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  Hulu-Disney deal hurts YouTube, helps cable

  Hulu now boasts long-form content from three major movie studios. One analyst says Hulu could solve the cable industry's Web problem.
  • Disney signs onto Hulu
  • Levinsohn: Hollywood, as you know it, is dead

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  Microsoft chugs toward Windows 7 release

  A near-final release candidate--expected to be the last public test version--is being given to developers on Thursday. It is slated to be publicly available May 5.
  • Images: A peek at Windows 7
  • Windows 7 tunes into remote music library access
  • Acer exec: Windows 7 on Oct. 23

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• Reports: Oracle planning more online software

  Company is developing new online products in what could signal a shift in focus from traditional software to software as a service, reports say.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Michelle Meyers)

• Senators aim to protect electric grid from hackers

  Politicians respond to reports of cyberattacks by suggesting new plans to protect an increasingly networked electric grid.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Cable's numbers don't add up for metered billing

  Comcast and Time Warner are still making money in spite of a weak economy and increasing bandwidth demand, which they claim strains their network resources.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Marguerite Reardon)

• Facebook hit by phishing attacks for 2nd day

  After fighting off another phishing worm designed to steal people's usernames and passwords, social-networking site is investigating whether the attacks are related.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Q&A: The Ultimate Gamer--keeping a cool head

  As the winner of the $100,000 World Cyber Games Ultimate Gamer championship, Mark Smith knows there's a lot more to earning a crown than just skill.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Firefox 3.5, Fennec on Google's location service

  On the heels of Google's experimental location-aware browser add-on, Mozilla announces its own opt-in geolocation feature. Interestingly enough, it's powered by Google.

  (Posted in The Download Blog by Jessica Dolcourt)

• Report: Apple eyes Mac pricing cuts

  Faced with a poor economy and demand for cheap Netbooks, Apple could be considering changes to the price of its most popular Macs, according to a report.
  • Apple's iPhone wins second J.D. Power award

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Mini Palm Pre, Pre Centro in the works?

  New rumors say that Palm's second Web OS device will be a mini Palm Pre.

  (Posted in Crave by Bonnie Cha)

• DOE lab develops 'smart charging' for electric cars

  Pacific Northwest National Labs is looking to license its Smart Charger Controller, which can schedule electric-car charging for the lowest price at off-peak times.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Panel advises clarifying U.S. plans on cyberwar

  A three-year study concluded that the U.S. has no clear policy about how it might respond to a cyberattack.
  (From The New York Times)

• Pure Digital not flipping out over competition

  CEO Jonathan Kaplan says he welcomes imitators as he looks to grow the camcorder business. On Thursday his company is unveiling two updated Flip Video devices.
  • Review: Flip UltraHD
  • Review: Flip Ultra

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• Motorola continues to bleed amid rotten economy

  Even as it takes steps to reduce costs, the company reports heavy losses for the first quarter of 2009 as demand for its handsets weakens.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• DOD allocates $346 million more for green energy

  The latest Defense Department report on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocations details more green for eco-friendly initiatives.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)
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