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CEA cuts ties with CNET over 'Best of CES' award snafu

CEA cuts ties with CNET over
  • Posted February 1, 2013, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • The Consumer Electronics Association has cut ties with technology website CNET as the publication responsible for picking the “Best of CES” award at the annual trade show. The group feels that CNET’s parent company, CBS Corp, compromised the publication's objectivity…

Vulgar post lands on prominent blogs, Tumblr patches vulnerability

Vulgar post lands on prominent blogs, Tumblr patches vulnerability
  • Posted December 4, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Tumblr says it has addressed a vulnerability which allowed hackers to force visitors into unwittingly reposting an offensive, expletive-ridden message condemning the "tasteless" and "bourgeoisie" blog site. More than 8,600 users were affected -- Cnet, USA Today and The Verge were…

Backblaze endured drive shortage by creating ad-hoc supply chain

Backblaze endured drive shortage by creating ad-hoc supply chain
  • Posted October 9, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • There are numerous variables which play an important role in whether or not a technology startup becomes a runaway success or an abysmal failure. One of those important factors seems to be adaptability -- the ability for a company to…

Download.com infuses program installers with opt-out bloatware

Download.com infuses program installers with opt-out bloatware
  • Posted August 23, 2011, 6:22 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Software
  • If you're among the countless Web-goers who rely CNET's Download.com to acquire new software, you might want to tread carefully on your next visit. According to scattered complaints this week, the site has begun infusing many of its hosted program…

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