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Craigslist CEO talks prostitution and newspapers [video]

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On the San Francisco Bay Area's local NBC station, Jon Fortt and Sarah Lacy talk to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster about controversies surrounding the company. This episode of Press:Here airs on Sunday, 3/22. Part 1 of 4. (EBAY) (YHOO) (GOOG) (MNI) (GCI) (NWS) (MSFT) (AAPL)

In-app purchase: the iPhone 3.0 shopping spree [video]

Jon Fortt recaps Apple's preview of the next-generation iPhone OS, due this summer. (AAPL) (RIMM) (T) (PALM) (MOT) (NOK) (MSFT)

Cisco's server pitch

Cisco CEO John Chambers and Intel CEO Paul Otellini (center) are flanked by other Cisco executives as they explain how the two companies will work together on servers. Photo: Cisco

Cisco's new servers use more memory and faster I/O connections than mainstream competitors, and they come loaded with management software. Photo: Cisco

John Chambers is known for delivering Cisco's sales pitch like a revival preacher, complete with a country twang – and MORE

Designing trucks in the cloud [video]

Jon Fortt talks to Kenworth about a practical use for cloud computing.

WiMax's last best hope

I'm zipping through the streets of Portland, Ore., in a Lincoln Navigator while a "Knight Rider" episode streams over the Internet to a screen mounted to the car's dashboard. The technology driving the demonstration? WiMax, the much-hyped wireless standard that promises to deliver Internet to consumers and businesses at speeds up to five times faster than today's home broadband services.

The good news is that WiMax appears to work pretty MORE

Silver lining in the downturn: cheaper tech talent

Good news is hard to come by these days, so here's a nugget about a business that's found a silver lining in the economic clouds.

I grabbed breakfast this morning with Serguei Sofinski, CEO of Intermedia, a privately held software-as-a-service company that sells a browser-based version of Microsoft (MSFT) Exchange e-mail that customers use for a pay-as-you-go monthly fee. Sofinski's business isn't immune to the economic climate – he didn't see MORE

PC makers move closer to a post-Windows world

The Linux version of the HP Mini 1000 will sell for $379 when it arrives in January. While the laptop itself won't sink Microsoft, it's one more example of how powerful PC companies are relying less on Windows, and doing more software themselves. Image: HP

In January, Hewlett-Packard will introduce a glossy black mini-laptop at retail for a mere $379. When it does, it will become the first major computer maker MORE

For tech, a tale of two downturns

The tech-heavy Nasdaq has cratered in recent weeks, but some companies have less to fear than others.

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It would seem we've got all the makings of a tech shipwreck.

In the past few days, Xerox (XRX), Yahoo (YHOO) and eBay (EBAY) each announced plans to cut thousands of jobs. Esteemed Silicon Valley VC firm Sequoia Capital is warning entrepreneurs that it's time to batten down the hatches because the good MORE

Android's threat to the iPhone

The first phone to use Google's Android operating system will be available on October 22.

If Google plays its cards right, its unveiling of the first Android-powered phone on Tuesday will prove to be more than a distraction from iPhone-mania – it will be the moment the search giant capitalizes on Apple's control issues.

First, the lowdown on Google's (GOOG) Android mobile operating system. The first phone to use it, the MORE

You don't back up? The storage industry wants you.

With a line of stylish new drives and a TV marketing campaign, Seagate hopes to make digital backup more popular than ... well, flossing. Image: Seagate

Aaron Levie runs his own online storage and collaboration company, so he sounds a little sheepish when he admits that, before he founded Box.net, he didn't back up the files on his computer. He's not alone. Recent studies show that at most, 17 percent of MORE