• On the road with Samsungs S-Voice Drive mode

  (Credit: Antuan Goodwin/CNET) Aside from sounding like it received its moniker from BMW's product department, the S-Voice Drive driving mode is an extension of ...

• Forget what you know next-gen consoles change everything

  For the better part of a decade the videogame landscape remained mostly unchanged, complacent in a sea of sequels, motion controls and downloadable content. It's a generation that has lasted longer than any other before it albeit for generally good reasons. And perhaps most impressive is though their PC gaming counterparts have long since passed them by, these aging consoles are still able ...

• Appleformer Washington wallflower now at center of tax fight

  By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 6:58pm EDT WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code. Chief ...

• Most tasteless question Apples CEO was asked in Washington

  Perhaps it was odd enough that Sen. John McCain asked Tim Cook why he kept having to update the apps on his iPhone, but one question was even more ...

• Chinas Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals

  By Lee Chyen Yee and Umesh DesaiHONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades.Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, is expected on ...

• UPDATE 1-Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media

  Wed May 22, 2013 5:43pm EDT By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The micro blogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages a day, said on Wednesday that it had begun rolling out an optional ...

• Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

  NEW YORK - "Jenny from the Block" wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her.Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez says she's opening a chain of cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Mobil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos.The first store will open in New York on June 15. Lopez says the stores will have bilingual staff and provide a ...

• Gadgetwise Blog Earbuds Designed for Women Not in Pink

  Koss Fit Series , has two models -- the FitClips and the FitBuds, both priced at $30. The FitClips are an in-ear headphone with a retention clip that goes behind the ear. They are made of a soft rubbery material that fit around my smallish (lady-size?) ears comfortably. The FitBuds go directly into your ear canals and, like the FitClips, come with three sizes of ear cushions. The headphones ...

• Twitter beefs up security safeguards after recent attacks

  View Photo Reuters/Reuters - An illustration picture shows the logo of the Website Twitter on an Ipad, in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis ...

• HP soars as Meg Whitman turnaround continues

  Hewlett-Packard is still struggling to turn itself around. But here's the good news for HP and CEO Meg Whitman: When Wall Street estimates are set at rock bottom, they're easy to ...

• HP profit down 32 percent shares up as results beat estimates

  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world's largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook after earnings per share beat forecasts, sending its stock 10 percent ...

• HPs Q2 revenue slips but Whitman looks ahead

  were expecting a mixed bag . They got one. The tech giant reported earnings of $1.1 billion, or 55 cents per share. Non-GAAP earnings were 87 cents per share on a revenue of $27.6 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 81 cents a share on revenue of $28 billion for the second quarter. Out of the six core segments highlighted in the second quarter report, only the software ...

• Smart bike handlebars have turn signals GPS speedometer

  (Credit: Kenny Gibbs) In general, bicycles haven't adopted the same high-tech features as many cars. Turn signals are done by hand, and GPS equates to using good old-fashioned brain power or the information you have on your ...

• How Sony and Nintendo can battle the Xbox One

  Wii U are still big boxes of mystery -- even though one's already been out in stores for months. So, how will this new gaming landscape shake out? Sony and Nintendo, the also-rans to the current success story of Microsoft and the Xbox 360, will have options. But they're not always ...

• Twitter fights hacking with two-factor authentication

  Enough is enough for the global network of fast-moving 140-character missives. Twitter now hopes to protect member accounts with a more sophisticated login ...

• Facebook Teens Weary of Drama

  Pew study shows that teenage users have been moving some of their online sharing to other social media services like Twitter and Instagram to escape the "drama and pressure" of Facebook. The study does still list Facebook as the most often used service (81 percent of teens answered this way) and number one for active accounts (94 percent of teens said they currently have a Facebook ...

• Twitter Beefs Up User Security

  the Associated Press' account was taken over by hackers who told the media outlet's millions of followers that bombs had exploded at the White House. Starting today, though, Twitter users will have an added security feature intended to help prevent those types of hacks. The social network has rolled out a log in, or two-step, verification process, which requires users to confirm ...

• Twitter Adds Optional Additional Security Measure To Logins

  SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and ...

• HPs slumps deepens in 2Q as earnings fall 32 pct

  SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.A quarterly earnings report released Wednesday provided the evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s deteriorating condition.The results included the seventh consecutive decline in HP's ...

• Ireland says will not be U.S. whipping boy on tax

  View Photo Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Michael ...

• Feature Irrational hackers are growing U.S. security fear

  By Jim Finkle REUTERS - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network vulnerabilities, Moore said he found the sensors last month while analyzing information in huge, publicly available databases of ...

• New York Can Fight Airbnb and Uber But the Share Economy Is Here to Stay

  In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ...

• Xbox Live Arcade games wont work on Xbox One

  Xbox Live Arcade games with them to the Xbox One are out of luck. Microsoft has confirmed that these games will not carry over to the next-generation ...

• Finding faces in Google Maps terrain

  Using facial recognition software, a team has created a program that crawls Google Maps, seeking out faces hidden in the Earth's folds. Do you see what it ...

• Vint Cerf Social conventions have not kept up with technology

  Speaking of Glass, Google's chief Internet evangelist predicted, "It may be we will have to experience some damage before we discover what the social conventions ...

• Never open the wrong bottle of wine with the Dacor WineStation

  The Dacor Discovery DYWS4 WineStation stores, preserves and dispenses up to four bottles of wine at a time. After opening, wine stays good for up to 60 ...

• Better search finds its way into Android Chrome

  (Credit: Google) Google has made searching in Chrome for Android a bit easier with an update Wednesday to the browser. The latest stable version ...

• Verizon partners with JLos VivaMovil to target Latinos

  Verizon Wireless announces a partnership with a new mobile brand started by actress and singer Jennifer Lopez that will be geared toward Latino ...

• Former Yahoo executive Shashi Seth to head Tribune digital

  (Reuters) - Former Yahoo Inc executive Shashi Seth has joined Tribune Co to lead its digital ventures as the newspaper and broadcast company seeks new revenue sources.The company said on Wednesday that Seth was named president of Tribune Digital Ventures, a newly created stand-alone company that will operate out of Silicon Valley rather than Tribune's Chicago headquarters.Seth said in an ...

• How police can find your deleted text messages

  Smartphone forensics experts can retrieve just about anything from any phone. Police will often seize and analyze phones for evidence of things such as indecent photos and videos, what calls were placed when and to whom, browser history, calendar events and explanations of a suicide or ...

• Google is a country not a company

  Google conference this morning where champagne socialist Ed Miliband dilated at length about how evil Google is.Schmidt did, however, appear at a conference later on, where he said and yeah, I kid you not, he said: "Google is a country."He corrected that to "company" a few seconds later, in Just a Minute style. Now we have met Schmidt when he suddenly appeared as the boss ...

• UPDATE 2-Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy

  Wed May 22, 2013 3:01pm EDT * Austria to end bank secrecy for foreigners this year * Merkel says EU information exchange 'enormous step' * Luxembourg's Juncker says wants to see Swiss deal first (Adds Juncker, Faymann, Merkel comment, graphic link, detail) By John O'Donnell and Martin Santa BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - Europe edged closer to lifting banking secrecy on Wednesday ...

• Swarm of drones to give early warning of flash floods

  Existing forecasting models are good at predicting roughly when an area might experience the right mix of conditions to create a flash flood, but they can't say precisely when or where a flood will strike. Christian Claudel at ...

• The 404 1273 Where overall we think its necessary

  It's a soft 'g', Mr. President . Correction: On today's episode, we mentioned that Webby winners had to purchase their awards separately. In fact, they're included with the purchase of a ticket to the ...

• Early details emerge for what could be new HTC Desire models

  (Credit: CBS Interactive) A pair of yet-to-be-announced HTC smartphones surfaced this week, tipping the hardware maker's future ...

• How Do You Pronounce GIF Anyways

  Image credit: Courtesy The Webby Awards ';It’s pronounced ‘JIF,’ not ‘GIF.’'; Those are the words of GIF creator Steve Wilhite, who finally settled the pronunciation debate Tuesday night as he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Webby Award show in New York City, hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt. That’s right, it’s ...

• Nvidia says next Citrix Xenserver will support virtual machines on Kepler GPUs

  Nvidia has announced that its Grid virtual GPU technology will be supported by Citrix's Xenserver. Nvidia's GPGPU development has been largely aimed at the high performance computing and academic markets, however the firm is promoting it for the enterprise with its Grid GPU virtualisation technology. The firm announced that Citrix's Xenserver will support virtual machines running ...

• Guess which senator asked Apple the smartest questions

  AAPL ) taxes Tuesday, the Tea Party candidate from Wisconsin was anything but dumb. In fact, he asked smarter questions that elicited more information about Apple's operations than all the other senators combined. (See C-Span clip below.) It helped, perhaps, that his background is in business (accountant, night-school MBA program, CEO of a plastics manufacturer) not law or politics. But ...

• Its been 10 years Google is officially a New Yorker

  FORTUNE -- It takes ten years to become a New Yorker. There's no official document that says this, and you can argue the point if you like, but among my friends, that's the going wisdom. So, it's official: I offer my congratulations to Google ...

• Google Top Charts show worlds searches for whiskey more

  (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) Google's top dog for last month was, once again, the pitbull. Having taken the title for most-searched breed away from the bulldog in January, the pit has stayed in the top spot for the past four months, but the German Shepherd is looking to make a move after overtaking the Siberian Husky to advance to the No. 4 ...

• Foursquare gets better at local search with new filters on mobile

  (Credit: Foursquare) Foursquare released new versions of its iPhone and Android applications to help people narrow their searches and find just the right bar, restaurant, or coffee spot. Application users can now fine-tune their place queries and use the filter button to tick off a number of attributes to find venues that are open now or places where friends have been to in the past. People ...

• Get a free 100-photo flip-book from Groovebook

  a free 100-photo flip-book from Groovebook when you apply coupon code CNETGROOVE at checkout. That's a colossal savings of...wait for it...$2.99! No, seriously. Without that code, a 100-photo flip-book would cost you exactly $2.99. Shipped. What kind of crazy craziness is this? I'll explain. After installing the Groovebook app ...

• Walmart exec Mobile can revive personal touch for shoppers

  (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS -- Walmart believes smartphones can deliver the same kind of personalized service that founder Sam Walton embraced with his first store. Where e-commerce brought the store to the Web, smartphones are bringing the Web to physical stores, with each consumer able to access data from their phones, according to Gibu Thomas, head of mobile for ...

• Collaborate.org launches new platform to map the world

  Kevin Montgomery . "We are providing worldwide geospatial infrastructure to empower people." Collaborate.org grew out of Intelesense, a company headed by Montgomery that provides monitoring products for wireless sensor networks and a spatial data exchange. Collaborate.org is built ...

• Twitter lets advertisers collect contact info from tweets

  (Credit: Twitter) Twitter aims to turn the tweet stream into a more efficient marketing channel with the addition of a new Twitter Card that lets people quickly sign up for advertiser offers or promotions inside tweets. Twitter Cards, also known as expanded tweets, are a 1-year-old feature meant to keep information network users glued to their streams. Cards bring rich media from partners ...

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