Samsung Series 5 Windows 8 ultrabook has a touch screen that can be flipped to make it more usable in tablet mode.(Credit: CNET Asia)Device makers continue to concoct novel designs to take advantage of Windows 8 Metro interface.On…
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Samsung adds Ivy Bridge, two sub-$1,000 Series 5 laptops
Samsung unveils two Series 5 notebooks with Ivy Bridge and JBL speakersAimed squarely at the back-to-school set, Samsung’s pair of new Series 5 laptops look like affordable, workaday systems.Neither the 15.6-inch Series 5 nor the 14…
Tongal, NASA Want Your Video Time Capsules for Future Humans
What would you say to the human race in 2117? Tongal, the crowdsourced video competition website, wants to know. The site has partnered with NASA to create the, “2012 Venus Transit Video Time Capsule” contest. Tuesday evening or Wed…
Facebook Engagement Dips: 34% Spend Less Time on Site [STUDY]
One-third of Facebook users are spending less time on the site than they were just six months ago, a new survey suggests. According to findings from a poll conducted among 1,032 Americans by Reuters and research firm Ipsos, 35% of …
Windows Phone Marketplace hits the 100K milestone
(Credit: Screenshot by Dara Kerr/CNET)In just 20 months, more than 100,000 apps have been published to the Windows Phone Marketplace. That means 313 apps per day, according to the blog All About Windows Phone.Not bad for an apps s…
Diptic adds photo filters for even better collages on iOS
By now, just about everyone with an iPhone or iPad probably has a ton of images sitting in their image library. Most people already know about photo sharing apps like Instagram or EyeEm, along with photo filter apps like PhotoToas…
Threadflip poised to expand after raising $6.5M
(Credit: Threadflip)Threadflip, an online marketplace where fashionistas can sell and buy clothing, just got a $6.5 million infusion from investors, the company announced today.The company offers a quick and easy way for users to …
Threadflip poised to expand after raising $6.5M
(Credit: Threadflip)Threadflip, an online marketplace where fashionistas can sell and buy clothing, just got a $6.5 million infusion from investors, the company announced today.The company offers a quick and easy way for users to …
Viral ‘Privacy Notice’ On Facebook Is Fake
A so-called “Facebook Privacy Notice” claims you need to repost it to protect your privacy. The notice went viral on the network Tuesday but is, in fact, a fake. The posting is based on the idea that Facebook’s recent listing as …
PETA releases erotic .xxx site
(Credit: Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)This may well make your day.At least, that’s what PETA — the organization created to remind you that animals are people — would like.For, never fond of being retiring, People for the Et…
Google warns Gmail users about state-sponsored email hacking
The Google warning displayed to Gmail accounts that may have been targeted by state-sponsored phishing and malware attacks.(Credit: Google)Google hasn’t been shy about wagging its finger at China recently. And in what appears to b…
Can the automotive industry rescue Google Maps?
2012 Audi A7 Sportback 3.0TGoogle isn’t saying much about how it’s going to rescue its mapping product from the expected upset of losing the Apple deal. We’re going to learn exactly what it’s doing tomorrow at a press event that I…
Nasdaq ready to compensate Facebook IPO investors
Facebook shares began trading on Nasdaq on May 18 after a 30-minute delay.It looks like Nasdaq has a plan to compensate Facebook investors for losses incurred as a result of technical glitches that dogged the company’s IPO.The sto…
Matthew Modine to play John Sculley in Steve Jobs biopic
Actor Matthew Modine as early Apple CEO John Sculley.(Credit: Workhouse)The roster for the upcoming Steve Jobs film starring Ashton Kutcher has picked its bad guy. That is to say, the man who ousted Jobs from Apple in 1985, John …
Samsung’s Galaxy S III phones by the carrier, by the numbers
Choosing which Galaxy S III handset you want may not prove so easy.(Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET)Within the month of June, Samsung and its five carrier partners will sell a whopping 18 versions of the Samsung Galaxy S III Android…