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Exactly two weeks after releasing the second beta of iOS 7 to developers, Apple has just pushed out a third beta version for testing. The update is arriving as both an over-the-air update to existing beta testers and thr...

It's not too often that I am reminded of something I wrote 17 years ago and am able to read it without cringing, at least not too much. This happened over the weekend, after Microsoft quietly announced that it was ...

Facebook updated Facebook Home on Monday by adding folders, a simple way to store and organize apps, to its existing launcher. One of the biggest complaints from those who downloaded Facebook Home at launch involved the ...

Google's latest front-page Doodle may be its most ambitious yet -- a fully-fledged point-and-click adventure game in which you play an alien attempting to gather items to get its grounded flying saucer back into space. T...

As wildfires escalate year by year, fire prevention is becoming even more important. And prevention doesn't always mean Smokey Bear PSAs. In fact, the lumber industry has developed a symbiotic relationship with the very ...

According to numerous sources close to the situation, Time Warner Cable's bid for the Hulu is to be the fourth owner of the premium video service. The other bidders for the service -- which has noisily been put on the bl...

Shazam has gotten a large round of funding from Carlos Slim's Mexican telecom America Movil. Following the London startup's expansion outside of music recognition, the company will now expand further into Latin America.

A host of highly regarded apps for iPhone and iPad have gone free today in what could be a major celebration to mark five years since Apple launched the App Store. So far, games such as Infinity Blade II, Superbrothers: ...

As one of America's most controversial televangelists, Pat Robertson has never attempted to keep his decidedly anti-gay opinions to himself. On Monday, Robertson proved his...

Vine is reportedly continuously being hurt by the sudden dominance of Video on Instagram, even its latest iOS update hasn't done much to bring it back up in app charts.

"Xbox" is a pretty good name for a console, right? Yeah, of course it is. You know what isn't? Literally everything else Microsoft considered before landing on "Xbox".

I am also somewhat tech-deficient. I don't have a Kindle (but I don't really want one.) I don't have an iPad (about which I'm somewhat more ambivalent.) I do not have a GPS and my relationship with Siri is fractious at b...

There are plenty of problems to worry about when you move in with someone . One thing that tends to get overlooked are the little, every day habits we have that seem normal, but may gross out others.

When you're clearing out your hard drive , you should probably avoid messing around with system files too much. However, with NVIDIA installations, there are some places you can clear out.

Video games offer players many fantastical departures from real life. But after killing endless hordes of zombies, Nazis, and dragons in countless video games, do you ever dream of something more ...

Officials who support the NSA's surveillance program have argued that it's strongly limited and targeted only towards specific people or incidents. But sources have told The Wall Street Journal that the court handling su...

There's no denying that the Roswell UFO has made an impact on American pop culture. Enough so that today's Google Doodle celebrates the incident's 66th anniversary with a point-and-click adventure game.

Fires or explosions like the one at a fertilizer plant in Texas this spring could be exacerbated by problems simply knowing what chemicals are in a building. Under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Kn...

Film cameras are sadly a dying breed, but 3D printers are just starting their march to the mainstream consumer market. Thankfully for 35mm film devotees everywhere, the latter could ensure that analog cameras never disap...

The upcoming mobile game Champs: Battlegrounds wants to challenge the idea that "mobile" is a dirty word to hardcore gamers. The free-to-play title by Quark Games hopes to attract gaming audiences traditionally turned of...

You'd think the IRS would be the one organization it might be safe to trust with your precious Social Security Number. Think again. Thanks to a cock-up, the agency just put tens of thousands of the numbers out on the Int...

The $199 LumoPro LP180 quad-sync, all-manual speedlight has arrived. I have been shooting with a couple pre-production units for several months now, so have had ample time to formulate some thoughts. Short version: The L...