SAN FRANCISCO--If you're looking for powerful brands in the entertainment business, you'd be hard-pressed to find two with more influence than "Avat... read more »
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The Kinect, from Microsoft, has been out for less than two months, and already, an adult game company has produced a demo using the motion controll... read more »
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In Stuttgart, Germany, the Porsche Museum is a stunning modern showcase of some of the most famous cars in the company's history. Included among th... read more »
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If you know what this is and where it is located, you could be eligible to win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day contest. (Credit: ... read more »
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On April 28, 2001, Dennis Tito became the first-ever space tourist. Riding aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, Tito was the first customer of Space Adve... read more »
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Lego will start selling a special Star Wars set featuring the personal spacecraft of Darth Vader. It will go on sale on September 1, and cost $400.... read more »
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Last week, word of a great offer began to make its way around the Internet. I first heard about the offer--a $20 Amazon gift card for $10--on an e-m... read more »
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This is a nearly finished emergency station, part of the safety features in the massive Gotthard Tunnel project, which is the world's-longest tunne... read more »
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Two singing Tesla coils from the performance group Arc Attack delight kids during setup day at Maker Faire. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) SAN ... read more »
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If you know what this is and where it was taken, you could win a prize in the Picture of the Week challenge. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) What ... read more »
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The logo for Tiny Speck's Glitch, which went into beta last week after more than a year of development by a team led by Flickr co-founder Stewart B... read more »
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Swivel, from FaceCake Marketing Technologies, is one of two virtual dressing room products unveiled at Demo Spring 2011. (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/C... read more »
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If it's the end of the year, that must mean it's awards season. And in the world of Web culture, there's one site that hopes to have the final word ... read more »
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Joi Ito was named the director of the MIT Media Lab on Monday. (Credit: MIT Media Lab) Consider this list of institutions and companies that are ... read more »
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Until a couple of years ago, the idea that games could make people's lives better was heresy. Everyone knew that games were a massive waste of time ... read more »
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When the Xbox 360 turned 5 years old this week with no known successor on the horizon, and no new imminent PlayStation or Wii either, it may well ha... read more »
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Legoland personnel brought several models from the forthcoming 'Star Wars' Miniland attraction to CNET's San Francisco headquarters yesterday. All ... read more »
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The Cheezburger Network has bought Know Your Meme (Credit: Know Your Meme) There's money in them thar cheezburgers. At least, there's money for b... read more »
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Every year, an infectious "superbug" known as MRSA kills thousands of Americans who never should have died. But an international group of scientists... read more »
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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a World of Warcraft-playing bot violated the online game's terms of use, upholding a lower court's 2008... read more »
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