How you help Facebook make billions

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

Every post you “like.” Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

Google revamps search again

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

So, let’s say you’re doing a Google search for “Kings.” Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.

How you help FB make billions

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

Every post you “like.” Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend.

‘Social Network’ writer to pen Jobs film

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV’s “The West Wing” and the Facebook movie “The Social Network,” will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

Don’t you hate it when there’s nothing on TV? With today’s CNET Exclusive, boring channel surfing is a thing of the past. [Read more]

Pay-per-use bandwidth? Not without some ground rules

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

Molly Wood faces the hard reality that the days of unlimited bandwidth are over, but she’s not going to get taken to the cleaners by greedy providers. Here’s how to make pay-per-use a fair deal for everyone. [Read more]

Netflix’s video player gets revamped

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

The video streaming service overhauls its video player for browser-based watching, adding in a host of new features and options, including single TV episode and whole season previews. [Read more]

Rakuten is expected to invest $50 million as part of a round that values the social photo-sharing site at $1.5 billion, according to an All Things D report. [Read more]

South Korean electronics giant loses $10 billion in market value — all because of a report in DigiTimes. [Read more]

Sony’s new $600 Alphas

Posted on May 17th, 2012 by Andy

Whether you like the power of the SLT series or the sleekness of the NEX models, Sony just announced a $600 camera for you. We’ve got reviews of the new SLT-A37 and the NEX-F3. [Read more]