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1. Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal
Fourth-ranked search engine completes its acquisition of the parent company of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
Fri July 4, 2008 2:52 PM PDT
2. 1 euro eBay baby goes home
Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
Fri July 4, 2008 1:37 PM PDT
3. VeriSign names interim CEO
Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.
Fri July 4, 2008 12:02 PM PDT
4. At home with the Blue Angels
During a visit to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman gets to see the high-performance pilots up close.
Fri July 4, 2008 4:00 AM PDT
5. Japanese Shell subsidiary plans solar-panel plant
Oil company turns to the sun, with plans to build a factory manufacturing thin-film solar panels with a cumulative yearly power generation capacity of 1 gigawatt.
Thu July 3, 2008 6:13 PM PDT
6. EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation
After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an "All-Play" series for Wii.
Thu July 3, 2008 3:32 PM PDT
7. Weekend project: Sync your .Mac bookmarks one last time
Sync those bookmarks one last time to avoid losing those bookmarks forever. Apple is making the transition to MobileMe.
Thu July 3, 2008 3:25 PM PDT
8. Tune out co-workers, other sounds with SimplyNoise
Tune out the world with SimplyNoise, a white noise generator.
Thu July 3, 2008 2:25 PM PDT
9. Researcher faults Apple iPhone on security updates
He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.
Thu July 3, 2008 2:22 PM PDT
