The ad that uses YouTube brilliantly
A Liquid Paper-like product's ad, created specifically to run on YouTube, shows the possibility of creating something remarkable on a site for which display advertising is becoming a key profit-making component. 
© 2010 CNET News 10:06am Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M
Internet privacy groups will be the beneficiary of the settlement, which came as the result of a lawsuit filed over Google's maligned Buzz launch.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 3:06pm  Android gains on Apple in U.S. mobile Web use
Apple's iOS is still dominant, but is losing share. It's to be expected as sales of Android devices continue to grow.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 7:36am Dolphin Browser HD
As people spend more time online with their phones and as smartphone technology improves, users continually expect better performance from their mobile Web browsers. Dolphin Browser HD (for Android 2.0 and above; use Dolphin Browser for earlier Android versions) very nearly provides desktop-quality browsing optimized for a pocketable device.
© 2010 ComputerWorld US Sat 6:46am  Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling
The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 5:36am More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps
Number of people accessing the microblogging tool through mobile apps jumps 62 percent since the middle of April.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 5:36am 3D cameras and web TVs on show
Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultra thin and bright OLED TVs.
© 2010 BBCWorld Sat 1:36am Nvidia's laptop graphics cards to boost Web browsing
Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series graphics cards for laptops, which could provide parallel-processing capabilities to accelerate Web browsing and 3D image rendering.
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Belarus web activist found hanged
A Belarus opposition website activist found hanged at his home outside Minsk committed suicide, officials say.
© 2010 BBCWorld 7:26am Craigslist censored: Adult section removed
In a remarkable twist to the battle over Craigslist's Adult Services section, the site removes it and replaces the home page link to it with a "censored" tag.
© 2010 CNET News 6:56am CNET News, now on Android
The iPhone's no longer the only smartphone with a CNET News app. Our breaking stories and in-depth features are now even easier to read and browse on Android devices from the new, free CNET News app. Read about what it does and why it's worth downloading.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 3:06pm Study finds love-hate relationship with cell phones
Though most feel safer and more in touch with mobile phones in hand, many are annoyed by the interruption of calls, says Pew Internet study.
© 2010 CNET News Sat 7:36am Google sticks Wave in a box, puts a bow on top
Contrary to popular belief, Google Wave is not quite dead. Google plans to expand upon the open source code it has already released to form a more complete, standalone application known as "Wave in a Box." Wave will work (or not work, depending on how you look at it) as it always has, but with the new app, developers can run their own wave servers and host waves from their own machines.
"Since the beginning, it has been our vision that the Google Wave protocols could support a new generation of communication and collaboration tools," wrote Wave software engineer Alex North on the Google Wave Developer Blog. "The response from the developer community to date has been amazing and rewarding. Even more so now, we believe that developers and other projects are a critical part of this story."
North says the project will include an app bundle with both a Wave server and client, a "fast and fully-featured" wave panel in the Web client, persistent wave store and search for the server, and the ability to import wave data from the Web. Additionally, it will have gadget, robot, and data API support, as well as the ability to federate across other Wave in a Box instances. Even more details are available in Google's Wave Protocol Forum.
Google announced earlier this week that the Web version of Wave would remain online through "at least" the end of the year, and that users would be able to export their waves during that time. It was a blip of good news to those few lamenting Wave's short lifespan, but Wave in a Box should be a major step toward helping the project live on.
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