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- WordPress 2.7 arrives tonight
Blogging platform WordPress is getting a big upgrade tonight, with a whole new dashboard and the option to write quick posts right from the admin page. Read more
- Take note, Intel: New silicon to redefine Netbooks
New chips from Advanced Micro Devices, Freescale Semiconductor, and Qualcomm may redefine the market for so-called Netbooks and ultraportables. Read more
- Major Python update makes break with past
Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible.
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- Ad agency in 'virgin' controversy
In a campaign for the Burger King Whopper, Crispin Porter and Bogusky is doing a taste test with some of the remotest peoples of the world. Read more
- Italy, not biofuels hold back EU energy deal
Biofuel dead-lock put to rest, but other issues prevent the EU from sealing the green energy deal. Read more
- Intel, Nvidia bookend top-20 chip ranking
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Intel, Nvidia bookend top-20 chip ranking--iSuppli's preliminary 2008 top-20 chip rankings are out as memory chipmakers fall upon hard times.
Harvard team to copyright office: Let consumers hack DRM abandonware --What if a failing DRM store didn't mean that consumers would be left high and dry? What if instead, consumers had a legal right to hack the software to gain access to content that they paid for?
Seven awesome new iPhone freebies--Talk about a lucky seven: These great apps won't cost you a dime.
CBS adds Launchcast to its online radio arsenal--Launchcast, Yahoo's streaming music site, joins Last.fm and AOL Radio in CBS's online radio arsenal.
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- Former WorldCom CEO seeks clemency
Bernie Ebbers, the former CEO of WorldCom who is serving a 25-year prison term for masterminding an $11 billion accounting scandal, wants President Bush to lighten his sentence. Read more
- Report: IAC may sell smaller businesses
According to PaidContent, some of the Barry Diller-led conglomerate's "programming" sites may be sold off, as it tries to weather the recession. Read more
- Nokia further reduces forecast
For the second time in a month, Nokia revises its forecast and tells investors that a slumping economy will hurt sales in the fourth quarter. Read more
- Non-G1 Android phone to hit Australia in January
Kogan Technologies' Agora phone will be the first sold Down Under to run Google's mobile operating system. It has a keyboard, a touch screen, and 3G connectivity. Read more
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