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Windows 95 turns 15: Has Microsoft's OS peaked?
One of Microsoft most venerable operating systems turns 15, but are all of Windows' best days in the past?
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Windows 95 turns 15 (images)
As one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems hits its 15th birthday, CNET takes a look back.
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iTunes U downloads top 300 million
Apple announces immense growth in downloads from its online store's educational section. Over 800 universities have active sites.
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Intel CEO: U.S. faces looming tech decline
Unless Washington wakes up and fixes policies that are driving jobs and tax revenue offshore, Paul Otellini says, "the next big thing will not be invented here."
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LTE subscribers to hit 300 million by 2015
With heavy growth expected to continue, users of the 4G wireless broadband service will reach about 300 million in another five years, says Juniper Research.
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Pandora to offer genre-based station creation
Music discovery and recommendation service Pandora offers a new way to make stations to listen to. Along with artist, song, and composer, you can now create by genre.
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Twitter: Yes, we're building out a sales team!
The former chief technology officer of News Corp. has joined Twitter as president of global revenues and will oversee all of Twitter's attempts to turn 140-character messages into profits.
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'Freemium' antivirus firm Avast gets funding boost
Security vendor has received a $100 million investment from private equity firm Summit Partners, in exchange for a minority stake in the company.
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LucasFilm sues firm over 'Jedi Mind' trademark
A company called Jedi Mind is being sued by George Lucas' film company over its references to the "Jedi Mind trick" to control a computer.
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Yahoo completes switch to Microsoft-powered search
The move to Bing-powered search is done, at least for algorithmic search in the U.S. and Canada. The two companies still need to iron out paid search and international markets.
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Microsoft threatens Halo: Reach players with 'permaban'
Microsoft isn't too happy that Halo: Reach has leaked. Company reiterates that anyone playing any unauthorized title runs the risk of being banned from Xbox Live.
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Self-cleaning solar panels field-tested on Mars
An electrically sensitive coating for solar photovoltaic panels, originally developed for NASA missions, could cut 90 percent of accumulated dust in two minutes, a researcher says.
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Paid TV subscriptions dip for the first time
Weak economy cited as main reason that subscriptions for paid TV service fell, according to research firm SNL Kagan.
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Apple iTV coming soon?
Chatroulette may be getting a PG makeover, Goldeneye 007 for the Wii has a new trailer, and Apple iTV could be out next month.
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Hackers see the cloud as ripe territory
Survey conducted at last month's Defcon finds that hackers see the cloud as ripe for the taking and don't believe that cloud vendors are doing enough to secure it.
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Road Trip Pic of the Day going weekly
Since early June, CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman has posted a daily picture and tasked readers with identifying it. Now, with Road Trip 2010 completed, the daily challenge is going weekly. Please come back each Thursday.
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Road Trip Pic of the Day 8/24: What is this?
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day challenge.
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Monster swallows HotJobs, inks deal with Yahoo
Job search giant completes its buyout of Yahoo's HotJobs and cuts a deal to appear on Yahoo's home page as the exclusive provider of career content.
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Prius to offer optional noise to alert pedestrians
A new option--in Japan only for now--will allow Prius owners to add a small speaker system to their vehicles to help alert pedestrians.
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GE to test energy efficiency of smart homes
A $5 million Department of Energy project will measure whether high-tech tools, such as electricity monitors and smart appliances, coupled with solar panels can cut home energy use by 70 percent.
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