Sunday, February 6, 2011

Blogger releases Android smartphone app
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:20:44 PST ]
Program lets people bang out copy, and take photos with their phones, from inside the app--and then either publish to their Blogger blogs straightaway, or save for later.

Could exec exits accompany Nokia strategy shift?
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:58:36 PST ]
As company mulls a strategy shift to stay relevant in the smartphone market, a report suggests several executives may be shown the door.

Motorola's Xoom 3G contract may resemble iPad's
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:17:26 PST ]
The Motorola Xoom tablet 3G contract structure may be similar to that of the iPad 3G, if Verizon continues its current pricing scheme for tablets.

New jetpack gets set for summer takeoff
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:12:17 EST ]
Bored of jet skis? Banana boat rides not floating your boat anymore? Well, this summer you could be whizzing around on a Jetlev, a new water-powered jetpack.

'Dating' site imports Facebook profiles without permission
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:44:54 EST ]
How does a unknown dating site, with the absurd intention of destroying Facebook, launch with 250,000 member profiles on the first day?

Verizon iPhone 4 pre-orders sold out
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:41:08 EST ]
Verizon is no longer accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4.

Bringing the Census into the internet age
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:47:17 EST ]
Once upon a time, the U.S. Census Bureau was a thriving hub of technological innovation.

Sunday's Super Bowl the most high-tech ever
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:44:37 EST ]
It may not be on the minds of hot-wing-chomping sports fans who want to see Clay Matthews clobber Ben Roethlisberger or Hines Ward streak toward the end zone.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Space or spouse? Most back Kelly's decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:26:38 GMT ]

Astronaut Mark Kelly prepares to discuss his decision to command the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday at a news conference at Johnson Space Center. Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head in a Houston hospital.Robin Davidson doesn't know Rep. Gabrielle Giffords personally, but as a wife herself, she knows one thing in her heart: The congresswoman wouldn't want her astronaut husband's professional dreams to become yet another casualty of the horrific Tucson shooting that nearly killed her.


Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:33:51 GMT ]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with husband Mark Kelly.The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will head to space in April, a stunning decision coming almost one month to the day that his wife was shot through the head.


Nasdaq hackers target service for corporate boards
[ Sat, 5 Feb 2011 21:26:14 GMT ]

The Wall Street Journal reported on its website late Friday Feb. 4, 2011 that federal investigators are trying to identify the hackers that penetrated the market's computer network multiple times during the past year.The company that runs the Nasdaq stock market said Saturday that hackers had penetrated a service that handles confidential communications between public companies and their boards.


If score is close, losing teams go for it
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:34:57 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers. Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers.


'Death by GPS': Could it happen to you?
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:30:08 GMT ]

You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?


Will Groupon win the Super Bowl ad skirmish?
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:59:47 PST ]
In what seems a jab at LivingSocial, Groupon releases long ad that, it says, didn't make the cut for Sunday's big game. Perhaps it's the ad--you just have to take 60 percent off it.

Intel chip flaw whacks Best Buy rollout
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:56:31 PST ]
Intel's Sandy Bridge chipset flaw is putting the kibosh on Best Buy's new PC rollouts, as the ripples caused by the flaw spread.

Blogger releases Android smartphone app
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:20:44 PST ]
Program lets people bang out copy, and take photos with their phones, from inside the app--and then either publish to their Blogger blogs straightaway, or save for later.

Could exec exits accompany Nokia strategy shift?
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:58:36 PST ]
As company mulls a strategy shift to stay relevant in the smartphone market, a report suggests several executives may be shown the door.

Motorola's Xoom 3G contract may resemble iPad's
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:17:26 PST ]
The Motorola Xoom tablet 3G contract structure may be similar to that of the iPad 3G, if Verizon continues its current pricing scheme for tablets.

New jetpack gets set for summer takeoff
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:12:17 EST ]
Bored of jet skis? Banana boat rides not floating your boat anymore? Well, this summer you could be whizzing around on a Jetlev, a new water-powered jetpack.

'Dating' site imports Facebook profiles without permission
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:44:54 EST ]
How does a unknown dating site, with the absurd intention of destroying Facebook, launch with 250,000 member profiles on the first day?

Verizon iPhone 4 pre-orders sold out
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:41:08 EST ]
Verizon is no longer accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4.

Bringing the Census into the internet age
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:47:17 EST ]
Once upon a time, the U.S. Census Bureau was a thriving hub of technological innovation.

Sunday's Super Bowl the most high-tech ever
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:44:37 EST ]
It may not be on the minds of hot-wing-chomping sports fans who want to see Clay Matthews clobber Ben Roethlisberger or Hines Ward streak toward the end zone.

U.S. unveils strategy to safeguard space assets
[ Sat, 5 Feb 2011 01:43:23 GMT ]
A newly unveiled U.S. strategy aims to enlist other countries to help safeguard national space assets against both hostile threats and orbital space debris.

Space or spouse? Most back Kelly's decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:26:38 GMT ]

Astronaut Mark Kelly prepares to discuss his decision to command the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday at a news conference at Johnson Space Center. Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head in a Houston hospital.Robin Davidson doesn't know Rep. Gabrielle Giffords personally, but as a wife herself, she knows one thing in her heart: The congresswoman wouldn't want her astronaut husband's professional dreams to become yet another casualty of the horrific Tucson shooting that nearly killed her.


Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:33:51 GMT ]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with husband Mark Kelly.The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will head to space in April, a stunning decision coming almost one month to the day that his wife was shot through the head.


'Death by GPS': Could it happen to you?
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:30:08 GMT ]

You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?


If score is close, losing teams go for it
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:34:57 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers. Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers.


Microsoft eases procurement of WP7 dev phones
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:33:02 PST ]
Microsoft is simplifying the process of picking up a development device for Windows Phone 7. CNET also tracks developer and app momentum for the platform.

Holidays drive record-breaking e-commerce
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:53:26 PST ]
U.S. online retail spending reached a record-breaking $43.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, Comscore reports.

Report: Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computers
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:48:35 PST ]
The Secret Service and FBI are probing repeated intrusions into the computer network that runs the stock exchange, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:00:00 PST ]
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Dell Streak 7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2, and the iPhone 4 for Verizon.

Nook Color back in stock at bn.com
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:32:47 PST ]
While the Nook Color's availability remains spotty, you can now order it without any delay from the Barnes & Noble website.

New jetpack gets set for summer takeoff
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:12:17 EST ]
Bored of jet skis? Banana boat rides not floating your boat anymore? Well, this summer you could be whizzing around on a Jetlev, a new water-powered jetpack.

'Dating' site imports Facebook profiles without permission
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:44:54 EST ]
How does a unknown dating site, with the absurd intention of destroying Facebook, launch with 250,000 member profiles on the first day?

Verizon iPhone 4 pre-orders sold out
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:41:08 EST ]
Verizon is no longer accepting pre-orders for the iPhone 4.

Bringing the Census into the internet age
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:47:17 EST ]
Once upon a time, the U.S. Census Bureau was a thriving hub of technological innovation.

Sunday's Super Bowl the most high-tech ever
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:44:37 EST ]
It may not be on the minds of hot-wing-chomping sports fans who want to see Clay Matthews clobber Ben Roethlisberger or Hines Ward streak toward the end zone.

U.S. unveils strategy to safeguard space assets
[ Sat, 5 Feb 2011 01:43:23 GMT ]
A newly unveiled U.S. strategy aims to enlist other countries to help safeguard national space assets against both hostile threats and orbital space debris.

Space or spouse? Most back Kelly's decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 23:26:38 GMT ]

Astronaut Mark Kelly prepares to discuss his decision to command the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavor on Friday at a news conference at Johnson Space Center. Kelly's wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is recuperating from a gunshot wound to the head in a Houston hospital.Robin Davidson doesn't know Rep. Gabrielle Giffords personally, but as a wife herself, she knows one thing in her heart: The congresswoman wouldn't want her astronaut husband's professional dreams to become yet another casualty of the horrific Tucson shooting that nearly killed her.


Husband: Giffords would be OK with flight decision
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:33:51 GMT ]

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords with husband Mark Kelly.The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will head to space in April, a stunning decision coming almost one month to the day that his wife was shot through the head.


'Death by GPS': Could it happen to you?
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:30:08 GMT ]

You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?You know those stories we secretly like to chuckle over, about people driving into yards or fountains or even buildings because their GPS told them to? Well, the stories are getting less and less funny; some even result in fatalities. But how widespread is this problem really? And what can drivers do to prevent being guided down the wrong path?


If score is close, losing teams go for it
[ Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:34:57 GMT ]

Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers. Cosmic Log: Assuming the score is remotely close, expect the losing team to go for it on a fourth down, as time runs out in the Super Bowl on Sunday, according to new research. For football fans, the finding isn't too surprising. But the research may provide business managers insight on motivating their workers.


Microsoft eases procurement of WP7 dev phones
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:33:02 PST ]
Microsoft is simplifying the process of picking up a development device for Windows Phone 7. CNET also tracks developer and app momentum for the platform.

Holidays drive record-breaking e-commerce
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:53:26 PST ]
U.S. online retail spending reached a record-breaking $43.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010, Comscore reports.

Report: Hackers penetrated Nasdaq computers
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:48:35 PST ]
The Secret Service and FBI are probing repeated intrusions into the computer network that runs the stock exchange, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:00:00 PST ]
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the Dell Streak 7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2, and the iPhone 4 for Verizon.

Nook Color back in stock at bn.com
[ Sat, 05 Feb 2011 04:32:47 PST ]
While the Nook Color's availability remains spotty, you can now order it without any delay from the Barnes & Noble website.

New jetpack gets set for summer takeoff
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:12:17 EST ]
Bored of jet skis? Banana boat rides not floating your boat anymore? Well, this summer you could be whizzing around on a Jetlev, a new water-powered jetpack.

'Dating' site imports Facebook profiles without permission
[ Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:44:54 EST ]
How does a unknown dating site, with the absurd intention of destroying Facebook, launch with 250,000 member profiles on the first day?