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JVC occasionally drops hints as to what we'll see at CES through launches in Japan late in the year; if that's true with its new Everio camcorder launch, we'll face a small avalanche in Las Vegas. Five models are shippin...

Analyst Shaw Wu says iPhone sales will likely be better than anticipated, but the iPad could actually be light because of supply shortages for the iPad Mini and because the iPad Mini is eating into sales of the larger mo...

Google, the number one search engine on the planet, has published its comprehensive list of what was on people's minds during 2012. The company's 2012 Zeitgeist—"the defining spirit or mood of a particular period ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn't always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the original Macintosh, r...

You can buy replica movie posters and DVD boxsets, but if you want to profess your true love for a film (and have the cash to do so), there's likely nothing like owning an actual prop used during production. If you're lo...

If you happen to live in an area that's served by Clearwire's WiMAX network, then you may be interested to learn of a new home internet service that's very aggressive on the pricing front. FreedomPop has announced a free...

Roblox has mixed news for parents who wring their hands over their children rotting away from video games: your little monsters never have to unplug now that they can keep playing the site's games on their iPads and iPho...

It's a detective story with a century-old crime: The forgery of a supposed "missing link" in human evolution that went undetected for decades.

Despite the fact that Google showed Windows 8 users how to "get your Google back" a few weeks ago, it sounds like the company won't put much support behind Microsoft's latest OS going forward. Speaking to V3, Google Apps...

Fuhu's latest attempt at a tablet for youngsters is the Nabi XD, this time promising to help keep your tween's hands off your shiny new slate and also eschew sibling rivalry. It's packing specs that match its grown-up ap...

Google has released the new Zeitgeist, its annual list of most popular searches and search trends throughout the year. The top list for 2012 is as follows: 1. Whitney Houston 2. Gangnam Style 3. Hurricane Sandy 4. iPad 3...

Advertisers have been using a flaw in Internet Explorer to log the mouse movements of users, an issue that could be used to log authentication data entered via virtual keyboards.

Have you ever tried to make cotton candy? Whenever I start twirling that stick in that intimidating centrifugal force of a cotton candy machine, my cotton candy turns out lumpy, tumorous and never looks appetizing. I mea...

Despite its stock value and controversy surrounding privacy policy, Facebook was voted the best place to work in 2012 across all industries. More About: Facebook

As we close the doors on another year, let's remind ourselves which games and trends had no business even walking through them. [Read more]

Gathering census data is essential to understanding how a population connects to a particular geographical space. The U.S. requires thousands of agents to complete one census every 10 years. In 2012, however, one young S...

Artist James Cochran has painted a graffiti mural you need 3D glasses to fully appreciate. Can you dig it? The Australian painter challenged himself to...

John McAfee, the eponymous founder of an anti-virus company, has had an odd run-in with the law following the murder of his neighbor in Belize. Authorities were looking to question McAfee, but he fled from the country, b...

A startup looks to disrupt the broadband industry with free Internet, Facebook makes privacy settings easier to find, and a video shows what could be the next BlackBerry phone. [Read more]

The megapixel war is heating up again in the high-end DSLR market, with the 36MP Nikon D800 leading the charge and rumored high-MP Canon and Sony competitors on the way. If you’ve been drooling over massive megapi...

For over a year, third-party manufacturers have been showing off prototypes and making announcements regarding Thunderbolt docking stations, accessories that would allow users to connect a variety of peripherals to a hub...

The Back to the Future Hoverboard by Mattel is not a hoverboard. It's a board at best. Really, it's just a piece of chintzy pink plastic that you can buy for $120 if you're a jerk. It doesn't hover. More »