Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks
Jacob Appelbaum, who volunteers with Wikileaks, is questioned for three hours and has mobile phones confiscated on his way back to the U.S. for hacker show.
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Detergent uses GPS to stalk customers
A Brazilian promotion for Omo detergent involves 50 boxes that have GPS inside. Customers lucky enough to buy one of these boxes will be followed home in order to be given a very technological prize.
Hedge your bets in cloud computing
The future role of cloud computing is in many ways unpredictable and ever changing. What balance of traditional infrastructure, private clouds, and public cloud services will your IT department consume in the next three years? Five years? The trick is to hedge your bets wherever you can.
In IPO-signaling move, Zynga adds fancy CFO
The fast-growing social-gaming site says it has hired Allen & Co. investment banker David Wehner as its new chief financial officer.
Will Apple’s ‘Spinning Wheel of Doom’ become chic?
An enterprising marketer is attempting to persuade geeks that the new geek chic consists of wearing Apple’s Spinning Wheel of Doom on their chests. Will it work?
Intel may be destined for iPhone, iPad
Multiple reports indicate that an Intel buyout of chipmaker Infineon’s wireless unit may be imminent.
Contest finds workers at big firms handing data to hackers
Organizers of contest at hacking confab hope showing how easy it is to get data from cold calls to companies will help alert firms to the threat of social engineering.
Picture of the Day 7/31: 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.
DIY Weekend: Building a window to the stars
Douglas Smith built a telescope out of plywood, aluminum, and porthole glass. Now he can see the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter.