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  Facebook seeks
  a new CFO

  Gideon Yu is out as chief financial officer, and the social site aims to hire someone with experience at a public company.

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  My painfully poky week
  with Internet Explorer 8

  There are plenty of good things about the new version of Microsoft's browser, says CNET News' Stephen Shankland. But he found the interface sluggish.

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• House floats draft of energy and climate change bill

  Green technologies stand to get further support with the bill, particularly in renewable energy and efficiency, but global warming provisions face a tough political fight.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Report: HP considers Google Android for Netbooks

  The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Hewlett-Packard is "studying" Google's open-source software for mobile phones to use on its low-cost Netbooks.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Windows users brace for Conficker's wiggle

  roundup The Internet worm is expected to strike on April 1, but experts disagree on how extensive the damage could be.

  (Posted in Security by CNET News staff)

• Google bans tethering app from Android Market?

  A developer says Google has banned his Wi-Fi tethering application from the Android Market over concerns that it violates T-Mobile's terms of service.

  (Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)

• Facebook flick moves ahead, but Facebook not thrilled

  Remember that tell-all about Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's early years? Not a huge surprise the company is reportedly warning ex-employees not to talk to anyone involved.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Honda thinks up mind-controlled robots

  Honda Research Institute and Shimadzu demonstrate a technology that lets humans control a bot through thought alone. But don't start trying to think your Scooba into writing your thesis just yet.

  (Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

• Shuttle Atlantis moved to pad for Hubble launch

  NASA gears up for the May 12 launch of space shuttle Atlantis on a long-awaited five-spacewalk mission to give the Hubble Space Telescope a new lease on life.

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Q&A: HP plans reign of ink from the cloud

  HP plans reign of ink from the cloud The company wants to move consumer printing away from PCs and onto the Web, shedding drivers along the way.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Rupert Goodwins)

• Swedish antipiracy law stirs up political waters

  In a country with a strong tradition of peer-to-peer networks, a new law requiring some ISPs to hand over data on alleged pirates is a hot-button issue.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Erik Palm)

• 'Microsoft Bridge' turns into a lightning rod

  Controversy continues to swirl about an overpass near Microsoft's Redmond headquarters that is slated to receive $11 million through the federal economic-stimulus plan.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Palm chases Howard Stern for Pre marketing

  In a high-profile marketing gamble, the radio host will get to demo Palm's new Pre smartphone, which is largely seen as a make-or-break product for the company.

  (Posted in Wireless by Larry Dignan)

• Analyst: 32GB iPhone could debut in June

  Apple appears to be gearing up for a low-end and high-end refresh of its iPhone, with the former offering 3G capabilities and the latter featuring 32GB of flash memory, according to an analyst.

  (Posted in Apple by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Ford readies mix of all-electric and plug-in hybrids

  In its electric-vehicle strategy, Ford is betting on both an all-electric compact sedan about the size of a Focus and a plug-in version of its existing hybrids.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
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