Diablo III‘s real money auction house, which in case you’re just joining us refers to a place you can use actual cash to buy and sell in-game equipment, has been delayed again, and this time Blizzard isn’t saying when it’ll be …
8 Ways Microsoft Will Tweak Windows 8
For the past few months, Microsoft has observed while techies dug into the Windows 8 “Consumer Preview“–in geek parlance, the beta. The result is several big changes to the operating system, many of which will appear in the …
Facebook Releases New Instagram-Style Photo App for iPhone
Hey, remember when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion? Well apparently buying the number one mobile photo app on the market isn’t stopping the freshly IPO-ed Facebook team from releasing a similar app of its …
Most Necessary Invention Ever: DIY Commodore 64 Bass Keytar
Many moons ago, man invented the wheel. In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell invented the modern telephone. Now, in this year, 2012, electrical engineer Jeri Ellsworth has invented the next revolutionary piece of technology: the …
Report: Microsoft Office Coming to iPad and Android Tablets This Year
Once again, the rumor of a Microsoft Office tablet app has reared its head, and this time, the app is reportedly coming to Android as well.
Microsoft Office will launch for the iPad and Android in November, Boy Genius Report’s …
The Best Social Networks for Kids Under 13
It’s no secret that social networking is a large part of our culture. Facebook and other social networking sites have minimum age requirements that some kids get around by lying about the year they were born. Parents must be …
The New York Bill that Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech
Watching faceless online passerby troll bloggers or mock fellow scribblers can be a drag, but what if legislators’ answer to online ne’er-do-wells was to ban anonymous comments from websites entirely? That’s what the state of New …
10 Quick Tech Links: Apple Under Tim Cook, HP Layoffs, Oracle vs. Google and More
Here’s a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Thursday, May 24.
How Tim Cook is changing Apple [Fortune]
A 14-year veteran of the company, Cook is maintaining, by words and actions, most of Apple’s
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SketchBook Ink: iPad Art at Retina Resolution, and Way, Way Beyond
Back at the new iPad launch in March, Apple, as usual, invited a few third-party developers to show off upcoming apps. One of them was Autodesk, which demonstrated an intriguing drawing program called SketchBook Ink. After a few …
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Bump’s Newest Trick: Phone-to-PC Photo Sharing
Bump is a clever little free app that lets you exchange photos and contacts between two devices instantly and effortlessly by simply bumping them together. Until now, the two devices in question have probably been Android or …
Diablo III: So Far, So Rolling a Boulder Downhill
For the first 20 levels or so, Diablo III is like skiing down a gently sloping hill, one you’d label whatever comes before “green” at an actual resort. You can pretty well wade into any combat situation and wander back out by …
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Yahoo’s Axis: Visual Search, an iOS Browser and No ‘Ten Blue Links’
When you talk to folks from Yahoo about the subject of search engines, they tend to be a tad defensive. Since 2010, Yahoo search has been a repackaged variant of Microsoft‘s Bing. Some people think that means that Yahoo is out of …