Facebook is making privacy settings easier to understand with its Privacy Basics guide. And it’s a good time to get a grip on your privacy, considering Facebook also launched a Yelp-like service called Places. It shows you what friends — and strangers — have posted publicly about restaurants and other venues. Get the details in …
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Another iPhone launch weekend, another sales record. Apple sold 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models during the launch weekend, which is one million more than Apple sold at last year’s iPhone 5S and 5C launch. In this CNET Update, we let Android share the spotlight with news of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha and a report on the Nexus …
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A Sony Experience area in a Best Buy in Rochester, Minn. Sony Sony and Samsung are doubling down on their retail presence. Both companies said on Thursday that it would open its own “Experience” space Best Buy locations around the country. Sony would be in 350 locations, while Samsung would be in 500. The spaces are designed to better promote …
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I’d like to call it H.265, because it sounds cool, but its full name is High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC). It’s the new successor to Advanced Video Coding (AVC), also known as H.264, which is one of the compression schemes used by Blu-ray. The idea of HEVC is to offer the same level of picture quality as AVC, but with …
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If you’re in the market for a flat-screen television, then you probably have one big question you want answered: plasma vs. LCD; which one is right for you? Index Plasma and LCD technology — what’s the difference? Is there a difference in picture quality between plasma and LCD screens? What advantages does plasma have over LCD? What advantages does LCD …
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Two Sony Ericsson Android phones made their debut in the U.S. today, although they are only available through the Sony Store. The Xperia Arc S from Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson The handset manufacturer unveiled the Xperia Arc S and the Xperia Neo V. The Arc S is $549.99 and the Neo V is $349.99, and both come unlocked. Xperia neo …
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On Wednesday, Sony Ericsson introduced the latest member of its Xperia family, the Xperia X8. The company did not release specific launch dates but it did say that the Android-based smartphone would sell for less than 200 Euros (about $250), so it will offer customers in Europe a more affordable choice than the pricier Xperia X10. Given the lower price …
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You could argue that Kangaroo, the online video-on-demand joint venture between ITV, Channel 4 and BBC Worldwide was never going to make it out of the marsupial pouch. A fairly obvious hint was the departure of Ashley Highfield, who joined Microsoft last year. But now it’s official: the Competition Commission has ruled that the project must not continue. The justification …
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