This week in Crave: The CES sandwich edition[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 PST ]The world's biggest gadget show has one of the smallest selections of sandwiches. We take a look at some of the big trends, as compared with those repetitive lunches we've been faced with for days now.

'Bootylicious' fly named after Beyonce[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:17 GMT ]Beyoncé may be one of the biggest pop divas out there, but she isn't the only diva with that name. A previously unnamed species of horse fly with a glamorous golden butt has been named Beyoncé because it is the "all-time diva of flies," researchers say.

A week of Apple rumor confirmations, and egg hurling[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST ]Three high-profile rumors were validated this week, as was the interest in the iPhone 4S in China. Eggs were thrown there by an angry mob. Find out why in this week's edition of Apple Talk Weekly.

A day in the life of your future, according to CES 2012[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST ]What if all the hottest trends and products from this year's CES became part of our daily lives? Here's a look at the life you may be leading three years from now.

High-end audio rocks CES[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:36:00 PST ]Smartphones, tablets, and OLED displays may get the lion's share of attention at CES, but what about audio? Here's a choice sampling of the very best of CES.

Tablets: bruised and confused at CES 2012[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST ]CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell rounds-up the tablet highlights of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

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

Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:01 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.

How the Consumer Electronics Show lost its spark[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:03:18 EST ]Andrew Keen argues that it's hard to avoid concluding that CES will gradually but inevitably go out of business.

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.

Video: 'Let's go' — Top gadgets at tech super show[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:14:39 GMT ]Before the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show wraps up, Wilson Rothman takes a tour of the floor to see the best in show. (msnbc.com)

Red Tape: Opponents to SOPA gain momentum[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:31:19 GMT ]Late Friday afternoon, Lamar Smith (R-Texas), said he planned tone down enforcement powers that would be granted by the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Prediction: 1 billion Facebook users by Aug.[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:05:16 GMT ]Facebook could cross the one billion user threshold by August, according to digital marketing firm.

Will pop icons make music video in space?[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:36:56 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Pop music's reigning power couple, Jay-Z and Beyonce, are welcome to make a video in space, Virgin Galactic says. They can even bring their daughter along.

'Bootylicious' fly named after Beyonce[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:17 GMT ]Beyoncé may be one of the biggest pop divas out there, but she isn't the only diva with that name. A previously unnamed species of horse fly with a glamorous golden butt has been named Beyoncé because it is the "all-time diva of flies," researchers say.

A week of Apple rumor confirmations, and egg hurling[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PST ]Three high-profile rumors were validated this week, as was the interest in the iPhone 4S in China. Eggs were thrown there by an angry mob. Find out why in this week's edition of Apple Talk Weekly.

This week in Crave: The CES sandwich edition[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:00 PST ]The world's biggest gadget show has one of the smallest selections of sandwiches. We take a look at some of the big trends, as compared with those repetitive lunches we've been faced with for days now.

A day in the life of your future, according to CES 2012[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:00:00 PST ]What if all the hottest trends and products from this year's CES became part of our daily lives? Here's a look at the life you may be leading three years from now.

High-end audio rocks CES[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:36:00 PST ]Smartphones, tablets, and OLED displays may get the lion's share of attention at CES, but what about audio? Here's a choice sampling of the very best of CES.

Tablets: bruised and confused at CES 2012[ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PST ]CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell rounds-up the tablet highlights of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

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

Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:01 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.

How the Consumer Electronics Show lost its spark[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:03:18 EST ]Andrew Keen argues that it's hard to avoid concluding that CES will gradually but inevitably go out of business.

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.

Video: 'Let's go' — Top gadgets at tech super show[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:14:39 GMT ]Before the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show wraps up, Wilson Rothman takes a tour of the floor to see the best in show. (msnbc.com)

Red Tape: Opponents to SOPA gain momentum[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:31:19 GMT ]Late Friday afternoon, Lamar Smith (R-Texas), said he planned tone down enforcement powers that would be granted by the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Prediction: 1 billion Facebook users by Aug.[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:05:16 GMT ]Facebook could cross the one billion user threshold by August, according to digital marketing firm.

Will pop icons make music video in space?[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:36:56 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Pop music's reigning power couple, Jay-Z and Beyonce, are welcome to make a video in space, Virgin Galactic says. They can even bring their daughter along.

'Bootylicious' fly named after Beyonce[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:10:17 GMT ]Beyoncé may be one of the biggest pop divas out there, but she isn't the only diva with that name. A previously unnamed species of horse fly with a glamorous golden butt has been named Beyoncé because it is the "all-time diva of flies," researchers say.

Buzz Out Loud 1576: CES 2012 Wrap Up (Podcast)[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:50:16 PST ]It's Friday the 13th & we are wrapping up CES 2012. Today on the show we discuss the Best of CES winners and losers and discuss some CES disappointments and surprises.

SmartDock for Sony Xperia Ion gives an extra jolt[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:48:44 PST ]The Xperia Ion is months away, but take a look at this sweet little base station that gives the 4G smartphone some added flair.

Cutting the cord...in an iPhone case[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:45:41 PST ]The Cord-on-Board iPhone case does more then just protect your phone, it also hides a small charging cable inside.

T-Mobile Sparq messaging phone quietly demoed at CES[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:05:35 PST ]Shh! The T-Mobile Sparq is an alread-announced off-contract messaging phone that got lost in the shadows of the show.

CES 2012 a 4G orgy, but Android ICS is still MIA[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:05:52 PST ]Over 21 smartphones poured out of CES 2012, the vast majority of them supporting 4G LTE. Windows Phone and AT&T were success stories, while T-Mobile's tough road ahead, Motorola's new strategy, and Ice Cream Sandwich's slower-than-expected rollout will define the start of the year's offerings.

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

Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:01 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.

How the Consumer Electronics Show lost its spark[ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:03:18 EST ]Andrew Keen argues that it's hard to avoid concluding that CES will gradually but inevitably go out of business.

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.

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 ]