APPLE CUSTOMERS TO DELIVER 250,000 PETITION SIGNATURES TO GRAND CENTRAL APPLE STORE IN GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST WORKER ABUSE
Apple users will deliver a quarter million petition signatures to Apple in global headquarters including …
Want a PS Vita Early? Here’s How to Get One on Feb. 15
Sony’s new powerhouse gaming portable, the PS Vita, doesn’t officially launch in the U.S. until Wednesday, Feb. 22. Except that’s not entirely true — it turns out you can lay hands on the system a full week early.
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Why We Need a New Definition of ‘PC’
It’s time to update our perceptions about a decades-old device that’s evolving more rapidly than ever.
The 7 Most Promising PlayStation Vita Launch Games
New system launch games are usually pretty dismal — look at what happened to the Nintendo 3DS — but the PS Vita’s looks unusually promising. Here’s a rundown of the seven Vita games we’re most looking forward to (and why).
Beyond Good and Awful: Literary Value in the Age of the Amazon Review
It’s a basic but still weird fact about books that two people’s experiences of the same book can be radically different but equally valid.
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Russian Carrier Holds Contest to See Who Can Download the Most 3G Data
Angry that your carrier put a cap on your data? Maybe you should move to beautiful Russia, where the data flows like caviar and carriers actually encourage people to hog more bandwidth.
That’s what Russian carrier MegaFon did. …
Is Twitter Really More Addictive than Alcohol? The Vagaries of Will and Desire
Twitter and Facebook are harder to resist than alcohol and cigarettes, but so is the urge to work, according to new research on people’s daily struggles with self-control and desire.
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How Apple’s iPhone Actually Hurts AT&T, Verizon and Sprint
Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless,
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A Website That Could Curb Your Urge to Buy
To the uninitiated, Pinterest.com is kind of a peculiar website. It’s one social network, one part digital scrapbook and one part browser bookmark bar. What’s more, this “virtual pinboard,” as the site describes itself, might be
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Girl Launches Her MIT Acceptance Letter into Space
The class of 2016 was challenged to do something creative with their acceptance packages. One student decided to launch hers 91,000 feet straight up.
Would You Give Up Your Internet Privacy to Google for $25? (UPDATE)
If you’re not shy about letting Google know about all the websites you visit and how you use them, the company may have a proposition for you.
Google is offering $5 Amazon gift cards for participating in a panel called Google …
Soldiers Command Roomba Maker’s New Military Robot with Xbox Controller
While iRobot is mostly known for the Roomba, it’s been manufacturing robots for the military for some time now, most notably the bomb-disposing PackBot. The newest member of the company’s arsenal? The aptly named …