New Android phone is sweat-resistant[ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:04:20 EDT ]Sony Ericsson's new smartphone was made for two kinds of people: sporty jogger types and those who sweat profusely.

Harry Potter adventures to be continued... online[ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:37:36 EDT ]Harry Potter's final literary chapter may have come to an end, but millions of fans can now continue the boy wizard's adventures with the launch Thursday of a website that promises an "exciting online experience" around the Potter series.

Twins drop legal claim against Facebook[ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:10:45 EDT ]Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the former business partners and Harvard University classmates of Mark Zuckerberg, have dropped their court appeal of a settlement with the Facebook founder.

Cyberwarfare finds a captive audience[ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:36:09 EDT ]From scanning news headlines over the last couple of months, you might think the walls around Internet strongholds are made of rotting wood.

Report: Faster, more powerful iPhone coming in September[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:25:01 GMT ]Summer's here and as is iPhone rumor season. As usual, the latest batch of gossip comes from an unnamed source and includes only little more than the obvious details — that the next generation iPhone will be a faster, better and more powerful device.

How do you steal virtual money? Bitcoin![ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:23:41 GMT ]Why should you — let alone anyone — care about Bitcoin? If censorship, illegal drugs and hacker heists pique your interest, here's what you need to know.

Will J.K. Rowling reveal online Harry Potter game?[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:20:59 GMT ]It's a mystery tailor-made for Harry Potter and his gang of wizard friends. J.K. Rowling — famed author of the "Harry Potter" books — is scheduled to make some kind of an announcement tomorrow. But now, a mysterious leaked memo has surfaced that suggests the writer's next project may be an online game.

Sir-Mix-A-Lot likes Facebook games, he cannot lie[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:56:30 GMT ]Sir-Mix-A-Lot (he of "Baby Got Back" fame) has joined a growing number of celebrities jumping on the Facebook gaming wagon. Today the hip-hop star launched "Mix-N-Match" — a game in which players are asked to guess which Sir Mix prefers: the lap of luxury or a lap dance?

How dino proteins could survive[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:25:25 GMT ]Cosmic Log: Scientists have discovered how bits of the protein collagen from dinosaurs that died millions of years ago might have survived in fossilized bones.

This Day in Tech: Apple patents touch screens; Hulu acquisition rumors[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:45:44 PDT ]Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Wednesday, June 22.

Canadian Staples in customer privacy hot water[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:46:18 PDT ]More than a third of storage devices tested by a government audit were found to retain customers' personal data, even after a "wipe and restore."

Judge likely to deny Apple's 'Appstore' complaint[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:07:18 PDT ]Apple's legal effort to keep Amazon from using the "Appstore" moniker could be short-lived. A U.S. District judge says Apple has not provided enough evidence of it confusing customers to keep Amazon from using it.

iPhone 5 rumor roundup[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:29:42 PDT ]CNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors--from the likely to the crazy--that we've heard so far in 2011.

Rep. Eshoo on truth in 4G advertising (podcast)[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:00:05 PDT ]Larry Magid speaks with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) about her bill that would require cellular carriers to disclose minimum data speeds and network reliability on their 4G services.

Making it harder for ads to track you online[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:26:37 EDT ]What's the best way to let advertisers know you don't want to be tracked online?

The 6 commandments of online photo sharing[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:21:45 EDT ]Remember photo albums? Not those arbitrary online groupings of digital snaps with titles like "Big Pimpin' Up in NYC," but actual albums -- hulking books with noisy cellophane pinning prints to tacky white cardboard?

New camera lets you focus photos after you shoot[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:26:45 EDT ]An auto-focus camera? Not new. Not exciting.

iPhone 4 tops Flickr camera stats: A closer look[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:53:17 PDT ]To nobody's surprise, the iPhone 4 has topped Flickr's popularity charts. The phone fits into people's social lives the way today's ordinary cameras don't.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/22: What is this?[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:00 PDT ]If you know what today's picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest.

Google hits record with 1 billion site visitors in May[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:19:11 PDT ]The 1 billion benchmark reported by ComScore marks the first time that a Web site has captured that many visitors in a single month.

Apple scores broad patent on touch screens[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:25:46 PDT ]Patent describes how a touch screen is used to interact with contents on a display. And given Apple's recent history with patent lawsuits, it could prove to be another tool in litigation.

A buyout offer for Hulu?[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:49:08 PDT ]Apple releases the long-awaited update to its pro video-editing software called Final Cut Pro X, the FBI seizes servers that allegedly have caused multiple Web sites to go down, and reports surface on an unsolicited buyout offer for Hulu.

Apple urged to yank 'anti-Israel' app[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:40:07 EDT ]The Israeli government is asking Apple Inc. to remove an application called the "The 3rd Intifada" from its popular "App Store" for Ipads and Iphones.

LulzSec downplays arrest, claims Brazil[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:47:11 EDT ]The computer hacking collective LulzSec denied that a teenager arrested this week was a key player in the group, and claimed Wednesday it brought down the Brazilian government's website.

Making it harder for ads to track you online[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:26:37 EDT ]What's the best way to let advertisers know you don't want to be tracked online?

Brazil government latest victim of hacker attack[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:26:39 GMT ]Hackers briefly disabled three websites belonging to the Brazilian government early on Wednesday in the latest of an international wave of cyber attacks on companies and organizations.

Used up your iCloud storage? No more emails for you![ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:07:09 GMT ]Apple's new iCloud storage service will conveniently house your iPhone backups, calendars, or other data, but what happens when you use up all your allotted space? You'll just not be able to upload more data, right? Not exactly.

Is the smart grid too smart for us?[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:49:55 GMT ]Cosmic Log: The Obama administration unveiled a string of new initiatives last week that will pump political muscle and federal dollars into the development of the smart grid. Did you miss the news? You're not alone. Most of us don't really know what the smart grid is or care that much about it.

Join the search for icy worlds[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:49:11 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The past decade has brought a whole new frontier of icy worlds to explore — and now you can get in on the exploration as well, through IceHunters.org.

Pre-caffeine tech: Apple gossip, smart pugs![ Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:28:31 GMT ]The latest news on Apple, Google, hackers, Internet culture and more.

Road Trip Pic of the Day, 6/22: What is this?[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:00:00 PDT ]If you know what today's picture is, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest.

Google hits record with 1 billion site visitors in May[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:19:11 PDT ]The 1 billion benchmark reported by ComScore marks the first time that a Web site has captured that many visitors in a single month.

Apple scores broad patent on touch screens[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:25:46 PDT ]Patent describes how a touch screen is used to interact with contents on a display. And given Apple's recent history with patent lawsuits, it could prove to be another tool in litigation.

iPhone 4 tops Flickr camera stats: A closer look[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:53:17 PDT ]To nobody's surprise, the iPhone 4 has topped Flickr's popularity charts. The phone fits into people's social lives the way today's ordinary cameras don't.

A buyout offer for Hulu?[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:49:08 PDT ]Apple releases the long-awaited update to its pro video-editing software called Final Cut Pro X, the FBI seizes servers that allegedly have caused multiple Web sites to go down, and reports surface on an unsolicited buyout offer for Hulu.

Apple urged to yank 'anti-Israel' app[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:40:07 EDT ]The Israeli government is asking Apple Inc. to remove an application called the "The 3rd Intifada" from its popular "App Store" for Ipads and Iphones.

LulzSec downplays arrest, claims Brazil[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:47:11 EDT ]The computer hacking collective LulzSec denied that a teenager arrested this week was a key player in the group, and claimed Wednesday it brought down the Brazilian government's website.

Making it harder for ads to track you online[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:26:37 EDT ]What's the best way to let advertisers know you don't want to be tracked online?

90-year-old weds beau met on Match.com[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:39:23 GMT ]Molly Holder fits Match.com's fastest-growing demographic, those who are 50 and older. And she's definitely one of the company's success stories: the 90-year-old woman walked down the aisle last Saturday with the man she met on the dating website.

Private-sector space age turns 7[ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:31:07 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: SpaceShipOne's designer says he's "disappointed that progress has been slow" since the first private-sector space journey, seven years ago.

Amish sexter busted for buggy sex invite to girl, 12[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:22:34 GMT ]Willard Yoder, 21, used to send 600 texts, as well as nude photos and explicit videos to the phone of a 12-year-old girl, which was blessedly apprehended by her parents before she became overly exposed.

Putting the fear in 'F.E.A.R. 3'[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:22:57 GMT ]When people sit down to play a game with a title like "F.E.A.R. 3," it’s safe to say they have certain expectations. Namely, they expect to be terrified … absolutely and utterly pants-pooping terrified. We chat with writer Steve Niles about how he and famed film director John Carpenter went about injecting this series with some new scares.

'Ultimate cloud' comes to the rescue[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 02:05:47 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Cloud computing isn't just for your music player anymore. Satellite communications can provide the "ultimate cloud" for data links from anywhere.

FBI seizes Web hosting company's servers[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:29:09 PDT ]Agents confiscate three racks of blade servers during raid on Maryland data center.

Microsoft's Mango praised but has much to prove[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:05:06 PDT ]The software giant's next version of its mobile phone operating system has much to overcome as it prepares to compete with Apple and Android in the holiday season.

LulzSec IDs 'snitches' in accused hacker's arrest[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:47:55 PDT ]The notorious hacker group posts the names and addresses of two men it says leaked information to law enforcement officials.

With Anonymous and LulzSec, is anyone believable?[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:05:05 PDT ]LulzSec outs alleged "snitches" who the group claims are responsible for U.K. arrest in latest episode of "As the Hacker World Turns."

After Apple, Samsung, Acer vie for No. 2 tablet spot[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:47:13 PDT ]Samsung and Acer are a distant second and third to Apple, which currently dominates the tablet market worldwide.

19-year-old arrested over Sony hack[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:13:25 EDT ]A teenager has been arrested near London in connection with the hacking of Sony, London's Metropolitan Police said Tuesday.

Apple urged to yank 'anti-Israel' app[ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:40:07 EDT ]The Israeli government is asking Apple Inc. to remove an application called the "The 3rd Intifada" from its popular "App Store" for Ipads and Iphones.