Star Wars Yoga: The Video

It’s finally here.

3PAR: Why Dell and H.P. Are Fighting Over Clouds

Not since the invention of Tupperware has storage ever been so sexy. A bidding war between Dell and H.P. over the past few days has seen the two tech giants leapfrog each other several times over the small data-storage company 3PAR, with the latest an offer by H.P. of $30 per share, or roughly $1.88 [...]

Where are the Jet Packs and Repulsorlifts?

What does Star Wars mean to me? Difficult to say. It means two very different things, depending on what point in my life you asked me.

PSA: Civilization IV Complete Edition for $10 Until September 1

The Microsoft Store is blowing out Civilization IV: The Complete Edition for $9.99 until next Wednesday. It’s available in downloadable format for Windows PCs and “includes the original strategy classic, plus both expansion packs and the standalone game Colonization.“

My Ten Hours with Halo: Reach

I got the weirdest feeling while playing a finished version of Halo: Reach this week. I felt a little bit of regret. Regret, because I–and probably a lot of gamers–have been taking Bungie’s excellent work on the series for granted. And now that the original Halo designers and the universe they worked on are about [...]

Contest: Win My Copy of Shank

Of course, Shank‘s not a game on a disc so there’s no actual physical copy to win. What you can get, though, is an Xbox 360 download code for Klei’s gritty stab-em-up. All you need to do is sound off in comments and tell me who’s been the toughest, most macho hombre in video games [...]

Google TV Is Nothing More Than a Creepy Eye Stuck in a TV

At least that’s the way Logitech is approaching the launch of Google TV and their Revue companion box. Creepy.

Is iTunes Going Social?

Apple’s special event next week will be pegged to music – that much we already know. There’s speculation that the Lala acquisition could come about next week but two separate outlets have reported that Apple won’t be bringing cloud-based streaming to iTunes, at least not yet. Boy Genius was tipped off social integration into iTunes [...]

OnMyWay Uses Your Phone’s GPS to Relay Tardiness to Others

If you’re perpetually late and you can’t afford a personal assistant because that aforementioned lateness causes you to miss out on fancy, lucrative business deals with marginally trustworthy individuals, maybe you’d benefit from something like OnMyWay.

Time Capsule: Hamill/Ford Talk Star Wars Prequels In 1980

Travel back to 1980, when a much younger Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill appeared on the Today show to promote The Empire Strikes Back and strike down nerd suspicions that would be raised more than a decade later.

Sony Exec Says PS4 Will Still Use Discs

There continues to be a lot–and I mean, A LOT–of talk about how digital distribution is the way of the future for the games business and how brick-and-mortar stores will all go the way of the dinosaur in, oh, five years or so.