to the person you're trying to lock out! Microsoft gets this, even if the RIAA doesn't.</p>
- Did you get infected? Virus runs amok amid JavaOne
- No, not that kind of virus. An alert from the San Francisco health department says that a number of people fell ill while working or attending events at the Moscone Center since April 30.
- Week in review: Yahoo, Microhoo's biggest loser
- Yahoo and Microsoft don't make a love connection, while Grand Theft Auto IV gets a lot of love. Also: Wild about WiMax.
- Last.fm announces original video programming
- CBS Interactive's social-media site got its start by letting members share audio playlists, but by launching a video show called "Last.fm Presents," it's moving into MTV territory.
- Firefox add-on infected with Trojan
- A Vietnamese language pack for the open-source Web browser has been infected with the infectious Xorer Trojan since February. A new version is now being checked.
- Citi: Solar prices to sink rapidly in looming shakeout
- Today's silicon shortage will lead to an oversupply in two years that will push down solar prices, according to financial analysts. Good for buyers, but not for manufacturers.
- Apple settles with Canadian iPod owners
- Company offers Canadian iPod owners a $45 store credit, in response to two class action lawsuits over the advertised battery life of its devices.
- Nvidia CEO details his beef with Intel
- Jen-Hsun Huang describes his company as laser focused on just one thing: visual computing. This is leading to clashes with chipmaker Intel, which is shifting its focus to this area.
- The GPL vs. Skype: Open source's bedrock license wins again
- The GPL, like Ionesco's Rhinoceros, "ne capitule pas" (won't capitulate). So long as we have a strong and vibrant GPL community, we'll have a strong and vibrant open-source community. It really is as simple as that.
- Circuit City retains Goldman Sachs to explore 'strategic alternatives'
- Electronics retailer says it will allow Carl Icahn and Blockbuster to conduct due diligence in the latter's takeover bid.
- Google waves sayonara to Hello
- Photo-messaging service, which Google acquired as part of Picasa in 2004, will breathe its last breath on May 15.
- The founder's dilemma: How to play the final sale
- Critics say Jerry Yang and David Filo blew it by getting into 11th-hour negotiations directly with Steve Ballmer. But other company founders say the dynamics of the end game are more complicated than that.
- A modest proposal to fix Dell's customer service
- A former leader in its field, customer satisfaction ranking now lags behind most competitors. Here are some suggestions.
- Steve Jurvetson: The constant search for disruption
- The managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he isn't concerned by the economic downturn as long as the diversity of innovation keeps up.
- Apple working on its own Wiimote?
- A patent filing disclosed this week describes a device that would work similarly to the Nintendo Wii controller.
- Former RIAA chief advising Project Playlist
- Jay Berman is trying to help the music service get past copyright issues.
- Musician sees irony in industry 'takedown' letter
- Musician Dave Allen says he mistakenly posted an unauthorized music file to his blog but removed it after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from IFPI.
- EIC Squared: SAP, Sun, AMD and Microhoo
- In this week's EIC Squared podcast, ZDNet's Larry Dignan and I discuss the latest news from SAP, Sun, AMD and Microhoo.
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