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  Meraki teams with SF
  for free Wi-Fi

  Free wireless project in the city hits a major milestone, as the company announces plans to target low-income housing projects in San Francisco.

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  When programming suits you to a T

  photos The T-shirts on display at Yahoo's Open Hack 2008 event had a lot to say about coding prowess, nerd humor, and software tribal affiliations.

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• SanDisk on Samsung buyout offer: Not so fast

  Is a bidding war in the offing? Shares soar after hours as Toshiba hints it may be interested in buying the flash maker.

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

• Video: Digital kids in a digital world

  CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with Harvard University professor John Palfrey to discuss his new book, "Born Digital," about the challenging crossroads at which our society has found itself.

• HDTV makers turn to budget stores, larger screens

  TV makers' next best opportunity to increase their business is to go big, according to industry leaders at HDTV conference in Los Angeles.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

• Khosla on clean tech: Let's get real

  Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla says the clean-tech industry needs to focus on "real stuff, not fashion."

  (Posted in Green Tech by Stefanie Olsen)

• Google rebuts study predicting higher ad costs

  Search giant's chief economist attacks a "flawed" but widely cited study that predicted the Google-Yahoo search-ad deal will raise advertisers' prices.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Stephen Shankland)

• Peekaboo! Facebook fills photo security hole

  Popular social network fixes latest security vulnerability that allowed strangers to view members' photos through mobile version of the site.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• Hype builds for Android phone launch

  T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to launch the new Google Android phone, which is expected next month. But will the much-hyped phone live up to expectations?
  • Android handset demo at Google Developer Day

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Teradata jumps on SAP acquisition speculation

  Shares rise nearly 7 percent, fueled by an analyst report that SAP is considering another acquisition and the data warehouse company may make a good fit.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Google offers cutting-edge Chrome, first update

  Those who want to try the latest features arriving in Google's Chrome browser can sign up for developer releases or beta versions. The first update is out of the gate.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• Genomatica brews sugar into industrial chemicals

  A start-up that's part of a green chemistry wave has a micro-organism specially designed to make chemicals from sugar, rather than petroleum.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Report: MySpace Music may delay launch

  Silicon Alley Insider reports that new music service from News Corp. and top labels may delay launch for up to week.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Electric Chevy Volt debuts with lofty ambitions

  At its centennial party, GM unveils the production Chevy Volt, an electric car that can reach 100 mph and be driven for less than a dollar a day.
  • How 'green' is the Chevy Volt?

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Study: Teen video game play closes digital divide

  Pew research also finds young video game players are just as civically or politically engaged as their non-playing peers.

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Stefanie Olsen)
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