September 3, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–It’s a little hard to write more about the movie “Catfish” without spoiling its thrilling twists, but I’m going to try, because really, who likes spoiled catfish?
The documentary that tells the tale of Nev Schulman, a New York City photographer who [...]
September 3, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–It’s a little hard to write more about the movie “Catfish” without spoiling its thrilling twists, but I’m going to try, because really, who likes spoiled catfish?
The documentary that tells the tale of Nev Schulman, a New York City photographer who [...]
August 23, 2010 10:39 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
A Windows machine crashing just after launch wouldn’t ordinarily be a news story, but in this case the machine was actually Redmond’s entry in a glider contest.
Microsoft’s Windows glider takes flight (photos)
Project Phoenix, created by eight members of Microsoft’s Windows team, was one [...]
August 23, 2010 10:39 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
A Windows machine crashing just after launch wouldn’t ordinarily be a news story, but in this case the machine was actually Redmond’s entry in a glider contest.
Microsoft’s Windows glider takes flight (photos)
Project Phoenix, created by eight members of Microsoft’s Windows team, was one [...]
August 19, 2010 2:38 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Sharpie's $1.99 Liquid Pencil crosses the once sacred divide between pen and pencil.
(Credit:
Sharpie)
I’ve been a fan of pen technology for a while now, so I was more than a little intrigued by Sharpie’s recent introduction of the Liquid Pencil.
It’s sort of a hybrid between [...]
August 18, 2010 11:54 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
I was already planning to spring for an
Xbox 360 and Kinect add-on when it comes out this holiday season. I’ve even been trying to figure out which messy room in my house is best suited to give me the space I need to move [...]
August 17, 2010 10:14 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
While the upcoming “The Social Network” movie will offer one view of Facebook, another big-screen release may do a better job of showing both the power and pitfalls of the social network.
Catfish is a documentary that tells the story of photographer Nev Schulman, seen [...]
August 11, 2010 10:04 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Adrian Mercado credits Microsoft’s Bill Gates with turning around his life.
No, it’s not that Gates–although
Microsoft Office did play a starring role in Mercado’s transformation from wayward youth to motivated future worker. Rather, it is a dreadlocked, African American Microsoft employee named Bill Gates who [...]
August 5, 2010 11:11 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
HP's Shane Robison talked about the opportunities a growing middle class will mean for the technology industry and the challenges for society that growth will create.
(Credit:
Ina Fried/CNET)
TRUCKEE, Calif.–HP Chief Technology Officer Shane Robison said that the company’s acquisition of Palm will influence a range [...]
August 4, 2010 3:37 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
LAKE TAHOE, Calif.–For those concerned with privacy, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a few more things to start worrying about.
Schmidt noted that using artificial intelligence, computers can take 14 pictures of anyone on the Internet and stand a good chance of identifying that person. [...]