ACLU to Justice Dept.: Tell us how cops use GPS to track Americans[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:12:30 GMT ]After the Supreme Court ruled that GPS monitoring constituted a "search" under the Fourth Amendment, the Department of Justice drew up two memos outlining guidance for law enforcement. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request to see the memos, yet received versions that were heavily redacted. So how will Americans be tracked? asks the advocacy group.

Hundreds attend NYC memorial for Internet activist Aaron Swartz[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:10:49 GMT ]Supporters of Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old Internet activist who committed suicide last week, gathered in New York to remember the computer prodigy on Saturday, with some calling for changes in the criminal justice system they blame for his death.

Hoping to revive an ancient tongue, Pope tweets in Latin[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:27:34 GMT ]Pope Benedict tweeted in Latin for the first time on Sunday, taking his mission to revive the Catholic Church's official language to a very 21st-century medium.

Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:58:23 GMT ]Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.

Northern lights get a boost from 'The Blob'[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:14:07 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "The Blob" from the sun has come and gone, sparking nothing more than beautiful views of the northern lights — and there could be more blobs to come.

Microsoft blazes trail to next PC[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 21:25:25 GMT ]commentary With its serious processor, and its guts-behind-the-glass design, Microsoft's Surface Pro may well be the template for the new PC. And device makers should pay attention. [Read more]

Memorial service honors Swartz as activist, individual[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:56:47 GMT ]At a memorial gathering for Aaron Swartz in New York City, the tech activist's death prompts tender recollections and fierce resolve. [Read more]

'Glee' accused of ripping off indy YouTube singer[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:55:22 GMT ]Jonathan Coulton is a little stunned that the teeny show seems to have created a version of "Baby Got Back" that comes back identically to his own version. [Read more]

WikiLeaks says Aaron Swartz may have been a 'source'[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 06:43:38 GMT ]Group says the late tech activist talked with editor Julian Assange and may have been a WikiLeaks source. But it doesn't offer any details or corroborating evidence. [Read more]

How to buy a hi-fi[ Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:06:00 GMT ]Shopping for a home music system can be a daunting task, mostly because there are so many choices. [Read more]

Facebook's new search is incomplete[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:54:17 EST ]According to Facebook's new search feature, only two of my 526 friends like cats. Judging by the number of cat photos filling my feed every day, this is obviously not accurate.

Apparently This Matters: iPotty[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:27:48 EST ]I have a dog. A dog who, as I write this, is curled up quietly on the sofa, probably dreaming about dog things: Chasing squirrels. Riding in the car. His fake doggy girlfriend in California whom he's never actually met.

Here comes the new king of Twitter[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:00 EST ]Sometime on Sunday, the world will lurch a little on its axis. There'll be a thunderclap heard around the globe, a blinding flash of light, and the people of the Internet will fall to their knees in reverence.

D.C. wireless networks beefed up[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:37 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

Wireless carriers beef up networks for inauguration[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:06:50 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

Real Joe Biden crushes fake Joe Biden on Twitter[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:39:55 GMT ]Today, the pranksters at the Onion offered up an "Ask Me Anything" meet-up on Reddit with a parody version of America's vice president, a pretender known as "Diamond" Joe Biden. But the veep did them one better.

America's national parks weigh solitude against cellular access[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:19:45 GMT ]As cell phones, iPods and laptops creep steadily into every corner of modern life, America's national parks have stayed largely off the digital grid, among the last remaining outposts of ringtone-free human solitude. For better or worse, that may soon change.

ACLU to Justice Dept.: Tell us how cops use GPS to track Americans[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:12:30 GMT ]After the Supreme Court ruled that GPS monitoring constituted a "search" under the Fourth Amendment, the Department of Justice drew up two memos outlining guidance for law enforcement. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request to see the memos, yet received versions that were heavily redacted. So how will Americans be tracked? asks the advocacy group.

Explorer's rare Scotch returned to Antarctic stash[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:58:23 GMT ]Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.

Northern lights get a boost from 'The Blob'[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:14:07 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "The Blob" from the sun has come and gone, sparking nothing more than beautiful views of the northern lights — and there could be more blobs to come.

Researcher: Apps meant to spot skin cancer are inaccurate[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:49:44 GMT ]An assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine finds that three out of the four apps she tested incorrectly described cancers as harmless at least 30 percent of the time. [Read more]

Crave Ep. 105: How to clip your nails in space[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:05:32 GMT ]This week on Crave, we're back with a look at all the Cravey stuff we spotted at CES 2013. Plus, Canadian astronaut Christopher Hadfield gives an important lesson on outer-space nail care. [Read more]

Despite setbacks, airlines and passengers still on board the Dreamliner[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT ]Although the FAA has grounded the entire U.S. fleet of Boeing's new plane, experts say that its technological advances are too advantageous to abandon. [Read more]

Go ahead and spill on this nanotech menswear[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT ]Indochino's new line of menswear comes with a protective coating that supposedly repels liquids and stains and helps keep you smelling good. [Read more]

Recalibrate your expectations of how good an in-ear headphone can sound[ Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:36:00 GMT ]Jerry Harvey Audio's newly revised JH13 might be the world's most accurate sounding in-ear headphone. [Read more]

Facebook's new search is incomplete[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:54:17 EST ]According to Facebook's new search feature, only two of my 526 friends like cats. Judging by the number of cat photos filling my feed every day, this is obviously not accurate.

Apparently This Matters: iPotty[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:27:48 EST ]I have a dog. A dog who, as I write this, is curled up quietly on the sofa, probably dreaming about dog things: Chasing squirrels. Riding in the car. His fake doggy girlfriend in California whom he's never actually met.

Here comes the new king of Twitter[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:00 EST ]Sometime on Sunday, the world will lurch a little on its axis. There'll be a thunderclap heard around the globe, a blinding flash of light, and the people of the Internet will fall to their knees in reverence.

D.C. wireless networks beefed up[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:08:37 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

Wireless carriers beef up networks for inauguration[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:06:50 EST ]What happens when 900,000 people gather in one place and try to make cell phone calls, or post photos to Facebook? Busy signals, dropped calls, and photo and video messages that never go through.

Some of the tech of tomorrow is here today[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:53:39 GMT ]Having come off a recent nerd high at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, I witnessed things that even the Jetsons would envy. One of the things that impressed me most is that even though the gadgets seem so over-the-top, they are being used in real life. Here's some of them.

Pre-caffeine tech: Fake Twitter GFs, Mona Lisa moon![ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:14:17 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning. In a world where, on any given day, someone is forwarding that email that says Bill Gates will share his Microsoft fortune with you, is it really that hard to believe Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o had no clue that dead "girlfriend" Lennay Kekua — whom he allegedly knew only from the Internet — didn't really exist?

Instagram: We've still got 90 million monthly active users[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:18:08 GMT ]Despite users threatening to leave Instagram after the image-sharing service proposed changes to its terms of service, it appears overall user numbers haven't suffered much. In fact, that number may be growing ... slowly.

Mona Lisa rides laser beam to the moon[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:15:40 GMT ]Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: NASA has turned the Mona Lisa into the first digital image to be transmitted via laser beam from Earth to a spacecraft in lunar orbit, thanks to a technology that may soon become routine.

From fake dead girlfriends to Nigerian princes, the Internet loves a hoax[ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:01:37 GMT ]In a world where, on any given day, someone is forwarding that email that says Bill Gates will share his Microsoft fortune with you, is it really that hard to believe Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o had no clue that dead "girlfriend" Lennay Kekua — whom he allegedly knew only from the Internet — didn't really exist?

Get PlayOn and PlayLater for life for $59.99[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:25:33 GMT ]That's a $70 savings on two of the best cord-cutting tools on the planet. [Read more]

U.K. carrier O2 makes push for nixing phone chargers[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:36:43 GMT ]The company argues that the reduction in chargers for smartphone boxes would help the environment. [Read more]

Al Gore scores $29 million with Apple stock options[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:45:54 GMT ]The former VP and Apple board member exercised his Apple stock options to buy 59,000 shares of the company for just $7.475 a piece. [Read more]

IE10 for Windows 7 inches closer[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:52:10 GMT ]Microsoft is continuing to test privately the last preview build of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 before releasing it to the Web. [Read more]

Unlimited Verizon data customers beware: Make sure your next phone is 4G[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:52:29 GMT ]In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains why Verizon customers looking to keep their unlimited data plans will want to make sure the full-priced smartphone they buy is 4G and not 3G. [Read more]

Facebook introduces 'Graph Search'[ Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:26:11 EST ]The search feature on Facebook has traditionally been pretty limited. You type in a name of a person or a business and it pulls up their Facebook page.

Who's real on the Internet?[ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:15:03 EST ]How do you trust someone to be who they say they are on the Internet? We do our best to avoid being duped. But it's not always easy.

Prosecutor defends Swartz charges[ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:04:52 EST ]A federal prosecutor pushed back Thursday against the claim by the grieving family of Internet activist Aaron Swartz that "prosecutorial overreach" was a factor in his suicide, saying her office acted "fairly and responsibly."

The Manti Te'o scandal, in 30 posts[ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:00:59 EST ]Manti Te'o's Twitter bio reads: "Life is a storm.. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes."

New Facebook search is promising but incomplete[ Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:31:54 EST ]According to Facebook's new search feature, only two of my 526 friends like cats. Judging by the number of cat photos filling my feed every day, this is obviously not accurate.

'Superomniphobic' material shrugs off oil, blood, acid and more[ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:02:36 GMT ]Even the nicest water-resistant materials, can be ruined by certain liquids that soak right in while rain and coffee roll off. Scientists at the University of Michigan have created a surface that repels not just everyday fluids but exotic and dangerous ones.

'Aaron's Law' proposed to honor Internet activist[ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:48:32 GMT ]A California congresswoman says the federal law used to prosecute Internet activist Aaron Swartz should be changed to "prevent what happened to Aaron from happening to other Internet users." Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat whose district includes Silicon Valley, floated her proposal for what is being called "Aaron's Law" on Reddit.

30 percent of teen girls meet online 'friends' offline, study finds[ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:36:13 GMT ]Nearly a third of teenage girls have met people offline after becoming online friends, according to a new study. In many cases the identity of that online character was not fully confirmed before the teens set up a real-life meet-up.

Pre-caffeine tech: Internet surprises, solar blobs![ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:56:15 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

Solar 'blob' powers up the northern lights[ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:39:59 GMT ]Science editor: It might sound scary to hear that a giant blob of solar plasma is heading straight for us, but don't panic. Space weather forecasters say this solar outburst should deliver nothing more than a good show up north.