Facebook settles lawsuit over 'Sponsored Stories'[ Wed, 23 May 2012 13:31:49 GMT ]Facebook Inc has agreed to settle a lawsuit that alleged the site's "Sponsored Stories" feature publicized users' "likes" without compensation or the ability to opt out, according to a court document filed on Tuesday.

How to kill time productively on your smartphone[ Wed, 23 May 2012 12:54:31 GMT ]Instead of launching another bird into the sky, turn those two-minute spurts of non-activity into productive moments. Doing so will help you rid the most annoying and tiny daily tasks in your downtime.

Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook fails, fancy bunnies[ Wed, 23 May 2012 14:18:50 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today.

Google doodle lets you play Moog synthesizer[ Tue, 22 May 2012 18:41:49 GMT ]A new Google doodle honors the birth of Moog synthesizer creator Robert Moog, and it gives you the chance to play the synthesizer, similar to what Google did last year with a guitar that honored the birth of Les Paul.

Commercial launch vindicates post-shuttle plan[ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:20:57 GMT ]Private spaceflight supporters saw a major validation Tuesday with the successful launch of the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station.

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A 'Leap' forward in gesture control[ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:15:55 EDT ]You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?

A look at Apple's 'spaceship' campus[ Tue, 22 May 2012 15:15:47 EDT ]It will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design.

TV remote inventor dies[ Wed, 23 May 2012 09:06:26 EDT ]The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.

IBM worries Siri has loose lips[ Wed, 23 May 2012 09:31:34 EDT ]If you work for IBM, you can bring your iPhone to work, but forget about using the phone's voice-activated digital assistant. Siri isn't welcome on Big Blue's networks.

TV remote inventor dies; couch potatoes mourn[ Wed, 23 May 2012 09:04:07 EDT ]The inventor of the TV remote, Eugene Polley, died on Sunday at 96.

Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook stock, evil cows![ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:12:01 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. Here's everything that you need to know before taking that first sip of coffee today.

Sued for texting a driver? Experts say 'maybe'[ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:08:11 GMT ]A New Jersey judge will decide later this week if the sender of a text message might be partially liable for a horrific auto accident that occurred because the driver was reading that message on his cellphone and drifted into oncoming traffic.

Eugene Polley, inventor of the wireless TV remote, dies at 96[ Tue, 22 May 2012 15:43:05 GMT ]If it weren't for Eugene J. Polley, flipping TV channels would be an exhausting and tedious undertaking. Polley, after all, invented the world's first wireless TV remote. He died of natural causes on Sunday, at the age of 96.

Private rocket launch vindicates post-shuttle plan[ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:20:57 GMT ]Private spaceflight supporters saw a major validation Tuesday with the successful launch of the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station.

Milestone mission to space station lifts off[ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:06:43 GMT ]For the first time, a private rocket launched a commercial spacecraft toward the International Space Station early Tuesday.

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Has Chrome topped Internet Explorer?[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:16:06 EDT ]This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.

Story behind Apple's 'upside-down' logo[ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:16:13 EDT ]Those new to the cult of Mac may not realize it, but there once was a time when that iconic logo that shines from the top of Apple notebooks used to be positioned, well, upside down. Anyone gazing at the back of an open PowerBook or iBook saw Apple's logo balancing on its stem, almost as if in the middle of a pirouette.

Band uses no instruments, plays iPads[ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:14:05 EDT ]CNN's Erin Burnett talks about a band that uses iPads for their instruments.

A 'Leap' forward in gesture control[ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:15:55 EDT ]You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?

A 'Leap' forward in gesture-control interfaces?[ Tue, 22 May 2012 07:59:18 EDT ]You know that bit in "The Avengers" where Tony Stark spreads his fingers apart in mid-air and the stuff on the screen in front of him instantly appears on displays throughout the room?

Despite legal challenge, Tyrannosaur sells for $1 million[ Mon, 21 May 2012 12:28:48 GMT ]A nearly complete tyrannosaur skeleton has sold for just over $1 million, in spite of a call to halt its auction because the fossils may have been taken illegally from Mongolia.

10 gadgets you'd be a fool to buy right now[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:47:28 GMT ]If you want to reach a state of true techstasy, you may need to repress your desire to buy a new notebook, smartphone or e-reader today and wait for the next version to come out.

YouTube: 72 hours of video are uploaded every minute[ Mon, 21 May 2012 15:30:29 GMT ]The YouTube team recently celebrated its 7th birthday, and announced an amazing statistic: 72 hours of video are uploaded to the site every minute. And if you think that's a lot, the amount of video being watched in that minute is 1,000 times greater.

SpaceX hopes to launch craft early Tuesday[ Mon, 21 May 2012 14:43:28 GMT ]The private rocket company SpaceX is hoping the second time's the charm for its planned launch of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The next opportunity for Dragon to lift off comes Tuesday at 3:44 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Solar eclipse goes social ... and global[ Sun, 20 May 2012 21:40:40 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The sun, moon and Earth lined up for a spectacular "Ring of Fire" annular eclipse that sparked social rites as ancient as Stonehenge and as modern as the Twitterverse.

<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/~3/4OVGhdr1xHs/" target="_blank">Facebook shares: Low and headed lower?</a><BR><i>[ Mon, 21 May 2012 08:42:09 PDT ]</i><BR>If the social network couldn't get more momentum on the day of the IPO, what is it going to do now that the bloom is so suddenly off the rose?

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FB's Zuckerberg marries girlfriend [ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:28:19 EDT ]Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday.

Apple, Samsung begin settlement talks[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:36:05 EDT ]In the midst of bitter lawsuits, the heads of two mobile giants have agreed to meet. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports

Meet the new Mrs. Zuckerberg[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:15:10 EDT ]She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds."

Has Chrome topped Internet Explorer?[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:16:06 EDT ]This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.

Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer -- maybe[ Mon, 21 May 2012 11:13:15 EDT ]This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.

Smartphone app could help blind navigate indoors[ Sat, 19 May 2012 00:49:13 GMT ]For a blind or visually-impaired person, getting around a large building like a hospital or lab may involve a lot of guesswork and asking for directions. A new system called Navatar uses the sensors in a smartphone to detect progress along a map of a building.

Pakistan blocks Twitter access over 'blasphemous content'[ Sun, 20 May 2012 15:54:33 GMT ]Pakistan on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in response to "blasphemous" material posted by users on the microblogging and social networking website, a senior government official said.

Is your HDTV underperforming? Here' s a really quick fix[ Sat, 19 May 2012 14:16:04 GMT ]Every TV has a button that zooms in on the picture, or changes the aspect ratio. These modes have a variety of names, but all have the same purpose. In reality, most of the time there is only one “correct” mode for a better picture. Here’s how to do it.

SpaceX launch abort traced to faulty rocket valve[ Sat, 19 May 2012 13:36:53 GMT ]A failed rocket engine valve appears to be responsible for the unexpected abort of a private SpaceX rocket launch before dawn on Saturday, officials said.

Solar Eclipse Day! Time for a 'Ring of Fire'[ Sun, 20 May 2012 09:27:58 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Put on your eclipse glasses, or scout out a sun-watching website: The first annular solar eclipse to pass through the United States in 18 years is on its way.