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Nintendo seems to have a knack for repeat performances. Nintendo DS? Quickly supplanted by the DS Lite -- and the DSi didn't last too long either before it was succeeded by the DSi XL. Even the 3DS saw a revision, when i...

Categories: Tutorials Tags: bulbrampingcontroldaytonighthowtopromotetimelapsetutorial It goes without saying; a time-lapse can be difficult to shoot. A transitional time-lapse from day to night can be even more of a chal...

Not all iPad games are created equal, especially when it comes to cost. You might download a great game only to fall into a trap of ugly graphics, bad controls and in-app purchases. Lucky for you, we've tested 15 games f...

Sometimes, more medical information is a bad thing. The influential United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against most women getting genetic screenings for their susceptibility to breast cancer. Why? Be...

We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on a hazy weekend morning in need of something to read, and that pile of unread books just isn't cutting it. Why not take ...

Charting the growth of the big social networks that aren't Facebook.

Charting the growth of the big social networks that aren't Facebook.

It is being reported that Verizon is starting to ship Galaxy S4 units to customers ahead of the scheduled May 23rd release date.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is selling some of his abstract art, and buying a historic rocket.The eclectic Seattle billionaire has procured a rare Wernher von Braun-designed V-2 rocket, the first human-made object to...

Smartphones have made taking panoramic photos easy for even amateur iPhotographers (or photoids). Unfortunately, easy doesn't always mean stellar quality. Panoramic fails have resulted in disembodied heads, extra-long Co...

Sometimes it's important to just take a moment and reflect on life. It can be a real relief to let go of technology for a moment and think about something else. History maybe. And there's no better way to slow down than ...

The company apologized after an Instability forced it to take the preview version of a synchronization tool offline earlier than expected. The service syncs files on mobile devices, the Web, and PCs.

Joshua Pearce, PhD, is a researcher at Michigan Tech who rearches open source and low-impact solutions to engineering problems. He is also the founder of the Printers For Peace contest, an effort to bring together clever...

While there's no shortage of email providers, Gmail's simple design, ease of use and cool features continue to attract users. Whether you're sorting through hundreds of work emails a day or using the service to keep in t...

"I don't think I can hold on much longer," groans a soldier in "Death March," and his sentiment is likely to be echoed by the small audience for Adolfo Borinaga Alix Jr.'s gruelingly abstract and attenuated war meditatio...

Congratulations, today is the day you graduate from student to real-world adult. It's terrifying and exciting, happy and sad, exhilarating and slightly mundane (the hours-long process of people receiving their diplomas c...

The New Yorker is my favorite mainstream magazine. Week after week, its polished writing is a sign that maybe after all, civilization is not yet quite extinct. So when The New Yorker devotes the whole of its current issu...

Laurene Powell Jobs' first interview after the death of her husband Steve Jobs was an interview on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams, where she pledged her support for the DREAM act and immigration reform. Now, an in...

There's plenty of buzz about the concept of making our cities "smarter" -- that is, loading them up with sensors and data-driven services to improve efficiency and quality of life. Hell, even Google has taken to loading ...

Categories: Equipment Reviews Tags: firstlookhandsonnelsontanpreviewreviewricohricohgr This is a "first look" preview of a pre-production unit of the Ricoh GR, which I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on -- for...

Lenovo K900 finally goes on sale in China. The company says this smartphone will be released in international markets in the summer.

Seriously, what is the deal with allll those janky lyrics sites? You google the lyrics for Random Access Memory and you're suddenly transported to the early 2000s. It's sort of surreal. I'm not the first person to mentio...