Facebook, security firms to provide free antivirus
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Facebook said Wednesday that it will work with Microsoft Corp. and with computer security firms Trend Micro Inc., Sophos, Symantec Corp. and Intel Corp.'s McAfee to provide safeguards on Facebook.
Continue »Kickstarter project aims to turn iPad into MacBook
The Brydge hits Kickstarter with early adopter pricing of $150 for the entry-level model with no built-in speaker.
(Credit: Oona)(CNET) During Apple's second quarter earnings call Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of Apple releasing a MacBook-iPad hybrid device, saying such convergence was a "compromise" to the end user.
"You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator," Cook said, "but those things are probably not going be pleasing to the user."
Continue »China cracks down on social media amid scandal
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(Credit: AP)Sina Weibo is a Twitter-like service lets its users broadcast text and photos in real-time. The service has over 300 million users. Twitter has been blocked from China since 2009.
Continue »Google Drive: first impressions, who owns what
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While it's not open to the general public yet, a handful of journalists got to test out the cloud storage service and raised a few questions over who owns the files stored on Google Drive.
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"Trials Evolution" is modern day "Excitebike"
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(CBS News) Developer RedLynx's "Trials Evolution" does a good job of building upon the groundwork laid by its 2009 predecessor.
The platform racing game is a modern-day version of the Nintendo's "Excitebike" or its lesser-known, but equally fun, cousin Sega's "Enduro Racer," updated for today's extreme Mountain Dew junkies.
Continue »Apple trumps expectations, sells 35M iPhones in 2Q
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Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in the January-to-March quarter, almost twice as many as it sold a year ago and above analyst expectations.
Continue »Google Drive online storage launches today
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(CBS News) Google announced its cloud storage service Google Drive Tuesday. The new service is an online file storage system that is also integrated with services, like Gmail, Google+ and Google Documents.
So how does it work?
Google Drive is similar to Dropbox or Microsoft SkyDrive. The service requires you to install software onto a Macintosh or PC, which acts as a drive on your computer and syncs with a remote server or the cloud. Once a file is saved on your Google Drive, it should also sync to the cloud. That means you can access your files from anywhere that has an Internet connection. The service will also be available on Android tablets, with Apple iOS devices in the works.
Continue »Scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot
A scientist waves to Mark-Andre Duc, a partially tetraplegic patient, at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, April 24, 2012. From the hospital 100 kilometers (62 miles) away, Duc, imagined lifting his fingers to direct a robot. Swiss scientists demonstrated with this test how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone.
(Credit: AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.
On Tuesday, a team at Switzerland's Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne used only a simple head cap to record the brain signals of Mark-Andre Duc, who was at a hospital in the southern Swiss town of Sion 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.
Continue »Facebook grows to 901 million users
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The social network now reports 901 million monthly active users, 300 million photos uploaded per day and 125 billion friendships. The filing also shows that 488 million people access Facebook via mobile products.
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iPhone "nano" rumored to launch this year
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A new report by the China Times claims that Apple is planning to release low-cost iPhone "nano" this year. According to the Times, the move aims to make gains on the low-end smartphone market.
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