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If you've played every expansion available, and have mixed up the rules six ways from Sunday, but are still finding yourself bored of The Settlers of Catan, here's a hail mary pass that might just make it interesting aga...

The Paladone Pac-Man Paper Clips are clever paper clips shaped like Pac-Man and the colorful ghosts. You get a full box of clips in different colors. Use of them to clip together a bunch of papers, and it's sure to...

Worst Ad, Best Product... Happy Super Bowl from BUG-A-SALT! Humanity will finally realize its power over the evasive fly... BUG-A-SALT technology kills pesky insects by firing a pinch of ordinary table salt at 142 ft/sec...

[From AppleTell] In Fear I Trust is not a hangover or a bad dream, even though your character is asking, "Where am I, and what's going on?" Just remember, you volunteered for the program.

theodp writes: "Apple has recently disclosed a pending patent for Inferring User Mood Based on User and Group Characteristic Data, which has received surprisingly scant attention from the press even though it ups the ant...

An online petition that secured 220,000 signatures has forced the US government to consider the fate of the Canadian pop star. The White House's press secretary says it is being mulled.

Want to watch the Super Bowl live stream but don’t have a TV or tuner, or you can’t get the stream in your locality? Maybe you’re just not in an area that has coverage of the big game? No sweat, you can still get y...

Perusing the metaphorical tomes of modern civilization, we can already speak to some of the Great Questions — the ones that might define our era. "How do we balance security and liberty?" captivates our public discussi...

Earlier in January Bitcoin, as it receded as recipient of an infinite press, began to see its trading range tighten after months of wild swings. I pointed this out as perhaps the start of new stability for Bitcoin, which...

For a lot of us, just thinking about the Super Bowl elicits a craving for deep-fried goodness. If you're without a dedicated fryer, don't fear. Modernist Cuisine at Home will show you how to achieve the same effect with ...

A panel of physicists will debate the possibilities of a multiverse and the latest mysteries of nature at an event set for February 1 --

Good news if you're a Pebble owner: the official App Store is set to open its doors on Monday, providing a central resource for browsing, installing and managing apps from your smartphone. The post The Pebble App Store i...

Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and power tools help an engineer build the greatest thing ever.     

With the advent of officially supported iOS 7 controllers, many types of games that weren't always a perfect fit for a touch interface -- like shooters, racing games, and 3D adventures -- suddenly have an opportunity to ...

Walter Isaacson, who is best known for writing the authoritative biography of Steve Jobs, is walking back some of his criticisms of Apple. A couple of weeks ago, Isaacson said that Google had taken over Apple’s role as...

Mobile tool detects when apps are pulling location data University researchers have developed a smartphone app to show users how often their mobile software tracks their movements....

AT&T is making its shared-data family plans a lot more appealing starting tomorrow. The carrier is slashing the price of Mobile Share Value plans that come with 10GB or more of data; depending on your setup, you could be...

Sprint has become the first carrier in the US to push Android 4.4.2 KitKat to the HTC One, following promises from HTC to have it out to all users by the end of January. The upgrade is available for download by Sprint cu...

Non-sports fans: If you're going to a Super Bowl party on Sunday, and have no clue how to join your friends' football banter, have no fear because Logo TV wants to help you. Throughout the game, the channel's Twitter acc...

HTC must feel that it's best to underpromise and overdeliver. While the company told American One owners that they wouldn't get KitKat on time, the 535MB Android upgrade is already available on Sprint; eager subscribers ...

The Syrian Electronic Army, a notorious hacking group, says it claimed two big-name victims Saturday: eBay and PayPal. While a hack on PayPal could put millions of peoples' bank information at risk, the hackers said this...

Microsoft is airing its first national Super Bowl advert on Sunday. While the software giant has been busy backing the Seattle Seahawks, it has also found the time to create a series of "empowering" videos that mark a f...