Report: 7-inch Google tablet coming in July[ Thu, 24 May 2012 15:43:05 GMT ]Last December, Google chairman Eric Schmidt told an Italian publication that the company would ship an Android-powered tablet "of the highest quality" within the next six months. Now a report suggests that a 7-inch tablet, co-developed by Google and Asus, will be hitting shelves in July.

Stuck ketchup problem solved by MIT engineers[ Thu, 24 May 2012 00:47:59 GMT ]Tired of thumping the bottom of a ketchup bottle, trying to knock loose that last inch of condiment? Good news: Engineers have invented a bottle coating that makes ketchup pour as easily as milk.

Pre-caffeine: Facebook flop, poseur guinea pig![ Thu, 24 May 2012 13:30:24 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.

Brides update Facebook status before reception: survey[ Thu, 24 May 2012 15:10:44 GMT ]A new survey shows that the Facebook founder and his bride are far from alone in the speedy post-ceremony status update. Nearly half of women polled said they did or likely would update their Facebook relationship status to “married” between the ceremony and the reception.

Commercial spaceship passes orbital test[ Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:38 GMT ]The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday but did not stop, completing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.

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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/oOlHXLXgkgo/" target="_blank">Apple, others settle with SimpleAir in patent spat</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 24 May 2012 09:11:28 PDT ]</i><BR>Apple and several other technology companies have settled with patent holder SimpleAir to license four of the company's mobile patents.

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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.

Meet the First Lady of Facebook[ Thu, 24 May 2012 10:01:10 EDT ]Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg just wed longtime sweetheart Priscilla Chan. Showbiz Tonight profiles the mystery bride.

IBM worries Siri has loose lips[ Thu, 24 May 2012 09:05:36 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.

New '3D' way to interact with computers[ Thu, 24 May 2012 10:01:01 EDT ]New motion controlled device changes how people interact with computers. CNN's Anna Coren talks with Leap Motion's CEO.

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.

<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/Bh4sYYUFecI/" target="_blank">Amazon Prime acquires access to Paramount films</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 23 May 2012 07:40:11 PDT ]</i><BR>When it comes to offering popular movies over the Internet, Amazon continues to close the gap with Netflix.

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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/mDcRYf6Al4w/" target="_blank">Browser choice: A thing of the past?</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 23 May 2012 07:48:47 PDT ]</i><BR>Devices using iOS and the future Windows RT hobble third-party browsers. Despite some good reasons for doing so, the change could undermine browser competition.

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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/ndXen0uGk3E/" target="_blank">Silicon Valley big shots to pay $36,000 for dinner with Obama?</a><BR><i>[ Wed, 23 May 2012 08:24:01 PDT ]</i><BR>According to several reports, President Barack Obama will be attending a fund-raiser in his honor at the home of Silicon Valley philanthropists tonight.

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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.