OnLive spent years developing technology for putting high-performance games in the cloud–then streaming them to Windows PCs, Macs, a tiny console and–most recently–tablets and phones. The great thing about figuring out how to …
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Warner Bros. Prepares to Launch ‘Out My Window’ Photo-Sharing Social Network
Move over, Flickr, Instagram and whichever other sites you use to upload your pictures to the Internet — rumor has it that a brand new online photo sharing service is very close to launch, and it’ll allow users to do more than …
Updates from Beyond the Grave: App Lets You Leave Last Words on Facebook
When I die, preferably by crashing a motorcycle into the sun while wailing on a guitar, I hope that my last Facebook status update isn’t something like “Wow, crazy vid of dude getting hit in the crotch lololol!” That’s where If I …
Who’s the Fastest Browser of Them All? Firefox 9 for Windows 7, Safari 5 for OS X Lion
Every so often, Tom’s Hardware runs what it calls a “Web Browser Grand Prix,” putting the latest browsers through a battery of grueling benchmarks. The last throwdown took place in August, and was notable for its inclusion of a …
MARRIAGE for 13 Points: Words With Friends Game Leads to Love
For some of us, the best we can hope to get out of playing Words With Friends is a respectable score. Megan Lawless and Jasper Jasperse, however, fared just a bit better.
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Sweden Recognizes File Sharing as an Official Religion
Attention all obsessive internet pirates: If SOPA has you worried about your ability to continue to perform your pixelated perfidy, there’s one clear and unexpected solution to your problem: Move to Sweden, which has just …
No Passport, No Problem: Man Uses iPad to Cross Border into U.S. [UPDATE]
Ever approach the border with a sinking feeling that your passport is sitting at home next to the phone charger you also forgot to bring? Fear not, tech-savvy travelers, because apparently you can now just present your iPad to …
Closing on Half a Million: Google’s Android App Store Turns 400,000
Google’s Android Market just passed the 400,000 application mark last weekend, ringing in the New Year by closing the distance to Apple’s App Store, reports Netherlands-based app store stats tracker Distimo. Make that the “total …
Best Buy’s Daily Deals Site Selling Pre-Owned Nintendo Wii for $70
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 …
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 …
Cat Displays Serious Fruit Ninja Skills on iPad
Will the Internet ever get tired of animals playing with touchscreens? First there was the lizard that played Ant Crusher with its tongue — now it’s a cat that plays Fruit Ninja, a.k.a. the game people download after beating Angry Birds.
In an adorable bit of PR, Halfbrick Studios, makers of Fruit Ninja, tweeted this video of a cat …
Siri for Android? New App Fools Users in Android Market
Siri for Android is here! At least that’s what more than a 1,000 Android owners thought as they downloaded the app from the Android Market.
In reality the app is simply a shortcut to launch Google’s Voice Actions, which comes …