Bikers, pedestrians seeking better Web maps
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- With the old gas-guzzler in the garage, you've got your bicycle ready and your sneakers laced up. Now all you need is a map of the quickest, safest routes for riding around town. Well, not so fast....
Prof whose 'last lecture' became a sensation dies
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47....
AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads
NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities....
Netflix 2Q profit up 4 pct, beats analyst views
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Netflix Inc.'s second-quarter profit crept up 4 percent, beating analyst expectations as the online DVD rental leader signed up 168,000 new customers while spending less money to attract them to the service....
China says Web users top US at 253 mln
BEIJING (AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday....
Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms....
Microsoft defends search investments to analysts
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo....
Facebook to help some programmers, punish others
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook Inc. is introducing more tools to help the software applications fueling the online hangout's popularity and is promising to intensify its efforts to weed out programs that violate its rules for protecting users' privacy....
Embarq provides more details on Web tracking test
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Embarq Corp. has revealed more details about its exploration of a program that tracked Internet subscribers' Web-surfing habits for advertising purposes, telling Congress that it performed the test on 26,000 customers in a Kansas town....
Security Bites 109: Open source security
More and more government and enterprises are using open source. A new report looks at how secure these collaborative software projects are and what needs to change.
GT Solar's shares slide following IPO
Shares of GT Solar, a large supplier of photovoltaic equipment, fell by 15 percent by their second day of trading.
Google reveals scope of Web-crawling task
Multiple times each day, Google recomputes the relative ranking of the world's Web sites. And it must indexing several billion new Web pages added daily.
Inspiring computer professor Randy Pausch dies
Carnegie Mellon professor who inspired millions with his "last lecture" after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer died Friday at age 47.
Open-source electronic voting
A group is advocating the use of open-source software and a unique tablet PC and printer as a solution to concerns surrounding voting integrity.
Terrorism hits India's high-tech hub
A series of explosions killed at least one and injured many more. But if history is a guide, the attacks will do little to slow the city's development.
The Arab oil embargo we really needed
What's it going to take to force public opinion to dispense with the fiction that cheap oil is only one or two big drilling projects away? Too bad history worked out differently.
Red Lasso closes video search after being sued
Company that indexed video clips from TV shows shuts down search engine two days after NBC Universal and Fox filed a copyright suit against the company.
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 07/22/08
BS News Correspondent Katie Couric interviewed presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain for tonights' Evening News.
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 07/22/08
CBS News Correspondent Katie Couric spoke with presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama in Amman, Jordan today. Obama had just concluded a visit to Afghanistan and Iraq. Correspondent Couric's complete report airs tonight on The CBS Eve
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 07/21/08
Cheap chic is in.So many students won't mind if their parents spend less this year than last on back to school shopping but it is tough times ahead for many retailers according to analyst Burt Flickinger.
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 07/17/08
Single family homes aren't moving...but there is interest in new multi family residences. Cuy Cecala editor of "Inside Mortgage Finance" looks at the new numbers on housing starts and explains what's happening.
Podcast - CBS News Interviews: 07/14/08
As surely as night follows day...the bulls will be returning to Wall Street..but for now.... market analyst Hugh Johnson is advising active investors to proceed with caution.
Science News
Scientists expose mystery behind northern lights
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Scientists have exposed some of the mystery behind the northern lights. On Thursday, NASA released findings that indicate magnetic explosions about one-third of the way to the moon cause the northern lights, or aurora borealis, to burst in spectacular shapes and colors, and dance across the sky....
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday....
EPA: Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Voluntary pollution-reduction programs touted by the Bush administration as part of the solution to global warming have "limited potential" to reduce greenhouse gases, according to an internal government watchdog....
Math study finds girls are just as good as boys
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science....
Zoo will reopen exhibit where 16 stingrays died
BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A zoo in suburban Chicago plans to reopen an exhibit where 16 stingrays died last week when a malfunction let the tank's water get too warm....
Internet News
China says Web users top US at 253 mln
BEIJING (AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday....
Japanese Internet mogul found guilty in appeal
TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese appeals court upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie on Friday in an ongoing case that has come to symbolize this nation's effort to deal with white collar crime at emerging dot-coms....
Dismissal of federal Internet suicide case sought
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An attorney for a Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide filed motions Wednesday to dismiss the federal case....
Court affirms online content law unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet....
CNet Gadget News
Gadgettes 99: The Shoes Episode
Ever stepped through a grate on the street with your high heels? Yeah, neither have I... but the ladies have. Obviously they are much more qualified to talk about these awesome shoes than I am.Listen now:Download today's podcast...
Gadgettes 98: The vices episode
Nothing to do with Miami (that we know of). This episode is allabout the gadgets that help you indulge your various vices, from smokingto celebrity gossip to porn on your iPhone. (It's about time.)Listen now:Download today's podcast...
Gadgettes 97: The Pull Your Head Out Of Your iPhone Episode
It only took the Gadgettes one minute to break the cardinal rule: do not talk about "the device that shall not be named." We learn our lesson and boycott "it" for the rest of the episode. So here's everything but.Listen now:Download today's...
Gadgettes 33: Flashback! - The Stalker Episode
Yeah, we suck. What with all the babies, vacation, and CBS happening around here, a new Gadgettes just wasn't in the cards this week. So instead, get ready to get your stalker on with this episode from Gadgettes past.Listen now:Download...
Gadgettes 96: The Childhood Bliss Episode
In the spirit of Kelly Baby Watch, we explore the many reasons why now is a really good time to be a child. Us grown-ups can still have a little fun too.Listen now:Download today's podcastEPISODE 96Sega Dream Dog...
Gadgettes 95: The beauty and the butt episode
Beauty...that's the easy part. Working "butt" into the podcast in multiple places, now that's simply raw talent.Listen now:Download today's podcastEPISODE 95Estee Lauder makes vibrating...
Gadgettes 94: The Solar Episode
Lindsey's going green, pigeons! Molly and Jason never knew she was such a hippie. But she'll have a chance to explain herself on this week's solar powered episode of Gadgettes.Listen now:Download today's podcastEPISODE...
Gadgettes 93: The Kelly's extravagant baby shower episode
We are gonna miss Kelly around here while she's away on her maternity leave. So guess what? Molly and Jason both chipped in and bought Kelly a bunch of really cool stuff for her time away from the podcast! Yes, we're that rich.Listen now:...
