Adventures in Social Engineering: Why I Turned Down $10k and an Honorary Degree

“Social engineering,” the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology. We all know (right?) about the scam emails that inform you of a surprise inheritance or lottery win. Recently I came across a surprising variation: a scam that deliberately targets folks [...]

The Loadout for October 24, 2010: New Games to Attack Your Week With

Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it [...]

Best Buy to Sell Samsung Galaxy Tab, Wi-Fi Model at $499

Retail giant Best Buy is getting in on the 7-inch Android tablet action that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is promising this holiday season.

Art Academy for Nintendo DS in Stores

Shaun White Skateboarding for PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii in Stores

Blizzard’s New Diablo III Trailer: The Feisty Demon Hunter

Demons beware, the demon hunter is here.

BlizzCon Ends

Daily Dose

“For most people, Friday’s just the day before the weekend. But after this Friday, the neighborhood’ll never be the same,” – Craig Jones from Friday

Spin the Globe and Win the Fallout: New Vegas Collector’s Edition

This week, Fallout: New Vegas brings the focus of the long-running nuclear aftermath series to Sin City. But, Vegas is only the most recent city that the franchise has visited. Fallout 3 started in the Capitol Wasteland of Washington, D.C. and the DLC took players through bombed-out versions of Pittsburgh and Anchorage, too.

Finally! World’s Largest Gummy Worm: 4,000 Calories, 3 Pounds

Come on, man.

Steven Spielberg To Take On The Robopocalypse

Director Steven Spielberg might be going the drama route with his upcoming War Horse, but it seems he’s heading in a sci-fi vein right after that. Deadline reports that Spielberg has signed up to do Robopocalypse, Drew Goddard’s adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson upcoming novel about a robot vs.human fight for survival. (No, this isn’t The Terminator.)