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- The BlackBerry Storm touches down
- The BlackBerry Storm has been one of the most hotly anticipated cell phones of the year. On Friday, November 21, it hit store shelves for $200 with a two-year service agreement through Verizon. But the question is, does it live up to the hype? CNET Reporter Kara Tsuboi finds out.
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, bonnie cha, blackberry storm, iphone, apple
- Videos 2008-11-21
- SF Bay Area plugs in
- The mayors of the San Francisco Bay Area's three largest cities gathered Thursday to announce their ambitious new initiatives to make the region the electric vehicle capital of the country. CNET's Kara Tsuboi has this report.
- Tags: Electric Vehicle, News, kara tsuboi, gavin newsom, electric cars, hybrid cars, san jose, oakland, san francisco, green, environment
- Videos 2008-11-21
- Yang resignation, successor the talk of the Valley
- Silicon Valley is atwitter over what kind of CEO Yahoo needs to hire to replace the outgoing Jerry Yang. CNET's Kara Tsuboi hears opinions and analysis from some "armchair quarterbacks" over this crucial decision for the Internet giant.
- Tags: Internet, News, kara tsuboi, yahoo, jerry yang, google, shareholders, microsoft, san jose, santa clara
- Videos 2008-11-19
- Maria Shriver touts new online learning tool
- CNET's Kara Tsuboi sits down with Maria Shriver to talk about "The California Legacy Trails," a new online learning tool for students of the state's history.
- Tags: Online Learning, Tool, Maria Shriver, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, News, kara tsuboi, maria shriver, california legacy trails, history, government, the california museum
- Videos 2008-11-18
- Tech Awards honor techy solutions for developing world
- From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators with $50,000 for creating technology solutions for problems in developing countries. CNET's Kara Tsuboi learns more about these seemingly simple solutions that have potential to make a big impact.
- Tags: Solution, Free Trade, Finance, News, kara tsuboi, the tech, tech awards, san jose convention center, developing countries, 3rd world, india, china, asia, building, syringe, schools
- Videos 2008-11-13
- GPS cell phones plot, predict traffic
- With the popularity of GPS-enabled cell phones, it makes sense to use that mapping technology to plot traffic speeds. A new UC Berkeley and Nokia pilot program tests out the tech in the San Francisco Bay Area, where CNET's Kara Tsuboi gives it a spin.
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, GPS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, cnet, kara tsuboi, gps, nokia, uc berkeley, traffic, caltrans, cell phones
- Videos 2008-11-11
- Clean Tech Open entrepreneurs win big
- In a relatively inhospitable economy for tech start-ups, the Clean Tech Open and its six $100,000 cash prizes are like oases in the desert. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the 2008 awards show in San Francisco which celebrated the best clean and green technology companies struggling to stay afloat.
- Tags: Clean Technology, News, kara tsuboi, clean tech, green solar, led, eco friendly, environment
- Videos 2008-11-07
- YouTube plays party politics
- During the presidential campaigning four years ago, YouTube didn't even exist. Now it's a tool candidates must master to get their message across. CNET's Kara Tsuboi stops by the YouTube upload booths at the Democratic and Republican conventions to find out why Google's video site has such a big presence...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Productivity, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, rnc, dnc, youtube, google, obama, mccain, presidents, elections
- Videos 2008-09-05
- Democrats: Twitter, text, or telephone?
- How are the Democratic delegates getting out their party's message while at the Democratic National Convention? Are they texting like Obama? Social networking on Twitter or Facebook? Or relying on the old standards: phone and e-mail? CNET's Kara Tsuboi wanders Denver's Pepsi Center to find out.
- Tags: Phone, Twitter, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Quality, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, delegates, mccain, obama, clinton, texting, cell phones, internet
- Videos 2008-08-28
- Bigger blogger presence at DNC
- There are 15,000 members of the media credentialed for the Democratic National Convention and 120 of them represent blogs. That may seem like just be a drop in the bucket, but as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explores the blogger lounge known as "The Big Tent," it's clear the nontraditional media...
- Tags: Presence, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Telecommunications, Internet, Marketing, News, kara tsuboi, dnc, colorado, obama, mccain, clinton, bloggers, green, environment
- Videos 2008-08-27
- The Borders of Computing
- Exploring the Borders of Computing CNET News' Ina Fried sits down with Kara Tsuboi to discuss her special report on computing in Latin America.
- Tags: Borders Books & Music, Computing, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, microsoft, brazil, columbia, south america, schools, art, civil war
- Videos 2008-08-26
- Big tech on campus
- CNET's Kara Tsuboi visits the University of California, Berkeley, to find out what gadgets students are craving at the start of their school year. CNET Reviews editors Bonnie Cha and Donald Bell also weigh in on their top cell phone, MP3, and laptop picks.
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, News, kara tsuboi, iphone, apple, mac book, ipod, school, berkeley, laptop, itunes, imac
- Videos 2008-08-22
- Olympic online gold
- Thanks to Microsoft's Silverlight streaming video software, more people than ever before are tuning in...err...logging on to watch the Olympics online. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports on the popularity of the free service and the technology involved in transmitting that gold-medal relay race from Beijing to your home computer.
- Tags: Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Desktops, Productivity, Personal Technology, Hardware, News, kara tsuboi, ina fried, olympics, nbc, internet, microsoft, silverlight
- Videos 2008-08-15
- Yahoo shareholders express frustration
- The fireworks show at Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting wasn't quite as bright as expected. CNET's Kara Tsuboi talked to dissatisfied shareholders after the Friday morning meeting in San Jose, Calif., and got an earful about their frustration with CEO Jerry Yang, Yahoo's stock price, and the general direction of...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance, Yahoo, Jerry Yang, Microsoft, Kara Tsuboi
- Videos 2008-08-04
- Dot-com boom and bust: the movie
- CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott. The new film, in theaters now, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001.
- Tags: Movie, Dot-com, News, kara tsuboi, austin chick, adam scott, josh harnett, august, 2001, dot com, jared kohler, theaters, movies
- Videos 2008-07-21
- Taking the digital billboard to the next level
- Do you think a 10-story building wrapped in your company's video would help get your message across? That's the goal of San Francisco-based marketing company Obscura Digital. Besides cool projection technology, the company is exploring touch and interactive tech to help advertise products with pop.
- Tags: Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, News, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, obscura digital, video domes, igoogle, marketing, san francisco, video projection, touch, screens
- Videos 2008-07-18
- Saving money with solar tech
- It's not cheap to power a home these days. Could solar-energy tech be the solution? At the Intersolar North America exhibition in San Francisco, CNET's Kara Tsuboi finds a few products that could help bring sunshine to your wallet.
- Tags: Tech, News, kara tsuboi, intersolar, solar, green tech, comsumer electronics, home remodeling, environment, global warming
- Videos 2008-07-16
- iPhone Headaches
- The launch of Apple's cool new iPhone turned into a big tech meltdown for new and old customers. Kara Tsuboi looks into what happened.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, cbsi, iPhone, Apple, store, activation, Kara Tsuboi
- Videos 2008-07-14
- iPhone 3G buzz around the world
- From Australia to Japan to San Francisco, Apple fanboys and girls are buzzing over the iPhone 3G's release. CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi takes us on a spin around the world to gauge the pandemonium from some of the 70 countries hot to get their hands on the new Apple smartphone.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, kara tsuboi, cbsi, iphone, apple, australia, tokyo, new york, steve jobs
- Videos 2008-07-10
- Tech camp for kids
- Some kids prefer video games and computer programming to sports and nature, and the ID Tech Camps were created with that set in mind. CNET's Kara Tsuboi drops in on a summer session at Stanford University to watch these future tech masterminds hard at work on their summer vacations.
- Tags: Tech, Programming, Development Tools, Games, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, News, kara tsuboi, id tech camp, stanford, computer graphics, web, design, video, summer, camp, digital, final cut pro, robotics, science
- Videos 2008-07-09
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