Facebook Home on Android? Good stuff, says Eric Schmidt[ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:13:10 GMT ]Google's chairman says you can't do open source halfway. And he applauds Facebook's newly unveiled Home app that completely alters the smartphone experience on Google Android devices. [Read more]

Google still wants Apple to use its maps, Eric Schmidt says[ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:16:08 GMT ]The Google chairman doesn't specify whether the two companies are still in talks but says it would be easy for Apple to shift to making Google Maps the default navigation tool for iOS. [Read more]

WhatsApp CEO: We're bigger than Twitter[ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:26:03 GMT ]While unwilling to go into specifics, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum says it has more than 200 million monthly users. [Read more]

Apple wins patent for iOS app folders and 'jiggle mode'[ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:27:35 GMT ]The newly-awarded patent describes the popular app and folder management feature first unveiled in iOS 4. [Read more]

Swag Bucks: Yeah, it's still a thing[ Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:50:45 GMT ]The service continues to offer rewards -- real ones -- for things you already do online, like searching the Web and watching videos. [Read more]

Why you want Google Fiber[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:49:42 EDT ]This week, tech giant Google made it official: Google Fiber is coming to Austin. Residents of the hip Texas city will be the beneficiaries of Internet speeds of 1-gigabit, roughly 100 times faster than current speeds.

Can app help hijack planes?[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:05:48 EDT ]CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports on a hacking expert who says he's developed technology that can hijack an airplane.

Meet a tiny fisheye camera[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:38:07 EDT ]Twenty-five year-old student Greg Dash was frustrated. He wanted to take "fisheye"-style camera pictures without having to pay for an expensive lens, or fiddle around with a smartphone app. He wanted something light and small that he could pull from his pocket at a moment's notice. Unfortunately such a device did not exist.

New player in Web music?[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:38:27 EDT ]By the time you read this Twitter may have already announced it's getting into the online-music business. If so, they will have plenty of company -- courtesy of some of the tech world's biggest names.

Google boss: Entire world will be online by 2020[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:20:00 EDT ]Everybody in the world will be on the Internet within seven years. That's what Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend in public comments that inspired everything from excitement to incredulity.

Ichikoh rear-view monitor records all it sees[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:50:58 GMT ]Link three cameras to this rear-view mirror replacement, and you'll always be able to back up your version of a road collision. [Read more]

Tweeting Turkish pianist given suspended sentence for blasphemy[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:39:39 GMT ]A world-renowned concert pianist was given a suspended jail sentence in Turkey on Monday for insulting religious values on Twitter, a case which has become a cause celebre for Turks alarmed about creeping Islamic conservatism.Fazil Say, also a leading composer, went on trial in October for blasphemy — a crime that can carry an 18-month sentence — for a series of tweets including one citing a thous...

Microsoft's making a touch-enabled smart watch: report[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:37:46 GMT ]Surprise, surprise! After reports that Samsung, Apple, and Google are working on smart watches, there's now word that Microsoft is getting in on the fun as well.The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is working on "designs for a touch-enabled watch device." According to sources, Microsoft asked suppliers to ship components for such a device and a representative for one of the suppliers met...

Pre-caffeine tech: Facebook goat, Mad Men meats! [ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:16:33 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Surprise, surprise! After reports that Samsung, Apple, and Google are working on smart watches, there's now word that Microsoft is getting in on the fun as well.The touted arrival this year of wearable gadgets such as computer displays strapped to wrists and in wrap-around glasses is just a ...

Excitement builds as Antares nears first liftoff[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:33:47 GMT ]By Tariq MalikSpace.comIt's almost show time for a new private rocket on Virginia's Eastern Shore.A commercially built rocket designed to launch unmanned cargo ships to the International Space Station is counting down toward its first-ever flight test this week from Wallops Island, Va., a small island that is home to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and a young commercial spaceport. Liftoff for the ...

US Navy names research ship after Sally Ride[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:06:50 GMT ]By Robert Z. PearlmanSpace.comThe United States Navy's first academic research ship to be named for a woman will be christened after NASA's first female astronaut to fly in space.Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Friday that the next ocean-class auxiliary general oceanographic research (AGOR) ship will be named the R/V Sally Ride."As secretary of the Navy, I have the great privilege of nam...

Verizon Wireless pitches $1.5B for Clearwire spectrum[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:05:35 GMT ]Hot on the heels of Dish's bid for Sprint, Verizon Wireless is reportedly trying to muscle in on the Clearwire assets that Sprint covets. [Read more]

Facebook, attorneys general kick off online safety campaign[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:49:08 GMT ]The social network's campaign will include a video series, a tip sheet, and state-specific public service announcements. [Read more]

YouTube honors birthday of video recorder with VHS-style videos[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:37:36 GMT ]Celebrating the 57th birthday of the first commercial videotape recorder, YouTube can display certain videos in the style of "vintage video tapes." [Read more]

Poll: What's stopping you from getting a plasma?[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:55:00 GMT ]LCDs dominate the flat-panel market. Why did you (or will you) choose LCD over plasma? [Read more]

Can app help hijack planes?[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:05:48 EDT ]CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports on a hacking expert who says he's developed technology that can hijack an airplane.

Why you want Google Fiber[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:49:42 EDT ]This week, tech giant Google made it official: Google Fiber is coming to Austin. Residents of the hip Texas city will be the beneficiaries of Internet speeds of 1-gigabit, roughly 100 times faster than current speeds.

Meet the world's tiniest fisheye camera[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:26:13 EDT ]Twenty-five year-old student Greg Dash was frustrated. He wanted to take "fisheye"-style camera pictures without having to pay for an expensive lens, or fiddle around with a smartphone app. He wanted something light and small that he could pull from his pocket at a moment's notice. Unfortunately such a device did not exist.

Who's getting into Web music?[ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:27:41 EDT ]By the time you read this Twitter may have already announced it's getting into the online-music business. If so, they will have plenty of company -- courtesy of some of the tech world's biggest names.

Why everybody is building a Web music service[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:21:05 EDT ]By the time you read this Twitter may have already announced it's getting into the online-music business. If so, they will have plenty of company -- courtesy of some of the tech world's biggest names.

Second Higgs boson? Physicists debate new particle[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:46:24 GMT ]By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScienceDENVER — The discovery of the Higgs boson is real. But physicists are cagey about whether the new particle they've found will fit their predictions or not.So far, the data suggest that the Higgs, the particle thought to explain how other particles get their mass, is not presenting any surprises, physicists said here Saturday at the April meeting of the American...

Mysteriously shrinking proton puzzles physicists[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:52:31 GMT ]By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScienceDENVER — The size of a proton, long thought to be well-understood, may remain a mystery for a while longer, according to physicists.Speaking Saturday at the April meeting of the American Physical Society, researchers said they need more data to understand why new measurements of proton size don't match old ones."The discrepancy is rather severe," said Randolf Pohl...

Goat steals Maaaa-rk Zuckerberg's thunder in ad[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:47:08 GMT ]It's not all about Facebook Home, Mark Zuckerberg, or chat heads in a new ad for Facebook Home. It's all about the goat. Whether you're ready for Facebook Home on your Android phone, or whether you'd rather just ignore it, this promo (below) is not to be missed. Not because Zuckerberg is going blah-blah-blah-Facebook Home blah-blah (and doing it in a way that he makes fun of himself). Nope, it's b...

You can't buy rights to name exoplanet, says astronomy group[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:14:48 GMT ]By Megan Gannon, SPACE.comThere may not be an alien planet named Heinlein any time soon if the International Astronomical Union (IAU) gets its way. The astronomy group issued a reminder April 12 that it is the only body authorized to give exoplanets their official names, despite recent naming initiatives by companies like Uwingu.In the statement, IAU officials said that planet-naming schemes h...

Some Xbox Live services experiencing outage[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:04:12 GMT ]If you're having trouble getting into your Xbox Live account, you're not alone; Microsoft says some Xbox Live services are down, and it's working to restore things back to normal.In addition to the sign-in issues, "We are aware of an issue members are having sending and receiving messages, seeing friend's statuses, sending or receiving game and party invites, and accepting friend requests on Xbo...

Psy's 'Gangnam Style' sequel, 'Gentleman M/V,' hits YouTube[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 03:05:56 GMT ]The sequel to the most popular YouTube video ever has arrived, and there's not a horse in sight. [Read more]

Schmidt predicts entire world online by 2020. Is he right?[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:34:33 GMT ]Google's executive chairman has made a bold prediction about the spread of the Internet. Do you think that prediction will come true? [Read more]

The Exploratorium shows off its huge new digs[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT ]What's a hands-on science museum to do when it has a midlife crisis? The same as anybody else: it moves to a new, fancier home. [Read more]

How to hook up a subwoofer to a stereo system[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:08:00 GMT ]Hint: You don't necessarily need a receiver with subwoofer output jacks. [Read more]

Bad ads are ruining our (sex) lives, say Americans[ Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:36:49 GMT ]In a survey performed by an analytics company, Americans complain that bad ads -- especially when repeated -- are stopping them from surfing the Web, working, and even, say almost 1 in 5, sex. Pop-up ads and lottery scams are the worst offenders. [Read more]

Think 3-D printing is cool? Try 4-D[ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:31:54 EDT ]Video producer's note: You've heard of 3-D printing, the process of using a specialized printer to create real-world objects from computer models. Now there's something new on the horizon that could revolutionize this burgeoning technology: 4-D printing.

Hacker: Phone app could hijack plane[ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:31:31 EDT ]Could this be the deadliest smartphone app ever?

Can app help hijack planes?[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:05:48 EDT ]CNN's Lisa Sylvester reports on a hacking expert who says he's developed technology that can hijack an airplane.

Why you want Google Fiber[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:49:42 EDT ]This week, tech giant Google made it official: Google Fiber is coming to Austin. Residents of the hip Texas city will be the beneficiaries of Internet speeds of 1-gigabit, roughly 100 times faster than current speeds.

Why everybody is building a Web music service[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:21:05 EDT ]By the time you read this Twitter may have already announced it's getting into the online-music business. If so, they will have plenty of company -- courtesy of some of the tech world's biggest names.

Video: Squishy virtual creatures 'evolve' walking behaviors[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:36:11 GMT ]Simulating creatures has been a staple of biological science for years, but this video shows advances in the field that are both interesting and a little creepy. These virtual "soft robots" evolved bizarre but somehow natural-looking gaits over thousands of generations.A team of researchers, led by Jeff Clune at the University of Wyoming's Evolving AI Lab, created a new way of simulating and evolv...

Old Faithful's underground cavern discovered[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:47:02 GMT ]By Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanetOld Faithful's underground plumbing looks more like a bagpipe than a flute, a new study of the Yellowstone National Park geyser finds.A big chamber sits about 50 feet underground, located southwest of Old Faithful, researchers report in a study published online March 30 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The exact size can't be determined, but they est...

Two-headed pig born in China[ Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:30:44 GMT ]On the heels of recent news about a two-headed bull shark, a two-headed pig has been born in a village in east China's Jianxi province, according to the news reports.The photo shows a pig with two snouts, two ears and what appears to be a shared eye. A local veterinarian told the AFP news agency the animal is suffering a deformity and is unlikely to survive.The deformity may be the same condition,...

New Twitter music app expected to launch[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:36:56 GMT ]Facebook isn’t the only social media giant launching something new today. Following its acquisition of music service We Are Hunted, Twitter could be quietly rolling out a music of its own.Twitter hasn’t made any official announcements, but a new Web page at music.twitter.com went live on Friday morning. The website is pretty bare at the moment—it just contains the Twitter logo and text that ...

In the virtual cockpit: What it takes to fly a drone[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:18:59 GMT ]Drone pilots escape the physical demands and dangers of a traditional cockpit. There's no g-force pinning them to their seats, no uncomfortable pressure suit to wear and no panic because the aircraft they are sitting in is spiraling out of control. Instead of soaking in sensory information through their eyes and ears and fingers, drone pilots spend hours watching their crafts through their compute...

Crave Ep. 116: Bubba Watson's BW1 hovercraft golf cart[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:03:09 GMT ]This week, we take a ride in a hovercraft golf cart, play an e-mail guitar, and pay a huge amount for a "Star Trek" phaser rifle. [Read more]

Galaxy S4 Group Play makes sharing easier (hands-on)[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT ]CNET tested out the new-and-improved feature that allows you to share music and play games with friends nearby. It's pretty easy to set up -- at least after a quick demo. [Read more]

New Legoland Hotel aims for brick bliss[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT ]The Legoland California resort adds a massive hotel filled with millions of Lego bricks. Take a tour with us. [Read more]

Boeing's futuristic X-48C makes final flight[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:20:00 GMT ]The aerospace giant and NASA say the distinctive "blended wing body" design flew like a champ in low-speed tests and holds promise for quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft yet to come. [Read more]

Things to think about when buying speakers[ Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:36:00 GMT ]For starters, there's speaker size and price, but room size is also a major factor. Also, do you listen to more music than movies? [Read more]