The guesses on Microsoft’s June 18 announcement are continuing to fly fast and furiously (if not fluidly).The latest round is centering on Microsoft’s big announcement being some kind of a Microsoft-manufactured tablet. If these r…
FBI, DEA warn IPv6 could shield criminals from police
U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies are warning that a historic switch to the next-generation Internet protocol called IPv6 may imperil investigations by making it more difficult to trace who’s using which electronic addres…
Amazon Web Services recovers from partial outage
Parts of Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered an outage on Thursday that led to a spread of high-profile sites clocking off the Web for the evening.Amazon was quick to update its cloud status — its first update at 8:50 p.m. PT — s…
Golden parachutes for Balsillie, Lazaridis in wake of RIM ouster
Research In Motion’s former co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis might have run into some trouble in their waning days at the company, but that didn’t stop the mobile firm from giving them some serious entitlements to make the…
Nokia’s debt downgraded to junk status
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at last year’s Nokia World.(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Nokia, Moody’s steps in with a downgrade of its debt rating.Moody’s lowered its rating to junk statu…
Social Integration Adds a New Twist to Olympians’ Stories
When Universal Sports and BP present a series of original webisodes highlighting the personal stories of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls over the coming weeks, fans won’t just be treated to the videos. They’ll also be able to …
New Dropbox for iOS and Two Other Stories You Need to Know
Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. Today, we’re looking at three particularly interesting stories.New Dropbox iOS…
Why I had it all wrong about Boston’s high-tech scene
A foggy picture for Boston’s high-tech community?(Credit: Photo courtesy Evelyn Rodriguez-Anton)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — I’m at a crowded tech schmoozefest, and Tim Rowe, the pied piper of local startups, is giving me a serious talking…
With FBI snooping on social media, how to protect privacy
FBI homes in on new snooping tool: Social mediaTo say that the FBI had its work cut out for it after 9/11 is an understatement. As part of its anti-terrorism efforts, the agency cozied up to telecom companies, like Verizon and AT&…
CNET Road Trip 2012: Geeking out on the West Coast
CNET Road Trip 2012 will explore much of California, including military bases, a movie studio, an aquariums, a NASA flight center, and much more. And the Hollywood sign, of course.(Credit: James Martin/CNET)For the last seven year…
YouTube Haiku: Bursts Of Comedy Gold
A YouTube Haiku, according to the subreddit (a subsection of popular social news site Reddit) that coined the name, is a video that lasts no longer than 14 seconds, and is, as they describe it, pure poetry.Cheap humor isn’t wh…
ZeroBundle 2 is released!
And here’s our new ZeroBundle! This is our second ZeroBundle, and this time we put the focus on icons! Everyone loves icons and this massive bundle includes hundreds of exclusive and amazing icons from great designers.Thanks to t…
ZeroBundle 2 is released!
And here’s our new ZeroBundle! This is our second ZeroBundle, and this time we put the focus on icons! Everyone loves icons and this massive bundle includes hundreds of exclusive and amazing icons from great designers.Thanks to t…
‘US Ignite’ Will Create Ultra-Fast Experimental Broadband Networks
The White House has launched a public-private partnership aiming to build ultra high-speed broadband networks in communities around the U.S. Unveiled Thursday, it’s called US Ignite.The networks will be opened up to developers…
Social Network Teams Up With Marvel, Lets Kids be Super Heroes
The popular kids-only social network site Club Penguin is making every kids dream come true — becoming a Super Hero.Club Penguin is partnering with Disney Marvel to let kids dress their penguin avatars as Avengers characte…
Turn Your Google+ Hangout Into a YouTube Party
We’ve all been to parties where someone grabs the laptop and starts showing everyone this latest cool YouTube video. Eventually, everyone gathers around the computer, firing off their favorites, and the party turns into a You…
Are Website Builders and Ready-made Templates a Competitor to Designers
We all admire technology advancements that make our life easier. After all, this is what drives progress. However, when these technology advancements hurt our business, we tend to hate and condemn them, as is the case with website…
Australian Retailer Threatens to Tax IE 7 Users (But Really Won’t)
Australian online retailer Kogan wants its users to stop using old versions of Internet Explorer and it isn’t afraid to threaten a little taxation to get there.The company claims that it will levy a 6.8% tax on any user that…