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Google is the latest Web site to offer detailed images of Mars for folks looking to get a closer look at the Red planet. Google Mars dishes up three types of data that users can . . .
March 13, 2006 6:29 AM PST
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Google
Can online avatars help you? Sometimes, asserted Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life, a site where people create their own products a lead imagined lives.
In one experiment, . . .
March 12, 2006 5:05 PM PST
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Media
Those who live in North America and Western Europe have more options in terms of food, careers, consumer items and everything else, said Barry Schwartz, Swarthmore professor . . .
March 12, 2006 5:04 PM PST
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Future tech
AUSTIN, Texas--Everyone who goes to South by Southwest knows that it's the coolest conference there is.
That's what they tell each other, that is, given its unmatched collection . . .
March 12, 2006 2:45 PM PST
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Apple
AUSTIN, Texas--If you were a blogger at the South by Southwest conference here Sunday, then you were almost certainly in the afternoon keynote.
That's because two of the blogosphere's . . .
March 12, 2006 1:05 PM PST
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Blogs
AUSTIN, Texas--Laina Dawes and Elaine Liner are pretty sure they were fired for blogging. It's not 100 percent certain, of course, because no one ever told them so officially, . . .
March 12, 2006 10:25 AM PST
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Workplace
AUSTIN, Texas--"World of Warcraft" is a game. There's no doubt about it. More than 6 million people around the world have signed up to go questing, kill beasts, search out loot, . . .
March 12, 2006 9:50 AM PST
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Gaming
AUSTIN, TEXAS--These days, two of the hottest words in interactive Web circles are "folksonomy" and "tagging."
In general, the words are somewhat interchangeable and refer to . . .
March 11, 2006 11:39 AM PST
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Media
TigerDirect's price for this DVD writer is competitive to begin with, but the $90 rebate is the clincher.
What: Plextor PX-740UF / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 8x DVD+R . . .
March 11, 2006 11:20 AM PST
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Deal of the day
I like wearing new clothes, but I hate oh so much shopping for them. Schlepping from store to store trying on outfits in search of just the right one can be a hassle. I was therefore . . .
March 10, 2006 5:48 PM PST
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Gadgets
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Future tech
The U.S. Geological Survey put up this week a virtual helicopter tour of Northern California's deadliest trigger point for earthquakes, the Hayward fault, via an extension to Google . . .
March 10, 2006 5:14 PM PST
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Science
The Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Calif., is winding down this weekend, but its independent filmmakers are starting to think smaller than the big screen.
A panel discussion . . .
March 10, 2006 4:42 PM PST
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Gadgets
Launching contests to try to attract programmer interest in the latest hardware is nothing new. But launching a contest to write poetry about a decades-old server lineage is not . . .
March 10, 2006 4:33 PM PST
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IBM
We've mentioned Iconz iPod cases before, but thought this limited edition video iPod case warranted another mention, especially given our readers Star Wars inclinations.
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March 10, 2006 4:22 PM PST
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Apple
YouTube is rethinking the way it decides whether material posted on the video-upload site violates its user agreement, according to reports.
Any video clip can be pulled if . . .
March 10, 2006 4:04 PM PST
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Media
American Technology Research analyst Shaw Wu is raising his March quarter estimates for Apple Computer due to better than expected demand for iPods, which he says is driven by . . .
March 10, 2006 2:45 PM PST
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Apple
Of course, the $39.99 price tag doesn't includ the Cingular service. Pink is cute, but if you opt for black instead, you can get $10 back and a free Bluetooth headset.
What: Pink . . .
March 10, 2006 11:46 AM PST
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Deal of the day
Once again, Bill Gates has topped the list of Forbes' annual ranking of billionaire boys and girls.
The software giant founder - worth a cool $50 billion - is one of more than . . .
March 10, 2006 11:00 AM PST
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Microsoft
In a story about Thursday's San Francisco stop of Legoland California's seven-city search for a new master model builder, contestant Robin Dodd described how it felt to compete . . .
March 10, 2006 9:13 AM PST
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Quote of the day
Good news for germ haters of America. The Mitsubishi Jet Towel, a high-speed commercial hand dryer that offers extra-sanitary operation fast, went on sale nationwide this week. . . .
March 9, 2006 5:29 PM PST
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Gadgets