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| Top five networking and storage devices that spell L-U-V |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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CNET editor Dong Ngo offers gift ideas for Valentine's Day. |
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Author: Dong Ngo |
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| Lego robotic arm is grabby--in a good way |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A robotic arm made entirely of Legos shows off a full range of motion designed to mimic a real human arm and hand. |
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Author: Amanda Kooser |
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| New 'Star Wars' app: These are the Droids you're looking for |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Star Wars Pit Droids is anything but the pits. Based on the eponymous PC game, it's an engaging puzzler. |
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Author: Rick Broida |
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| European regulators reported set to OK Google-Motorola deal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Reuters reports that the European Union will approved the $12.5 billion acquisition without any conditions on Monday. |
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Author: Jay Greene |
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| Pink Samsung Galaxy Note en route, looking rosy |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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The marketing name for the pink Note appears to be "berry pink," though the bad news is it won't be arriving in time for Valentine's Day. |
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Author: Luke Westaway |
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| Advanced task managers on iOS |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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This week's iOS apps are all task managers that offer something more than just a simplified list. Use any of these to speed through projects and keep yourself focused throughout your busy day. |
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Author: Jason Parker |
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| Reporters' Roundtable: Failure is always an option |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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With guests Owen Thomas and Brooke Hammerling, I look at how tech companies deal with failures and errors: Apple, Google, Facebook, Airbnb, and most recently, Path. How can you recover? How do you prepare? |
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Author: Rafe Needleman |
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| Buying a tablet on a budget: Android or iPad? |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Apple's iPad may be more expensive than Android tablets. And it may offer less internal memory, but the wide array of apps and resale value of the device may make it a smarter purchase, says CNET's Maggie Reardon. |
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Author: Marguerite Reardon |
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| More murmurs surface about 15-, 17-inch MacBook Airs |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Apple is once again said to be working on larger versions of its popular MacBook Air notebook, with 15- and 17-inch models in the hopper that could end up replacing its "Pro" line. |
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Author: Josh Lowensohn |
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| Dispense with the pretense: Google's gunning for Apple |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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All the signs point to one inescapable conclusion: Google's getting into hardware, and its crosshairs are on Cupertino. |
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Author: Charles Cooper |
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| Around the world in a solar car |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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In a two-seater electric car powered only by the sun, a team of German students plan to circumnavigate the world. |
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Author: Liane Yvkoff |
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| The 404 991: Where we're trapped in a cube (podcast) |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Steve "The Spherical Audiophiliac" Guttenberg makes his first 2012 appearance on the show this morning and adds a few more descriptors to his middle name. He brings in a few noise cancelling ear buds and headphones into the studio for a head-to-head, and we'll confer about which modern artists have the talent to stick around another 30 years... |
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Author: Justin Yu |
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| Presumed Droid Incredible 3 spied in wild |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Yet another unannounced HTC handset has found itself leaked online. Could this be a successor to Verizon's Incredible series? |
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Author: Scott Webster |
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| Muscle-covered leggings take the skin out of skintight |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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With these "Muscles Leggings," there's no way you'll fail your next anatomy exam (at least not when it comes to the waist-down part of the test). |
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Author: Edward Moyer |
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| Microsoft to open four more stores, report says |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Little by little, the software company is expanding its brick-and-mortar retail presence and now plans to move into other countries, according to a report in The Verge. |
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Author: Greg Sandoval |
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| How sites like MegaUpload make millions from pirated video |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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MegaUpload makes money the same way many legitimate sites do--through search, social media, ad networks, and online payment processors. |
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Author: Peter Yared |
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| Teen whines about parents on Facebook, dad shoots laptop |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A 15-year-old complains on Facebook about the domestic chores she has to do. She whines about her parents in general. So her Dad, who works in IT, takes her laptop outside and blasts it. |
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Author: Chris Matyszczyk |
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| Ears-on: B&O's new Beolit 12 AirPlay speaker |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Crave Asia goes hands on with the first product in Bang & Olufsen's new Play line of affordable home entertainment products. See how the Beolit 12 AirPlay speakers stack up. |
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Author: Timothy Fernandez |
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| Apple hit by SmartData suit targeting iPhones, Apple TV |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A lawsuit from Swiss company SmartData alleges that three of Apple's products infringe on one of SmartData's patents, while saying Apple ignored pleas to strike a licensing deal. |
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Author: Josh Lowensohn |
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| iOS Web traffic surpasses Mac OS X for first time? Maybe |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Chitika, which analyzes Web traffic across its advertising network, says it found that iOS has overtaken Mac OS X in total Web market share for the first time. |
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Author: Don Reisinger |
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