CNET News.comTech news and business reports by CNET News.com. Focused on information technology, core topics include computers, hardware, software, networking, and Internet media.Photos: Cracking open Amazon's Kindle- September 17, 2008 Curl up with this TechRepublic page-turner as Bill Detwiler dissects Amazon's e-book reader and examines the circuitry inside.http://news.cnet.com/2300-1040_3-6246513-1.html?part=rss&tag=6246513&subj=news CNET News Daily Podcast: In hot water over cybersecurity- September 17, 2008 CNET News discusses why Uncle Sam is under renewed criticism over cybersecurity, whether Apple got it right with latest iPhone patch, and to what Mozilla pleas mea culpa.http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-10044386-90.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... IBM putting social networking under microscope- September 17, 2008 Big Blue says it wants to open the "premier center" for social research. That will probably help them sell stuff, too.http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10044309-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_... Apple selling limited number of 4GB iPod Nanos- September 17, 2008 Some retailers in Europe are selling 4GB versions of the iPod Nanos that Apple unveiled last week in 8GB and 16GB capacities--for about $50 more than the 8GB version.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10044279-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... IBM opens 'social software' development center- September 17, 2008 Based in Cambridge, Mass., it's designed as a research hub for everything from cloud computing to social search.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10044289-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... Simplicity and its discontents: Jason Fried vs. Fraser Kelton- September 17, 2008 Those easy sites you like aren't doing much for their founders, according to Adaptive Blue's Fraser Kelton.http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10044278-2.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_... Self-promotion via out-of-office autoreply- September 17, 2008 One man's way to boost his page views: include URLs to his blog and book promotion pages in autoreply e-mail messages--even when he's actually in the office.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10044227-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... Ad agencies team up on social-media standards- September 17, 2008 Organized by the CEO of niche social network Gather, a group of ad agency types called SMAC to come up with metrics and ground rules for what's known as "engagement advertising."http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10044240-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... Windows Live hopes Wave 3 is a good ride- September 17, 2008 The software maker on Wednesday offered up test versions of its latest suite of online services, including a new online version of Movie Maker.http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10044237-75.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... ESPN's ISP discrimination shakes Net neutrality hornet's nest- September 17, 2008 ESPN through its selective blocking of people from particular Internet service providers, may very well wake the sleeping giant that is Net neutrality.http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10043040-46.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3... |