Apple, Samsung CEOs to meet in SF tomorrow

date 20 May 2012 | category News

The chief executives of Apple and Samsung are expected to meet tomorrow in a San Francisco federal court to try to work out their patent dispute, according to a Reuters report.

Apple’s Tim …

Hacktivists claim takedown of Chicago police Web site

date 20 May 2012 | category News

Hacktivists from the online group Anonymous claim to have taken down the Chicago Police Department’s Web site in the wake of violent clashes between the police and protesters.

Members of AntiS3curityOPS, which claims to …

How Zuckerberg’s wedding reveals Facebook’s problem

date 20 May 2012 | category News


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Facebook Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

Who could not be moved by the fact that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished his bountiful week by getting married?

The churlish might have whined that his fooling his friends …

Microsoft quietly launches So.cl social network

date 20 May 2012 | category News

Microsoft launches So.cl.

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Screen shot by Steven Musil/CNET)

In the wake of the IPO of social-networking giant Facebook, Microsoft has quietly launched So.cl, its own social networking foray.

However, So.cl isn’t designed to be a …

A great-sounding pocket recorder: Zoom H2n

date 20 May 2012 | category News

The H2n recorder

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Zoom)

I wrote about Zoom’s nifty $99 H1 pocket recorder last year, and really loved its sound, so I was curious to see how the H2n recorder measured up. It’s …

Pakistan blocks Twitter over ‘blasphemous’ images, report says

date 20 May 2012 | category News

The Pakistani government blocked access to Twitter over potential “blasphemous” caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, according to several reports.

Twitter was asked by the government to stop a discussion about a contest over Muhammad …

Mark Zuckerberg gets married at surprise wedding

date 20 May 2012 | category News

The day after Facebook’s giant IPO, Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan.

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By almost any standard, Mark Zuckerberg has had a week to remember. Yesterday, he started his day off by ringing …

Here’s how desperately cities want Apple stores

date 20 May 2012 | category News


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CBS Interactive)

It seems that Apple is retail’s Botox.

The minute an Apple store appears in a shopping mall — or, say, a vast famous New York railway station — somehow the area becomes prettier …

China to Google: Android must remain open

date 20 May 2012 | category News

In giving the thumbs-up to Google’s acquisition of Motorola, regulators in China stipulated that Google must make Android free and open for five years, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed …

Do hybrid cars kill you with silence?

date 20 May 2012 | category News


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Audi Screenshot Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

The first time you get into a hybrid car, it can be quite eerie.

Not merely because of the peculiar sanctimoniousness of its owner, but because when it comes to a …