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Microsoft Reveals Xbox One, Next-Generation Gaming

Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Wash.

Senate Panel Says Apple Uses Firms Outside the U.S. to Avoid Taxes

By AP / Marcy GordonMay 20, 20130

Apple employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found.

Empowering Our Digital Sixth Sense with Google Glass, Augmented Reality and Wearable Health Gadgets

By Tim BajarinMay 20, 20130

All of us will soon be able to tap into digital technology in ways that will allow us to embrace our digital sixth sense.

What Is Tumblr?

By Doug AamothMay 19, 20130

What you’re about to read can only be fairly categorized as a technoerotic thriller.

Yahoo-Tumblr: It’s Not What You Buy, It’s What You Do With It

By Harry McCrackenMay 19, 20130

Yahoo has a long record of buying cool companies — and failing to benefit from that coolness. Here’s hoping history doesn’t repeat itself with Tumblr.

Report: Yahoo Board Approves Billion-Dollar Tumblr Deal

By Sam GustinMay 19, 20130

Internet icon Yahoo is in talks to buy New York-based social blogging platform Tumblr for as much as $1 billion, according to multiple reports.

Syrian Electronic Army Compromises Financial Times Blogs and Twitter Feeds

By AP / Raphael SatterMay 17, 20130

A clutch of blogs and Twitter accounts maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army.

Study: More Teens Killed Texting While Driving than by Drunk Driving

By Techlicious / Fox Van AllenMay 14, 20130

Chilling new research suggests that texting while driving has become the number one cause of death amongst teenagers behind the wheel, surpassing drunk driving for the first time.