Avatar Posted by cowaarom 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: NFC system let pay dinner via cell phone
You may soon be able to pay for dinner at your favorite restaurant directly through your cell phone courtesy of a new NFC system slated to become ava... read more »
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Avatar Posted by unboquita 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Business & Finance | Tags: Lenovo: USB mastream 2012
Lenovo's top product manager for the popular ThinkPad line says USB 3.0 will go mainstream in 2012, while Intel sees the new Thunderbolt interface gr... read more »
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Avatar Posted by candybrown 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Report: Top clean-energy states identified
(Credit: Clean Edge) Policy promoting green technology may be on the rise, but does that translate into well-developed technology--and, most imp... read more »
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Avatar Posted by MalenaDavilaod 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Yes Clearwire really is on ropes
There's no doubt that Clearwire faces a cash crunch among many other challenges as it tries to build its nationwide 4G WiMax network. But will the co... read more »
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Avatar Posted by LisaMaiden 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Symantec buy Clearwell $390 million
Symantec announced today that it has agreed to acquire privately held Clearwell Systems for $390 million, bolstering the security company's eff... read more »
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Avatar Posted by joedageek 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Business & Finance | Tags: Salesforce.com shows strength first quarter
Salesforce.com reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and raised its outlook for the next three months and fiscal year. Growth for the... read more »
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Avatar Posted by uckminli 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Google-backed $5 billion power line clears hurdle
Google and its partners cleared the first major hurdle with U.S. regulators today to build a $5 billion transmission line that would transport elec... read more »
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Avatar Posted by wendeler 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Toshiba snag smart-meter leader $2.3 billion
Toshiba announced a deal today to acquire smart-meter company Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion in a move to fill out its power business. Landis+Gyr,... read more »
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Avatar Posted by carmskrsmm 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: GM ups Volt Ampera production outlook
General Motors said yesterday that it will make 60,000 Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera plug-in hybrids in 2012, up from its previously announced 45,... read more »
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Avatar Posted by OnlnPharmirus 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Mobile & Electronics | Tags: Scoop: Microsoft closes consumer skunkworks unit
A little more than three years after opening Pioneer Studios, a skunkworks operation to develop consumer electronics and experiences, Microsoft has c... read more »
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Avatar Posted by glymanchaneyh 4936 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Android ups lead as ad networks top mobile platf
(Credit: Millennial Media) Android increased its lead over Apple's iOS in April as the top mobile platform tracked by ad network Millennial Media.... read more »
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Avatar Posted by macseo 4936 days ago (http://reviews.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Verizon CFO hints global iPhone 5 talks LTE
Apple&39's iPhone 4 (Credit: Apple) Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo revealed several interesting things at the Reuters Global Technolo... read more »
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Avatar Posted by svetalaob 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Woman kicked train after 16-hour cell phone chat
It's curious to me that some people still think that cell phones are for talking to someone. No, they're for playing games, checking in, and sending ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by loidameasio 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Business & Finance | Tags: focus on possibilities MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
commentary CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--One of the reasons I like to attend events like the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is that they're opportunities for a reality ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by bepnozi254 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: Verizon offer tiered family plans devices
We already knew that Verizon Wireless is promising to convert flat rate smartphone data plans into tiered data plans by summer, a move the carrier... read more »
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Avatar Posted by goodos 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Business & Finance | Tags: Tech: Third-party Twitter apps LkedIns IPO
Too busy to keep up with the tech news Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Thursday, May 19. Twitter beefs up your control... read more »
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Avatar Posted by darrknshso 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Technology | Tags: LaCie unveils Windows Server-based 5-bay NAS
The new 5-bay 5big Storage Server from LaCie (Credit: LaCie) It's been a while since I last had opportunity to take on a Windows Server-based NAS ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by drug 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Social | Tags: Astronauts attach cosmic ray detecr space station
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The Endeavour astronauts installed a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station today, a powerful ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by asbentzzba 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Bosns wind test giant turbine blades
The newly inaugurated Wind Technology Testing Center. (Credit: Matt Bennett/Massachusetts Governor's Office) Boston is now home to the world's lar... read more »
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Avatar Posted by minabwan1990 4936 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Eco | Tags: Agrivida teaches biofuel crops self-destruct
MEDFORD, Mass.--In this densely populated city outside Boston without a farm in sight, agriculture researchers are engineering corn and other crops ... read more »
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