Oracle to acquire Lodestar

Nanotech: The Circuits Blog

New server chips from processor giant draw as little as 12.5 watts per core.

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Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the TiVo HD XL, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50, and the Dish Network's newest digital TV converter box.

News - Apple

The rumor mill has long been predicting a longer, leaner new version of the iPod Nano, and now it's conjuring up some pictures.

Coop's Corner

Demo's impresario goes public with a tart and smartly written riposte to the shoot-from-the-lip crowd.

Video

The political conventions are over and so are CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric's first series of Webcasts. CNET's Kara Tsuboi sat down with Couric on the final night of the Republican National Convention to discuss what she liked about Webcasting, some of her most memorable guests, and whether TV news will still be around by the next round of conventions.

Webware

The online e-mail application is faster for those using the 7-year-old browser and gets features already available to more modern browsers, Google said.

Video

During the presidential campaigning four years ago, YouTube didn't even exist. Now it's a tool candidates must master to get their message across. CNET's Kara Tsuboi stops by the YouTube upload booths at the Democratic and Republican conventions to find out why Google's video site has such a big presence in Denver and St. Paul, Minn.

News - Gaming and Culture

With both events scheduled to start Monday, many press, as well as venture capitalists and others are having to choose which one to attend.

News - Cutting Edge

On eve of company's 10-year anniversary, researchers and business pundits speculate about what technologies might someday have as much impact as Google.

Gallery

Will Wright and his Maxis team worked on dozens of prototypes to test the elements of their soon-to-be-released evolution game. Here's a sampling.

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Since Mark Farina's glory days in the late '90s there has been no house music success story like Kaskade's. Download a free MP3 of "Beautiful Thing" courtesy of CNET Download Music.