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- Are the days of kidney dialysis numbered?
- A prototype implantable artificial kidney could, in the next decade, render costly and inefficient dialysis a treatment of the past, according to work out of UCSF.
- Apple TV isn't 1080p and you shouldn't care
- The new Apple TV doesn't support video content with 1080p resolution, but it shouldn't have a major impact on its image quality.
- Study finds love-hate relationship with cell phones
- Though most feel safer and more in touch with mobile phones in hand, many are annoyed by the interruption of calls, says Pew Internet study.
- Samsung Galaxy Tab: An Android contender
- It's got its rough patches, but the Samsung Galaxy Tab's size, screen, and performance shows Android tablets can work. Here's a hands-on look, with video.
- Gadget makers show their stuff in Berlin (roundup)
- At the huge IFA consumer electronics show, the big names in tech show off their newest wares, including an Android-based tablet from Samsung and a cloud-based music service from Sony.
- Boxee uses Apple TV to talk Box pricing
- Makers of the upcoming Boxee Box plan to release the device in November for $200, the company announced in a blog post following Wednesday's Apple TV announcement.
- Android gains on Apple in U.S. mobile Web use
- Apple's iOS is still dominant, but is losing share. It's to be expected as sales of Android devices continue to grow.
- NASA launches free iPad app
- The space agency is offering a free iPad app that lets people view a variety of content in high definition.
- More Twitter users tweeting via mobile apps
- Number of people accessing the microblogging tool through mobile apps jumps 62 percent since the middle of April.
- Skype updates latest beta with 10-way video calling
- The newest beta of Skype 5.0 lets you video chat with up to 10 people, send an IM to someone who's offline, and better recover from dropped calls.
- Paris' Twitpic troubles
- Facebook gets a new remote log-out security feature; India demands that RIM, Google, and Skype add local servers so it can monitor communications; and a recent Twitpic may spoil Paris Hilton's alibi.
- Week in review: Apple harvests iPods, Apple TV
- Social-networked iTunes accompanies new iPods, while other companies look for a piece of digital distribution pie. Also: Net neutrality
- Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anticoal campaign
- Social network gets flak from Greenpeace over its planned giant data center in Oregon, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading.
- Apple's Ping dinged by spam
- The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack of spam- or URL- filtering, according to Sophos.
- Harsh words from GoldenEye 64 designer
- The designer of the original GoldenEye game is concerned that Activision won't do the franchise justice in its upcoming remake. And he wants the world to know it.
- U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'
- Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
- Toshiba's Android embrace at IFA (photos)
- Toshiba has gone all in for Android. At the IFA electronics show in Berlin, it displayed its Folio tablet and its AC 100 Netbook. Here's how they looked.
- How 'Catfish' filmmakers took Facebook plunge (Q&A)
- In an interview, CNET's Ina Fried speaks with the three filmmakers behind "Catfish"--that other Facebook movie. This one is both a documentary and a thriller.
- Ask Maggie: On buggy Android upgrades
- Also in this week's Ask Maggie advice column find out why Verizon Wireless is able to charge more for its service and why T-Mobile gives customers who don't sign a contract a break on their monthly fees.
- Toshiba debuts Android-powered Folio 100 tablet
- The tablet will cost 399 to 499 euros in Europe when it goes on sale later this year. Here's a hands-on look at it and Toshiba's AC100 Android Netbook.
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