You can’t blame Gail Davis for hanging up on the person who called her to congratulate her on downloading Apple’s 10 billionth app and winning a $10,000 iTunes gift certificate. Her husband and her both don’t have iPods capable of using App store items.
“I thought it was a prank call,” Gail Davis said to Cult of Mac. “I …
Giving up connectivity is hard to do. Apparently, it’s especially hard to do for the 8% of participants in a recent survey that declared that they would rather give up eating than give up cable, cellphones or internet.
AdAge commissioned a survey from Ipsos Observer, asking 1000 Americans whether they’d be more willing to give up …
The Comics Code Authority, the organization responsible for making sure American comic books were safe for children’s consumption, blinked out of existence late last week, following the withdrawal of the final two publishers that used its services. It was 56 years old.
The initial version of the Comics Code was adopted by a consortium …
The unlikely marriage between nightlife and gaming seems antithetical on paper, but that didn’t stop the creators of a new Las Vegas nightclub from trying to do both.
(More on TIME.com: Duke Nukem Has a Release Date and a SFW Trailer)
Insert Coin(s), opening this Spring, seems intent on luring party-going gamers with booze, …
Dead Space made a name for itself on the consoles in 2008. The title was named one of the top games of the year by numerous publications including Game Informer and Game Spot. With a new sequel set to be released tomorrow in the United States, publisher EA Games and developer Visceral Games have high hopes for the franchise. But, they’re …
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Casio Exilim digital camera: $79.99 at Woot (today only)
Today only, Woot.com is selling the Casio EX-Z800 14-megapixel digital camera for $80. The compact point-and-shoot sells for around $120 elsewhere. Shipping adds $5 and the camera’s available in one of six colors.
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A research group from MIT’s Media Lab has leveraged commercially available technology to transmit holographic video over the internet.
And like any hologram demo worth its salt, one of the group’s members donned full Princess Leia garb to re-enact the fabled “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope,” scene from Star …
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.
Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy (update: priced at $700)
Link: Engadget
Motorola’s iPad-like "Xoom" tablet is apparently slated for release at Best Buy next month. The slick
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in a recently issued press release, Telltale Games said that one of their five projects that will be released soon includes “one based on a just-launched property from the TV and comic book world whose popularity is changing life as some know it.” Hmm comic book based property and a very popular TV show? Could it be The Walking Dead? …
It’s been an interesting couple of days for Jim Greer, CEO of Kongregate. The web portal destination for independently-developed, browser-based games launched the Kongregate Arcade app on Android Market earlier this week. Bringing 300 of the site’s best games to the millions of Android devices out in the world meant that users got a …
YouTube has a new look that, the company hopes, will keep users happy while making the site more aimed at you – yes, you in particular. In a refreshingly hype-free blog post, the reason behind the changes was made clear:
After countless user studies and community surveys, one thing came in loud and clear: the homepage in its current
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If you experience shoddy AT&T reception inside your home or small office, you may be eligible for a free AT&T MicroCell device, according to what appears to be an internal document leaked to Engadget.
The MicroCell is a little box that plugs into your home internet connection and acts as short-range, personal AT&T cell tower of sorts. …
