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  Chevy Volt to pull
  230 mpg in city

  GM says the Chevy Volt gas-electric sedan, due out late next year, will get triple-digit fuel economy, based on draft EPA methodology.
  • GM, eBay join to sell new cars

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  How turf wars, miscues crippled SpiralFrog

  Before the doors closed at the once-promising start-up, money got tight, and the payroll went unpaid. Management squabbles made a bad situation even worse.
  • Old users getting spammed
  • SpiralFrog's turmoil, in missives

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• Kids' search terms: Sex, games, rock 'n' roll

  Top 20 terms including "YouTube," "Wikipedia," and "sex," says Symantec, show that children want to be entertained, educated, and titillated.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Lance Whitney)

• Apple adds antiglare to 15-inch MacBook Pro

  Company decides to offer an upgrade option--already available on the 17-inch model--of an antiglare display instead of standard glossy.

  (Posted in Apple by Jim Dalrymple)

• Google invites feedback on secret search upgrades

  Developers who want to offer their take on differences between Google's current infrastructure and a new, tweaked test version are invited to use the code word "caffeine" in feedback. Hmm.

  (Posted in Webware by Caroline McCarthy)

• PayPal targets students, parents with debit cards

  New program lets parents keep track of their kids' expenses and act as the bank by funneling money into a monitored debit account.

  (Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

• MLB beefs up Roku's rotation

  The $99 streaming-video set-top box adds live Major League Baseball games, the first live content available on Roku's device.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• 'Rapid tests' target STD-tropical disease combos

  New tests that use rapid flow-through technology to detect disease combinations, including HIV and malaria, are an industry first, according to developer.

  (Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

• Tilting at RIAA, a stalwart is upended

  When Charles Nesson lost Joel Tenenbaum's music-downloading case last month, many saw a moment when an eccentric scholar's devotion to a soaring vision blinded him to practical legal realities.
  (From The New York Times)

• Intel, Micron develop flash chips for USB drives

  The NAND flash memory, capable of 3 bits per cell, is based on 34-nanometer technology. The chips will be limited initially to flash drives.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Facebook buys FriendFeed: Is this a big deal?

  The social-networking titan scoops up FriendFeed, a service that gathers people's scattered online activity. It's a deal focused on talent, not product.
  • FriendFeed features that Facebook needs to absorb
  • Facebook gets Twitter-like search

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• USAA app lets iPhone users deposit checks

  With USAA's updated iPhone, customers can take a picture of a check and deposit the funds directly to their bank accounts.

  (Posted in Apple by Lance Whitney)

• Windows 7 jump lists come to Chrome

  Google Chrome fans who use the developer's build now get access to one of the best features in Windows 7, while Mac users also see some Chrome improvements.
  • Windows 7: 64-bit to go prime time
  • Windows 7: Complete coverage

  (Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt)

• Nvidia graphics tech set for future Intel chips

  Intel and circuit board makers have licensed Nvidia's Scalable Link Interface technology, used typically in high-end gaming boxes, for future Intel chips.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Guitar Hero 5 gets ready to rock

  The latest iteration of the immensely popular franchise launches on September 1. But can it withstand the tremendous publicity that Beatles Rock Band will get?

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)
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