Apple has released an iOS security guide, to help those IT professionals who may not be in Apple’s developer community, but still need to wrangle in the iPhones and iPads that employees bring to work.It’s widely known now that…
MotoACTV Gets Social, Lets You Read Tweets While You Run
Fitness buffs who want to stay connected while working out might want to take the MotoACTV for a spin. The latest software update to Motorola’s fitness gadget adds the ability to get Tweets and Facebook wall posts direct…
Crowdsourced Google Map Plots ‘Mad Men’ Hot Spots
Perhaps you’ve heard of Sex and the City walking tours of New York, during which a guide wheels you between Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment and Samantha Jones’ favorite sushi restaurant. But why spend upwards of $35 for …
Why Ubisoft is pouring a lot of resources into Wii U games (interview)
Xavier Poix runs Ubisoft France, overseeing the French game publisher’s three main studios in France. He is in charge of the Just Dance, Raving Rabbids, Rayman and Ghost Recon franchises. He said that his company always support…
Square to sell credit card reader at Walgreens, elsewhere
(Credit: Square) Business owners looking to turn their mobile devices into credit card machines can now purchase the Square Card Reader at Walgreens, Staples, and FedEx stores across the U.S., according to a Market Wire press rele…
Active 3D vs. Passive 3D: What’s better?
(Credit: Geoffrey Morrison )CNET reader Taher asks:I’m trying to decide between two 3D TVs: a Panasonic that’s active 3D and LG that’s passive 3D. LG has all these international certificates for the best 3D picture and claims it’s…
Mother Nature Network to Give Site Users A Way to Help the Planet [EXCLUSIVE]
Think the hours you spend online reading articles and watching videos isn’t contributing anything to society? Now, the clicks you make can actually go toward important causes such as supporting local farmers or helping e…
Zynga scoops up video game maker Buzz Monkey
And the Zynga acquisitions just keep on coming.Weeks after picking up Wild Needle and two months after acquiring OMGPOP, Zynga is making another big buy with Buzz Monkey, TechCrunch is reporting.As part of the deal, Zynga is picki…
Zimmerman Back in Jail After Raising Thousands Online
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain charged with murdering Trayvon Martin, has been sent back to jail after failing to report that he raised a substantial sum via his website, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com.During…
Satechi’s awesome Bluetooth remote arrives for iPhones, iPads
Compact, lightweight, and just plain cool, the BT Remote is great for controlling your iDevice.(Credit: Satechi)Last month, CNET reported that Apple was granted a patent for a steering-wheel remote, a clever-sounding gizmo that w…
Amazon plucks wholesome publisher to boost original titles
Beefing up its portfolio of original content, Amazon today agreed to buy the publication rights for more than 3,000 backlist titles from wholesome romance, western and mystery publisher, Avalon Books, for an undisclosed amount.The…
Amazon Publishing Acquires Family-Owned Book Publisher
Amazon’s publishing division has acquired Avalon Books for an undisclosed sum, both companies announced shortly after the market close Monday.The acquisition gives Amazon the rights to publish 3,000 backlist books primar…
HP-owned Autonomy releases new big data and analytics solutions
Hewlett-Packard-owned cloud computing business Autonomy has released a new set of cloud-based solutions created to help businesses organize and analyze their data, the company announced today.The new solutions are based on HP’s C…
Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference Brings New Games, Services to the Console
Microsoft Keynote The line for the Microsoft E3 2012 keynote presentation.Click here to view this gallery. Microsoft kicked off E3 2012 with a bang on Monday, highlighting its biggest upcoming games, as well as its future plans for …
We Found the Best Dog Website Ever: OMFGDogs
The rest of your day is going to go to the dogs.In a hypnotic, ultra-cute style that can only be likened to Nyan Cat, OMFGDogs.com is just as addicting as it is colorful. A pack of dogs — with a Corgi leading the way an…
Corning eyes flexible glass in products by 2013
CNET staffers try to break Gorilla Glass at a Corning facility.(Credit: Lynn La/CNET)Phones, tablets, and TVs with thinner, flexible screens may be available to consumers as soon as next year.Corning, the maker of glass used in Ap…
Microsoft SmartGlass: Xbox Live Companion on steroids?
(Credit: Microsoft)As many of my readers know, I’m not a video game fan, nor I am I a big TV fan. So sitting virtually through a two-hour E3 keynote address, chock-full of video game first-person-shooter previews…kill me now (pu…