CCD and CMOS

Most camera makers refer to their light sensing chips as CCDs (Charge
Coupled Device) while Canon refer to their CMOS sensor (Complementary Metal
Oxide Silicon). As far as I'm aware, they're not mutually exclusive; CCDs
being made up of thousands (ok, millions now) of photodiodes, and CMOS being
one technology for building microelectronic circuits.

Is Canon trying to confuse us? Am I confused (yes)? Is there anything
different about Canon's chips? Isn't CMOS static sensitive?
Grim