Web 2.0
Can a smartphone sense depression?
Cnet Web 2.0 - 1 hour 39 min ago
New smartphone technology called Mobilyze is being developed to make personal mood assessments and help people stave off depression.
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Path's Dave Morin: No, really, I don't lie about this stuff
Cnet Web 2.0 - 2 hours 8 min ago
Does a 2010 e-mail from Path's CEO show how the company betrayed users' trust?
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Plenty of new phones could land in Barcelona
Cnet Web 2.0 - 2 hours 23 min ago
With Mobile World Congress just three weeks away, rumors and speculation continues to mount as to what we'll see at the show. CNET rounds up all the tidbits for you.
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Vonage dials up new mobile apps
Cnet Web 2.0 - 2 hours 49 min ago
It remains to be seen whether Vonage can make much traction against Skype's installed base, but the opportunities abroad are huge.
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Facebook's Saverin agreed to sell shares to Russian firm in 2010
Cnet Web 2.0 - 3 hours 7 min ago
Company co-founder cut side deal to transfer shares to Russian-based investment firm.
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NASA mission calculates global ice melt and rising sea levels
Cnet Web 2.0 - 3 hours 21 min ago
Over seven years, scientists used data from NASA satellites to measure global ice melt and the effect on sea level rise. Now, a new study shows that during that time, the world's water mass grew by half an inch.
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Group sues FTC over Google's planned privacy update
Cnet Web 2.0 - 3 hours 30 min ago
Electronic Privacy Information Center says the policy update violates of a 2011 privacy agreement between the agency and the company over its launch of Google Buzz.
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Motorola Droid 4 hands-on: Awesome keyboard, blistering 4G LTE
Cnet Web 2.0 - 3 hours 43 min ago
The replacement original Motorola Droid owners have been waiting for has arrived, bearing the gifts of dual-core power, an excellent keyboard, and Verizon's blazing 4G LTE data.
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Keeping up with the hackers (chart)
Cnet Web 2.0 - 3 hours 45 min ago
This handy chart provides a timeline of the computer attacks and hacks that have happened over the past year.
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Justice Department set to OK Google-Motorola deal, WSJ says
Cnet Web 2.0 - 4 hours 2 min ago
An approval could happen as early as next week, although U.S. and European regulators remain concerned about Google's commitment to licensing Motorola's patents fairly.
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Nvidia all but confirms quad-core phones for MWC
Cnet Web 2.0 - 4 hours 14 min ago
An invitation to a press event for Mobile World Congress spells out Nvidia's intention to showcase quad-core products, most likely smartphones.
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Hilarious take on Star Wars vs. Star Trek
Cnet Web 2.0 - 4 hours 19 min ago
The Graham Norton Show hosts an unexpected battle between Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart's sci-fi characters.
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Obama shoots marshmallow in the name of science
Cnet Web 2.0 - 4 hours 41 min ago
A recent science fair at the White House revealed a deliciously dangerous weapon.
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Google and Stanford early adopters of Honda Fit EV
Cnet Web 2.0 - 4 hours 46 min ago
The Honda Fit EV debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November 2011, and it's expected to be available for lease this summer. However, Google and Stanford University got a special delivery of the tiny EV this week.
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Wireless carriers rally to preserve FCC power
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 6 min ago
Several wireless carriers--with AT&T and Verizon notably absent--are quibbling over a clause in the House's jobs bill that would strip the FCC of its ability to impose restrictions in future spectrum auctions.
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Nest vows to fight Honeywell thermostat suit
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 7 min ago
Nest Labs barks back after being slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit and accuses Honeywell of trying to stifle innovation in smart thermostats with its "patent-attack strategy."
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Facebook's Zuckerberg, Sandberg up for big bonuses
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 9 min ago
New documents related to the social network's upcoming IPO show that the founder and his COO could become even wealthier than they already are.
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Path and the disclosure dilemma
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 12 min ago
Path underdisclosed what it was doing with your address book; Pinterest didn't alert users it was making money from their links. Well, what did you expect? And was it so bad?
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Verizon offers data usage controls, makes parents more uncool
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 24 min ago
Verizon's Usage Controls service allows customers to tailor their families' phone and data usages
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Apple adds to its leased Sunnyvale office space
Cnet Web 2.0 - 5 hours 24 min ago
Apple has taken out a new lease for space in a neighboring city that will hold some 400 of its employees ahead of when the company's new headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., takes shape.
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