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• How pot may win the war against super-bacteria

  Pot may be our best weapon in the fight against bacterial infection. Yes, spleef, mary jane, reefer, wacky tobacky, the stuff that made Cheech & Chong famous. It could save ...

  Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Chemicals

  Sep 08, 2008 7:29 AM PDT

• Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex edges closer

  The Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" is available for download, in advance of the planned full release in October. Canonical's Ubuntu project has made available an advance ...

  Tags: 3G, Personal Technology, Renai LeMay ZDNet Australia, Linux, Ubuntu, Intrepid Ibex, Cellular Phones, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software

  Sep 08, 2008 7:18 AM PDT

• Should Microsoft get into the PC hardware business?

  In a recent interview, Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich noted that there's "a lot of discussion within Microsoft" about whether the company that makes Windows should also make PC hardware. ...

  Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Operating Systems, Hardware, Ed Bott, Software, Microsoft Windows

  Sep 08, 2008 7:07 AM PDT

• Is your medicine on the FDA list?

  The FDA had not previously revealed it was looking at Tysabri, a multiple schlerosis drug, as a link to skin cancer, although it was in medical journals. by Dana Blankenhorn

  Tags: FDA, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

  Sep 08, 2008 7:05 AM PDT

• 411 and DNS: A Global SPAMbase?

  Tired of managing a bazillion phone numbers and email addresses? Try storing them in DNS. This December, new .tel domains will let individuals store all of their contact information within ...

  Tags: Information, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield, Domain Names, Web Site Development, Phone, Online Communications, E-mail, E-mail Address, Domain

  Sep 08, 2008 6:52 AM PDT

• Microsoft keeps banging the virtualization drum

  Microsoft's "Get Virtual Now" U.S. tour kicks off on September 8. Ironically, three of the new technologies Microsoft is highlighting as part of the event aren't actually available yet. by ...

  Tags: Linux, Utility Computing, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Corp., Storage Management, Operating Systems, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley, Virtualization, Software

  Sep 08, 2008 6:42 AM PDT

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, System Center VM Manager 2008 will ship in 30 days

  Microsoft will announce today that its long awaited Hyper-V Server 2008 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 will ship in 30 days. The Redmond, Wash company will also demonstrate ...

  Tags: Utility Computing, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Corp., Storage Management, Operating Systems, Hardware, Virtualization, Software, Paula Rooney, Microsoft Windows

  Sep 08, 2008 6:42 AM PDT

• TechCrunch50: Day 1

  When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups ...

  Tags: Presentation, Management, Financing Startups, Andrew Mager, Finance, Venture Capital, Team Management, Online Communications, Entrepreneurship, E-mail

  Sep 08, 2008 6:40 AM PDT

• Bluestripe to tackle application management in virtual environments

  Today marks the launch of Bluestripe, a Research Triangle Park, NC startup focused on application service management in virtualized data centers. The founders, former execs from Wily and IBM/Tivoli, maintain ...

  Tags: Servers, Tier, Hardware, Server Virtualization, Data Management, Virtual Server, Application Management, Mainframes, Storage, FactFinder

  Sep 08, 2008 6:26 AM PDT

• IBM reworks storage strategy

  IBM is making a major push to upgrade the computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to breath under mountainous piles of data. SAN JOSE, California--IBM is making ...

  Tags: IBM, Reuters, EMC, data storage, Strategy, Hardware, data centers, Data, IBM Corp., Storage

  Sep 08, 2008 6:18 AM PDT

• Yahoo search arrives on AT&T mobile phones

  AT&T is set to begin featuring Yahoo Inc search services on the Internet menu of mobile handsets used by its base of up to 70 million U.S. customers. SAN FRANCISCO--AT&T ...

  Tags: AT&T, OneSearch, Marketing, Verizon Communications Inc., Yahoo Search, Yahoo, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile, Yahoo! Inc.

  Sep 08, 2008 6:09 AM PDT

• Ad danger to open source

  Is it time for open source to get ready for serious ad wars? How would open source pay for such a fight? And what would an ad for open source ...

  Tags: Advertisement, Dana Blankenhorn, Open Source, Tux

  Sep 08, 2008 6:09 AM PDT

• London Stock Exchange hit with 'connectivity issue'

  The London Stock Exchange is on hold Monday following a "connectivity issue" that halted trading. The timing couldn't have been worse: Volume was heavy in Europe after the U.S. government ...

  Tags: Finance, Larry Dignan, Taxes, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Trader, London Stock Exchange Plc.

  Sep 08, 2008 6:03 AM PDT

• Does DRM guarantee Spore is destined for extinction?

  Will Wright's long awaited sim game Spore seems to have become the focus of a anti-DRM Internet flash mob who seem determined to sink the game on Amazon.com by dishing ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Digital-rights Management, Review, Games, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Spore

  Sep 08, 2008 5:25 AM PDT

• Intel rolls out low power server chips

  Intel on Monday said that it is now shipping four new low-power Xeon server chips. The chip giant noted that the lineup is the first halogen-free Xeons, which will lower ...

  Tags: Components, Servers, Chip, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Larry Dignan, Watt, Hardware, Networking

  Sep 08, 2008 5:04 AM PDT

• RealNetworks: Rip those DVDs (with a dash of DRM)

  RealNetworks on Monday launched RealDVD, an application that allows you to rip DVDs to your hard drive with limits set by digital rights management software. The company announced the software ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, Digital-rights Management, RealNetworks Inc., Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan, DVD, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics

  Sep 08, 2008 4:42 AM PDT

• Are browsers the answer for the 3-D Web?

  Just got back from a camping trip in northern Israel when I saw this release announcing GoWeb3D, a new virtual world venture that will bring virtual offices, conference rooms, classrooms, ...

  Tags: Virtual World, 3D, GoWeb3D, Web Browser, Hardware, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Dave Greenfield

  Sep 08, 2008 4:37 AM PDT

• Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum

  Google is pondering a floating data center that could be powered and cooled by the ocean. These offshore data centers could sit 3 to 7 miles offshore and reside in ...

  Tags: Data Center, Larry Dignan, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Google Inc., Computing Unit, Storage

  Sep 08, 2008 2:08 AM PDT

• The week ahead: Demo, TechCrunch 50, Apple; SAP TechEd; CTIA

  Programming note: We have a busy week ahead and it's truly a demo fiesta. Here's a look at the moving parts. Sam Diaz will be covering Demo; Andrew Mager will ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, SAP AG, Programming, Software Development, Consumer Electronics, Development Tools, Cellular Phones, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., TechCrunch

  Sep 08, 2008 2:08 AM PDT

• Video: Can Chrome give Internet Explorer a run for its money?

  ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Senior Editor Sam Diaz about the perks and pitfalls of the newly released browser from Google. Diaz also reveals why Sergey Brin is bugging ...

  Tags: Web Browsers, Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Larry Dignan, Team Management, Video, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet

  Sep 08, 2008 2:08 AM PDT

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