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.
Social video sharing app ShowYou goes deep with v3.0
With the third version of the critically acclaimed app, users will be able to drill down and see more of the videos their friends are sharing--and what their friends' friends are watching.
Rumgr is the iPhone app Craigslist should have built
The new app from three former Zappos employees is designed to let people who have random things to sell post ads for them quickly, and for buyers to easily discover what's for sale around them. And Craigslist isn't even part of the equation.
Zite inks Intel as first major sponsor
The deal means that iPad readers of the news aggregator's technology section will see Intel's logo across the top of the page, and users on both the iPad and iPhone will begin to see occasional sponsored articles.
'Breaking Bad' goes 8-bit
College Humor has produced a fantastic faux role-playing game version of the twisted AMC meth cooker hit. Too bad it's not the real thing. But beware: Spoilers lie within.
Cosmo editor ponies up $30 million for the future of news
The new David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation will bring together students from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford's Engineering School in a bid to help inspire a new generation of news consumption tools and applications.
Incoming! Self-guiding bullet could strike from a mile away
The four-inch munition should be able to strike within 8 inches of its target at a firing distance of a mile. It has built-in actuators and other electronics that help it zero in on its target.
Who needs Ferris Bueller? Super Bowl ad touts entrepreneurship
The Kauffman Foundation funds a 30-second spot that highlights the contributions to society of the "star athletes of the economy."
Futuristic Navy railgun with 220-mile range closer to reality
A $10 million contract with Raytheon for the Pulse Forming Network means that the newfangled weapon system, which uses electromagnetic energy instead of explosives to fire, is one step closer to deployment.
At 'Twitter for video' Tout, happy celebs mean explosive growth
day on the job For Tout director of community and content Gardner Loulan, a normal day can mean shooting music videos, providing customer service, and rushing off to show NFL players how to use the startup's micro-video service.