Should Apple heed Chrysler's, GE's Super Bowl make-it-here message?
One of the salient themes in Super Bowl ads was bringing manufacturing back to America. A lesson for Apple?

iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst
Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell.

Should Apple stop holding its big launch events?
The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products?

Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants?
Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation.

What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's?
CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explained: Apple's not-so-secret favorite patent argument
What the heck is "frand"? No, not "fraud" but "frand." CNET breaks down what this obscure legal term means, and why it's so important to companies such as Apple and Samsung.

Apple tweaks fine print behind iBooks Author software
Apple has changed a controversial section of its iBooks Author end user license agreement, saying that users who want to sell outside of Apple's digital stores can do so, as long as they save in a different format.

iPhone 4S sales resume online in China, shipments by March 2
Ater implementing a lottery system for ordering the iPhone 4S, Apple's online store has resumed selling the device online and will ship by March 2.

Apple iPhones, iPads make quick return to German online stores
Hours after pulling products from its online store, Apple got a ban on its products temporarily halted.

Friday Poll: Would you boycott Apple?
Apple's huge earnings have been shadowed by a New York Times report on harsh working conditions at Chinese plants that make Apple products. Are you reconsidering your Apple brand loyalty?