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  Adobe pushes Flash video on mobile devices

  Adobe garners the support of Google, Palm, and Motorola for its new Flash software for smartphones, smartbooks, Netbooks, and other mobile devices.
  • Keeping Flash a step ahead

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  A CNET Conversation with Steve Ballmer

  In the latest installment of our new interview series, Microsoft's CEO talks about the economy and competition with Apple and Google, but sadly, offers no new details on the rumored Courier tablet.
  • Ballmer never at loss for words

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• Green tech, robots to take over Tokyo

  It's that time again: Ceatec, Japan's version of CES starts this week. Here's what to expect from this year's gadget extravaganza.
  • Photos: Early peek inside Ceatec show in Tokyo

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Hadron collider restart set for November

  The massive physics project will get going again in incremental stages, more than a year after its much anticipated first try fizzled out.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Tom Espiner)

• AT&T unveils Windows 6.5 phones

  The Pure is a rebranded version of the HTC Touch Diamond2, while the Tilt2 is for AT&T's power business customers.

  (Posted in CTIA Fall show by Bonnie Cha)

• AVG 9: Faster scans, ID protection service

  The feature-rich versions of popular security program AVG have been updated, with AVG Technologies claiming faster scan times, faster boot times, and other under-the-hood improvements.

  (Posted in The Download Blog by Seth Rosenblatt)

• Windows 7 to usher in crush of cheap laptops

  A quick peek at the lineups of new laptops from Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, and Dell make it clear that laptop prices are diving.

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

• Native Client in Chrome: Google flexes Web muscle

  Google has built into its browser the ability to tap directly into a computer's native processing power through software called Native Client. Also: more extensions work.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Researchers tally real-life mileage for plug-in cars

  With more plug-in electric vehicles coming to market in the next two years, experts say new ways to measure fuel efficiency are needed, including "electricity per mile."

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• EcoATM pays you for used gadgets

  Kiosk provides self-serve e-cycling to consumers ready to ditch their portable devices. The first machine is in Omaha, Neb., and more are on the way.

  (Posted in Crave by Leslie Katz)

• Why CIOs are saying no to Macs

  It's not so much a judgment on the performance of the Mac OS itself, but rather a recognition of the prohibitive costs involved in making a change.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Jo Best)

• Striking pizza workers offer resolution

  Green Isle Foods, the processed foods company at the center of a strike after three workers are fired for viewing Internet porn, is refusing to accept a union offer to go to an independent Labor Court.

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• For the love of pinball

  The Pacific Pinball Expo this weekend is the place to be to check out the bells and bright lights of yesteryear's game machines.
  • Photos: Pacific Pinball Expo

  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• Nissan's robot cars mimic fish to avoid crashing

  The Eporo mini robot cars mimic schools of fish to avoid colliding into obstacles--including each other. They're an upgrades from the bumble bee-inspired BR23Cs.

  (Posted in Crave by Tim Hornyak)

• Ig Nobel winners: Knuckle cracking to panda poo

  Honored research includes findings that cracking your knuckles won't give you arthritis, panda feces are good for composting, and named cows produce more milk.
  • Introducing the bra that's meant to be taken off

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)
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