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You're fired -- literally: Ten evil tech companies we'd invest in

You're fired -- literally: Ten evil tech companies we'd invest in

We've seen some staggering corporate irresponsibility lately, but RBS can't hold a candle to the evil tech companies of fiction. We've run ten of our favourites up the flagpole to see who salutes Read more

27 March 2009, 12:47  |  Tags: Apple, eBay, Lamborghini, Microsoft, Nintendo

CNET UK > Crave > Monitors

Microsoft LaserTouch: Multitouch sensor prototype

Microsoft LaserTouch: Multitouch sensor prototype

Microsoft researchers have demonstrated a new, low-cost method for manipulating a monitor or wall display with your hands. Quick, someone get Tom Cruise on the phone Read more

23 May 2008, 09:59  |  Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, Xbox 360, lasers, summer

CNET UK > News > Software

Judge delays Facebook court case

The judge has given ConnectU more time to revise its case against its rival social-networking site, calling at least one portion "gossamer thin" Read more

26 July 2007, 09:50  |  Tags: Facebook, Rio, summer, Silicon Valley, training

CNET UK > News > Mobile Phones

Google slams mobile operators for blocking apps

Mobile operators risk being overwhelmed when IP brings closed networks crashing down, Silicon Valley pioneers warn Read more

27 November 2006, 10:20  |  Tags: Google, mobile broadband, Silicon Valley, streaming video, mobile operators

CNET UK > News > Software

Facebook's court day has dawned

The founders of ConnectU have accused Facebook czar Mark Zuckerberg of stealing their business plan and code -- will this afternoon's hearing dismiss the case? Read more

25 July 2007, 10:51  |  Tags: Facebook, Rio, copyright, newspapers, lawsuit

CNET UK > News > Camcorders

Sony unveils next hi-def camcorder

The new HDR-HC3 is lighter, smaller and cheaper than the company's first high-definition camcorder offering Read more

22 February 2006, 10:58  |  Tags: Sony, Xacti, chipset, Las Vegas, San Francisco

CNET UK > News > Gadgets

Gadget girls won't take pink for an answer

Women, a growing force in the consumer-electronics market, have a message for gadget makers -- and it's not all about the colour Read more

11 July 2006, 12:03  |  Tags: Apple, Kodak, Motorola, Nintendo, Sony

CNET UK > News > Gadgets

NASA and Virgin Galactic go hypersonic

The two-year deal between the space agency and the space-tourism company outlines plans to develop hybrid rockets and vehicles that go five times the speed of sound Read more

22 February 2007, 10:15  |  Tags: Google, NASA, Virgin Galactic, tourism, hybrid

CNET UK > News > Software

Microsoft tries 'concept-car' Singularity OS

The operating system is available for free to the academic and research communities in the hope that they will use it to develop new kinds of computer architecture Read more

12 March 2008, 10:02  |  Tags: Microsoft, operating systems, Silicon Valley, patents, San Francisco

CNET UK > Crave > Software

Facebook: Biography of a 5-year-old

Facebook: Biography of a 5-year-old

As Facebook hit its fifth birthday on Wednesday, News.com blogger Caroline McCarthy charts its meteoric rise from the dorm rooms of Harvard to the top of Silicon Valley Read more

5 February 2009, 10:46  |  Tags: Facebook, Google, MySpace, Yahoo, comic book

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