Best Buy-owned CowBoom.com is discounting video game consoles today, with one of the better deals being Nintendo’s Wii for $70 (plus $5 for shipping). For comparison, popular used game reseller GameStop sells used Wiis starting …
Google Demotes Itself in Its Own Search Results
What happens when a company accidentally ends up breaking its own ethics rules? Google is having to deal with that embarrassing situation right now, with the revelation that promotion for its Chrome web browser may have strayed …
To Win Kids Back, Toy Maker Taps Tablet and Phone Apps
It’s a familiar refrain among parents of young children: Kids don’t want to play with toys anymore because they’d rather play games on an iPad or a smartphone.
Now, some toy makers are trying to adapt by fusing phone and …
5 Health Gadgets to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolution
Fitness goals are a lot easier to keep when you have a buddy to help motivate you. In case you’re short a friend, these new-generation wireless fitness gadgets can do the trick.
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Microsoft Rejoices as Internet Explorer 6 Usage Falls Below 1%
Companies usually don’t celebrate when they lose market share. Then again, most companies don’t have to deal with consumers stubbornly sticking with a product that’s 10 years old, especially when a newer version is available for …
Retro Mouse Merges New Technology with Old-Timey Wrist Pain
What a wonderful pile of crap this $20 Retro USB Mouse looks like. Wonderful in the sense that it conjures up memories of a simpler time in the history of computing – pile of crap in the sense that the median nerve in my …
Sensory Training Technology Takes Hold in the NFL
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings knew exactly what his fellow receivers needed for Christmas: technology to help them catch the football – not that they need all that much help out in Green Bay.
As chronicled in …
Samsung Point-and-Shoot Sports Front-Facing Screen and Wi-Fi
Remember in high school when you used to have to take photos of yourself by holding your camera out in front of you, hoping you lined everything up correctly? And then your girlfriend got mad at you because you didn’t have any …
Chinese Company Selling Eerily Realistic Steve Jobs Action Figure
How long should you wait to cash in on the likeness of a universally beloved and recently deceased innovator? Just a few months, apparently, because Chinese company In Icons is looking to ship a disturbingly ultra-realistic …
Rupert Murdoch Has Joined Twitter, But His Wife’s Account Isn’t Real
Wendi Deng—easily the most famous pie-defender on Twitter— publicly censored her husband, Rupert Murdoch, for sending out a potentially offensive tweet. That’s what the British media led the world to believe for 24 hours, …
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Get Your BlackBerry PlayBooks Cheap: $299 Fire Sale on All Models
Want a 64GB tablet for just $299? Wallet, meet solution — if you don’t mind the part where it’s called a BlackBerry PlayBook, that is.
Yep, RIM just dropped the official prices on its beleaguered tablet lineup, taking the …