Xbox 360 scores big but gaming sales dip in 2011[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:05:41 PST ]Microsoft's gaming console grabbed almost 40 percent of all physical retail sales last year, but the gaming industry as a whole finished 2011 on a slightly down note, according to NPD.

'Ultrabooks' could be the next big thing[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:19:23 EST ]At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price.

Gallery: The hottest gadgets from CES[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:14:51 EST ]

Augmented reality and the future of driving[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:16:24 EST ]Automakers, while embracing current computer innovation such as dashboard touchscreens and voice-control interfaces, also are keeping an eye further down the road as well.

Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China after scuffles[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:48:38 EST ]Angry crowds, closed stores and halted sales. The official introduction of Apple's iPhone 4S in mainland China wasn't meant to turn out like this.

Facebook lets you eavesdrop on friends' music[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:20:58 GMT ]Facebook has expanded its music experience by allowing its users — which could number one billion later this year — to eavesdrop on friends' music playlists in real-time and comment on it through chat.

Who's most gullible online? Not who you think[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:10:14 GMT ]Think grandma and grandpa are the most likely to fall for Internet scams? Think again, suggests a study on gullibility.

Slideshow: High tech show's back alleys[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:05:46 GMT ]Tour some of the lesser-known exhibit areas of the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show.

Pre-caffeine tech: Eminem and the Mona Lisa![ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:24:12 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Planet hunters are amazing even themselves[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:10:45 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Even the astronomers on the science team for NASA's Kepler planet-hunting mission are marveling at the new worlds they're finding.

Chinese hackers targeting smart cards to grab U.S. defense data[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:14:14 PST ]Cyberattacks from China have reportedly adopted a variant of the malware known Sykipot to compromise the smart cards used by U.S. government agencies.

Quelle surprise: Free e-books at Amazon are popular![ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:36:53 PST ]The company says readers borrowed 295,000 books in December--and added that sales of the borrowed titles also rose.

YouTube, music labels in talks to renew licenses[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:45:52 PST ]Universal Music, Sony and EMI appear to be in different stages of negotiations to renew music licenses with the video-sharing service, sources say. Securing music from piracy is a big issue.

Fab.com aims to get more fabulous with FashionStake buy[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:59:35 PST ]The design-focused e-commerce site bought the online fashion marketplace for an undisclosed sum.

Xbox 360 scores big but gaming sales dip in 2011[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:05:41 PST ]Microsoft's gaming console grabbed almost 40 percent of all physical retail sales last year, but the gaming industry as a whole finished 2011 on a slightly down note, according to NPD.

'Ultrabooks' could be the next big thing[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:19:23 EST ]At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price.

Gallery: The hottest gadgets from CES[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:14:51 EST ]

Augmented reality and the future of driving[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:16:24 EST ]Automakers, while embracing current computer innovation such as dashboard touchscreens and voice-control interfaces, also are keeping an eye further down the road as well.

Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China after scuffles[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:48:38 EST ]Angry crowds, closed stores and halted sales. The official introduction of Apple's iPhone 4S in mainland China wasn't meant to turn out like this.

Complete Civil War sub unveiled for first time[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:09:01 GMT ]Confederate Civil War vessel H.L. Hunley, the world's first successful combat submarine when it sank a Union ship in 1864, was unveiled in full and unobstructed for the first time on Thursday, capping a decade of careful preservation.

Video: It's alive: Zapping a hard drive with lightning[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:48:02 GMT ]Rugged hard drive manufacturer, ioSafe, showed off the durability of their hard drives by blasting the drives with a massive Tesla coil, during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. (msnbc.com)

The best TV and home theater gear at CES[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:00:25 GMT ]The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show was packed with new and innovative home theater products as the major home entertainment manufacturers debuted their latest product lines. Here are HD Guru's top picks.

The best phones and mobile computing at CES 2012[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:01:14 GMT ]This year's Consumer Electronics Show revealed some exciting mobile technologies and portable devices whose release is just around the corner. Here are Laptop's top picks.

Specter of SOPA haunts CES[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:57:23 GMT ]Red Tape: Amid the glitz and glamour in Las Vegas, a grey could hangs over the annual geek-fest: The future of controversial anti-piracy legislation known as SOPA, which threatens to cause a bit of a civil war among tech firms.

Gesture control is the new touch: Kinect inventors[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:01:02 PST ]The company that developed the technology behind the Kinect for Xbox 360 says it sees on-board cameras and gesture control replacing touch on all consumer devices.

MakerBot builds the future, layer by layer[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:12:11 PST ]MakerBot Replicator, an open-source consumer 3D printer, won CNET's award for best emerging tech at CES, but founder Bre Pettis says that's far from the end of the story.

Congratulations, Nokia, now get to work[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:24:35 PST ]Nokia's Lumia 900 wins CNET's Best of CES Award, but the company must work with AT&T to make the handset and Windows Phone 7 a success.

Sculley happy Jobs' biography 'cleared up myths'[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:47:28 PST ]Former Apple CEO tells the BBC that when he left company in 1996, "Apple was actually a very profitable company."

Kindle simplifies PC document transfers[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:00:40 PST ]Amazon releases a new plug-in called "Send to Kindle" that's supposed to make PC-to-Kindle document transfers easy.

Learn to code, get a job[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:18:41 EST ]Douglas Rushkoff says to understand a world increasingly run by programs and fill a desperate need for code-literate workers, we should be learning computer coding along with our arithmetic.

Roboticists not thrilled about Bieber[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:59 EST ]For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product.

'Ultrabooks' could be the next big thing[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:19:23 EST ]At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price.

8 oddball gadgets we found at CES[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:49:05 EST ]The world's largest consumer electronics show isn't just about splashy TVs, phones and tablets. CES's massive show floor also is home to plenty of less-hyped but quirkier gadgets. Here are eight that got our attention.

Three newfound worlds are smaller than Earth[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:23 GMT ]Astronomers have discovered the three smallest alien planets yet, including one that's just the size of Mars.

Smart TVs: Maybe too smart for mere humans[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:31:55 GMT ]There has been a lot of news about smart TVs and apps and interfaces this week at the Consumer Electronics Show. But just as 3-D TVs haven't captured the fancy of many buyers, there's no guarantee that smart TVs will do any better.

Apple, Amazon tops among mobile holiday buyers[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:12:03 PST ]Out of the top 16 mobile retail sites, Apple and Amazon came in first and second, respectively, scoring the highest marks for customer satisfaction among mobile shoppers, says ForeSee Results.

Roboticists not thrilled about Bieber[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:59 EST ]For David Shafter, it should have been a dream: A crush of excited people swarming his booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show, where his startup is launching its first product.

'Ultrabooks' could be the next big thing[ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:19:23 EST ]At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price.

TheKube2: A mini-MP3 player hit from Singapore[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:29:37 PST ]TheKube2 MP3 player from Singapore is billed as "the world's smallest touch MP3 player in the world." It's plotting a global takeover starting at CES.

Chinese build skyscraper in just 15 days[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:05:39 PST ]Using prefabricated modules, 200 workers construct a 30-story building in China's Hunan Province in a little more than two weeks.

Buzz Out Loud 1575: What mattered at CES day 1 (Podcast)[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:15:37 PST ]After our first day of CES we discuss what tech is making waves in Vegas. What grabbed your attention and which products will never see the store shelves. Molly breaks down her interview with Google's Eric Schmidt and Brian Tong reflects on his time with LL Cool J live on the CNET stage.

Samsung Chromebook makes CES cut, but Atom does not[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:16:49 PST ]Samsung's next-gen Chromebook will appear later this year. That's the plan, at least.

New glass could make better touchscreens[ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:59:21 EST ]When it comes to innovation in electronic gadgets, a new kind of glass is not especially sexy. But when that glass is built into millions of touchscreen devices, and could potentially make them thinner, lighter and more responsive to your finger, consumers may take notice.

Google search's 'most radical transformation'[ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:01:02 EST ]Google search is about to get way more personal.

TVs in 2012 to get thinner, more social[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:08:45 EST ]When it comes to TVs -- often the flashiest, most buzzed-about gadgets at the International Consumer Electronics Show -- it takes several years for reality to catch up to the hype.

Sony: PlayStation 4 not coming soon[ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:46 EST ]Sony says it's not quite game over for the PlayStation 3.

CES: Can Snooki, Bieber create a hit gadget?[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:25:38 EST ]Hundreds of onlookers crowded around a booth inside the cavernous Las Vegas Convention Center, hoisting cameras overhead and straining for a glimpse of the woman with the tiny frame and the big fake eyelashes:

Slideshow: The geekiest place on earth[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:35:53 GMT ]View images from the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Live-stream your next ski run from your helmet[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:18:13 GMT ]A new partnership by Contour takes mountable HD cameras to a new level, adding the option of live-streaming video from almost anywhere.

Twitter lashes out at Google search changes[ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMT ]Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search engine on Tuesday, describing the changes as "bad" for consumers and for Web publishers.