Monday, November 5, 2012

Report: Facebook tweaking Timeline
[ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:38:04 EDT ]
Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.

Fewer fans line up for iPad Mini
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:37:33 EDT ]
The iPad Mini made its global sales debut in several Asian markets Friday, but the lines of fans were much smaller than previous Apple debuts.

Sizing up Google's Nexus 10 tablet
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:08:23 EDT ]
While Apple is busy pushing a smaller tablet to take on Google and Amazon's 7-inch offerings, Google is thinking big.

Bye bye, Buckyballs
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:05:50 EDT ]
There's a man defecating on my desk. He's Spanish. But, sadly, it's not Rafa Nadal. For surely that might count, then, as an oddly spectacular life moment worth Instagramming.

New Jersey lets Sandy victims vote via e-mail
[ Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:48:10 EST ]
New Jersey residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy will be allowed to vote in Tuesday's elections via e-mail or fax, the first time civilians in the state have been allowed to vote remotely.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

How to use the Internet when the Internet is gone
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:29:26 GMT ]

OK, here's the scenario: A storm plows through your hometown, knocking out the electricity. Your lights go out, and with it your Wi-Fi. Your laptop, still charged, is without Internet. What do you do?OK, here's the scenario: A storm plows through your hometown, knocking out the electricity. Your lights go out, and with it your Wi-Fi. Your laptop, still charged, is without Internet. What do you do?


Free Android apps cost users security, privacy
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:48:29 GMT ]

An 18-month study shows that Android users who download and install free apps end up paying in compromised privacy and security.An 18-month study shows that Android users who download and install free apps end up paying in compromised privacy and security.


California also worries about extreme storms after Sandy
[ Sun, 4 Nov 2012 15:09:49 GMT ]
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, researchers in California are grappling with their own questions about increasingly extreme weather.

iPad Mini is fun but you may want to wait
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:12:21 GMT ]

I think the best way to review the iPad Mini is to pit it against competitors in a series of death matches. After all, come holiday time, you'll likely put your money down on just one tablet — or none.I think the best way to review the iPad Mini is to pit it against competitors in a series of death matches. After all, come holiday time, you'll likely put your money down on just one tablet — or none.


Latest Curiosity image perhaps best yet
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:14:47 GMT ]
NASA's Mars rover snaps a series of photos that are assembled into a vivid self-portrait, with a martian mountain as backdrop. [Read more]

Sixers unleash world's largest T-shirt cannon on fans
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:25:20 GMT ]
Attending a Sixers game this season? Keep an eye out for the biggest T-shirt bazooka ever conceived. [Read more]

Apple's vanishing iPad
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:33:12 GMT ]
Call it the featherweight KO'ing the heavyweight. On the first day of sales, the 312-gram Mini knocked the 652-gram fourth-generation iPad into quick obscurity. [Read more]

Apple accused of hiding U.K. Samsung 'apology' with code
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:41:23 GMT ]
Users of news-sharing site Reddit have accused Apple of deliberately hiding the court-ordered Samsung "apology" statement on the U.K. Apple Web site. [Read more]

Being there: The Hifiman HE-6 headphones
[ Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:06:00 GMT ]
Is the Hifiman HE-6 a truly world class headphone? The Audiophiliac auditions a pair to find out. [Read more]

Report: Facebook tweaking Timeline
[ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:38:04 EDT ]
Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.

Fewer fans line up for iPad Mini
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:37:33 EDT ]
The iPad Mini made its global sales debut in several Asian markets Friday, but the lines of fans were much smaller than previous Apple debuts.

Sizing up Google's Nexus 10 tablet
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:08:23 EDT ]
While Apple is busy pushing a smaller tablet to take on Google and Amazon's 7-inch offerings, Google is thinking big.

Bye bye, Buckyballs
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:05:50 EDT ]
There's a man defecating on my desk. He's Spanish. But, sadly, it's not Rafa Nadal. For surely that might count, then, as an oddly spectacular life moment worth Instagramming.

How secure is your electronic vote?
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:08:46 EDT ]
In an era when shadowy hackers can snatch secret government files and humble big businesses with seeming ease, it's an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Mars rover snaps spooky self-portraits
[ Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:53:11 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It looks as if someone is taking portraits of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars from a few feet away — but who's the photographer?Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It looks as if someone is taking portraits of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars from a few feet away — but who's the photographer?


How to use the Internet when the Internet is gone
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:29:26 GMT ]

OK, here's the scenario: A storm plows through your hometown, knocking out the electricity. Your lights go out, and with it your Wi-Fi. Your laptop, still charged, is without Internet. What do you do?OK, here's the scenario: A storm plows through your hometown, knocking out the electricity. Your lights go out, and with it your Wi-Fi. Your laptop, still charged, is without Internet. What do you do?


Free Android apps cost users security, privacy
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 14:48:29 GMT ]

An 18-month study shows that Android users who download and install free apps end up paying in compromised privacy and security.An 18-month study shows that Android users who download and install free apps end up paying in compromised privacy and security.


iPad Mini is fun but you may want to wait
[ Sat, 3 Nov 2012 00:12:21 GMT ]

I think the best way to review the iPad Mini is to pit it against competitors in a series of death matches. After all, come holiday time, you'll likely put your money down on just one tablet — or none.I think the best way to review the iPad Mini is to pit it against competitors in a series of death matches. After all, come holiday time, you'll likely put your money down on just one tablet — or none.


Apple's mea culpa: U.K. site posts apology, new statement
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:46:25 GMT ]
After testing a British court's patience with a not so apologetic public statement, the iPhone and iPad maker is finally eating humble pie. [Read more]

This week in Crave: The bright and shiny edition
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:00:00 GMT ]
Hurricane Sandy left many in the dark this week, but stories about a solar-powered South African school, and a lower-leg amputee set to make a big climb, brought some light. [Read more]

Big speaker sound: The Tekton M-Lore
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:36:00 GMT ]
Who needs big speakers? Anyone who wants to feel the music, which is exactly what makes the Tekton M-Lore towers so much better than any small speaker. [Read more]

B&N drops prices on Nook Tablet and Nook Color
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:44:57 GMT ]
With the release of the new Nook HD and Nook HD+, B&N is discounting its older tablets -- the Nook Color is down to $139. [Read more]

Your vote costs Obama and Romney about $22
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:00:00 GMT ]
My vote's worth $30 to the U.S. presidential campaigns, according to Abine's vote calculator, which puts a fun spin on several factors that determine the cost of online ads. How cheap will yours turn out to be? [Read more]

Report: Facebook tweaking Timeline
[ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:38:04 EDT ]
Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.

Fewer fans line up for iPad Mini
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:37:33 EDT ]
The iPad Mini made its global sales debut in several Asian markets Friday, but the lines of fans were much smaller than previous Apple debuts.

Sizing up Google's Nexus 10 tablet
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:08:23 EDT ]
While Apple is busy pushing a smaller tablet to take on Google and Amazon's 7-inch offerings, Google is thinking big.

Bye bye, Buckyballs
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:05:50 EDT ]
There's a man defecating on my desk. He's Spanish. But, sadly, it's not Rafa Nadal. For surely that might count, then, as an oddly spectacular life moment worth Instagramming.

How secure is your electronic vote?
[ Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:08:46 EDT ]
In an era when shadowy hackers can snatch secret government files and humble big businesses with seeming ease, it's an unavoidable question as Election Day approaches: When we go to the polls, could our very votes be at risk?

Friday, November 2, 2012

Space shuttle Atlantis on final journey
[ Fri, 2 Nov 2012 15:44:50 GMT ]

The space shuttle Atlantis leaves NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building for the last time.Space shuttle Atlantis has left the building — NASA's voluminous Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida — for the final time.


Facebook adds a way for you to really, really 'like' something
[ Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:49:23 GMT ]

When you click "Like" on something, you may think that means your Timeline will get all updates from that brand. And it used to.When you click "Like" on something, you may think that means your Timeline will get all updates from that brand. And it used to.


Report: Microsoft may make its own Windows Phone hardware
[ Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:25:42 GMT ]

Microsoft is working with Asian suppliers to create its own Windows Phone hardware, says the Wall Street Journal.Microsoft is working with Asian suppliers to create its own Windows Phone hardware, says the Wall Street Journal.


Maker of false Sandy tweet may be prosecuted
[ Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:02:15 GMT ]

A Wall Street analyst who tweeted misinformation that was then spread by others about the New York Stock Exchange's trading floor being under more than three feet of water because of Hurricane Sandy, may face criminal charges. The analyst, Shashank Tripathi, 29, posted the tweet during Sandy's onslaught Monday night, and it created even more panic, with more than enough real tragedy and confusion to go around as New York and New Jersey were slammed by the storm.A Wall Street analyst who tweeted misinformation that was then spread by others about the New York Stock Exchange's trading floor being under more than three feet of water because of Hurricane Sandy, may face criminal charges. The analyst, Shashank Tripathi, 29, posted the tweet during Sandy's onslaught Monday night, and it created even more panic, with more than enough real tragedy and confusion to go around as New York and New Jersey were slammed by the storm.


Mars rover snaps spooky self-portraits
[ Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:53:11 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It looks as if someone is taking portraits of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars from a few feet away — but who's the photographer?Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It looks as if someone is taking portraits of NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars from a few feet away — but who's the photographer?


Get a Logitech Ultimate Ears 350vi headset for $16.99 shipped
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:27:12 GMT ]
These noise-isolating earphones include an inline mike and music/call controls. Price elsewhere: 60 bucks! [Read more]

iOS 6.0.1 already jailbroken -- for some devices
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:03:15 GMT ]
Less than a day after its release, the latest update to iOS has been jailbroken courtesy of the iPhone Dev Team's Redsn0w. [Read more]

More Facebook phone rumors surface
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:26:42 GMT ]
HTC is said to be working on yet another Facebook phone. [Read more]

Verizon: Some telco services may be out for as long as two weeks
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:36:58 GMT ]
The company said that two weeks represents a "worst-case scenario" and that it is making progress. [Read more]

Android 4.0 now on a quarter of all Android devices
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:46:01 GMT ]
Android 2.3 is still found on more than half of all devices, but Android 4.0 is inching up, according to the Android developers page. [Read more]

Google maps Sandy's destruction
[ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:49:36 EDT ]
Google has used its wealth of data to compile an interactive crisis map for massive storm Sandy, giving users up-to-date information about storm surges, power outages, shelters and evacuation routes.

Sandy is year's No. 2 Facebook topic
[ Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:09:07 EDT ]
Superstorm Sandy has been the year's second most-talked-about topic on Facebook, after the Super Bowl, according to data provided to CNN by the social network.

Twitter user admits to Sandy hoax
[ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:46:35 EDT ]
As Superstorm Sandy slammed into the East Coast on Monday night, one Twitter user in New York City posted a flurry of alarming reports about fallout from the storm -- from plans to shut down all power in Manhattan to floodwaters pouring into the New York Stock Exchange.

Report: Facebook tweaking Timeline
[ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:38:04 EDT ]
Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.

Fewer fans line up for iPad Mini
[ Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:37:33 EDT ]
The iPad Mini made its global sales debut in several Asian markets Friday, but the lines of fans were much smaller than previous Apple debuts.