83 million Facebook accounts are fakes[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:51:25 EDT ]If you're using a fake name on your Facebook account, maintaining a page for your beloved pet or have a second profile you use just for logging in to other sites, you have one of the 83.09 million fake accounts Facebook wants to disable.

Apparently This Matters: Phelps, Phish[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:50:49 EDT ]As the segment moved from Phelps's triumphs in Athens to his dominance in Beijing, the music changed to the song "Tweezer Reprise" from the band Phish. And that, my friends, is why we're here.

Smartphones yield more phone problems[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:51:51 EDT ]Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. adults have a cell phone -- and they're having a lot of problems with them. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that almost three-fourths of phone users experience dropped calls at least occasionally.

The best nonhuman Twitter feeds[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:50:25 EDT ]Five years ago, telling a friend that you interact regularly with a verbose orange traffic cone might earn you a pitying hug and a quick trip to the sanatorium.

Cats, towels and fog: Great nonhuman Twitterers[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:29:04 EDT ]Five years ago, telling a friend that you interact regularly with a verbose orange traffic cone might earn you a pitying hug and a quick trip to the sanatorium.

Rambo is getting a brand new video game[ Fri, 3 Aug 2012 15:52:01 GMT ]Thirty years after making his film debut, Rambo — yes, that Rambo — is getting his own modern video game. British game publisher Reef Entertainment has revealed the first screenshots for its forthcoming game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game is called, well, "Rambo: The Video Game."

Facebook predator targeted my 6-year-old girl, says dad[ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:07:46 GMT ]Michael Marcinanis says he doesn’t care if you think he’s wrong for creating a Facebook profile for his 6-year-old daughter, despite the social network’s minimum age requirement of 13.

An Internet sales tax is all but inevitable[ Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:10:57 GMT ]The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet are quickly drawing to a close, with a two-front assault on Web shoppers in full force which make an Internet sales tax all but inevitable.

Pre-caffeine: Cellphone headaches, Wikipedia weirdness[ Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:14:13 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.

NASA pledges $1.1 billion in spaceship support[ Fri, 3 Aug 2012 13:28:13 GMT ]NASA says it will lay out up to $1.1 billion over the next 21 months to support spaceship development efforts by the Boeing Co., SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corp., with the aim of having American astronauts flying once more on American spacecraft within five years.

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Apple exec: We nearly scrapped iPhone[ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:52:14 EDT ]According to the company's head of design, the iPhone was very nearly scrapped before it ever made it to the shelves.

Photos: On Instagram with Team USA[ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:51:50 EDT ]Photos: Behind the scenes on Instagram with Team USA mens' hoops

'Twindex' aims to read voters' moods [ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:51:39 EDT ]Twitter launched a new service on Wednesday called the Twitter Political Index, or Twindex. By applying highly tuned algorithms to Twitter's fire hose of data, the service offers a real-time look at voters' moods, and scores which presidential candidate is trending up (and who is trending down) day to day.

iPad cover may get its own display[ Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:32:58 EDT ]A patent application filed by Apple reveals an interesting possible development of iPad's Smart Cover, which may get a display of its own down the road.

83 million Facebook accounts are fakes and dupes[ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:05:34 EDT ]If you're using a fake name on your Facebook account, maintaining a page for your beloved pet or have a second profile you use just for logging in to other sites, you have one of the 83.09 million fake accounts Facebook wants to disable.

Why Olympic athletes become physics experts[ Wed, 1 Aug 2012 16:52:44 GMT ]With the 2012 Summer Olympics well under way in London, the eyes of the world are watching the extreme athleticism exhibited by the competitors. But in addition to sports skills, the Olympians competing this year can be considered practical physicists, as well.

Chris Rock: Ban cameras from comedy clubs, and I'll go back[ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 15:56:53 GMT ]Chris Rock gave a delightful interview in the New York Times, sounding off on the cameraphone epidemic plaguing clubs, and the oversensitivity of certain Twitter users.

Sharp to start shipping iPhone screens to Apple this month[ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 13:10:08 GMT ]Japan's Sharp said it will start shipping screens destined for a new Apple iPhone that is widely expected to be released in October ahead of the pre-Christmas shopping season.

Senate may go on recess without passing cyber bill[ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 13:14:38 GMT ]The Senate could leave town this week for a monthlong break without passing legislation to protect the U.S. electrical grid, water supplies and other critical industries from cyberattack and electronic espionage.

What we'll see from Mars, and when[ Thu, 2 Aug 2012 14:37:40 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The 17 cameras on NASA's Curiosity rover are capable of sending back unprecedented, jaw-dropping, full-color views of Mars — but don't expect to be wowed by the first images.

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NBC critic is back on Twitter[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:10:56 EDT ]Guy Adams, the Los Angeles-based journalist whose Twitter account was suspended after blasting NBC over its Olympics coverage, is tweeting again after being reinstated on the site.

Jay-Z makes mark on 'NBA 2K13'[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:05:16 EDT ]In hopes of raising its game off the court as well as on it, 2K Sports has announced a partnership with hip-hop impresario and part-NBA owner Jay-Z, who is the executive producer of the upcoming "NBA 2K13" video game.

Welcome to the Twitter Olympics[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:44:47 EDT ]It all started out quite innocently, with jokes about the Queen's perma-frown and GIF collections of weird, what-the-Dickens moments from the opening ceremony.

The man who started #NBCFail[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:11:05 EDT ]Steven Marx wasn't that mad. And with only 17 Twitter followers, the 48-year-old certainly wasn't popular when he reportedly created the #NBCFail hashtag.

'Twindex' aims to measure voters' moods [ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:41:44 EDT ]Twitter launched a new service on Wednesday called the Twitter Political Index, or Twindex. By applying highly tuned algorithms to Twitter's fire hose of data, the service offers a real-time look at voters' moods, and scores which presidential candidate is trending up (and who is trending down) day to day.

Will there be a virtual Mars in our future?[ Wed, 1 Aug 2012 14:49:07 GMT ]Imagine a day when virtual reality gets so good that you could take a walk on the Martian surface, right here on Earth. Or imagine controlling an army of robots from Martian orbit. Science fiction? Yes, but maybe not for long.

Microsoft's new Outlook mail is a welcome Hotmail replacement[ Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:24:33 GMT ]Microsoft's impressive new Outlook email service is for the millions of people who are embarrassed to admit they still have a Hotmail address. Seriously, this is one smart upgrade.

Tycoon awards $27 million for physics[ Wed, 1 Aug 2012 04:12:45 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner awards nine $3 million prizes to kick off a program aimed at recognizing breakthroughs in fundamental physics.

Amazon Instant Video app comes to iPad — and boy, it sounds great[ Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:56:10 GMT ]If it weren't for a busy schedule, I'd be making a date with the new Amazon Instant Video app, my iPad, and several episodes of "The West Wing" right now. After all, Amazon's shiny new app might be the best thing that's happened to iPad-toting Amazon Prime members in a while. (And it's pretty great for everyone else, too.)

Why the U.S. military won't be building Batman's flying 'Bat'[ Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:57:18 GMT ]When the Dark Knight rises to defend Gotham once more, he literally takes to the skies in a flying vehicle known simply as the Bat. The new nonlethal weapon in Batman's arsenal can hover like a helicopter and pull off aerial maneuvers worthy of "Top Gun" fighter jets — a combination that may be too good to be true.

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NBC critic is back on Twitter[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:10:56 EDT ]Guy Adams, the Los Angeles-based journalist whose Twitter account was suspended after blasting NBC over its Olympics coverage, is tweeting again after being reinstated on the site.

Jay-Z makes mark on 'NBA 2K13'[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:05:16 EDT ]In hopes of raising its game off the court as well as on it, 2K Sports has announced a partnership with hip-hop impresario and part-NBA owner Jay-Z, who is the executive producer of the upcoming "NBA 2K13" video game.

Welcome to the Twitter Olympics[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:44:47 EDT ]It all started out quite innocently, with jokes about the Queen's perma-frown and GIF collections of weird, what-the-Dickens moments from the opening ceremony.

The man who started #NBCFail[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:11:05 EDT ]Steven Marx wasn't that mad. And with only 17 Twitter followers, the 48-year-old certainly wasn't popular when he reportedly created the #NBCFail hashtag.

Welcome to the Twitter Olympics[ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:44:47 EDT ]It all started out quite innocently, with jokes about the Queen's perma-frown and GIF collections of weird, what-the-Dickens moments from the opening ceremony.