Friday, August 31, 2012

Religious groups vie for new Web domain names
[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:12:30 GMT ]
PARIS -- Centuries-old theological disputes have broken out in cyberspace as religions aim to influence the future presentation of faith on the Internet. The forum for the rivalry is not the pulpit or church bulletin, but the website of ICANN, the corporation that oversees the Internet address system and now wants to expand it beyond the usual .com, .org or .net domains.

Great apps to get your kindergartner ready for school
[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:27:16 GMT ]

My 5-year-old son Oz will be heading to kindergarten next week. He brushes up on his letter and number skills (and has fun to boot) with favorite apps like "Motion Math: Hungry Guppy" and "Word Wizard: Talking Movable Alphabet."Sending your child off to school for the first time? These educational apps geared toward kindergartners will help them get ready for the big time by helping them brush up on their letters, numbers and more.


Video: Can an ultra-thin laptop double as a kitchen knife?
[ Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:07:15 GMT ]

Aug. 31: Laptops have become so slender lately that we've begun wondering if our beloved gadgets are at the point of being so thin that they can be used to slice, dice and chop. NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan tests a theory. (msnbc.com)Laptops have become so slender lately that we've begun wondering if our beloved gadgets are at the point of being so thin that they can be used to slice, dice and chop. NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan tests a theory. (NBCNews.com)


Which is the best carrier?
[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:30:37 GMT ]

If your wireless contract has expired and you're free to use any mobile carrier, which is the best one for you? Here's a look at the carriers as they're rated for reliable service, best value and features. If your wireless contract has expired and you're free to use any mobile carrier, which is the best one for you? Here's a look at the carriers as they're rated for reliable service, best value and features.


Here's how to honor Neil Armstrong
[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 01:25:37 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's family has specified at least four ways you can pay tribute to the man who took a giant leap into the cosmos.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's family has specified at least four ways you can pay tribute to the man who took a giant leap into the cosmos.


<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/rg0KmWDlCM0/" target="_blank">Retina Display support coming to Adobe CS6 software</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:02:56 PDT ]</i><BR>Photoshop, Illustrator, and a few other Creative Suite applications will get the Retina Display treatment through updates sometime this fall.

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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/VSQeLEG_LsM/" target="_blank">At Windows 8 launch, these 40 games will be ready to go</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:58:57 PDT ]</i><BR>Angry Birds, Minesweeper, Wordament, and 37 other casual games will be available on October 26, the day Microsoft makes Windows 8 commercially available.

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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/unAZBa9L1iU/" target="_blank">Donate organs? No, grow them from scratch</a><BR><i>[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:05:31 PDT ]</i><BR>Columbia researcher Nina Tandon believes the era of engineered tissues -- think ultimately of a replacement kidney grown in the lab -- is just beginning.

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5 texts you should never send
[ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:48:00 EDT ]
We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse.

Obama: Free Web in Dems' platform
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:20:52 EDT ]
This week, Republicans made a free and open Internet part of their party's 2012 platform.

Police use social media as tool
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:24:50 EDT ]
We leave small clues about our lives all over the Internet like fingerprints.

'Ultima Forever' wants you to be good
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:21:48 EDT ]
Making a video game espousing the virtues of compassion, sacrifice and spirituality doesn't sound like a winner in today's battle-happy gaming environment. But 27 years ago, it was exactly the type of game that caught the imagination and spurred excitement in gamers.

How Apple's story is like 'Breaking Bad'
[ Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:15:49 EDT ]
There's a reason why we tech writers are so endlessly fascinated by the story of Apple. The rise, fall and stunning rise again of the tech company has, over several decades, been like watching a really good, long-running cable TV drama -- in particular, a relentlessly tense and engrossing one called "Breaking Bad."

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Amazon: Kindle Fire has 22 percent of US market, is sold out
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:16:54 GMT ]

Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet accounts for 22 
percent of U.S. tablet sales and that the device is sold out.Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet accounts for 22 percent of U.S. tablet sales and that the device is sold out.


Oops! 101-year-old woman isn't actually Facebook's oldest user
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:55:36 GMT ]
It's understandable that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thought that 101-year-old Florence Detlor is the social network's oldest user. After all, Lee Stern had mistakenly set her date of birth to Aug. 18, 1913. In reality, Stern was born on Aug. 24, 1910 — making her 102 years old.

Saturn changes color with the seasons
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:57:00 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Saturn's shades of blue and butterscotch are changing along with the planet's seasons, as illustrated by true-color photos from the Cassini orbiter.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Saturn's shades of blue and butterscotch are changing along with the planet's seasons, as illustrated by true-color photos from the Cassini orbiter.


<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/YQdYn3lztcw/" target="_blank">Low Latency No. 35: Back to the drawing board</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:07:54 PDT ]</i><BR>This week we're wondering what it'll be like at Samsung once the patent lawsuit dust has settled.

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Video: Can keyboard survive ketchup, mustard, syrup?
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:48:34 GMT ]

Aug. 30: The folks at Logitech say that the K310 keyboard is washable and can survive all sorts of office accidents. Naturally NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan had to put this claim to the test. (msnbc.com)The folks at Logitech say that the K310 keyboard is washable and can survive all sorts of office accidents. Naturally NBCNews.com's Rosa Golijan had to put this claim to the test. (NBCNews.com)


<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/DLCBuN9bzgQ/" target="_blank">Google Map Maker users can now share their maps via Google+</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:23:21 PDT ]</i><BR>Your Google+ contacts can view and comment on the maps you create through the Google tool.

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Boy finds a bonanza in whale vomit
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:45:20 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An 8-year-old boy in England could be up to $63,000 richer, thanks to a piece of solidified whale vomit he picked up on the beach.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: An 8-year-old boy in England could be up to $63,000 richer, thanks to a piece of solidified whale vomit he picked up on the beach.


<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/~3/4bO-UlbrL6A/" target="_blank">Amazon's Appstore expands to five European countries</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:16:27 PDT ]</i><BR>The service is now available to Android customers in the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.

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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/tWEUEhwsXH0/" target="_blank">Huawei's October Android plan: 4 phones, 2 tablets, 1 reworked UI</a><BR><i>[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:59:11 PDT ]</i><BR>The Chinese company, fueling its ambition to grow into a mainstream brand, reveals six Android devices going on sale in October. But no word at the IFA show on that promised Windows 8 tablet.

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5 texts you should never send
[ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:48:00 EDT ]
We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse.

Is Zuck to blame for Facebook's slump?
[ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:45:30 EDT ]
Mark Zuckerberg is not in danger of losing his job, but that doesn't mean he can brush off recent criticism of his leadership.

Obama: Free Web is in Dems' platform
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:25:28 EDT ]
This week, Republicans made a free and open Internet part of their party's 2012 platform.

Police use social media as tool
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:24:50 EDT ]
We leave small clues about our lives all over the Internet like fingerprints.

Police embrace social media as crime-fighting tool
[ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:22:17 EDT ]
We leave small clues about our lives all over the Internet like fingerprints.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Second accused LulzSec hacker arrested in Sony Pictures breach
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:47:53 GMT ]

A second suspected member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec was arrested on Tuesday on charges he took part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI said. A second suspected member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec was arrested on Tuesday on charges he took part in an extensive computer breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the FBI said.


Google+ now has birthday reminders, too
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:38:32 GMT ]
Many find Facebook's birthday reminders silly. Either they're overlooked entirely or lead to a post attack that clutters up someone's Wall (or Timeline). The folks behind Google+, on the other hand, might've just figured out how to make birthday reminders better (or less annoying, at least).

Uwingu's mystery crowdfunding campaign pledges support for SETI
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:17:47 GMT ]


The mystery space venture known as Uwingu hasn't yet met its $75,000 goal to kick off what it promises will be an entertaining space-themed online project — but if it does, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence would be an early beneficiary.The mystery space venture known as Uwingu hasn't yet met its $75,000 goal to kick off what it promises will be an entertaining space-themed online project — but if it does, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence would be an early beneficiary.


Lawyers in WikiLeaks case argue over email access
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:04:26 GMT ]

Pfc. Bradley Manning, 24, is accused of providing to WikiLeaks hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and Iraq and Afghanistan war logs while working as an intelligence analyst in Baghdad in 2009 and 2010. Lawyers for a young Army private accused of leaking a trove of classified information to the website WikiLeaks said Tuesday that military prosecutors have withheld hundreds of emails related to his pretrial detention at a Marine Corps brig.


Listen to the first song sent from Mars
[ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:40:15 GMT ]

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Hip-hop musician will.i.am's "Reach for the Stars" officially became the first song broadcast from Mars, thanks to a signal beamed from NASA's Curiosity rover.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Hip-hop musician will.i.am's "Reach for the Stars" officially became the first song broadcast from Mars, thanks to a signal beamed from NASA's Curiosity rover.


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New app tells you when political ads lie
[ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:42:53 EDT ]
What if every political ad came with a "truthiness" disclaimer?

Robot Hall of Fame seeks inductees
[ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:45:17 EDT ]
The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology, both real and fictional. So far, the hall has honored 21 robots, including such robo-stalwarts as NASA's Mars Sojourner, Honda's ASIMO and R2-D2 and C-3PO from "Star Wars." This year, the public gets to vote on who's inducted.

5 texts you should never send
[ Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:48:00 EDT ]
We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse.

Is Zuck to blame for Facebook's slump?
[ Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:45:30 EDT ]
Mark Zuckerberg is not in danger of losing his job, but that doesn't mean he can brush off recent criticism of his leadership.

How rockers (and you) should promote online
[ Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:22:22 EDT ]
We spoke with a bevy of music industry professionals about the biggest blunders bands make when attempting to promote themselves online. Check out their biggest screw-ups.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Apple lists 8 Samsung products it wants banned
[ Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:41:54 GMT ]
Apple Inc. on Monday submitted a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants  banned from the U.S. market.

Reddit is getting a fundraising button
[ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:06:48 GMT ]

Being "the front page of the Internet" comes with power, and Redditors have often, if not a bit spontaneously, channeled that power for fundraising. Now, for the first time, Reddit users will be able to execute some of these fundraisers within Reddit-branded pages.Being "the front page of the Internet" comes with power, and Redditors have often, if not a bit spontaneously, channeled that power for fundraising. Now, for the first time, Reddit users will be able to execute some of these fundraisers within Reddit-branded pages.


Rover sends first human voice from Mars
[ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:25:09 GMT ]

This photo from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity shows the layered geologic history of the base of Mount Sharp, the 3-mile-high mountain rising from the center of Gale Crater. The foreground terrain rises to a crest about 755 feet (230 meters) away from the rover.NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has beamed home the first human voice ever sent from another planet, as well as some spectacular new images of its Martian environs.


Motorola RAZR M 4G LTE details slip out before official announcement
[ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:21:17 GMT ]
On Sept. 5, Motorola and Verizon are holding an event at which they're expected to announce the latest RAZR device. Thanks to an anonymous source, the cat's out of the bag about the new smartphone's details.

NASA gets set for yearlong stays in orbit
[ Tue, 28 Aug 2012 02:04:33 GMT ]

The International Space Station, seen here in a 2011 photo, could serve as a home for astronauts for a year at a time.Sources say NASA will shortly announce plans to double the mission duration of some astronaut expeditions to the International Space Station.