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Potentially fatal 'rat' disease hospitalises 11 in the Waikato
A potentially fatal disease, previously a rarity in New Zealand, has hospitalised 11 people in the Waikato since May.The Waikato Times reported yesterday 11 cases of rickettsia typhi, a close relative of typhus, have been identified...

Home buyers 'in debt for life'

Bidding truce as Tindall takes break

Photos: Cleaner technology on display
The California Clean Tech Open, a competition in which participants created technology-enabled, environmentally friendly businesses, announces its winners.

Former TechTV all-stars celebrate Revision3
Blog: SAN FRANCISCO--Nostalgia was in the air in the city's Portrero Hill district this week as Kevin Rose, Patrick Norton and Dan Huard...

Meeting MySpace friends in real life
Blog: Renee is searching for true love. Shaina wants to find the world's best band. Taryn is just looking for an adventure. It was bound...

Podcast: Tech and the latest dustup over global warming
Technology and the latest dustup over global warming, losing weight on the Internet, and Intel vs. AMD: Who's got the leg up?

Politicos reflect on HP hearing
Blog: WASHINGTON--Members of Congress tasked with playing watchdog to Hewlett-Packard's boardroom woes couldn't resist getting in a...

Pretexting hearing turns to wireless execs
Six major carriers are on board with a congressional committee's desire to criminalize the controversial practice.

Blogs afire over Foley e-mail scandal
Blog: It doesn't take much to create a buzz in the blogosphere, as we all know, so you can imagine what happens when a veteran congressmen,...

Madonna and Janet Jackson records topple Britney
LONDON - Madonna's pay-packet, Janet Jackson's malfunctioning wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and Sigourney Weaver's height all have one thing in common - they're world record breakers.Veteran pop singer Madonna supplants...

Robson or hybrid hard drive? The battle is coming
Faced with two technologies, companies are already picking sides over intregrating flash memory into PCs.

'10 best ways' to use Google Earth
Blog: Ever since satellite photo searches have become available on the Web, many of us have played around with them at one time or another....

Climate demands rapid energy conversion, experts say
Panel urges the quick adoption of energy technologies to forestall catastrophic climate change.

Cingular sues investigator over HP pretexting
The wireless carrier's lawsuit is aimed at those responsible for obtaining the phone records of a CNET News.com reporter in an HP probe.

Apple releases Mac OS X security update
Mac OS X 10.4.8 fixes several flaws that could lead to remote code execution, the company says.

Consumer batteries can now recharge in a computer

Video: Consumer batteries can now recharge in a computer. Ever want rechargeable batteries without having to buy a separate charger? You just flip the top off the new USBCell and plug it straight into a USB port. CNET's Rafe Needleman speaks with Moxia Energy CEO Simon Daniel, inventor of the USBCell battery, at DemoFall 2006 in San Diego.

Security Bites Podcast: Microsoft in zero-day mire
Microsoft can't swat new bugs as fast as they pop up. Also, Symantec and McAfee antivirus compared, anonymous surfing and how HP traced e-mail.