With just two weeks before everything stored on Megaupload potentially gets deleted, help is at hand for those who can’t access legitimate, legal files stored in the now-frozen cloud service. The Electronic Frontier Foundation …
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13 Years Later: EverQuest Finally Going Free-to-Play in March
The great-granddaddy of 3D massively multiplayer online roleplaying games won’t cost a thing to play for the first time in its 13-year history come March 2012 — so sayeth the folks at Sony Online Entertainment.
“After …
Live: Virtual Interview with President Obama via Google+ and YouTube
As previously reported, President Obama will be holding a Google+ Hangout to field live (albeit pre-selected) questions about last Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
The live stream starts at 5:30PM Eastern — press play in …
Life at Twitter Portrayed in Highly-Polished Recruiting Video
So bad, it’s good? So wrong, it’s right? Twitter’s purposely awful recruiting video might just be designed to weed out anyone who’s too cool to work there.
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Rovio CEO Says ‘Piracy May Not Be a Bad Thing’ for Angry Birds Brand
With the phenomenal success of Angry Birds, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Rovio would be anxiously protecting its core product from every instance of piracy imaginable. As the company’s CEO explains, however, the opposite …
Madden NFL 12 Simulates Super Bowl – Last-Second Kick Wins It All
It’s that time of year again. EA Sports has cranked its annual Super Bowl simulation through the latest installment of the Madden NFL franchise to predict the winner of this Sunday’s big game.
And the winner is… the New York …
Watch: Ex-Apple Employee Claims Company Puts New Engineers on Fake Projects
I knew Apple had a reputation for secrecy, but this is just crazy. Apparently the folks up at Cupertino are so paranoid about new employees leaking information that they put them to work on fake products until they can be …
No Thanks, Facebook: Poll Suggests Users Don’t Want Timeline
It’s large and in charge: Facebook Timeline is here to stay, so do you love it or hate it? Mostly hate it, according to a security firm poll of more than 4,000 Facebook users.
Timeline is Facebook’s way of jamming all your …
Amazon Merchant Offers Free Kindle Fire Cases for Five-Star Reviews
Looking for a discount on Amazon? Try a little underhanded quid pro quo with a shady merchant.
The New York Times has the story of a merchant named VIP Deals that was selling a Kindle Fire case worth $59.99 for under $10. Each …
Add Old Photos Directly to Facebook Timeline with Shoebox for iPhone
Now that Facebook Timeline is being forced upon all users, you might as well embrace the new profile format and deck your Timeline out (or quit Facebook in a fit of rage, which is easier said than done). If you’re looking to add …
Two Minute Video: Getting Started with Facebook Timeline
We’re all getting Facebook’s new Timeline profile and we’re all going to have to do some work to get it set up. You can either do like I do and crumple your anger into a little tiny ball and stuff it waaaaay down into the pit of …
Angry Birds Is Coming to Facebook on Valentine’s Day
In a development sure to kill office productivity around the world, Rovio founder Peter Vesterbacka announced that Angry Birds is coming to Facebook on Valentine’s Day.
Vesterbacka told Asian tech blog Penn Olson that Rovio is …