Microsoft patent: Smack your phone up

The other night, I was awoken with a blinding flash of light. I believed the nuclear holocaust had arrived. Or, at the very least, my slightly insane stalker. Instead, my television had spontaneously switched itself on. I had to get out of bed and manually turn it off. I confess it crossed my mind to smack it. Still somewhat dazed, I am grateful that Microsoft has finally heard my inner cry...

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Apple posts detailed iPhone 5 schematic for case makers

iPhone 5 schematic for case manufacturers (Credit: Apple) Apple doesn't make life that easy for accessory makers before it launches its products, but after the unveiling it shares some of its secrets. Following the iPhone 5 launch, manufacturers scrambled to figure out the dimensions and feature placements so they could rush their cases to market. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was with Incase during...

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Apple posts detailed iPhone 5 schematic for case manufacturers

iPhone 5 schematic for case manufacturers (Credit: Apple) Apple doesn't make life that easy for accessory makers before it launches its products, but after the unveiling it shares some of its secrets. Following the iPhone 5 launch, manufacturers scrambled to figure out the dimensions and feature placements so they could rush their cases to market. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was with Incase during...

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First listen: V-Moda Crossfade M-100 headphones

Val Kolton at the NYC CNET office (Credit: Steve Guttenberg/CNET) Val Kolton has a lot of ideas. I know him first as the man who runs V-Moda, but he's also a hotshot DJ. I met with him in NYC last week for a sneak preview of his brand-new Crossfade M-100 over-the-ear headphones. Kolton had just received the first production batch and hadn't actually listened to the completed headphones yet. I...

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This week in Crave: The huggable edition

C'mon, give us a hug! (Credit: Hill & Aubrey) We'd totally understand if you were too busy hiding from robot mules and cyborg cockroaches this week to keep up with Crave. We're pretty sure the coast is clear now, though, so please come out and catch up on what you missed. - Give us a squeeze, Hug Me Coat. - Awesome geek son hacks Kinect to help mom e-mail poststroke. - Season or no...

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No easy outs for YouTube in Islam video controversy

Cairo confrontation sparked by controversial video. (Credit: CBS News) World politics intrude on Silicon Valley (again). After days of violence sparked by outrage over a video trailer mocking Islam's prophet, Google and its YouTube subsidiary are caught up in a controversy in which the options boil down to bad and worse. A brief recap: Demonstrations erupted in the Middle East this week against...

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Adobe: Next Photoshop won't support Windows XP

Apparently 11 years was long enough. Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, and Adobe said today that the current CS6 version of Photoshop will be the last one to support the operating system. "The Photoshop team would like to provide advanced notice that Photoshop CS6 (13.0) will be the last major version of Photoshop to support Windows XP," Adobe Product Manager Tom Hogarty said in a blog post....

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