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- Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling
3 Sep 2010 at 11:29am
The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.
- Paris' Twitpic troubles
3 Sep 2010 at 11:21am
Facebook gets a new remote log-out security feature, India demands that RIM, Google, and Skype add local servers so it can monitor communications, and a recent Twitpic may spoil Paris Hilton's alibi.
- Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV
3 Sep 2010 at 11:00am
Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality
- Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anticoal campaign
3 Sep 2010 at 10:17am
Social network gets flak from Greenpeace over its planned giant data center in Oregon, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading.
- Apple's Ping dinged by spam
3 Sep 2010 at 10:01am
The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack of spam- or URL- filtering, according to Sophos.
- Harsh words from GoldenEye 64 designer
3 Sep 2010 at 9:41am
The designer of the original GoldenEye game is concerned that Activision won't do the franchise justice in its upcoming remake. And he wants the world to know it.
- U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'
3 Sep 2010 at 9:28am
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
- Toshiba's Android embrace at IFA (photos)
3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
Toshiba has gone all in for Android. At the IFA electronics show in Berlin, it displayed its Folio tablet and its AC 100 Netbook. Here's how they looked.
- How 'Catfish' filmmakers took Facebook plunge (Q&A)
3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
In an interview, CNET's Ina Fried speaks with the three filmmakers behind "Catfish"--that other Facebook movie. This one is both a documentary and a thriller.
- Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup)
3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.
- Ask Maggie: On buggy Android upgrades
3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
Also in this week's Ask Maggie advice column find out why Verizon Wireless is able to charge more for its service and why T-Mobile gives customers who don't sign a contract a break on their monthly fees.
- Toshiba debuts Android-powered Folio 100 tablet
3 Sep 2010 at 7:00am
The tablet will cost 399 to 499 euros in Europe when it goes on sale later this year. Here's a hands-on look at it and Toshiba's AC100 Android Netbook.
- TI reveals new, teensy projector chip
3 Sep 2010 at 6:21am
The new nHD model of the Pico DLP line has better optical performance and lower power consumption, Texas Instruments says.
- SD revamp to triple flash card speeds in 2012
3 Sep 2010 at 5:32am
The SD Association should rev its flash card specification in 2011 with faster cards arriving the year after. Also at IFA, Toshiba announces faster cards using today's SD technology.
- Paris Hilton busted by Twitter pic?
2 Sep 2010 at 8:47pm
Despite claiming a rather nifty Chanel bag containing cocaine was not hers, it seems the dazzling socialite tweeted a picture of a bag that looks spectacularly similar more than a month ago.