Sunday, January 9, 2011

Cosmic Log: Tragedy's impact extends to space
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:11:12 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.


CES: Counting the colors (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:00:00 PST ]
Apart from the gadgets, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas serves up a variety of visuals.

Smart grid and green tech at CES (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:12:01 PST ]

Green tech was sprinkled in various places at CES, and there was an emphasis on how a smart home can bring energy savings.

Smart grid outshines green tech at CES
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:22:30 PST ]
This year's Consumer Electronics Show focused more on controlling the smart home for energy efficiency than on greener gadgets.

CES: Sandy Bridge takes control at Intel (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:28:04 PST ]
At the Intel booth at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Sandy Bridge is everywhere. The company's second-generation Core processors feature improved energy efficiency and 3D and graphics performance.

Facebook shutting down March 15 (or April 1)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:15:12 PST ]
Even IT security firm Sophos deems it necessary to reassure people that, contrary to a Weekly World News report, Facebook will not disappear March 15.

Android invasion arrives at CES
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:54:18 EST ]
Google doesn't have a booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, but the company's Android software is practically everywhere.

The tech-geek side of Ludacris
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:48:11 EST ]
This may be the new hip-hop career track: write a few hit tracks and then develop a line of headphones to help people bump to them at full volume.

When refrigerators tweet and ovens text
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:27:47 EST ]
Phones are "smart." So are TVs.

How your tweets reveal where you're from
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:42:27 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.


Cosmic Log: Tragedy's impact extends to space
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:11:12 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.


CES: Four-wheeled computers take to the road
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:42:06 GMT ]

With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.


Verizon iPhone to be announced Tuesday: report
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:46:46 GMT ]
The news many consumers have been waiting for, Apple's iPhone carried by Verizon Wireless, will be announced Tuesday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

CES in full color
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:18:18 GMT ]

As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.


Alt media player VLC cut from Apple App Store
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:10:01 PST ]
Popular cross-platform media player gets yanked from the App Store--at the request of the software's original developer.

CES: Fitness, health tech all about wireless monitoring
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:18:36 PST ]
The majority of announcements at the show's first Fitness TechZone in some way involved personal monitoring, but they boasted little new or necessary tech.

Shooting suspect left unsettling artifacts online
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:11:24 PST ]
Jared Lee Loughner, arrested in connection with shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, posted strange videos, disquieting photo.

The lights of Vegas shine on CES (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:00:00 PST ]
CNET's James Martin trains his camera on some of the sights at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

CES: Counting the colors (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:00:00 PST ]
Apart from the gadgets, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas serves up a variety of visuals.

Android invasion arrives at CES
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:54:18 EST ]
Google doesn't have a booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, but the company's Android software is practically everywhere.

The tech-geek side of Ludacris
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:48:11 EST ]
This may be the new hip-hop career track: write a few hit tracks and then develop a line of headphones to help people bump to them at full volume.

When refrigerators tweet and ovens text
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:27:47 EST ]
Phones are "smart." So are TVs.

How your tweets reveal where you're from
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:42:27 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.


Cosmic Log: Tragedy's impact extends to space
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:11:12 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.


CES: Four-wheeled computers take to the road
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:42:06 GMT ]

With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.


Verizon iPhone to be announced Tuesday: report
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:46:46 GMT ]
The news many consumers have been waiting for, Apple's iPhone carried by Verizon Wireless, will be announced Tuesday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

CES in full color
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:18:18 GMT ]

As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.


Alt media player VLC cut from Apple App Store
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:10:01 PST ]
Popular cross-platform media player gets yanked from the App Store--at the request of the software's original developer.

CES: Fitness, health tech all about wireless monitoring
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:18:36 PST ]
The majority of announcements at the show's first Fitness TechZone in some way involved personal monitoring, but they boasted little new or necessary tech.

Shooting suspect left unsettling artifacts online
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:11:24 PST ]
Jared Lee Loughner, arrested in connection with shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, posted strange videos, disquieting photo.

The lights of Vegas shine on CES (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:00:00 PST ]
CNET's James Martin trains his camera on some of the sights at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

CES: Counting the colors (photos)
[ Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:00:00 PST ]
Apart from the gadgets, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas serves up a variety of visuals.

Android invasion arrives at CES
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:54:18 EST ]
Google doesn't have a booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, but the company's Android software is practically everywhere.

The tech-geek side of Ludacris
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:48:11 EST ]
This may be the new hip-hop career track: write a few hit tracks and then develop a line of headphones to help people bump to them at full volume.

When refrigerators tweet and ovens text
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:27:47 EST ]
Phones are "smart." So are TVs.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

How your tweets reveal where you're from
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:42:27 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.


Cosmic Log: Tragedy's impact extends to space
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:11:12 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The Arizona shooting is likely to have reverberations that extend beyond Earth, for personal as well as political reasons.


CES: Four-wheeled computers take to the road
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:42:06 GMT ]

With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.With USB ports, WiFi, touchscreens, voice GPS — even Android — cars are on the verge of becoming indistinguishable from your desktop computer.


Verizon iPhone to be announced Tuesday: report
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:46:46 GMT ]
The news many consumers have been waiting for, Apple's iPhone carried by Verizon Wireless, will be announced Tuesday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

CES in full color
[ Sat, 8 Jan 2011 04:18:18 GMT ]

As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.As the electronics show in Las Vegas reaches its peak, we hit the floor to take in the sights, colors and characters of super geekdom.


Facebook 'Attack a Teacher Day' invite gets girls arrested
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:26:10 PST ]
Six girls in Nevada are arrested after one of them allegedly invites 100 kids to assault their educators. 18 allegedly accepted the Facebook invite.

Spectrum worries at CES: Deja vu all over again
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:52:55 PST ]
The message at CES's Tech Policy Summit was all about the looming crisis brought on by exploding demand for mobile broadband. But the FCC's vision for a fix is largely reheated.

CES: Lessons from a smartphone talk
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:08:52 PST ]
At CES 2011, we ask four smartphone industry experts to predict the future of smartphone apps and moneymaking.

Alt media player VLC cut from Apple App Store
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:10:01 PST ]
Popular cross-platform media player gets yanked from the App Store--at the request of the software's original developer.

CES: Fitness, health tech all about wireless monitoring
[ Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:18:36 PST ]
The majority of announcements at the show's first Fitness TechZone in some way involved personal monitoring, but they boasted little new or necessary tech.

Android invasion arrives at CES
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 11:54:18 EST ]
Google doesn't have a booth at the Consumer Electronics Show, but the company's Android software is practically everywhere.

The tech-geek side of Ludacris
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:48:11 EST ]
This may be the new hip-hop career track: write a few hit tracks and then develop a line of headphones to help people bump to them at full volume.

When refrigerators tweet and ovens text
[ Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:27:47 EST ]
Phones are "smart." So are TVs.

Testing a hard drive, with a shotgun
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:14:38 GMT ]

IOSafe claims that their hard drives can survive abuse, like shotgun blasts, underwater dunks, and crushing. At CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Wilson Rothman took a shot at the rugged drives to see how they performed.IOSafe claims that their hard drives can survive abuse, like shotgun blasts, underwater dunks, and crushing. At CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Wilson Rothman took a shot at the rugged drives to see how they performed.


How your tweets reveal where you're from
[ Fri, 7 Jan 2011 20:42:27 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.Cosmic Log: Regional dialects and slang are emerging on the microblogging service Twitter, making it possible for people to know where you are, if not who you are.