Tuesday, September 25, 2012

CNET News

CNET News

New iPad app shows inner workings of Einstein's brain

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:37 PM PDT

The National Museum of Health and Medicine launches an interactive app with 350 scanned and digitized slides of Albert Einstein's brain. [Read more]

Google would like to snag Yahoo search deal from Microsoft

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:18 PM PDT

CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly says at an event in Tokyo that the Web giant would still like to do a search deal with Yahoo. [Read more]

Foursquare lets users toggle friends to 'Always On'

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:49 PM PDT

The check-in social network rolls out a new feature that lets users see where their specified friends are at all times, no matter where in the world they're located. [Read more]

Competitive wireless carriers bash AT&T/Verizon 'duopoly'

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:38 PM PDT

At a conference in Las Vegas, executives from several competitive wireless operators took aim at the nation's two largest wireless operators for stifling competition. And they called on lawmakers and regulators to adopt policies to preserve competition. [Read more]

ACLU sues to get U.S. agencies' license plate tracking records

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:26 PM PDT

FBI, DHS, and other agencies have not complied with ACLU requests for information about use of surveillance system, civil liberties group alleges. [Read more]

Instagram updates for iPhone 5 and ditches live filtering

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:30 PM PDT

The photo-sharing app has redesigned its interface and is now ready for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6; live filter view, however, will soon be a thing of the past. [Read more]

Samsung smartphones vulnerable to remote data wipe

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:25 PM PDT

Code that's making the rounds on the Internet could trigger a factory reset on the handsets without warning, a security researcher discovers. [Read more]

The dock is dead: Best wireless speakers for the iPhone

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Apple's decision to move from the venerable 30-pin iPod/iPhone port to the new, smaller -- and incompatible -- Lightning connector is a good excuse to ditch charging docks altogether. It's time to go wireless. [Read more]

Apple's maps app 'sent Google scrambling,' report claims

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Google was not expecting Apple to produce its own version of a maps application so quickly, a new report claims. [Read more]

Tips on opening links and searches in Safari

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Safari supports a number of hidden options for handling opened links and search result windows. [Read more]

Apple loses bid for music app icon trademark

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:23 PM PDT

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says Apple cannot have a trademark for one of its app icons, saying long-defunct iLike got there first. [Read more]

Rent-to-own firms settle computer spying charges

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:01 PM PDT

Rented computers had software on them that was used to surreptitiously log key strokes, capture screen shots and take photos of people who were late on payments, FTC says. [Read more]

Sharp reveals see-through solar panel

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:56 PM PDT

Sharp's latest solar cell panel seems perfect for green fiends living within a sky-rise condominium. [Read more]

After big buildup, Mayer's plan for Yahoo remains vague

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT

New CEO Marissa Mayer didn't have much to say in the way of specifics. [Read more]

Facebook shows iOS developers some love

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT

The social network upgrades tools for integrating Facebook into apps on iOS 6. This is a significant upgrade and Android won't be far behind, Facebook says. [Read more]

Hubble looks back 13.2 billion years in deepest view yet

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT

Combining images taken over the past 10 years in what amounts to a 2 million second time exposure, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the deepest view of the universe yet achieved. [Read more]

RIM Speedwagon keeps on lovin' BlackBerry 10 developers

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:26 PM PDT

Nothing says "mobile operating system development" quite like a power ballad. RIM re-wrote an REO Speedwagon song to tide its developers over until BlackBerry 10 finally comes out. [Read more]

Smartphones with killer screens (roundup)

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT

The best phones generally also have the best screens. Here's a list of CNET's favorites today. [Read more]

Don't worry, it's just a small Google outage

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:52 PM PDT

Users had trouble accessing the search giant's services for a few hours today. [Read more]

Unlocked Sony Xperia Acro S comes to U.S.

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:32 PM PDT

The $599 handset is the latest Android smartphone from Sony to arrive stateside and unlocked. [Read more]

Netflix bids adieu to some A&E reality shows

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:16 PM PDT

What? No more "Dog the Bounty Hunter" or "Ice Road Truckers" on Netflix? Netflix seems much more interested nowadays in dramatic serials than unscripted fare. [Read more]

Intel CEO slams Windows 8, says it's not ready -- report

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Paul Otellini told employees during a meeting in Taiwan that Microsoft needs to make improvements to the OS, according to a Bloomberg report, though he adds they can be done after the product ships. [Read more]

Google's Sergey Brin: You'll ride in robot cars within 5 years

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Ordinary folks will have access to self-driving cars in the next few years, the Google cofounder said at a California bill signing today. [Read more]

Apple's latest map mess: No exit

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:50 PM PDT

A word of advice: don't use Apple's new map app if you need to find an Interstate exit. [Read more]

Researcher says 100,000 passwords exposed on IEEE site

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Info on workers at Apple, Google, NASA, Stanford, and elsewhere was easily accessible owing to an oversight by the association for tech pros, a computer scientist in Denmark says. [Read more]
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