- Kokoro shows off its latest android Actroid F
Tokyo entertainment firm Kokoro shows off its latest fembot, Actroid F, in a PR video. The lifelike android is slated to go on sale to work as a receptionist or hospital worker.
- Top-rated reviews of the week (photos)
Here are a few of CNET Reviews’ favorite items from the past week, including the 2011 Audi A8, the newest Amazon Kindle, and the Nikon Coolpix S6000.
- Canon recrafting supertelephoto lens lineup
A major lens overhaul yields two new supertelephoto lenses and two prototypes. The SLR powerhouse clearly wants to keep pro shooters from defecting to Nikon.
- ‘LOL is this you?’ spam spreading via Facebook chat
Spam message, which Facebook says it’s looking into, is similar to ones used on Twitter earlier this year.
- Takeoff in Boeing’s 787 simulator (video)
CNET took a ride in the full flight simulator for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Renton, Wash. Catch a glimpse of our virtual flight.
- Changes and fixes coming to Digg’s redesign
The new Digg is out for everyone, but a few things went awry or missing along the way. Founder Kevin Rose has come out with a laundry list of the problems, fixes.
- Inside the 787 simulator
CNET takes a ride in Boeing’s 787 simulator.
- Cricket Wireless looks to go national
Cricket Wireless exec Al Moschner dropped by CNET’s offices to talk efforts to go national, growth in prepaid, an impending music service, and cheaper data plans
- Another ISP bucks ‘Hurt Locker’ subpoenas
Producers of Oscar-winning film “The Hurt Locker” did not properly serve a subpoena on a South Dakota-based ISP, according to that company’s lawyers.
- Will Facebook face Apple in trying to trademark ‘face’?
Facebook is reportedly not only trying to trademark the word “book” but the word “face.” Yet Apple owns the trademark for FaceTime. Might Cupertino object?
