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Amazon shops Kindle Fire home screen to advertisers
May 18, 2012 By Zach Epstein Leave a Comment
Amazon is reportedly meeting with advertisers to pitch the idea of welcome screen ads on its popular Kindle Fire tablet. The retail giant is asking $600,000 for prime placement on the slate, according to a report from AdAge. Amazon currently offers its entire range of Kindle … [Read Entire Article]
Nokia sells New York headquarters
May 18, 2012 By Zach Epstein Leave a Comment
Nokia has sold its New York headquarters, located north of Manhattan in the industrial town of White Plains. Purchased six years ago for $30 million, the struggling Finnish vendor sold the building to biotechnology firm Histogenetics for $12 million. ”It’s a great … [Read Entire Article]
Amazon’s 10-inch Kindle Fire tablet due in Q3, report claims
May 18, 2012 By Zach Epstein Leave a Comment
Amazon’s second Kindle Fire tablet, an updated model with a 10-inch display, will launch in the third quarter this year according to a recent … [Read Entire Article]
Microsoft offers free Xbox 360 to PC buyers
May 18, 2012 By Zach Epstein Leave a Comment
Microsoft is looking to bolster sales of Windows-powered computers this summer by offering students a free Xbox 360 video game console with a … [Read Entire Article]
Gadgets Reviews
Modern Muscle
May 18, 2012 By Stuart Schwartzapfel Leave a Comment
A GT500CR surveys its less-lucky friends at Plakos Scrap Processing in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Anthony Barbato I sat staring at Carroll Shelby’s signature on the passenger-side dashboard of my GT500CR tester. It was just days before the legendary Texan left us for that … [Read Entire Article]
The Champ Is Here
May 17, 2012 By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Leave a Comment
Our new fave in the Android realm. Photo by Ariel Zambelich/Wired The HTC One X is one of the best smartphones on the market, and the best Android … [Read Entire Article]
Gaming
Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time: Sir Galleth Cooper footage
May 20, 2012 By Sal Romano Leave a Comment
GameTrailers has gone live with a gameplay montage of Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time‘s Sir Galleth Cooper, an honorable knight and Sly Cooper’s ancestor from 13th Century England. After he … [Read Entire Article]
Atelier Ayesha screenshots
May 20, 2012 By Sal Romano Leave a Comment
The latest batch of Atelier Ayesha screenshots introduce the game’s first two sub-characters (non-playable). Marion Quin (CV: Kana Ueda, Age: 22, Blood: A, Height: 150cm) is from a far away … [Read Entire Article]
Cell Phones
Samsung chief: we’re open to a cross-licensing deal with Apple, but 4G chip shortage might last until the fall
May 20, 2012 By Jon Fingas Leave a Comment
The at times very heated legal battle between Apple and Samsung might be softening just a bit … [Read Entire Article]
Nokia uses Lumia 900 as a hammer in a torture test, makes us wince (video)
May 20, 2012 By Jon Fingas Leave a Comment
As much as we're familiar with mobile device torture tests, they're normally inflicted by us or … [Read Entire Article]
Playstation
PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read
May 20, 2012 By Jeff Rubenstein Leave a Comment
Not sure how the year has moved so fast, but we’re now just 2 weeks away from E3 2012. … [Read Entire Article]
The PlayStation Recap –
May 19, 2012 By Sid Shuman Leave a Comment
Not a lot of time for game playing this week, as pre-E3 planning and a busy Blog publishing … [Read Entire Article]
Long Live Play PSN Community Spotlight
May 19, 2012 By Morgan Haro Leave a Comment
Hey everyone! It’s the latest edition of PSN Community Spotlight, where it’s your chance to … [Read Entire Article]
Science & SciFi
Crowdfund an Ursula Le Guin stage show, mathematics-themed manga, and a new game from the makers of Space Quest [Video]
May 20, 2012 By Lauren Davis Leave a Comment
Projects big and small are looking for your crowdfunding … [Read Entire Article]
The Eleventh Doctor has turned into a puppet, but he doesn’t seem to mind [Video]
May 20, 2012 By Lauren Davis Leave a Comment
The Doctor's still not ginger, but he has gone puppet, which … [Read Entire Article]
Apple

Earthlapse is a window on the Earth from space
May 20, 2012 By Mel Martin Leave a Comment
Earthlapse is a beautiful US$0.99 app for iOS that gives you an International Space Station … [Read Entire Article]

AIRbudz: A safer way to listen to your tunes
May 20, 2012 By Steven Sande Leave a Comment
While the world seems to be beating a path to the door of manufacturers of noise-canceling … [Read Entire Article]




