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LinkedIn Contacts looks to boost relationships

CNET Update has much to say:

It's hard to remember everything. Apps can help. And LinkedIn's Contacts app wants to help make sure you remember more about your professional contacts.

If you're trying to make it in the business world but don't have time for networking and schmoozing, just pay a ton of money for the chance to become BFFs with Apple's CEO Tim Cook. Coffee is included.

Talking to people can be hard, but Facebook doesn't want you to be shy. It's encouraging more messaging by throwing green dots all over the place. … Read more

Yahoo to feature 38-year 'Saturday Night Live' archive

In the mood for a little vintage Chevy Chase, John Belushi, or Will Ferrell? Well, fans of "Saturday Night Live" can head to Yahoo to watch classic clips from the show as well as episodes from the current season.

The 38-year archive of SNL content will be exclusively available to Yahoo users, CEO Marissa Mayer announced in a blog post.

"Blues Brothers, the Coneheads, Church Chat, Wayne's World, Coffee Talk, Pat, the Hanukkah Song -- the list of tremendous clips goes on and on," Mayer wrote. "'Saturday Night Live' has pervaded and defined our … Read more

'Saturday Night Live' Web site defaced in apparent hacking

Hackers appear to have infiltrated and defaced several NBC Web sites, including the page for "Saturday Night Live."

The page's usual content was replaced with a message that the site had been hacked by "pyknik" and scrolling text with the nursery rhyme "Remember, Remember The Fifth of November Gunpowder and Treason Plot." The message also indicated that "user info" and "passwords" had been exposed, but it was unclear where this information was allegedly taken from.

The nursery rhyme is about a conspiracy to blow up the English Parliament in … Read more

iPad Mini: What to expect on October 23

We'll cover everything you can expect to see at Apple's next event. iPad Mini? Check. MacBook Pro 13-inch with Retina Display? Most likely. New iMacs and Mac Minis? Highly likely. Even CNET Senior Editor Rich Brown, who covers PC desktops, will be attending the event, and he usually only goes when Apple announces desktops.

So what are YOU most excited to see at Apple's October 23 event? Let us know in the poll.

There are still lines for the iPhone 5, and there are plenty of reasons why. Plus, we have an awesome iPad giveaway from our … Read more

SNL skit skewers complaints about the iPhone 5

"Saturday Night Live" offered its satirical take on various complaints about Apple's new iPhone 5 in a skit that skewered the tech press and featured a confrontation with SNL's version of Chinese factory workers who make the iPhone.

Guest SNL host Christina Applegate as "Tech Talk" host Caitlin Owens started the skit interviewing reporters from CNET (SNL's Bill Hader playing "Josh Savage" in a nod to our own intrepid Apple reporter, Josh Lowensohn), Wired, and Gizmodo about a "plethora of glitches and design flaws."

The three "reporters" … Read more

The 404 1,142: Where we play Genesis naked (podcast)

Leaked from today's 404 episode:

- Rare full recording of 1983 Steve Jobs speech reveals Apple had been working on iPad for 27 years.

- "Steve Jobs" spotted on the back of a truck in Xi'an, China.

- Machine Gun Kelly gig at Microsoft Store cut short by police.

- Capcom opens "human meat" butchery in London for the launch of Resident Evil 6.

- New York Times smears use of "really," but Jerry Seinfeld rebutts.

Bathroom break video: Videos of people posing for still photos

Episode 1,142 Subscribe in iTunes (audio) | … Read more

Go backstage on 'SNL' this week with Color for Facebook

Have you wondered what happens backstage during a "Saturday Night Live" broadcast? Well, this week iPhone users can catch a glimpse behind the scenes and set pieces. "Saturday Night Live" will be streaming live videos to the Color for Facebook app during rehearsals this week and from the season finale this Saturday, May 19.

In order to watch the videos, you need to do two things:

1. Install the free Color for Facebook app on your iPhone.

2. Like "Saturday Night Live" or Verizon Wireless on Facebook.

Once you have the Color app and … Read more

MTV and the 'day' the music died

Launched on August 1, 1981, with the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star," MTV had a huge impact on 1980s pop culture.

Before MTV arrived, music programming was mostly limited to bands playing a song or two on the late-night talk shows or "Saturday Night Live." Amazingly enough, most big cities' cable providers weren't on board for the MTV launch; NYC and LA didn't offer the network until 1982. MTV's "I want my MTV!" ad campaigns helped rectify the situation, but MTV's initial rise was painfully slow. The network went … Read more

SNL's Seth Meyers pours cold water on Kindle Fire

I know that many people are feeling very passionate about Amazon's new Kindle Fire.

It provides a wonderful alternative to the iPad, the Apple store, and the need to show off your latest gadget to your lover over a candlelit dinner.

So I am grateful to AllThingsD for having sat up late last night to watch "Saturday Night Live." There, the collected wits decided to expose one slight chink in the Fire's fanning flames: its potential lack of cachet.

So here we have Seth Meyers bringing us the latest news.

At the 45-second mark of the … Read more

Googlies troubled by Tina Fey using iPhone, iPad

At the Googleplex last week, Tina Fey and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt talked humor.

The only real difference between Fey and Schmidt is that people generally know when Fey is being funny whereas some people have struggled to discern when Schmidt is being funny or merely a bit disturbing.

Fey was there to promote her new book, "Bossypants," while Googlies were there to show that they are far cooler than they have been given credit for. First, it was Lady Gaga and now Fey.

The comedian offered the audience stimulating observations, such as that Macedonia is "… Read more