'Star Wars' Blu-ray launch upped to September 16
Lucasfilm announces that "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" will launch a bit earlier than its original date of September 27.
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Verizon to install 100 gigabit network in U.S.
Following an upgrade in Europe, Verizon is looking to deploy 100G Ethernet to certain sections of its U.S. Internet backbone by the end of the second quarter.
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Report: Microsoft sending Windows 8 to PC vendors
Microsoft is reportedly sending early versions of Windows 8 to its PC vendor partners. The company is releasing the software through its Connect testing system.
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Salesforce buys Radian6 for $326 million
The deal gives Salesforce technology to help it keep tabs on social media across properties such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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Google Talk Guru turns IM into a search tool
A new app from Google Labs dubbed Talk Guru lets you search for information by chatting with an automated bot programmed to deliver the answers you seek.
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Electronics load offsets home efficiency gains
The overall energy efficiency of U.S. homes has improved since the 1970s, but those advances are partially undercut by more numerous appliances and electronic gadgets.
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Roku XD player heads to Best Buy
The company will start selling its XD player at Best Buy stores and on Best Buy's Web site, marking its debut on the shelves of a bricks-and-mortar retailer.
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Eek, a (bomb-sniffing) mouse!
System out of Israel employs smell-sensitive rodents to detect drugs or explosives in public venues like airports and malls. Don't worry: they won't crawl all over you.
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Making amazing light art with the Kinect (photos)
Artist Audrey Penven has a new gallery exhibit that showcases her images made with infrared photography of light from a Kinect.
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Has Google learned Microsoft's antitrust lessons?
While the Internet giant and trustbusters prepare for a year of hearings and court battles, some legal experts are struck by the similarities of what Microsoft faced a decade ago and Google faces today.
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Artist makes beautiful light with Microsoft's Kinect
After using a camera with an infrared filter to shoot some friends playing games with the hit motion-sensitive controller, Audrey Penven discovered a hidden cyberpunk treasure trove.
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Google readies 'better ads' system for Gmail
New signals system will attempt to serve up more relevant and useful ads by better predicting which topics appear to be important to each user.
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MacBook Air too pricey? Thin HP laptop hits $399
Hewlett-Packard's Pavilion dm1z doesn't have the elegance of the MacBook Air but offers a similar 11-inch form factor for $399--hundreds of dollars less.
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Rebecca Black passes Bieber as YouTube's most hated video
Just as it was about to become the most hated YouTube video of all time, Rebecca Black's "Friday" disappeared from YouTube. Then it returned, revealing that it is now the most hated YouTube video ever.
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With cloud move, Amazon has Apple in its sights
With Amazon launching a cloud storage and music streaming service, it's managed to make Apple look like a slowpoke. But it's not the first time the two companies have traded jabs.
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Report: Next Windows Phone OS to tap mobile payments
Software giant is expected to include technology in its next mobile operating system that will turn phones into an electronic wallet.
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Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player (review)
CNET reviews Amazon.com's cloud-based storage for media and files, including music, videos, photos, and documents.
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NASA network holes may jeopardize missions
Lax security makes NASA computer network for missions vulnerable to attacks that would have "catastrophic effect," according to the Office of Inspector General.
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FBI probes Comodo Web security breach
FBI and Italian police are investigating how hacker managed to convince N.J. security firm into issuing it digital certificates for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, other major Web sites.
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Is there really 'Facebook depression?' (podcast)
A report from the American Academy of Pediatrics offers good advice for parents, but triggers questions about whether it's right in asserting that Facebook may cause depression
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