Saturday, January 12, 2013

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CNET News


JSTOR says it mourns `tragic loss' of Aaron Swartz

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 08:32 PM PST

Digital archive issues statement reacting to uproar over Swartz suicide, saying it regretted' having been drawn to `this sad event.' [Read more]

Tech VIPs, family take to Web with sorrow, anger over Swartz

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:20 PM PST

Tim Berners-Lee and Lawrence Lessig are among those who express sorrow and/or anger at Aaron Swartz's suicide. Swartz's family announces memorial Web site, and also points finger at federal prosecutors and MIT. [Read more]

CES postscript: The touch laptop, like it or not

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:02 PM PST

Touch is coming in a big way to Windows 8 laptops. And if Intel has its druthers, pretty much everything coming down the pike will be touch-capable. [Read more]

Megan Fox struggles with Twitter

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 02:45 PM PST

The famed movie star and director announced on Facebook that she has shut down her Twitter account. But like a monster from the deep, it's still alive. [Read more]

Scientist: Hawking is 'brain in a vat'

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:43 PM PST

commentary To celebrate Stephen Hawking's 71st birthday, a fellow scientist suggests that perhaps it is the machines rather than the man who should be celebrated. She compares him to Darth Vader. [Read more]

CEO of beleaguered HP made $15.4M last year

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:33 AM PST

Meg Whitman pulled in $15.4 million in compensation during fiscal 2012, with a base salary of just a single dollar but a performance-based bonus of $1.7 million. [Read more]

A headphone amp and USB digital-to-analog converter for just $99 each

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:36 AM PST

Schiit Audio doesn't mess around. It offers U.S.-made high-performance audio products for super-affordable prices -- and here are two that are even cheaper. [Read more]

Internet activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:13 AM PST

The 26-year-old hacker and information activist had faced charges for his alleged role in making MIT academic journal articles public. [Read more]

From iPad toilets to alien apps, CES brims with oddities

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:00 AM PST

With 3,000 exhibitors, you're bound to bump into something from way outside the box. Crave scoped out some of the weirder finds at the show. [Read more]

ZTE readies itself for U.S. expansion in 2013

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:19 AM PST

Lixin Cheng, the department head of ZTE's U.S. division, sits down with CNET during CES 2013 to detail the company's future goals. [Read more]

Will 2013 be the year of the smartwatch?

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST

In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon highlights some new devices in the smartwatch category and discusses why this may finally be the year the gadgets take off. [Read more]

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