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  Q&A: What's ahead for Visual Studio and .Net

  Microsoft's Matt Carter and Jason Zander talk tools and set out the company's manifesto for data democracy.

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  Lifestreaming
  in Obamaland

  The technologies that helped Obama win will make his life more transparent and scrutinized than any previous White House occupant.

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• Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista suit

  Microsoft's CEO faces a three-hour deposition in next 30 days in a class action lawsuit over the "Vista Capable" logo program.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• 2 engineers from China sentenced for espionage

  Case goes back to 2001 when the men, who had worked at Sun, Transmeta, NEC, and Trident, were trying to smuggle chip design documents out of the U.S.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Natalie Weinstein)

• YouTube tests students' desire to cheat

  More than 3,000 "how to cheat" videos are posted on YouTube alone, encouraging bad behavior in otherwise good kids.

  (Posted in Digital Media by CBS Interactive staff)

• Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week

  Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including Adobe Flash CS4 Professional, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the BlackBerry Storm.

• MySpace Music to name Courtney Holt chief

  The lengthy CEO search at MySpace Music is finally coming to an end. Now let's see what the new guy can do against Apple.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Army backs the hydrogen highway

  Military has awarded a $1.8 million contract to Proton Energy Systems to develop hydrogen filling stations.

  (Posted in Military Tech by Mark Rutherford)

• The key to innovation: Privately owned fiber?

  A paper released by the New America Foundation proposes encouraging consumers to purchase their own fiber lines.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• Facebook exempted from revealing finances for now

  The Securities and Exchange Commission is exempting Facebook from having to make its finances public even though it may soon have more than 500 employees with restricted stock.

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon)

• GigaOm drops ad deal with Federated Media for IDG

  Om Malik's tech blog network decides to go with new ad network from tech publisher IDG after three years with Federated Media.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Elinor Mills)

• Palm orders layoffs as Apple and RIM take toll

  The job cuts come as Palm works to get its next-generation operating system ready to compete with Apple, RIM, and the rest of the smartphone market in 2009.

  (Posted in Wireless by Tom Krazit)

• World's largest zeppelin dedicated at NASA facility

  To be called the Eureka, the 246-feet long zeppelin is the pride and joy of a company called Airship Ventures, which will offer the public rides, as well as help NASA do scientific research.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Report: Huffington Post lands $15 million from VCs

  The site plans to use the proceeds to help fund its expansion, which will include offering local news and investigative journalism.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Apple's iPhone 2.2 hits the street

  The latest software update offers several improvements to Google maps as well as wireless downloading for podcasts.
  •  The best thing about iPhone 2.2
  • Google Mobile for iPhone breaks App Store rules
  • Apple iPhone update makes device more secure

  (Posted in Apple by Marguerite Reardon)
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