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CNET readers have been champing at the bit for our review of the new Nikon
D70 digital SLR. The good news: Your wait is almost over. Also among last
week's hottest topics: Google's entry into the free-mail free-for-all, the
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Cameras
Boy, you camera fans just can't wait, can you? For the past couple of
weeks, nikon d70 and d70 have been two of the most popular
search terms among CNET readers. As you frustrated searchers have learned,
we haven't yet posted our review of Nikon's new
digital SLR (which was announced back in January); our review is slated to post by next week. You've also
been looking for information on Canon's new PowerShot
S410; our review of that 4-megapixel snapshooter should also go live
next week.
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Gmail
Among this past week's biggest news stories: Google's entry into
the free-mail free-for-all with a service dubbed Gmail. Originally
announced on April 1, many thought it might be a joke. But the folks at
Hotmail and Yahoo aren't laughing. Given Google's promise of 1GB of e-mail
storage, buttressed with its renowned search engine, Gmail could give the
other free e-mail services a real run for their money. The only glitch? Some privacy advocates
worry about Gmail's business model, which relies on serving up
context-relevant ads to e-mail readers. And some language in the Gmail user agreement might violate European privacy laws.
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Cell
phones
Also big in the search logs this week: the Motorola
V600. It was one of the 16 contestants in our just-concluded March
madness cell phone tournament. The V600 didn't win: it lost in the Final
Four to the no-surprise tourney champ, the Treo
600. That was considered an unfair fight by many MM voters: "I almost
feel bad for the Moto in this case," one eloquently put
it. "The Treo is bringing a big gun to this knife fight." But for folks
who are looking for a no-nonsense flip phone, the V600 could be just the thing.
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Apple vs. Adobe
Ben and Jen, Tom and Nicole, and...Apple and Adobe? In what could be a
bust-up of People magazine proportions, Apple and Adobe seem to be
on the outs after
20-plus years of happy cooperation. First, Adobe dropped Mac support
in several of its software products and introduced Windows-only
versions of others. Adobe has also raised some hackles by publishing performance
numbers that indicate some of its apps run faster on PCs than on Macs.
At the same time, Apple has quietly started selling its own
Adobe-competitor apps or bundling them with OS X. Can this marriage be
saved? Stay tuned.
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India
Suddenly, CNET searchers are swarming the subcontinent: India has
been one of the top search terms among News.com readers. What you found: the
usual outsourcing news, with stories that AOL is hiring in Bangalore
and that Internet phone equipment maker Avaya is investing in the
Indian call-center business. But you also found some unexpected
developments. Instead of outsourcing its U.S. customer service to Indian
call centers, hard drive maker Western Digital is investing to
improve service for its Indian customers. And PC maker Dell is now ruing the day
it moved some of its tech support to India; it's moving support
operations for OptiPlex desktops and Latitude notebooks back to the U.S. of A.
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