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Does a Public “Find My iPhone” Search Violate Personal Privacy?
A guy stole my iPhone. I tracked it and posted his address online. Was that wrong?
Apple's Big 'Little' Event: Join Us Tuesday (Live Blog)
Apple's holdingan event October 23 to introduce a new product, most likely a mini version of its iPad (Credit: Patrick Boury/Flickr ) Apple is holding its special event on Tuesday, and you can get your full dose of the news right here...
Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy
Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased
How to Use Math to Send Encrypted Messages
The Math Dude: Quick & Dirty Tips to Make Math Simpler
Verizon Draws Fire for Monitoring App Usage, Browsing Habits
Verizon Wireless has begun selling information about its customers' geographical locations, app usage, and Web browsing activities, a move that raises privacy questions and could brush up against federal wiretapping law...
A Virtual Peek at the NYC Tech Campus
NYC Tech is expected to be the city's answer to entrepreneurial programs at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wrist Device Makes Controlling Gadgets a Snap [Video]
Microsoft's wrist sensor controls smart phones, video games and other electronics via hand and finger gestures
Moore's Law: The Rule That Really Matters in Tech
Moore's Law keeps defying the pessimists because a brigade of materials scientists continues to find ways of stretching today's silicon transistor technology even as they dig into alternatives...
YouTube Exposure Means Network Knows Cats
Humanity's feline fixation extends to our electronic networks and gadgets
Bringing Schrödinger's Cat to Life
Recent experiments have begun to demonstrate how the weird world of quantum mechanics gives way to the familiarity of everyday experience
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems
3 Years in, Bitcoin Digital Money Gains Momentum
The digital currency exchange network now includes more than 1,000 merchants and at least tens of thousands of unaffiliated users, as it tries to solve barriers to participation
iPad Mini Design to Top Apple's Earlier Tablets, Analyst Says
Apple's new iPad will soon have a companion on store shelves, according to reports (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET ) Apple's iPad Mini will come with a design that bests the company's current slate, according to an analyst...
Information Nation: Digital Social Experiment to Put a Human Face on Big Data
Photographer Rick Smolan has launched a two-month social project to connect large volumes of information with the people producing it
iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy S3? And Why Sprint LTE Isn't Enough
There are so many factors to consider when buying a new smartphone and choosing a wireless service. The truth is that what's good for one consumer may not satisfy the needs of another
Zooniverse CycloneCenter
Help scientists analyze the intensities of past tropical cyclones around the globe
Apple Backtracks on "Most Powerful" Map App Claim
Apple has deleted the claim that its map app is the "most powerful mapping service ever"
Artificial Intelligence Used to Home In on New Fossil Sites
In the desert researchers demonstrate that an artificial neural network can pinpoint new fossil-rich sites, paving the way for more efficient digs
Apple CEO: We Are 'Extremely Sorry' for Maps Flap
Apple CEO Tim Cook and the newly unveiled iPhone 5. (Credit: James Martin/CNET ) Apple CEO Tim Cook took the most drastic step yet to address the growing furor over the company's beleaguered map application , saying he was "extremely sorry" for the frustration felt by customers and vowing to improve the program...
