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The ugly truth: Apple vs. PC design

Brooke Crothers — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:56:18 GMT

commentary The PC world still hasn't come up with an awesome design to challenge the iPad. The clock's ticking. [Read more]

Moon dust gathered by Neil Armstrong discovered in warehouse after 40 years

Edward Moyer — Sat, 25 May 2013 22:08:26 GMT

While tidying up a storage space at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, an archivist makes a cosmic discovery. [Read more]

Why DOJ didn't need a 'super search warrant' to snoop on Fox News' e-mail

Declan McCullagh — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:50:33 GMT

Vagaries of federal surveillance law, enacted in 1968 and updated in 1986, favor lots of e-mail snooping over only a little. [Read more]

Google's Schmidt: Teens' mistakes will never go away

Chris Matyszczyk — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:49:52 GMT

Speaking at a festival in the U.K., Google's executive chairman offers that the things teens do now will stay with them forever, by way of the Web. He also suggested some people are sharing too much online. [Read more]

Does Bible Belt love porn as much as the godless do?

Chris Matyszczyk — Sat, 25 May 2013 18:05:11 GMT

Figures provided by popular site PornHub suggest that those who live in allegedly more religious communities enjoy as much online release as the allegedly godless. [Read more]

Apple 1 breaks auction record, goes for $671,400

Edward Moyer — Sat, 25 May 2013 16:26:09 GMT

One of what's thought to be only six working Apple 1 computers -- hand-built by Steve Wozniak -- flies out of a German auction house for a tidy sum. The last one went for $640,000. [Read more]

Meet the new champ of desktop speakers: Adam Audio F5

Steve Guttenberg — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:36:00 GMT

Move over Audioengine and Emotiva; the Adam Audio F5 is coming on strong. [Read more]

'Star Trek II' producer talks Ceti Eel, J.J. Abrams, and more (Q&A)

Amanda Kooser — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT

Robert Sallin, producer of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," shares his experience working on the film, looks at the future of "Trek," and dishes on whether that was Ricardo Montalban's real chest. [Read more]

Beware the coming of the Google Glass photographer

Eric Mack — Sat, 25 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

The folks at Grovo paint a terrifying picture of a future dominated by obnoxious, Glass-wearing photophiles. [Read more]

HTC One Google edition: It's real and coming in summer

Roger Cheng — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:20:14 GMT

HTC is planning a Sense-free version of its flagship phone, CNET has confirmed. [Read more]

Crave Ep. 122: When the moon hits your 3D-printed pizza pie

Stephen Beacham — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:49:19 GMT

This week on Crave, NASA wants to 3D-print a pizza, and one man plays the guitar during his own brain surgery while another captures a terrifying BASE drive with his helmet cam. [Read more]

Haswell chip primer: How Intel pinches power

Brooke Crothers — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:37:42 GMT

Intel's Haswell processor is first and foremost about power savings. Here's how the chipmaker got a serious battery life boost. [Read more]

Bidder buys $1.5 million space date with Leonardo DiCaprio

Tim Hornyak — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:16:50 GMT

How much would you pay to get locked in a spaceship with DiCaprio? At an auction to benefit AIDS research, a man buys three days of training and a trip to suborbital space with the "Gatsby" star. [Read more]

Q&A: MacFixIt Answers

Topher Kessler — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:33:56 GMT

Readers ask about batch-editing file names, augmenting the flash storage in new MacBooks, and secure-erasing e-mail messages in Mail. [Read more]

How to encrypt one volume on a drive in OS X

Topher Kessler — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:31:03 GMT

If you want to share a drive but keep some files on it encrypted, you can easily do so with a couple of approaches in OS X. [Read more]

The true shape of the Ring Nebula

Michelle Starr — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:18 GMT

New images from NASA's Hubble telescope reveal that the Ring Nebula is more complex than we knew. It's not a bagel, but a jelly doughnut. [Read more]

Google to build YouTube app for Windows Phone 8

Mary Jo Foley — Fri, 24 May 2013 21:08:34 GMT

After a public tussle, Microsoft and Google have agreed to jointly build a native YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, which will be released within a few weeks. [Read more]

Microsoft refutes reports about Xbox One used game sales

Jay Greene — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:56:06 GMT

But the software giant won't disclose its policy regarding the resale of used titles for the new video game console. [Read more]

Xbox One uncertainty, earnings drag down GameStop

Shara Tibken — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:08:48 GMT

The game retailer's shares have taken a hit this week, falling nearly 20 percent. [Read more]

Back up your DVDs with free BDlot ISO Master

Rick Broida — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:08:21 GMT

Whether you're outfitting the ultimate home-theater PC or just trying to protect your copy of "Toy Story 3" from the kids, this utility can help. [Read more]

Google Translate says 'Hola!' to Chrome

Seth Rosenblatt — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:55:26 GMT

The latest Chrome beta for Android integrates Google Translate support directly into the browser, just like it does with its desktop counterpart. [Read more]

Secret 'Twitter garden' reveals itself when you tweet

Leslie Katz — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:50:01 GMT

Who needs Miracle-Gro when you've got Twitter? The Digital Capabilities garden responds to live tweets by revealing hidden areas of exotic foliage. [Read more]

Yahoo said to press play on Hulu bid

Jennifer Van Grove — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:35:49 GMT

The media company is reportedly keeping things cool with another big bid -- this time for online video. [Read more]

Google may build wireless networks in emerging markets, WSJ says

Roger Cheng — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:22:13 GMT

Google is reportedly going into the cellular business in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia in an effort to connect more people to the Internet. [Read more]

Apple's iOS could get a makeover

Bridget Carey — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:18:00 GMT

The iPhone operating system is expected to get a new look, the latest Xbox One report sheds new light on used games, and Digg Reader is set to launch in June. [Read more]