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  Virtualization will
  affect you, too

  VMware is pushing its software for use on PCs and mobile phones. There's plenty of room for expansion--but watch out for that cloud.

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  IBM plunges into
  'smart grid for water'

  Betting that governments and businesses will need to better manage water resources, IBM is leading an effort to design IT systems to monitor and analyze water use.

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• Google tweaking Android Market

  To help developers better promote their software, Google is updating Android Market to include screenshots and longer descriptions of each app.
  • T-Mobile unveils pay-as-you-go Android phone

  (Posted in Android Atlas by Lance Whitney)

• Nokia launches beta of Ovi development kit

  The Ovi software development kit is a Web-based toolbox for developers that lets them create Web services and apps for handsets running either Symbian or Maemo.

  (Posted in Wireless by David Meyer)

• Kai-Fu Lee leaving Google

  In 2005, Lee decamped from Microsoft to take over Google's China operations, sparking a legal battle between the companies. Now he's starting his own venture.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• iRobot CEO: Robot nurses to cut care costs

  Remote monitoring equipment that keeps a virtual eye on patients in their own home would save money, says Colin Angle.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction

  Landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Steven Musil)

• Robotics Rodeo: En route to safer convoys

  Big Army trucks lumbering down supply routes often run into trouble. One way to reduce the risk is to take the driver out of the driver's seat.

  (Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

• Restoration starts on one of oldest computers

  Volunteers at the U.K.'s National Museum of Computing are starting to rebuild the Witch machine, first used in 1951 for atomic research.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Nick Heath)

• iPhone will get MMS September 25

  AT&T announces that multimedia messaging will finally come to the iPhone on September 25. The carrier also said it appreciates the patience of its customers.
  • Friday Poll: MMS is iPhone-bound. Now what?

  (Posted in iPhone Atlas by Kent German)

• Weekly giveaway: Starcraft messenger bag

  Crave's giveaway of the week is a limited-edition Starcraft II-printed Razer Messenger Bag.

  (Posted in Crave by Rich Brown)

• IFA 2009: Gadget-fest in Berlin

  roundup From "borderless" TVs to touch-screen tablets to 11-hour laptop batteries, IFA in Berlin is showcasing the best of what's to come.
  • Photos: IFA through the years, a gadget evolution

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by CNET News staff)

• Study: Walkman outsells iPod in Japan

  For the first time in four years, Sony sells more Walkman devices than Apple sells iPods, says Japanese market research firm BCN.

  (Posted in Crave by Lance Whitney)

• Advocates: Google Books can bridge digital divide

  Civil rights and disability groups say Google's bid to create a new kind of digital library would transform the way the world accesses knowledge.
  • Google details Books privacy policy
  • Amazon: Google Books deal an 'unprecedented' copyright hack

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Qwest long distance goes down for some

  Qwest Communications said Thursday that some of its customers were unable to make or receive long distance calls for about two and a half hours.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)
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