Sunday, October 7, 2012

CNET News

CNET News


Plethora of iOS apps keeps users around despite rollout glitches

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:18 PM PDT

Apple's iOS app platform is too rich for users to abandon -- at least not right away, says a Taipei-based analyst. [Read more]

How phones are 'optimized,' and why you should care (Smartphones Unlocked)

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Irritating things can happen when phones and networks aren't perfectly in sync. Here's how the two keep that from happening. [Read more]

Foxconn confirms dispute between workers at China factory

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 04:36 PM PDT

Major Apple device manufacturer says a dispute occurred between factory line workers and quality assurance personnel at a plant in China, The Wall Street Journal reports. [Read more]

So it looks like Samsung might not have tried to copy the iPhone

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 03:00 PM PDT

Previously redacted documents presented in the Apple-Samsung case seem not to offer actual evidence that Samsung told its designers to copy the iPhone. [Read more]

Google's wonderfully random Niels Bohr doodle

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Google creates a doodle to celebrate Niels Bohr, a physicist with a sense of humor. But it isn't his 100th birthday. It's his 127th. [Read more]

Huawei will have tough time cracking U.S. data center market

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Congressman says American IT buyers should steer clear of Huawei, but the Chinese networking giant is forging distributions in the U.S. in a bid to crack the data center market. [Read more]

Samsung tries to patent the story of your life

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 12:09 PM PDT

A very peculiar patent application from Samsung contains an attempt to record everything -- that would be everything -- you do through your cell phone and present it in diary form. [Read more]

SpaceX cargo ship takes off on commercial flight to station

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:41 AM PDT

In a milestone mission for NASA, SpaceX launched an unmanned commercially developed cargo ship on a flight to the International Space Station Sunday, the company's first under a $1.6 billion contract. [Read more]

Apple publicly addresses iPhone 5 purple halo issue

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Following private support e-mail, Apple posts a document that recommends owners tilt their camera lens away from light sources to prevent flares from appearing on images. [Read more]

Facebook's user numbers still growing, but how high can it go?

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:42 AM PDT

Social network may already have a billion users, but that doesn't mean its growth is slowing down. [Read more]

A better-sounding $5 alternative to Bluetooth or AirPlay streaming

Posted: 07 Oct 2012 08:06 AM PDT

Why buy a new Bluetooth or AirPlay speaker if you already have a decent set of speakers? [Read more]

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