Firefox: Silent updates, getting social[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:46:56 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.

PRI retracts Foxconn report[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:02:41 EDT ]Acclaimed National Public Radio program "This American Life" is retracting an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular hardware, after learning the reporter "partially fabricated" information about his visit to the factories.

New service reports text spam[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:49:43 EDT ]Unsolicited spam text messages from scammers, companies, and campaigns are illegal and annoying -- but they keep happening. Now they're easier to report.

New iPad can overheat, some say[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:16 EDT ]The new iPad may be a hot item in more ways than one.

Which cities lose their cellphone the most?[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:52:36 EDT ]Losing your smartphone can be stressful, given how much important data and access to services a typical smartphone contains. On average, people lose their smartphone once per year and about 95% of the time, people who find lost smartphones try to access sensitive data .

Google charts a careful course through Asia's maps[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:20:13 GMT ]Google rushed out its panoramic Street View maps in Thailand on Friday as part of the country's efforts to show tourist hot spots have recovered from last year's floods. But it also marked something of a change of fortunes for Google itself, which has weathered several storms in Asia over its mapping products.

Soldier makes surprise return as Capt. America[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:48:11 GMT ]When a soldier returns from Afghanistan and transforms into Captain America to surprise his two young sons, we are all reminded of how precious and moving such reunions can be.

Telescope project starts with a bang on the Web[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:49:45 GMT ]Scientists are detonating a "Big Bang" explosion on a Chile mountaintop to start construction on a major new telescope, and Internet users can watch the action live online.

Teens get to put their bugs in orbit[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:09:38 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The teenage winners of the YouTube Space Lab competition will see their bugs — specifically, spiders and bacteria — fly up to the International Space Station.

Pre-caffeine: App updates, baby Platypuses![ Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:20:24 GMT ]A collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

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<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57403259-83/facebook-dont-reveal-your-password-to-snooping-employers/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/soQuC66a5uQ" height="1" width="1"/>
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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/~3/91XztBqBp18/" target="_blank">Pew: Apps, Web to meld, but latter comes out ahead</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:40:50 PDT ]</i><BR>Thirty-five percent of tech experts see apps as the dominant way to deliver content in 2020, but 59 percent pick the Web.

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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/j1B91Sv8ByA/" target="_blank">Deck: an iPad music app for people with big fingers</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:06:40 PDT ]</i><BR>In iOS 5 Apple redesigned the iPad's Music app with small buttons and clumsy controls. But you don't have to stick with Apple's music player.

<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57403321-93/deck-an-ipad-music-app-for-people-with-big-fingers/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/j1B91Sv8ByA" height="1" width="1"/>
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Firefox: Silent updates, getting social[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:46:56 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.

PRI retracts Foxconn report[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:02:41 EDT ]Acclaimed National Public Radio program "This American Life" is retracting an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular hardware, after learning the reporter "partially fabricated" information about his visit to the factories.

New service reports text spam[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:49:43 EDT ]Unsolicited spam text messages from scammers, companies, and campaigns are illegal and annoying -- but they keep happening. Now they're easier to report.

New iPad can overheat, some say[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:16 EDT ]The new iPad may be a hot item in more ways than one.

Facebook: Ask employees for passwords, get sued[ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:39:46 EDT ]Facebook has weighed in on a practice by some businesses asking employees or job applicants for their passwords to the popular social-media site.

Wife's Facebook snooping results in 911 call, husband's arrest[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:01:57 GMT ]When his wife refused to go to bed and let him browse Facebook alone, a Florida man called 911. Unfortunately it turns out neither Facebook snooping nor spousal annoyances qualify as actual crimes, so the man was arrested on a charge of "misuse of 911."

Sarkozy announces crackdown on Internet hate sites[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:21:49 GMT ]President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that France would make it a crime to consult Web sites that advocate terrorism or hate crimes and would toughen a crackdown on people who went abroad for ideological indoctrination.

Reality check on 'Hunger Games' tech[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:32:04 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The technological divide at the heart of "The Hunger Games" highlights real-life technologies that pose similar ethical issues, ranging from genetic engineering to crowd control.

Robotic jellyfish may never run out of energy[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:09:33 GMT ]A robot built to look and swim like an inconspicuous jellyfish may keep going and going and going thanks to an infinite source of fuel — its surroundings.

'Brain observatories' get $300 million boost[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:32:19 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Software billionaire Paul Allen is pledging $300 million to fund a series of "brain observatories" that will map the mouse brain with the aim of helping humans.

<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/RHR6KiIr-EA/" target="_blank">With Linux merge, expect Android flowers to bloom</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:16:17 PDT ]</i><BR>Developers outside Google who want to build on the mobile OS's foundation should be able to stretch out and blossom. That should pay dividends for building a better Android.

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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/~3/0YNI6ov-XPI/" target="_blank">Can IBM's Watson help cancer patients?</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:20:15 PDT ]</i><BR>Watson's "Jeopardy"-winning AI skills will be put to use at a New York hospital to help diagnose and treat cancers.

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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/~3/0fIE8fe4E2o/" target="_blank">YouTube adds one-click video editing for busy videographers</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:27:20 PDT ]</i><BR>The company says that it'll be able to fix shaky video and auto-correct dark clips.

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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/gy9EdDCOOf4/" target="_blank">U.S. Cellular jumps into LTE with the Galaxy Tab 10.1</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:38:04 PDT ]</i><BR>U.S. Cellular can claim that it's beaten Sprint and T-Mobile to LTE deployment, but for the Chicago-based regional carrier, a single device in a tiny market is just the beginning.

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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/TXgZwfKytKk/" target="_blank">Nokia to cut 1,000 jobs in Finland</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:57:26 PDT ]</i><BR>Nokia has struck a deal with unions in Finland to eliminate 1,000 jobs at a manufacturing plant in Finland as the company fulfills its promise of 4,000 job cuts.

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Firefox: Silent updates, getting social[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:46:56 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.

PRI retracts Foxconn report[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:02:41 EDT ]Acclaimed National Public Radio program "This American Life" is retracting an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular hardware, after learning the reporter "partially fabricated" information about his visit to the factories.

New service reports text spam[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:49:43 EDT ]Unsolicited spam text messages from scammers, companies, and campaigns are illegal and annoying -- but they keep happening. Now they're easier to report.

New iPad can overheat, some say[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:41:16 EDT ]The new iPad may be a hot item in more ways than one.

SOPA backers take new anti-piracy approach[ Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:33:23 EDT ]SOPA appears to be dead. But the battle over Internet piracy is not.

Consumer Reports: New iPad runs hotter than old model[ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:47:58 GMT ]Apple's new iPad throws off a lot more heat than the previous version, lending weight to complaints on Internet forums that the hot-selling tablet computer could get uncomfortably warm after heavy use, an influential consumer watchdog found after running tests.

Some experience charging issues with new iPad[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:59:34 GMT ]Folks who purchased a new iPad can't seem to get any breaks this week. First they were told that their new gadgets might be prone to heating up and now they're discovering it's occasionally difficult to charge the devices.

3 online date sites agree to screen for predators[ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:05:48 GMT ]Three online dating giants agreed to screen for sex offenders and take other safety steps after a woman was assaulted on a date, the California attorney general's office announced Tuesday.

Reality check on 'Hunger Games' tech[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:32:04 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The technological divide at the heart of "The Hunger Games" highlights real-life technologies that pose similar ethical issues, ranging from genetic engineering to crowd control.

Robotic jellyfish may never run out of energy[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:09:33 GMT ]A robot built to look and swim like an inconspicuous jellyfish may keep going and going and going thanks to an infinite source of fuel — its surroundings.

<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/ke7D-ZMIytE/" target="_blank">Orange to juice 4G LTE in Europe</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:03:08 PDT ]</i><BR>By 2015, the mobile operator says, it will have extended 4G LTE networks across all of its EU markets. It also wouldn't mind some government support.

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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/Qney_ZhN15A/" target="_blank">Google hands over $5 credit to Wallet customers, report says</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:08:10 PDT ]</i><BR>The company says that all the funds that were previously available on the prepaid card have been restored, following a security issue discovered last month.

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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/PvieC9tiy_c/" target="_blank">Nokia quietly establishes U.S. beachhead at T-Mobile</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:37:24 PDT ]</i><BR>All indications point to the Lumia 710 having had a decent start as the first Nokia Windows Phone in the U.S.

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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/s6kueCeFEVE/" target="_blank">Another Samsung Galaxy S III image paints a clearer picture</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:53:13 PDT ]</i><BR>A new "leaked" image of the already-popular Samsung Galaxy S III corroborates the design of another purported shot of the unreleased Android smartphone.

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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/~3/6asWqH2q5xA/" target="_blank">Startup Secret 49: Asphyxiation is a solid strategy</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:54:34 PDT ]</i><BR>How do you "cut off a competitor's air supply"? Try giving away what they're selling.

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Firefox: Silent updates, getting social[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:46:56 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.

PRI retracts Foxconn report[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:02:41 EDT ]Acclaimed National Public Radio program "This American Life" is retracting an entire episode about working conditions inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that builds much of Apple's most popular hardware, after learning the reporter "partially fabricated" information about his visit to the factories.

New service reports text spam[ Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:49:43 EDT ]Unsolicited spam text messages from scammers, companies, and campaigns are illegal and annoying -- but they keep happening. Now they're easier to report.

New iPad can overheat, some say[ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:00:53 EDT ]The new iPad may be a hot item in more ways than one.

Why parents should teach their kids about tech[ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:11:40 EDT ]With the average tot aged 2-5 now more able to play video games or downloadable apps than ride a bike or tie their shoelaces, and with three-quarters of all middle and high school-aged kids already owning a cellular handset, how young is too young to give a child a cell phone? Or perhaps the better question is: What are we doing to prepare kids and adults for life in an age of 24/7 connectivity?