Tuesday, May 15, 2012
iPad gives voice to kids with autism
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:38 EDT ]
Sharia stood immobile in front of the television, transfixed by its images, unaware of the world around her. Her family called her name over and over again, but she did not respond. It was that moment when they knew something was wrong.
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:38 EDT ]
Sharia stood immobile in front of the television, transfixed by its images, unaware of the world around her. Her family called her name over and over again, but she did not respond. It was that moment when they knew something was wrong.
Monday, May 14, 2012
NJ town's police chief: No, we didn't ban texting while walking
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 15:52:54 GMT ]
Those of us prone to typing out text messages while walking down streets were ready to storm Fort Lee, N.J., with pitch forks, torches and protest signs on Monday morning. After all, there were reports that texting while walking was banned in the town รข and that people caught doing so were fined.
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 15:52:54 GMT ]
Those of us prone to typing out text messages while walking down streets were ready to storm Fort Lee, N.J., with pitch forks, torches and protest signs on Monday morning. After all, there were reports that texting while walking was banned in the town รข and that people caught doing so were fined.
<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/raxr4UN38IY/" target="_blank">Yahoo tackles big data with Genome ad platform</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 14 May 2012 08:51:46 PDT ]</i><BR>The system builds off the display ad partnership of Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft, as well as Yahoo's $270 million acquisition of Interclick.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57433724-93/yahoo-tackles-big-data-with-genome-ad-platform/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/raxr4UN38IY" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/aUfH9Q0z7IY/" target="_blank">How do I get HD from one source to multiple TVs? (Morrison's Mailbag)</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 14 May 2012 08:55:00 PDT ]</i><BR>Want to add cable/satellite to a second room without a second box? So does CNET reader Will. Geoff Morrison helps him out.
<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33199_7-57424300-221/how-do-i-get-hd-from-one-source-to-multiple-tvs-morrisons-mailbag/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/aUfH9Q0z7IY" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/DHPXSD6MYSo/" target="_blank">Best Buy chairman, founder to step down next month</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 14 May 2012 08:56:57 PDT ]</i><BR>More turnover at Best Buy as the company's founder and board chairman Richard Schulze steps down at the end of its annual meeting on June 21.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-57433696-92/best-buy-chairman-founder-to-step-down-next-month/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/DHPXSD6MYSo" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/Yu2w0iv4cHA/" target="_blank">Max Payne 3: Worth the hangover?</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 14 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT ]</i><BR>It's been almost nine years since the last Max Payne game, is "3" worth the wait?
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57433703-1/max-payne-3-worth-the-hangover/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/Yu2w0iv4cHA" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/tqhz-UKcaHU/" target="_blank">Kaspersky probe: Apple doesn't take security seriously enough</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:14 PDT ]</i><BR>Probing the Mac OS for malware vulnerabilities at Apple's request, Kaspersky doesn't think the company is paying enough attention to security.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57433761-37/kaspersky-probe-apple-doesnt-take-security-seriously-enough/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/tqhz-UKcaHU" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Could a computer write this story?
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/UwhWInWEO1o/index.html" target="_blank">FBI warns travelers of Web attacks
attacks</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:48 EDT ]</i><BR>If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their hotel rooms."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~4/UwhWInWEO1o" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Satellite tracking used for first time on manta rays
[ Sun, 13 May 2012 15:15:17 GMT ]
Very little is known about giant manta rays, fish up to 25 feet wide that glide through the ocean like giant underwater bats. Now, in the first study using satellite tracking of the creatures, scientists have teased out a few secrets, including that the beasts travel a lot.
[ Sun, 13 May 2012 15:15:17 GMT ]
Very little is known about giant manta rays, fish up to 25 feet wide that glide through the ocean like giant underwater bats. Now, in the first study using satellite tracking of the creatures, scientists have teased out a few secrets, including that the beasts travel a lot.
<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/dWFzp7OCtfA/" target="_blank">Fun with lasers: Try popping 100 balloons</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 15:17:22 PDT ]</i><BR>What would you destroy if you had the Spyder III Krypton handy? Just don't pretend it's a lightsaber.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57433221-1/fun-with-lasers-try-popping-100-balloons/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/dWFzp7OCtfA" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/rN1m9YZhuF8/" target="_blank">Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review: Dual-core in a quad-core world</a><BR><i>[ Sun, 13 May 2012 07:00:00 PDT ]</i><BR>The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 launches with ICS and a dual-core processor for $400. A couple months ago this would have made an appealing package for Android tablet shoppers. Now, not so much.
<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57433112-251/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-10.1-review-dual-core-in-a-quad-core-world/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/rN1m9YZhuF8" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/A9-8LhZ-7sA/" target="_blank">Google's cuddly Mother's Day doodle</a><BR><i>[ Sun, 13 May 2012 07:32:05 PDT ]</i><BR>In honor of Mother's Day in America and several other countries, Google has two of the letters in its logo hug a third.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57433327-71/googles-cuddly-mothers-day-doodle/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/A9-8LhZ-7sA" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/sldwvAdxAIw/" target="_blank">Audiophiliac readers' favorite headphones, speakers, and receivers</a><BR><i>[ Sun, 13 May 2012 07:46:00 PDT ]</i><BR>The readers' selection lists for the best-of-the-best gear were full of surprises, with winners and losers in each category.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57432877-47/audiophiliac-readers-favorite-headphones-speakers-and-receivers/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/sldwvAdxAIw" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/tqk1pzEFl_Q/" target="_blank">Apple forced to change name of iPad Wi-Fi + 4G</a><BR><i>[ Sun, 13 May 2012 08:08:45 PDT ]</i><BR>It seems that international pressure sometimes works, as criticism of the iPad Wi-Fi + 4G name -- which in many countries isn't actually 4G, has finally caused a name change to iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57433333-71/apple-forced-to-change-name-of-ipad-wi-fi-4g/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/tqk1pzEFl_Q" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Could a computer write this story?
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/UwhWInWEO1o/index.html" target="_blank">FBI warns travelers of Web attacks
attacks</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:48 EDT ]</i><BR>If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their hotel rooms."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~4/UwhWInWEO1o" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Could a computer have written this story?
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:57:38 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:57:38 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Facebook updates data use policy to give more info
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 22:28:50 GMT ]
Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people more clarity on how the company uses information they share. As part of the changes, Facebook is also signaling that it may start showing people ads on sites other than Facebook, targeting the pitches to interests and hobbies that users express on Facebook.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 22:28:50 GMT ]
Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give people more clarity on how the company uses information they share. As part of the changes, Facebook is also signaling that it may start showing people ads on sites other than Facebook, targeting the pitches to interests and hobbies that users express on Facebook.
<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/~3/7dvQpcI6FXE/" target="_blank">Prius' new kingpin, 3D printers impress CNET reviewers</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 00:05:00 PDT ]</i><BR>We review thousands of tech products. Every week, CNET Reviews Editor in Chief Lindsey Turrentine tells you which gear impresses us right now and why.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30677_3-57432994-244/prius-new-kingpin-3d-printers-impress-cnet-reviewers/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/7dvQpcI6FXE" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/yCC1yiiKCoU/" target="_blank">This week in Crave: The feeling-blue edition</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 05:00:00 PDT ]</i><BR>This week, we said hello to the white PS Vita and goodbye to the Aqua Blue 3DS. And we tried to keep our emotional vacuum robot from getting upset.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57433099-1/this-week-in-crave-the-feeling-blue-edition/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/yCC1yiiKCoU" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/jL5iEPzIDRg/" target="_blank">Boeing KC-46A flies through early review</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 07:05:00 PDT ]</i><BR>The next-generation aerial tanker, in a program that could eventually be worth $30 billion, will incorporate a digital flight deck that features, among other things, Boeing 787 Dreamliner electronic displays.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57432969-76/boeing-kc-46a-flies-through-early-review/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/jL5iEPzIDRg" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/-N7ztsC_InE/" target="_blank">When did music become unimportant?</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 07:36:00 PDT ]</i><BR>MTV gave up on music ages ago, and only a handful of young bands make money selling records. Has music just become a 'soundtrack' to other activities?
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-57432895-47/when-did-music-become-unimportant/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/-N7ztsC_InE" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
<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/j7tThcgTPfA/" target="_blank">After nine dropped cell phone calls for help, couple dies</a><BR><i>[ Sat, 12 May 2012 08:52:32 PDT ]</i><BR>An elderly couple desperately tries to use their cell phone to call for help after their car becomes stuck in a ditch just 20 yards from their home. The calls aren't connected. The lack of help leads to their deaths.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57433007-71/after-nine-dropped-cell-phone-calls-for-help-couple-dies/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=readMore">[Read more]</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/j7tThcgTPfA" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Could a computer write this story?
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:59 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
<p style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;"> <div style="font-weight:normal;font-size:15px;" style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/UwhWInWEO1o/index.html" target="_blank">FBI warns travelers of Web attacks
attacks</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:48 EDT ]</i><BR>If you're traveling abroad, your laptop could be attacked. That much, is certain, according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which warned this week that hackers are "targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an internet connection in their hotel rooms."<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~4/UwhWInWEO1o" height="1" width="1"/>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
</div>
<span style="float:left;position:absolute;"></span>
</p>
Could a computer have written this story?
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:57:38 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
[ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:57:38 EDT ]
Chicago-based company Narrative Science has set out to prove that computers can tell stories good enough for a fickle human audience. It has created a program that takes raw data and turns it into a story, a system that's worked well enough for the company to earn its own byline on Forbes.com.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)