Friday, May 29, 2009

In search of a do-it-yourself Wall-E: CNET News

Robots will be one of the largest categories of DIY projects at this weekend's Maker Faire, but hobbyist robotics goes much further than the festival.
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May 29, 2009
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Robots will be one of the largest categories of DIY projects at this weekend's Maker Faire, but hobbyist robotics goes much further than the festival.
Fri, May 29 04:00:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story 

Onetime pop-culture juggernaut MTV is well past its "TRL" glory days. Now it's hoping to get back on top with a new talk show that captures the social media zeitgeist.
Fri, May 29 04:00:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story 

A 60-day review of the Feds' computer and Internet security efforts is complete, but recommendations are likely to be divisive.
Fri, May 29 01:20:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story 

Quo Computer plans to open a retail store to sell non-Apple computers with Mac OS X installed, in the Los Angeles area next week. Does it face a similar fate to that of Psystar?
Fri, May 29 07:38:08 PDT 2009 | Read full story 

Where Netbooks use an Intel Atom processor and, typically, Windows XP, the forthcoming smartbooks will feature ARM chip designs and Linux.
Fri, May 29 04:02:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story 

The search giant's ambitious Google Wave project has developers at Google I/O mulling the possibilities, and even comparing it to the iPhone.
Thu, May 28 14:27:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story 


Video of the day

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Google CEO touts always-on computing
At the Google I/O developer's conference in San Francisco, company CEO Eric Schmidt shares his vision for a new computing paradigm: "This is the beginning of the real win of cloud computing, of applications."


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A chip engineer's simple dream--to build a robot that can bring him a cold one--turns into a years-long home-brewed robotics project.  Read full story


The Digital Home
After closing its stores, electronics retailer gets a Web relaunch that closely resembles the sites of CompUSA and TigerDirect, also run by Systemax.  Read full story
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