Friday, March 16, 2012

<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/qiBzNhMqNSY/" target="_blank">It's Dynamic Range Day, turn it up</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:36:00 PDT ]</i><BR>For the last 10 years, sound has been mixed and mastered at ever increasing loudness levels, crushing the natural vibrancy of music.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/raUoXRMhBWo/" target="_blank">Startup Secret 47: Do the right thing</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:00 PDT ]</i><BR>A startup guy dips way too far into personal funds for his startup, but you can't argue with the outcome.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/dq3u0b0Jbo4/" target="_blank">Zeiss announces fast--but not cheap--15mm lens</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:18:10 PDT ]</i><BR>The widest-angle model in the Distagon family will ship in May for nearly $3,000 to those who covet the German lensmaker's products.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/TxL9ovSZ5C8/" target="_blank">An early look at Microsoft Office 15</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:19:49 PDT ]</i><BR>A glimpse at the upcoming Office product on Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows reveals a new suite that tries to mimic the feel of Metro but runs as a traditional desktop program.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/WsLOdwlyVzQ/" target="_blank">Morrison's Mailbag: Why is my TV's audio so low?</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:55:00 PDT ]</i><BR>Trying to get better sound from your TV? Geoff Morrison offers some inexpensive options.

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Anonymous members speak out
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:38:40 EDT ]
When it's revealed that a prominent member of a clandestine movement has been giving information to the FBI for months, you'd think it would intimidate others in the group into backing off.

Is there a viable alternative to the iPad?
[ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:24:37 EDT ]
Apple's new iPad goes on sale on Friday. It's not the iPad 3, or the iPad HD, but the new iPad. That's great, but should you buy the new Apple tablet or opt for a different tablet? After all it's not the only tablet on the block.

Firefox in 2012: Silent updates, getting social
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:51:27 EDT ]
After releasing a new version of its browser, Firefox 11, the Mozilla foundation has laid out its plans for 2012, and there are definitely some interesting things in the works for one of the most popular web browsers out there.

New iPads hit stores Friday
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:04:12 EDT ]
The latest version of Apple's iPad, the genre-defining tablet computer that has outperformed virtually everyone's expectations since first released in 2010, goes on sale Friday starting at 8 a.m. local time.

New iPads hit stores on Friday
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:12:12 EDT ]
The latest version of Apple's iPad, the genre-defining tablet computer that has outperformed virtually everyone's expectations since first released in 2010, goes on sale Friday starting at 8 a.m. local time.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Pre-caffeine: Apple talk, Harry Potter physics
[ Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:20:24 GMT ]
A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

SpaceX plans April 30 launch to space station
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:08:50 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: SpaceX's president says the rocket company is preparing to launch the first commercial cargo ship to the International Space Station on April 30.Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: SpaceX's president says the rocket company is preparing to launch the first commercial cargo ship to the International Space Station on April 30.


Watch the moon evolve in 3 minutes
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:07:44 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: The team behind NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has  created a video smashing 4.5 billion years of the moon's existence into less than three minutes.Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: The team behind NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has  created a video smashing 4.5 billion years of the moon's existence into less than three minutes.


Disgraced scientist leads mammoth-cloning effort
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:36:19 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: Russian and South Korean scientists, including a disgraced cloning expert, have signed a deal to try re-creating a woolly mammoth using cells recovered from 10,000-year-old frozen remains.Science editor Alan Boyle's weblog: Russian and South Korean scientists, including a disgraced cloning expert, have signed a deal to try re-creating a woolly mammoth using cells recovered from 10,000-year-old frozen remains.


Thrill to a sunspot's parting shot
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:41:00 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An unconventional picture of the sun highlights the region that's responsible for the solar storms we've been experiencing over the past week.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An unconventional picture of the sun highlights the region that's responsible for the solar storms we've been experiencing over the past week.


<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/Pohvtb9tKlA/" target="_blank">Low Latency No. 14: To the end of QR codes...</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:24:07 PDT ]</i><BR>Low Latency chimes in on just how ineffective and trite QR codes have become.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/iYfpsf7Ms7A/" target="_blank">Go to the mall, see a movie... and buy it with your smartphone</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:24:50 PDT ]</i><BR>At specific shopping malls across the country, Fox is creating "wallscapes" of images and titles that will let users buy movies with their smartphones.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/ScsJSpJUJpk/" target="_blank">Get a Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Android tablet for $189</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:45:38 PDT ]</i><BR>Let's be honest: this tablet can do almost everything the new iPad can. It's smaller and slower, sure, but it's also close to 1/3 the price.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/JICoqvi5ueg/" target="_blank">BlackBerry 10 is coming to the PlayBook, but when?</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:56:59 PDT ]</i><BR>RIM says in an interview that it plans to make its first BlackBerry 10-based handset available towards the end of the year. The PlayBook will get the software update after that.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/nd4eM8TpGiE/" target="_blank">Amazon Appstore hosting special deals to mark first birthday</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:01:50 PDT ]</i><BR>A discount on certain apps and a free Kindle Fire giveaway are among the prizes Amazon is doling out as its Appstore turns one year old next week.

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Grenade-throwing robot to fight fires
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:50:51 EDT ]
It might look like science fiction but the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hopes to turn this humanoid robot into a seafaring fact in an effort to improve firefighting capabilities on board military vessels.

GPS tech maps land rights in Africa
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:09:55 EDT ]
In the lush rainforests of Africa's Congo Basin, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people live as hunter gatherers, depending on the forest's natural resources for their survival. Yet most have no legal rights to the land that has been their home for millennia.

Kony, the Internet and morality
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:20:22 EDT ]
Should we entrust the innocent -- the "bunch of littles" -- who have made "Kony2012" such an instant hit, to architect our brave new connected world?

Anonymous members speak out
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:38:40 EDT ]
When it's revealed that a prominent member of a clandestine movement has been giving information to the FBI for months, you'd think it would intimidate others in the group into backing off.

#Pirate? Tracking modern buccaneers on Twitter
[ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:12:05 EDT ]
Shipping companies may have found a new tool to fight piracy: It turns out, pirates like to tweet.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

BBC's Persian news cyber-attacked after Iran threats
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:25 GMT ]
The BBC has suffered a sophisticated cyber-attack following a campaign by Iranian authorities against its Persian service, director-general Mark Thompson said on Wednesday.

iPhoto for iPad review: Who needs a computer?
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:32:26 GMT ]

A decade after first introducing iPhoto to the world, Apple has turned the desktop image editing and management software into an iPad app — an iPad app which'll make you wonder whether you even need a computer to handle and share photos at all anymore.A decade after first introducing iPhoto to the world, Apple has turned the desktop image editing and management software into an iPad app — an iPad app which'll make you wonder whether you even need a computer to handle and share photos at all anymore.


PayPal backs down on erotic e-book ban
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:06:48 GMT ]
In an about face of a policy that in recent weeks threatened to cut off the accounts of erotica e-book publishers that may publish "obscene" content, PayPal has updated its policy to focus on the removal of specific e-books, rather than mandate the removal of entire classes.

Rent — or trade — your kids' clothes online
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:09:17 GMT ]

The average amount families spend per year on each child's clothing ranges from $630 to $1,250, depending on household income and the child’s age. But you could cut that expense by as much as half if you rent or trade in your kids’ clothes.  The average amount families spend per year on each child's clothing ranges from $630 to $1,250, depending on household income and the child’s age. But you could cut that expense by as much as half if you rent or trade in your kids’ clothes. 


Irrational exuberance reigns on Pi Day
[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:58:33 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The most famous irrational number, pi, is being factored into a whole smorgasbord of silliness on 3/14.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The most famous irrational number, pi, is being factored into a whole smorgasbord of silliness on 3/14.


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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/yd2Zw9pS9hQ/" target="_blank">Sharp replacing president after huge loss expected for 2011</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:20:27 PDT ]</i><BR>The electronics company is shuffling its leadership as it faces a sluggish market and a big loss forecast for fiscal 2011.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/cPP6DdVE2kw/" target="_blank">HP's former CEO Leo Apotheker killed WebOS</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:43:55 PDT ]</i><BR>The mystery has been solved. Hewlett-Packard's short-lived CEO Leo Apotheker was responsible for ending the young the life of Palm WebOS, according to the company's former CTO.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/1KUpWfhxes4/" target="_blank">Elgato Thunderbolt SSD review: The crazy price of the magic</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:45:52 PDT ]</i><BR>CNET editor Dong Ngo reviews the first Thunderbolt bus-powered portable drive from Elgato and finds the speedy storage device the prime example of how much consumers have to pay for Apple's "magic," and not just in terms of money.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/Y5UbjJCUir4/" target="_blank">Microsoft launches Windows Azure Accelerator in Israel</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:53:08 PDT ]</i><BR>The software giant says that the four-month program will help early stage startups improve their businesses. Microsoft will not require equity stake in any of the firms.

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Kevin Smith: Podcasting saved me
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:56:42 ]
Podcasting saved Kevin Smith's career.

Gore, Parker push 'Occupy Democracy'
[ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:15:00 ]
When speaking to the tech-savvy attendees of South by Southwest Interactive, it doesn't hurt to lead with a Web reference -- even if you're the former vice president.

Grenade-throwing robot to fight fires
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:50:51 ]
It might look like science fiction but the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) hopes to turn this humanoid robot into a seafaring fact in an effort to improve firefighting capabilities on board military vessels.

GPS tech maps land rights in Africa
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:09:55 ]
In the lush rainforests of Africa's Congo Basin, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people live as hunter gatherers, depending on the forest's natural resources for their survival. Yet most have no legal rights to the land that has been their home for millennia.

Pinterest's founder seems a little overwhelmed
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:42:27 ]
You might excuse Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of photo-sharing site Pinterest, if he looks a little overwhelmed these days.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Video: Apparently the world won't end in 2012
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 05:48:38 GMT ]

March 13: "Bad Astronomer" Philip Plait explains to Helen A.S. Popkin why rumors of the end of the world have been exaggerated, and why he feels it's his job to fix the inaccuracies.  (msnbc.com)"Bad Astronomer" Philip Plait explains to Helen A.S. Popkin why rumors of the end of the world have been exaggerated, and why he feels it's his job to fix the inaccuracies. (msnbc.com)


Video: Most hyped app at SXSW? Highlight
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:41:23 GMT ]

March 13: Every year at SXSW, a new app seems to steal the spotlight. This year, that brief bit of fame goes to Highlight, a location-based service that tells you when friends, or people with mutual interests, are nearby. (msnbc.com)Every year at SXSW, a new app seems to steal the spotlight. This year, that brief bit of fame goes to Highlight, a location-based service that tells you when friends, or people with mutual interests, are nearby. (msnbc.com)


Anti-Anonymous hacker threatens to expose them
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:35 GMT ]
As if things couldn't get any worse for the hacktivists of Anonymous, the self-described patriotic hacker who calls himself The Jester has struck another blow.

School demands middle-schooler̢۪s Facebook login
[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:23:13 GMT ]
A 12-year-old girl was reduced to tears while school officials and a police officer looked at her Facebook postings after forcing her to surrender her password, an ACLU lawsuit alleges.

Southern exposure for the 'northern lights'
[ Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:19:46 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Most of the past month's fantastic auroral views have come from the north, but the International Space Station is in on the action in the south.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Most of the past month's fantastic auroral views have come from the north, but the International Space Station is in on the action in the south.


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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/6WJcO3ISABw/" target="_blank">Samsung starts bringing Ice Cream Sandwich to Galaxy S II</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:45:48 PDT ]</i><BR>The company says that the update is already available in a few European countries and Korea, and will come to the U.K. next week.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/cvoJWdWdidw/" target="_blank">Google+ mobile site takes cues from Android, iPhone apps</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:33:03 PDT ]</i><BR>The new design looks quite similar to those found in Android and iOS, but don't expect to find a native iPad application for Google+ just yet.

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<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/YG-Ps7YRLEk/" target="_blank">Sony Xperia Sola follows fingers, performs NFC tricks</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:42:28 PDT ]</i><BR>Joining Sony's Xperia NXT line up of Android lookers is the new Xperia Sola that features finger-free navigation plus slick NFC skills.

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