Apple’s Time Capsule.(Credit: Apple)How much are your digital backups worth?According to one one British Columbia man, copies of data from his two computers and an iPhone that were being stored on an Apple Time Capsule that went k…
Autore: Piero_Tagliapietra
How to Make Your Facebook Feed Simpler, Sexier [VIDEO]
A new site called Octofeed is looking to make reading your Facebook feed a little easier by reducing what you see on it.The product of programmer David Chin Yee and his wife Jennifer Puno, the site simplifies your traditiona…
YouTube Changes Design for Some Users [VIDEO]
Does your YouTube homescreen look a little different Thursday? That’s because Google is testing out a design of the site that focuses more on categories. Only a very small number of users can see this temporary version, for …
Facebook highlights video chat with new ‘call’ button
(Credit: Screenshot by Donna Tam/CNET)Facebook is testing out a new “Call” button in profile pages to promote its video chat capabilities.Despite launching the service in a partnership with Skype nearly a year ago, Facebook may fe…
How did Samsung keep Galaxy S III a secret?
Samsung went to great lengths to hide the Galaxy S III, even from other company departments.(Credit: Samsung Tomorrow)In the weeks leading up to the formal unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S III, the internet was full of rumors, co…
Facebook wants users’ cell numbers in bid to bolster security
In the wake of a rash of password leaks, Facebook wants to educate its members about how to make their accounts more secure and is asking for users’ cell phone numbers as part of that effort.The social network has begun adding a m…
Reporter Put on Leave After Refusing to Remove Facebook Post
After reporter Barrett Tryon posted a link to an article on his personal Facebook Timeline, his boss told him it violated the company’s social media policy.Tryon refused to remove it, sparking a whole conversation about the le…
Reporter Put on Leave After Refusing to Remove Facebook Post
After reporter Barrett Tryon posted a link to an article on his personal Facebook Timeline, his boss told him it violated the company’s social media policy.Tryon refused to remove it, sparking a whole conversation about the le…
4 Korean startups get opportunity to make it on the global stage
South Korea is in the midst of revitalizing its startup community. It is moving away from a stigma of failure, and encouraging more youngsters to forget the traditional notion of school in exchange for entrepreneurship. Indeed, ma…
Extremely Large Telescope gets rather strong vote of confidence
An artist’s rendering of the European Extremely Large Telescope. Note the extremely small automobiles.(Credit: European Southern Observatory)No, it’s not something out of a Monty Python sketch. The “European Extremely Large Telesc…
Fox accuses Google of being unpatriotic
(Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)When two of our most respected institutions progress to conflict, it is best to cover one’s ears and eyes.However, today, has seen merely two of our most powerful institutions in apparent…
Judge grants Apple’s request for injunction hearing
The judge overseeing Apple and Motorola’s patent lawsuit has decided to grant Apple’s request for an injunction hearing, Foss Patents reported today.U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has set the hearing for the patent infringem…
Sprint seeks dismissal of NY suit alleging tax fraud
Sprint Nextel today filed a request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it had stiffed New York out of $100 million in taxes.(Credit: Sprint) Sprint filed its request to a New York state court, arguing that its practices don’t violate N…
Retina MacBook Pro: The Laptop From the Future [REVIEW]
When Apple created major buzz around a new product in the past few years, it was almost always an iPhone or iPad. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see the world ooh and aah about an Apple computer again, the MacBook Pro With …
Bloomingdales Will Let You Design Shoes from a Store Window [EXCLUSIVE]
It’s a familiar problem; you’ve scanned the shoe stores for the perfect sandals to match your new bathing suit, but nothing quite goes. What if you could design your own?Havaianas and Bloomingdales in NYC are offering cu…