Monday, December 10, 2012

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CNET News

Patent trolls now behind most patent infringement lawsuits

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:10 PM PST

Patent assertion entities, which seek licensing fees rather than create products based on the technology, filed about 62 percent of the patent suits this year, according to a new study. [Read more]

Survey: Adobe discount draws customers to subscription plan

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST

Cutting the Creative Cloud subscription price 40 percent to $30 a month is a big draw -- but what'll happen at full price? Also: Photoshop and Illustrator get Retina support. [Read more]

People young and old enjoy getting news on mobile devices

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST

A new study shows that all age groups are inclined to read or watch news on a smartphone or tablet. However, men and college-educated users tend to be the most engaged news consumers. [Read more]

Google Maps lets users explore NASA's 'Black Marble'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:42 PM PST

Using NASA and NOAA's striking images of the Earth after dark, the Web giant creates an interactive map showing the world's flickering lights on a cloudless night. [Read more]

IDC device maker ranking shows Apple value, Samsung volume

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:21 PM PST

IDC report shows personal computing market shifting to smartphones and tablets, away from PCs. [Read more]

Montana's delightful 'F-This Job' Facebook post

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:16 PM PST

Montana's ad agency's social media manager manages to offer a "F this job" post on the state's tourism Facebook page, as opposed to her personal one. [Read more]

Is Time Machine really backing up your drives?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:08 PM PST

Time Machine should by default back up all internal hard drives on a Mac; however, some people are experiencing a problem in which drives appear to be automatically excluded from being backed up. [Read more]

Jammie Thomas asks Supreme Court to take file-sharing case

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:00 PM PST

The woman found liable for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on the Web asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case due to "crippling statutory damages" of $222,000 awarded by an appeals court. [Read more]

Antivirus guru John McAfee sells rights for movie about his life

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:55 PM PST

Currently fighting deportation efforts in Guatemala, the antivirus-software pioneer sells life-story rights to a Montreal-based TV production company. [Read more]

Why Bloomberg would be stupid to buy LinkedIn

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 05:28 PM PST

The media corporation and the social-networking site for professionals don't belong together. It doesn't make financial sense. [Read more]

Cats beware, dogs can drive

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:45 PM PST

As a publicity stunt, the SPCA of New Zealand taught three of its canine charges to drive a Mini Cooper Countryman. [Read more]

Russia abandons proposal for U.N. governance of Internet

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:44 PM PST

Opposed by Western governments, the proposal would have allowed member states to seize control of key Internet engineering assets. [Read more]

Quad-core smartphone shootout

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 04:11 PM PST

Find out which of these superphones reign supreme. [Read more]

Instagram improves camera, editing, and adds new filter

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:55 PM PST

The photo-sharing network boasts a faster camera and lots of new features for its iOS. Android users get a new filter. [Read more]

Lacoste imagines some truly techy clothing

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:40 PM PST

Good news: An eye-opening concept video by Lacoste teases fashion from the future. Bad news: The unreal wear will still probably cost an arm and a leg. [Read more]

Twitter takes on Instagram with new photo filters

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST

Updated versions of the company's iOS and Android apps allow for photo editing inside Twitter. [Read more]

Facebook suffers major outage, knocked offline

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:26 PM PST

It's not just you. The social network experienced a major outage this evening, though it remains unclear what caused it. [Read more]

GhostShell claims breach of 1.6M accounts at FBI, NASA, and more

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 03:13 PM PST

The hacktivist group says it obtained the records via SQL injection at government sites. [Read more]

FTC re-slams apps for kids over privacy concerns

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:47 PM PST

In a follow up to a 2011 study, the Federal Trade Commission found that "little or no progress has been made" on disclosure of information gathering since the first report was issued. [Read more]

USB tentacle squirms, does nothing else

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:17 PM PST

Evoke a sense of great watery depths with a USB squirming tentacle that plugs in and wiggles about, as if trying to escape from the clutches of your computer. [Read more]

Police Down Under rescue Apple map users

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 02:12 PM PST

Australian police warn against using Apple Maps, Instagram pulls photos off Twitter, and Valve works on a new video game console. [Read more]

Intel discusses shift to system-on-a-chip tech

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:54 PM PST

The chipmaker is putting more emphasis now on system-on-a-chip tech, which is used widely in smartphones and tablets, where the company's largely been absent. [Read more]

The Undetectable Firearms Act and 3D-printed guns (FAQ)

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:49 PM PST

They might come for your plastic gun, but they're not coming for your 3D printer just yet. [Read more]

Violent video games and aggression: A cumulative effect?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:42 PM PST

An Ohio State University study suggests that the negative effects of playing violent video games can accumulate over time. [Read more]

Secretive X-37B space plane ready for next flight

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:28 PM PST

An Atlas V rocket carrying the unmanned craft, which looks like a miniature space shuttle, has the green light for a planned liftoff Tuesday. Just don't ask what it's up to. [Read more]
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