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  The sunshine business in the Golden State

  photos In San Diego, the solar industry's annual confab shows the diversity of solar gear for power plants, commercial roofs, or homes.
  • Home energy monitors getting wise to solar

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  Adobe fends off rivals with Flash Player 10

  The incumbent power in rich Web app technology just got a little more powerful--but it also now has Silverlight 2 to reckon with.

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• Discovery's 'Prototype This!' debuts tonight

  The new show from the producers of MythBusters highlights innovative product design from the minds of a group of creative, yet telegenic hosts.
  • Video: 'Prototype This' invents the future
  • Photos: Prototyping for TV

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Apple executive parade not prelude to change

  Just because CEO Steve Jobs shared the stage with several of his top lieutenants at Tuesday's notebook announcement doesn't mean he's ready to give up control.
  • Three things Apple won't do
  • Roundup: Apple polishes laptops
  • Video: Is Steve Jobs slowly passing the baton?

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Has Storm stopped sending spam?

  Researchers find that spam output produced by the once prolific botnet has dwindled to almost nothing in the last month.

  (Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

• Poptub: Google tries best-of-YouTube TV show

  A Pepsi-sponsored show featuring YouTube highlights and celebrity interviews delivers an audience to advertisers.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

• Microsoft to ditch MSN Groups?

  An e-mail forwarded to LiveSide.net seems to indicate that Microsoft will be closing its MSN Groups service and replacing it with a new Windows Live Groups--but the two won't be compatible.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• IDC: Netbook shipments up, expect constrained IT budgets

  Economic turmoil drives lowered consumer and professional spending on PCs, but makes cheaper Netbooks more attractive.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Get ready for Microsoft's PDC

  With questions swirling around Windows 7 and "Windows Cloud," Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference will be the place to be. Even if you can't be there, our shiny PDC page will keep you up-to-date.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• CBS live Webcast: Presidential debate, round three

  CBS News and CNET will be presenting Wednesday night's presidential debate, followed by Web-only analysis and commentary. Tonight: domestic policy and the economy.

• eBay issues gloomy forecast as tech stocks tank again

  Web auctioneer says fourth-quarter profit could be as low as 25 cents per share. The company earned 39 cents per share during the same quarter last year.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Technorati makes another acquisition, launches ad platform

  It's another move in the direction of being an advertising company rather than a search company, now that Google Blog Search has taken a big bite out of its influence.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Tesla Motors replaces CEO, plans layoff

  Elon Musk, company investor and chairman, will take over as CEO, replacing Ze'ev Drori, who will join the board. Layoffs are also planned as part of a corporate review.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• VC confidence level takes third-quarter hit

  The confidence level of Silicon Valley venture capitalists continues to falter and is reaching new lows, according to index results.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Windows 7 equals some strange math

  Although Windows 7 was also the product's code name, the forthcoming version of Windows is not Microsoft's seventh iteration, and it won't carry the version number 7.0.
  • Hey, Microsoft: Keep Windows 7 simple

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
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