Saturday, July 3, 2010

Marines to get their own flying car?
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:59:02 PDT ]
Logi Aerospace is developing a concept vehicle that's meant to be a flying car specifically designed with the military in mind. But not just the military.

Episodic games deliver fun in spurts
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:22:32 EDT ]
Even as gaming begins to challenge television as a leading mass entertainment medium, the industry continues to struggle with the serialized model that's made broadcast programming a nightly must-see for many.

Why we can't unplug on vacation
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:03:18 EDT ]
Driving south from Ohio with his wife and two children on Thursday, Steve Daly stopped in Tennessee for what's advertised as the world's best ice cream. After ordering, he briefly switched out of vacation mode to check his e-mail on his phone.

Why we love cute animals online
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:12:45 EDT ]
Had your fix of LOLCats today? If you did, you're one of 16 million unique visitors hitting I Can Has Cheezburger, which features cat photos with cutesy baby-talk captions, and its affiliated sites every month.

Facebook to recognize faces, help tag photos
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:58:35 EDT ]
Facebook has begun testing face detection technology for Facebook Photos.

Saber-toothed cats also had powerful arms
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:45:31 GMT ]

Weighing an average of 550 pounds, this saber-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, had a weaker bite than modern-day lions.Saber-toothed cats might be most famous for their oversized fangs, but scientists now find the feisty felines had another exceptional feature — powerful arms stronger than those of any cat alive today.


Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 issue not unusual
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:34:27 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles with new iPhone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7.Consumer Reports has given the iPhone 4 a pass and a "get out of jail" card: The highly regarded publication says while holding the new iPhone "in certain ways does cause signal loss," that's true for "all cell phones."


Saber-toothed cats also had powerful arms
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:45:31 GMT ]

Weighing an average of 550 pounds, this saber-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, had a weaker bite than modern-day lions.Saber-toothed cats might be most famous for their oversized fangs, but scientists now find the feisty felines had another exceptional feature — powerful arms stronger than those of any cat alive today.


Scientists find oil blotches on Gulf crab larvae
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:06:27 GMT ]
Oil droplets are turning up on tiny blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico that are prey to many fish and important indicators of the ecosystem's overall health, scientists said Friday.

Scientists find oil blotches on Gulf crab larvae
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:06:27 GMT ]
Oil droplets are turning up on tiny blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico that are prey to many fish and important indicators of the ecosystem's overall health, scientists said Friday.

Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 issue not unusual
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:34:27 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles with new iPhone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7.Consumer Reports has given the iPhone 4 a pass and a "get out of jail" card: The highly regarded publication says while holding the new iPhone "in certain ways does cause signal loss," that's true for "all cell phones."


Apple ‘stunned’ to find flaw in iPhone 4
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:56:22 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses the new iPhone 4, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.Apple says it is "stunned" to find that its latest iPhone model uses a "completely wrong" formula to show how many bars of signal strength it's getting.


Apple ‘stunned’ to find flaw in iPhone 4
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:56:22 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses the new iPhone 4, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.Apple says it is "stunned" to find that its latest iPhone model uses a "completely wrong" formula to show how many bars of signal strength it's getting.


Photos: The making of Crayola's crayons
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT ]
Road Trip 2010: Crayola makes more than 3 billion crayons a year. CNET's Daniel Terdiman stopped by to see how it's done.

Unmanned capsule misses space station
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:06:39 GMT ]

Pictured is the Progress 26 resupply craft launched Aug. 2, 2007 in Kazakhstan. A similar robotic cargo ship called Progress 38 was slated to dock at the space station today but flew past.An unmanned Russian cargo ship sailed past the International Space Station instead of docking on autopilot, as engineers on Earth struggle to determine what went wrong.


Unmanned capsule misses space station
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:06:39 GMT ]

Pictured is the Progress 26 resupply craft launched Aug. 2, 2007 in Kazakhstan. A similar robotic cargo ship called Progress 38 was slated to dock at the space station today but flew past.An unmanned Russian cargo ship sailed past the International Space Station instead of docking on autopilot, as engineers on Earth struggle to determine what went wrong.


Security, interface improvements land in Chrome
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:43:11 PDT ]
The stable version of Google Chrome receives multiple security fixes today, as the development version adopts an interface tweak to create more room for extension icons.

Security, interface improvements land in Chrome
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:43:11 PDT ]
The stable version of Google Chrome receives multiple security fixes today, as the development version adopts an interface tweak to create more room for extension icons.

How 3 billion Crayola crayons are made
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT ]
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman got a look at how the famous crayons are produced, and is too nice to keep that delightful information to himself.

How 3 billion Crayola crayons are made
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT ]
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman got a look at how the famous crayons are produced, and is too nice to keep that delightful information to himself.

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Photos: The making of Crayola's crayons
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:00:00 PDT ]
Road Trip 2010: Crayola makes more than 3 billion crayons a year. CNET's Daniel Terdiman stopped by to see how it's done.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/3: What is this?
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:34:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day Challenge.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/3: What is this?
[ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:34:00 PDT ]
If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day Challenge.

Episodic games deliver fun in spurts
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:22:32 EDT ]
Even as gaming begins to challenge television as a leading mass entertainment medium, the industry continues to struggle with the serialized model that's made broadcast programming a nightly must-see for many.

Episodic games deliver fun in spurts
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:22:32 EDT ]
Even as gaming begins to challenge television as a leading mass entertainment medium, the industry continues to struggle with the serialized model that's made broadcast programming a nightly must-see for many.

Why we can't unplug on vacation
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:03:18 EDT ]
Driving south from Ohio with his wife and two children on Thursday, Steve Daly stopped in Tennessee for what's advertised as the world's best ice cream. After ordering, he briefly switched out of vacation mode to check his e-mail on his phone.

Why we can't unplug on vacation
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:03:18 EDT ]
Driving south from Ohio with his wife and two children on Thursday, Steve Daly stopped in Tennessee for what's advertised as the world's best ice cream. After ordering, he briefly switched out of vacation mode to check his e-mail on his phone.

Why we love cute animals online
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:12:45 EDT ]
Had your fix of LOLCats today? If you did, you're one of 16 million unique visitors hitting I Can Has Cheezburger, which features cat photos with cutesy baby-talk captions, and its affiliated sites every month.

Why we love cute animals online
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:12:45 EDT ]
Had your fix of LOLCats today? If you did, you're one of 16 million unique visitors hitting I Can Has Cheezburger, which features cat photos with cutesy baby-talk captions, and its affiliated sites every month.

Facebook to recognize faces, help tag photos
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:58:35 EDT ]
Facebook has begun testing face detection technology for Facebook Photos.

Facebook to recognize faces, help tag photos
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:58:35 EDT ]
Facebook has begun testing face detection technology for Facebook Photos.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Saber-toothed cats also had powerful arms
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:45:31 GMT ]

Weighing an average of 550 pounds, this saber-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, had a weaker bite than modern-day lions.Saber-toothed cats might be most famous for their oversized fangs, but scientists now find the feisty felines had another exceptional feature — powerful arms stronger than those of any cat alive today.


Scientists find oil blotches on Gulf crab larvae
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 23:06:27 GMT ]
Oil droplets are turning up on tiny blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico that are prey to many fish and important indicators of the ecosystem's overall health, scientists said Friday.

Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 issue not unusual
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:34:27 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs smiles with new iPhone at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 7.Consumer Reports has given the iPhone 4 a pass and a "get out of jail" card: The highly regarded publication says while holding the new iPhone "in certain ways does cause signal loss," that's true for "all cell phones."


Apple ‘stunned’ to find flaw in iPhone 4
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 14:56:22 GMT ]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs uses the new iPhone 4, at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.Apple says it is "stunned" to find that its latest iPhone model uses a "completely wrong" formula to show how many bars of signal strength it's getting.


Unmanned capsule misses space station
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:06:39 GMT ]

Pictured is the Progress 26 resupply craft launched Aug. 2, 2007 in Kazakhstan. A similar robotic cargo ship called Progress 38 was slated to dock at the space station today but flew past.An unmanned Russian cargo ship sailed past the International Space Station instead of docking on autopilot, as engineers on Earth struggle to determine what went wrong.


iPhone-Evo spoof gets employee suspended
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:43:57 PDT ]
Best Buy suspends 25-year-old Brian Maupin, whose snarky videos have since gone viral.

Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 signal issues aren't unique
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:20:21 PDT ]
Consumer Reports says that antenna reception isn't a unique problem and may not be serious. The Consumer watchdog said it sees no reason to forgo purchasing an iPhone 4.

More suits filed in iPhone 4 antenna fracas
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:30:53 PDT ]
Even as Apple has said it is a software problem, the antenna issue that has dogged the phone since its debut is bringing more accusations of deceptive and false marketing.

Reporters' Roundtable: Space programs (podcast)
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:14:00 PDT ]
Why go to space? And how? Space journalist Miles O'Brien and Commercial Spaceflight Federation president Bretton Alexander talk about how our space program has changed since Apollo, whether we're going back to the moon, and the need for the "Interstate for Space."

Security, interface improvements land in Chrome
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:43:11 PDT ]
The stable version of Google Chrome receives multiple security fixes today, as the development version adopts an interface tweak to create more room for extension icons.

Episodic games deliver fun in spurts
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:22:32 EDT ]
Even as gaming begins to challenge television as a leading mass entertainment medium, the industry continues to struggle with the serialized model that's made broadcast programming a nightly must-see for many.

Why we can't unplug on vacation
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:03:18 EDT ]
Driving south from Ohio with his wife and two children on Thursday, Steve Daly stopped in Tennessee for what's advertised as the world's best ice cream. After ordering, he briefly switched out of vacation mode to check his e-mail on his phone.

Why we love cute animals online
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:12:45 EDT ]
Had your fix of LOLCats today? If you did, you're one of 16 million unique visitors hitting I Can Has Cheezburger, which features cat photos with cutesy baby-talk captions, and its affiliated sites every month.

Facebook to recognize faces, help tag photos
[ Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:58:35 EDT ]
Facebook has begun testing face detection technology for Facebook Photos.

Facebook just made opting-in uncomfortable
[ Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:59:03 GMT ]

There's a new privacy-disclosure requirement for apps on Facebook, and some users find it has a similar effect as calorie counts printed on a menu: Too much info kills your appetite.


Facebook just made opting-in uncomfortable
[ Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:59:03 GMT ]

There's a new privacy-disclosure requirement for apps on Facebook, and some users find it has a similar effect as calorie counts printed on a menu: Too much info kills your appetite.


NASA game gives keys to virtual moonbase
[ Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:14:18 GMT ]

NASA's "Moonbase Alpha" allows up to six players to cooperate in saving a virtual lunar base from catastrophe.NASA may not be sending astronauts back to the moon anytime this decade, but the space agency hopes to give virtual explorers a sense of what life on the moon would be like in a new computer game launching this month.