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  Top tech execs put
  their heads together

  roundup Fortune's Brainstorm: Tech conference sets up a soapbox for top-level execs from the likes of IAC, Twitter, PayPal, News Corp., AT&T, and Disney.
  • Sprint: Glad we waited on Android
  • IAC: We're not deal junkies
  • Kutcher: Twitter will change media

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  3D hardware boost coming to Chrome

  By building its O3D plug-in into Chrome, Google is prepping for faster Web applications in its browser--and later in its operating system.

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• Joule adds CO2 to sunlight to make fuel

  Two-year-old Joule Biotechnologies introduces its synthetic biology technology that uses engineered microorganisms to make ethanol from sunlight and carbon dioxide.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Report: Apple, labels mixing musical 'Cocktail'

  Record labels are working with the iTunes maker to concoct interactive bundles with material such as liner notes, lyrics, and photos, according to the Financial Times.

  (Posted in Apple by Jon Skillings)

• Astronauts in home stretch of marathon mission

  The Endeavour astronauts are preparing for a fifth and final spacewalk Monday before departing the International Space Station Tuesday after an 'extremely successful' mission.

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Windows 7 will give boost to PC hardware

  Improvements in the operating system will include how Windows handles multitasking, graphics acceleration, and solid-state drives.

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

• Technology and the megachurch

  road trip CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman stops at the New Life Church, home of Focus on the Family, in Colorado Springs, to talk about how it implements technology.
  • Road Trip hits 5,000 miles
  • Full Road Trip coverage

  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• Scientists worry machines may outsmart man

  As gains are made in artificial intelligence, scientists worry that advances could have dangerous consequences.
  (From The New York Times)

• HP researchers develop browser-based darknet

  Darknets, encrypted peer-to-peer networks, are normally difficult to set up and maintain. But two researchers plan to demonstrate a less complicated one at Black Hat.

  (Posted in Security by Tom Espiner)

• China telecoms market to surpass Japan by 2014

  The growth of China's mobile industry will weather the economic decline, driven by the rollout of 3G networks and extended coverage into rural areas.

  (Posted in Wireless by Victoria Ho)

• Ericsson to pay $1.13 billion for Nortel assets

  Swedish telecom giant beats out two others in an auction for the CDMA and LTE wireless tech assets of bankrupt Nortel.

  (Posted in Wireless by Natalie Weinstein)

• Okeanos Explorer to delve the depths of the seas

  Gearing up to set sail, NOAA's high-tech ship is dedicated to deep-ocean exploration and public education.
  • Photos: NOAA explorer to bring deep sea to the surface

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Dara Kerr)

• Gates faults U.S. on data privacy, immigration

  In speech in New Delhi, Microsoft's chairman also explains why he had to dump his Facebook page.
  (From The New York Times)

• Microsoft offers EU 'browser ballot' compromise

  Maybe there's a way to satisfy the EU's antitrust concerns without shipping Windows with no browser: Microsoft offers a new proposal to let users choose their own.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

  CNET Reviews checks out the Wii MotionPlus, T-Mobile MyTouch 3G, Ultrasone Zino headphones, and more.
  • Week in review: Microsoft surprise

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