CFast 2.0 splits high-end flash card market

SanDisk showed this CFast 2.0 prototype flash-memory card at Photokina 2012 in Germany. The card is for high-end cameras and is the same size as a CompactFlash card. Canon committed to support CFast 2.0 in future cameras, but Nikon is backing a different would-be CompactFlash successor called XQD. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) COLOGNE, Germany -- There's room for a higher-end flash card...

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Unwired Planet hits Apple, Google with patent infringement suits

Unwired Planet, a company that has been called a patent troll by some, has gone on the offensive against Apple and Google. The company has reportedly filed patent-infringement complaints against the companies over their alleged use of its intellectual property in mobile products. Unwired Planet charges Apple with violating 10 patents related to everything from its device designs to cloud services....

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Apple's Maps app slammed over missing cities and other mistakes

Duplicating an entire island is just one of the mistakes Apple made in the new Maps app. (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Released just yesterday as part of iOS 6, Apple's new Maps app is already facing criticism around the world over a slew of geographic errors. The app has been faulted across several countries for misidentifying cities, using incorrect icons, and even failing to...

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Low Latency No. 38: The waiting game

Low Latency is a weekly comic on CNET's Crave blog written by CNET editor and podcast host Jeff Bakalar and illustrated by Blake Stevenson. Be sure to check Crave every Thursday at 8 a.m. PT for new panels! Want more? Here's every Low Latency comic so far. Jeff Bakalar 20 Sep, 2012 -Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/NnTv/~3/tnQzx-U4bcY/--Manage subscription | Powered by ...

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Facebook Offers no longer free

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg earlier this month at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET) Facebook Offers won't be free much longer, with the company finding a new way to grow revenue by charging merchants to run deals on its site. The social networking giant launched Facebook Offers a year ago as a free service that allows business to send promotions directly to...

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'Occupy' protestors descend on iPhone 5 debut (photos)

About 13 self-described members of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement late last night joined the line of people waiting to buy the iPhone 5. Members of the group were photographed talking shortly after police set up crowd-control barricades. OWS began as a protest against corporate greed, corruption and the influence big business has over government. September 20, 2012 6:56 AM PDT ...

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Facebook quietly tests Photo Syncing on Android, report says

Facebook's Photo Syncing. (Credit: Facebook) Facebook's Photo Syncing is being tested on Android-based devices, according to a new report. The feature, which automatically uploads images Android users snap from their devices to their Facebook profiles, is being tested on a small number of users, The Verge is reporting, citing comments from Facebook. Upon snapping a photo with an Android-based...

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Apple's iOS 6 set for 10 a.m. PT launch, leaked image claims

Some of the improvements coming to iOS 6. (Credit: CNET) Apple's iOS 6 is definitely launching today. But when exactly? A new image that's popped up on the Web might just tell us. Twitter user "JamesIsFierce" today posted what he claims is a schedule of "release times for iOS 6." The image shows locations around the world with corresponding times. According to the image, the operating system...

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Quad-core Samsung Galaxy Note 2 launches with 5 carriers

Samsung Galaxy Note 2: Samsung's next-generation phablet. (Credit: Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) The first quad-core LTE smartphone in the U.S. is almost here, and it comes to our shores extra-large. In launching the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung is hoping to repeat its own success with sales on the the Galaxy S3 just a few months before, while also setting a record for the first quad-core smartphone...

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SEC probes possibly fraudulent Facebook pre-IPO sales

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing possibly fraudulent sales of Facebook stock in advance of the company's initial public offering, CNET has learned. SEC investigators have issued subpoenas demanding the financial records of Paul Tabet, a manager at a venture capital fund called Ventures Trust II LLC, and his wife. The commission is investigating whether Tabet and fellow fund...

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Apple wants $3B in damages from Samsung, says report

Apple will reportedly request $3 billion in damages from Samsung for patent infringement, triple the amount initially awarded by the court. Attorneys for Apple plan to ask U.S. Federal Judge Lucy Koh to order Samsung to pay $3 billion after losing the recent patent suit between the two companies, reports the Korea Times. A hearing was supposed to be scheduled for this coming Friday in which Apple...

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LG's quad-core-packing Optimus G to head to U.S. in Q4

LG's latest super phone, the Optimus G, will head to the U.S. in the fourth quarter, according to the head of its U.S. marketing unit. LG executive James Fischler, speaking at an event in New York, touted it as one of the most powerful and fastest smartphones in the market. The Optimus G, which was announced earlier in South Korea, is the first phone to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon quad-core processor....

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T-Mobile names Legere as new CEO

John Legere (Credit: Global Crossing) T-Mobile USA is getting a new chief executive. Deutsche Telekom today announced that John Legere will become CEO of its T-Mobile USA business unit on September 22. "John is a talented and proven executive who brings a successful track record of leading and operating consumer- and business-focused telecommunications and technology companies," said Rene...

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EU to market test e-book settlement proposed by publishers, Apple

The European Union's European Commission (EC) confirmed today that Apple, along with four e-book publishers, have offered up a settlement deal on e-book price-fixing that could be approved in the coming months. According to the EC, Apple, Harper Collins, Hachette Livre, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster (which is owned by CBS, the same company that publishes CNET) have agreed to terminate e-book...

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Bromium secures computers by holding apps in isolation

Simon Crosby, co-founder and chief technology officer of Bromium (Credit: Bromium) Some of the minds behind virtualization technology used by Amazon Web Services are launching new security software today called Bromium, which is designed to protect against attacks by keeping apps and their individual tasks separate from the operating system. While traditional antivirus software prevents known...

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eBay sellers: iPhone 5 is yours for a mere $1,600

The iPhone 5 in hand. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Those trying to cash in on the iPhone 5 craze have taken to eBay to sell off iPhone 5s even before they've gone on sale. A check of eBay shows that the range of prices varies wildly. The secondary market thinks nothing of asking more than $1,000 for an unlocked 64-gigabyte iPhone 5 and there were was one going for $1,625. Unlocked 32 GB models...

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Dell adds Windows 8 to two new Latitudes

It may not generate excitement on par with the iPhone 5, but Dell has added two new Windows 8 systems to its business-targeted Latitude lineup. While that's not a product line that usually catches our attention, these are definitely on the more adventurous side for Latitudes. Latitude 6430u ultrabookThis 14-inch Windows 8 ultrabook meets certain MIL-STD-810G standards, which is what we usually see...

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As iOS 6 debuts minus YouTube, video apps fight for attention

Squrl's app searches for videos across a wider range of sites than YouTube's does. (Credit: Squrl) When Apple users start upgrading to iOS 6 this morning, it'll be missing an app that's been baked into the operating system since the release of the first iPhone: YouTube. For the first time, consumers will have to search for a video app on their own -- and that has developers eager to get their...

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Intel sets Windows 8 tablet event with HP, Samsung, others

Hewlett-Packard's Envy x2 'convertible' laptop uses Intel's new dual-core Clover Trail chip. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Intel is going to kick off the season of the Windows 8 tablet by hosting an event next week attended by virtually all of the major PC players. The September 27 event will highlight products using Intel's "Clover Trail" Z2760 (PDF) power-efficient system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor....

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Sony unveils super slim PlayStation 3

The newest PlayStation 3 on the block. (Click to enlarge.) (Credit: Sony Computer Entertainment America) Sony unveiled a smaller, lighter PlayStation 3 at the Tokyo Game Show on Friday, a redesign of its aging console that sports a thinner look and larger hard drive capacities. Two flavors of the redesigned PS3 arrive this fall in the U.S.: a $269 250GB super slim PS3 option lands on September...

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Apple iOS 6

Apple's iOS 6 is more of an incremental update than a game-changer, but with more than 200 features there is plenty to like here. Outside of the new Maps app, Passbook, and new Siri functions, most of the changes are small, but the total package is more than its individual parts. The update will make your iPhone experience better, more efficient, and easier to use. Sure, some of the new features...

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iPhone 5 preorder delivery pushed back 3 to 4 weeks

The Apple iPhone 5. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Demand for the iPhone 5 has been so great in the past week that Apple is apparently having trouble keeping up, as shipping estimates for preorders have now been increased to three to four weeks. Apple was caught off-guard last week by the crush of initial preorders, with the first batch of iPhone 5 models selling out within an hour. The company even...

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Display tech, 4G hikes iPhone 5 cost to $199

The iPhone 5's new display, 4G LTE silicon, and A6 chip add cost compared to the iPhone 4S, said iSuppli. (Credit: Apple) A preliminary analysis puts the iPhone 5's cost at $199, slightly more than the iPhone 4S. The virtual teardown by IHS iSuppli puts the bill of materials, or BOM, at $199 for the low-end model with 16GB of NAND flash memory. After factoring in the $8 manufacturing cost,...

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iOS 6 makes your iPhone easier to use (pictures)

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The latest operating-system update for Apple's mobile devices has tons of feature tweaks and interface changes that make it easier to use than ever before.Among the most stunning features in the new Maps app are the 3D flyover views. Several cities have already been added for you to explore. [Read more] CBS Interactive 19 Sep, 2012 -Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/NnTv/~3/7YS-5ZwivkI/2300-3513_7-10013838.html--Manage...

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Apple's iPhone 5: Everything you need to know (FAQ)

The new iPhone 5 (left) next to its older brother, the iPhone 4S. (Credit: CNET) Apple's new iPhone is here, and even with a nearly two-hour keynote, a Web site full of specifications, and CNET's must-read review there are plenty of questions that need answering. CNET has put together this FAQ to help get to the bottom of some of them. These range from what's new to where you can get the phone...

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