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  Obama raises the bar
  for fuel efficiency

  Agreement on national mileage standard and auto emissions will hasten automakers' shift to hybrids, electric power trains, and other fuel-saving technologies.

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  And the winners of Webware 100 are...

  Almost 630,000 votes were cast to determine this year's 100 best Web 2.0 apps. Big vote-getters were Gaia Online, Maxthon, Justin.TV--and lots of Google services.
  • Webware editor's note

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• Apple warns of static shock from iPhone, iPod

  Company says users may experience a "small and quick" shock via their earbuds due to a buildup of static electricity.

  (Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)

• Yahoo wants to objectify search

  Guessing user intent is the centerpiece of Yahoo's efforts to improve search, and it needs to find objects, rather than documents, to make that happen.

  (Posted in Webware by Tom Krazit)

• HP earnings drop 17 percent

  Hewlett-Packard's revenue is down across most main business units.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Analyst: Wal-Mart looking to sell Macs

  An analyst says the Wal-Mart electronics makeover could be a move to persuade Apple to sell Macs through the retailer.

  (Posted in Apple by Erica Ogg)

• Protecting yourself from vishing attacks

  First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Ads appear on Wolfram Alpha

  Lenovo's ThinkPad appears to be the first product advertised on Wolfram Alpha, the new search engine that went live over the weekend.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Tom Krazit)

• What you need to know about e-health records

  special report Drive to digitize medical records could impact every American. What does that mean for your health care and privacy?
  • Politicos prep for another health care showdown
  • Special report: Your e-health future
  

• Intel previews Atom 'Pineview' chip, Linux OS

  Chipmaker has released information on its next-generation Atom processor and the beta of the Moblin 2.0 Linux operating system.

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

• Google testing HR algorithm

  Retaining key employees is essential to Google's hopes of staying on top of the tech world, and it's going to use its math chops to reach out to those who are wavering before it's too late.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Tom Krazit)

• Cisco reveals new initative for mobile markets

  Networking giant unveils new Collaboration in Motion initiative, designed to integrate different products and services for mobile workers.

  (Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

• Repaired Hubble relaunched from shuttle

  Astronaut Megan McArthur, operating the shuttle Atlantis' robot arm, releases the repaired space telescope Tuesday after a historic five-spacewalk overhaul.

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Flaw in encryption armor discovered

  An underlying defect in the OpenSSH encryption protocol has been revealed by academics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

  (Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

• Intel to detail 8-core server chip

  Chipmaker is expected to announce details of an 8-core processor for the high-end server market next week.

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