Apple is being hit by a class-action lawsuit after ruffling the feathers of few annoyed parents in Phoenixville, Penn. The nature of the lawsuit concerns free iOS games that allow in-app purchases, which previously made it easy for children to run up their parents’ credit cards with in-game purchases.
Apple Insider reports that the …
Tired of the Wii? Of course you are! Which is why you’re as excited as we are that Nintendo will finally debut the motion-console’s follow up at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, running from June 7 to 11 in Los Angeles.
Game Informer has apparently obtained information from “multiple sources” that the new gaming system will …
For passionate literature fans, one of the more stifling limitations of eBooks (well, eReaders) has been their inability to capture the precious autographs of a book’s author. At least until now.
At a signing for his book “Hyperformance,” author and senior consultant for United States Special Operations Command, T.J. Waters, was …
Remember how underwhelmed (or confused) you were when Apple first announced Apple TV (formerly iTV) way back in, oh, 2006? If this latest batch of Apple rumors holds true, and Apple really is entering the HDTV market, we can expect shiny new (aluminum bodied?) flatscreens in consumer living rooms by the end of 2011.
“If.” Apple …
A new Nielson report takes a look at how multicultural families across America are adapting to today’s digital landscape. This new report — pieced together with data from the U.S. Census Bureau, The Pew Research Center, and numerous other studies conducted by the global leader in data compilation — paints a revealing and colorful …
America is great for an endless number of reasons. But the freedom to spend outlandish amounts of money on nerd-ish pursuits that hold no greater meaning other than they’d be ridiculously, freakishly awesome? Our founding fathers smile down.
Which is why we have to get behind this project to build a life-sized, fully operational AT-AT …
Jamie Hyneman — the thickly facial-haired, beret-adorned half of the hit TV show MythBusters — has landed himself a new side gig working on a special project for the US Military.
CNET is reporting that the Office of Naval Research is tapping into the special effects expert to develop an ultra-lightweight armor for use on vehicles …
The latest scam making its way around Facebook sinks its fangs into a new group of itchy-fingered Internet browsers: Twilight fans.
As first reported on the Sophos blog (with a hat tip to CNET) the rabid fanbase of the bestselling vampire romance novels has been the target of a fake Breaking Dawn game that tricks users into granting …
If you use Adobe Flash Player, Reader or Acrobat, your system might be susceptible to the Flash Zero-Day bug — a malicious code that hackers are using to target Adobe users.
A security bulletin put out by the software company on Monday details the following:
This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0611) could cause a crash and potentially
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Google is investing $168 million to help develop a solar energy power plant in California’s Mojave Desert.
In cooperation with Brightsource energy, Google’s official blog states that the new plant will hopefully generate 392 gross megawatts of solar power, or “the equivalent of taking more than 90,000 cars off the road over the …
Have trouble landing a date? If your pockets are deep, a new dating website that allows its members to bid on attractive potential mates might be up your alley.
The new website, coyly titled What’s Your Price, allows “generous” bidders to pony up for dates with “beautiful, gorgeous or sexy people,” though it would appear that someone …
It’s 75 degrees here in New York today, so it’s practically August. You know what that means? Social gatherings! Oftentimes with alcohol. And barbecue. And, you know, actual people.
And we all know no party is complete without some sort of music playing in the background. Sure, you could always play music directly from your …
