News Corrections

Which tax-prep service is right for you?

CNET News staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:18:35 GMT

The charts in this story misidentified the number of e-filings included with the Intuit pricing listed.

Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons

CNET News staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:12:45 GMT

This post initially misstated the location of the plaintiff company and linked to a Web site for an unrelated Michigan networking and systems integration company with the same name. The plaintiff company has no live Web site, was incorporated in Indiana, and is now operated out of Arizona.

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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

CNET staff — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:02:39 GMT

This story misstated the day the Opera announcement was made. It was Wednesday. Read the updated story here.

Logitech to slash 15 percent of workforce

CNET News staff — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:57:00 GMT

This article listed an incorrect figure for Logitech's workforce. The company employs more than 9,000 workers.

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Oops! Twitter hack snares CNN anchor

CNET News staff — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:37:00 GMT

This post initially misstated the connection between the celebrity hack and a phishing scheme that had been making the rounds recently. Twitter clarified later in the day that the two issues were not connected.

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Microsoft denies vulnerability in Windows Media Player

CNET News staff — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT

This report mischaracterized an alleged Windows Media Player vulnerability. It should have been identified as a denial of service vulnerability.

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Wikimedia Foundation: Jimmy Wales 'absolutely' not out

CNET News staff — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:50:00 GMT

The Wikimedia Foundation's board currently has seven members, rather than eight, and is looking for three new members instead of two.

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Google snatches search share from rivals

CNET News staff — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:28:00 GMT

This story had an incorrect total for U.S. searches in November. The total was 12.3 billion.

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Report: Digg still mining for profits

CNET News staff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:10:50 GMT

This post initially misstated Digg's 2007 loss as reported by 'BusinessWeek.' The company reported lost $2.8 million in 2007.

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Self-powering sensors to transmit data

CNET News staff — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:50:25 GMT

A press release on which this story was partially based misidentified which NASA mission the technology will be used for. The energy-harvesting sensors are part of research for forthcoming Mars Scout Missions.

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