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  Obama's transparency
  vow: Mixed reviews

  At 100 days, the administration has made some big steps toward being more Internet-friendly. In other ways, it hasn't yet lived up to the campaign promise.
  • Obama's tech agenda on hold

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  The jukebox angle
  in the RealDVD dispute

  RealNetworks' "Facet" is a prototype DVD player that copies and stores hundreds of films. Is this the real reason Hollywood sued Real?
  • Glaser: RealDVD will copy rentals

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• Lawyer: Jobs not 'strong enough' for meeting

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs was still not feeling well enough Tuesday to sit through a lengthy town council meeting over the fate of his Woodside, Calif., mansion, according to his lawyer.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Redmond roundup: Company files EU response

  Also: Microsoft rehires Cyrus Krohn, a former "Softie" who had been with Yahoo and the Republican National Committee.
  • Tellme voice app to search Windows Mobile

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Report: Sony will unveil new PSP at E3

  New details are emerging on the new gaming handheld, which 1Up reports will be officially unveiled at E3. Launch predictions: September in Japan; October or November in U.S.

  (Posted in Crave by David Carnoy)

• Apple plots course for middle of mobile

  For years, the PC industry has longed to make a compelling device that's bigger than a phone but smaller than a notebook. They have failed. Can Apple pull it off?

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Report: Free Tesla for Parisian green-home buyers

  A French company is offering a free all-electric Tesla Roadster with each purchase of a luxury home in a green-housing development, according to Le Blog Auto.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• More apathy for a Dell smartphone

  Without seeing the device, industry observers remain underwhelmed by what Dell could bring to the mobile computing market.
  • Which smartphone maker isn't Verizon talking to?

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Just how much tech junk is getting recycled?

  Office Depot says it recycled about 1.5 million pounds of tech junk last year. How does that stack up against other company-sponsored recycling programs?
  • Green news harvest: Affordable green homes

  (Posted in Planetary Gear by Candace Lombardi)

• Sony's Crackle expands movie lineup

  The site, which competes with Hulu, is targeting men aged 18 to 34 with a now-heftier list of full-length films. What's unclear is whether the same flicks will head to YouTube.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Caroline McCarthy)

• Time Warner: AOL's revenue slide continues

  As the declines continue, Time Warner does have options--it could spin off AOL or sell its dial-up business to an outfit like EarthLink.
  • Sun loss deepens prior to acquisition
  • SAP software revenue skids in first quarter
  • Qualcomm, analysts hint at chip recovery

  (Posted in Digital Media by Larry Dignan)

• Judge extends Google Book Search settlement

  The search giant had asked for a 60-day extension, but a federal judge felt four months were needed to give more authors a chance to join or opt out.
  • Report: Google, DOJ talked about Book Search

  (Posted in Digital Media by Daniel Terdiman)

• Microsoft wraps up Vista update

  The software maker says it has finalized the code for the second service pack update to the operating system.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Google crashes Wolfram Alpha debut party

  Mathematica maker publicly demonstrates a Web service to dig into data like stock prices or mortality--but Google launches a similar service on the same day.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Stephen Shankland)

• Phishing with swine flu as bait

  Experts say beware the e-mails from strangers that reference swine flu and could contain links to malicious sites or harbor data stealing code in attachments.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)
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