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Path is still spamming your contacts

Path is still spamming your contactsIf you’re a Path user, consider, er, reconsidering. This is apparently the best they can do in response. CNET’s Jennifer Van Grove was told that the #1 request from users is to find friends on Path, hence the aggressive “new-user flow.” Why does “find my friends …

CBS "Streisanding" itself among courts with CNET debacle

CBS “Streisanding” itself among courts with CNET debacleCBS’s strong-arming of CNET on this front has the exact opposite of the intended effect: now that it is clear how much control CBS has and is willing to exert over CNET content, any reasonable court must consider the possibility …

Xbox 720 leak: Blu-ray, Kinect 2.0, new controller

Xbox 720 leak: Blu-ray, Kinect 2.0, new controller I don’t typically post rumors or leaks, but this stuff is exciting to me, so here it is, for whatever it’s worth to you.

Obama to NASA: I want to know about Martians right away

Obama to NASA: I want to know about Martians right awayPresident Obama, speaking to NASA’s Curiosity team (as quoted by CNET‘s Chris Matyszczyk): If, in fact, you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away. I’ve got a lot of other things on my plate, but I suspect that that would …

In Brief: How Reed Hastings Almost Undid Netflix

Greg Sandoval, writing at CNET: For most of the former Netflix employees who moved to Qwikster, their old jobs had been filled. They no longer had a place at the company. I once asked “What is going on at Netflix?” I wasn’t alone, either. Reed Hastings definitely failed all of his customers in the …