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Intel Windows 8 tablets to hit retail stores in November - CNET
"More than 50 percent" of the "more than a dozen" designs will be hybrids, aka convertibles, the source said. Those designs combine aspects of a traditional physical keyboard-based laptop and tablet. All the devices described by the source will tap ...
smartphone games - CNET
We love Facebook pranks as much as the next guys, but not when it's coming from an anonymous source at Best Buy. As if we needed another reason not to step foot in the big blue retailer, we read this story about a Best Buy employee that posted a phony ...
Scramble with Friends - CNET
We love Facebook pranks as much as the next guys, but not when it's coming from an anonymous source at Best Buy. As if we needed another reason not to step foot in the big blue retailer, we read this story about a Best Buy employee that posted a phony ...
Fujitsu to launch Ivy Bridge laptops soon? - CNET
However, an anonymous source recently sent us some candid shots of Fujitsu's upcoming Ivy Bridge laptops, including what appears to be an Ultrabook. Given its business slant, it's perhaps not too surprising that the U772 seems to have an Ethernet port.
Does Facebook have designs on its own chip? - CNET
"They have chip designers," the source said but admitted that it's not clear what those designers are for. This person also said that it wasn't clear if Facebook was using a design from ARM, referring to the most popular chip architecture for ...
CISPA revision allows DHS Internet 'countermeasures' - CNET
Jackson Lee's amendment (PDF) is broad enough to sweep in government contractors and university networks such as Internet2 and CENIC, said a telecommunications attorney who did not want to be identified because of client sensitivity.
AT&T not spending $150M to push Lumia 900, source says - CNET
The budget to push Nokia's smartphone is significantly lower than the $150 million that Ad Age had reported yesterday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The Verge reported that the actual budget is more in line with a typical ...
LG D1L could rival upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III - CNET
According to a source close to Korea's Digital Daily, the LG D1L will offer comparable features and will make its debut in May. The early specifications for the D1L aren't that remarkable when compared with other recent LG products like the Optimus 4X ...
Mike Daisey moves on from Apple, now challenges Chinese translator - CNET
One woman leaving the theater declined to give her name because she said that she was a storyteller in the same genre as Daisey and didn't want to risk alienating members of their theatrical community. She said, however, that she felt "a little ...
Why the security industry never actually makes us secure - CNET
One executive at a top security firm who asked not to be identified admitted that technology innovation is lagging behind the criminal hackers, whose motivation is greater than the level of risk corporations feel they face. "Never before have so many ...
Will the iPad 3 really cost more? New rumor: Nope - CNET
Pointing to parts and pricing information provided by an anonymous source who has proved reliable in the past, 9to5Mac says that Apple's new lineup of iPad models due to be unveiled next week will carry the same capacities and price tags as existing ...
Apple's plans for Netflix killer turning studios, networks away? - CNET
One media executive who asked not to be named told the Post that Apple is looking for "everything for nothing." Another said that the iPhone maker wants to decide what content will be offered and at what price. Nearly a year ago, CNET reported, ...
audio file - CNET
Citing an anonymous source, UK news site The Guardian reported yesterday that the format would offer "adaptive streaming" to iCloud users, automatically choosing between low-quality and high-quality sound based on the bandwidth and amount of local ...
Apple reportedly cooking up new audio file format - CNET
Citing an anonymous source, UK news site The Guardian reported yesterday that the format would offer "adaptive streaming" to iCloud users, automatically choosing between low-quality and high-quality sound based on the bandwidth and amount of local ...
time warner cable - CNET
That's according to a report today from Bloomberg, citing an anonymous source. The report said the Justice Department would look at whether Verizon would control too much spectrum, and whether the cross-selling component of the deal would violate ...
Three reasons Facebook has to go public - CNET
A couple of months ago, the 27-year-old Zuckerberg assembled his top management team to talk about the IPO game plan, according to a person familiar with the situation. And now there's reportedly a heated competition on Wall Street between banks eager ...
A tale of Apple, the iPhone, and overseas manufacturing - CNET
The article, an in-depth report by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher of The New York Times, is based on interviews with, among others, "more than three dozen current and former Apple employees and contractors--many of whom requested anonymity to ...
Microsoft's CES floor space for 2013 sold in just 45 minutes - CNET
The space was sold to Dish and Chinese electronics maker Hisense for the same price Microsoft would have paid had it opted to attend next year's show, the source said. Space selection for the 2013 CES, which began today, is a three-day process, ...
Apple hires former Adobe exec as its new iAd chief - CNET
Citing three people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that Apple has picked Todd Teresi as the vice president of its iAd platform. Teresi has had roles at a number of technology companies, most recently Adobe Systems, where he was vice ...
Apple TV to come in 3 sizes, top out at 55 inches, report says - CNET
Those sources said Apple currently has a TV prototype, but there is still a possibility that it won't go beyond that stage. Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment on the Smarthouse report. Apple will offer television sizes up ...
DHS denies report of water utility hack - CNET
In a water utility, similar cyber tweaking could snap shafts, destroy couplings, and sheer bolts--all things that could result in damage to equipment, said a design engineer at a large US water utility who asked not to be named. ...
Microsoft buys Al Gore-backed VideoSurf, report says - CNET
In a follow-up report, TechCrunch Europe cited an anonymous source who claimed Microsoft acquired the company for $70 million. Neither Microsoft nor VideoSurf immediately responded to CNET's request for confirmation of the deal. ...
Larry Page hates e-mail, but still has 'geek street cred' - CNET
"He's going to lose some people at the end of the day," one Google employee, who asked to remain anonymous, told the New York Times about Page. The employee, like many others at the company, the Times says, is concerned that Page's slash-and-burn ...
The inside story of how Microsoft killed its Courier tablet - CNET
And a source said that Courier had made it through all four gates. So why did Courier die? The answer lies in an understanding of Microsoft's history and culture. Editor's note: This is part one in a two-part series. Coming tomorrow: how two rising ...
Yahoo now more serious about finding a CEO, report says - CNET
The sources said that the Yahoo board was initially focusing its efforts on attracting potential suitors, but it now views the addition of a permanent CEO as integral to its plans. Yahoo's board fired Carol Bartz last month, citing poor stock ...