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 Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal
 Fourth-ranked search engine completes its acquisition of the parent company of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
 1 euro eBay baby goes home
 Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
 VeriSign names interim CEO
 Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.
 Week in review: Microhoogle intrigue
 Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are facing probes, proxies, and accusations of backroom politicking as their various attempts to link up come under scrutiny. Also: searching for content within Flash is becoming easier.
 At home with the Blue Angels
 During a visit to the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman gets to see the high-performance pilots up close.
 Photos: Cracking Open the Apple Macintosh Classic
 TechRepublic examines just what went into one of the most famous personal computers ever manufactured--and what tech was like in 1991.
 Photos: Up close with the Blue Angels
 News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman visits Florida's Naval Air Station Pensacola, home of the Blue Angels.
 Japanese Shell subsidiary plans solar-panel plant
 Oil company turns to the sun, with plans to build a factory manufacturing thin-film solar panels with a cumulative yearly power generation capacity of 1 gigawatt.
 EA debuts new family, sports games for Wii, PlayStation
 After its pairing with board game maker Hasbro, EA shows off its new family-oriented games and an "All-Play" series for Wii.
 Video: Latest in Viacom-Google lawsuit raises questions
 News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom.
 Researcher faults Apple iPhone on security updates
 He says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.
 Google RatProxy looks for cross-site flaws
 Free tool helps Web developers analyze their site for a variety of cross-site vulnerabilities.
 Daily Debrief: Celebrating America's independence, questioning our own online
 On Thursday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the latest development in the Google-Viacom lawsuit.
 News.com Daily Podcast: Should YouTube users worry about privacy?
 How engineering is helping revive post-Katrina New Orleans; Google and Viacom battle over user privacy; and what Microsoft has to do with the Facebook and ConnectU legal battle.
 Hundreds of Lithuanian Web sites defaced
 Loosely affiliated supporters mount an online protest over new laws in Lithuania banning the display of Soviet symbols.