Saturday, August 18, 2012

CNET News

CNET News


Microsoft eyes the iPad

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT

Microsoft's Surface RT will be priced to compete with the iPad. $199 Android rivals notwithstanding. [Read more]

Apple responds to iPhone SMS security vulnerability

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT

The company says the threat of text message spoofing is a limitation of SMS. Oh, really? [Read more]

Judge rejects Facebook's 'Sponsored Stories' settlement

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Federal judge says settlement of class-action suit over ad feature that displays images of users doesn't explain how Facebook's payout fee was arrived at. [Read more]

Infidelity at trade shows? It's a concern, says a survey

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:11 AM PDT

A survey suggests that many worry something bad will happen at a trade show -- with 66 percent afraid their partner could cheat. [Read more]

The Audiophiliac's Top 13 music Blu-ray discs

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT

The Audiophiliac has the Blus -- a list of the best-sounding music Blu-ray discs, that is. [Read more]

Make your own glow-in-the-dark Kryptonite candy

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 10:00 AM PDT

Superman will tremble when confronted with a batch of DIY fluorescent candy made to look like Kryptonite. [Read more]

Developers slam Twitter's new restrictions on access

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:56 AM PDT

The relationship started well, but after six years it's soured, and social-media developers are crying foul after Twitter announced new restrictions this week. [Read more]

Crawling bot glows, camouflages itself with dye

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:25 AM PDT

DARPA's soft-bodied walkers, developed by engineers at Harvard University, can stand out or blend in with their environment, and may take on military tasks. [Read more]

Real estate brokerage site Redfin suffers outage

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:09 AM PDT

Redfin tweets: "We are having a little Saturday morning tussle with our master database; we're working on it and will be back up as soon as we can." [Read more]

This week in Crave: The toil and trouble edition

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:00 AM PDT

This week, we stopped selling our magic potions on eBay and started wondering if we might see a Windows Surface RT tablet for less than $200. Also, amazing photos taken with the iPhone. [Read more]

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