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- Skype breaks records, traffic grows by 44 percent
- Staples will reportedly begin selling Apple products in U.S.
- Facebook's Graph Search bars adults snooping for minors
- BlackJet, the Uber for private jets, takes off
- Iceland works to block Internet porn
- Helping American designers make it in America (video)
- Apple's former retail chief ends lands at U.K. chain
- Chubby Checker in twist over app that checked, um...
- Adobe releases source code for 1990 version of Photoshop
- Behind the bloodsport: Tesla vs. NY Times
- Apple lands $159M government contract for iPhone, iPad
- Desktop search declined for the first time in 2012, report says
- How we test antivirus and security software
- Woman uses digital billboard to dump lover on Valentine's
- Facebook grabs most attention among social sites
- PlayStation 4: What we expect, what it needs, and why
- Apple Siri lawsuit against Samsung may be put on hold
- Obama endorses required high school coding classes
- PS4 prototype controller revealed?
- Clothes for Curiosity seekers: Mars inspires fashion line
- FDA approves bionic eye for adults with rare genetic disease
- Obama: We're only halfway there on patent reform
- iPhone hack can bypass password
- Where to find hearts in OS X
- Facebook lets users pay to promote friends' posts
| Skype breaks records, traffic grows by 44 percent Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:14 PM PST Microsoft's call app increased its traffic in 2012 by twice the amount of all international phone carriers combined -- it's calls are now equal to one third of all global phone traffic. [Read more]  |
| Staples will reportedly begin selling Apple products in U.S. Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:12 PM PST Tweets from company employees indicate that the office supply chain stores will begin carrying Apple products in the U.S., although they don't indicate which products or when. [Read more]  |
| Facebook's Graph Search bars adults snooping for minors Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:10 PM PST In an effort to quell privacy fears, the social network rolls out rules on how its search tool displays results for users under the age of 18. [Read more]  |
| BlackJet, the Uber for private jets, takes off Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:03 PM PST Meant to make private jet (sort of) affordable and easier to book than commercial flights, the new service kicked off today and hopes to upend the industry. But who will use it? [Read more]  |
| Iceland works to block Internet porn Posted: 14 Feb 2013 06:37 PM PST In an effort to ensure that children aren't exposed to violent pornography, the Nordic nation is trying to enact laws that would ban all X-rated Web sites. [Read more]  |
| Helping American designers make it in America (video) Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:46 PM PST In an age when most apparel is made overseas, a new Web site aims to help independent designers manufacture their goods on American soil. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports. [Read more]  |
| Apple's former retail chief ends lands at U.K. chain Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:42 PM PST Apple's former retail chief John Browett is back on his feet after reportedly being fired from the company last October. [Read more]  |
| Chubby Checker in twist over app that checked, um... Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:38 PM PST HP's Palm WebOS platform enjoyed an app that guessed a man's, er, manliness based on shoe size. '50s pop star Chubby Checker was so amused he's suing HP. [Read more]  |
| Adobe releases source code for 1990 version of Photoshop Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:35 PM PST All 128,000 lines of code for the first version of the pioneering software released 23 years ago are available for free download from the Computer History Museum. [Read more]  |
| Behind the bloodsport: Tesla vs. NY Times Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:15 PM PST The contentiousness of the Tesla vs. New York Times tussle speaks volumes about the stakes involved for a taxpayer-supported electric carmaker and its founder. [Read more]  |
| Apple lands $159M government contract for iPhone, iPad Posted: 14 Feb 2013 05:13 PM PST The New Zealand Police picks Apple -- over BlackBerry, Google, and Microsoft -- to hand out 6,000 smartphones and 3,900 tablets to its officers. [Read more]  |
| Desktop search declined for the first time in 2012, report says Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:55 PM PST Total searches declined 3 percent last year, according to ComScore, even though more people are searching. [Read more]  |
| How we test antivirus and security software Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:38 PM PST Testing security suites isn't glamorous, but effective software can be all that keeps you from an infected machine. Here's how CNET determines security suite performance. [Read more]  |
| Woman uses digital billboard to dump lover on Valentine's Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:37 PM PST What sort of woman would hire a digital billboard specifically timed to inform her lover on Valentine's that she had found someone else? [Read more]  |
| Facebook grabs most attention among social sites Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:18 PM PST No social network comes close to Facebook when it comes to total time spent online, says a white paper from ComScore. Meanwhile, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Instagram herald the rise of "the visual Web." [Read more]  |
| PlayStation 4: What we expect, what it needs, and why Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:04 PM PST Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4 event opens the floodgates for questions about the hardware and forces us consider what must be included this go-around. [Read more]  |
| Apple Siri lawsuit against Samsung may be put on hold Posted: 14 Feb 2013 04:00 PM PST Judge Lucy Koh, who is also presiding over last summer's landmark trial, suggests an appeals court decision on the first will cover the second as well. [Read more]  |
| Obama endorses required high school coding classes Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:59 PM PST During a live Google+ Hangout, the president agrees that requiring students to learn a computer language "makes sense." [Read more]  |
| PS4 prototype controller revealed? Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:51 PM PST Sources tell IGN and Kotaku that the leaked PlayStation 4 controller image is indeed real, but is only a prototype. [Read more]  |
| Clothes for Curiosity seekers: Mars inspires fashion line Posted: 14 Feb 2013 03:29 PM PST Inspired by NASA's mission to the Red Planet, designer Nanette Lepore goes extraterrestrial for her fall 2013 collection, debuting a line full of shimmer and strong reds. [Read more]  |
| FDA approves bionic eye for adults with rare genetic disease Posted: 14 Feb 2013 02:51 PM PST The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System includes an eyeglass-mounted camera, a portable video processing unit, and an array of electrodes implanted onto the retina to allow the patient to detect light and dark. [Read more]  |
| Obama: We're only halfway there on patent reform Posted: 14 Feb 2013 02:37 PM PST In a Google+ Hangout, the president says entrepreneurs need more protection against people who try to "extort" them. [Read more]  |
| iPhone hack can bypass password Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:58 PM PST Apple is working on fixing bugs that involve the lock-screen passcode and exchange accounts, and the Tamagotchi is reborn in app form. [Read more]  |
| Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:21 PM PST If you would like to send a Valentine's message, OS X offers some nice images you can add to it. [Read more]  |
| Facebook lets users pay to promote friends' posts Posted: 14 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST The social network adds another layer to its promoted posts feature -- now you can pay money to promote a friend's post. [Read more]  |
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