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  CTIA: Mobile gadgets
  rule the roost

  special coverage The biggest mobile show in the U.S. is bursting at the seams with new handsets, apps, services, and accessories.
  • Microsoft talks mobile
  • Clearwire eyes 4G developers

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  Chevy Volt to sport smart charging, flex fuel

  General Motors plans this year to test prototypes of the Volt which will use GM's OnStar system for charging batteries at off-peak times.
  • Takers for the Tesla S

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• Russia may increase oversight of Microsoft

  The country is considering whether to add Microsoft to a list of companies with high market share. Microsoft said it is cooperating with the inquiry.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Conficker postmortem: Hype distracted but threat is real

  Experts say media hype of Conficker worm may have distracted people from the real but less sexy threat--the ongoing, everyday risks on the Internet.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Senate panel approves patent reform bill

  The Patent Reform Act will go before the full Senate for consideration, after the Senate Judiciary Committee worked out a compromise on controversial patent reform issues.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Yelp to release new iPhone app

  Twitter-like "quick tips" are front and center on the next iteration of its iPhone app, which the company says is responsible for a full five percent of its traffic.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• RIM posts strong quarter, beats estimates

  BlackBerry maker reports an 84 percent increase in revenue, on the strength of its new smartphone devices. Company shares rise by double digits in after-hours trading.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Will Wright: Gaming feeds egos

  The "Sims" and "Spore" creator says gaming's mainstream future is in letting users transport their real identities to the virtual space.
  • Web 2.0 Expo: Are we finally leaving the Middle Ages?
  • More from Web 2.0 Expo

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Wired.com lays off 12 percent of staff

  Eliot Van Buskirk, who authored the well-known digital music blog ListeningPost, is among those who lost their job.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Report: IBM cuts price on Sun deal

  IBM has reportedly lowered its buyout price for Sun Microsystems to a range of $9 to $10 per share, shaving a dollar off its previously discussed range, according to the Journal.
  • How Linux killed SGI (and is poised to kill Sun)

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Older Slingboxes incompatible with Sling iPhone app

  Sling is offering a $50 discount for owners of older Slingboxes to upgrade to one of three more current models.

  (Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

• A who's who of hackers

  The Conficker worm didn't cause any April 1 conflagration, but it has sparked some thoughts on who over the years would make up a hacking rogues' gallery.

  (Posted in Security by Jonathan Skillings)

• Microsoft helps keep Koobface virus off Facebook

  Facebook turns to Microsoft to protect users from the polymorphic and persistent Koobface virus.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Today's green news

  IBM plugs sensors in for shipping, power grid; Tesla gets 500-plus takers for Model S; Google maps draw a line in sand for clean energy.
  • Coal-to-gas venture GreatPoint heads to China

• Qwest looking to unload long-distance business?

  Struggling telecommunications carrier is searching for ways to lower its outstanding debt load, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)
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