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CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business
The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter.
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's risky existence
The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the high-risk memory chip business that is the company's bread and butter.
Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site
In a news conference, the New England quarterback mentions that while rehabbing last year in Costa Rica, he watched the big game on an illegal site. Is this the final validation for piracy?
Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri
Noise-reduction technology from a start-up called Audience accounts for the size of the iPhone 4S chip and keeps Siri off the iPhone 4, analyst Linley Gwennap concludes.
Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more
As the Giants battle the Patriots on Sunday, viewers have dozens of ways to keep up with the game--by live streaming, watching on cell phones, or subscribing to apps and social-media feeds.
Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says
Tweeting harder to resist than sex, coffee, and alcohol, say researchers from the University of Chicago. Now, let's just see you try to resist tweeting this story.
Gamers ignore corpse in Internet cafe
In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check?
iPad-like MacBook Air now unlikely? Was it even necessary?
A research note from Citigroup says Apple CEO Tim Cook is not leaning toward a future MacBook Air with iPad-like features. So, now what?
Zuckerberg's taxes on IPO? How about $2 billion
The Facebook chief may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it, because Facebook in turn gets a tax deduction.
RCA's 'video LP' format, doomed from the start?
From 1981 to 1984 RCA marketed the CED VideoDisc system. It never had a chance.
Romo the smartphone robot raises $1.5M, seeks world domination
From Kickstarter project to startup to aspiring global power: The big ambitions of Romotive's robot phone.
Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings, iPod spy shots
Apple hired a new head of retail, had a few bouts in foreign courts, and potentially had the secret behind its next tiny iPod leaked out. More on those stories (and then some) in this week's Apple Talk Weekly.
Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Here are a few of CNET Reviews' favorite items from the past week, including the LG Spectrum, the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn, and the PowerMat Dual 1850 Rechargeable Backup Battery.
Is Bleacher Report ready for some football?
day on the job At one of the biggest sports sites in the country, preparing to make its Super Bowl coverage as strong as possible is the most important job of the year. CNET was on hand to see the plan take shape.
Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings, and iPod spy shots
Apple hired a new head of retail, had a few bouts in foreign courts, and potentially had the secret behind its next tiny iPod leaked out. More on those stories (and then some) in this week's Apple Talk Weekly.
Xbox co-creator channels arcade classics at mobile-game startup
The correlations between classic arcade games like Centipede and popular mobile games like Angry Birds are undeniable: they're simple, fun, and addictive. Seamus Blackley has hired a slew of old-school game developers to try to cash in on that fact with his company Innovative Leisure.
Firefox 11 to get add-on sync
Changes are afoot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues.
iPhone 5 rumor roundup
CNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors--from the likely to the crazy--that we've heard so far in 2011 and 2012.
Military, government officials could get secure Android phones
CNN reports that U.S. civilian and military officials are testing the use of secure Android smartphones that could be capable of transmitting confidential documents.
Apple cleans App Store of high-profile lookalike apps
Apple has quietly removed a number of iOS games that could readily be mistaken for their popular counterparts and that had climbed up the charts as a result.
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