Thursday, February 7, 2013

CNET News

CNET News

Jay Leno kisses nerd in GoDaddy Super Bowl ad re-creation

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:59 PM PST

Jay Leno wanted to kiss Bar Refaeli. What better excuse than to re-create her Super Bowl ad kiss with a nerd? Then comes the switcheroo. [Read more]

The latest trend: The 'you're not invited' wedding e-mail

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 10:05 PM PST

The soon-to-be-betrothed are feeling the need to inform those who are not invited by electronic means. Are they slightly loopy? [Read more]

iPhone 5S, 5-inch iPhone 6 allegedly spotted at supplier

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 09:13 PM PST

Poster on Chinese microblogging site says a friend has seen the much-rumored models and they could be released this year. [Read more]

Bing falls to 5th global search engine, surpassed by Yandex

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 09:01 PM PST

Russia's search engine is moving up the ranks in the search engine world -- it now comes in fourth place after Google, Baidu, and Yahoo. [Read more]

NASA astronauts aboard ISS to host live Google+ Hangout

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:34 PM PST

Curious how life changes without gravity? Three astronauts living in the International Space Station will answer those questions and more in a February 22 Google+ Hangout. [Read more]

Fan pages pop up on Facebook to support fugitive ex-LAPD cop

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 07:22 PM PST

More than a dozen pages appear on the social network as a manhunt stretched across Southern California for the suspect in the murder of three, including a police officer. [Read more]

BlackBerry 10 smartphones won't be sold in Japan

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:20 PM PST

Handset maker says that "Japan is not a major market for BlackBerry," so the company has no plans to launch devices running its latest operating systems there. [Read more]

Microsoft Surface Pro shows off its inner ultrabook

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 06:06 PM PST

Surface Pro benchmarks show it to be just as fast as any ultrabook out there. [Read more]

Quick guide to cell phone carriers

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:59 PM PST

Confused how to choose the best cell phone carrier for you? Let CNET walk you through the process with tips and points to consider. [Read more]

Top five Thunderbolt storage devices: Performance meets capacity

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:35 PM PST

CNET editor Dong Ngo rounds up the top five Thunderbolt-based desktop external storage devices on the market. [Read more]

Facebook Connect issue wreaks havoc on the Web

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:23 PM PST

A temporary glitch in the social network's system rerouted people from other sites to a Facebook error message. [Read more]

Zynga's Farmville coming to a television near you

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 05:11 PM PST

The mega-popular social media game is being turned into an animated TV show produced by "X-Men: The Last Stand" director Brett Ratner. [Read more]

FAA approves Boeing test flights of grounded 787 Dreamliner

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:54 PM PST

Aircraft builder will be allowed to conduct test flights of the much-hyped aircraft after onboard battery fires led the FAA to ground the planes. [Read more]

LinkedIn eyes future as professional publishing hub

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:50 PM PST

The company seems set on making business content, not social networking, the focus of the site. [Read more]

Twitter to enable searches for tweets older than a week

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:35 PM PST

Until now, Twitter search has been limited to tweets less than a week or so old. But today the company said it will now let people search for tweets older than that. [Read more]

Nissan gives Juke the performance treatment

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:25 PM PST

At the Chicago Auto Show, Nissan unveiled the Juke Nismo, a performance version of its little SUV. [Read more]

First complete 'bionic man' unveiled in U.K.

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:53 PM PST

With his realistic face and functional artificial blood-circulatory system, a $1 million artificial human on display in London is a sight to see. [Read more]

Guess what? Vine videos are longer than six seconds

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:47 PM PST

From the moment it was launched, Twitter's video service has been touted as a six-second platform. But the videos are actually six and a half seconds long. [Read more]

Five things the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 needs

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:31 PM PST

The Surface Pro is a good first step, but these fixes could make it the best tablet ever. [Read more]

Like mobile model, a new Ouya every year

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 02:28 PM PST

The Android-based game console plans for annual hardware upgrades, an Ubuntu smartphone is arriving in October, and iOS users wait to try the Mailbox app. [Read more]

NBC deems EveryBlock a dead end, turns off news service

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:51 PM PST

The hyperlocal source of news and information may have been an innovative approach to media, but NBC says it wasn't doing well as a business. [Read more]

LinkedIn stock soars after Q4 blowout

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST

Net income climbs 66 percent in quarter as CEO calls 2012 a "transformative year for LinkedIn." [Read more]

Apple to 'evaluate' hedge fund's cash demand

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:04 PM PST

In a response to a legal threat from a prominent shareholder, Apple says it's still evaluating its cash pile options. [Read more]

Judge tosses 13 Motorola patent claims against Microsoft

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 01:01 PM PST

The team of Google and Motorola Mobility has suffered a major setback in one patent war against Microsoft. [Read more]

Xbox 720 could have 'Siri-like' voice control

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 12:59 PM PST

It's OK to shout. A new rumor suggests the next-generation Microsoft console will be willing to listen to what you have to say. [Read more]
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