Avatar Posted by mdalim 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Blinkx acquire Burst Media $30 million
Video search engine Blinkx has agreed to acquire online advertising company Burst Media, the firms announced today. Under the terms of the deal, B... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Rom467Britney 5456 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Personal jetpack one step closer launch?
(Credit: Martin Aircraft) The three-year wait for a recreational jetpack may be almost over--assuming regulators give their approval. New Zealand... read more »
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Avatar Posted by vacationspot1 5456 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Google vest $5 million German solar plant
Google plans to invest 3.5 million euros, or about $5 million, in a solar photovoltaic power plant in Germany, according to an announcement today.... read more »
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Avatar Posted by svetalapf 5456 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Studying a second life electric-vehicle batteries
When a lithium ion battery reaches the point at which it can no longer be used in an electric car, it still has the potential to be used in o... read more »
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Avatar Posted by clarencemc 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Android tweak lets admins reset stolen devices
Google has enhanced the enterprise management capabilities of its Android smartphone platform, making it possible for administrators to secure and r... read more »
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Avatar Posted by gsambermgm 5455 days ago (http://www.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Sprints Common Cents plan become Virgin Mobile
(Credit: Sprint) Sprint will discontinue its Common Cents prepaid plan, CNET learned today, and will instead transition existing customers into th... read more »
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Avatar Posted by aalina387 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Xooms stus fades against iPad retailers
Retailers are unwittingly positioning the Motorola Xoom as a me-too tablet, as if competing against the Apple brand isn't hard enough already. This ... read more »
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Category: Technology | Tags: Verizon updates Galaxy Tab sans Honeycomb
(Credit: Verizon Wireless) Verizon Wireless has rolled out a beefy update for owners of Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Now being launched as a mandatory sy... read more »
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Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Best Buy halts iPad due short supply
Best Buy has suspended sales of the iPad 2 due to "supply constraints," the retailer said today. "Our stores have been asked to temporarily hold non... read more »
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Avatar Posted by wilmaniarn 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Microsoft reportedly odds retail store push
(Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft has reportedly been at odds internally over how aggressively it should expand its retail stores. Citing sources clos... read more »
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Avatar Posted by mariedelexz 5455 days ago (http://download.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Gaze stars play arcade classics: iPhone apps o
(Credit: CNET) In a CNET News story yesterday, our very own Josh Lowensohn explored Apple's recent patent application for an interesting touch-scr... read more »
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Avatar Posted by SusanHomer 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Flash use dips top Web sites since November
Web-page speed guru Steve Souders, putting to use the latest in a string of useful tools he's created, has found that the top 17,000 Web sites ha... read more »
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Avatar Posted by ernieppnpe 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Apple investigating Verizon iPad 3G issue
(Credit: CNET) Apple says it's looking into an issue that requires some iPad 2 owners with built-in Verizon 3G to reboot their devices to re-enabl... read more »
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Avatar Posted by pnominbemaya 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: YouTube opens live streaming partners
YouTube today is flipping on the switch to let some of its users stream videos live. The move marks a big shift in the functionality of the video... read more »
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Avatar Posted by kennithpnt 5456 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GE build massive thin-film U.S. solar plant
GE plans to manufacture 400 megawatts worth annually of thin-film solar cells made with cadmium telluride. (Credit: GE) General Electric plans to ... read more »
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Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Must-have Firefox mobile add-ons
One of Firefox's most popular features is its add-on support, with its accompanying deep add-on catalog. The new Firefox 4 Mobile for Android (downl... read more »
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Avatar Posted by miketyson10 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Spider robot scaring arachnophobes
(Credit: Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET) Japan's Kondo Kagaku has a new spider robot with six legs and a palpable creep factor, especially ... read more »
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Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Woz hed mull return Apple asked
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. (Credit: Scott Ard/CNET) Steve Wozniak, the man who co-founded Apple with current CEO Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayn... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Abiabeo 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Facebook game turns future Libya-like chaos
(Credit: Breakthrough) The drugs may be pumped directly into the water rather than slipped into the populace's Nescafe. But with First Amendment... read more »
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Avatar Posted by JoshuaKerson 5455 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: New screenshots reveal Windows features
Windows 8 will include a PDF reader, greater customization of the Aero interface, and a new version of Internet Explorer 9 that works like its Window... read more »
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