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It's part of the natural evolution of a fast-growing company for some early execs to jump ship when they no longer recognize the start-up they helped build. That might've been why longtime Facebook CTO Adam D'Angelo has departed.

Amid speculation that Microsoft is looking to make an acquisition, Powerset is launching a public beta of its semantically rich Wikipedia search engine.

Research in Motion introduces the RIM BlackBerry Bold (aka BlackBerry 9000) smartphone, the company's first HSDPA device, with availability starting this summer.

Knowledge Adventure, the maker of kids' educational game software JumpStart, plans Monday to begin selling virtual world software for 3- to 5-year-olds.

There's a race to produce solar cells from CIGS that approach silicon's efficiency. HelioVolt says it's getting there--and fast.

Chief Technology Officer Adam D'Angelo, 23, is reportedly leaving the company to take time off.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says he has no interest in buying out or participating financially in Via Technologies.

A remote desktop access feature found in some Macintoshes is being credited with leading police to two suspects in the burglary of an apartment in New York.

A "serious security flaw" in Gmail allows spammers to send thousands of bulk e-mails through Google's SMTP service, according to a recent report.

Social-networking site Facebook has reportedly borrowed $100 million to finance the expansion of its server farms.

A lot of chatter recently that Twitter has become vital to our daily lives--with some suggesting it to a question of national security.

Supposed "spy photos" show a prototype of a Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid luxury sedan due at the end of this year.

Investigation into counterfeit network components made in China and sold to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million.

Google is expected to join the data portability crowd with "Friend Connect," which will allow users to bring their data from social networks into third-party Web sites.

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Apple's 24-inch iMac, a Beltronics radar detector, and the "most sophisticated NAS device" CNET has tested.

While Powerset is preparing for the public rollout of its semantic search engine, Microsoft is rumored to be interested in acquiring the start-up.

At Roboexotica on Saturday, guests will be able to watch robots mix and serve some pretty mean alcoholic beverages.

The video link aggregation site's host shuts it down after accusations of infringement by Malaysian government

Toshiba plans to use a Cell processor variant in an upcoming notebook.

The Internet company acquires Inquisitor, software that augments the search process on Apple's Safari Web browser.

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Relentlessly rising health-care costs are making public employee benefits an increasingly significant piece of the budgetary pie, forcing area municipalities to find new solutions or begin pondering layoffs, local officials say.

The City of Sheboygan plans to meet with Sheboygan County officials to discuss outsourcing some or all human resources services, but county officials say there are numerous hurdles to overcome.

A 6-year-old Sheboygan boy run over by a car four days ago remained in critical condition Saturday at Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, hospital officials said.

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