Thursday, May 17, 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/Ao0k9resTa0/" target="_blank">Why did Rakuten invest so much in Pinterest? Integration</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:59:39 PDT ]</i><BR>Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani says there's an opportunity with Pinterest to integrate the Rakuten ID and allow users to purchase content from the site.
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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/TzVsRRMblXU/" target="_blank">Low Latency No. 23: Brace yourself</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:03:02 PDT ]</i><BR>HBO's "Game of Thrones" is the most pirated show of 2012.
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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/cZf_k1O3DZ0/" target="_blank">Has Apple taken control of iPhone5.com?</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:24:02 PDT ]</i><BR>Apple had complained to the World Intellectual Property Organization about the domain, which was unaffiliated with the iPhone maker. And now it seems to have found closure.
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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/VDjrqDhVEPc/" target="_blank">Viacom channels back on Time Warner iPad app</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:29:38 PDT ]</i><BR>MTV, TV Land, and Comedy Central will be among the Viacom channels reaching Time Warner's iPad app now that the two companies have kissed and made up.
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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/N79f4pkHQoE/" target="_blank">Study: You're not clicking on Facebook ads -- and you never will</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 17 May 2012 08:32:34 PDT ]</i><BR>Greenlight, a digital marketing agency, says that 44 percent of Facebook users would "never" click on ads on the social network.
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Why I won't be quitting Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:43 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:43 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
Why I'll (probably) never leave Facebook
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:04 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
[ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:04 EDT ]
Flush with cash and drunk with power after its $100 billion IPO, Facebook could be caught secretly brainwashing millions of new users into signing up (mind-control hoodies, anyone?) -- and still I might not quit the world's largest social network.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Are Amazon reviewers usurping the role of 'professional' critics?
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 01:08:17 GMT ]
If you're trying to decide whether or not to read a book, where are you more likely to find useful answers? It turns out that in some ways, you're just as well off reading Amazon reviews as you are looking in the New York Review of Books.
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 01:08:17 GMT ]
If you're trying to decide whether or not to read a book, where are you more likely to find useful answers? It turns out that in some ways, you're just as well off reading Amazon reviews as you are looking in the New York Review of Books.
Scientists read a galaxy's entrails
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:06 GMT ]
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Astronomers are taking a long, deep look at one of the best-known galaxies beyond our own Milky Way, to learn more about what happened when it gobbled up another agglomeration of stars that got too close.
[ Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:06 GMT ]
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Astronomers are taking a long, deep look at one of the best-known galaxies beyond our own Milky Way, to learn more about what happened when it gobbled up another agglomeration of stars that got too close.
<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/hqpXJgaCMbA/" target="_blank">Despite GM's doubts, social ad spending set to soar</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 07:51:21 PDT ]</i><BR>According to local-media consulting firm BIA/Kelsey, brands are expected to dramatically increase their social-media spending in the coming years.
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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/lPhb8aMu8ZI/" target="_blank">Kodak sticks with consumer printing, unveils ESP 3.2 all-in-one device</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 07:56:51 PDT ]</i><BR>Kodak remains strong in consumer printing with today's release of the ESP 3.2 multifunction and an accompanying Pic Flick HD iPad app coming in June.
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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/smzT-R7Gcms/" target="_blank">Get a Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet for $149</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 08:04:47 PDT ]</i><BR>Forget the pokey old Nook Color. For the same price, this refurb (backed by a one-year warranty) has a faster processor, more RAM, and a microphone.
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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/IrZNFp36iHI/" target="_blank">Windows 8 Metro apps freshen up for Release Preview</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 08:11:08 PDT ]</i><BR>Several of Microsoft's Metro apps will sport changes when the Windows 8 Release Preview debuts next month, says The Verge.
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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/GvIECLZcK9o/" target="_blank">Google Music device deauthorization policy upsetting users?</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 16 May 2012 08:57:58 PDT ]</i><BR>A forum posting on XDA-Developers claims Google is now only allowing users to deauthorize four devices per year for its Google Music platform.
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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.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
SpaceX ready at last to lift off for space station
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:02 GMT ]
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch a robotic capsule to the International Space Station this week, following a series of delays that postponed the historic first flight of a commercial spacecraft to the orbiting outpost.
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:02 GMT ]
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is preparing to launch a robotic capsule to the International Space Station this week, following a series of delays that postponed the historic first flight of a commercial spacecraft to the orbiting outpost.
African-American revises his roots
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 20:36:20 GMT ]
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: If you're an African-American, tracing your roots back to the ancestral continent is hard enough â but tracing them back to the ancestral family? That requires a lot of research and a little bit of faith.
[ Mon, 14 May 2012 20:36:20 GMT ]
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: If you're an African-American, tracing your roots back to the ancestral continent is hard enough â but tracing them back to the ancestral family? That requires a lot of research and a little bit of faith.
<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/zyj8kfuyXhs/" target="_blank">Baidu launches Android phone with eye on Windows Phone, iOS</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 08:17:40 PDT ]</i><BR>The company is reportedly considering bringing its Cloud Smart Terminal platform to Windows Phone 7 and iOS too, though it's not clear how amenable Apple would be.
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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/_UUSDvG3vpI/" target="_blank">Sony Vaio laptop Ivy Bridge upgrades spotted</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 08:36:28 PDT ]</i><BR>Just as with the Vaio T ultrabook, Sony's European arm is first with these system updates.
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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/Vb4saR6xGu8/" target="_blank">Twitter's strange Discovery engine</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 08:36:32 PDT ]</i><BR>The top story in my Discover tab recently was about bark beetles. I have to believe that Twitter's Discovery engine has mistaken me for another user.
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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/jzMU2B1XLLM/" target="_blank">Upgrading a new PC to Windows 8 will cost you... $14.99</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 08:57:19 PDT ]</i><BR>Microsoft's usual plan is to offer a free upgrade to users of older versions of Windows to bump up to the next release version. This time around there will be a cost, according to sources.
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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/~3/8OyvbfXiB7E/" target="_blank">Multitasking too much? Brain sensor lightens the load</a><BR><i>[ Tue, 15 May 2012 09:11:37 PDT ]</i><BR>It doesn't quite read your mind, but the Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work.
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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 â 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 â 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.
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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/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.
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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/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.
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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/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?
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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/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.
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