• Samsung Galaxy S4 to be launched in Times Square, New York on March 14
• Why are we waiting? Microsoft posts vague info about Surface Pro availability in Europe and beyond
• One month later, how are video apps faring in the face of Vine?
• Apple censors e-mails, attachments with the term ‘barely legal teen’
• Europe wants to know why Google hasn’t improved its privacy policies
• How VW milked 261 miles from a single gallon of gas with the record-breaking XL1
• It’s National Day of Unplugging, and here are five ways Internet addicts can get through it
• Fujitsu’s invisible tablet keyboard makes an appearance at MWC 2013
• Metro: Last Light’s new owners reschedule a return to the Russian wasteland, promise new games
• King of the Nerds episode 107 recap: Let’s get physical
• Don’t get punked by Facebook, watch out for these spam attacks
• PlayStation 4 says no to 4K games, but yes to 100GB 4K movies
• Best of MWC 2013: Sapphire screens, superphones, and Sony’s sexiest tablet yet
• Resident Evil and Street Fighter will have to wait – Capcom plans to focus on original properties for the PS4
• The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt redefines role-playing by separating character growth from killing
• Enter American Airlines’ Vine contest, you could land in London
• Have we seen the last of Sonic on consoles?
• Facebook testing in-line buttons to friend, follow, and like everything in your News Feed
• Jack the Giant Slayer review: A fairy tale of forgettable proportions
• Facebook announces new News Feed – here’s how the social network might finally be fixing it
• Digital Blend: Commander Keen and Gearbox Software interviews, Team Meat returns
• Apple vs. Samsung: Judge puts hold on $450 million of $1 billion award
• Canon PowerShot S110 Review
• 5-year-old boy spends over $2500 in 10 minutes on in-app purchases
• Speed isn’t everything: Convenient new features coming to your next smartphone
• Turtle Beach Ear Force XP Seven Review
• Make your own console: How we built a killer Steam Box for $500
• Why the Sony Xperia Tablet Z is my next purchase
• Jetsetter: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 DLC causing headaches for international players
• 2013 Chevy Sonic RS: Luxury tech for a bargain bin price
• Mind-control armbands, paper supremacy and more in this week’s Staff Picks
• From motivation to slander: How social media leverages shame for better and worse
• ‘God Of War’ director talks prequels, sequels, and Kratos’ bloody backstory
• Terms & Conditions: Waze is a privacy accident waiting to happen
• Hands on: YotaPhone combines your phone and Kindle into one dual-screened device
• How to use BitTorrent to download virtually anything
• Best apps of the week: Radio Reddit, Spotify, Photoshop, and more
• Blackberry 10 gets its first software update
• 2013 Volvo XC60 review
• Martin Logan Mikros 90 Review
• How technology helps a sick boy (while secretly plotting to destroy us all)
• Hands on with Gears of War: Judgment’s surprising epilogue campaign and new Horde-like Survival mode
• HitBliss lets you stream video content based on how many ads you can stomach
• Sony continues its fire sale to fatten the PS4 warchest, and next on the block is the mobile gaming empire DeNA
• A key ingredient in the mission to Mars? Poop. Yep, that stuff will save your life
• Preview: Assassin’s Creed IV hoists a Black Flag in an open-world Caribbean
• Sony rethinks mobile strategy, sees cheap phones and possibly, Firefox OS as its savior
• Don’t make me ROFL! Teens are losing interest in Facebook
• Geneva 2013: Spyker previews its latest earthbound fighter plane, the B6 Venator
• Crytek explains why Crysis 3 on the Wii U had to die
• Xbox Live continues it plans of total entertainment dominance, as it debuts its first exclusive film, Pulp
• Uh oh! Security flaw allows users to bypass Galaxy Note 2 lock screen
• Respawn Entertainment loses Jason West, co-creator of Call of Duty
• White House thinks ‘illegal’ cell phone unlocking is just as stupid as you do
• Creative Assembly’s ‘Alien’ emerges, showing that Sega will hold onto the troubled franchise
• Why the SXSW curse? Apps launched in fantasyland seldom survive real life
• Bored of your Windows Phone 8 Start screen? Here are 5 ways to customize it
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus Review: Closing the book on Team Ninja’s darkest chapter
• 2013 Ford Fusion review
• Supercapacitor, SoLoMo, and more tech lingo you need to know
• The Pirate Bay’s virtual asylum in North Korea story is a hoax – for now
• Sonos Playbar Review
• Ford could be on to something big with new dealer-centered car sharing program in Europe
• ‘The Lean Entrepreneur’ takes tech startup savvy to the real world
• Twitter to kill off TweetDeck’s iPhone, Android, and AIR apps, web apps will stay
• Netflix unlikely to develop BlackBerry 10 app anytime soon, report says
• The Digital Self: How tech can solve our gun problem (and why we won’t let it)
• World’s largest LED light sculpture to illuminate San Francisco’s Bay Bridge from Tuesday
• Apple’s Lightning AV adapter is actually a computer, uses Airplay for TV-out, and has some problems
• Faulty capsule makes it to the International Space Station despite early troubles
• Disney signs 3D Video on Demand agreement
• Nikon’s new Coolpix A is a point-and-shoot that has a heart of a DSLR
• Tech on ice: We test Ford’s new all-wheel drive system to see if electronics help or hinder driving
• Study finds what Twitter majority says doesn’t reflect popular opinion
• Geneva 2013: Ferrari’s hybrid supercar is finally revealed, and it’s called LaFerrari
• ZTE adds Intel to its friend list, reveals plans to launch Clover Trail+ smartphone
• Nintendo releases first (of many, many) spring updates for Wii U to get the console in working order
• Pioneer debuts four feature-packed AV receivers for 2013, adds 4K/Ultra HD, MHL, HD audio streaming to the mix
• Facebook’s money-grubbing advertising model gets called out
• Everpix takes photo sorting to the next level by knowing what’s in your pics
• How to survive the wild, weird weeks of SXSW
• Instagram insights services Nitrogram expands, gets hashtag-happy
• TimeGate Studios rocked by layoffs in the wake of Aliens: Colonial Marines
• Facebook finally hides your phone number … after exposing it for nine months
• Lara Croft bounces back: Reinventing Tomb Raider without ruining it
• Hands on: Songdrop knows you’ve been listening to music for free and wants to help
• We bid adieu to BioWare San Francisco, as EA shuts down the Dragon Age: Legends studio
• Tumblr hurries to launch mobile native ads to meet demand
• Selfies made simple with Kickstarter project the IMAGOphotour
• Geneva 2013: Subaru Viziv concept brings a diesel hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive to the party
• BMW Ultimate Drive app offers function for BMW owners, fun for everyone
• Common iPad Mini problems and a few easy fixes
• Meet Bartendro, a cocktail-mixing robot powered by Raspberry Pi
• Google updates Maps for iPhone with local icons, Google Contacts search and more
• Roku 3 launches with a faster processor, slick new interface, and even headphones, but no YouTube
• Google Play gift cards launch in UK, available from Tesco and Morrisons
• News Corp pushes its way into the classroom with educational Amplify tablet
• Apple launches iBookstore in Japan, goes up against Google, Amazon and Rakuten
• Your guide to surviving in Tomb Raider’s brave, new (rebooted) world
• Google Chromebook Pixel Review
• No meteors are about to hit Earth, but Mars on the other hand…
• Ghana’s ‘Hope City’ tech metropolis to host Africa’s tallest building
• Why are gamers drooling for the $100 Ouya? Because game developers are, too
• Instagram who? Aviary is soaring with 35 million users, 3 billion photos edited
• Can’t make SXSW? Here are the best apps for pretending you’re there
• EA says that all future games will have microtransactions (but not really)
• Denon’s new user-friendly E-Series AV receivers pack next-gen features while keeping prices under control
• Happiness is a warm controller: Study shows that gaming can help the elderly lead happier lives
• Sick of having an ocean between you and your beloved? Get married on the internet!
• Steam Box prototypes may begin shipping in 3 to 4 months
• Hands on: Photoshop Touch is not for Instagram users
• Phorus expands its offerings with new Internet radio stations, promises iOs and Windows support in 2013
• Brammo eBikes are off to the races – against gas powered bikes?
• Explain Yourself! Krups XP1000 espresso machine
• Samsung to yank Windows RT Ativ tablet off shelves in Europe, German site reports
• Google+ rolls out local ‘Reviews,’ huge cover photos, and a prettier ‘About’ section
• Can a social network built for two really improve your marriage?
• Geneva 2013: ItalDesign Giugiaro Parcour is ready for the urban jungle
• FreedomPop launches free unlimited home broadband, but you have to earn it (Updated)
• Sam Raimi accuses Blizzard of ‘mismanagement,’ forcing him to leave the Warcraft adaptation
• Cell phone unlocking will soon be legal again – count on it
• Geneva 2013: CA-MiEV “suburban EV” concept proves Mitsubishi isn’t dead yet
• Microsoft fined $731 million for locking European users into Internet Explorer, again
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate Review
• Audiofly AF78 Review
• Geneva 2013: Audi sends R20 hypercar plans into production proposal stage
• How New York City is giving payphones a 21st century revamp
• Solar-powered ELF pedal vehicle is designed for eco-friendly commuting
• Twitter updates mobile apps with enhancements to search, browsing and more
• Google’s Public Alerts service launches in Japan, offers up-to-date information during natural disasters
• Overhyped, underthought, and totally useless: The plague of new phone ‘features’
• Street View: Google to map deserted town evacuated after Fukushima disaster
• Windows Phone VP says “Android is a confusing mess and the iPhone is boring”
• Supermarkets are now jumping on the streaming content bandwagon
• Foursquare tries to save the check-in with one-step functionality
• Tweetdeck is dead! Long live the numerous tweet management alternatives
• Asus’s 18-inch Transformer All-in-One runs both Android and Windows 8, starts at $1300
• Ubisoft to Nintendo: We want a Wii U price cut and we want it now
• Facebook News Feed cleans up its act with bigger photos, content-specific feeds
• Bitchin’ COPO Camaro: Chevy to build just 69 of the drag racers for 2013
• Shield your passwords from ‘shoulder surfers’ with Cursor Camouflage
• Asus to release a cheaper Transformer Book … in Japan
• Messaging app Tango steps into social network status with new photo filters and 100M users
• God of War: Ascension review
• The NPD defines the “core gamer,” and suggests that they are spending less money than before
• Facebook has crossed the line from social network to ad platform
• The best SXSW Twitter feeds to follow the madness in Austin as it unfolds
• Time to be paranoid! The FBI may be watching you, says Google
• A glimpse into the future of TV: How Microsoft, Intel, Amazon and Netflix aim to change the game
• InXile once again obliterates its Kickstarter goals with a spiritual successor to ‘Planescape: Torment’
• Here are the bills that could make cell phone unlocking permanently legal
• Besides being prettier, PS4 games will also be much, much smarter
• Futuristic Fashion: Pilates shirts that vibrate when you screw up and a cape that hides you from drones
• Sharp ships new 6-series AQUOS LED Smart TVs with one hand and accepts $111 Million from Samsung with the other
• Path 3.0 holds nothing back with new messaging features, Shop, and stickers
• JVC GC-XA1 Review
• HP EliteBook Folio 9470m Review
• TastemakerX: A fantasy league … for music?
• Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy announces resignation as company reports strong Q4 results
• Street View update: Google pushes out a ton of new data for European locations
• BlackBerry Z10 now selling in 21 countries, CEO ‘encouraged’ by feedback
• Angry Birds goes free for iDevices, now App of the Week in iTunes store and once again top of the charts
• King of the Nerds season one finale recap: One nerd takes it all
• 720p vs. 1080p: Can You Tell The Difference Between HDTV Resolutions?
• Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC review
• Oz the Great and Powerful review, just like Army of Darkness but with more shiny and less humor
• Windows 8 touchscreen laptop prices are expected to drop by at least 10 percent
• Lord British returns with his ‘Ultima’ successor ‘Shroud of the Avatar’
• New tech will help the BMW i3 electric car cope wth range anxiety
• Digital Blend: Angry Birds are set free on iOS and Planescape crushes it on Kickstarter
• So about our SimCity review… [UPDATED]
• ‘The Witness’ came to PlayStation 4 because the next Xbox isn’t “strictly about games”
• Best Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen protectors
• New game, old success: The rebooted Tomb Raider sells 1 million copies in 48 hours
• For a mere $16k you can paint with only your thoughts – new tech shown at CeBIT
• Want a refurbished iPad or Macbook Air? Apple’s eBay store offers better prices than Apple.com
• Flying too close to the sun, or, how I met Grumpy Cat
• This trespasser does the shooting: Photographing forbidden places
• Expanding the social barrier: Q&A with Suicide Girls co-founder Missy Suicide
• What is ‘Assassin’s Creed: Rising Phoenix’?
• BMW gets wise and offers a gas-powered loaner to i3 EV buyers
• Ford Focus Electric review
• Movies via satellite: Theaters look to the skies for the next generation of content delivery
• iPad vs. Surface Pro: We compare Microsoft and Apple’s latest tablets
• Inside the #SXSWTechCab, where I traded my digital sins for a free ride
• Indie band Quiet Company and the terrifying, murky waters of streaming sites and social networks
• Big data meets big dunks on the cutting ‘edge’ of sports
• Thermodo is a tiny thermometer for your smartphone
• Pirated TV: How it works and why it can’t be stopped
• Why haven’t biometrics replaced passwords yet?
• Could the new Oz movie do for 3D cinema what the original did for color?
• Relationship with iTunes on the rocks? Four apps that make breaking up easy to do
• Jetsetter: Canada loves Gradius, Japanese men want RPG wives, and Square brings Final Fantasy to Mexico
• Want to tweet from the grave? DeadSocial promises online immortality
• Lad bombs, Mario wall art, and more in this week’s Staff Picks
• Facebook news you may have missed this week
• Since Facebook won’t add a dislike button, here comes the Hater app
• History of Tomb Raider: Blowing the dust off 17 years of Lara Croft
• The Audiophile System Builder: Part II – Monitors, Tubes, and the Integrated Amplifier
• Break out your calculator, because to win at online dating, you’ve got to do your math
• My time with MoviePass: The ultimate service for movie geeks
• Hands on: Memoto life logging camera prototype debuts at SXSW
• Terms & Conditions: SoundCloud keeps your music yours
• Best apps of the Week: Opera, Sonic Dash, Clinch, Jetpack Joyride, and more
• Can the LaFerrari supercar live up to the lineage of prancing ponies past?
• MakerBot launches the true 3D printing beginner’s tool at SXSW
• Forget social influence, Prollie scores your skills and passions
• Font-tastic news for UK speeders – some drivers may get off fines because speed signs had wrong typeface
• Nokia admits risk of Microsoft building a Windows Phone 8-powered Surface Phone
• Samsung Galaxy S4 gets leaked again, but this time it could be in disguise
• The car fuel tank that mimics your guts
• Nasa wants to beat Bieber in the Twitter wars (#weapprove)
• Samsung teases Galaxy S4, likens it to the introduction of color television (Updated)
• For those returning to cubicle captivity, we salute you (and recommend the following)
• Negative user comments can sway readers’ reaction to news, read at your own risk
• SXSW comes to Pandora with hints of a brand new playable character for Borderlands 2
• Just in time for SXSW, TheHub.fm lets you skip the lines and grab the merch
• Dell Latitude 10 Review
• Good deal: Get digital versions of debut Marvel comics for free
• PS4 gets the director of ‘No More Heroes’ and ‘Killer is Dead’ horny
• ‘SimCity’ review: This reboot isn’t for loners
• Mozilla says no Firefox for iPhone and iPad unless Apple amends its ways
• SimCity’s launch debacle highlights EA’s bigger problem: Its own business practices
• If BlackBerry can’t convince Netflix to make an app, does it really stand a chance?
• Microsoft offers 6 months of free Office 365 to students, but will they bite?
• MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes on how film can win the TV market back
• U.K. Court dismisses Tesla’s suit against Top Gear – what’s your call?
• Nintendo branches with a new Pikmin animated series
• YouTube co-founder teases mystery video collaboration service at SXSW
• How Facebook’s Graph Search works…sort of
• The Steam Box cometh, and it brings a hefty price tag with it
• PAR Works MARS app: Augmented reality guide for those who’ve given up on life
• Enough! Here are a few ways to mute the SXSW madness
• Sony cuts price of PS Vita 3G to $199 at ‘majority’ of its US stores
• Is this the Samsung Galaxy S4 hiding in the shadows?
• Rdio global expansion continues, takes music streaming service to seven new countries
• Microsoft linked to little-known phone manufacturer Phicomm, possible Windows Phone deal brewing
• Siri who? Automatic’s iPhone app and companion device could be the only digital driving assistant you’ll ever need
• Digital Self: Google Glass will magnify privacy debates – and that’s a good thing
• Great Wall of SXSW: How LEDs are bringing arena rock swagger to the small stage
• SXSW Music Week has officially begun – celebrate with our festival-feting playlists
• AMD brings gesture control and face login to your laptop
• ‘Sound Shapes’ drops the mic with enough new DLC to double the size of the game
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 dips its tow in the microtransaction pool
• Our favorite apps at SXSW 2013 (Updated with 11 new apps!)
• Rovio decides to stream Angry Birds toon through games themselves
• Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes could herald a new way of making games
• Online dating works great, you’re just doing it wrong
• The co-founder of the team that made ‘Just Cause’ talks new opportunities with the next-gen, and embracing fear
• Acer’s $280 C710 Chromebook hits stores March 17
• Ron Gilbert continues his solitary journey and announces his departure from Double Fine
• Disney and LucasArts star in: The Curse of the unfinished Star Wars game
• Backstage at a Bravo TV live show taping: Making television more social on the Web
• Facebook ‘likes’ may soon tell companies everything about you
• Hands on: SocialMe discovers hidden gems in your Facebook profile
• Warner live-streams SXSW 2013 performances with arsenal of 10 Nikon D4 DSLRs
• General Electric X600 Review
• Netflix publishes ISP speed index to let consumers compare providers
• Apple who? Samsung cranks its hype machine to 11 for the Galaxy S4
• Apple Maps getting better: Improvements quietly rolled out for locations around the world
• HTC One launch gets delayed, while unlocked Developer Edition is announced for the U.S.
• Vimeo’s new on-demand feature gives creators a chance to sell their work
• Dell XPS 18 hands on: An AIO that’s so thin and portable that it works as a tablet
• VHS-collecting filmmakers urges you to ‘Rewind This’ movie for nostalgia’s sake
• Pyle lights up your car’s interior on the cheap with a 10.1-inch touchscreen
• Hands-on: Automatica USB device puts your DJ skills on autopilot while you drive
• Netflix Social lets you share what you watch with Facebook friends
• Despite legal battles, SideCar fights the law in the name of carpooling
• Motorola launches Razr D1 and Razr D3, hints at wider international release in the future
• Hyundai reveals new face of the 2014 Equus in teaser video
• Welcome to the real world: Hardware takes over SXSW
• Sony’s handheld is blowing up in Japan, but it’s not because of the PS Vita price cut
• IBM’s Watson supercomputer has a new job, as a lawyer
• Nintendo expands the Pokemon universe with NFC technology, and plenty of new toys for you to buy
• The Oatmeal creator Matthew Inman goes from comics to crowdfunding
• Arkane heads back to the city with ‘Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall’ DLC
• Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx Review
• ‘Super Smash Bros 4’ for Wii U will do away with the pantywaist online fights of its predecessor
• TiVo Mini DVR Extender is here toting some baggage in the form of fine print
• ‘Watch Dogs’ puts you in the center of a nearly-real surveillance state
• Facebook aims for Google with Entity Graph real-world mapping
• Intel releases ‘optimized’ Android 4.2 release, hinting it will dual-boot with Windows 8
• Notorious Facebook hook up app invades SXSW to the chagrin of … SXSW
• Return of The One: BMW says ‘yes’ to 1 Series M Coupe successor
• Twitter expected to launch music discovery app, Twitter Music
• Google Reader set to die on July 1, and everyone’s freaking out
• ‘Veronica Mars’ appears on Kickstarter in hopes of a second chance, then promptly decimates records
• Apple marketing chief lambasts Android ahead of Galaxy S4 unveiling
• Twitter launches native app for Windows 8 and RT, comes with new features
• Please don’t go! Petitions to save Google Reader hit the Web
• A history of Samsung’s Galaxy phones and tablets, from the S1 to the S4
• SoundCloud has a better plan for cash-strapped subscribers and brands
• Pinterest unveils Web Analytics, but third-party analytics aren’t worried
• Twitter rolls out line breaks, which is good and bad news
• Microsoft under fire after student uncovers Chinese surveillance of Skype
• All the cool kids prefer smartphones over computers
• Fisker vs. Tesla: Two cutting-edge cars, two embattled companies
• Do Top Chefs dream of electric kitchens? Season 9 winner Paul Qui does
• Google’s Andy Rubin steps aside to let Sundar Pichai take over Android (Updated)
• ST-Ericsson introduces NovaThor L8580 chip, with eQuad technology (Update: it’s not quad-core)
• Nintendo found guilty of patent infringement, ordered to pay $30 mil in damages
• Rolls-Royce says “never say never” to a possible SUV
• Dating apps at SXSW hope to make serendipity happen
• Who just ordered one million BlackBerry 10 phones?
• KEF E-series 5.1 speaker package brings cosmic audiophile speaker technology down to earth
• The release of ‘Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’ may hint at the PS4’s release date
• Facebook users more likely to land a job through close friends, study shows
• There is a way to play SimCity offline and to increase city size, sort of
• 6 home security camera systems that provide peace of mind on a budget
• Dead Space 3: Awakened DLC review
• Google+ may have ultimately killed Google Reader
• Best Apps on Every Platform: Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows 8, and BB10
• American McGee looks to free Alice from EA to crowd-funding ‘Alice 3’
• It’s not you, SXSW. It’s me. Me, me, me …
• Worst app of the week: Predicktor can only disappoint
• Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is slimmer, lighter, stronger, and headed for shelves in April
• Samsung Galaxy S4’s camera adds tons of functionality, megapixels
• Galaxy S4 features new S Translate feature, allowing instant local translation in nine languages
• Dreambox is a vending machine with a built-in 3D printer
• Redbox Instant officially opens to the public today after closed beta
• Galaxy S4 vs. iPhone 5: Spec Comparison
• Samsung’s Galaxy still isn’t big enough to conquer Times Square
• Google Translate encourages you to learn the lingo with new Phrasebook feature
• Meet the muzzled copyright crusader who believes laws are paralyzing progress
• Samsung pledges to launch a top-spec Tizen phone by end of September this year (Updated)
• BitTorrent makes nice with artists and fans: ‘We’re not The Pirate Bay’
• #Facebook? The News Feed isn’t the only thing changing – Facebook is embracing hashtags
• Windows Phone 7.8 update hit by problems, forcing its release to be halted (Update: It’s coming!)
• Samsung Galaxy S4: Everything you need to know
• Android may be ‘Open,’ but who gives a crap?
• Aventador ‘Lambo limo’ is an unholy supercar abomination
• ‘Sound Shapes’ DLC review: The painful sweetness of the single
• TimeSplitters returns! But maybe not in the way you would think
• Monthly Nintendo Wii U sales lower than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 sales at any point in the last seven years
• Lego City Undercover review
• Is audio the final social frontier? Eevzdrop thinks so
• ‘Saints Row IV’ rises from THQ’s ashes for an August release
• Have a MacBook Pro with a LG-made Retina screen? You’re part of a class-action suit
• Capcom turns to Valve and ‘Left 4 Dead 2’ to rescue ‘Resident Evil 6’ on PC
• Hands on: Zite has already created a Google Reader alternative
• Digital Blend: PS Vita prices fall and DLC pops up for Call of Duty, Dishonored, and Borderlands 2
• ‘Lego City Undercover’ highlights another problem for the Wii U
• Guardians of the Galaxy casts its sweaty, angry Drax
• Are you a visual learner? Here’s how to make sense of all the SXSW news
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• Google Glass, Google Shoes, and the horror of living in a Google World
• Reuters social media editor may face jail time for colluding with Anonymous to deface Tribune site
• Why mobile devices spell certain death for the universal remote control
• We got around at SXSW … transportation-wise, of course
• A quick guide to handling a St. Patrick’s Day worst-case scenario
• The Audiophile System Builder: Part III – Herring, Hemp, and Hong Kong
• Jetsetter: After all these years, Final Fantasy Versus XIII turns into Final Fantasy XV
• Bigots love Jennifer Lawrence, lenscrafting and more in this week’s Staff Picks
• 2013 Fiat 500 review
• Denon Globe Cruiser AH-W200 Review
• ORIGOSafe disables the car to stop people from texting while driving
• Best apps of the week: Tumblr, NowThis News, Ridiculous Fishing, and more
• Terms & Conditions: Netflix never said never to password sharing
• Gears of War: Judgement review
• Why some high resolution music isn’t worth the extra dough
• Explain Yourself! Snapchat
• Petition to save Google Reader racks up 125k signatures, while 500k switch to Feedly
• Feeling the heat? Apple responds to Galaxy S4 launch with new ‘Why iPhone’ webpage
• Weather advisory: Google Reader proves that cloud apps can just … blow away
• Confusion at BlackBerry over the future of the PlayBook tablet
• Sony launches 4G LTE Xperia SP and funky Xperia L Android phones
• Why are one third of Americans turning their backs on high-speed Internet?
• #FirstWorldProblems: Twitter third party clients continue to shut down and its API is just getting more restrictive
• Google’s Nexus 5 superphone leaked, but sounds too good to be true
• Pinterest rolls out anticipated redesign with bigger images and discovery features
• Lenovo’s updated ThinkPad T431s Ultrabook is thinner and tougher, starts at $950
• Disgruntled SimCity players may find the game they’re looking for in classrooms
• Gamers beware: Rockstar fighting a rising tide of Grand Theft Auto V scammers
• SXSW 2013’s trends by Twitter numbers
• Listen, Google and Apple, this is not how you reanimate obsolete technology!
• Update your Mac! Latest OS X Mountain Lion update kills 21 bugs
• Indie smash ‘Fez’ jumps dimensions, shifting to Steam and possibly PS Vita
• BlackBerry CEO says iPhone’s interface looks dated
• Is the curtain coming down on plasma? Panasonic may cease plasma manufacturing in fiscal 2014.
• Pebble version 1.9 rolls out with new watch-face selector, and more
• Flattr relaunches and asks the age-old questions, ‘how much is a like worth?’
• Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello resigns after six years of declines
• Manage March Madness using teams’ Facebook page likes
• Pyle PSBV200BT Review
• The Washington Post will roll out a paywall this summer
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• Samsung exec confirms it’s prepping a smartwatch, been working on it ‘for so long’
• The Digital Self: We all lose with the Web’s last bandits behind bars
• NY Auto Show preview: 640hp SRT Viper TA has less luxury, more venom
• Dish to Fox: It’s too late to say that our new DVR tech is dangerous
• HTC executive says the One is delayed due to the firm no longer being a big enough player in the industry
• NATO publishes a how-to manual for cyber warfare
• Buy smart: The Galaxy S3 is still cutting edge (and about to be cheap!)
• Twitter is like high school all over again, study reveals
• MLB: The Show 13 (Vita) review
• MLB 13: The Show review
• StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm review
• ZTE wants you to know its phones are not a security risk, partners with Intrepidus to prove it
• EA’s Origin leaves 10 million customers vulnerable to hacking
• Russian Orthodox Church wants you to give up social media for Lent
• Porsche: 2014 GT3 RS might arrive packing 500hp
• Xbox website hacked, leaking info of thousands of users
• 10 things you might not know about ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’
• First Drive: Come for the nostalgia, stay for the tech smarts in Chevy’s 2014 Impala
• Are you an Instagram wizard or wannabe? Your favorite filters are more revealing than you think
• Detroit Electric: The grandaddy of all electric carmakers returns with a two-seat sports car
• More than a third of all recorded DVR content is never viewed
• UK government rejects BB10 software [updated]
• Jawbone UP gets an Android app, plus a wider international release
• Can a $50 mini PC replace your desktop? We tested 3 of them to find out
• Twitter granted patent – for Twitter
• Dude, where’s my Kickstarter stuff? Dealing with delays, deception and broken promises
• UK Galaxy S4 to use 1.9GHz quad-core processor, and not eight-core Exynos 5 Octa
• European Commission report says music piracy not a problem
• The future of online movie piracy is grim, experts warn
• New tech keeps livers alive outside the body for up to 24 hours
• Tomb Raider’s writer Rhianna Pratchett discusses the future of Discworld, and making Lara Croft accountable
• NUIA eyeCharm uses Kinnect to track your eye movements
• #Upside: Why Twitter and SXSW going corporate isn’t a bad thing
• Square-Enix finally targets the Wii U with Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut
• New Pope, new technology, better Catholic Church?
• Aliens: Colonial Marines hopes to not to suck quite as much as patches near 4GB
• Kobo Glo Review
• ‘Katamari Damacy’ creator’s new game tackles “love, hygiene, monsters, and finding discarded erotic magazines in the woods”
• Browsers go boom: Pwn2Own hackers take down Chrome, Firefox, & Internet Explorer
• Renault Formula One engineers unveil new turbocharged V6 engine
• We speak with Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert about sailing the iOS seas in his new game Scurvy Scallywags
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• EA returns to defend its title as the “Worst Company in America”
• New biomedical startup to revive extinct animals, opening the door to a possible Jurassic Park
• Why was Digg de- and then relisted by Google?
• Helpful tips and tricks for Android ‘Jelly Bean’ users
• None more black? Samsung’s F8500 plasma is stunning
• Report: Eco Hondas carrying only drivers are crowding California carpool lanes — legally
• NY Auto Show preview: Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid scheduled for American debut
• Hey Honda, where are the new ‘classic’ bikes? Modern tech can make them great – again
• Samsung’s $40,000 bomb-drop is bound to boil some blood
• No extra plundering for Lara Croft as Crystal Dynamics says no single-player DLC for Tomb Raider
• Send to Kindle debuts for Mac & PC, gives Instapaper a run for its money
• NYC rolling out touchscreen displays in subways for directions, schedules
• Besides a few updates, Canon’s new Rebel T5i is anything but groundbreaking
• Canon’s new baby DSLR may be world’s smallest, but isn’t short on performance
• Sony Vaio Duo 11 Review
• Amazon CEO and his Expeditions team recover Apollo 11’s F-1 engines from ocean floor
• JetBlue promises ‘smart, new, fast’ in-flight Wi-Fi, though you’ll have to wait
• Andrew Auernheimer is not Aaron Swartz
• YouTube now has over a billion unique users a month, eight years after first upload
• HP working on new holographic 3D display technology for smartphones and tablets
• How to blow up the White House: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ director and stars discuss siege tactics
• Samsung’s wireless Game Pad controller goes up for pre-order, is much too expensive
• Twitter turns 7, and celebrates 200 million active users
• Hands on: Google Keep wants to be your new Evernote
• Thank you, Quora, for finally introducing full-text search
• Long lost PS Vita and PlayStation 3 action RPG ‘Dragon’s Crown’ rises from the ashes
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• Think Samsung’s $40,000 UHD TV is the most expensive ever? Think again
• Felicia Day to host this year’s Shorty Awards
• Remote access software TeamViewer has been spying on us for decades
• Nintendo tries to calm retailers who claim that its “silence on strategy is deafening”
• When it comes to apps, Facebook giveth and Facebook taketh away
• Beyond better graphics: 5 features we want from next-gen consoles
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• ZeniMax staffs up for its push towards free-to-play games
• Nielsen and SocialGuide study finds Twitter closely tied to TV ratings
• Open apertures, open minds: How conservation photographers shoot for a cause
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate review (Wii U and 3DS): A JRPG that has grown up
• Olympus Has Fallen fills the White House with R-rated action
• BlackBerry boss talks of new BB10 phone that will ‘take platform to another level’
• A look at the future of hands-free computing
• Tablets for Thais: Govt to hand out 1.7 million devices to students and teachers in ‘one tablet per child’ initiative
• Insiders say Jony Ive’s new version of iOS shuns skeuomorphism, embraces flat design
• Moab Safari concepts: Jeep unveils six automotive Easter eggs
• BBC Twitter hacked by Syrian cyber terrorists
• Are messaging apps the biggest threat to Facebook?
• Gears of War: Judgment survival guide: What’s new and what to do about it
• HBO considering offering HBO Go without cable subscription
• Samsung EX2F Review
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation review: Knowing is half the battle; the other half is explosions
• All this week’s Facebook news that’s fit to print
• Hands on: Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 will remind you to use film sparingly
• If ‘Torment: Tides of Numenera’ hits $3.5 mil via Kickstarter, it will bring more of the ‘Planescape’ band back together
• Quantic Dream will continue its love affair with Sony after ‘Beyond: Two Souls’
• NY Auto Show preview: Scion’s tC coupe gets a needed refresh for 2014
• Shoe phones, vibrating tattoos and more insane mobile patents we hope become real
• Is Disneyland planning a Star Wars Land? We discuss if the force is strong with this one
• Finally! Truly wireless surround speakers are a reality with the Philips Fidelio HTL9100 sound bar system
• The Unity engine continues it march towards world domination, this time via the next-gen consoles
• Blackberry Z10 lands in America with AT&T – Verizon and T-Mobile not far behind
• The Internet way to do your Spring Break vacation on the cheap
• ‘Duck Tales’ returns! ‘Nuff said
• Wake up! PowerPoint alternatives and tips to caffeinate your presentations
• 888 Holdings becomes the first online gambling company to win an online poker license
• Six pieces of car tech we could live without
• What happens when we can whip up movie-grade CGI in real time?
• New photos show us the Saab 9-3 that might have been
• Set-top showdown: Apple TV vs. Roku 3 vs. Boxee Box vs. WD TV Play vs. Google TV
• HERE Drive + Beta: Nokia’s nav app proves the perfect companion to Windows Phone road warriors
• Jetsetter: Nintendo ends its “After Dark” policy for mature Wii U games in Europe
• March Madness GIFs, wingsuit insanity and more in this week’s Staff Picks
• WTF, Internet?: Thanks for another terrible ‘hot women in tech’ list we did not ask for
• The Twitternet of things? How robots use Twitter for good … or evil
• Are smartphones the key to better online security?
• Native Union Switch Review
• Terms & Conditions: What happens on Pandora does not stay on Pandora
• Hands on: Apple’s Podcasts app is finally usable!
• GDC preview: A few thousand video game developers walk into a bar …
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• Best new apps of the week: Yogify, Google Keep, SoundCloud, and more
• Will new report that kids can be as distracting as cell phones for drivers lead to more in-car technology?
• Samsung ATIV Smart PC 700T Review
• CubeSensors are designed to improve your indoor environment
• Apple Maps: Tech giant snaps up indoor location firm WiFiSLAM for $20m
• BlackBerry launches ‘takeover’ ads to give iPhone and Android users the Z10 experience
• FAA rules on use of electronics during flights could change in fliers’ favor before year end, report says
• Anti-Google Glass ‘Stop The Cyborgs’ campaign launches
• HTC drops Quietly Brilliant tagline, plans to go on the attack instead
• Eh oui! Twitter hit by $50 million criminal lawsuit in France
• Fake tweet site LetMeTweetThatForYou could have real implications for Web journalism
• ‘Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon’ review: Mario’s little brother shines in the darkness
• Got camera, will hire: Pro wedding photogs facing competition from amateurs
• Apple tweaks Retina MacBook Pro tagline thanks to Chromebook Pixel
• Blind and deaf users take e-retailers and streaming sites to court
• Report: Spotify to move beyond music into video streaming
• BioShock Infinite review
• Double Fine details ‘Broken Age,’ its long awaited Kickstarter adventure
• Get your brand online with easy site builder Tribeca Cloud
• Gearbox lays out the future of ‘Borderlands 2,’ starting with new character Krieg the Psycho
• LinkedIn follows in Facebook’s footsteps, gets a search makeover
• Everything you need to know about Facebook’s new Timeline
• Xbox 360 victorious at end of year-long Microsoft-versus-Motorola patent battle
• In an always-on world, March Madness is no joke
• New ‘Ecco the Dolphin’ project heads to Kickstarter without Sega on board
• Microsoft to roll out Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, and People app updates
• Hands on: Webnote is an iPad Web browser and social network in one
• NY Auto Show preview: Shelby’s 1200bhp Mustang has the power of a Bugatti Veyron at 1/10th the cost
• Definitive Technology Sound Cylinder Review
• McLaren targets Porsche 911 Turbo with new P13 – and it’s only $200,000
• The Vamp revives old speakers with Bluetooth, mobile connectivity
• Yahoo buys Summly news app from Brit teen for an estimated $30m – then closes it
• One giant leap for birdkind? Angry Birds attraction opens at Kennedy Space Center
• NY Auto Show preview: Hybrid BMWs, twin-turbo Cadillacs, and more
• GDC 2013: Hate aliens and have an iPad? Firaxis brings UFO defense to iOS with ‘XCOM: Enemy Unknown’
• Google slashes price of Nik photo-editing software, offers bundle for $149
• Thanks, Apple! Foxconn posts record quarterly profit following healthy iDevice sales
• GDC 2013: ‘Knights of Pen & Paper: +1 Edition’ coming to Steam, mobile platforms
• Danny Boyle: ‘I don’t know if 3D will survive’
• GDC 2013: Boldly going etc., etc. Hands-on with the ‘Star Trek’ video game
• Vizify rolls out of beta, ready to protect and serve your Web identify – infographic style
• Google Glass gets potential legal roadblock in West Virginia
• Who needs Simon Cowell? How big data can predict music superstars
• Square-Enix CEO Yoichi Wada steps down as slow sales of games like Hitman: Absolution lead to massive company restructuring
• Get your Google Analytics in infographic form thanks to Visual.ly
• You can now track Facebook Graph Searches on Google Analytics
• T-Mobile’s ‘Jump!’ Value Plans, and how much money they’ll save you
• GDC 2013: I have worn the future of gaming, and it is the Oculus Rift
• 2015 Audi A3 and S3 sedans are small on size, big on tech
• FireMe! keeps you from tweeting your way to the unemployment line
• Grab your apocalyptic go-bag, a vial of deadly virus from bioterror lab went missing
• What we learned from building our $500 Steam Box
• Can you spot the fake parts of this image? (Hint: It’s all of it)
• The Digital Self: Ignorance about privacy is not an excuse – but it is our excuse
• GDC 2013: Sony puts its money where its mouth is on the indie developer-centric future of the PS4
• The birth of a marriage equality meme
• Hands on: MixShape dishes out tunes for the right mood
• GDC 2013: ‘Magicka: Wizard Wars’ aims for accessibility and magical multiplayer mayhem
• Tech-heavy 2014 Range Rover Sport won’t drive itself (but comes close)
• Intel closing in on content deals for upcoming TV service
• FTC finds that the video game industry is adept at keeping Mature games out of kids’ hands
• Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 Review
• David Brevik’s ‘Diablo’ style superhero fantasia ‘Marvel Heroes’ hits on June 4th
• ‘Tiger Woods PGA 14’ review: EA Sports keeps it on the fairway, but misses the green
• Facebook uses push notifications to nag us … to use push notifications
• It doesn’t pay to be a Dreamcast lover; Sega delays ‘Phantasy Star Online 2’ in the US
• Cadillac’s 2014 CTS is bolder and more beautiful than a daytime soap star
• GDC 2013: EA and DICE unveil the very, very pretty ‘Battlefield 4’
• Wanna be a publisher? Flipboard 2.0 lets users create their own magazine
• Startup hopes to attract top developer with offer of space flight
• New York Auto Show: Mercedes debuts CLA45 AMG with stunning 355hp 4-cylinder power plant
• The results are in: Google set to announce winners of Glass contest
• Meet Guccifer, the merry prankster revealing the secrets of our political elite
• T-Mobile’s LTE network is faster than Verizon’s right now, but how long will that last?
• Mark Zuckerberg pokes his way from tech to a new political group
• GDC 2013: The free-to-play ‘Loadout’ is worth every penny (and quite a few more)
• Apple to increase retail store presence in India, could be preparing for budget iPhone
• You want the 3G? You can’t handle the 3G! North Korea pulls foreigner access [UPDATE: Temporarily]
• GDC 2013: HP and ALT Systems team up to offer game developers something new
• GDC 2013: The developer of ‘Fruit Ninja’ returns to show you how not to fish
• GDC 2013: Hands-on with ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us,’ and a first look at the iOS version we can’t talk about
• Boxee TV now supports DLNA and 3D playback, but can it really compete with the Roku 3?
• Don’t click that link! New Facebook spam features child porn and an account-controlling virus
• NY Auto Show: 2014 Acura MDX revealed, loses 275 pounds
• NY Auto Show: New Buick Regal loads up with safety tech, AWD, eAssist, more turbo power
• ‘Gears of War: Judgment’ multiplayer mode isn’t gone, you’re just a few buttons away
• ‘Ground Zeroes’ and ‘The Phantom Pain’ are one and the same; Kojima debuts ‘Metal Gear Solid V’
• Microsoft granted 3 design patents for Surface keyboard
• Yamaha Aventage A-3020 Review
• Hands on: Let Serendip reunite you with the music soul mates you never knew you had
• If you don’t want ads targeting you, read this story about Facebook FBX
• Brains and brawn don’t prevent Jeep’s new 2014 Cherokee from getting dirty
• T-Mobile’s CEO sounds like a comedian, but his radical ‘Uncarrier’ plan is no joke
• Photos: Hyundai’s flagship Equus gets a facelift, even more luxury for 2014
• Preview for the Wii U’s operating system update speaks volumes about Nintendo and its audience
• Former ‘Dead Space’ dev revitalizes Australian game development with Space Dust Studios
• The largest cyber attack ever just slowed down the entire Internet
• Techy Mercedes-Benz B-Class EV with 115-mile range set to hit US streets
• Need For Speed: Most Wanted U review
• Using GPS tracking, researchers can now fingerprint who you are by your movements
• Chevrolet’s fast and light Camaro Z/28 returns for track duty
• The car as a mobile device: The perks and pitfalls of increased car connectivity
• V-Moda Crossfade M-100 review
• Celebrating Tumblr’s 100 million blog milestone
• ‘Journey’ takes top honors at the Game Developers Choice Awards
• Contest confusion: Google UNinvites some winners of its Glass competition
• Why haven’t smartwatches taken off? Because they’re all hideous
• Street View: Google posts imagery of town evacuated after Fukushima disaster
• Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-orders go live in the UK, on sale April 26
• Facebook gets green light to build Gehry-designed campus extension
• BlackBerry celebrates first million BB10 sales, but laments another loss of subscribers
• Our first look at Suda 51’s weird and wacky new title, ‘Killer is Dead’
• Swedish Language Council: Sorry, Google, we’re not changing a dictionary word for you
• How Threadless adds a wink and a nod to product photography
• Xbox SmartGlass refines the second screen experience, even as the next gen looms
• Chinese government officials beg you to stop photoshopping them onto porn stars
• Best Buy preparing for Galaxy S4 launch with built-in Samsung Stores
• Turns out federal government employees can be Craigslist creeps, too
• Xi3, maker of the Piston ‘Steam Box,’ introduces the future of portable virtual reality
• Intel (finally) gets into the gaming game
• Hashtags for everyone! Path joins in on the #trend
• ‘Papo y Yo’ creator takes on bullies in ‘Silent Enemy’
• Nintendo invites browser and iOS developers to Wii U with Nintendo Web Framework
• Did Amazon’s storage cloud burst?
• According to overly obvious study, we are addicted to the Facebook mobile app
• Remember Me, Ducktales highlight Capcom’s GDC 2013 lineup
• Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ Review
• Harmonix heads into its post-Rock Band career with funding for three new games
• Not your old 242DL: Volvo V60 R Design marks the (quick) return of the Volvo wagon
• Razer Edge gaming tablet shipping pre-loaded with Valve’s Steam software
• Best Mobile Games on All Platforms: Android, iOS, WP, W8, BB10
• NY Auto Show: New 2014 Nissan Pathfinder ‘Hybrid’ further fuels changing image of green tech
• How one Russian millionaire wants to save the world … with immortal cyborgs
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• Photographer sets up Craigslist sting to get stolen Canon DSLR back
• Amazon snaps up book recommendation site Goodreads
• Apple sings praises of iPad in second part of iDevice Web campaign
• If Google is going to be a defacto monopoly, it needs to start acting like one
• What does the future of Facebook look like?
• Boots on the ground, fingers on the screen in XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• DOJ emails reveal stingray surveillance misuse, leading to ‘accidental’ spying
• AMD plans for the cloud, once again teases the fastest graphics card you can’t buy
• The Fast and the Frugal in the Big Apple: Five top trends from the 2013 New York Auto Show
• BlackBerry wants you to come out and play
• Facebook is – finally – unveiling the Facebook Phone April 4
• BioWare discuses the risks of keeping Mass Effect 3’s development going long after launch
• Walmart considers crowdsourcing strangers to deliver your online purchases
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• AMC really, really excited to announce its streaming movie service called YEAH!
• Vizio refreshes its Thin + Light laptops and All-in-Ones with touch and Gigabit Wi-Fi
• How is this North Korean airline running an incredibly active Facebook page?
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• Gibson Guitar expands its electronics holdings with acquisition of TEAC
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• Ouya console shipping to Kickstarter backers with 104 games, available in stores June 4
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• Vine’s silent update adds awaited video embedding function
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• Digital Blend: Wandering the IGF Pavilion at GDC 2013
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