I remember the first time I saw Duke Nukem Forever, which was about a year ago. Surprise was the only word I could use to sum up my feelings. This legendary piece of vaporware existed? It was playable and funny and self-aware too? Man, if it could come back from the edge of oblivion, then it might actually be good …
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Google loves me. And other Google Chrome users.
If you happen to use Google’s Chrome web browser, Google has added the ability to copy and paste images straight into a Gmail message. Last year, they added the ability to drag and drop attachments and images straight into your e-mail. This takes it a step further. They want to make …
Just a week after passing a law that made it illegal to share passwords to subscription entertainment sites, the state of Tennessee has taken the lead in addressing pressing legal matters again by outlawing the transmission of any image that may upset… well, anyone, really.
The law, passed on Friday, makes it an offense to …
We tech journalists love our silly jargon, even if it’s gibberish to the average user. So if you heard the rumor that Apple will start selling an unlocked iPhone 4 on Wednesday, allow me to explain what that means.
If you buy an iPhone in the United States today, you must pledge allegiance to a single wireless carrier and never go …
Verizon Wireless is teaming up with mobile transaction service Payfone to bring a new mobile payment system to customers. The service will work across smartphones, tablets and PCs, and will charge purchases to participating customers’ Verizon statements or through their usual bank accounts, supplementing a partnership with mobile wallet …
Worried you may have to wait until holiday 2012 for Nintendo’s newfangled console-tablet contraption? Don’t fret: Sega says the Wii U should be out around this time (or a few months later) next year.
In fact Sega’s using verbs like “is”—not “might,” “should,” or “could”—when talking Wii U release timetables.
“The Wii U is …
Ten years ago, Halo proved gamers who thought first-person shooters would never excel on consoles wrong.
Bungie’s landmark sci-fi title brought the speed and accuracy needed for a fun FPS experience to the first Xbox and introduced players to a sweeping cosmic mythos that’s gone on to inspire books, comics and animation. Last year’s …
Hot on the heels of Spain’s recent arrest of three members of the hacking group known as “Anonymous,” Turkish police are now claiming to have rounded up an additional 32 members of the group.
According to Security Week:
“The Anatolia news agency said today that the suspects were taken into custody after conducting raids in a dozen
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Ready for the next round of MacBook Airs? It sounds like Apple is, namely that Cupertino’s placed orders for nearly 400,000 ultra-light laptops, due to enter mass production this month.
AppleInsider plucked the rumor from an “accurate” security analyst, who told the Apple news-watcher that Cupertino had placed orders for 380,000 Sandy …
The International Monetary Fund now joins Citibank, Sony, Nintendo and other high profile targets as the latest victim of an attack by hackers. This is all starting to seem just a little ridiculous.
Senior officials told the New York Times that during the past few months, the IMF suffered "a very major" security breach. However, it was
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NATO has poked the bear of the internet (which responded by announcing that it’s actually a hydra).
Anthropomorphic confusion aside, a NATO security report about “Anonymous”—the mysterious “hacktivist” group responsible for attacks on MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Amazon and, most recently, Sony—has led the underground group to …
The hackers behind recent attacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network may be less anonymous than they’d hoped. The New York Times is reporting that police in Spain say they’ve nabbed three individuals allegedly involved in recent hack-intrusions against Sony’s PSN (among other cyber-iniquities). The three were arrested independently in the
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