Tuesday, July 20, 2010

News sites reining in nasty user comments
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:59:03 EDT ]
User comments on news sites, while vital to interactive storytelling in the digital age, often read like scribblings on a bathroom stall: anonymous, offensive and full of hate.

Google quietly kills its Nexus One phone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:28 EDT ]
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

Google quietly kills its Nexus One phone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:28 EDT ]
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

Mobile mapping while driving: How risky?
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:05 EDT ]
Texting while driving is not just dumb -- it's also an equal-opportunity mistake.

Mobile mapping while driving: How risky?
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:05 EDT ]
Texting while driving is not just dumb -- it's also an equal-opportunity mistake.

News sites reining in nasty user comments
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:59:03 EDT ]
User comments on news sites, while vital to interactive storytelling in the digital age, often read like scribblings on a bathroom stall: anonymous, offensive and full of hate.

Smartphone rivals: Don't speak for us, Steve Jobs
[ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:58:24 EDT ]
It may be true that no cell phone is perfect, but the handset world isn't taking too kindly to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' public assertion that other smartphones suffer from the same antenna and signal problems that have been widely reported regarding the iPhone 4.

Smartphone rivals: Don't speak for us, Steve Jobs
[ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:58:24 EDT ]
It may be true that no cell phone is perfect, but the handset world isn't taking too kindly to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' public assertion that other smartphones suffer from the same antenna and signal problems that have been widely reported regarding the iPhone 4.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Netflix chooses Canada for international debut
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:36:31 GMT ]
Netflix will make its international debut this fall when the rapidly growing movie subscription service offers video over the Internet in Canada.

Google: No new Nexus One phones after stock depleted
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:58:29 GMT ]

Google's Nexus One price — $529 unsubsidized — may have hurt its sales, as did the fact that only one carrier, T-Mobile, offered the phone at a discount of $179 with a two-year contract.Google's Nexus One phone, touted as a chief iPhone competitor when it launched in January, is now history in the United States. The search giant said it will no longer sell the phone via its website once existing stock is depleted.


Wired: Apple considered pulling iPhone from AT&T
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:52:10 GMT ]

Customers lined up to purchase Apple's second iPhone, the iPhone 3G, at an AT&T store in Miami in July 2008. Despite mutual success, Apple and its exclusive U.S. wireless carrier have had a rocky relationship.An exposé in Wired Magazine details the rocky relationship between AT&T, the lumbering telecom, and Apple, the ornery innovator, as both discovered the downsides to the iPhone's unprecedented success.


Windows Phone 7 in depth: A fresh start
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:01 GMT ]

Phone 7 manages to do something that's rare for Microsoft, which is to leverage different Microsoft products and services.Windows Phone 7 is a clean slate that Microsoft can use as a foundation to build something entirely new, and it's not like any other phone you've used.


Gamers play for 50 hours straight
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:01:38 GMT ]

They'll sleep when they're dead. Six Dutch gamers spent 50 hours straight playing "Red Dead Redemption" to set a new Guinness World Record for non-stop gaming.They'll sleep when they're dead. Six Dutch gamers set a new Guinness World Record by playing "Red Dead Redemption" for 50 hours non-stop.


Google Buzz opens up the firehose
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:01:44 PDT ]
Real-time access to public Google Buzz content is now available to developers to use in their applications.

Winamp adds WebM support
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:25:15 PDT ]
The latest version of the WinAmp media player will now play WebM, a video format associated with HTML5.

Hands-on look at Firefox Home for iPhone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:50:21 PDT ]
The new Firefox app for iPhone may not be a full-fledged browser, but it can be useful nonetheless. See how it works in this hands-on with video review.

Wired details Apple, AT&T's 'dysfunctional relationship'
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:33:00 PDT ]
The magazine reports a behind-the-scenes look at Steve Jobs' anger over AT&T network problems, and the carrier's dismay at Apple's refusal to work with them on keeping iPhone data traffic down.

Vaccine delivery system dissolves into thin air
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:59:22 PDT ]
A patch comprising hundreds of microscopic needles could allow laypeople to self-administer vaccines and then simply watch the patch dissolve, according to researchers at Georgia Tech.

Consumer Reports still won't endorse iPhone 4
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:23:03 EDT ]
Does a free case fix all the iPhone 4's problems?

Google quietly kills its Nexus One phone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:28 EDT ]
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

Mobile mapping while driving: How risky?
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:46:05 EDT ]
Texting while driving is not just dumb -- it's also an equal-opportunity mistake.

News sites reining in nasty user comments
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:59:03 EDT ]
User comments on news sites, while vital to interactive storytelling in the digital age, often read like scribblings on a bathroom stall: anonymous, offensive and full of hate.

Baby stars revealed behind dusty veil
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:20 GMT ]

This galactic bubble is known as RCW 120. It lies about 4,300 light-years away and has been formed by a star at its center. The star is not visible at these infrared wavelengths but pushes on the surrounding dust and gas with nothing more than the power of its starlight.Space.com: The powerful Herschel space telescope has captured an image of a stellar nursery so shrouded by dust that no infrared telescope has been able to see it until now.


Baby stars revealed behind dusty veil
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:35:20 GMT ]

This galactic bubble is known as RCW 120. It lies about 4,300 light-years away and has been formed by a star at its center. The star is not visible at these infrared wavelengths but pushes on the surrounding dust and gas with nothing more than the power of its starlight.Space.com: The powerful Herschel space telescope has captured an image of a stellar nursery so shrouded by dust that no infrared telescope has been able to see it until now.


Video: Darth Vader’s apprentice returns
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:51:13 GMT ]

July 16: Starkiller is back in “The Force Unleashed 2.” Msnbc.com’s Game Editor Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)Starkiller is back in “The Force Unleashed 2.” Msnbc.com’s Game Editor Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)


Video: Darth Vader’s apprentice returns
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:51:13 GMT ]

July 16: Starkiller is back in “The Force Unleashed 2.” Msnbc.com’s Game Editor Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)Starkiller is back in “The Force Unleashed 2.” Msnbc.com’s Game Editor Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)


Windows Phone 7 in depth: A fresh start
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:01 GMT ]

Phone 7 manages to do something that's rare for Microsoft, which is to leverage different Microsoft products and services.Windows Phone 7 is a clean slate that Microsoft can use as a foundation to build something entirely new, and it's not like any other phone you've used.


Windows Phone 7 in depth: A fresh start
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:15:01 GMT ]

Phone 7 manages to do something that's rare for Microsoft, which is to leverage different Microsoft products and services.Windows Phone 7 is a clean slate that Microsoft can use as a foundation to build something entirely new, and it's not like any other phone you've used.


Cosmic Log: Light cars take on heavy trips
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:50:18 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Automotive innovators are proving that low-weight, high-efficiency cars can go the distance.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Automotive innovators are proving that low-weight, high-efficiency cars can go the distance.


Cosmic Log: Light cars take on heavy trips
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:50:18 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Automotive innovators are proving that low-weight, high-efficiency cars can go the distance.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Automotive innovators are proving that low-weight, high-efficiency cars can go the distance.


The real science of dream research
[ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:28:37 GMT ]

The movie "Inception" introduces the concept of “extraction,” where corporate thieves enter people's dreams and steal their ideas. Are our dreams really vulnerable to manipulation? Click ahead for a reality check on these ideas and more in the world of dream research.The movie "Inception" introduces the concept of “extraction,” where corporate thieves enter people's dreams and steal their ideas. Are our dreams really vulnerable to manipulation? Click ahead for a reality check on these ideas and more in the world of dream research.


The real science of dream research
[ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:28:37 GMT ]

The movie "Inception" introduces the concept of “extraction,” where corporate thieves enter people's dreams and steal their ideas. Are our dreams really vulnerable to manipulation? Click ahead for a reality check on these ideas and more in the world of dream research.The movie "Inception" introduces the concept of “extraction,” where corporate thieves enter people's dreams and steal their ideas. Are our dreams really vulnerable to manipulation? Click ahead for a reality check on these ideas and more in the world of dream research.


Motorola selling network gear biz for $1.2 billion
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:33:53 PDT ]
The buyer is Nokia Siemens Networks, which is looking to build its profile in the wireless equipment arena and create new relationships with global carriers.

Motorola selling network gear biz for $1.2 billion
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:33:53 PDT ]
The buyer is Nokia Siemens Networks, which is looking to build its profile in the wireless equipment arena and create new relationships with global carriers.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/19: What is this?
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:00 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, 7/19: What is this?
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:00:00 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.

iPad to hit more countries on Friday
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:07:02 PDT ]
iPad scheduled for launch in nine more countries: Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.

iPad to hit more countries on Friday
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:07:02 PDT ]
iPad scheduled for launch in nine more countries: Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.

Symbian deal paves way for Web-style apps
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:46:39 PDT ]
A partnership with Nitobi to will make it easier to build applications using Web technology on Symbian phones using the PhoneGap software.

Symbian deal paves way for Web-style apps
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:46:39 PDT ]
A partnership with Nitobi to will make it easier to build applications using Web technology on Symbian phones using the PhoneGap software.

Handset world: Don't speak for us, Steve
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:57:25 PDT ]
Executives from handset manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, and Nokia are coming out swinging against Apple CEO Steve Jobs' assertion that their products suffer from similar signal problems to the iPhone 4.

Handset world: Don't speak for us, Steve
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:57:25 PDT ]
Executives from handset manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, and Nokia are coming out swinging against Apple CEO Steve Jobs' assertion that their products suffer from similar signal problems to the iPhone 4.

News sites reining in nasty user comments
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:05:34 EDT ]
User comments on news sites, while vital to interactive storytelling in the digital age, often read like scribblings on a bathroom stall: anonymous, offensive and full of hate.

How the 'double rainbow' video blew up
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:29:31 EDT ]
It is usually the simplest expressions that take off like wildfire. Everyone's been talking this week about "double rainbows," based on a goofy home video recorded more than six months ago.

How the 'double rainbow' video blew up
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:29:31 EDT ]
It is usually the simplest expressions that take off like wildfire. Everyone's been talking this week about "double rainbows," based on a goofy home video recorded more than six months ago.

Apple offers free cases to iPhone 4 owners
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:38:00 EDT ]
After a presentation saying the iPhone 4's reception problems have been "blown way out of proportion," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Friday that all owners will receive free bumper cases to fix the issue.

Apple offers free cases to iPhone 4 owners
[ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:38:00 EDT ]
After a presentation saying the iPhone 4's reception problems have been "blown way out of proportion," Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Friday that all owners will receive free bumper cases to fix the issue.

Google quietly kills its Nexus One phone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:28 EDT ]
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

Google quietly kills its Nexus One phone
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:03:28 EDT ]
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

News sites reining in nasty user comments
[ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:05:34 EDT ]
User comments on news sites, while vital to interactive storytelling in the digital age, often read like scribblings on a bathroom stall: anonymous, offensive and full of hate.