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  Unanswered questions loom in Sidekick fiasco

  roundup Microsoft and Danger remain largely silent as to both what led to a massive data loss as well as what it plans to do to try to make things right.
  • User data may yet return
  • T-Mobile halts Sidekick sales
  • Users' tales of woe

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  Barn raisings weatherize homes to cut energy bills

  It's a grass-roots effort to cut energy use one drafty house at a time. CNET's Martin LaMonica participates in a community barn raising where volunteers weatherize a home.

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• Hub to tap superconductor cables for solar and wind

  The Tres Amigas project calls for using high-voltage direct-current superconducting cables to transport renewable energy among the three power grids in U.S.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Nokia unveils its Windows 7 Netbook

  Known for its cell phones, the Scandinavian company offers the lowdown on its new Netbook.
  • Nokia Booklet 3G photos

  (Posted in Crave by Scott Stein)

• Cisco to buy mobile specialist for $2.9 billion

  Acquisition of Starent Networks would help Cisco keep up with the push to the mobile Internet from a rising number of smartphones and other devices.

  (Posted in Wireless by Jonathan Skillings)

• Disney's retail plan is a theme park in its stores

  Walt Disney, with the help of Steve Jobs, intends to alter its approach to the shopping mall.
  (From The New York Times)

• A new space race: Bing vs. Google

  Last year, Google sponsored the GeoEye-1 satellite launch. This year, it's Microsoft's turn with DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2.

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Gmail gets another tool for dummies: Name check

  A new feature in Gmail labs makes sure you're sending an outgoing e-mail to the correct person, and not someone sharing the same first name.

  (Posted in Web Crawler by Josh Lowensohn)

• McAfee releases new security suite for Macs

  Citing an increased use of Macs by businesses, McAfee unveils McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac to help enterprise customers centrally manage security for all Macintosh computers.

  (Posted in Security by Lance Whitney)

• Pepsi tweets apology for 'bad taste' iPhone app

  Soft-drink maker apologizes for releasing an application to iPhone users that helps users determine "what type" of woman a particular person is and how to "get lucky."

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• For Intel, small laptops bring challenge from ARM

  The focus of today is on Intel's earnings, but tomorrow could see U.K.-based ARM and its satellite of chip and device makers pose a growing competitive threat.

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

• CNET Review: HP TouchSmart 600

  If the TouchSmart 600 won't at least get you thinking about the idea of bringing a PC into your kitchen, then the all-in-one concept truly has no hope.

• Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue

  The company says it is aware of a problem related to guest account log-ins that "occurs only in extremely rare cases," and it does not yet have a fix for it.

  (Posted in Circuit Breaker by Erica Ogg)

• Facebook database outage cut off about 150,000

  A downed Facebook database left a small but vocal percentage of its userbase without access to the social network for as long as 10 days.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Barracuda snags Purewire in Web security play

  The acquisition gives Barracuda security-as-a-service offering, but also adds to its security researcher and threat detection capabilities.

  (Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills)
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