Time to drop the Netbook label: CNET News

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	Top headlines  Time to drop the Netbook label As cheaper, ultrathin notebooks hit stores, the term Netbook no longer offers much distinction. Thu, Aug 20 04:00:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story  World of Warcraft jumps into print Five years after the massively popular online game came out, its 11.5 million users will get a new view into its lore, its artwork and its processes with World of Warcraft: The Magazine. But will anyone buy it? Wed, Aug 19 22:00:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story  Report: Palm spurned Apple offer on hiring Steve Jobs in 2007 wanted to stop Apple execs from jumping ship to Palm, but Palm's then CEO Ed Colligan wouldn't strike a deal, Bloomberg News reports. Thu, Aug 20 08:38:12 PDT 2009 | Read full story  Google Apps Script gets green light The tool works mainly within the Spreadsheets app to automate various processes. Google's enterprise team also unveils a tool called Side-by-Side search. Thu, Aug 20 05:39:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story  Not so fast, Twitter: 'Tweet' isn't yours Although Twitter applied for the "tweet" trademark, it doesn't look like the company will be able to secure it, according to a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office document. Wed, Aug 19 16:04:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story  Smartphones moving to fancier flash drives Better flash memory for smartphones will be comparable to the solid-state drives found in laptops today, according to Micron Technology. Wed, Aug 19 15:15:00 PDT 2009 | Read full story  Video of the day Who will benefit most from the cloud? At the OpenSource World event in San Francisco, Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of cloud computing at Sun Microsystems, explains that many developing countries are skipping over acquiring their own servers and going right to the cloud. Digital Media iPod-toting geek, er, Greek gods San Francisco artist Adam Reeder meshes geek culture with classical sculpture to make some tech-focused art.  Read full story Health Tech Micro injections: Score 1 for needle-phobes Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a painless patch of "microneedles" that could replace hypodermic needles and even annual flu shots.  Read full story Most popular stories  1. How 10 digits will end privacy as we know it 2. Yahoo Mail still king as Gmail lurks 3. Get a 1-terabyte external drive for $69.99 4. Apple's Snow Leopard: A flurry of changes 5. CBS to run video ad in magazine this fall   Related Newsletters Stay informed on the tech topics that matter to you most CNET offers a wide variety of newsletters on everything from tech industry news to the latest games and gear. Browse the entire list now. Manage newsletters More from CNET News:   Media Does Kindle stop you buying a book by its cover? Source: iLike to debut downloads on Facebook app Cutting Edge Are gamers really overweight and depressed? Gizmo gauges gals' fertility--20,000 times a day Business Tech Report: Cloud services can't handle the pressure The un-Netbook: Acer laptop hits $279 at Best Buy Personal Tech Apple releases fix for MacBook Pro hard drive issues EU's exploding-iPhone investigation heats up Wireless Microsoft details a fix for 'white space' interference Blockbuster, Motorola team up for mobile movies Security Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer' Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam
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