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Clint Eastwood in Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)'

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:24:25 PST
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What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit.
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Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:01:24 PST
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Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest.
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The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:30:35 PST
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Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.
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iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst

Author:Brooke Crothers
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:19:43 PST
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Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell.
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Aliens crave Earth wives in Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:57:41 PST
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In an attempt to suggest that Chevy Volt's technology is more sophisticated than anything in the galaxy, Chevy's Super Bowl ad features aliens who don't just admire the Volt's advanced design.
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Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:30:00 PST
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Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts.
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Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:12:45 PST
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How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both?
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Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:59:49 PST
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No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress.
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Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future

Author:Christopher MacManus
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:52:38 PST
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You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker.
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Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:19:47 PST
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In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper.
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VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range

Author:Wayne Cunningham
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:00:00 PST
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CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update.
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Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:55:20 PST
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A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock.
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Should Apple stop holding its big launch events?

Author:Chris Matyszczyk
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:43:20 PST
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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?
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Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants?

Author:Eric Mack
Publication Date:Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:41:50 PST
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Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation.
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New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl

In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale.
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Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles?

Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet.
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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.
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Visualizations take you inside science

The National Science Foundation and the journal Science announce the winners of last year's contest for the best visualizations in science and engineering.
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CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business

The death of Micron Technology's CEO during a solo flight in a hard-to-handle aircraft symbolizes the risky memory chip market that is the company's bread and butter.
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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?
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