The Founder Institute, an early-stage startup accelerator, graduated its 500th company recently.The milestone occurred almost three years to the day after the organization first started. In that time, it has helped launch companie…
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Watch Venus Cross the Sun, with Astronomers [LIVE VIDEO]
The transit of Venus is well underway, and we’ve found the best way to watch — with astronomers and amateur stargazers, in a Google+ Hangout (embedded above). The Hangout is being led by Frasier Cain, veteran publisher of the we…
Microsoft Bing team develops app — for Android only!
Members of the Bing Mobile team at Microsoft’s Israel R&D Center have launched a new beta app and Web site for remotely programming their phones.The unusual element here? The app is for Android phones only (at least at this po…
Buy your own ‘Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne
Legend has it the first king of Westeros, Aegon Targaryen, created the Iron Throne with the swords of a thousand fallen enemies.(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)Many of you out there simply can’t get enough of the …
Buy your own ‘Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne
Legend has it the first king of Westeros, Aegon Targaryen, created the Iron Throne with the swords of a thousand fallen enemies.(Credit: Screenshot by Christopher MacManus/CNET)Many of you out there simply can’t get enough of the …
Video game violence at E3: Too much, yet still not enough
I’m no shrinking violet when it comes to video game violence. I cut my teeth on Unreal Tournament, and I am a machine with a shotgun in Halo. But the bloody displays at Microsoft’s and Sony’s press conferences here at E3 left me h…
‘Phone, unlock thyself’
Sooner than you think, the Holy Grail of mobile password security could land on your phone thanks to new tech from Nuance called Dragon ID.Dragon ID is a voice biometrics system from the same company behind the voice-recognition t…
How Airtime plans to keep penises out of the picture
Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning’s new social video startup Airtime launched today with a celebrity-studded event, but no matter how many times Jim Carrey praised the service it was clear that it liberally borrowed the basic idea o…
Champion Runner Helps Fallen Rival Cross Finish Line [VIDEO]
Like a superhero swooping in to help someone, runner Meghan Vogel came from behind during the 3,200-meter race at the high school state track meet in Ohio to help a struggling rival. Competitor Arden McMath fell multiple times Satur…
Champion Runner Helps Fallen Rival Cross Finish Line [VIDEO]
Like a superhero swooping in to help someone, runner Meghan Vogel came from behind during the 3,200-meter race at the high school state track meet in Ohio to help a struggling rival. Competitor Arden McMath fell multiple times Satur…
Has Britain given up on speed cameras?
(Credit: ITN News Screenshot: Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)Britain has always led the world in the most important things. Like humor and diffidence.However, evidence emerging from the land of a very long-lasting monarch is that the natio…
How Microsoft might counter Google’s Quickoffice move
Google Docs has made some inroads against Microsoft Office, but not nearly enough.That’s no doubt a big reason for Google’s latest acquisition, Quickoffice, announced today. Now the question becomes will the cross-mobile-platform …
How Microsoft might counter Google’s Quickoffice move
Google Docs has made some inroads against Microsoft Office, but not nearly enough.That’s no doubt a big reason for Google’s latest acquisition, Quickoffice, announced today. Now the question becomes will the cross-mobile-platform …
Do Facebook games belong at E3?
(Credit: EA)For a trade show all about video games and interactive entertainment, it’s surprising to me that some of the most popular games are hardly represented at all. Amid the halls filled with life-size statues of space marin…
Seen that privacy chain letter on Facebook? Ignore it
If you’ve been on Facebook this week, you may have seen a status update now making the rounds that purports to explain how to safeguard your privacy on the service. Which sounds great, but for one thing: It’s pretty much bogus.In …