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Picture of the Day 8/4: What is this?

4. August 2010 - 15:00
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.

From feature to product the free-mium way

4. August 2010 - 15:00
Sometimes what looks like a feature can be a product in and of itself. A new application called Bounce illustrates the point.

Intel, FTC settle antitrust case

4. August 2010 - 14:20
Chip giant agrees to settle out of court with the Federal Trade Commission over the agency's lawsuit that accused Intel of stifling the competition and maintaining its own monopoly.

EC chooses iPhone, HTC over BlackBerry

4. August 2010 - 14:02
As India and a pair of Middle East countries eye BlackBerry bans, the European Commission picks the iPhone and HTC devices over the BlackBerry as its smartphone of choice.

Giant battery smooths out variable wind power

4. August 2010 - 13:23
The first direct wind-power-to-storage project in U.S. effectively eases the variability of this energy source, Xcel Energy says, though cost is still a barrier.

Clearwire's iSpot targets Apple crowd

4. August 2010 - 12:40
The WiMax service provider unveils the iSpot, a personal 4G hot spot with dedicated support for the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone.

Ouch: AOL misses low earnings expectations

4. August 2010 - 11:37
Nobody was expecting AOL, still in ongoing attempts to turn itself around, to post big gains. But revenues of $584.1 million weren't exactly close to the $602 Wall Street had predicted.

The Navy's next-generation destroyer (photos)

4. August 2010 - 11:00
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman gest a behind-the-scenes look at the innovations of the Zumwalt-class destroyer.

Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images

4. August 2010 - 11:00
U.S. Marshals Service acknowledges it surreptitiously recorded tens of thousands of images with a millimeter wave system at the security checkpoint in a Florida courthouse.

Forcing vendors to fix bugs under deadline

4. August 2010 - 11:00
New bug-fixing deadline for software makers will mean quicker turnaround time on releasing security patches and better protection for consumers and corporations, experts say.

Let's make a deals site, or two

4. August 2010 - 11:00
The rise of sites like Groupon and LivingSocial has been so steep that a whole new breed of companies has arisen specifically to keep stoking the daily-deals fire. Can it possibly last?

Inside the Navy's next-generation destroyer

4. August 2010 - 11:00
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman stops in on Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility in Rhode Island and got the low-down on the DDG 1000, the U.S. Navy's most advanced destroyer ever.

Saudi Arabia announces BlackBerry ban

4. August 2010 - 6:27
Country's telecommunications commission orders cell phone service providers to suspend service to the RIM handsets on Friday.

NASA simulates space in Arctic (photos)

4. August 2010 - 2:46
The NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group (IRG) conducts robotic field test at the Haughton Crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic to refine concepts for future robotic planetary exploration.

FTC to spell out Intel settlement

4. August 2010 - 2:20
The Federal Trade Commission will detail the terms of an antitrust settlement with the chip giant on Wednesday.

Facebook for Android catching up to iPhone Facebook?

4. August 2010 - 2:12
A significant update to Facebook for Android brings missing features and a revamped design that similar to the iPhone's.

FBI wants Wikipedia to remove its seal

4. August 2010 - 1:03
Letter to the online encyclopedia says displaying the official seal on the site's FBI article is unlawful. Wikipedia says the FBI is misinterpreting the law.

Reaction to RIM choice: Why AT&T again?

4. August 2010 - 0:32
Research In Motion selects AT&T as the exclusive U.S. carrier for the new BlackBerry Torch, which will hit stores this August, leaving some eager BlackBerry fans scratching their head.

Google mobile gets a Web search history tool

4. August 2010 - 0:16
Google is now offering mobile users an easier way to view where they've been and sites they've bookmarked with a mobile-optimized version of the company's search history product.

Report: Motorola, Verizon prepping media tablet

3. August 2010 - 22:19
The Android tablet would aim for the same audience as Apple's iPad and could land in stores this fall, according to the Financial Times.