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October 2, 2007

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		Top headlines How NASA helped invent Silicon Valley Technologies developed for planes and rockets have led to some of the most important commercial innovations to come out of California's heartland of the tech industry. Tue Oct 02 04:00:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story For handset makers, it's all about location Nokia announces plans to spend $8.1 billion on Navteq. Why would it shell out so much for an outfit that's not well known? Tue Oct 02 04:00:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story eBay: What to do with Skype? The auction king is forced to reassess the value of the company it acquired for $2.6 million--and its larger strategy for making money with VoIP. Mon Oct 01 15:55:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story Adobe's AIR: Niche or the future of desktop development? Adobe's platform strategy is to bet on the Web. AIR extends those Web applications to the desktop. Mon Oct 01 16:46:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story Video of the day Palm pitches the Centro ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind catches up with Palm CEO Ed Colligan at the Digital Life conference in New York to get the lowdown on Palm's new phone, the Centro. Colligan says it falls somewhere between a basic cell phone and full-blown smart phones like Palm's Treos. Images A half-century of space flight In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Sputnik's launch, we take a look back--and forward--to see how space exploration is evolving. Read Full Story News.com Extra Asteroid heads for Earth, Russian astronomer claims Also: Nokia leaps into iPhone locking controversy Read it now...		Yahoo making big improvements in search The revamped search engine will now suggest complete search queries which makes entering requests faster and typos less likely. Mon Oct 01 21:01:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story Microsoft reportedly to announce flash-based Zune Tech giant plans to announce the second generation of its digital music players on Tuesday, according to a source close to the company. Mon Oct 01 17:40:00 PDT 2007 | Read full story Top 5 list: Most popular stories   1. Microsoft Office heads to the Web   2. 50 years in space   3. GPL defenders say: See you in court   4. Sony to launch ultrathin TV in December   5. Nokia to buy Navteq for $8.1 billion VersionTracker Pro Keep your computer up-to-date Detect and correct out-of-date drivers and software automatically. VersionTracker Pro scans your hardware and software to determine the right updates for your drivers and applications. Free trial scan!
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