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  • Jun
  • 26
  • 2008

Concept camera aims to shoot emotions

German designer Akbiyik Volkan has conceptualized a shooter that seems to be able to function on its own and takes pictures depending on your mood and emotion.

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  • Jun
  • 24
  • 2008

Preview: CNET’s new, improved look

After more than a dozen years of bringing you our content surrounded by yellow and green, CNET is getting a new look. As you can see below, the carnival of colors is being replaced by a cleaner look that pivots off our updated, red CNET logo and our content.

We had two key goals with this CNET revamp–make the site easier to use and speed it up. Simplicity is the major theme of this design, and that includes the new “pipeless” CNET logo, a more consistent site structure and a…

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  • Jun
  • 21
  • 2008

And the fastest browser is…

Which is the world’s fastest browser? According to Zimbra, Safari runs fastest, though it didn’t beat out Firefox by much. Both Safari and Firefox were roughly twice as fast as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7. Of course, Zimbra was testing for how these browsers perform with the Zimbra Web application. Your mileage may vary with other applications.

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  • Jun
  • 18
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IBM supercomputer is world’s fastest & most energy efficient

Good news for green tech: The fastest supercomputer in the world is also one of the most energy efficient. In the twice-yearly list of the fastest computers on the planet, IBM has 5 of the top 10 most powerful computers, including the No. 1 spot.

Supercomputing, which pits the highest-end machines against challenges such as forecasting the global climate in coming decades or finding oil reservoirs underground, is a fast-changing field. The Top500 list once again had the most…

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  • Jun
  • 17
  • 2008

Fascinating Video Tour of an Equinix Data Center

Equinix is responsible for holding massive amounts of data, including storage for popular sites like MySpace.com. Take a tour of the facilities, and see how much energy it takes to keep the Web alive. CNET News.com’s Neha Tiwari reports.

AP to set guidelines for using its stories in blogs

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  • Jun
  • 13
  • 2008

New MacBook in stores this year?

AppleInsider believes that the MacBook and the MacBook Pro are due for a face-lift, but doesn’t provide specific timing for the new rollout. If Apple follows through, the MacBook will get the most significant overhaul, moving from a plastic chassis to an aluminum one that’s already in place on the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iMac computers.

At the start of the 21st century, there's no tech outfit more influential than Apple. CNET News.com's Tom Krazit will attempt to make sense of the rumors, hype, products, and people that will shape the future of the company. But…

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  • Jun
  • 04
  • 2008

Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the App Store in March, and third-party applications delivered through the store should arrive Monday.

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  • Jun
  • 01
  • 2008

Billboards That Secretly Film You… WTF

Some entrepreneurs have introduced equipping billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by–their gender, approximate age, and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database.

Quividi's technology has been used in Ikea stores in Europe and McDonald's restaurants in Singapore, but it has just come to the United States. Another Quividi billboard is in a Philadelphia commuter station with an advertisement for the…

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  • May
  • 18
  • 2008

Facebook exec: We’re the Net’s cable company

As you might expect from a vice president of product marketing, Facebook’s Chamath Palihapitiya can deliver a convincing sales pitch.
His sell: Facebook is the next-generation platform of the Internet that can turn any ambitious entrepreneur (with the right application) into an overnight success. He rattled off the stats to back up the argument.

Last year, the company backed up its commitment to developers when it introduced the Facebook Fund (or fbFund), which grants up to $250,000 to promising entrepreneurs without asking for equity. (Facebook worked in partnership with…

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  • May
  • 16
  • 2008

CNET: CBS’ YouTube, or Its Waterloo?

With the deal, CBS says it will triple its interactive footprint and will become one of the top 10 biggest internet properties. While that all sounds very promising, CBS is acquiring a very troubled business. When they said in 2006 that they wanted to find “the next YouTube” to acquire, no one could have guessed that they meant CNET….

“CNET is a complex company that needs some work because it's a mix of smaller businesses, many acquired, so there are management challenges,” says Larry Kramer, who was president of CBS Digital Media until 2006 and is now senior…

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  • May
  • 15
  • 2008

Breaking: CBS to acquire CNET for $1.8 Billion

CBS has announced plans to acquire CNET for $1.8 Billion. CNET would become part of CBS Interactive.

"There are very few opportunities to acquire a profitable, growing, well-managed Internet company like CNET Networks," said Moonves. "CBS stands for premium content and unparalleled reach, and CNET Networks will add…

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  • May
  • 14
  • 2008

Mac Office sales soar on Apple’s gains

While Apple’s market share gains are cause for consternation for many in Redmond, one unit is clearly benefiting. Microsoft’s Mac unit is set to disclose on Tuesday that copies of the new Office for Mac 2008 are flying off the shelves at three times the rate of its predecessor.

For those still using the last release of Office, Lefebvre said that, after several delays, Microsoft is on track to release by the end of June the converters that let that product work with the XML file formats that are part of Office 2007 for…

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  • May
  • 09
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Telstra’s June iPhone launch points to 3G

Telstra will be the third Australian mobile provider to sell the iPhone in Australia, fueling speculation of the imminent launch of a 3G iPhone.

Bulky 5-megapixel camera phones will be a thing of the past after LG reveals its Secret. At 11mm thick the Secret will be the thinnest high-end camera phone available. HSDPA data and a touch sensitive display make the Secret a phone you…

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  • May
  • 09
  • 2008

CNET Top 5: Worst downloads of 2008 (so far)

2008 is nearly halfway over, which means that poor CNET Download.com senior content manager Peter Butler has reached deeply into the trash heap to pluck out, shake off, and crown with glory the most useless downloads published this year. He's handed the best of the worst over to CNET Executive Editor Tom Merritt for show and tell

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