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  Running Windows 7
  on a Mac Mini

  Hi, I'm a Mac and a PC. CNET News' Ina Fried tries out Microsoft's latest OS on an older Intel-based Mac.
  • Full coverage: Windows 7

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  Gmail grows up with offline e-mail access

  Google is catering to business customers who want to use Gmail even without a network connection. Will Google Apps now pose a stronger threat to Microsoft?
  • Gmail offline: A guided tour

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• Google warns entire Internet is malware

  For about an hour Saturday morning, Google listed every site on the Internet as potentially harmful to your computer. At first, Google blamed the problem on StopBadware.org but later had to eat crow.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Natalie Weinstein)

• Defense Department sets up its own Sourceforge

  Forge.mil enables Defense Department employees to collaborate on open-source software, a major shift in government adoption of open source.

  (Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

• Yahoo's Bartz has a big brass ring

  The newly minted CEO had her options exercise price set Friday, but the stretch to reach the 5 million-stock-options mark is long.
  • Yahoo drops its Briefcase
  • Microhoo: What might have been

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

  Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900, and noise-canceling earbuds from Blackbox.
  • Week in review: Surprises amid economic gloom

• OpenTable files for IPO, finally

  Innovative online-reservation system registers for public market. Is it too late for this Bubble 1.0 company? Or still too early?

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Windows 7 less annoying, but also less secure?

  A prominent blogger notes that efforts to turn down the dial on security alerts could leave Windows 7 more vulnerable than Vista to attack.
  • Microsoft: No plans for second Windows 7 beta

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Novell lays off just under 100 workers

  Open-source company joins the pained tech industry and lays off less than 3 percent of its staff.

  (Posted in The Open Road by Matt Asay)

• Broadband link to U.S. jobs exaggerated

  A co-author of a widely cited forecast that nearly 300,000 U.S. jobs would be created for every percentage point rise in high-speed Internet use said on Friday these and similar estimates are "a gross overestimate."
  (From Reuters)

• Failure Friday: Red Herring, Magnolia, Pageflakes

  Several popular sites went down for various reasons and we sort out the mess.

  (Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

• Report: DOJ sends hoax e-mail to test workers

  A phishing e-mail that entices Justice Department employees to provide sensitive financial information turns out to be a test of their security awareness.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• The tech that makes the Super Bowl super

  From Twitter to robo-cams to security systems for tracking players and VIPs, there's all kinds of tech wrapped around the big game.
  • Tech ads on the sidelines
  • Roundup: Tech suits up for Bowl

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Hitachi warns of $7.8 billion loss, to restructure

  Joining a growing list of tech companies hammered by the recession, the Hitachi attributes loss to weak sales, a firmer yen, and restructuring costs.
  (From Reuters)

• New Google toolbar gives Firefox a Chrome look

  Using beta 2 of Google's Toolbar 5, opening new tabs shows your most viewed pages, just like Chrome.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)
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