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Habitual leakers @evleaks have popped out yet another unannounced phone, but one we may have seen before We're all waiting to see what Google and Motorola show the world this year. We've got high expectations, and a litt...

Bitcoin is virtual currency much in the news these days. It's peer-to-peer so there's no central bank or government. But if you think that means the IRS won't get a piece, think again.

Anthony Burch, a Borderlands writer, apparently leaked the title for the next downloadable content for Borderlands 2. He tweeted a picture earlier today, which has now been removed, that contained a poster in the backgro...

(Reuters) - Warren Buffett accumulates Twitter followers even faster than he makes money.

A simple and adorable solution to overwatering your plants? The rubber squeeze flower sprinkler.

Google has hired a "Chief Game Designer," and he's worked on everything from arcade games, such as Sinistar, to recent hits, including Alan Wake. TechCrunch spotted that gaming industry veteran Noah Falstein had listed b...

Feeling vain? The latest update to photo sharing app Instagram, version 3.5, brings with it a new feature called "Photos of You," a repository for all pictures taken with your shining, happy face in them. Facebook users ...

Marking a sharp turn from its earlier stance, Facebook has caved to pressure to remove two controversial decapitation videos that have gone viral on the...

You can carry your own booze to events and parties without attracting too much attention with the iFlask, a drink container that cleverly masquerades as an iPhone. The iFlask is made from polyethylene and polycarbonate, ...

President Obama announces the nomination of Thomas Wheeler (right) Thomas Wheeler has been influencing communications policy in Washington for a long time, but always from the sidelines. He ran what was then the National...

Canadian-based quantum computing company D-Wave announced today that it's embarking on the formal beginning of its business in the United States. That beginning will start with offices in Palo Alto, which will be headed ...

Been thinking about giving up your Android phone for a Microsoft Windows Phone? Well, there's now an app for that. An app called "Switch to Windows Phone" popped up in the Google Play store on Wednesday. The publisher? M...

Sony's Xperia Z and ZL, were the two most exciting smartphones at this past January's Consumer Electronics. But that feels like years ago now, and with the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 now on the scene, it takes a lot m...

Whether you think a case on your phone is good protection or useless bulk, you have to admit there's a huge market for them. Some are sleek and trim, others are bulky but have features like batteries or space for credit ...

Ever since it launched the first iPhone back in 2007, Apple has achieved a number of significant milestones. It has moved record numbers of products each quarter, raked in record breaking profits year after year and also...

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has landed the female lead in MGM and Paramount's "Hercules" starring Dwayne Johnson. Pic also stars Ian McShane and Joseph Fiennes, with Brett Ratner directing. The graphic novel describes Hercules ...

Motorola's been talking up its phones in the pipeline as of late, which are said to feature stock Android, broader carrier availability and less bloatware. We first saw hints of such a device from a leak in Vietnam, but ...

The social network lets users hide some mobile ads, with even more ad-nixing options on the way.

Detailed images on a Chinese blog may reveal more about the next-generation Olympus PEN. Although no official announcement has been made, the extent of the leaks about the camera make its existence an open secret. Rumors...

Spark Devices is using Kickstarter and DIYers as the gateway into building a hardware and cloud-based platform for the internet of things. Today it's DIY, but tomorrow it hopes to have corporate clients.

The game world is full of promises. Words like "innovative" and "groundbreaking" are thrown around like candy. We're starting to get those promises from Grand Theft Auto 5 and, as always, I'm wary. How incredible will th...