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This has been a year of fundamental changes for BlackBerry; shifts in the company's core, beginning with a change in name from Research in Motion to the far less cumbersome -- and more familiar -- BlackBerry. The change ...

The fastest supercomputer of 2008 is being decommissioned today after setting record-breaking speeds five years ago. The IBM-built Roadrunner was the first machine to reach the notable performance target of 1 sustained p...

While The Pirate Pay is certainly notorious, it's always oddly lingered in the mid-table when it comes to real-world file sharing. No longer, though: according to fresh analysis by Torrent Freak, the site has now sailed ...

Vowels aren't really necessary in today's digital age, are they? Twitter doesn't think so, as it announced a new "two-tiered" service including its free model called "Twttr." You can only tweet without vowels though. Wan...

April Fools' Day provides the springboard for companies to make some unbelievable announcements, but for Google and Microsoft, it serves as the perfect time to poke fun at eachothers' shortcomings. With Gmail Blue, Googl...

There are plenty of knives out there you could feasibly carry around with you all the time--Gerber's got a whole suite of them. The latest to join the crew is an especially tiny lil' guy, but it could save your life. Mor...

It may be April Fool's Day, but believe us when we say this is no joke -- we would never kid you when it comes to another chance to win awesome stuff. It's actually the second birthday of WalkMe, and the website guidance...

It's Monday, and you know what that means; another Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you will join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 5:30PM. If you'll be joining us, be sure to go ahead and get ready by...

The Planck cosmology probe has forced scientists to revise their estimates of the universe's age and the cosmic balance of matter and dark energy -- and now it's led a physicist to remix the sound of the big bang as well...

Playing music in multiple rooms around the house can be an expensive endeavor, with products like Sonos costing upwards of $300 per speaker. If you've already got a handful of phones, tablets and laptops connected to exi...

Everyone, it seems, is a Game Of Thrones fan. The fantasy series, which was spawned out of a series of novels by George R. R. Martin and adapted for HBO, just aired its third season premiere last night and a whole bunch ...

HBO's Game of Thrones was the most pirated TV show of 2012, and early download stats following last night's season three opener have it on track to receive that "honor" yet again this year. According to TorrentFreak, the...

Firefighters have a tough job. They risk their lives to save the lives of others. Often they might find themselves in a smoke filled room where visibility is quite bad. This could seriously hamper their relief efforts, w...

When it comes to an asthmatic patient, having an inhaler close at hand is always good practice, as you can never quite tell just when you might need to get a dose in. Well, the folks over at Cambridge Consultants are cur...

Thinking of picking up the budget Tesla Model S? Think again: the electric automaker just announced that it won't be sending its 40kWh battery pack option into production, citing a lack of customer demand. Customers who ...

Most of the world is aware that Saudi Arabia is not exactly the most liberal of countries, mainly because there is no separation between religion and the state. Having said that, there are some rules in that particular c...

Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Arvin Chen's relationship comedy "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" for a December day-and-date release in theaters and VOD. "Tomorrow" premiered at the Berlin Internat...

A new study indicates that TV sales around the world are at record lows for a variety of reasons -- but it's just a temporary slump as consumers and TV makers take a breather and get ready for the next big thing.The stud...

A major appeals court ruling says that Aereo -- which lets users watch and record live TV to mobile devices -- doesn't violate copyright law. The decision is the biggest blow yet to the existing TV business.

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The college admission website for Monsters University was defaced by rival school Fear Tech on Monday -- yes, on April Fools' Day. The "prank" on the fictitious site adds more marketing fuel to Disney Pixar's viral ad ca...

Foundation Features has boarded first-time helmer-scribe Ana Valine's "Sitting on the Edge of Marlene," starring "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" star Paloma Kwiatkowski.