TechFast: Free Amazon Videos, Early HP Tablet, 30-Hour Laptop

Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.

Is Your Facebook Profile As Socially Acceptable As You Think?

If you’re applying for a job or school, you’re always warned that your Facebook profile can be your demise. You try to block all unwanted people who might be taking a sneak peek into your private life, delete unflattering photos and try to clean up any references to fun times that might not be favorably [...]

Twitter Reinstates UberMedia Apps

Yesterday, Twitter restored access to a few of UberMedia’s previously banned apps. UberSocial and Twidroyd for Blackberry were among two of UberMedia’s Twitter clients that were shut down Friday for policy violations.

Interview: Felicia Day On Her New ‘Dragon Age’ Web Series

Fans of super-successful web series The Guild know Felicia Day best as Cyd/Codex, the shy MMO-addicted violinist who has trouble navigating relationships IRL. She’s also portrayed monster-slayer-in-training Vi on the late, lamented Buffy the Vampire Slayer and teamed up with that series’ creator Joss Whedon to play Penny on Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, helping the [...]

The Legend of Zelda Turns 25

Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, the greatest videogame designer of them all and a world-class storyteller, created two enduring fantasy universes. One of them involves an Italian plumber who likes to jump over things and pluck coinage from the sky–guy name of Mario, you’re surely heard of him.

Radio Toaster: Ultimate Convergence Device?

The fact that it took until 2011 for this to exist should make us all sad. But that sadness should only last for a short while because an invention as epic as the Radio Toaster brings only joy. And toast. And music!

Top 10 Monday Tech Deals

It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.

Adult Swim Gets Their Own App

If you want to watch Adult Swim programing on your iPad or iPhone, here’s your chance. Yesterday, Adult Swim Digital launched a free new app that will let you play all the games, including Robot Unicorn Attack, and all the programing – from The Venture Bros. to Metalocalypse – with your iOS device. While you’ll [...]

TechFast: Motorola Tablet This Week, New MacBook Pros Soon?

Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. Techland will be taking it easy today in observance of the holiday but we’ll be back in full swing tomorrow.

Broadband Service In Rural America Needs Lots of Work

If you take a look at the Commerce Department’s National Broadband Service map, you’ll see that a lot of America still doesn’t have a broadband Internet connection. It might look like sparsely populated areas, but in reality 28 percent of Americans don’t use the Internet, according to the NY Times. A lot of times, as the article [...]

Lenovo’s 10-inch Tablet Due in June, May Cost Under $500

We got a look at Lenovo’s “LePad” tablet at CES back in January when it was demoed as part of the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid system consisting of a detachable tablet that snaps into a notebook shell.