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These are the gadgets that CNET readers checked out the most during the month of June.

At this weekend's Seattle Pride Parade, Microsoft attended with Master Chief and the Halo Warthog.

No one's going to argue that e-cigarettes aren't a marked improvement over their analog predecessors, but there's got to be a better way to get your fix than by inhaling aerosolized, nicotine-infused polypropylene glycol...

Monday morning, Microsoft announced that a plethora of new channel partners will soon carry the company's Surface tablets. Mere hours later, one of the new resellers--CDW--was caught offering a previously unannounced var...

Apple paid no corporate taxes in the UK last year, and a tax rate of just 2 percent on overseas profits, in a series of loopholes that lessen the companies international tax burden, according to a Financial Times report....

When Edward Snowden leaked information about the U.S. government's widespread mass surveillance programs, we learned just how vulnerable our personal information might be. We're living in an era where digital boundaries ...

Bitcoin trading giant Mt. Gox has officially registered with the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in an apparent effort to comply with government regulations that have previously caused hiccups...

Japanese filing portent of product announcement, or mere protectionist play? Apple is said to have filed a trademark application for the term "iWatch" in Japan - just a few weeks after it reportedly did the same in Russi...

The PlayStation classic offers a nostalgic trip through three countries' worth of dirt and dust in four legendary cars.

Finding RSS feeds isn't always as easy as it should be, and if you're trying to stick with just a single topic it's even harder. Instant RSS Search is a tool that helps you find feeds of just the content you're looking f...

When ABC started offering live streaming TV to its iOS app, anyone in New York City or Philadelphia was able to tune in. Unfortunately, that early promotional period is over -- users of the Watch ABC iOS app must now sig...

Apple has filed an application for an 'iWatch' trademark in Japan--which adds a little more weight to the rumors of Cupertino's forthcoming wrist wear .

Prepare for a cringe-worthy tech flashback. Half the fun of watching '90s television shows is laughing at all of the outdated references, from the slang to the unfortunate hair styles. Even more amusing than the giant sc...

Do video games like Pong and Space Invaders belong in Museum of Modern Art? Or does putting a game console from 1972 on a pedestal constitute an Emperor's New Video Game-style overreach? A debate is raging, and MoMA is a...

Windows: The right click menu already has a bunch of great features, but if you want to supercharge it even more, Right-Click Enhancer brings a host of new options.

dcblogs writes "Infosys, an India-based offshore IT outsourcing firm, recently announced that it had won a $49.5 million contract to develop a health benefit exchange for the District of Columbia. The contract was awarde...

If I could, I would repeal the Internet. It is the technological marvel of the age, but it is not -- as most people imagine...

Mozilla announced the first two smartphones based on its operating system, Firefox OS on Monday: the ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire The two devices will soon be available through Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom. Tel...

Earlier this year, the head of Microsoft's search team, Qi Lu, unveiled a new approach for Bing: the concept of a broad search platform that could feed into Microsoft's own products and third-party offerings. It seemed a...

A pair of astronomers has proved that we haven't seen the last of the Herschel Space Observatory! On June 17, 2013, engineers for the Herschel space telescope sent final commands to put the decommissioned observatory int...

According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon has been courting gallery owners and plans to sell high-end artwork as early as this month. While deals have reportedly been made, details on how the website's fine art sectio...

NSA: 'Meh, everybody does it...' Berlin has accused Washington of treating it "like a Cold War enemy" after it emerged that US spooks spied on targets from friendly European countries....