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Accessories (109)

• Sony unveils waterproof universal remotes for deep-sea TV addicts

• MusicSkins slathers Seagate HDDs with famous musicians, Hasselhoff feeling 'left out'

• Video: Tech21's iBand protective case and its mystical, magical, non-Newtonian goo

• Xtreamer e-TRAYz NAS boasts up to 4TB storage, artistic license with English language

• Sony's newest digiframe sports Swarovski crystals, little else

• 3M debuts MPro 120 pocket projector and awesome ad simultaneously

• Hercules Dualpix HD720p webcam for Internet trolls on the go

• Yoshihiko Satoh's Wooden iPod speaker bags are definitely re-usable, possibly biodegradeable, totally chic

• SendStation's latest PocketDock is slightly larger than a penny, has much better audio quality than a dime

• Laptop Battery Express' external battery works with 10,000 laptop models, just not yours

• Iomega introduces StorCenter ix4-200d NAS

• ViewSonic debuts WPG-350 for WiFi video streaming, PJD2121 for portable SVGA projecting

• Sanyo releases LP-XU106, the brightest projector under 4 kilograms

• XM Sirius announces SkyDock for iPhone and iPod touch

• XA-LM1 LessonMaster audio recorder throws a guitar tuner, microSD card reader into the mix

• ASUS uBooms its way into portable speaker market

• B&W dives deep with its ASW 12 CM subwoofer

• Duo brings pen-based computing to almost any display

• See USB flash drives manufactured in this shocking behind-the-scenes video

• Wacom's nextbeat NXT-1000 hits the Japanese and European club scenes in September

• Mimoco is back with more Star Wars thumb drives

• TRKBRD surface touchpad puts your weekend DIY project to shame, probably

• AOC's 2436Vw does 24-inches of power sipping LCD on the cheap

• TomTom's iPhone car kit promo video is enticing, but still no mention of price or release date

• Duracell announces myGrid wireless charger, WildCharge feels a little KIRFed

• FCC reveals Logitech Squeezebox Radio, could make all those streamy dreams come true

• Steampunk mouse, now with 100 percent more skull

• Horseman VCC Pro adds a bellows and large-format functionality to your DSLR

• Adesso rolls out compact WKB-4000UB wireless keyboard

• Apricorn launches Aegis Padlock Secure portable USB drive for paranoia on the go

• DJ Mouse eliminates 'the science of mixing music' with a jog wheel

• Mitsubishi unveils REAL line of Blu-ray burning, super upconverting LCDs

• Mitsubishi's new 1080p midrange PJ contender is the HC6800

• Bose recruits QuietComfort 15 headphones into war on noise

• Razer announces the Naga MMO mouse

• Media Center DISH Network tuner is on hold indefinitely

• Razer adds a dozen keys to Naga MMO mouse, intros rollable gaming surface

• Canon announces voice-guided SELPHY ES40 photo printer

• Build your iPhone a dock from its own box

• Retro Cassette Stereo Mini Speaker gives a (tinny) voice to iPods

• Logitech's Unifying-equipped Performance Mouse MX and Anywhere Mouse MX track on glass

• Nyko's 'Wand' controller easier to look at in different colors

• Microsoft's LifeCam Cinema HD webcam lets you film those YouTube confessionals in 720p

• Sound Blaster site may hint at expansion details

• Verbatim InSight USB drives display name, free space even when disconnected

• Logitech's $300 G27 racing wheel gives sidelined DUI possessors a taste of the road

• HP teaming with Dr. Dre for new 'Beats' line, music ecosystem in the works

• Handcrafted Ceramic Speakers are almost too pretty to blast

• DigiDude camera mount shows Joby what style's all about

• Vision Research rolls out high-speed Phantom Miro eX-series cameras

• Brando churns out new HDD dock, all is well with the world

• ZGrip iPhone Jr. available August 15th

• Flash Zunes that disappeared from the Zune site reappear -- is someone toying with us?

• Microsoft's Zune HD AV Dock and Power Pack up for pre-order

• BenQ grabs green card with LED-backlit V2200 / V2400 Eco monitors

• Clickfree Transformer for iPod / iPhone makes auto backups, music retrieval painless

• BackPack shelf for your iMac proves there are always more places to store clutter

• Hannspree adds ST251, ST281 LCD TVs to its UK lineup

• A BackPack for your iMac or Cinema Display

• Razer announces line of 'tournament-grade' StarCraft II peripherals (and also a bag)

• Psyclone Wii rechargers recalled, pose 'burn or fire hazard'

• Logitec DisplayLink-certified USB-to-DVI dongle handles QWXGA

• Logitech dishes two new iPod / iPhone speaker docks, one of them rechargeable

• Bongiovi-equipped iHome iP1 iPod / iPhone dock finally ships

• Razer preys on unsuspecting StarCraft fanboys, teases new mouse, keyboard and headset

• Sanrio and MIMOBOT team up to unleash some cute for Hello Kitty's 35th

• Nyko drops price on Wand, ships controller bundles

• Auzentech's HDMI 1.3 X-Fi HomeTheater still coming soon, for $249.99

• Turtle Beach keeps tweens boasting with Ear Force X41 Xbox 360 headset

• Logitech's Harmony 900 remote controls components behind closed doors

• TG Sambo announces trifecta of Full HD 16:9 monitors

• Verbatim Tuff-Clip flash drives for the adventure nerd

• Mac 101: How to check the speed of your CD/DVD burner

• Nanovision's MIMO 720-S USB secondary display is slim yet touchable

• I-O Data's SEG Clip brings 1seg mobile TV to iPhone and PC

• Walls are no longer a limitation for U-verse with new RF Point Anywhere remote

• Atlona AT-HD530 Down-Converter, for those who walked uphill to school, both ways

• Sony's Party-shot dock crashes faux festivities to prove its potential for automated blackmail

• Buffalo adds 16GB microSD card / reader to its line of incredibly small USB memory

• Dell quietly launches trio of widescreen LCD monitors, waits for you to notice

• Benq updates E-series monitors with auto-calibration sensor, fresh styling

• Transmission Audio Ultimate speakers -- $1M for the best monophonic sound ever

• Passivists rejoice, Audioengine P4 bookshelf speakers now on sale

• Optoma HD20 projector cracks the $1,000 barrier

• Pressure-sensitive keyboard lets you express fury, tenderness

• Dell goes pro with U2410 IPS monitor for Japan

• Newton Peripherals' MoGo Mouse uglies up your netbook, hates your trackpad

• Brando credit card light bulb fills the void in your wallet... not your heart

• Logitech replaces G5 with Gaming Mouse G500, throws Gaming Headset G330 in for luck

• TUAW Sneak Preview: Doxie scanner from Apparent Corporation

• NXG Technologies is first with HDMI 1.4 cables for the 3D HDTV you don't own yet

• Sony announces specs for 2TB Memory Stick XC

• Royche RAPOO 3800 wireless mouse is thoroughly ugly, positively alluring

• USB retro wooden speaker escapes the crap pile by the slimmest margin

• NEC's 23-inch MultiSync EA231WMi LCD monitor welcomes DisplayPort

• Yamaha Japan spills details on its NS-700 speaker lineup

• Vivitek holds true to its word, delivers sub-$1000 1080p projector

• Mimo's 710-S 'Mobile Slider' USB monitor gets low... real low

• Toshiba's capacious 64GB SDXC card sampling this December, thrilling next Spring

• Kensington's iPhone / iPod charging dock throws a mini battery into the mix

• Logitech's USB Unifying Receiver: one dongle to serve multiple input peripherals

• Mini Docking Station is, surprisingly, not completely hideous

• The Shack's gargantuan laptop keyboard adds ominous undertone to Radio Shack relaunch

• Piggy speakers are so cute they make us wish we were still vegetarians

• Thanko USB dental device will help prove you still need a dentist

• Rotaliana Diva iPod / iPhone dock vamps up your situation

• DIY Eee Keyboard is big, beautiful, and highly coveted

• iJoyPad demoed on iPhone 3GS, full screen PSX games looking rather sweet

• MiLi Universal Charger for the psychedelic world traveller

Amazon (5)

• Amazon announces next wave of Frustration-Free Packaging

• Engadget's Kindle design contest: we have winners!

• Amazon.co.uk unveils EyePet box, bursting with cuteness

• Amazon lists LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition

• How would you change Amazon's Kindle DX?

Apple (104)

• Apple posts three new updates

• Apple confirms Sept. 9 press event

• Apple holding 'rock and roll' themed event, September 9th

• My Snow Leopard casualties: what's not working in 10.6

• Apple: "Exploding" iPhones succumbed to external pressure

• Talkcast reminder: 10pm ET Sunday, the Snow Leopard aftermath

• Three for three: Friday's trifecta of Snow Leopard upgrades

• Snow Leopard nice touch: no more "Picture 1" files

• Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server pricing is good for business

• Apple retail news: three new stores opened this weekend

• Apple store back up; only minor changes

• Apple Store is currently down

• Snow Leopard: The new one gigabyte, now slimmer than before

• Current iPod SKUs are disappearing

• Failure to launch: Apple bungles Snow Leopard distribution in New Zealand

• Psystar sues over Snow Leopard, abandons reality

• A bit of [Big] Apple history: visiting Tekserve

• Apple lists Snow Leopard incompatibilities

• Apple, China Unicom strike 3-year deal

• The Register fighting Apple takedown notice

• Snow Leopard: The price is right!

• Rumor: iPod Classic will get a camera

• The $29 Snow Leopard upgrade: usable for 10.4 Intel Macs as well?

• The sordid past of Mac OS X

• Ask TUAW: Syncing notes, iLife '09, iTunes downloads, keychains and more

• Entelligence: Will Snow Leopard's Exchange support earn Apple a new entourage?

• September 9 iPod event gets some corroboration from AppleInsider, still no word from Apple

• Snow Leopard packing antivirus software?

• Snow Leopard takes a bite out of support for legacy Palm OS devices

• Connecticut man consults Apple Genius and gets arrested

• Apple airs two new Get a Mac ads: "Surprise" and "Top of the Line"

• Apple enlists David Puddy to take on the Laptop Hunters

• WSJ: Steve Jobs 'pouring almost all of his attention' into an Apple tablet

• Apple Store 5th Ave continues to defy gravity, macroeconomics

• Editorial: Apple, the FCC, and the sideloading solution

• What Snow Leopard feature are you anticipating the most?

• Snow Leopard shipping August 28th for $29, order now

• Apple stores down globally: Snow Leopard possible

• Apple Store is down, could Snow Leopard be coming?

• Lucky Mac mini buyer got Snow Leopard disc in the box?

• FCC Responses: Apple's take on the GV apps mess

• Apple reconsiders rejected iPhone apps, C64 emulator on the way?

• Apple Remote Desktop 3.3 now available

• Snow Leopard shipping August 28th, says Apple's UK online store (update: US too)

• Apple Store UK says Snow Leopard ships by August 28th

• Want a 1st generation iPod? They're still available from the Apple Store

• Palm's Colligan rebuffs Steve Jobs' 'likely illegal' plea to stop hiring from Apple

• Snow Leopard box set makes short-lived cameo in Apple's online store

• Apple releases MacBook Pro firmware to silence those 7200 RPM HDDs

• Apple releases fixes for Bluetooth and MacBook Pro hard drives

• Apple sells 25% of music in the US, none of which is AC/DC

• Can't upload pix to MobileMe? Apple has a fix for that

• Ask TUAW: More migration, expanding Apple's Dictionary, syncing iPhone notes, and more

• Incredible: Apple responsible for 25% of US music sales

• Apple updates iPhoto to 8.1

• The Mac-cessability Network: resources for Apple accessibility

• Rumor: Apple event September 9th, tablet not included

• Apple's iPod event set for September 9th with nary a tablet in sight?

• London Sunday Times profiles Steve Jobs over Apple objections

• Found Footage: iPhone Consumer Revolt (NSFW)

• Mac 201: Preparing your Mac for Snow Leopard

• Apple tablet pic 'leaked': this is the real one, we can feel it

• Hey, maybe that iPod touch with a camera is real after all (video)

• Next-gen iPod touch photos supposedly leak out; Cocktail part of Apple announcement? (Updated)

• 'Sources' say no Apple tablet until 2010

• A Kafkaesque announcement of an Apple keynote the week of September 7th

• Apple might be planning keynote for week of September 7th, might have new products on offer

• Rumor: Snow Leopard let out of the cage early

• Apple reportedly sells 5 million iPhones to China Unicom

• Apple releases Security Update 2009-004

• Switched On: Apple wanes in the widget wars

• Rumor: Apple shot ad for unreleased product

• Snow Leopard build 10A432 goes 'Golden Master,' mischievous sources claim

• Developer's iPhone boycott rates an answer from Phil Schiller

• Apple issues patch to speed up Airport after troublesome 10.5.8 update

• Apple 'fesses up to 7200 RPM HDD issues, aims to dispatch a fix forthwith

• Psystar bankruptcy dismissed, stays against Apple blocked

• Apple and record labels to release competing enhanced album formats

• Apple allows matte screens on 15-inch MacBook Pros again

• Apple reinstates matte display option on 15-inch MacBook Pro, charges $50 for it

• Apple will address MacBook Pro hard drive issue

• Calacanis's case against Apple: TUAW responds

• Ice-T repairs a Mac, his way

• What Apple could borrow from Domino's

• The Apple on your thigh

• Apple patent application promises means to detect gadget abuse

• Phil Schiller says Apple didn't censor a dictionary

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 available through Software Update

• Apple phasing out iPhone 3G in favor of 8GB 3GS?

• Apple's new low: censoring a dictionary

• Ask TUAW: Migration, syncing, backing up, and more

• Switched On: The iPad could succeed Apple TV

• Apple bigwigs on the way to China for iPhone deal

• Apple Store coming to Naperville, Illinois

• Rumor: Alleged Apple tablet to be game console

• The history of the mythical iTablet

• Video: Josh talks Apple on G4's Attack of the Show

• Interview with Apple logo designer Rob Janoff

• Exploding iPod blows up in Apple's face

• Snow Leopard is the top Amazon pre-order

• Apple most assuredly NOT slapping family with "gagging order" over iPod fire

• CNBC: Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple's board

• Apple adds queue time, contact info to iPhone developer pages

• How would you change Apple's iPhone 3GS?

Apps (148)

• Spell the day away with Boggle on iPhone

• iPhone It In: Wolfenstein RPG

• Not so fast, Chinese App Store!

• Rockstar's Beaterator kicks it on the iPhone this fall

• A sketchbook for iPhone apps

• Video: Pre virtual keyboard developing rapidly, gets easy install method

• Samsung Application Store announced, the mobile mall gets a little more crowded

• Zune HD pamphlet discloses HD movies coming to Zune marketplace

• Stupid and unjustified App Store rejection letter of the day

• TUAW's iPhone app: it's alive

• Hell freezes over; Now X Client for Mac now shipping

• Win a copy of Snow Leopard from TUAW

• Want to read TUAW on your iPhone? There's an app for that.

• iGTD's Bartek Bargiel joins Cultured Code, Things 1.2 hits the streets

• Aperture updated to 2.1.4

• Apple approves Spotify app

• Yelp for iPhone's hidden augmented reality feature

• Several ways to get Snow Leopard for free (plus a Freeway Express giveaway)

• Snow Leopard performance improvements are there, but small

• Bring out your dead! App rejected? Roll again, adventurer

• Photoshop CS3 and Snow Leopard. Yea or nea?

• Getting ready for Snow Leopard: Think about your applications

• EA drops Clue, Snood, and The Game of Life onto iPhone

• Zii EGG SDK roadmap revealed, some important features not coming until end of year

• Video: Pocket Pain Doctor is the worst iPhone app. Ever.

• Camtasia for Mac looks like a screencasting powerhouse

• iRingPro offers more tones, improves favorites

• First Look: CheckOff 4.0 for Mac OS X

• Bob Dylan to mumble GPS directions?

• TextExpander available for iPhone/iPod touch

• First Look: Ramp Champ adds carnival fun to your iPhone

• Parallels makes switching to Mac easier than ever

• Real Networks submitting Rhapsody music service for iPhone. Duck!

• Rhapsody brings subscription music to the iPhone, pending Apple's approval

• Black smoke coming from underneath your MINI's hood? There's an app for that

• Where To? tells you 'where to'

• Zune HD's "Apps" menu item spotted in the Marketplace, still short on details

• Quicker tweets with qTweeter

• Notify keeps an eye on your Gmail inbox

• Enhanced Gmail Plug-in for BlackBerrys arrives, but only syncs one way

• Nav with turn by turn, text to speech and only $1.99

• Apple's Address Book app getting social in 10.6?

• Distinctions without differences: Apple's inconsistent app store rejection policies

• Qik for iPhone updated, now uploads video over 3G

• AT&T, Apple and Google respond to the FCC over Google Voice and the iPhone App Store

• Soundboard is a simple but useful sound board

• First Look: Watermark your iPhoto pictures with Impression

• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone picks up App Store approval

• MindMeister for iPhone, mind map in the cloud!

• Wikimedia Foundation creates official iPhone app

• Your iPhone and iPhoto library are in sync with Simplify Photo

• Twitterrific updated to 2.1, adds many new features

• Bug-bashing Bento 2.0v5 is now available for download

• BlackBerry browser to get full Flash and Silverlight support?

• Found Footage: The iPhone sonic ruler

• CoPilot Live throws a hat in the navigation ring

• NPR debuts official iPhone app

• Palm launches e-commerce beta for the App Catalog

• Using LaTeXiT to display math formulas

• Layar augmented reality app now available globally, lets you hunt down tweeps with cold, calculated precision

• iPhone It In: Rope 'n' Fly

• iBurgh complaint department for iPhone gets to the heart of city living

• BargainBin keeps you on top of app sales

• Media server software capabilities charted for your easy reading

• TomTom navigation for iPhone 3G and 3GS arrives (update: Video!)

• Is Apple's Phil Schiller trying to free the App Store from arbitrary app rejections?

• TomTom for iPhone now available in US

• No need for an app with Sig Alert's maps

• First Look: Keymote for iPhone / iPod touch takes control of your Mac

• Streaming video from your iPhone? They crippled the app for that.

• iStudiez Pro helps to get you back on schedule

• Bigwords.com app provides a cheaper way to buy textbooks

• TUAW Fitness: An Apple a day update

• 5 Apps for the weekend warrior

• Mental Case reinvents the flash card

• Skype call recording with bookmarked, mind-mapped notes

• Navigon updates iPhone app, adds some desired features

• SeeClickFix for iPhone helps communities help themselves

• Sony to court iPhone devs, match App Store pricing?

• CourseSmart brings textbooks to an iPhone near you

• iPhone devs offered cash to code for the Zune HD?

• Qik for iPhone 3GS now available, still not capable of live 3G streaming

• CourseSmart releases eTextbook reader for iPhone

• Camera Genius for iPhone updates and improves

• Concentrate promises to help you get work done

• eBook Roundup: 8 Apps for iPhone readers

• Mandatory Delicious Library 2.2 update released

• Mac OS X Snow Leopard one step closer to release, now Golden Master

• iGo enters the iPhone navigation sweepstakes

• FastTrack Schedule 10 for Mac ships this fall from AEC Software

• Palm lays the smack down on Pre theme for Android

• Microsoft and Nokia announce Office coming to Symbian

• Flipnote Studio moving to Europe this Friday [Update: it's out in North America right now!]

• Boxee secures Series B round, plans for more features and more developers

• First Look: Memeo Send with special deal for TUAW readers

• App Store Lessons: App Emergencies

• Magic trick developers find the trick is on them

• Win a copy of Distant Suns for your iPhone and show us your Perseid meteor shots

• Safari 4.0.3 is available for your software updating pleasure

• Sonos remote for iPhone and iPod touch does it all

• More rumored details of iTunes 9 emerge

• Snood Redood coming to the iPhone

• 5 Apps (Mac & iPhone) for pilots

• SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 to have 16:9 support, 3G streaming in non-U.S. markets

• USAA's Deposit@Mobile app puts check deposits a mug shot away

• SlingPlayer 1.1 for iPhone promises DISH integration for US, 3G streaming elsewhere (maybe)

• Dear Auntie TUAW: How do I deal with an app due for rejection?

• Apple approved Gmail app for iPhone. Has hell frozen over?

• Creative patent filing reveals drag and drop interface with "action tabs"

• Deposit checks with your iPhone

• Windows Media Center is set to thrill at CEDIA 2009 next month

• 5 Apps for the art lover

• Earn a certificate in iPhone and Cocoa Development from the University of Washington

• Try out Clipstart, win an iPhone

• 5 Apps for movie nuts

• Camtasia coming to Mac on August 25th

• AP Mobile for iPhone still a dog for many

• Win a copy of Convert for your iPhone or iPod touch

• Blu-ray support coming with iTunes 9?

• 5 Apps for the cyclist

• Simon the Sorcerer materializes on iPhone

• Report: Gaming dominates iPhone app sales

• Mujik for the iPhone. I'm scratching my head but enjoying it

• Friday Favorite: Mactracker

• Five...no, Six useful Mac apps from Thoughtful Tree

• iSimulate brings iPhone apps to the big screen

• Distant Suns for iPhone update: Sky no longer the limit

• Booyah starts off slow, offers $1000 in contest

• 5 Apps for the lawyer

• iCam brings video from home to the iPhone

• Bodega: App Store of Mac OS X

• TUAW Tip: Smart Groups in Address Book

• App Store rejections tied to third party rights infringements

• TomTom for iPhone pricing leaked

• 5 (really useful) Apps for everyone

• Namco's iPhone division considering... Tekken?

• Get your TUAW discount to the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference

• Welsh nab their first native-tongued phone and iPhone app in one month's time -- Cymru am byth!

• Free VidZone app passes one million downloads

• 5 Apps for NYC tourists

• ¡Tunes! Mexico iTunes store now open for shopping

• New dieting app uses DSi camera for time-lapse humiliation

• Snowglobe viewer 1.1 released for Second Life

• GarageBand updated to 5.1

• Mac Bundle Box is back, this time with 12 applications for US$49

• BlackBerry App World 1.1 unleashed, makes welcome improvements to store navigation

• Poll: Do you / will you use Windows Media Center in your home theater?

• It's the Feds! FCC quizzes Apple, AT&T and Google about Google Voice apps

Big Tech (27)

• Verizon sunsets SMTP Relay Service

• Smartbook AG (the company) follows in Psion's footsteps, issues cease and desist letter to website using the term 'smartbook'

• NEC rumored to want in on Casio Hitachi joint venture

• Sony spends £82 million in new European marketing campaign

• Sony's Readers cozy up for a family portrait

• FCC to look into Google Voice, iPhone debacle next week?

• FCC investigation of Apple, AT&T and Google revs up today

• Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo unite against Google Books

• NVIDIA hopes you'll be better able to distinguish its products if it renames them all

• AT&T news: Lancaster dead, Warhawk and Fortress coming in October?

• Qualcomm takes a piece of Pantech

• Fortune names RIM fastest growing company... in the world

• Sony's big plans for OLED HDTVs may slip to next year

• Sony Ericsson selects next president, appoints Howard Stringer chairman of the board

• AT&T also has a grudge against Cablevision

• Sony Korea: 'You are so Voldo'

• Dell refutes high Linux netbook return rates, but not customer ignorance

• Sony takes Reader openness one step further, will offer EPUB titles only

• Bandspeed claims Sony, Nintendo, Apple infringed on its patents

• New Sony lithium ion batteries promise 4x the capacity, 99% recharge in 30 minutes

• Toshiba engineering still holding grudge, saddles 2TB RD-X9 DVR with DVD

• Apple and Google made informal deal to not pilfer each other's employees?

• EA stock dropped slightly following earnings report, back up

• Sony's Party-shot dock snaps incriminating Facebook photos while you drink

• Toshiba plans to launch fuel cell chargers in next two months, may be lying

• Google's Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board over 'conflict of interest'

• AT&T responds on Google questions, throws Apple under the bus

Buying Guides (49)

• Dell coupon slims down prices on new console SKUs

• The Best of Big Download: August 24-30

• Best Buy offering buy-one-get-one-half-off for 360 games

• Steam weekend deal: 25% off THQ pack (includes Dawn of War II)

• Ask Engadget HD: Best way to feed HD to two TVs?

• Ask Engadget: Best ultraportable laptop for gaming?

• Getting Ready for Snow Leopard: Installation Options, Backups, and What To Buy

• Amazon's 'Gold Box' erupting with game savings this Friday, Aug. 28

• The best of WoW.com: August 18-26, 2009

• TRU will give you $30 to buy Batman

• Deal: Xbox 360 Pro for $230 [update: Sold out!]

• The Best of Big Download: August 17-23

• Canadians get Batman: Arkham Asylum for $40 at multiple retailers

• Readers pick best webcomic: Bro Gamers

• Temporary price dropz for Droplitz on Steam and iPhone

• Ultimate Mac mini HTPC Guide -- Hardware

• TUAW Guide: Setting up the Ultimate Mac mini Home Theater

• Ultimate Mac mini HTPC Guide -- Software

• Engadget's back to school guide: money's no object

• Engadget's back to school guide: on the cheap

• Engadget's back to school guide

• Engadget's back to school guide: mid-range

• Ask Engadget HD: Who has the best HD video on-demand?

• The best of WoW.com: August 11-18, 2009

• The Best of Big Download: August 10-16

• Five useful Apple accessories for students heading off to college

• Readers pick best webcomic: The Big Long Persona 4 Comic!

• Ask Engadget: Best pocket-sized camcorder out there?

• PS2 deal: Guitar Hero World Tour + 2 guitars = $50

• The best of WoW.com: August 4-11, 2009

• Just one more week to get in on The Mac Sale, with discount for TUAW readers

• Get an extra $30 for your trade-ins at Amazon

• Don't let retailer's lights distract you from buying the right HDTV

• Sports Illustrated subscription and Madden 10 bundled for only $49

• The Best of Big Download: August 3-9

• EVE Evolved: Top five EVE Online apps

• EVE Evolved: Top five EVE Online apps, part 2

• Best iPhone cellular plan... ever?

• Steam offers 75% discount on indie games this weekend

• Ask Engadget: Best 20- to 24-inch LCD monitor with HDMI / DVI?

• Ask Engadget HD: What's the best on the go HD camcorder?

• Direct2Drive's Best of Indie bundle is a great deal

• The best of WoW.com: July 28 - August 4, 2009

• Deal: PS3 160GB Uncharted bundle drops to $450 on Amazon

• Buy a better Optimus Prime for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

• The Best of Big Download: July 27-August 2

• Arcane Brilliance: 6 essential Mage add-ons for PvE

• Top 10 July PSN games revealed by PlayStation 'Pulse'

• Readers pick best webcomic: Paradise Lost

Computing (107)

• Snow Leopard: what's broken (or working) for you?

• Intel rumored to be launching new Core i5, i7 processors September 8th

• Eee Keyboard tantalizingly within reach at the FCC

• A pawful of quick Snow Leopard tips

• Mac OS X, now HDTV-ready with 10.6

• SanDisk makes room for unwanted slotMusic cards in new Sansa Clip+

• Discovery Communications patents e-book reader, why not?

• NFL to let Cowboys giant HD scoreboard stay as-is, at least for 2009

• Medion's 24-inch X9613 multitouch all-in-one PC actually looks pretty hot

• Snow Leopard extends Wake-on-LAN feature... if your config is right

• Snow Leopard: Find what you're looking for

• LG's 15-inch OLED screen is still drop dead gorgeous, likely priced to kill

• 1080p Android demo'd, set-top boxes prepare for a new master

• A roundup of Snow Leopard-related software announcements

• Man turns luggable 25-year-old cellphone into OLED-packing HTPC

• ASUS to launch Eee-book reader this year?

• MSI debuts Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop

• S1Digital adds networked CableCARD tuners to its media server

• IBM brings the ruckus -- and new Power7 processor

• Corsair keeps on rolling with Extreme Series X256 SSD

• Sony's 'Daily Edition' Reader launch event

• ASUS EeeTop PC ET20 and ET22 now official, ready for a touch of Windows 7

• Windows 7 upgrade options will be available in Europe after all

• UK ATMs use cockney slang, we don't Adam 'n Eve it

• Snow Leopard set for release on August 28th

• Japanese hardware sales, Aug. 10 - Aug. 16: Science edition

• Talkcast reminder: FCC, Snow Leopard look-ahead & news of the week

• PCI Express 3.0 specification formally delayed, products pushed to 2011

• (Re)locating your Mac mini's or iMac's headphone jack for easy access

• NEC chips to include DivX Plus HD support

• Windows 7 runs free without activation for 120 days with simple command

• ASUS Eee Keyboard rumored for October, Ion-based Eee Box and Eee Top even sooner

• Ask Engadget: Good input device(s) and user interfaces for the 'over 80 crowd?'

• Plasma steals a round from LCD in the second quarter of 2009

• Liquidware announces modular, scalable Arm-based motherboards

• Cloud Telecomputers announces Android-based Glass platform for desk phones

• Nagano Japan shows off yet another contactless charging system

• Arduino binary clock doesn't care to be useful, just wants to be admired

• Qdeo Blu-ray test disc promises more nits to pick and adjustments to obsess over

• Switched On: Toshiba and the Blu-ray Trojan Horse

• Acer reportedly set to launch three touch-enabled, Windows 7-based devices

• ASUS' Ion-based Eee Top ET2002T makes itself known in France

• Lenovo debuts IdeaCentre D400 home server, 'world's thinnest' Q100 and Q110 nettops

• Windows 7 includes support for Dolby Digital Plus

• Video: iropod turns your desk into a big-ass mobile computer

• Lenovo teases IdeaCentre Q100 / Q110 nettops, D400 home server

• NVIDIA confirms Tegra processor within Zune HD, details it real good

• Mozy fixes issue that affected Time Machine / Time Capsule users

• Dixons launches slim little Advent Altro CULV PCs

• ASUS's RT-N13U router wants to make your life as EZ as possible

• World's smallest laser cracks open the door to THz CPU race

• TwitPic Find: Snow Leopard on a hackint0sh

• CRISTAL combines 'The Sims' and Surface for full room control

• Intel is clandestinely selling Core i5 and new i7 chips in Taiwan (video)

• Entelligence: Stains on the sleeve of my operating system

• Analyst: Don't expect price cuts to help hardware sales

• Mac 101: The Menu Bar

• Ripple unleashes dashingly handsome LOOK on unsuspecting nettop crowd

• HP Pavilion Elite makes an offer you (probably) can't refuse: Blu-ray, Win 7, quad-core CPU for $650

• Dell's Zino HD crams desktop parts into miniature enclosure

• Lenovo debuts "fit anywhere" Q700 home entertainment PC

• Test update could indicate new HP MediaSmart server in the works, or nothing at all

• Atom-based Inhand FireFly SBC promises netbook-level performance at a "fraction" of the power

• Ask TUAW: Recovering video files, moving from an old Mac to a new one, MobileMe Sync and more

• Florida school may trash 200 Macs to go PC-only

• OCZ's Indilinx-based Solid 2 SSDs bring MLC NAND to the masses

• Viako's Ion-equipped HTPC is more like an HD-capable nettop

• Intel and Micron announce smallest, cheapest NAND flash yet

• How-To: Install Windows 7 and live to tell about it

• Dell Vostro All In One now available in North America

• Intel issues X25-M G2 SSD firmware fix for BIOS password conundrum

• HP to sell contract-free, WWAN-equipped PCs in Japan

• Kingston dials things up to 256GB with new SSDNow V+ line

• New 'flow router' may save the Internet from collapsing under the weight of all your v-blog posts

• NVIDIA inks deal for SLI support on Intel Core i5, i7 systems

• Tainell kicks out Atom-powered T500 MID for China

• ATI Stream goes fisticuffs with NVIDIA's CUDA in epic GPGPU tussle

• Intel's Core i5 750 spotted in the box, hastily removed and photographed

• Toshiba applies for BDA admission, Blu-ray players and laptops coming soon

• Indilinx firmware cleans dirty SSDs, restores performance while idle

• TDK looks to deliver 2.5TB hard drives in early 2010

• A weekend with FireWire

• Entelligence: The death of the PC is greatly exaggerated (at least for now)

• Faulty GPUs reportedly cost NVIDIA another $119 million

• Gold, diamond-leafed Gaiser PCs might just bring Marie Antoinette back from the grave

• Inventec Rainbow marries traditional good looks with a Tegra heart of gold

• Logitec makes routers fashionable again with ultraslim LAN-W300N/R

• Government workshop on evaluation of broadband included Second Life users

• Official Windows 7 upgrade chart is ridiculous

• Mac 101: Change your desktop picture

• Intel still won't talk Core i5 details, but you can order one anyway

• Toshiba ships 43nm MLC NAND-based SSDs to OEMs for unknown amounts

• PhotoFast GMonster SSD gets wrestled open, found to contain compact flash cards

• Buffalo HDS-PH500U2 gives you 500GB of rugged, encrypted storage

• Guys, let's cool it with these graphics cards

• Hitachi one-ups WD with industry-first 2TB 7200RPM 3.5-inch hard drive

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXIX: we see right through the N68's antics

• Mac OS X 10.5.8 now available, way less than 0.1 away from Snow Leopard

• BFG gifts GTX 285 and GTX 295 cards with self-contained liquid cooling

• MIPS Technologies showing off Android with an HD facelift August 27

• NVIDIA clings desperately to XP with the DirectX10-hating ION LE chipset

• Extended server maintenance for Tuesday August 4th

• OCZ's 1TB Colossus SSD gets a price and launch timeframe

• Intel denies rumors that Z-series Atoms are headed for the grave

• Snow Leopard pre-orders now being taken at Amazon

• Acer rolls out ASM5800, ASM3202, ASX5810 desktop PCs

• Intel discontinuing Z-series Atoms?

Cybersecurity (18)

• WPA networks cracked in just under a minute, researchers claim

• Malware detection coming in Snow Leopard?

• Sophos decries XP Mode vulnerability, Microsoft offers chill pill

• Prevent Spotlight from resurrecting your deleted emails on iPhone

• The Daily Quest: We're watching you!

• Lionhead Studios website overthrown by Che Guevara [update]

• Hang your head, Sequoia e-voting machine; you've been hacked again

• PSA: Don't get scammed by Cataclysm phishing

• Pre phones home with your location, which explains the black helicopters all around you

• Dodgy Second Life viewer doing the rounds

• [1.Local]: Speaking of patch week chatter

• Twitter silenced due to denial of service attack

• New security updates for Tiger are out

• Divining just what that "non-personal system information" might be

• Apple keyboard gets hacked like a ripe papaya, perp caught on video

• Console hacker arrested, faces up to ten years in jail

• Acting Cybersecurity Czar resigns for 'personal reasons'

• ATM scam at DEFCON clearly the work of ironic criminals

Entertainment (23)

• Disney to acquire Marvel, evaluating game licensing [update]

• MTV spent big for The Beatles, slowly backing away from peripheral business

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Bow chicka wow wow

• Readers pick best webcomic: World 1-4

• BlizzCon 2009: Wow.com interviews Richard Knaak Part II

• Stumbling Towards Greatness: A Batman Retrospective

• Calling all commenters: Submit your Batman blurb

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup got robbed

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week two): Toiling part 2

• How to import HD movies into Windows Media Center

• Felicia Day unleashes geeky pop single

• Found Footage: The do-it-yourself wedding photo booth

• Raid Rx: Raid bosses that brought healers to their knees - Part 2

• The Colosseum: Dynlor and Domustie

• One Shots: Vampire elf architects?

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Scared straight

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week one): An introduction (p2)

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is in love with Automata

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Release Patch Notes, Part II

• Now Playing: August 3-9, 2009

• Wizards beware: the Window W26 Sorcerer's Stone plays WMA files

• The Colosseum: Korgath speaks, pt III

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Awakening

EVs and Transportation (17)

• Toyota develops breathalyzer ignition-interlock, BJ McKay promises to hack it

• BMW's Vision EfficientDynamics concept won't look a tenth this wild when it hits the streets

• GPS study finds that real-time traffic updates save drivers four days per year

• Better Place tests its EV battery switching stations on Tokyo cabbies

• Tesla founder quietly dismisses lawsuit against the company, Musk

• Video: HTC develops THINK+ car computer for LUXGEN 7 MPV

• MINI Roadside Assistance can get you and your MINI out of trouble spots

• Panasonic in-dash HD nav system & Blu-ray player ready to ship, are you ready for the price?

• Ford's vehicle-to-grid communications system charges plug-in whips on command

• Heathrow taxi pods become a glorious, driverless reality

• TomTom XL Live connected GPS passes the FCC

• Avcen Jetpod inventor killed in test flight crash

• Nissan says its new electric car, the Leaf, gets 367 miles per gallon

• Paul Sr. demonstrates OCC's electric chopper, Fox News seems mystified

• Chevy Volt nabs shaky 230 MPG rating, might not ship in 2010

• Eberhard's RFMC rapid charger for Tesla Roadster now up for order

• ATX In-Vehicle Text-by-Voice reduces the subtleties of your chatter to cold, hard SMS

Gaming (1034)

• Games may be more mature than you think

• Limited edition SFIV sticks at PAX, only 1000 being made

• Check out more of Muramasa's lovely gameplay in this new trailer

• Video: Retractable wireless Rock Band / Guitar Hero controller perfect for the five-button shredder on the go

• Blizzard interview: Leo Boyarsky and Kevin Martens on Diablo 3

• Rumor: Rock Band 2 will import LEGO Rock Band tracks

• Ubisoft talks online in new TMNT: Smash Up dev diary

• Raid Rx: Raid bosses that brought healers to their knees - Part 4

• Raid Rx: Raid bosses that brought healers to their knees - Part 3 & 4

• Sony and Nintendo increasing effort in fight against piracy

• Argentinian reporter warns of the dangers of Monkey Island 'Grog'

• King of Fighters XII patch fixes online play

• Global Agenda interview breaks down PvP game mechanics

• Samwise Didier - Page 2

• Dead Space: Extraction guest stars in recent episode of True Blood

• Activision remembers DJ AM's work on DJ Hero

• Activision-Blizzard and their financial future

• New details surface about MechScape

• Analyst: GameStop endangered by digital future

• Net a free Avatar shirt with the purchase of The Beatles: Rock Band

• EA's Hilleman expects console growth to be iterative

• Bayonetta demo will give you a taste of 'non-stop climax action'

• Square Enix: FFXI players may be able to keep their names in FFXIV

• GTA IV: Episodes from Liberty City gets box arted

• Final Fantasy XIII might get DLC, no story expansions

• Trophies: Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao

• Jade Raymond to head up Ubisoft Toronto, focusing on AAA games and new IPs

• Bill Roper explains teams and SuperGroups in new Champions trailer

• Phoenix Wright musical, now with English subtitles

• What's in a Name: Riot Games

• Nomura: No Closed Mega Theater at TGS, but playable FFXIII, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars breaking into iPhones this fall

• Sucker Punch looking for an artist hip to 'urban style'

• Star Wars: The Old Republic lead writer Daniel Erickson on scope of the project

• Digital Foundry examines why 360 and PS3 can't take the heat

• Warhammer shows off its birthday suit (including Wild Hunt video walkthrough)

• Breaking: North American Aion servers to be located on east coast

• Breakfast Topic: How has Battleground experience been working out for you?

• Japanese hardware sales, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23: Bottom drops out edition

• Brutal Legend pre-orderers get in-game guitar, early demo access

• Vanguard gets final 3 weapon sets: Druid, Necro, Sorcerer

• Watch one frame of Gratuitous Space Battles being rendered

• EVE Evolved: One account is good enough

• Former Maxis employee working on new project, SpyParty

• Fallout 3 DLC Trophies show up in player profiles

• Trophies: Shatter

• Trophies: Namco Museum Essentials

• Space Invaders, Bust-a-Move headed to Blackberry

• Tanaka on bringing FFXI character names into Final Fantasy XIV

• Mythic details plans for WAR at PAX 2009

• Breakfast Topic: What classic loot would you want to see upgraded?

• The evolution of Castlevania's 'Vampire Killer' theme

• GameGun going to be ready for retail by Christmas, will be console compatible

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is gearing up for PAX

• Music from the MPQs

• Why your (race) can't be a (class)

• Mobile MMO TibiaME hits 10,000 subscribers

• First screens for The Ballad of Gay Tony go airborne

• Hal Jordan, Green Lantern, DC Universe Online screenshots

• Guitar Hero 5 ad features Hugh Hefner, plethora of Playboy Bunnies

• Swiss gamer comes out on top as Buzz! World Champion

• SWTOR's Sith Warrior detailed, cataloged

• The Beatles: Rock Band visits Abbey Road

• Around Azeroth: Compassion

• The Daily Grind: What's the best season for MMOs?

• EA releases Fight Night Round 4 DLC, dubious sales data

• FCC considering universal game ratings, ESA unimpressed

• WRUP: Joystiq Asylum edition

• Section 8 dated, clan and stat portal detailed

• Phat Loot Phriday: Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat

• September is a crazy month for MMOs!

• Batman: Arkham Asylum receives uninspiring Guinness World Record

• BlizzCon 2009: Wow.com interviews Richard Knaak

• Annual ESA report boasts perfect 43-0 record against gaming regulation

• Rock Band Weekly: Talking Heads, The Jam, Oasis, Rage

• Fallen Earth's special pre-order ATV goes vroom vroom

• Joystiq Podcast 107 - Horatio edition

• Rumor: Blue Mars to go into open beta on September 2nd?

• Meet the Rockspiders

• Mad Catz shows off realistic Fender Strat guitar controller

• Watch a few minutes of Record of Agarest War's '100 hour' adventure

• Realtime Worlds celebrates new office opening, ever-expanding staff

• Devs spill the beans on LEGO Universe

• Capcom rewards patient Okami buyers with Amaterasu phone strap

• Katamari Forever goes gold, rolls into stores on September 22

• DUST 514 details revealed, gameplay intertwines with EVE Online

• One Shots: Checkmate

• DJ Hero gets sized up by Mixmaster FCC

• Kurt Cobain digitized in Guitar Hero 5

• Fable 2: Game of the Year Edition confirmed

• Alpha and beta status updates on DC Universe Online

• FCC exposes, dissects DJ Hero turntable peripheral

• Trophies: Katamari Forever

• Modern Warfare 2 footage leaked from retailer convention

• Square Enix teases Modern Warfare 2 release in Japan

• Breakfast Topic: Have you played those other games?

• New Def Jam Rapstar screens still not impressing us

• New Kingdom Under Fire II gameplay footage, screens

• Talent agency lists Hans Zimmer scoring Modern Warfare 2 [update]

• Multiple realms offline tonight

• Timbaland shows off Beaterator, explains lengthy dev time

• BlizzCon 2009: A hoard of Diablo 3 info

• Analysis: Mobile games aren't worth $5.4 billion

• McCormick and Schmick's special BlizzCon menu

• Ubisoft announces Jam Sessions 2: Jam Harder

• Two Bosses Enter: The Commanders vs. Krik'thir the Gatewatcher

• DDO Unlimited's Favored Soul and Reaver's Reach screens

• Force Unleashed Tatooine level unleashed on Xbox 360, PS3

• The Ballad of Gay Tony gets its first trailer this Tuesday

• BlizzCon in the rearview

• BlizzCon 2009: Martial arts secrets of Diablo 3's Monk

• Trophies: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

• More DUST 514 info revealed in video interview with CCP Games CEO

• BlizzCon 2009: Tokyopop creates stories about the little guys

• Masaya Matsuura marches to GameCity Squared

• GameStop adds '80s-themed level to Tony Hawk Ride pre-orders

• Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage trailer travels the globe

• BlizzCon 2009: Laguna Art Museum VIP dinner (Attn: Lore nerds)

• Monster 4x4 Stunt Racer takes off-roading off the ground

• Wushu like a free download of Invincible Tiger's soundtrack?

• Shantotto invades Final Fantasy Dissidia, laughs manically, kills Tidus

• Flavor names for new race/class combos

• Splash Damage has big plans for Brink franchise

• Contact creator's next game: 'Sakura Note'

• Class specific buffs become craftable items

• Tim Curry provides voice of 'calculating villain' in Dragon Age: Origins

• David Cage explains Heavy Rain's striptease

• Report notes decline in original game IP in UK

• NCsoft announces Aion NA and EU open beta details

• Guildwatch: "ur name is remembered"

• Trophies: Smash Cars

• Meet the Massively team at DragonCon '09

• Upload your Dissidia smackdowns to Square's site

• Battle.net 2.0 to allow cross-faction communication

• Fallen Earth beats out Aion in D2D sales last week

• One Boss Leaves: Keristrasza finishes it

• Hell is a major draw for Dante's Inferno

• Raven Software confirms layoffs, new size 'reflects' upcoming work load

• Around Azeroth: The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgnomald

• Black Prophecy Q&A explains weapon systems and combat

• Breakfast Topic: Will you miss the Old World?

• Rock Band Network Store to offer free song demos

• Rock Band Network Store coming to PS3, Wii players out of luck

• Champions Online's special subscriptions make a comeback

• Sega taps MiChi for official Bayonetta theme song

• Venezuela could completely ban the sale of violent video games

• Warhammer cake bites into Food Network

• EEDAR: Guitar Hero 5 will outsell The Beatles: Rock Band by nearly 2-to-1

• BlizzCon 2009: Bingo fail

• L4D2's Dark Carnival playable at PAX '09

• BlizzCon 2009: 15 Minutes on the Street

• PC Trine to retail Sept. 8, PSN cries single tear

• Upper Deck announces Amsterdam Darkmoon Faire

• NCsoft announces its PAX plans

• Cursed Mountain launch trailer is cursed, mountainous

• This Forza 3 post has been brought to you by Puma

• EA confirms Maxis layoffs, publisher still committed to Spore

• Command & Conquer 4 subtitled 'Tiberian Twilight'

• Video interview: Bethesda's Pete Hines on WET

• Encrypted Text: Patch 3.2.2 updates and BlizzCon news

• Choose my Adventure: Et tu, Bone Man?

• Quantic Dream considering DLC sequels, prequels for Heavy Rain's characters

• Muramasa: The Demon Bosses

• Breaking: Turbine sues Atari over Dungeons and Dragons Online

• Mad Catz Modern Warfare 2 peripherals caught on video

• Trophies: Fritz Chess

• Level-5 invites players into a 'Fantasy Life' ... in a doomed town

• BlizzCon 2009: Costumes, pt II

• BioWare looking into Mass Effect 'Pinnacle Station' DLC glitch

• Looking at Trinity Universe's 3D RPG battles

• Turbine sues Atari over Dungeons and Dragons Online licensing

• Do we expect too much from our MMOs?

• Gamersyde told Beyond Good and Evil 2 is 'on hold' - Ubisoft won't comment

• Fallen Earth to hold Apocalypse Party for end of open beta

• BlizzCon 2009: An interview with Vasco

• Video: Mad Catz doles out Modern Warfare 2 controllers for young (and old) whippersnipers

• Tradewest Games hints at upcoming IP lineup reveal

• The pre-order bonus of your dreams: A Bakugan pillowcase

• Namco continues to satisfy Android's gaming needs

• Invincible Tiger punches PSN and Xbox Live this week [update]

• Cryptic's official response on sold-out Champions special subscription deals

• BlizzCon 2009: Noobz on display

• Capcom announces release date for Resident Evil T-shirt, also Darkside Chronicles

• BlizzCon 2009: Ed Fries of Figureprints

• CrimeCraft launches, producer responds to naysayers

• Roskilde University to open super-hero city and host machinima contest

• Bayonetta's Automatic mode demonstrated (with one hand)

• Cities XL launching in North America on Oct. 9th

• BlizzCon 2009: A look at the BlizzCon store

• Eidos investigating 'bad' Batman collector's edition DLC codes

• Idea pitch-to-publish ratio low in gaming industry

• Lumines coming to iPhone, console versions getting price cut

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 31-40 and notes on PvP servers

• Darkest of Days trailer takes modern weapons back in time

• Fifteen short (but sweet) seconds of Valkyria Chronicles 2

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 31-40, part 2

• Mad Catz detailz mice, controllers, 'Throat Communicator' for Modern Warfare 2

• DLC rushes into Crash Commando this week

• NCsoft launch Aion and Guild Wars emote cross promotion

• Happy Batman Day! 'New free downloadable content coming soon!'

• Level-5 and Studio Ghibli's Another World delayed until another year

• Unboxing the Batman: Arkham Asylum Collector's Edition

• Dragonball Online opens main website, confirms that it is over 9,000

• Red Faction: Guerrilla multiplayer DLC hammers down Sept. 17 release [update]

• Dress up your Avatar with these Mass Effects

• Night Elves and Worgen: Druid allies of the Moon

• What's in a Name: XSEED JKS

• Legal blunder leaves UK game ratings unenforceable

• Massively gets the low down on Dawntide

• More racing, kicking comes to Games on Demand

• Unannounced 'Pinnacle Station' Mass Effect DLC now available

• A trio of Mabinogi videos show off the "Ancient Secrets of Irinid"

• Death Tank receives free patch, new weapons and tanks

• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

• Breakfast Topic: Will you subscribe to the World of Warcraft Magazine?

• Realm maintenance for August 25th, 2009

• More pro skaters heap praise on Tony Hawk Ride

• Ubisoft wants to know why you kill people

• Tales of Monkey Island available at Amazon in one-tale increments

• Assassin's Creed 2 ain't afraid of no Call of Duty

• WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 dated, detailed

• New The Secret World info at PAX to be 'biggest thing yet'

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Sandeep Parikh

• Kojima's Policenauts now playable in English

• In-Game Launch event for Cataclysm confirmed

• Reminder: The destroids are invading!

• Madden 2010 confirmed for iPhone, probably requires more thumbs than you have

• BlizzCon 2009: Entering a brave new world

• Bright Shadow set to light up Western shores in 2009

• The Rogues come out to play in this The Warriors: Street Brawl trailer

• Rumor: Survey gauges interest in pay-to-play 1 vs. 100 [update]

• Preorder A Boy and His Blob, get a blob

• No more Batman: Arkham Asylum videos (promise)

• Mass Effect's Pinnacle Station DLC now a premium theme, still unannounced [update]

• Massively multiplayer online... boobs?

• Anti-Aliased: I'm a champion, and so can you! (part deux) pt. 2

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Felicia Day, continued

• Video: a walkthrough of GamesCom

• If you only watch one 8-bit Lego animation today, make it 8-bit trip

• Gatheryn invites all to open beta

• Dual specs and loot priority

• Massively's Alganon beta key giveaway: Round 2

• Final Fantasy Gaiden's simplified commands, wonderful monsters

• PSA: Lost and Damned is Deal of the Week for $15

• GamesCom enters the ranks of E3 on its first year

• BlizzCon 2009: The short version

• Square reboot Thexder NEO revealed by ESRB listing

• 38 Studios appoints MacLean as new CEO

• RUSE VIP beta later this year, strategy is to sign up now

• GamesCom 2009 attendance at 245,000

• The Daily Grind: Selling your MMO accounts

• Breakfast Topic: What do you think of new race and class combos?

• Cosplay record attempt fails at GamesCom, Guinness believes TGS attempt could 'smash' record

• Tatsunoko vs Capcom's four new characters to be revealed at TGS 2009

• BlizzCon 2009: The soundalike contest

• Guitar Hero 5 DLC not compatible with World Tour

• EVE Evolved: DUST in the wind

• EVE Evolved: DUST in the wind, part 2

• The Warriors: Street Brawl pugilizes our eyes with new gang, 'The Lizzies'

• All the World's a Stage: More possibilities for goblins and worgen in Cataclysm

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DLC goes old school

• CrazyKinux looking for new pilots to join the pack

• BlizzCon 2009: Ozzy Osbourne closes show down, injures no bats

• Nexon revenues are up, largely driven by MapleStory

• Totem Talk: Revamped stats in Cataclysm and Dwarven/Goblin Shamans

• Namco Bandai Ship-pudens new Naruto screenshots

• BlizzCon 2009: Chris Metzen talks about casting Tricia Helfer

• Get your hands on The Beatles: Rock Band today at Best Buy

• Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep to awaken Japan this Winter

• Fallen Earth's doors clank open for more beta testers

• BlizzCon 2009: How far along is the development of Cataclysm?

• SOE announces a new way for Free Realms players to get in the game

• Sunday Morning Funnies: BlizzCon 2009 edition

• Breakfast Topic: Your favorite BlizzCon announcement

• Day two of BlizzCon 2009: Round-up

• BlizzCon 2009: Premonition live raid

• BlizzCon 2009: Dance and soundalike contest videos

• Avatar's first gameplay trailer unsurprisingly full of blue people

• UK gets better bargain: Pre-order Guitar Hero 5, get World Tour free

• BlizzCon 2009: Costume contest video

• BlizzCon 2009: Class panel #2, the good parts version

• BlizzCon 2009: The Return of Onyxia

• GamesCom 09: Frogster and Runewaker are up to something

• BlizzCon 2009: Mastery system and talent trees

• Community teamwork solves Shadow Complex speed run mystery

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW Class Discussion #2 live blog

• BlizzCon 2009: Path of the Titans explained

• 'Necromantic' DLC pack coming to Castle Crashers

• BlizzCon 2009: Blizzard announces cross-server instances

• Everybody is kung fu fighting in this Invincible Tiger gameplay footage

• "Why do we play MMOs" series concludes

• BlizzCon 2009: The Costumes

• BlizzCon 2009: The official program

• Rock Band Weekly: Tom Petty, Billy Idol, Jet

• BlizzCon 2009: Breaking into the Gaming Industry live blog

• Second Life parcel-traffic scoring to change at the end of the month

• BlizzCon 2009: Initial thoughts on the Hunter changes

• Cosplayer gathering at GamesCom attempts to break Guinness record

• BlizzCon 2009: The costume contest

• BlizzCon 2009: Cataclysm, the story so far

• BlizzCon 2009: Day one round-up

• Day one of BlizzCon 2009: Round-up

• Overheard@GamesCom: Kicking babies is bad

• XVII new screenhots of Final Fantasy XIV

• Mafia II trailer looks at the art of persuasion, not lifelike animation

• BlizzCon 2009: Stats vastly simplified

• LOTRO free for lapsed players until Aug. 24, new subscriptions $10 per month

• BlizzCon 2009: Worgen animation

• Gundam duds bring mech merch to Japan's Home servers

• BlizzCon 2009: Q&A with Cory Stockton

• WRUP: BlizzCon and GamesCom edition

• Borderlands DLC 'already in motion'

• BlizzCon 2009: Goblin backstory and zone info

• Munch on these brand new Critter Crunch screens

• Redefining MMOs: The rise of F2P

• Third CoD: World at War map pack enlists one million on first weekend

• BlizzCon 2009: Class, Items, and Professions Panel Live Blog

• Way of the Samurai 3 coming to North America via two publishers

• Midway Europe buyout complete, renamed Tradewest Games

• BlizzCon 2009: Archaeology and Path of the Titans

• GameStop: Modern Warfare 2 'could be the best selling title of all time'

• BlizzCon 2009: Diablo 3 not yet ruled out for consoles

• BlizzCon 2009: The Guild Panel Live Blog

• Video interview: Freestyle Games' Jamie Jackson

• Open beta fully opens for Champions Online

• BlizzCon 2009: Art Gallery

• BlizzCon 2009: The costumes

• New Diablo III media features Monk, deserts

• Joystiq Podcast 106 - Crackpot or crockpot edition

• GamesCom Scribblenauts booth is wide, wide-ruled

• New armor set skins are coming to WAR

• Tony Hawk Ride comes with padding for your hardwood floor

• Square Enix's 'Cross Treasures' influenced by V-Jump reader feedback

• Fallen Earth launch date moved up to September 15th

• Producer: Lords of Shadow was always a Castlevania title (also: new trailer!)

• New Dark Void videos to fill the dark void in your heart

• Modern Warfare 2's 'Special Ops' missions detailed

• BlizzCon 2009: Live blogging the Cataclysm new starter zones

• No additional Battlefield 1943 content currently in development

• Takeuchi: Lost Planet 2 team 'working on' couch co-op

• BlizzCon 2009: Opening Ceremony Live Blog

• New Diablo III 'Monk' class dropped on Korean Blizzard site

• BlizzCon 2009: The show floor

• New Diablo III Class: Monk!

• We have a Tabard: To 25-mans, and beyond!

• Infinity Ward spells out Modern Warfare 2 voice cast

• Joystiq at BlizzCon 2009

• NCsoft posts epic video interview with Aion Lead Designer Yongchan Jee

• Confused about Metal Gear Solid's timeline? So is Hideo Kojima

• BlizzCon 2009 DirecTV stream now active

• The sights, sounds, and spiderbots of Spyborgs

• Azeroth map "outdated" on official site

• Media Molecule taking beta applications for LittleBigWater

• Take a wander down memory lane with the History of Warcraft

• Final Fantasy XIII's English voiceovers are complete

• Second Global Agenda closed beta test weekend begins today

• Bat-Knowledge! Bone up on your Arkham Asylum history

• Capcom: Dark Void delay made room for more features

• GamesCom offers a closer look at the Sith Warrior class

• First Majin: The Fallen Realm trailer is charming

• DJ Hero coming Oct. 27 in US, 'late October' worldwide

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Trial of the Champion Loot Part 2

• The Daily Grind: FPS 'mah MMO?

• Breakfast Topic: So you're not going to BlizzCon

• All about our BlizzCon coverage

• Overheard@GamesCom: The adorable little beers in Cologne attack

• Crytek teases Crysis 2's new Nanosuit

• Red Steel 2 walkthrough highlights ninja juggling

• These Metroidvania games are neither Metroid nor Vania

• Fairytale Fights has 'Kill 1,000 Children' Achievement (for now)

• New Mass Effect Achievements hint at DLC (finally)

• The OverAchiever: Voyage of the Glory of the Hero

• Video: TMNT: Smash Up's crazy environments

• BlizzCon 2009: What we're bringing

• New DCUO screens appear out of GamesCom

• BlizzCon 2009: Lineblogging at the badge pickup

• Guitar Hero 5 content walks this way to Avatar Marketplace [Update]

• BlizzCon 2009: BlizzCon Bingo

• Titan Studios skips robot zombies, adds ... chefs?!

• Video: The pretty, violent locations of Muramasa

• Tony Hawk: RIDE's skateboard gets FCC'd, USB dongle required for PS3 and Wii

• BlizzCon 2009: The goody bag

• Gatheryn approaches open beta, offers registration page and client download

• Ska MAED an Indie game and put Z0MB1ES!!!1 in it

• English Final Fantasy XIII demo will be brand new, downloadable (if it happens)

• Ghostbusters among GameStop's top five games this quarter

• New expansion likely playable at BlizzCon

• Kojima's next could be something 'you always wanted to have'

• Rabbids don't go home, go to Leipzig

• First Lego Universe shots revealed, no assembly required

• Assassin's Creed 2 screens highlight new gameplay

• Final Fantasy XIII team 'aiming' for three-DVD release

• If there was a GI Joe MMO, this is what it would look like

• Just watch this trailer, and then Just Dance

• Two Bosses Enter: Keristrasza versus Zuramat the Obliterator

• EA Sports Active gets More Workouts Nov. 17

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week two): Toiling in tier two

• BlizzCon 2009: Who's who

• Future, Blizzard launch World of Warcraft: The Magazine

• BlizzCon 2009: Don't forget to look for us

• LEGO Universe screenshots reveal a first look at LEGO MMO

• GRIN's 'unreleased masterpiece' was a Final Fantasy game codenamed 'Fortress'

• Did Microsoft delay its price drop announcement to avoid Sony's Slim Storm 2009?

• No demo for Borderlands - at least not 'before launch'

• 'Early 2010' is a 'realistic' release for BioShock 2 [update]

• Breakfast Topic: Would you play a neutral character?

• DiRT 2 trailer shows everything (but racing)

• GamesCom 2009 opens to the public

• GamesCom ads around Cologne

• Consider these Mafia II screens a gift

• Watch pro skateboarders uncomfortably play Tony Hawk Ride

• See Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier's high drama, hijinks

• Scribblenauts dev 5TH Cell looking to consoles

• Aliens vs. Predator vs. your eyeballs

• Analyst: Madden 10 sales 'slightly' below expectations

• Learn all about Dragon Age: Origins' origins in this new trailer

• Borderlands screens focus on HUD, vehicles

• Rock Band DLC to hit 1000 tracks by holiday with help of Queen, Nirvana & Elton John

• Tekken 6 trailer doles out story, Scenario Mode, no sense

• Why Shadow Complex credits a multiplayer tester

• Aion trailer 1.5 released into the wild

• The Queue: Nobody expects the Druid Inquisition!

• GDC Europe '09: Igg.com debuts Dreamland Online

• WoW comic #22 preview

• Dante's Inferno trailer throws epic in your face

• Guitar Hero 5 getting rolled over by Stones

• Spoiler Warning: Shadow Complex secrets and strategies

• Chronicles of Spellborn now completely free while in re-development

• Final Fantasy XIV makes its gameplay debut at GamesCom

• The Beatles: Rock Band album DLC priced, dated, detailed

• Patch 3.2.0a being deployed today

• The BlizzCon schedule, EU style

• Fable 3 will question the foundations on which Fable is built, says Molyneux

• Demented new Dementium 2 screens

• CVG: No multiplayer beta for Modern Warfare 2 [update]

• See Tower of Shadow in action

• Scattered Shots: So you want to be a Hunter - Part 2 Levels 1-9

• Take a timeout to ogle Hori's Tekken 6 arcade sticks

• Fat Princess ninjas won't be lonesome anymore

• New Singularity trailer pours one out for Mother Russia

• Guildwatch: Easy as 1 2 3

• Namco Bandai to publish Heavenly Sword-dev Ninja Theory's next IP

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 trailer is serious business

• Here's a beautiful FIFA 10 trailer from GamesCom

• BlizzCon 2009: It begins

• Be that guy from Maroon 5 in Band Hero

• WoW Moviewatch: Culling of Stratholme: The Retaliation

• Namco Bandai announces Clash of the Titans for 2010

• Namco Bandai announces Majin: The Fallen Realm [update: images!]

• New Castlevania: Lords of Shadow screens are bloody, awesome

• Final Fantasy XIV gameplay and emote footage

• Encrypted Text: Patch 3.2.2 and the Great FoK Nerf

• Rumored 'SingStar: Beatles' was a Beatles: Rock Band microphone pack

• Just Cause 2 trailer wants to destroy something beautiful

• Around Azeroth: Blonde on not so blonde

• New Earthworm Jim less new than expected: it's a remake

• Choose my Adventure: Massive Hobbits

• Dark Void touching down January 12

• Preparing for BlizzCon: The final roundup

• The Daily Grind: Do you play the MMO stock market?

• Breakfast Topic: What BlizzCon announcement are you waiting for?

• Marvel not doing 'crappy' movie games anymore, says exec

• Dreams become nightmares in this Dreamkiller teaser

• Fable II 'Episodic' revealed, pay-as-you-play starts Sept. 29 [update]

• Molyneux announces Fable III at GamesCom, coming 2010 [update]

• Video Games Live heading to GDC China

• Lessons from GDC Europe: The 'seven pillars' of a Remedy IP

• Army of Two: The 40th Day just got even more serious

• The very serious story of Invizimals

• GameStop knocks $10 off Wet and Rogue Warrior pre-orders

• Latest Brutal Legend trailer shows multiplayer, awesomeness

• Video: Telltale teases Tales of Monkey Island's second episode

• New BlizzCon 2009 schedule available

• Clank's mysterious past explained in new Gamescom trailer

• Cities XL trailer offers glimpse of empires to build

• Ready Check: General Vezax

• Blizzard retracts posted BlizzCon schedule

• Fileplanet wants you to play Earth Eternal really badly

• Report: Wolfenstein multiplayer team struck with layoffs

• NCsoft reveals Aion's Priest subclass: the Cleric

• Upper Deck awards TCG and minis North American Continental Champions

• The Saboteur visits brothels, explodes Nazis, has an accent

• Bomberman Live blasts out 500,000 downloads

• Hustle Kings trailer asks ridiculous question

• EEDAR: PS3's $299 price to become 'new standard' for next year

• Anti-Aliased: I'm a champion, and so can you

• Anti-Aliased: I'm a champion, and so can you pt. 2

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 21-30

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 21-30, part 2

• Star Wars: The Old Republic being localized in French and German

• Latest Mass Effect 2 squad member is Grunt - 'A violent and unpredictable Krogan'

• EyePet bundled with camera for 50 euros

• MAG public beta now underway, first wave of invites sent

• Dante's Inferno escapes hell development in February

• A discussion in defense of new race/class combinations, Pt. 2

• A discussion in defense of new race/class combinations

• A discussion in defense of new race/class combinations, pt. 4

• A discussion in defense of new race/class combinations, Pt. 3

• Saints Row hijacks Games on Demand

• Black Prophecy's unique art style blends realism with the unreal

• Bad Company 2 marches into Q1 2010 battlefield

• Trophies: Madden 10

• Brutal Legend demo rocking XBLM and PSN in September

• Blizzard maps out BlizzCon

• BlizzCon schedule posted

• Peggle: Dual Shot's price drops down to $10

• All (but one) of the 45 Beatles: Rock Band tracks revealed

• Ubisoft officially reveals 'Just Dance,' for people who don't mind looking like this

• Around Azeroth: Hot! Hot! Hot!

• CCP Games reveals new EVE Online console MMO: DUST 514

• MCV: EA releasing SingStar: The Beatles 'within days' of The Beatles: Rock Band

• PopCap reveals Zuma's Revenge

• Zombie Cow to make episodic Dan and Ben games

• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

• The Daily Grind: How many MMOs do you play at one time?

• Survey finds Xbox 360 is played five times as often as Wii, five times more likely to fail than PS3

• FYI: CCP announces 'Dust 514,' FPS RTS MMO in Eve universe

• Bethesda clarifies MMO claims, Elder Scrolls V statements

• Fallout 3 gets the timelapse treatment, still not auto-tuned

• PopCap Games pegs Robert Chamberlain as new CFO

• VC in Brief: The Revenge of Shinobi (Sega Genesis)

• THQ begins a countdown to Smackdown

• LEGO + Rock Band = debut gameplay trailer

• Black Prophecy interview highlights game's tactics

• Shadow Complex launch trailer

• LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year edition coming Sep. 8, $59.99

• Dustin Browder - Page 5

• Dustin Browder - Page 3

• Dustin Browder - Page 4

• Guild Wars 2 news coming this week?

• Dustin Browder - Page 2

• Preparing for BlizzCon: Last minute travel tips

• Mini Ninjas demo sneaking onto PC, PS3, 360

• The Digital Continuum: Let the Star Wars races begin

• Groovy: Interplay and Gameloft making new downloadable Earthworm Jim

• Rage of the Gladiator's Vensor battles with magic, acting

• Andy Chambers - Part 3

• NCsoft announces Aion has gone gold, now being manufactured

• Ten L.A. Noire storyboards leaked online

• Remedy's Sam Lake shows off Remedy's Alan Wake

• Joyswag: Call of Duty: World at War DLC Map Pack 3 (360/PS3)

• New details on upcoming Cave shmups

• Red Alert 3 'Commander's Challenge' costs $10, coming to 360 / PS3 this fall [update]

• What's in a Name: Gearbox Software [update]

• Sega open to developing more niche MMOs

• WoW Moviewatch: Warcraft Final Fantasy Style 7

• Reassuring: Alan Wake is 'done,' being polished

• Raid Rx: Raid bosses that brought healers to their knees - Part 1

• Crytek road map has next generation starting in 2012, next engine will be ready

• No subscription for All Points Bulletin

• Around Azeroth: Gentrification

• Dyack muses about clouds, won't abandon current consoles

• Crytek CEO asks GDC audience to kill 'killerspiel' law, won't leave Germany unless forced out

• Breakfast Topic: Did you order the BlizzCon live stream?

• The Daily Grind: Instance vs. open

• Gen Con 2009: MMOs in the E-gaming area

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup wishes happy birthday to Genesis

• Totem Talk: Starting a Shaman

• id: Rage won't have Doom 3's 'Monster Closets'

• Trophies: The BIGS 2

• Wildstorm publishing Modern Warfare 2 comic mini-series (update)

• Redbox debuts $2 video game rentals, pretty lean on titles thus far

• Germany becomes top games market in Europe [update: not true!]

• The Light and How to Swing It: Levels 71-80 con't.

• The Light and How to Swing It: Levels 71-80

• Rocksteady 'not involved' in the development of Hitman 5

• Linden Lab's Tom Hale announces Second Life support for media plug-ins

• Earthrise mixes zone preview with lore in The Boneyard

• Arcane Brilliance: Mage changes on the patch 3.2.2 PTR

• Breakfast Topic: Which boss would you revamp for level 80?

• Pitchford on Borderlands cover: The game 'will blow your mind'

• The Beatles: Rock Band execs say Yoko Ono 'gave the designers hell' [update]

• We Have a Tabard: Hang up and raid

• Trophies: NCAA Football 10

• Where the Wild Things Are gameplay trailer starts a wild rumpus

• Trophies: G-Force

• Patch 3.2.2 PTR: New Onyxia loot revealed

• Swag Saturday: Gears of War Jacinto's Remnant [update]

• Preparing for BlizzCon: Costumes

• Elder Scrolls V not in the works, there's a 'chance' for Elder Scrolls MMO

• Mythos teaser and closed beta registration page emerges

• The Daily Grind: If you could give a game a graphics update, which one would it be?

• No joking about this Serious Sam HD footage

• Ms. Marvel lends her talents to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

• Phat Loot Phriday: Cosmos

• JBO: Joystiq Box Office, August 10 - August 14

• WRUP: Joystiq SLIM edition

• Can it be? New in game web browser arriving for EVE Online

• Win prizes in Blizzard's Twitter contests

• Possible new race/class combinations datamined

• Karos Online announces closed beta dates and three playable races

• An amusement park full of zombies, care of Left 4 Dead 2

• Welcome back to the next level: how to play Genesis games today

• BlizzCon 2009 Goody Bag is full of StarCraft goodness

• Impressive new Dragon Nest and Dungeon Fighter Online gameplay videos

• EA looking to add Michael Vick to Madden 10 on August 19

• BlazBlue punching Europe's face with 'new characters,' other goodies

• [Page 2] Interview: Mike Wilson

• GenCon Indy 09: Mythic and BioWare and Cryptic, oh my!

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Trial of the Champion Loot

• Gamecock acquisition goes south - vendors accuse SouthPeak of not paying up

• Rock Band Weekly: Foo Fighters, Blur, Dropkick Murphys, Blind Melon

• Joystiq Podcast 105 - Wifearmed edition

• Redefining MMOs: Pesky persistence pg. 3

• Redefining MMOs: Pesky persistence pg. 2

• Redefining MMOs: Pesky Persistence

• APB accepting beta applicants, looking for soundtrack contributions

• One Shots: Fine barbarian fashion

• Joystiq remembers the Sega Genesis

• Some copies of Madden 10 missing 'Online Franchise' DLC codes

• Fat Princess online multiplayer receives patch in Europe

• Licensed game from High Voltage inspired by Bionic Commando

• All Points Bulletin website gets overhaul, beta sign up

• Two Bosses Enter: Gal'darah versus Moorabi

• WonderKing Closed Beta 2 key giveaway

• Extra Life helping sick kids ... again

• Video interview: Harmonix's John Drake

• Whither Quel'Serrar?

• The Daily Grind: Are you down with the apocalypse?

• Ship Simulator Extremes to blow the doors off ship simulation genre

• The Behemoth's third game gets its first dev diary

• Rabbids Go Home, bothering this poor guy on the way

• Mass Effect 2 screenshots focus on new teammate for Shepard

• Onyxia's Lair getting revamped for WoW's 5th anniversary

• Blizzard franchises get their own Twitter accounts

• GTTV loses brains to Left 4 Dead 2, Left 4 Dead DLC

• Activism: Moore 'delighted' to talk to female gamers

• Rumor: Full setlist for The Beatles: Rock Band confirmed

• Guitar Hero: World Tour gets free Activision music

• Preparing for BlizzCon: What to pack in your suitcase

• Ubisoft releasing Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy

• QuakeCon 2009: You'll be angry if you miss this Rage trailer

• Looking for interview subjects at BlizzCon for 15 Minutes of Fame

• QuakeCon 2009: Doom Resurrection and Wolfenstein 3-D at shareware prices this week

• Mini Ninjas sneak into stores on September 8

• Designers give Need for Speed Nitro cars a fresh coat of paint

• Create my Champion: BGBB

• Skill-based MMOs: Passive vs. active gain

• The purpose of Achievements, and how it's changed over time

• Assassin's Creed 2 playable at Eurogamer Expo, major publishers backing show

• XBLM, PSN hear the Call of Juarez (demo)

• Joyswag: Guitar Hero: Smash Hits [update]

• Linden Lab publishes Second Life second quarter metrics

• Rock Band: Metal Track Pack coming Rocktober 13

• THQ publishing Blood Bowl in the UK

• One Boss Leaves: Chrono-Lord Epoch stops Prince Taldaram

• Army of Two: The 40th Day joins the Q1 2010 party

• Beaterator is actually coming out -- and soon

• The Daily Grind: Your thoughts on Jeff Strain's NCsoft departure?

• Welsh speakers wanted for game translation project

• High Voltage licenses Infernal Engine for-ev-er

• Ratchet & Clank action figures pop up for pre-order

• Alpha Protocol issues license to NOT kill

• Onyxia returns in Patch 3.2.2

• Assassin's Creed 2 dev diary talks about the exciting world of ... banking

• Not in the box(ers): Fight Night 4 DLC, updates announced

• Ninjabee developing 'spiritual successor' to Cloning Clyde

• Stormrage novel cover art revealed

• Next Red Faction: Guerrilla DLC to be multiplayer-focused

• NCsoft aims for Aion to be second only to WoW in US

• DiRT 2 Achievement takes off-putting meme off-road

• Raven dev to reimburse your Wolfenstein purchase ... if

• Section 8 open beta is go

• Pocket Books releases signing schedule for BlizzCon

• Latest Champions Online trailer shows who's boss

• NCsoft and Paragon Studios announce HeroCon 2009 for October

• Aragorn's Quest bumped to most popular release quarter of all time

• Bionic Commando developer GRIN closes

• Fallen Earth moves into open beta on August 17th

• The Daily Quest: Podcasts, Lord Jaraxxus, and playing the other gender

• ArenaNet's co-founder comments on Jeff Strain's departure from NCsoft

• DJ Hero: The Scratch Perverts and DJ Yoda contributing songs, ridiculous names

• The Beatles: Rock Band DLC to include Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul albums

• Choose my Adventure: Meet Gibbi the Hobbit

• Ex-GRIN staffers form Outbreak Studios

• Guildwatch: Loot reservations required

• One Shots: Hope you had a BPO for that ammo

• Spyborgs release bumped up a week to September 22

• MAG Public Beta enrollment begins

• CrimeCraft's digital download options and bonuses

• Champions Online open beta and early start schedule revealed

• FEAR 2 gets free Slow-Mo Deathmatch DLC on September 3

• Dragon Age bonuses free in new copies, sold separately if you buy used

• Wolfenstein RPG out now on iPhone and iPod touch

• The next APB behind the scenes video podcast is online

• Avatar Marketplace - All Items

• Ready Check: Mimiron

• Midway UK and France offices bought for 1 euro (combined)

• The Daily Grind: Is space the "final frontier" for MMOs?

• Breakfast Topic: How phasing could be used in-game

• Street Fighter IV joystick phone straps push our buttons [update]

• Wolfenstein RPG escapes onto the iPhone

• Key Square Enix, Media Molecule, Valve, Maxis staff keynoting Montreal game summit

• Orson Scott Card talks 'Shadow Complex' and the future of 'Empire'

• Video: The story behind Section 8

• Who? EA reveals FIFA 10 North American cover athletes

• Deep Silver planning a Prison Break

• Vote for your favorite Assassin's Creed 2 achievement

• Borderlands box art splatters imagery

• Ignition opens sharp Muramasa: The Demon Blade site

• The making of the World of Warcraft

• Risen banned in Australia for incentivizing sex and drugs

• Give Dementium II's box art a hand

• Star Trek Online IRC dev chat tomorrow, August 12th

• The Daily Quest: Moonkins Anonymous

• Actor's resume lists Rocksteady-developed 'Hitman5'

• New Silent Hill logo and screens scared up

• 2nd Fallout 3 DLC pack at retail Aug. 25; GOTY edition listed for Oct. 13

• Death to spell power plate

• EA Sports Active player base split evenly between men and women

• Upper Deck finalizes Gen Con plans

• The Digital Continuum: Changing tides in FFXIV

• Capcom reveals GamesCom 2009 lineup, safety hazard

• Activision clarifies Guitar Hero 5 song importing process

• Global Agenda announces North American tour

• EA studio boss would love to revisit Bullfrog IP; EA renews Bullfrog trademarks

• Nielsen: 360 has most 'active users' in 2009, Wii has fewest

• Buy Guitar Hero 5, get Guitar Hero: Van Halen for free

• Mad Catz releasing Modern Warfare 2 branded accessories

• The Queue: Exploits and dirty cheats

• Arena Season 6 to end soon

• Solid savings on Metal Gear Solid Touch

• Capcom's triple-pack not coming to Europe

• First video of Battleswarm arrives

• Blizzard officially announces Ozzy at BlizzCon 2009

• Duke Nukem 3D on iPhone forever

• Star Wars: The Old Republic to launch in October 2010?

• Rumor: Nobody's smiling about more GRIN layoffs

• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

• The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best PUGs?

• Tiniest Neo Geo arcade cabinet ever

• Duke Nukem 3D brings classic carnage to iPhone gamers

• Darkest of Days demo arrives on time tomorrow

• Activision CEO made nearly $15 million last year

• Pachter says Best Buy's new games at used prices program will fail

• Namco to make 'major' announcements at Gamescom

• Tony Hawk: RIDE makes official US debut on November 17th

• Job listing claims Next Mortal Kombat will 'revolutionize online play'

• Video: Brutal Legend soundtrack makes everything metal

• gPotato to unveil new project at GamesCom

• Preparing for BlizzCon: What to pack in your backpack

• Jim Lee and Marv Wolfman speak on DC Universe Online experiences

• 2K Boston's next big thing is a shooter

• BlizzCast episode 10 released

• Lou Castle talks leaving EA for InstantAction

• Revenge of Shinobi's Spider-Man cleverly disguised

• Square Enix posts an 83% drop in operating income

• Noby Noby Boy moves 100,000 units, bowels

• Cataclysm races leaked

• Marvel vs. Capcom 2 retail package confirmed

• Officers' Quarters: The raid leader retirement plan

• More on Guitar Hero 5 song import, DLC support (Band Hero will do it, too)

• Get closer to The Old Republic's Smuggler class

• Tony Hawk Ride comes to North America Nov. 17

• Mytran Wars not canceled, coming soon

• Impressions: Civilization Revolution on iPhone

• Neo Geo mini-arcade consoles fit on a bookshelf, set our hearts a-flutter

• Silent Hill haunted house spooking Orange County this Halloween

• Civilization Revolution available now on iPhone

• A Wild Hunt leads to Warhammer's one year anniversary

• Worley Winery loses stock, BioShock 2 gains promotion

• The Daily Grind: How much retcon is too much retcon?

• QuakeCon 2009 detailed, first public demos of Rage and Brink

• Ozzy Osbourne performing at BlizzCon 2009

• Global Agenda video interview gives a closer look at the game

• Thank the Canadian government for these great games

• A metric ton of Tekken 6 media

• First Guitar Hero: Van Halen trailer released, leaves us wanting for more

• Square Enix 'considering' Dragon Quest IX localization sometime after April

• Batman: Arkham Asylum dev diary has English sensibilities

• Arcane Brilliance: Good and Bad in patch 3.2

• Silver lining: THQ acquires 40 percent of Midway San Diego employees, maybe more

• Full Brutal Legend soundtrack released by EA Denmark

• Scattered Shots: So you want to be a Hunter - Part 1 Racials

• Cities XL Limited Edition box contents revealed

• Breakfast Topic: So what do you think of patch 3.2?

• Kid plays Guitar Hero while solving two Rubik's Cubes

• Group seeks to turn Illadelph into 'the Hollywood for video games'

• Earthrise shows off The Arboretum in developer journal

• The Colosseum: Dimitrius of Korgath

• GameStop pre-order ad reveals pair of BioShock 2 multiplayer characters

• GameStop prices DJ Hero: Renegade Edition at $200

• Freesky Online merges two servers, offers players compensation

• 50 Cent to make cameo appearance in Modern Warfare 2

• WRUP: Bragging rights edition

• One Shots: The bay of Everfrost

• Final Fantasy XIII Japanese release date announce coming soon (seriously)

• Madden 10 DLC lets you buy injury healing, retirement prevention, 'Elite Status,' more

• Guitar Hero 5 allows song imports from previous games, features playable Johnny Cash

• Breakfast Topic: How would you be honored ingame?

• The Daily Grind: Is action-based combat the way forward?

• Watch gaming doc 'Second Skin' now, free

• Silent Hill My Little Ponies are adorable, disturbing

• Can't buy you this new The Beatles: Rock Band trailer

• Blizzard headed back to PAX this year

• JBO: Joystiq Box Office, August 3 - August 7

• Phat Loot Phriday: Marrowstrike

• Matt Mihaly talks microtransactions and Earth Eternal

• Penny Arcade pens Tekken 6 comic

• Coo over Sander Cohen's BioShock statuette

• Former Warhammer Online GM gives perspective on game's decline

• Valkyria Chronicles 2 offers branching class system

• Activision vs. EA: Quarterly console performance of gaming's publishing giants

• Wolfenstein pre-order goodies revealed

• Every kind of player's guide to Patch 3.2

• Square Enix countdown reveals Final Fantasy/SaGa/Magic the Gathering crossover card RPG

• Rumor: Atomic Games is 'pretty much dead'

• The origin of Fable II's soundtrack

• Activision: A Decade of Denting Wallets

• Massively webcomic: Grinders - Incumbent versus Reform

• Karos Online opens signup for closed EU beta

• Valve researching sign language for use in Half-Life 2: Episode 3

• Joystiq Podcast 104 - PG edition

• The Daze of Darkfall week 4: The terror of Agon pt. 2

• The Daze of Darkfall Week 4: The terror of Agon

• Heirlooms for every slot

• Savage Moon producer responds to patching problems

• GDC Austin keynote speaker announced as SOE's John Smedley

• Final Fantasy XIV image dump shows familiar character art

• GameFly listing may indicate Dragon Age: Origins delay [update: it's official]

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: A General Impression of Patch 3.2

• Watch Japanese girls audition for a role in Yakuza 4

• Dead Space: Extraction trailer takes a look at the story

• BAM! Batman: Arkham Asylum demo punching faces online

• "Where Am I?" screenshot contest results

• Best Buy testing price matching of used games

• Shatter demo in the works, multiplatform release 'likely'

• KoTec 'very interested' in motion control for Ninja Gaiden

• Rock Band Weekly: Gorillaz, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, The Who

• Final Fantasy XIV site updated with new story and game information

• LA Times: Activision likely to receive 'little to no compensation' in Brutal Legend settlement

• 20k BlizzCon tickets gone in eight measly minutes

• MAG trailer requires your inspirational battlefield speech

• OpenChord allows actual guitars to play Guitar Hero, sound atrocious

• Tales of Monkey Island continues on August 20

• Jagex lets out a small bit of information on their upcoming title, Mechscape

• Priest Q&A: Tackling the Shadow Priest answers

• Breakfast Topic: Looking forward to patch 3.3 and the next expansion

• Capcom doesn't completely dismiss Darkstalkers Remix possibility

• Batman: Arkham Asylum movie-splosion!

• RAGE screens show up in id Tech 5 presentation

• Tony Hawk: RIDE Limited Edition skateboard outed as UK version gets priced and dated

• BlizzCon 2009 sold out in just eight minutes

• SOE prez delivering GDC Austin keynote

• Player reaction to the 5-man Trial

• Bear McCreary explains inspiration for Dark Void score

• Machinarium has become too gorgeous

• Patch 3.2 Known Issues

• Two Bosses Enter: Prince Taldaram vs. Chrono-Lord Epoch

• Tony Hawk Ride dated, priced, limited edition'd in UK

• World at War event calls community to duty this Saturday, Aug 8

• Japan's Games on Demand launch line-up revealed, tiny

• Warner Bros. trademark transfer of Midway begins

• Rage of the Gladiator's control scheme revealed

• Inquisitive blogging series delves into why we play MMOs

• Activision and Double Fine settle Brutal Legend lawsuit

• Atomic Games unable to secure funding for Six Days in Fallujah, reduces staff

• "Where Am I?" screenshot contest

• PAX exhibitors revealed, Star Wars fans should start lining up now

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 10-20 and how to spec

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 10-20, part 3

• Shifting Perspectives: Leveling 10-20, part 2

• One Shots: The couple that slays together stays together

• Konami game revenue dips during fiscal Q1, Snake nowhere to be found

• Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Editions to actually be limited

• No Guitar Hero: Van Halen for Europe this year

• First look in first-person: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

• Gazillion Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Media form joint MMO studio

• The Punisher: No Mercy demo, patch coming soon

• Interview: ZEN Studios' Zsolt Kigyossy

• Pac-Man Championship Edition following the dots to iPhone

• Redefining MMOs: Breaking the Mould

• Redefining MMOs: Breaking the Mould (Part II)

• Scratch: The Ultimate DJ's development turned to new studio

• One Boss Leaves: Mal'ganis chops Ormorok

• Breakfast Topic: Most frustrating non-drop

• News flash: Wolfenstein has a castle

• OpenChord: The guitar that plays Guitar Hero

• EA reveals UK lovefest with FIFA 10 cover athletes

• Call of Duty for the iPhone will track your World at War kills

• Patch 3.2 In-Game fixes for Wednesday August 5th

• Koei 'nams new studio location

• Dave Perry discusses canned Atari project, 'Plague'

• Salem and Rios visit EA Montreal in bizarre Army of Two trailer

• Screen Grabs: DJ Hero makes cameo in Kid Cudi video, comes back full circle

• Sony, EA and Activision reveal Gamescom lineups

• 15 Minutes of Fame: A World of Warcraft love story

• Third Call of Duty: World at War map DLC hits tomorrow, screens and video hit today

• Interview: Watchmen: The End is Nigh producer Andy Abramovici

• Don't forget about the Fallen Earth Dev Hunt!

• 1 vs. 100 welcomes Penny Arcade this Friday

• Activision talks 2010: Bond is back, joined by Tony Hawk, Spider-Man, and 'innovative' action game

• More fuel for the "Ozzy at BlizzCon" fire

• Happy (belated) 10th birthday, Seaman

• Upside down Champions Online screens spin our heads

• Red Faction patch out Aug. 6, brings long double XP weekend

• Jump for Guitar Hero: Van Halen's full track list

• Activision exceeds own expectations in fiscal Q2

• Singularity delay: new release window has fewer 'competitive titles'

• Phantasy Star Zero screens -- now with English text

• PSA: Dream-Build-Play submission deadline tomorrow

• Obsidian: Sex scenes help involve players in the game world

• Create my Champion: Runswith Scissorsman

• Rock Band: Metal Track Pack to feature Motorhead, Nazareth, more

• Poor Zangief statue needs a good home

• Rumorbuster: David Wenham might play Arthas

• GameStop accepts inevitable, creates digital media executive position

• BlizzCon online store now open

• NyxQuest takes to American skies next Monday

• Rumor: Six Days in Fallujah creative director leaves company

• HD Grand Slam Tennis 'delayed indefinitely' due to EA Sports Active

• Final Fantasy XIV's first jobs and race names revealed

• Blue Fang lets go of 15 staff

• EVE Online developer trademarks 'DUST 514'

• Second Aion vidcast now available

• Priest Q & A: Healers remain indifferent

• Original soundtrack to flOw coming soon

• Blur pre-order bonuses make decision about where to buy less clear

• EA: We would like to see console price cuts this year

• Guitar Hero 5's new 'Rockfest' multiplayer revealed

• Crytek concerned about German 'killerspiel' banning law

• A Second Life roadmap: Content-management/Intellectual-property

• Authenticators back in stock at the Blizzard store

• Sega sticks with 'early 2010' AvP release, despite own website announcing February launch

• Breakfast Topic: Blurring the boundaries between patches and expansions

• Squeezing some details from Military Madness: Nectaris

• Emergency maintenance for several U.S. realms [Updated]

• Custom gaming statues are highly desirable

• Namco considering Tekken, Soulcalibur for iPhone

• Enough DJ Hero media for you to make your own mashup song

• Resident Evil's Sheva goes a bit NSFW in new calendar

• Faction restriction on PvP servers lifted [Updated]

• iPhone It In: Space Invaders Infinity Gene

• Fall Over: A platformer for gentlemen

• Wizardry franchise revived on PS3, Nintendo DS

• Internet archaeologists discover artifacts of cancelled PS3/360 Indiana Jones game

• Champions Online offers $200 lifetime subscription, Star Trek Online beta access

• EA Q1 sales better than expected, still slow

• Vanillaware: HD Muramasa wouldn't be 'a great deal of extra work'

• Trinity Universe debut trailer is very long, very Japanese

• Neo Steam opens realm vs. realm combat and new dungeons

• Realm Status: Coming online

• EA creating bite-sized Madden arcade title (think '3-on-3 NHL Arcade')

• Relax! WarDevil isn't cancelled

• The Joystiq Scribblenauts Challenge: Your Solutions! (Redux)

• Ex-Midway Newcastle dev spills the beans on the studio's closure

• Patch 3.2 in pictures

• No experience, no levels in Final Fantasy XIV

• Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars free DLC goes live

• New Games This Month: August 2009

• Call of the Crusade Trailer

• CCP Games trademark filing hints at new game: DUST 514

• Play Madden in a football stadium ... on the big screen!

• Fat Princess's patch of ample proportions

• Final Fantasy XIV details revealed: No leveling, new job system, deep story

• No joke: Batman Arkham Asylum for $48 on consoles, $40 on PC

• Discipline shocks again with unusual art style

• Saints Row 2 and WWE Smackdown 2009 join Greatest Hits lineup

• Red Faction patch inbound, adds new mode, fixes

• Left 4 Dead 'Crash Course' campaign DLC free on PC, $7 on 360 - this September

• Ousted Take-Two CEO Eibeler joins SouthPeak board

• Taylor Swift joins Band Hero, your daughter's head explodes

• Champions Online melee powers trailer, plus teleporting

• Namco Bandai posts $30m loss, Afro Samurai tries to help

• Blow points finger at next game's name: The Witness

• Around Azeroth: In loving memory

• MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively

• Warner Bros. highlights Mortal Kombat, Spy Hunter IPs in Midway acquisition

• The Daily Grind: When MMOs die

• Eliza Dushku: Games 'acceptable and cool for grown ups'

• Breakfast Topic: What's the first thing you'll do in Patch 3.2?

• The Matrix Online's final moments documented

• What Sega is making now: lots of swag

• Fairytale Fights trailer isn't violent enough [Update]

• Games Convention Online brings in 43,000 offline visitors

• EndWar creator sounds off on 'brutal' holiday market

• Rumor: I Am Alive, but I may not look like these screens anymore

• This is still alive: This is Vegas

• Call of Juarez DLC saddles up on August 6

• Jonathan Kromrey to head up Namco's new Apple Games division

• Champions Online offering $199 lifetime sub, access to STO beta 'later this year'

• GameStop surveys customers regarding potential new rewards program

• Naruto, Tales artists create special costumes for Tekken 6

• Fallen Earth's "Three Bs of the Apocalpyse" trailer now showing

• Patch to fix Call of Duty 4 multiplayer exploit 'in the works'

• VC in Brief: Tecmo Bowl (Arcade)

• Killer collector's edition box set for Assassin's Creed II revealed

• Add a moogle to your event with Final Fantasy XI's player event support!

• Sons of the Storm to appear at BlizzCon, unveil another member

• The Joystiq Scribblenauts Challenge: Your Solutions! [update]

• Cryptic Studios devs explain ground combat in Star Trek Online

• Call of Duty: World at War 'Map Pack 3' hits Aug. 6, iPhone app out now

• Revamped Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce headed to 360, PS3

• Double Fusion slows down WipEout HD with ads

• Ubisoft sees Avatar as 'world-changing,' compares to Harry Potter

• Cave Story developer Nicalis reveals 'Project Q'

• Quitting smoking in Azeroth

• Fallout 3's Mothership Zeta has landed

• Class Q&A: Rogue

• Patch 3.2 confirmed for this week on the French forums?

• Smith & Tinker looking into homes for Crimson Skies, Shadowrun IPs

• Batman: Arkham Asylum demo emerges from shadows Aug. 7

• Free the Bounty Hunter in Threat of Peace issue 12

• Monster Hunter Tri coming to US, Europe in (sigh) early 2010

• All the World's a Stage: How WoW and Warhammer treat RP servers differently

• R-Type finally comes down to a reasonable price for deal of the week

• The Sims 3 getting its first of many expansions this fall

• Get your first taste of R-Type's Bitter Chocolate

• The Digital Continuum: Five reasons to play Champions Online

• Officers' Quarters: Crushed by the banhammer

• The Daily Grind: Is a fall release really such a good idea?

• Breakfast Topic: I rolled a Belf, and I think I liked it

• Watch four videos of The Beatles: Rock Band [update 3]

• The Colosseum: Korgath speaks, part V

• Gearbox gives up on Heat, says IP is up for grabs ... kinda

• Earthrise dev blog advances lore with The Hatchery

• The next level of questing

• Pearl Jam's next album simultaneously arrives at retail, in Rock Band 2

• Hello Kitty Online heading into closed beta

• A Boy and His Blob's new screenshots warm our hearts

• NCsoft release Korean trailer for Aion patch 1.5

• Breakfast Topic: Oh, Trade chat

• Spore Galactic Adventures now has over 100k user-created levels

• Blizzard is spying on you again

• Sci-fi author Michael Marrak on writing for Black Prophecy

• ESRB reveals localization plan for Let's Hitchhike

• Swag Saturday: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (360/PS3) [update]

• Thorim, remixed, in the mountains

• Warner Bros. promotes exec following Midway acquisition

• New NHL 2K10 trailer totally fakes us out

• A Second Life user's guide to tier

• Around Azeroth: Ailurophobia

• The Daily Grind: Are you looking forward to any gaming conventions?

• Who changed Rockman's name to Mega Man?

Google (4)

• Google makes over a million public domain books available in EPUB format

• FCC Responses: Google's turn to answer to the FCC

• Google refutes USA Today report on blocked Skype application

• Google warming up to enterprise support in Android this year

Laptops (64)

• Netbook sales growth doubles laptops in Q2 '09

• ASUS' Eee PC roadmap leaks: Ion-boasting netbooks, multitouch T91 coming soon?

• ASUS debuting two ultrathin laptops with 45nm Intel Penryn chips next week?

• Unsolicited laptops sent to state governments never get used, now under investigation

• MSI's AMD-powered U210 up for pre-order, still not 'official'

• Dual-screen gScreen laptop gets pictured, hopefully launching this year

• Coby's netbooks seemingly real, taking pre-orders

• Sharp's 5-inch PC-Z1 NetWalker honors Zaurus legacy with touchscreen Ubuntu

• MSI confirms Pinetrail-having, touchscreen Windows 7 Wind U150 for 2010

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXXIII: MacBook Air loses two inches, adds a Windows key

• Dell Studio XPS 13 and 16 turn white, we fall in love

• Nokia following Booklet 3G with ARM-based smartbook in mid-2010?

• Polycarbonate MacBook to live on, be redesigned?

• Nokia Booklet 3G to run $799?

• ASUS puts Snapdragon smartbook on hold, breaks hearts of Androids everywhere

• Nokia Booklet 3G is really real, as seen on camera

• MSI X-Slim X600 now fully official, available to order

• Hacking in a second hard drive in a MacBook Pro

• Nokia introduces Booklet 3G 'mini laptop'

• Acer Aspire 1410 ULV, America's 1810T, now in stock stateside

• Gateway's 11.6-inch EC1803h CULV ultraportable surfaces in Canada

• Lenovo's O1e takes the O1 down a notch or three

• MSI Wind U210 with AMD Athlon Neo announced for Europe

• HANNSpree's HANNSnote netbook now available in US, stuffed animal version hopefully in the pipeline

• Lenovo's IdeaPad S12 with NVIDIA ION on hold pending Windows 7 debut

• HP Mini 1000 hacked into touchscreen tablet

• VAIO TT disappears from Sony's US site (update: gone for good)

• MSI's X-Slim X340 becomes a little chubbier, a little cheaper, and a little better

• Inspiron Mini 13 now listed on Dell Canada website

• Dell's 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z thin-and-light now on sale for $399

• Suzuki Neutron 701 MNI ultranetbook mounts a 7-inch touchscreen

• The MacBook Micro is here, also might have a camera

• LG X130 goes from dawn till dusk on standard 9-cell battery

• Lenovo issues battery "service and warranty extension" for six ThinkPad models

• MSI dishes five new C Series laptops, all of which are perfectly average

• Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence

• Dell's slim new Inspiron Z family is totally carb free

• Dell lets loose Vostro 10 series from bullet-time

• Lenovo caves, lets you order 14-inch IdeaPad U450p laptop

• Dell inadvertently throws Vostro 10 out there, quickly reels it back in

• Dell's slime-covered Inspiron Mini Nickelodeon Edition primed for kids, nostalgic adults

• Sony finally admits NVIDIA chips are borking its laptops, offers free repair

• Disney Netpal finally up for pre-order, ships this week

• Is Sony Ericsson eyeing the netbook market?

• Ion-equipped Samsung N510 netbook shipping stateside next month

• Gigabyte T1028X TouchNote brings fresher specs, steeper price

• Sony laptops can't use Windows 7's XP mode due to disabled hardware virtualization

• Dell Mini 9 makes surprise reappearance on Dell's website

• Dell Mini 12 quietly discontinued

• Eee PCs rumored to ship with Moblin in October, Chrome OS on the horizon

• Maingear's eX-L 15 gaming laptop arrives on planet Earth

• Mysterious Dell laptop hits FCC, is a shoo-in for leaked Latitude Z

• MSI Wind U200 gets €499 price tag, up for pre-order

• Kinpo VIA Nano-powered netbook rocks the 3G (but only in China)

• Laptop Mag's tech support showdown strikes once again

• New Sony VAIO P hits the FCC, arriving this fall?

• Samsung's Ion-infused N510 netbook steeply priced across the pond

• ASUS' 11.6-inch 1101HA netbook finally on sale in America

• HP shocks business computing world with Compaq 515, 610 laptops

• Dell adds high-powered ATI FirePro M7740 graphics to the Precision M6400

• MacBook Pro owners report hard drive lag

• Snapdragon and Tegra smartbook rumors swirl before likely year end push

• Always Innovating's Touch Book now shipping

• Acer Timeline 8000 series arrives at Office Depot

Lifestyle (1)

• 15 Minutes of Fame: A World of Warcraft love story, Part 2

Meta (1)

• Free Radical founder forms Facebook studio

Microsoft (24)

• Switched On: Microsoft and Nokia trade posturing for pragmatism

• Microsoft 'destroyed' FASA culture, but I defended Bungie, Weisman tells all

• Microsoft sucks at Photoshop

• Microsoft's CEDIA event September 9th to reveal what's new in Media Center

• Microsoft delivers OneApp app framework for featurephones

• First two Microsoft retail stores now hiring

• Get your Windows 7 Release Candidate while you can (that means today)

• Microsoft tells WinMo devs they're beautiful, worth more than 99 cents

• Microsoft still hot for white space, describes WhiteFi wireless tech

• Windows 7 will cost half as much in the UK as in the US, crikey!

• Zune 4.0 software won't play nice with HDTV Media Center recordings

• Microsoft Mac Business Unit announces details of next version of Office for Mac

• Microsoft job listing hints at Xbox Live for web, mobile

• Microsoft forbidden from selling Word, will probably keep selling Word

• Flash Zunes mysteriously disappear from Zune site

• Microsoft's new retail logo revealed in trademark application

• CEDIA 2009 Windows Media Center predictions

• First pic of Microsoft retail store's construction -- both Abercrombie & Fitch visibly nervous

• Patch for Microsoft Office 2008 XML issues now available

• Windows 7 RTM released to TechNet and MSDN

• Microsoft: You want form over function with Xbox Netflix. Us: ?

• Microsoft's Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000: ready for Windows 7, just like your haggard Vista PC

• Microsoft: how to port iPhone apps to Windows Mobile

• Microsoft's browserless Windows 7 E gets EUthanized

Mobile (65)

• TomTom's Car Kit for iPhone hits the FCC

• Vodafone kicks off 14.4Mbps HSDPA upgrade in UK

• FCC makes it official: Cellular carriers policies getting a closer look

• GSMA backpedals, changes Telus' HSPA launch window to October

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 024 - 08.27.2009

• FCC formally launches inquiry into wireless competition

• Jitterbug comes to Verizon's network, 'Can you hear me now' guy replaced by Wilford Brimley

• GSMA spills beans on September launch for Telus' HSPA network

• Verizon preps Samsung Rogue and Intensity for September 8 launches

• Qualcomm FLO TV handheld in the works?

• 7-inch Magellan RoadMate 1700 slips out to retailers

• LG and Nortel complete first legit LTE-CDMA handoff, Verizon swoons

• LG and Nortel complete first LTE-CDMA handoff, Verizon swoons

• Creative Zii EGG orders being processed, will ship by the end of the month

• Zune HD box contents spotted at Best Buy

• Northern Michigan University teams with Motorola for campus-wide WiMAX

• FCC responses are in: AT&T disavows any knowledge of App Store internal shenanigans

• NPD finds featurephones account for 72% of new handset sales in the US

• Qwest's wireless service says goodnight on October 31

• Europe sinks €18 million into LTE Advanced development

• North Koreans love their spotty cellphone service

• Wireless power standard almost here, named Qi (of all things)

• Garmin's connected nuvi 1690 and browser / camera-equipped nuvi 1860 leak out

• New lease on life: 3GPP2 publishes CDMA2000 1X Advanced spec

• China Mobile's Mobile Market apparently goes live ahead of schedule

• Sprint now reselling WiMAX in Atlanta, Portland and Las Vegas

• User manual for Garmin's connected nuvi 1690 reveals "nuinfo" service branding

• Win a Sierra Wireless 598U modem for Sprint from Engadget Mobile!

• Dell officially developing 'mobile devices' for China Mobile

• Zune HD's HD Radio breaks through the FCC as well

• Nokia / InterDigital patent drama continues with ITC ruling in Espoo's favor

• Verizon tests first data connections on LTE network in Seattle and Boston

• Take Back the Beep: AT&T promises to make some changes, T-Mobile and Verizon slow on the uptake

• Is Verizon data down for you?

• Zune HD specs fill in the blanks on video format support, battery life and more - Update: now with more, better!

• Verizon announces AD3700 global modem from ZTE

• Zune HD color options revealed in pre-order email

• US, Canada, and Spain 'win' the battle for most expensive cellphone bills

• DynaVox Xpress handheld communication device boasts WiFi, Bluetooth

• Zune HD coming September 15th, says leaked display stand

• Sprint officially announces 17 more WiMAX markets, mostly in Texas

• Sprint details proposed $14 million ETF class action settlement

• Android turns up on MIDs from Eston, SFR

• T-Mobile to start charging $1.50 for the pleasure of slaughtering a tree in cold chlorophyll

• Bluetooth-enabled Modula therapy lamp changes color via cellphone

• Zune HD on-screen keyboard and browser caught on camera

• Best Buy lists Zune HD at $220 for 16GB, $290 for 32GB, coming September 8th

• RAmos T6 PMP don't need no buttons

• Zune HD interface and media playback demoed on video

• MOTONAV GC550 GPS device found in FCC filing, nowhere else on the internet

• Rogers signs up for the Nokia Surge?

• Motorola's r765IS now available at Sprint, perfect for making Navy SEALs swoon with envy

• Bell signs HSPA roaming agreement with AT&T

• eMobile claims it has Japan's first commercial HSPA+ network

• Creative Zii EGG gutted for expanded FCC report

• Zune HD's browser previewed, sounds just as sexy as the hardware

• Sprint's new mobile broadband routers pack WiMAX and 3G, MiFi looks on in jealousy

• AT&T's new 'Viva Mexico' plan serves up bucket of minutes

• 2degrees becomes New Zealand's third network operator

• Palm's ad agency 'loves that you're creeped out' by new TV spots

• Clearwire lighting up ten more markets with WiMAX on September 1st

• MetroPCS intros Mister Cartoon-tweaked Samsung Messager

• More red meat for the FCC to chew on with AT&T and Apple

• nuvi GPS with EDGE data makes its FCC debut

• Leaked Sprint WiMAX roadmap names new cities for 2009 rollout

News (304)

• Scheduled maintenance for Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

• Mitsubishi unveils latest Diamond Vision LED HD screens at Nakayama Racecourse

• PSA: Firmware 3.00 now available

• Leo & Kevin - Page 2

• Leo & Kevin - Page 3

• Leica to announce new cameras on September 9th, absolute best day to stand out in the headlines

• Anti-Aliased: Socially awkward

• Anti-Aliased: Socially awkward pt. 2

• What new goodies await us on the 9th?

• An incredible stolen Mac story without a final chapter

• Canon EOS 7D video specs get detailed

• The Queue: A message from the past

• One Shots: Paying respects

• Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one!

• Olympus grabs for entry-level DSLR dollars with $600 E-600

• The Digital Continuum: Outrageous outcomes

• The Daily Grind: Are you a screenshotter?

• Nikon Coolpix S1000pj won't be with us until October, others also delayed Update: On time!

• Goldmund enters universal Blu-ray player space in typically gaudy fashion

• LG's 15-inch OLED TV on sale in Korea this November, overseas in 2010

• Spiritual Guidance: What the future holds for Priests

• One Shots: A watery grave

• Atlantic Technology, Solus/Clements team up to deliver big bass from small speakers

• Fig. 8 lets you turn work into fun

• The Daily Grind: Leveling up in real life

• Canon EOS 7D pics and specs leak out

• Comment to win some Saturday night swag

• [1.Local]: The BACK back room

• Engadget Podcast 161 - 08.29.2009

• We Have a Tabard: Don't go away mad, just go away

• One Shots: Calm before the storm

• Massillon Cable TV, the only consumer friendly cable company?

• Fuseproject commissioned by the City of New York to make bike helmets look less bad

• Clear QAM HD isn't going anywhere!

• Purported Canon EOS 7D poster, lenses turn up online

• Saving the old world with wallpapers

• Engadget Podcast, live -- now!

• Drama Mamas: Venting

• Blockbuster DVD kiosks creeping into New England supermarkets

• Next Champions power framework is... light?

• Hitachi builds 3mm-thick vein scanner in its Transylvanian lair

• The Daily Grind: Early starts, yay or nay?

• Two new Snow Leopard titles from Take Control Books -- and a giveaway

• Engadget Podcast will happen live tomorrow

• Next up...

• Sony debuts Alpha A850, A550 and A500 DSLRs

• Harris planning on Dec. 1 return for EGM

• DIY mini-fridge is just big enough for a can of soda, just odd enough to scare the FBI

• Okoro OMS-BX300 goes for the 'you must be high' end

• The Daily Grind: The journey versus the destination

• Steam-powered Batmobile choo choos to world record 140mph (updated with video)

• Gabe Newell booted from Victoria's Secret contest

• Solutions for login issues

• TiVo projects larger than expected losses, still taking the patent fight to AT&T and Verizon

• Latest Hitachi LCDs & plasmas take all the thrill out of the Wooo

• Linden Lab launches updated Second Life Web-site

• Nokia Money wants some of what PayPal's having

• Purported Olympus E-600 apparently spotted in the wild

• Engadget HD Podcast 152 - 08.26.2009

• One Shots: Something old, something new

• The Zune HD will support surround sound

• The Daily Grind: If presented the opportunity to cheat, would you?

• Leica to open a store in a store in the Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach

• Peter Moore asks for transparency in marketing, doesn't mind being called ugly

• Greetings from 30,000 feet

• In Las Vegas? Bring your own video to The Mirage

• The login server is currently busy [Updated]

• Marantz rolls out SR6004, SR5004 receivers

• One Shots: Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be...

• Givenchy and Justin Timberlake unveil "Play" cologne in MP3 player-esque bottle

• 15 Minutes of Fame: Members only

• More Sony Alpha 500, 850 info leaked?

• The Daily Grind: No beta, no thanks

• Tuesday Morning Post: Calm after the Storm Edition

• European weekly maintenance: 26th August 2009

• Sony S and E Series Walkman players start officially rocking the tunes next month

• Oh, by the way: August 24, 2009

• GameStop pre-orders new CFO

• Blu-ray rental availability lagging in Japan

• Onkyo's top-end TX-NRx007 receivers land stateside

• One Shots: Frozen in time

• The Digital Continuum: Expanding horizontally

• The Digital Continuum: Expanding horizontally part 2

• The Queue: Nuts and bolts

• Archos 2 Vision, 3 Vision and Clipper spotted in French wilderness

• Video: Samsung's YP-M1 TouchWiz interface given a sideways glance

• VIZIO keeps the LCD TV crown in Q2, but Samsung is closing

• [1.Local]: Cataclysmic shock and awe

• One Shots: That's a mighty big blank you have there

• Zune HD box spotted?

• Dallas Cowboys HD scoreboard hanging too low?

• C-Mac shuts down: You may now switch off your Macintosh safely

• One Shots: A beauty in darkness

• A Vision of Victory...

• High quality Cataclysm map

• 38 Studios plays CEO hot potato

• It's coming

• Engadget Podcast 160 - 08.21.2009

• One Shots: Time to move on

• Casio finds one more compact camera to debut: the Exilim EX-Z33

• Zune HD getting previewed at select Best Buys this weekend

• Friday Favorite: Dropzone

• Friday fakes: The best of the bogus

• Walmart recalls 1.5 million flammable Durabrand DVD players

• LGJ: Welcome to the Big Leagues of Deception

• CEPro breaks down Real and Kaleidescape cases, uncovers more questions

• Video: Concert Hands teaches you to play piano, whether you want it to or not

• Chumby widgets to appear on photo frame, other devices by year's end

• Is this the top of a Canon EOS 7D, or are we just hopelessly optimistic?

• One Shots: Heeding the call

• Biegert & Funk QLOCKTWO gets an English version, our sincerest admiration

• McIntosh sneaks MVP881BR universal BD player into its lineup

• Last Polaroid cameras and film to be sold at Urban Outfitters tomorrow

• Mitsubishi's new Blu-ray DVRs have you covered, from super resolution to VHS

• Regator provides news aggregation for the more blog-minded

• CBS's video ad for print not much better than its video ads for TV

• Pioneer plots a Kuro-less future in the home theater market

• WireWay pops up again

• Nikon issues statement on second D5000 recall

• Engadget HD Podcast 151 - 08.19.2009

• One Shots: The dust settles

• Canon's VIXIA HF S11 HD camcorder makes its way to the USA

• Canon EOS 7D image appears online, might be in Best Buy systems

• Sharp's JD-7C1CL/CW pairs a home phone and digiframe in fine fashion

• Canon outs new PowerShots: G11, S90, SX20 IS, SX120 IS, SD980 IS and SD940 IS

• Yinlips Projector PMP is a PMP with a projector

• Canon PowerShot G11 leaks out, looks promising

• Video: Moldover CD case rocks a light theremin, our socks

• Atree J100 gets lost in the forest of Korean PMPs

• TurpsterVision: Tipping My Hat to Cooking

• Okay enough waiting, where is tru2way?

• One Shots: A heated moment

• European weekly maintenance: 19th August 2009

• WD TV Mini loses Full HD, but remains a handy Media Player

• Sony debuts iPod / iPhone-friendly ALTUS multi-room audio line

• A few broadcasters are moving back to UHF

• Casio's Exilim EX-Z450, EX-Z280 and EX-Z90 compacts invoke more Zzzs

• Breakfast Topic: Skill mastery, or lack thereof

• Tuesday Morning Post: Leaving on a jet plane edition

• Tricorder PMP-09 won't analyze data or call Starfleet, will lift your spirits with music

• Why am I suddenly so popular?

• The Digital Continuum: Let the Star Wars races begin, part 2

• Andy Chambers - Part 2

• One Shots: They look hungry

• Officers' Quarters: The standby experience

• Philip Rosedale: "Try to work with us. Let go a bit"

• International HD news roundup

• All the World's a Stage: Reflections on the passing of a roleplayer's mom

• [1.Local]: Take from the comments everything!

• TUAW Talkcast tonight at 9 PM ET with special guest

• WD TV-2 spruces up Western Digital's already attractive media player offering

• Sony Alpha 850 leaked, looks exactly like the Alpha 900?

• Insider Trader: Not like it used to be

• One Shots: Some day my ship will come in

• Former LucasArts president making Congressional bid

• WildCharge brings 'wireless' charging to hundreds of devices

• Engadget Podcast 159 - 08.14.2009

• Drama Mamas: Elitists and exits

• Ainol announces V8000HD PMPs with HDMI, h.264 support

• China backtracks, makes Green Dam 'optional'

• Linden Lab tightens Xstreet SL rules

• Rotgutonix -- the slightly paranoid, somewhat discerning drunk's best friend

• LGJ: First Sale and Digital Distribution

• Kaleidescape gets in line behind RealDVD for rough treatment

• Book scanning gets a 1,000 fps turbo mode

• The Queue: Simple things

• Engadget Podcast -- live on USTREAM... right now!

• One Shots: Not just another day at the beach

• Why Hit is a "sexy stat"

• TViX 6600N HD media streamer exposed early (w/ video)

• Samsung crams WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth 2.0 into well-specced CL65 point-and-shoot

• LFM: Massively is looking for a few good bloggers!

• Zune HD lands September 15th, up for pre-order today

• Stride Gum giving away $25,000 to help support struggling arcade

• Boxee locks up additional funding, plots route from underground to mainstream

• New ad campaign attempts to discourage use of 'gay' as disparagement

• The lost art of crowd control

• Samsung YP-R1 portable media player hits the FCC

• Mac 101: The Dock

• Engadget HD Podcast 150 - 08.12.2009

• The Queue: Hump Day

• Netgear's Home Theater Internet Connection Kit spreads content on power lines

• Turbine hits $6.6m in $50m funding drive

• LiMo Foundation now counts KDDI and Immersion among membership

• Court injunction puts sales of RealDVD on ice, hopes and dreams in purgatory

• Art Lebedev's Navigarius GPS concept proves it's hip to be round

• Meet the L33t parents and bow before them

• Preteen's mom ticked about Maxim/EGM swap

• All United Football League games will be on in HD on Versus and HDNet

• Breaking: ArenaNet co-founder leaves NCsoft

• New Home space from Xi creators coming Thursday

• What's in a Name: Stardock

• Sony CMT-DH50R mini-HTIB coming to small screens, big offices in Korea

• High end Onkyo fans in Japan get Integra DTR-70.1, DTR-50.1 and DTR-40.1 receivers

• Humanthesizer turns 15 bikini models into a live dancing synth

• European weekly maintenance: 12th August 2009

• Major labels show eagerness to fail with new CMX digital audio format

• Breakfast Topic: Loving the class you hate

• Tuesday Morning Post: Have I got a leak for you Edition

• Nabaztag can't make RFID cool, has to file for bankruptcy

• Weekly Maintenance - August 11th, 2009

• The Daily Quest: Could use a bell pepper right now

• Onkyo TX-NR807 and TX-SR707 receivers keep the updates rolling

• Steve Swasey interview - Part 2

• Samsung ST1000 GPS-enabled camera appears in blurrycam shot

• Spiritual Guidance: A Lightwell primer

• Zune HD hits FCC in prolific photo shoot, 16GB and 32GB capacities

• One Shots: A long way from home

• CCP staff offered the option of being paid foreign currency during economic crisis

• Halo LED spraycan lets you make grafitti the cheap, legal way

• Breakfast Topic: Iconography

• International HD news roundup

• Webcycle provides pedal-powered internet, reason to dodge browser-enlarging Flash sites

• Crapgadget: "Oh yeah, they're totally serious" edition

• Japanese hardware sales, July 27 - Aug. 2: Out with the old edition

• Totem Talk: Four totems for the price of one

• Weekend news & rumor roundup, talkcast reminder

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Lookin' familiar

• New Archos 2 Vision PMP pictured, priced, and predictably short on battery life

• CEA president Shapiro talks DTV transition

• A simple way to Get Kraken!

• Insider Trader: Progressive Professions

• Oh, by the way: August 7, 2009

• WRUP: Delay until Q1 2010 edition

• Sony S-Series Walkman lists itself on French retail site, just wants to be noticed

• The Queue: Cosmetics

• Sharp's AQUOS DX2 HDTVs don't need any help to burn Blu-ray discs

• Time is Money: On patrol

• Unbagging: Joshua Topolsky

• 53 Emblems per day

• Engadget Podcast 158 - 08.07.2009

• One Shots: Starting the weekend off with a big bang

• Drama Mamas: It's not you - it's them

• The revolution has been televised: Survey reports 53% of U.S. homes with HDTV

• ChefStack automatic pancake machine -- for all your pancake party needs

• The Daily Grind: If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?

• AgfaPhoto intros beginner-friendly Optima 1, 100 and 102 cameras

• UK virtual worlds writer, Tim Guest, dead at 34

• The evolution of a UI

• Omlet Beehaus is a plastic beehive for the urban conservationist

• Rumored Micro Four Thirds Panasonic GF1 gets pictured

• The Next to Fall from Fall 09: Our Predictions

• Creative rents tuxedo, selects Opera for Plaszma-based Zii EGGs

• iriver officially recognizes E200 PMP, does it proud in glorious press shots

• The Daily Grind: Is beta testing just free labour?

• Philips to unveil saliva-based roadside drug test later this year

• New-fangled digital measuring cup actually improves upon the original

• Best Buy goes 3D, even augmented reality isn't safe from advertising

• Maintenance for Thursday August 6th

• Sony's CyberShot DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1 cameras boast pet-friendly settings, 'Exmor R' sensor for low-light scenarios

• Pentax debuts waterproof Optio WS80 alongside P80 and E80 point-and-shoots

• Vice President Biden announces $2.4 billion in battery-related grants

• The Queue: Crazy delicious gets my vote

• The Shack, short on money for new signs, asks for your help

• Protesters planning second march against Army Experience Center

• Onkyo mixes HT-series receivers into lineup, confusion ensues

• One Shots: The moon watches over

• Out with the old

• Engadget HD Podcast 149 - 08.05.2009

• Hello Kitty limited edition Casio Exilim EX-Z2 with 12.1 meowgapixels up for pre-order

• Patent Office rejects some of TiVo's patent claims, battle vs. DISH to rage on

• The Daily Grind: Do you buy lifetime memberships?

• Runco making it to CEDIA after all

• FineDigital's FineDrive iQ Special helps commuters learn FineEnglish

• Oh, by the way: August 4, 2009

• Student learns hard lesson on modding

• England puts CCTVs in the homes of lousy parents

• Palm hires Apple vet Jeff Zwerner as new SVP of Brand Design

• Maxell launches flash storage line

• One Shots: Getting ready for fall

• The Moxi Summer update brings the Moxi Mate, SDV support and more

• New Zune HD press shots emerge showing black and silver color options, true freedom from ugly

• Magazine hints at Olympus E-P2 before year's end, Leica M9 for September

• UPDATE: European extended weekly maintenance: 5th August 2009

• Tuesday Morning Post: Down to the Wire edition

• Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projector-cam beams into reality along with friends

• Echostar might SlingLoad other manufacturer's cable boxes

• Priest Q&A Released

• Energy Star 3.0 regulations set to impact TV designs

• Nikon D300s, pro photographers meet up to make magic together

• Nikon Coolpix S640, S570, S70 leak out, leave little to the imagination

• The Queue: I don't really know what's happening here

• Harman Specialty Group shows off new gear to bust your wallet

• Nikon Coolpix S1000pj to boast projector? Sure looks like it!

• iMuz launches three new PMPs for your amusement

• Empty ink cartridges repurposed as glorious lamps

• Rumor mill: Nikon VP650 camera / projector combo soon to be revealed

• Radio Shack rebranding to 'The Shack'?

• The Colosseum: Korgath speaks, pt IV

• Reminder: Talkcast tonight at 10 PM ET

• The Colosseum: Korgath speaks

• [1.Local]: I can haz in-jokes

• Which class gets invited as what?

• FiOS TV expansions: August 2, 2009

• Patent nonsense: News that could change the way we work and play

• One Shots: A great day for a walk

• The Daily Grind: Collector or pack rat?

• Sony Alpha 850 DSLR manual pops up on Hong Kong support site

• TUAW Fitness: An Apple a day makes the weight go away

• One Shots: The abyss stares back at you

• A Decade of Divination...

• WRUP: The Michael Sacco smells like an ugly manbeast edition

• First broadband over power lines working spec released

• Breakfast Topic: Do you know where your children are?

Nintendo (140)

• Rumor: DSi-only games coming this fall

• This Week on the Nintendo Channel: A director and his boy and his blob

• Metroid Prime Trilogy 'damn'-ed by silly censorship

• Sakura Note trailer elicits tears of nostalgia

• Fantasy Life's collection of lives

• Cheat at Monster Hunter 3, get banned until 9999 AD

• NintendoWare Weekly: Tales of Monkey Island, Phantasy Star

• Rapala: We Fish, and we use lazy Wii naming conventions

• Level-5's CEO on lessons learned from Professor Layton's first adventure

• Edge reveals LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

• WiiWare Monkey Island Ep. 2 on sail Monday, Aug. 31

• Spyborgs dev: Wii 'not excuse' for bad graphics

• FFCC: Crystal Bearers now bears a Japanese release date

• Rumor: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set to assault DS and DSi

• European Nintendo downloads: Oscar in Troll-land

• Japan's DSi Shop adds shmups, instrument tuning next month

• Retro Studios could return to Metroid 'some day'

• Weekly Dragon Quest IX sales drop under 100K for the first time

• NES carts make great external hard drives, clocks too

• 'Pokemon World Championships 2009' DSi boasts a winning design

• Nintendo Power teases DSiWare announcement

• NinjaBee publishing indie brain training game on WiiWare

• Nintendo KIRFs Nerf with soft football patent attempt

• Kirby's Dreamland 'movie' trailer is the stuff of nightmares

• Nintendo patents football controller, looks a lot like a football

• Nintendo, Hillcrest Labs settle patent infringement case

• Dress Travis Touchdown for this No More Heroes 2 contest

• Japanese Nintendo Downloads: Escape from Various Locations

• Europe gets Darkside Chronicles Zapper bundle Nov. 27, no zombie T-shirt

• PlayOn for Wii beta to be announced tomorrow

• Professor Layton 4 includes unlockable Professor Layton RPG

• Wii Sports Resort lands in one million US homes

• Furry Legends also rolling onto DSiWare

• This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Real people play Professor Layton

• Wii Sports Resort barely bests Wolfenstein in the UK

• VC in Brief: Super Empire Strikes Back (SNES)

• Fitness First competing with, supporting Wii Fit

• NintendoWare Weekly: Super Empire Strikes Back, Mr. Driller W.

• Swag Saturday: Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Wii) [update]

• Pocket Gamer: Nintendo looking to revamp DSiWare, compete against PSP Minis

• How would you change Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus add-on?

• Wiipod modder shoves an MP3 player in his Wiimote, calls it a day

• Papercraft recreates Wii Sports Resort's Wuhu Island

• Little Burger King's promotion for Little King's Story

• European Nintendo downloads: Pilotwings (finally)

• Mad Catz making Wii, DS peripherals with licensed characters

• Your first look at Your Shape's camera

• Lego Rock Band DS is peripheral-free

• Majesco bringing more Tetris to DS and Wii

• Mario and Sonic in a new trailer, at the Olympic Winter Games

• ESRB rates new DS Assassin's Creed

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized trailer, screenshots

• Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll into new screens

• Wii's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare screens can't be helped

• GameStop offers Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles shirt with pre-order

• Scribblenauts trailer highlights press scribblings

• So, why isn't Phoenix Wright in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom?

• Spore spinoffs for Wii and DS arrive in October

• Ace Attorney series will continue to testify on DS

• Pre-order Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for $29

• This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Metroid Prime Trilogy dev diary

• Get a MotionPlus with NHL 2K10 in Canada

• Some stuff is too violent even for MadWorld

• Phoenix Wright artbook is Exhibit A in the case of Udon vs. our wallets

• NintendoWare Weekly: Picturebook Games, Revenge of Shinobi

• Link costume pattern acquired, baby in production

• Trophies: TV Show King

• ESRB reveals Ninja Gaiden, Rygar, Solomon's Key on Virtual Console Arcade

• Nintendo announces Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver for US

• Could this portable SNES look any better?

• Analyst: July Wii hardware sales lowest since launch

• Portable SNES mod is slick enough to hit retail

• European Nintendo downloads: Flipnote Phantasy

• July NPD: Hardware sales slide, Wii Sports Resort soars

• Here's a post about Nintendo stacking a lot of UK money

• Sega: Giving up on hardcore Wii games would be 'arrogant'

• Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop your troubles away

• New trailer looks at Muramasa's Momohime, release set for Sept. 8

• Monster Hunter 3 is Japan's best-selling third-party Wii game

• Joyswag: Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia [update]

• Buy Metroid Prime Trilogy in the UK, get Metroid free

• Guitar Hero 5 for Wii can stream downloaded songs directly from SD card

• Computer script plays Super Mario World by itself

• Psyclone / React Wiimote chargers recalled due to fire hazard

• Interview: Ghostfire Games' Ed Roman on Rage of the Gladiator

• Stop what you're doing and listen to the Nintendo Mixtape

• Nintendo: No plans for Wii Sports Resort bundle

• Nintendo patent filing reveals inflatable cushion controller for horse riding, shark jumping

• Kaigler: DSi US launch a success, haters better recognize

• Professor Layton and the REAL Diabolical Box

• Japanese Nintendo downloads: Nothing this week, arcade classics next week

• Nintendo patents inflatable cushion -- you know, for horseback riding

• ESRB rates 'Puzzle League Express' for DSi

• VC in Brief: Super Star Wars (SNES)

• Nintendo's Iwata says Vitality Sensor is coming "not too late" in 2010

• This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Rocking on Rocks

• Iwata: Vitality Sensor coming 'not too late' in 2010

• Hudson finally announces Deca Sports on DS

• First 4 Figures to sell Mario-themed Chess

• Spy with your little eye: New Spyborgs trailer

• NintendoWare Weekly: NyxQuest, Super Star Wars, Brain Age Express

• Mario used in original Punch-Out without Miyamoto's permission

• Swag Saturday: Picross and CrossworDS (DS) [update]

• How to bear arms in FFCC: The Crystal Bearers

• Shadow Tower: Hudson's beautiful Wii platformer officially revealed

• Nintendo sends us odd Fossil Fighters package

• European Nintendo downloads: Shinobi takes revenge on bonsai

• Japan's SaGa 2 Collector's Edition box art brings us back to our youth

• Starbreeze's 'Enclave' being ported to Wii

• Wii Sports Resort puts MotionPlus in over 600,000 European homes

• There are now 3.5 million Dragon Quest IX cartridges

• Looks like DSi firmware 1.4 is defeated already

• Koei reveals first screens of Samurai Warriors 3

• Finally, Mario Sunshine's FLUDD jet pack a reality

• We're having a baby to justify this Link costume

• Sega clarifies first-week sales numbers for The Conduit

• DSi approaching 7 million units in global sales

• Hudson sheds light on new Wii platformer, Shadow Tower

• Wii Sports Resort sells over 500K in US

• Nintendo's DS Classroom now DSi-only

• Shigeru Miyamoto unexpectedly promotes Samurai Warriors 3

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Wii coming Nov. 10 [update]

• EA Sports Active is EA's best-selling Wii game ever

• DSi sees itself pass 3 million sold in Japan

• Bethesda picks up Wii racer from Archer Maclean's studio

• VC/WiiWare Tuesday: An impossibly large update

• Nintendo promises 'very creative ideas' for Vitality Sensor, declines to name any

• Iwata continues to deny Wii price drop

• Miyamoto: 'Have confidence' in Nintendo's ability to develop for the Vitality Sensor

• Nintendo DSi Facebook connectivity coming to North American tonight

• 3-in-1 Wii controller adapter now a 2-in-1, coming out in September

• This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Fossil Fighters

• Wii Guitar Hero 5 doesn't use in-game Friend Codes

• Rage of the Gladiator rages on WiiWare

• NintendoWare Weekly: Overturn, Sexy Poker, Tecmo Bowl

• DS piracy leads to 2.5-year prison sentence

• Guitar Hero 5 also supports Miis

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Mobilized headed to DS

• UK chart get: Wii Sports Resort soars

• Canceled Pandemic Wii title wanted to be 'The Next Big Thing'

PC Gaming (370)

• Age of Conan devs release their August newsletter

• DDO Unlimited's final patch notes released

• Cataclysm: No plans to extend current heirlooms to 85

• Blizzard interview: Samwise Didier talks Starcraft 2

• EVE Online's largest player-run bank freezes accounts due to massive deficit

• Second Life: The first hour and beyond

• How WoW might be played on the Apple Tablet

• EVE Online announces Dominion expansion, 'Walking in Stations' renamed Incarna

• WoW Insider Show Episode 105: All medicated up

• Officers' Quarters: Cataclysm's guild revamp -- leveling and talents

• Join us at Champions Online's launch

• Details emerge on Karos Online's Fletta system

• Cataclysm Worgen and Goblin starter zone maps

• WoW Moviewatch: In Memory: Retribution

• World of WarCrafts: Music to our ears

• Around Azeroth: Paws-off parenting

• Lichborne: What Cataclysm might mean for Death Knights

• How will the Stormrage novel tie into Cataclysm?

• All the World's a Stage: The new character experience in Cataclysm

• Silkroad Online players battle it out for shot at PvP tournament prize money

• Arcane Brilliance: What Cataclysm will mean to Mages, part 2

• Hi-Rez Studios to host all-night Global Agenda LAN party at Dragon*Con

• Around Azeroth: Come prepared to raid

• EVE quarterly economic newsletter highlights various facets of player activity

• WoW Insider Show today at 3:30pm Eastern

• Video of the Hogger live raid at BlizzCon

• First new framework in Champions Online to be the celestial framework

• Breakfast Topic: What secret weapon lies within Uldum?

• GOG.com offers good ol' deal on Unreal titles

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Comes The Cataclysm

• Impressive: Star Wars: The Old Republic's Sith Warrior class detailed

• Soul of the Ultimate Nation closed beta test starts today for all ijji.com players

• Dawn of War II's 'The Last Stand' mode detailed

• Patch 3.2.2 PTR: Pandaren and Lil' K.T. pets revealed in latest build

• BlizzCon 2009 Insider Trader: Cataclysmic professions part two

• BlizzCon 2009 Insider Trader: Cataclysmic professions, part 3

• Play Champions Online with the Massively crew on launch day

• EverQuest II producer's letter looks at "Shards of Destiny"

• WoW Moviewatch: Salad Elf

• The Art of War(craft): Cataclysm PvP

• Aion open beta client now available for download

• The art of Guild Wars 2 to be available in book form

• Around Azeroth: The old man and the sea

• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! coming to Steam on Sept. 3

• BlizzCon 2009: First impressions of Cataclysm races

• Tropico 3 elected to retail on Oct. 16, PC demo on Sept. 7

• City of Heroes Issue 16 now in open beta

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week three): Tearing up tier four

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week three): Tearing up tier four (p2)

• The second golden age now occuring in Planet Calypso

• What does Blizzard have planned for a Cataclysm in-game launch event?

• NCSoft announces Aion open beta dates, pre-orders get early access

• Rumor: The Old Republic to have player housing?

• Serious Sam HD keeps it classy with new infomercial

• WoW Moviewatch: Project Chaos

• WoW Rookie: Handing over the goods

• STO space and ground combat at Gamescom

• BlizzCon 2009: The Guild's Michele Boyd and Jeff Lewis Worgen hands-on

• Five things content writers learned while westernizing Aion

• "Eva's Inferno" event kicks off in Lineage II

• Ten things to know when starting Champions Online

• Patch 3.2.2 Onyxia achievements

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Christie Golden

• WoW Moviewatch: A Day In the Life

• Massively goes toe to toe with Jade Dynasty's Andrew Brown pt. 2

• Massively goes toe to toe with Jade Dynasty's Andrew Brown

• Allods Online taking sign-ups for closed beta

• BlizzCon 2009: The treasure-fishing quest

• Around Azeroth: The maw of madness

• EVE Online player run bank 1.2 trillion ISK in the red, freezes all accounts

• Steam offers Ben There, Dan That and Time Gentlemen, Please! bundle

• Fiesta Online fires up a new server

• Epic Mission Arcs in EVE Online add new dimensions to game's PvE

• BlizzCon 2009: The new Battle.Net

• Will Guild Wars 2 be your holy grail?

• Diablo 3 to include parental controls, region-specific gore edits

• BlizzCon 2009: TSG wins WoW Arena Tournament World Championship

• Nearly 20min worth of SWTOR gameplay video

• The WoW tourist's guide to important Cataclysm locations

• WoW Moviewatch: Cruel, Cruel Moon

• Massively gets the low down on Dawntide pt. 2

• Grunty vs. Zergling battle video

• Around Azeroth: 57 channels and nothing but scaly demon butt on

• Sins of a Solar Empire 'Diplomacy' beta begins fall, releases winter 2010

• Battle.net conversion to become mandatory soon

• World of WarCrafts: Tanking tough with arigurumi meanie

• Cataclysm easter egg reveals Deathwing's musical side

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com interviews Felicia Day

• Anti-Aliased: I'm a champion, and so can you! (part deux)

• WoW Insider Show Episode 104: BlizzCon blitz

• StarCraft 2 may sport semi-LAN solution

• ESRB rates 'AO' version of Manhunt 2 for PC

• Officers' Quarters: Cataclysm will reshape guilds

• WoW Moviewatch: Don't Make Me Get My Main

• Around Azeroth: Original buttery flavor

• EVE Online Summer Buddy Program concluding, chance to win a trip to Fanfest

• Know Your Lore: World of Warcraft Cataclysm Gilneas

• Know Your Lore: World of Warcraft Cataclysm Deathwing

• Round-up: The Cataclysmic changes coming to World of Warcraft

• Know Your Lore: World of Warcraft Cataclysm Worgen

• BlizzCon 2009 Insider Trader: Cataclysmic professions

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm targeted for 2010 release

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm targeted for a 2010 release date

• Razer is giving away a sweet Asus rig

• Around Azeroth: Baby I wanna be first in line

• The Daily Grind: Guild Wars 2 for you?

• BlizzCon 2009: Cataclysm dungeons

• BlizzCon 2009: What to expect in Icecrown

• BlizzCon 2009: Rated battlegrounds and the return of PvP titles

• BlizzCon 2009: StarCraft Ghost lives on (in spirit)

• BlizzCon 2009: Guild Leveling and Talents

• BlizzCon 2009: Worgen and Goblin starting areas with the Props team

• BlizzCon 2009: BSG's Tricia Helfer to voice StarCraft 2's Kerrigan

• The evolution of a Team Fortress 2 map explained

• BlizzCon 2009: World of Warcraft Dungeons and Raids panel

• Know Your Lore: World of Warcraft Cataclysm Goblins

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW Game Systems panel live blog

• Arcane Brilliance: What Cataclysm will mean to Mages, part 1

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW Q&A live blog

• BlizzCon 2009: Class Discussion Panel - Warlock

• WoW Magazine site now live, hints at Doomhammer

• Raid Rx: Cataclysmic stat changes for healers

• BlizzCon 2009: World of Warcraft art panel

• Around Azeroth: Death to Murky

• BlizzCon 2009: The Future of Tanking

• The Daily Grind: Will you be checking out Cataclysm?

• Breakfast Topic: What do you think of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm?

• Buy Nvidia graphics card, get Arkham Asylum free

• BlizzCon 2009: Worgen environments

• BlizzCon 2009: The Cataclysm trailer

• BlizzCon 2009: The new Battle.net and WoW

• Stargate Worlds receives new funding, development to continue

• Exclusive: Christie Golden writing the Cataclysm novel

• BlizzCon 2009: Cataclysm - Zones video

• Blizzcon 2009: World of Warcraft: Cataclysm trailer

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Concept Art

• BlizzCon 2009: Cataclysm race-class combo matrix online

• BlizzCon 2009: World of Warcraft Preview Panel liveblog

• Blizzcon 2009: Official Cataclysm FAQ

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW: Cataclysm site live

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm expansion confirmed; new races, level cap, quests

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm announced

• BlizzCon opening ceremony, liveblogged at WoW.com!

• NCsoft dev discusses the genesis of Aion at GDC Europe

• BlizzCon 2009: WoW.com meet-up, The Aftermath

• Battlefield 1943 PC joins the Q1 2010 party

• Around Azeroth: Princess toadstool

• EVE Online balancing effort aims to return ships to proper roles

• Guild Wars 2 site opens, first trailer revealed

• Live Ustream of the WoW.com reader meet-up

• Phat Loot Phursday: Onyxia Scale Cloak

• Atlantica Online adds a new mercenary to the mix along with optimization fixes

• Interplay games (including the Fallout series) now on Steam

• Star Trek Online featured on the cover of PC Gamer

• Patch 3.2.2 PTR Druid changes

• Guild Wars 2 previewed at GamesCom

• Speeding up Trial of the Champion

• WoW Moviewatch: Normal Guy

• WAR reveals details on its Wild Hunt live event

• One Boss Leaves: Gal'darah impales Moorabi

• Around Azeroth: Trophy kill

• Linden Lab launches Avaline

• Reminder: WoW.com BlizzCon meetup tonight at 7:30pm

• Free Lord of the Rings Online for former subscribers until August 24th

• ArenaNet releases Guild Wars 2 trailer

• Pre-order Alpha Protocol on Steam, get Space Siege free

• World of Warcraft: The Magazine, coming soon

• Quake Live adds support for Mac, Linux

• EVE Online mini expansion Apocrypha 1.5 deploys Thursday, Aug 20th

• Modern Warfare 2 bringing $60 price tag to PC games

• New Guild Wars 2 concept art released through Facebook

• Runes of Magic unveils more from the Weeping Coast and Chapter 2

• WoW Rookie: Sharding etiquette

• Travel powers trailer for Champions Online

• Namco bringing STALKER: Call of Prypiat to PCs this November

• Creative set to unveil World of Warcraft headgear at BlizzCon

• Sith Warrior officially the next SWTOR class

• Fujitsu unleashes CELSIUS ULTRA specs, offers test drives at gamescom

• Blizzard working to fix graphics issues on Macs

• Funcom announces Rise of the Godslayer expansion for Age of Conan

• 15 Minutes of Fame: Fantasy author muses on WoW themes, Part 2

• 15 Minutes of Fame: Fantasy author muses on WoW themes

• New nonsensical music announced for The Sims 3 World Adventures

• WoW Moviewatch: Leeroy 7 - The Hunter's Mark

• WAR producer's letter details major 1.3.1 changes and lays out plan for near future

• Creative to unveil World of Warcraft headset at BlizzCon

• What'd we think? Staff impressions of the Champions Online beta

• WoW currently free to play in China, fate still being decided by government

• EVE Online's anti RMT operation Unholy Rage bans over 6200 accounts

• Champions Online experiences open beta troubles

• Interview: Dustin Browder talks StarCraft 2 development and delays

• Top 5 helpful hints for your first days in Fallen Earth

• Creative posts World of Warcraft teaser

• Interview: Andy Chambers on writing StarCraft 2

• WoW Insider Show Episode 103: Lots in common

• New Starcraft 2 videos: cinematic trailer and some single player gameplay

• Major keep redesigns in Warhammer Online

• World of WarCrafts: Masks for BlizzCon, plus favorite WarCrafts

• Champions Online NDA has dropped

• Glean info in this video walkthrough of Champions Online's tutorial

• World of Warcraft at Gen Con 2009

• EVE Evolved: Wormhole piracy 101, part 2

• EVE Evolved: Wormhole piracy 101

• Star Trek Online developers discuss Away Team game mechanics

• Around Azeroth: Demolition man

• DDO Unlimited solidifies its Sept. 9th launch

• The Daily Grind: Your first Champions Online open beta character

• Champions Online goes gold, will ship as previously scheduled

• Carmack says ad-based model not working for Quake Live

• Cast of The Guild making an appearance at BlizzCon '09

• Fan-run EVE contest will let winner interview CCP dev on podcast

• Planet Calypso, formerly Entropia Universe, converts to CryEngine 2

• Around Azeroth: The frozen tuchus

• Breakfast Topic: What bosses do you think we'll be facing in Icecrown Citadel?

• Steam weekend: All Half-Life 66% off, Valve Complete Pack $90

• Rumor: complete details leaked on WoW expansion 'Cataclysm'

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm leaked by MMO-Champion

• Free 'Dark Rising' and 'Labyrinth of the Minotaur' expansions come to Dark Age of Camelot

• Patch 3.2.2 PTR: First impresssions of Onyxia

• "Zero lore. Maximum fun." with Onxyia back in town

• Aion Elyos and Asmodian origin videos revealed

• World of Warcraft PTR Patch 3.2.2 Paladin changes

• Star Trek Online's Vigilant class revealed

• Mac and Linux users joining Quake Live community August 18

• PTR Patch 3.2.2: New pets and mounts revealed

• Champions Online's user interface and its Google connection

• WoW Moviewatch: Forever a Nub

• Around Azeroth: Dwarfenstein 3D

• Fourth and fifth Dark Age of Camelot expansions now free

• Breakfast Topic: What do you think about Onyxia's return?

• WoW PTR Patch 3.2.2 notes

• WoW Patch 3.2.2 PTR is up for the EU

• Trine hammers 25% off Steam price until Aug. 19

• GameStop, GameTap and others join PC Gaming Alliance

• QuakeCon 2009: The Wolfenstein launch trailer

• Zarhym drops hints about Onyxia encounter, mount drop rate

• Video interview focuses on emergent gameplay in EVE Online

• Warhammer Online 1.3.1 pre patch now available

• Massively catches up with the Atlantica Online team

• Stygian Abyss launching for Ultima Online Sept. 8th

• Congratulations WoWathon!

• Battlefield Heroes stats: free-to-play, but plenty will pay

• More WoW tattoos to admire

• Runes of Magic's Elven Prophecy releases September 15, collectors items announced

• WoW Moviewatch: World of Gnomecraft

• Snafzg returns to WAR (week one): An introduction

• Around Azeroth: Second star to the right

• THQ*ICE's Dragonica Online to enter open beta on August 18th

• WoW Insider Show today at 1pm Eastern

• Breakfast Topic: What if you knew the day WoW would go offline?

• Final Aion CBT promises a sneak peek at launch day content

• Command & Conquer 4 screens full of tiny units, XP

• WoW Rookie: Save everything, sell everything

• WoW Moviewatch: Million Miles From Home

• Next Team Fortress 2 update to be completely classless

• Around Azeroth: Contact

• Star Trek Online's executive producer sits down for a 25 minute podcast interview

• How the "Summon Memory" fight in the Trial of the Champion should have been done

• Aion intro cinematic beautiful but slightly vague?

• The fight against RMT in EVE Online

• Chinese Warcraft casemod is awesome

• Chinese WoW partial relaunch pics, comparison shots of censorship

• Star Wars Galaxies Update 12 patch notes released

• WoW Moviewatch: Warriors Dance

• Linden Lab chases new logo for Second Life Snowglobe viewer

• Around Azeroth: Me and my shadow

• Ghostcrawler: There will (not) be at least 31 bosses in Icecrown

• World of WarCrafts: Aigie's character sketches

• The Daze of Darkfall epilogue: The Siege of Andruk

• The Daze of Darkfall epilogue: The Siege of Andruk pt. 2

• Massively's Aion closed beta key giveaway

• WoW Insider Show Episode 102: Stupid big-tongues

• Surveys available for EverQuest 2 players

• Rumor: Two new playable races in next World of Warcraft expansion

• WoW Moviewatch: Shining Dreamscape

• Massively's Alganon beta key giveaway

• Around Azeroth: Big Bada Boom!

• Wow.com burns for a Warlock columnist

• Warcraft Mounts helps you keep track of your corral

• Lineage II mystery event has players hunting down puzzle pieces

• Ozzy at BlizzCon confirmed!

• Around Azeroth: Violence begets violence. Awesomely.

• City siege improvements featured in WAR 1.3.1 patch

• Bounty Bay Online expansion "Beyond the Horizon" coming Q4 2009

• WoW Insider Show today at 3:30pm Eastern

• Guild Wars' August update targets underpowered skills

• Around Azeroth: The Two Towers

• WoW Moviewatch: Never Stay Tuned 4

• Runes of Magic announces leveling contest on brand new PvP server

• Crusader's Coliseum tribute rewards are ilvl 272

• Around Azeroth: The murloc is not my spawn

• See League of Legends in action

• Steam celebrates nudity, Witcher Director's Cut discounted 30 percent

• New WAR dev interviews have a slightly different tone

• Huxley's closed beta now open to North America

• Blizzard on the Battle.net update

• Runes of Magic reveals the Savage Lands zone

• Batman PC release bumped to September, Nvidia PhysX supported

• Researchers study WoW to see how gangs form and fade

• Steam slashes price on Prototype until August 13

• Dalaran Orphan Quest Walk-through

• Valve undecided about Left 4 Dead DLC working in L4D2

• Games for Windows Live goes 3.0

• BigRedKitty gets his own gun in Azeroth

• Mabinogi adds first flying mounts with latest patch

• WoW Moviewatch: Hoodoo Teleshopping - The Deadmurloc

• Massively's Champions Online beta key giveaway

• Those fragile Venomhide Ravasaurs

• Around Azeroth: The secret life of pastries

• Guildwatch: He makes everything better

• StarCraft II delayed to 2010

• Choose my Adventure: Lord of the Rings Online

• StarCraft II delayed until 2010

• Aion prologue videos to serve as character intro sequences?

• WoW Rookie: Get up to speed with a mount

• WoW Moviewatch: Rise from your Grave

• An update on revealed power sets at the Champions Online site

• Around Azeroth: I wanna do bad things with you

• Valve starts closed beta for Team Fortress 2 tweaks

• Playing WoW for charity: Interview with the WoWathon team

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Priest Guide

• Fallen Earth dev journal: Character builds

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Mage Guide

• The interplay between faction standings and PvP in Earthrise

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Shaman Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Rogue Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 mirrors

• Runes of Magic offers surveys for diamonds

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Release Patch Notes [Updated]

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Paladin Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Warlock Guide

• Huxley's closed beta now open to everyone via Fileplanet

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Death Knight Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Hunter Guide

• WoW Moviewatch: Fruit of Elune

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Druid Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Warrior Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Loot Guide

• Nexon permanently increases the rate of experience gain in MapleStory

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Mounts Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 PvP Guide con't.

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 PvP Guide

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Raiding Guide

• WoW.com's Patch 3.2 Guide and content for the day

• SteelSeries giving away autographed Starcraft II mouse pads

• World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 going live

• WoW Insider Show Episode 101: Upward and onward

• WoWathon for Child's Play

• What you missed in The Matrix Online pt. 2

• What you missed in The Matrix Online

• Fujitsu's CELSIUS ULTRA gaming PC caught on video

• Lichborne: Unholy issues in Patch 3.2

• Interview focuses on creating the ships of Black Prophecy

• Revisiting PvP in Age of Conan

• Revisiting PvP in Age of Conan, part 2

• One Shots: And you thought gatecamps were bad

• August's Brew of the Month: Draenic Pale Ale

• World of WarCrafts: Baby Hordie shirt

• Fujitsu's new gaming rig gets a teaser site, and a name: CELSIUS ULTRA

• WoW Moviewatch: Mercy of the Sea

• AoC dev blog discusses class tweaks and recruiting more advocates

• Around Azeroth: Message of love

• The Digital Continuum: Five reasons to play Champions Online part 2

• Champions Online dev chat answers questions from the fans

• EVE Evolved: Finding the perfect corporation in five easy steps, part 2

• EVE Evolved: Finding the perfect corporation in five easy steps

• Around Azeroth: Waiting for the eastern glow

• DDO Unlimited launch pushed back to September

• Wake Up: The final day of The Matrix Online

• WoW Insider Show live today at 3:30pm Eastern

PlayStation (236)

• PlayStation 3 firmware 3.0 now available

• US SingStore adds Blondie, individual Coldplay tracks

• Cage: Multiple playthroughs of Heavy Rain could 'kill the magic of it'

• Trophies: White Knight Chronicles

• Ghostbusters PS3 patch is close to 720p, but no cigar

• God of War Collection coming to PS3 this holiday

• PS3 marketing shifts focus to 'total entertainment solution'

• Trophies: Punisher: No Mercy

• Trophies: Battle Tanks

• Sony R&D explains some background on the PlayStation motion controller

• Australia's PS3 Ultimate Blu-ray Movie Kit is only kind of ultimate

• Swag Saturday: SingStar Spectacular (PS3) [update]

• Capcom rolls out Fate/Unlimited Codes on PSN next week

• Sing along with the intro to Phantasy Star Portable 2

• EyePet making your coffee table more adorable Nov. 17

• Famitsu reveals Darius Burst for PSP

• Poll: Will you buy a PS3 Slim to use as a Blu-ray player?

• PSN's Topatoi now available in Australia, New Zealand

• Analog trigger squeezes its way onto PlayStation Motion Controller

• Exploring space exploration in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

• PSN Friday: Better late than never

• Motorstorm: Arctic Edge races to retail Sept. 29, download Oct. 1

• PS3 Slim already sold out at many a retail store

• MIA: PSN Thursday [update]

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXXIV: JXD1000 PSP clone has no UMD drive, shame

• PSP Go's Rock Band Unplugged demo plays DLC

• Sony's new PS3 Slim ads prove it 'gets' the internet

• Koei's Warship Gunners 2 sailing to PSP

• Sony publishing DiRT 2 for PSP, PS3 in PAL regions

• James Cameron's Avatar gets PSP incarnation with PS3 connectivity

• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time arrives no later than Oct. 27

• GameTrailers shows what it's like to be Batman's roommate in Home

• PSP Go comes apart

• First screens of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars PSP hijacked

• North American PS3 Slim ad campaign 'Does Everything'

• European PSN releases for August 27

• SCEA deploys 'Director of Rumor Confirmation' in new marketing campaign

• Square president doesn't expect 'big impact' from PS3 price cut until 2010

• PS3 Slim 'Play Face' ads invade Shibuya Station

• PlayStation Home gets animated t-shirts, Killzone space tomorrow

• How to explode your brand new PS3 Slim

• More pixels being patched into PS3 version of Ghostbusters

• Rumor: Best Buy offering new PS3 buyers a free game to discourage Slim trade-ins

• Seemingly solid PSP-4000 rumors give new hope for UMD fans

• PS3 motion controller's launch titles will work single-wandedly

• PS3 Slim popping up all over the US (update: it's officially on sale)

• GTA: Chinatown Wars runs over PSP and PSN on October 20th

• Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep has three separate adventures

• PS3 motion games: Dual wanding not required

• Sony's Andrew House hints at more social networking for PS3

• Crystal Defenders attacking PSP

• Sony PS3 Slim turns up at Florida Best Buy

• PSN: PSA is down for maintenance today

• Hirai: PS3 Slim sold at a loss, but business profitable overall

• PS3 Slim hardware still losing money

• PLAYSTATION 3 logo replaced due to 'visibility' issues

• NPD expects PS3 sales to jump 40-60% post-price cut

• NPD: 40-60% sales increase projection for PS3 was misquoted

• Video: PS3 Slim's Japanese commercials likely to cause fear, distress, and confusion

• Watch Japan's unsettling PS3 Slim commercials

• Timothy Bender joins SCEA as senior VP of sales

• Original Badass Rumble joins sequel on PSP

• Sony: PS3 price cut not due to 'market conditions,' more social networking features on the way

• Sega officially announces Phantasy Star Portable 2

• Rumor: GT5 listed for Q4 2009 release (update)

• Sony cuts bandwidth fees, publisher penalties from PSP Minis service

• Japan getting international version of Dissidia, coincides with PSP Go launch

• PSA: The Force Unleashed trophies now available

• The kingdom comes to Fat Princess

• Marvel shows us digital comic service on PSP

• Hong Kong first to get PS3 Slim, hosts global launch party

• Persona 3 Portable intro shoots awesome bullets into your eyes

• PS3 Slim shipping on August 26th, says Amazon

• SOCOM Confronts the 1.50 patch next Tuesday

• PS3 Slim gains ability to bitstream Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA

• Interview: Halfbrick talks PSP Minis

• NPD predicts PS3 sales to increase by 40-60% post price drop

• Undead Knights to rise on PSP this September

• Engadget seduces PS3 Slim, removes hard drive

• Amazon says PS3 Slim already facing supply shortages, Sony disagrees

• Video: Another look at PS3 Slim and its removable HDD

• PS3 Slim bitsreams Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA audio, at last

• Sony: PlayStation 2 compatibility 'is not coming back' to PS3

• Sony: PS2 back compat not returning to PS3 (ever)

• Snake's not alone in this 9-minute Metal Gear Peace Walker trailer

• EA, Ubisoft execs applaud PS3 price cut, also like things that are good

• PSN Thursday: Andy Dick edition

• Heavy Rain features 10 voiced languages, subtitles in 6 more [update]

• GameStop taking PS3 Slim pre-orders for late August

• From Software's 3D Dot Game Heroes does pixel art PS3-style

• PS3 Slim sports cooler, cheaper (faster?) 45nm Cell processor

• European PSN releases for August 20

• Heavy Rain's David Cage wants to set the record straight on QTEs

• EA, Ubisoft pleased as punch post-PS3 price plummet

• The Daily Grind: Will you be trying out DUST 514?

• PS3 Slim is cheaper, yes, and new Cell processor makes it faster, maybe

• Prepare for an onslaught of Tekken 6 PSP media

• PlayStation Home 1.3 will let you launch any game from inside the metaverse

• Take pictures and launch any game you want in Home 1.3, coming this fall

• Seen@GamesCom: Same location, different PS3 ad

• Gran Turismo 5's cars caught getting crunched on video

• New Sony Motion Controller video reveals pinata smashing, hair styling

• Sony's PlayStation 3 Slim stand gets pictured... all $24 of it

• Editorial: A slimmer, cheaper, better PS3. Was that so hard?

• LittleBigPlanet PSP loses multiplayer, and maybe its soul

• Video: Joystiq unboxes the PS3 Slim

• PSP Go priced at GBP 224.99 in the U.K.

• Sony Motion Controller update features pinatas, wizardry, hairstyling

• MGS: Peace Walker screens are hiding under a cardboard tank

• Yesterday's PlayStation news, all in one place

• PS3 Slim getting a giant mech suit bundle

• Watch: Another ModNation Racers track gets built

• Bounce into the LocoRoco Midnight Carnival debut trailer

• Titan teases Fat Princess ... ninjas!

• LittleBigPlanet PSP creation mode looks just like PS3 version

• Japan to get limited edition Gran Turismo PSP bundle

• It's not concept art: New God of War III pics are that pretty

• FCC document indicates Sony planning 250GB PS3 Slim

• Meet the characters of White Knight Chronicles

• PSP Minis, Digital Comics get their own promo videos

• Use your eyes of judgment on this Eye of Judgment PSP trailer

• Gran Turismo 5 will (finally) crush, flip those lovely cars

• Slow down and watch this new Uncharted 2 trailer

• Sony sneaks PS3 Slim through FCC under pseudonym, 250GB model discovered

• A tiny glance at PSP Minis, Digital Comics

• Gravity Crash landing on PS3 and PSP

• PS3 Slim sized up: smaller, deeper, no Linux or PS2 compatibility

• PS3 Slim drops optional OS install feature

• PS3 Firmware 3.00 features in development pre-NXE

• PS3 Slim: Mockup vs. reality

• Become a dancing queen in the SingStar Home Space

• New Heavy Rain trailer is all about love

• Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September (updated!)

• Dead Nation: new PS3 exclusive from Super Stardust devs

• Sony announces three new PSP-3000 colors for Europe

• Sony announces new PS3 Slim, coming first week of Sept. [update: now with pics!]

• Eye of Judgment seen on PSP

• Turquoise, Lilac and Pink PSP-3000s hit Europe in November

• Digital Reader brings comics to the PSP this December

• PSN cards, Video Store available this fall in Europe

• Sony introduces Minis: bite-sized downloads for PSN

• It's official: PlayStation 3 price drops to $299

• Register your PSP Go quickly, get Gran Turismo PSP free

• Sony finally hacks $100 from 'old' PlayStation 3 price, starting today

• Sony announces PS3 firmware 3.0, European PlayStation Video Store, Digital Reader comics viewer

• Sony announces 'snackable' 100MB Minis for PSN Store

• Live from Sony's GamesCom press conference

• PlayStation Home receiving bevy of new features, customization options

• PS3 firmware 3.00 revamps XMB, adds 'What's New'

• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival coming to PSP in Japan

• Sony's GamesCom presser coverage live at Joystiq!

• LittleBigPlanet receiving moisture in upcoming content pack

• Persona 3 coming to PSP with new female character

• Phantasy Star Portable 2 revealed for the second time

• Reminder: Sony GamesCom keynote today, 12:30pm Joystiq Time

• Sony PS3 Slim shows up for pre-order at Kmart, $300

• Rumorang: Retailer promotes 'new exciting PlayStation 3'

• Seen@GamesCom: Hating expensive Sony products

• PS3 price cuts appear in print, must be real (update: 'new exciting Playstation 3')

• PlayStation Network conveniently down for maintenance during Sony's press conference today

• PlayStation Network to go offline tomorrow, 8/18

• Slim Pickings: The story of the fabled PS3 Slim (so far)

• Creepy, laughter-tracking PS3 patent has us rethinking Sony's whole PlayStation Eye strategy

• Trophies: Demon's Souls

• Poll: What do you think of the rumored PS3 Slim?

• Patent says: PS3 just wants to see you laugh

• Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman coming to Europe next month

• MAG deploying in North America on January 26, 2010

• Uncharted 2 single-player footage is rad, spoiler-filled

• Rumor: PSP Go 'app store' games coming, will be very low-priced

• PS3 price drops spotted in Europe, US cut a possibility [update: Hastings responds]

• European retailer hacks €100 from PlayStation 3 in run-up to gamescom

• What's new with PSP Go's firmware 5.70?

• PAIN Trophies made easier, thanks to AXE

• PSN Thursday: Marvel hugs Capcom 2

• Smash Cars careening to PSN August 20

• Uncharted, SOCOM Confrontation going Greatest Hits on August 16

• Marvel Vs Capcom 2 soundtrack strikes PSN next week

• Uncharted 2 to dwarf original, Nate Drake's shirt will be more tucked in

• PSP hack allows for DualShock 2 control

• European PSN update for August 13

• PSW magazine shuttered by Future

• Modder hacks PSP for DualShock 2 control, proves kids aren't worthless

• Greed Corp bringing environmental turn-based strategy to PSN

• SCEA expands Trophy functionality of PlayStation.com

• Yes, you'll get PSP pre-order bonuses for PSN purchases

• PS3 struggles hurt Haze development

• Free PlayStation Home Batcave comes on Batman: Arkham Asylum disc

• Vagrant Story released on Japanese PSN

• UK retailers report PS3 shipment cutoff

• European PSN Video Store announcement coming at Gamescom

• Rumorang: PS3 Slim to be revealed at Gamescom

• Get in the Game initiative offers grants to PSN devs

• 130,000+ people played Uncharted 2 beta (and other Naughty Dog statistics)

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 includes Chapter Challenge, Ninja Records modes

• How to get Hulu back on your PS3

• Gitaroo Man Lives, other titles added to Japanese PlayStation Store

• Retailer claims PS3 Slim is headed for Europe next month, getting 100 Euro price drop

• PlayStation Network cards to be available in $10 denomination

• French retailer claims PS3 Slim is real, will be €100 cheaper

• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 limited edition is HMV exclusive in Europe

• Fat Princess online-fixing patch live in North America, coming to Europe next week

• Tekken 6 PSP will feature downloadable content

• PSP finally joining the Tetris Club

• Heavy Rain producer talks characters, story, deaths

• Konami re-issuing select PS2 titles in the UK

• Kojima Productions 'not ignoring' Trophy requests

• PSN Thursday: Quinceañera for Qore

• HD porn streaming service available exclusively on PS3

• European PSN releases for August 6

• ZEN Pinball: Street Fighter II coming to PSN soon

• PSP Go to include voucher for Rock Band Unplugged demo [Update]

• Sony wants to say 'P.S. Thanks'

• Persona to launch simultaneously on PSN and UMD

• Atlus provides video walkthrough of Persona PSP

• ZEN Studios teases new PS3 project with familiar logo

• OMG Lilac PSP! Sony says 'Girlz Play Too'

• Uncharted Comic-Con panel video features voice talent, creators, Walken

• Gran Turismo acquires the Lamborghini license

• Get your Pata on with Patapon 2 for $14

• LittleBigPlanet pod replica making eBay a bit more adorable

• Media Molecule details the LBP History Kit

• Rumor: 80GB PS3 to be discontinued in Japan, parts ordered for new Sony consoles

• Sony wipes out interfering ad from WipEout HD

• Sony's PlayStation 3 Slim to debut August 18th at Cologne gamescom?

• 80GB PlayStation 3 on the outs in Japan, PS3 Slim looking all the more likely

• PS3 install base up to nearly 24 million

• Phantasy Star Portable 2 rumored to make debut in budget re-release

• Braid set to perplex PlayStation Network users

• New screens of Gran Turismo PSP are impossibly hi-res

• Sony's early plans for motion controllers involved superheroes, magic, and... Teletubbies?

• Sony's earliest Motion Controller plans included Teletubbies, X-Men

• Impact International to put Sackboy on everything

• Titan Studios says Fat Princess fixes are on the way [update]

• Mysterious PlayStation 3 Slim listing appears on Amazon.de [update]

• ESRB rates Shadow of Destiny PSP port

Reviews (145)

• Dell Inspiron 11z reviewed with high hopes, disappointing realities

• Nikon D300s unboxing and hands-on

• Star Trek Online preview a solid overview of the game

• Archos 3 Vision PMP given one-handed shakeycam review

• Santech LV1 is low voltage and low fat, but not low price

• Video: ASUS EeeTop PC ET2002T gets touched up

• Video: Creative Zii EGG development kit gets a second look

• Grado takes on the earbud with the GR8

• Snow Leopard and Microsoft Exchange first impressions

• Australian PS3 Ultimate Blu-ray Movie Kit isn't as ultimate as you might expect

• How would you change Pentax's K-7 DSLR?

• Snow Leopard: Another upgrader's experience

• Mel Martin's Friday with Snow Leopard: few glitches, much joy

• Creative Zii EGG orders shipped, hands-on videos posted

• Casa Bugatti's Vera electric kettle proves that even boiling water can be interesting, pricey

• Altec Lansing Mix iMT800 really wants to be a boombox, isn't

• Nikon D300s spotted and tested at Best Buy with its little brother, still does that jelly video thing

• Nikon D3000 summons up courage to get tested, needn't have worried

• Squeezebox Touch unboxed and in the wild

• Sony Alpha 500 DSLR gets a hands-on

• Sun-powered Scosche solCHAT Bluetooth speaker phone is a bright idea

• The PS3 slim as a Blu-ray player covered in the Engadget review

• Sony Alpha 850 full-frame DSLR given the hands-on treatment

• PlayStation 3 Slim review

• Snow Leopard reviews roundup

• Logos for Mac worth the wait for Bible students

• LG GD910 watchphone unboxed, adored, smudged

• Impressions: Rock Band Network (Creation)

• Snow Leopard review

• Biomass Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum

• Review: Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)

• PSP Go disassembled, reassembly still in question

• Logitech G27 racing wheel impressions

• First Look: USB-powered Mimo 710-S display (which you could win)

• Video: Lanyu's $98 LY-EB01 smartbook reviewed, disliked

• Aperion Audio's Intimus 4BP speakers surround you discreetly

• PS3 Slim gets torn asunder

• BlizzCon 2009: Hands-on with Creative's World of Warcraft headset

• BlizzCon 2009: Hands-on with Razer's Naga MMO mouse

• Samsung P410M pocket projector hands-on

• BlackBerry Storm 2 -- and its piezoelectric soul -- dissected at last

• LG BL40 Chocolate Touch reviewed, deemed 'pretty OK'

• Sony Alpha 380 gets lukewarm reviews, must be someone's perfect bowl of porridge

• Metareview: Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3, 360, PC)

• Review: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

• Impressions: Resonance of Fate

• Nokia N97 Mini previewed: not so mini, not so great

• Samsung UltraTouch S8300 review

• PicPosterous for the iPhone is nearly perfect

• Nanovision MIMO 710-S and 720-S USB monitors hands-on

• Sanyo Xacti CG11 is the perfect cam for 'beginners and women'

• Video: Sony PRS-600 Touch is fast but too dim to satisfy PRS-505 owner

• Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W1 slammed in early review, company responds point-by-point

• Samsung N510 unboxed, looking rather large sitting next to the NC10

• Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum

• Samsung YP-R1 get first unboxing, approving review

• Ricoh GR Digital III hits the review bench, collects plaudits

• Video: PhotoFast CR-7000 SDHC to CF adapter takes on 5D Mark II, lives to burst about it

• Always Innovating Touch Book unboxed, previewed and stuck to a fridge for good measure

• Ricoh CX2 has 10.7x optical zoom, CX1 pedigree

• Brando's Ultimate 3-Point Hand Strap will help you get attached to your DSLR

• Nokia's Maemo 5 RX-51 / N900 tablet gets exhaustively previewed

• Hands-on: DJ Hero

• Canon VIXIA HF S11 hands-on

• Canon's PowerShot lineup hands-on: the best of the rest

• TUAW Review: Storyist 2.0, a professional's writing tool

• Canon PowerShot G11 hands-on

• MSI X-Slim X610 leaked, reviewed by Russians

• PS3 Slim: Unboxing in pictures

• G4TV gets hands on Behemoth's 'Game 3' platformer

• Acer Veriton N260G nettop arrives, does not blow minds

• iHome's iHMP5 headphones double as lackluster portable speaker system

• Tabulator: PS3 Slim and Phat sized up

• PlayStation 3 Slim unboxing and hands-on!

• LG BL40 Chocolate Touch gets the hands-on treatment... on video!

• Hands-on: Starcraft 2 - the single-player experience (finally!)

• ASUS' well-rounded G51 gaming laptop reviewed, lauded

• Jolicloud beta gets a thorough going over, Microsoft still not worried

• Review: Shadow Complex (XBLA)

• Crapgadget: "That's actually kind of offensive" edition

• Acer Timeline 1810T gets renamed and reviewed ahead of imminent US release

• A first hand look at the Netflix Movie Parties on the Xbox 360

• Video: BlackBerry Storm 2 gets yet another prerelease review

• Impressions: Alpha Protocol

• Starline NB1000 netbook's giant, invisible touchpad is the only thing it's got going for it

• Friday Favorite: Snapz Pro X for Mac

• Swagwatch: Batman: Arkham Asylum review packaging

• Hands-on with The Beatles: Rock Band story mode

• Myvu's Crystal EV is 30 percent more Crystal, 0 percent less ugly

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXX: Inkia 500 is a mutated, hamstrung N810

• Newsmy A8HD probably looks better than it really is

• Hands-on: Brutal Legend multiplayer

• Impressions: Aliens Vs Predator

• Lenovo IdeaCentre C300 unboxing and hands-on

• Video: Samsung's TL220 and TL225 cameras add a LCD in front to help with your self-portraits

• Walmart's $348 17-inch Toshiba Satellite L355 reviewed: surprisingly awesome

• AMD's 3.4GHz Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition review roundup: fast, but not Intel fast

• Encrypted Text: The Rogue Q&A in review

• Windows 7 review

• iriver E30 shows love for the lossless, long-winded

• Logitech Wireless Desktop MK700 'cradles your fingers,' caresses your soul

• Infernal: Hell's Vengeance is a choking hazard [update]

• T-Mobile Touch Pro2 review

• Zune HD video hands-on: chock-full of media edition

• Video: Gigabyte T1028X unboxed, handled, available in good ol' USA

• Samsung Reclaim for Sprint hands-on

• Samsung's E1107 with built in solar panel gets a thorough shakedown

• Warhammer Online gives up a point in re-review

• Rock Revolution for only $5, still not worth it

• Hands-on: Guitar Hero 5

• Hands-on: Guitar Hero 5 'Roadie Battle' mode (Wii/DS)

• Bring popcorn: Youserbase reviews Sony Ericsson's Satio and Aino smartphones on video

• MSI X-Slim X600 reviewed: an 'attractive choice'

• VIZIO VBR100 Blu-ray player freed from superstore confines, unboxed on video

• ioSafe Solo 500GB rugged external HDD reviewed, tortured and drowned

• Hands on with the Aion beta: The lore of Atreia

• Hands-on: Borderlands (Online Co-op)

• Hands-on: Borderlands (Single Player)

• Put Things Off is an iPhone task manager worth owning

• Lenovo IdeaPad U350 review roundup

• Samsung's WiMAX-packin' Mondi sized up against brothers, cousins and enemies

• Nokia E72 exhaustively reviewed ahead of launch

• TUAW Review: Plants vs. Zombies

• What CTA's iPhone steering wheel lacks in style, it also lacks in convenience

• Famitsu hands Monster Hunter 3 a perfect 40

• Google Wave dev preview hands-on and impressions

• If Apple had a huge, shiny Touchstone: WildCharge for iPhone checked out

• LG's lengthy BL40 gets the hands-on treatment it deserves

• Confession: I hate my Apple TV

• iPhone 3GS video vs. Flip Mino HD

• VOOT controller redesign adds bulk, doesn't cut cost

• Averatec's N3400 reviewed: looks good, performs well, dies early

• Samsung Solstice briefly observed, enjoyed

• @iPhoneHater INQ Mini 3G and Chat are now posing for photographs, lol #hands-on

• Zune HD dock and remote hands-on

• Kodak Zi8 impressions: surprising functionality, but it's still a pocket camcorder

• T-Mobile's BlackBerry Curve 8520 unboxed and handled (with video!)

• Video: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj projector-cam gets hands on, ads galore

• Writer's tools: WriteRoom wreally wrocks

• AMD's integrated 785G graphics platform review roundup

• Alienware M17x with dual-GPU review roundup

• Crestron's Prodigy Home Control System gets prices, specs

• Samsung's retail Omnia II smartphone gets hands-on treatment

• Sony's VAIO W netbook reviewed: personable and pricey, and that's pretty much it

• HP Compaq's $300 laptop reviewed, makes strong case to bypass netbook

Robotics (23)

• English scientists set out to build first biological robot using mold

• Le Petit Prince roving greenhouse robot is overwhelmingly cute, useful

• Video: Pleo gets new dance moves, alpha dev kit

• Video: Human-carrying robot bear gets cuteness upgrade

• Video: Robohopper gets wings, Icarus complex

• Video: Sony Rolly vs Nao in epic robot dance off

• Video: The first (televised) kiss between robots

• Simon the robot wins award, is super cute, seems pretty boring to hang out with

• Video: Robot hand shows off amazing dexterity, speed

• Researchers create robots that can learn to lie and deceive, on purpose

• This robotic sunflower's LED seeds will cure you of that spitting habit in no time

• ROS: a common OS to streamline robotic engineering

• Video: Rescue drone swallows humans, carries them to safety

• Researchers develop infrared vegetable harvesting robot, to the disgust of children everywhere

• Latest ASIMO prototype is made of wood, requires one human

• DraganFlyer X4 UAV puts the camera where it needs to be, even when the floor is lava

• ECCEROBOT emulates your musculoskeletal system, looks like Beaker from the Muppets

• Found Footage: Control an unmanned aerial vehicle with an iPhone

• Video: Robots cook delicious ramen noodles for expendable humans

• ALSOK unveils its giant, ultra-cute and friendly security bot, An9-PR

• Researchers teach ASIMO and HRP-2 a bit of real life Frogger

• Video: Cornell's autonomous robot sub wins competition, our hearts

• Urban Mole robot could deliver your mail via insane network of underground tubes

Samsung (16)

• Samsung's Mpower 699 makes Open Market Handset initiative a reality in India

• Samsung Rogue's Bluetooth setup will be second nature to air traffic controllers

• Samsung's YP-R1 now really official, ships next month

• Samsung's upcoming WB5000 24x zoomer shoots RAW photos and HD video

• After bigger, thinner and brighter, Samsung planning even faster LCDs for IFA

• Samsung's SCH-W830 is like a window to your soul, if your soul is a circular dot-matrix display

• Samsung signs up to use Rovi EPG technology

• Samsung launches TouchWiz SDK for cross-platform bliss

• Samsung Honey Bubble is neither honey nor bubble

• Samsung's new compacts in person: front LCDs, GPS and WiFi don't go to waste

• Samsung's Blue Earth solar touchscreen phone gets dubbed S7550, handled in Moscow

• Samsung's AMOLED-packin' YP-M1 PMP available in Korea, secret sauce still unknown

• Samsung and Sprint introduce the Reclaim -- a cellphone made from corn

• Samsung M1 PMP to challenge Zune HD with some Tegra of its own?

• Samsung's 'Tap and Take' teaser hints at revolutionary, unicorn-approved Smart Cameras

• Sony looking to purchase LED HDTVs from Samsung?

Science (26)

• Researchers developing OLEDs as cheap as newspapers?

• Two-mic system detects fetal heart rate anomalies, prenatal beat sampling

• Japanese researchers debut wheelchair-replacing RODEM "universal vehicle"

• Breakfast Topic: I am become Death, the shatterer of worlds

• Littmann Electronic Stethoscope lets docs record, analyze heart rhythm

• US Army wants 2.3 gigapixel camera for aerial surveillance

• Electronic tongue tastes, identifies sweeteners so you don't have to

• Nine HDTVs form 3D visualization rig, but only in the name of science

• Holograms: potential and confusion for $1.99

• IBM studying 'DNA origami' to build next-gen microchips, paralyze world with fear

• Video: simulated 'quiet zone' cloaking hides an object in 2-D

• BrainPort lets you see with your tongue, might actually make it to market

• Boeing's Airborne Laser shines a light on a missile mid-flight, says 'Hey, there!'

• Texting makes kids dumb -- science fact!

• World's first 'wireless' pacemaker talks to your doctor daily, whether you like it or not (though you probably do)

• DNA computer solves logical problems, inches closer to practical use

• Bone-anchored hearing aids filter out noise, finally ready for human implantation

• Large Hadron Collider to run at half-power until end of 2010

• Microfluidic chip does 1,000 parallel chemical reactions, looks glorious

• Touchable Holography uses Wiimotes to add touch to holograms

• Raytheon sells its first 'pain ray,' and the less lethal arms race begins

• Uber-nano nanolasers could lead to faster computers, reliable internet, neverending list of awesome things

• Study says LEDs are about as efficient as compact fluorescents, all things considered

• Fraunhofer Institute's fruit checker device tracks optimum ripeness so you can stop sniffing those melons

• Transparent aluminum! Would that be worth somethin' to ya, eh?

• Glass leaves sweat to generate electricity, get nervous in public situations

Smartphones (214)

• Nokia's 3208c proves Series 40 can be touch-friendly, too

• Nokia's 32GB Alvin RM-559 hits FCC, Simon 561 and Theodore 563 nowhere to be found

• BlackBerry Essex to bring WiFi on Tour?

• iPhone OS 3.0 breaking video out

• LG GW880 leaks out, runs Android on China Mobile

• Sprint follows T-Mobile's lead, wants $350 for HTC Touch Pro2

• Gene Munster: iPhone on multiple U.S. carriers in 2010

• Dell Mini 3i breaks cover for most complete photo shoot to date

• Toshiba TG02 earns WiFi certification, still unclear what it is

• Gresso's Grand Monaco, for if you're too poor for Vertu and too rich for common sense

• Bell's latest Pre ad insults Americans, old people, and bloody roller derby girls in one pass

• Verizon blowing out Storms for $49.99 -- you know what that means

• iPhone turns Pittsburgh man into Columbo, helps cops catch robbers

• LG taking Viewty name way downmarket with GW300?

• Nokia 3710a, some Motorola (Morrison, perhaps?) get FCC approval for T-Mobile

• Motorola takes environmentally-conscious MOTOCUBO A45 to Brazil

• Nokia N900 now giving Germany and Italy a way to pre-order

• HTC posts firmware update for Rogers' Magic and Dream

• Samsung's oddball B3310 officially hitting Europe next month

• Overheating iPhone reports 'exploding' all over France, Apple responds

• Motorola W766 'Entice' ramping up for Verizon?

• Possible Palm Pre, Eos, Storm 2, and more revealed in Verizon database

• iPhone coming to China Unicom in Q4 -- it's official (updated)

• China Telecom talking to Palm for the Pre?

• Rumor has AT&T's Heron and Sawgrass from Moto canceled, but something's amiss

• Report: iPhone will drop in China on Friday

• Samsung Instinct HD spotted in the wild, powered on

• Confirmed: HTC Qilin uses OMAP3 -- out of necessity

• Contest rules reveal LG Rumor 2 coming to Virgin Mobile USA

• Nokia N900 running Maemo 5 officially €500 in October (update: Video!)

• Video: Palm Pre jumps the border, now shipping on Bell

• HTC Touch Pro2 looking good for September 8 launch on Sprint

• Sprint's HTC Hero getting Best Buy presale on September 13?

• Delving into the iPhone's DCIM folder

• Nokia rumors: Xseries is XpressMusic successor, new Nseries touchphone in '09?

• Nokia comes to the table with 30.019 firmware for N85

• Fix iPhone's Camera Roll display bug

• Found Footage: iPhone and Qik go live for New Mexico reporter

• Cricket, MetroPCS launch Samsung Messager II

• Motorola A3300c coming to China Telecom with WinMo, 3G?

• DIY cameraphone macro lens requires one old DVD player, zero tech savvy

• Nokia N97 Mini press photo outed, existence still not official

• Samsung Blue Earth solar phone coming this October

• Pantech C180 for AT&T frugally tiptoes its way through the FCC

• AT&T hits BlackBerry Bold users with visual voicemail

• Motorola holding Android event on September 10, awesome new handsets in store?

• China Mobile announces HTC 'Qilin' as Dopod T8388

• BlackBerry Storm 2's voodoo-powered screen torn apart, raises more questions

• Video: Nokia 5230 touchscreen seen lagging the competition

• MIU's vaporware HDPC now looking like a Nokia E90, but less buyable

• Deprived of a defective battery, phone resorts to remotely starting oven to satisfy pyromania

• Nokia N900 puts on makeup, does hair for leaked press shot

• Mysterious Android MID poses for yet more pics, reads Engadget

• RIM buys Torch Mobile, BlackBerrys might finally get a decent browser

• Samsung's B3310 dares to put the number keys exactly where you don't want them

• AT&T's visual voicemail for BlackBerry Bold official this week?

• Storm 2, Motorola Sholes, Nokia Twist dated for Verizon, according to leaked doc

• HTC Mega materializes again, brings along spec list

• Samsung Instinct HD pops up on Best Buy's website with 5 megapixel camera, TV out

• iPhone 101: Don't forget to wipe... your iPhone's data

• Video: Storm 2's new touchscreen tech explained with mindblowing clarity, WiFi confirmed

• Qik for iPhone 3GS update removes 'WiFi only' restriction, 3G streaming is a go

• Qik for iPhone 3GS update removes 'WiFi only' restriction, 3G streaming is a go

• Sirius XM readying SkyDock iPhone / iPod touch accessory and more?

• V CAST Video comes to Verizon's BlackBerry Storm

• Huawei starting its Android march with T-Mobile 'Pulse' in Europe?

• Nokia's 5800 Navigation Edition announced, finding its way to stores soon

• HTC beats Microsoft to the punch, rolls out a different kind of 'project pink' to the Hero

• Video: HTC Click gets a 6-finger 'Donut' salute

• Nokia 5530 XpressMusic up for $290 preorder on US site

• Pre ad is to iPhone ad as dude is to lady in Aerosmith song of the same name

• Bell's Palm Pre commercial couldn't be more Apple if it had an Orba Squara soundtrack

• iPhone 3GS totally capable of 1080p video playback

• Alltel picks up BlackBerry Tour, Samsung Glint

• Nokia N97 mini pops in the FCC, not so much mini-er than the N97

• Verizon announces Escapade global flip, available tomorrow

• HTC Hero earns FCC approval with CDMA, Sprint launch rumors more solid than ever

• Acer posts S200 user manual, looks like an F1 to us

• T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 down to $175

• LG GD910 gets UK pricing, arrives August 27

• Both flavors of Garmin-Asus nuvifone coming to AT&T?

• Verizon's HTC Whitestone garners FCC approval

• Nokia N97 gets a minor firmware bump

• Samsung InstinctQ for Sprint pictured: imagine a G1, but better

• Samsung Gravity 2 now available on T-Mobile, $30 on contract

• Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 launches in Taiwan, Windows Mobile and all

• Palm Eos coming in October, or next year, or some other time, or never

• Windows Mobile 6.5 'touch interface' update in February to coexist with WinMo 7?

• HTC prepping better, stronger firmware for Hero

• Clarification on the iPhone Spotlight email issue

• New Maemo 5 screen shows fascinating, unique array of settings

• Philips' Android-powered V900 for China Mobile shown off as OMS launch draws near

• HTC's Leo-bound TouchFlo 3D 2.6 lovingly demonstrated

• iPhone nips at Rebel XTi's heels for most popular cam on Flickr

• Dell Mini 3i is like totally not official, man

• 3GS has 99% satisfaction rate, AT&T not so much

• Palm's bodhisattva says something meaningful in latest Pre ad

• Plucky little iPhone 3GS confounds expectations, tops Japanese sales for July

• T-Mobile G1 won't see any Android updates beyond 1.5 (update: maybe it will)

• Touchscreen-based Modu 2 coming in 2010 (updated)

• iPhone OS 3.0 bug allows deleted emails to rise from the dead

• iPhone graced with HTC's Sense UI theme, beauty ensues

• Research finds iPhone hurting operators, Boy George unavailable for comment

• Latest HTC Leo render seemingly confirmed by leaked ROM

• Mystery Nokia flip for AT&T turns out to be 6350

• Dell Mini 3i smartphone gets official outing in China

• China Unicom denies having bought 5M iPhones

• Bunch of unreleased Nokias caught chatting amongst themselves

• Verizon ponies up to Google for premature Samsung Rogue ad

• HTC to offer Sense upgrade for Magic in October, might be free? (update: free, only coming to Taiwan so far)

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXXII: Nokla strikes again with E81 rehash

• Verizon's Touch Pro2 in the wild again, just for kicks

• How would you change Nokia's N97?

• Palm Pre, iPhone 3GS owners' satisfaction polled, compared in new study

• Wondering what's in iPhone OS 3.1? There's a YouTube video for that

• Palm prepping Pre with North American GSM, but for whom?

• UK to get Samsung Galaxy next week?

• Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXXI: Nokla E97 probably looks much better than it performs

• HTC Leo rendered again -- maybe by HTC, more likely by fans

• Sony Ericsson Satio arrives at the FCC

• Pre gets the on-screen keyboard it's been missing, yet has always had

• China Unicom stockpiling 5M iPhones for launch?

• HTC files patent for capacitive stylus with resistive accuracy

• Nokia 5900 XpressMusic spotted from the back?

• Samsung Instinct S50 now reportedly the Instinct HD, 'HD' officially the new black

• Dell Mini 3i smartphone captured in pair of spy shots

• Vodafone launches BlackBerry 8520 in the UK

• T-Mobile's myTouch 3G gets rooted, Questlove unavailable for comment

• Vertu Ascent Ti Neon screams 'I'm rich and I watch Saved By The Bell reruns'

• HTC reportedly moves a million Magic smartphones, boogies down at midnight

• HTC's Whitestone for Verizon, high-power Leo rendered again?

• Palm quietly improving Pre build quality, tweaking hardware

• iPhone playing cards use washable PVC touchscreen technology

• Nokia rumored to be kicking Symbian OS to the curb, moving in with Maemo

• Sony Ericsson eyes fashionistas with Dolce&Gabbana Jalou clamshell

• T-Mobile hits the sauce, demands $350 for HTC Touch Pro2

• T-Mobile stops offering prepaid Sidekick data service to unlocked iPhone users

• Nokia and Microsoft to announce an "alliance" tomorrow -- what? Update: Office on Nokia phones

• AT&T lays down the law, says Treo 680 users must update firmware

• LG's phone division cooking up netbook integration, 'blooming' keyboards, and a form factor you've never seen

• AT&T's LG Shine 2 in the wild

• Controversial Palm Pre ads judged to be effective, still creepy

• Palm Pre soap brings webOS to the tub

• BlackBerry 9700's arranged marriage to T-Mobile leaves its mark, seen in the wild

• Dell's China-bound smartphone possibly called 'mini 3i,' but questions abound

• Sprint's Samsung m850 Dash in the wild with sweet, action-packed motion blur

• Caption Contest: Waterproof BlackBerry Storm doubles as flotation device

• Samsung m850 Dash for Sprint finds itself flush with FCC approval

• Rogers now blowing out Dreams and Magics for $79.99 on contract

• AT&T's Samsung A797 pawned on Craigslist, definitely under the table

• WinMo 6.5 build 23022 caught on video, in all its finger-friendly glory

• Dell smartphone to launch in China this week?

• Sony Ericsson Aino's wireless headphones get FCC approval, Aino gets a user manual

• More evidence mounting of an 8GB iPhone 3GS?

• New WinMo 6.5 build shows fingers even more love

• HTC Touch Pro2 spotted again, this time with AT&T branding -- to be called Tilt 2?

• Motorola Morrison specs purportedly leak out

• Sprint HTC Touch Pro2 shows up sporting a 3.5mm headphone jack

• AT&T's upcoming handsets include BlackBerry 9700, Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60

• Nokia 5530 XpressMusic out of box, handled on video, preferred over 5800

• LG Chocolate Touch and Samsung Omnia 2 slated for August 23rd, according to supposed Best Buy leak

• Sprint and HTC Touch Pro2 tie the knot in early September?

• LG GD900 Crystal submerged in a fish tank

• HTC Fiesta: definitely Android, headed for AT&T

• BlackBerry Storm 2 spotted in Vodafone Germany's systems

• Lenovo's Android-powered O1 'OPhone' due next month

• Sony Ericsson's W508 coming in stunning Bob Sinclar bundle

• Verizon's HTC Whitestone leaks out, along with the HTC Mega and Tachi

• LG Masterpiece now available on Telus

• Carphone Warehouse gets UK exclusive on Nokia 5530 XpressMusic next week

• Amzer issues embarrassingly gigantic Palm Pre extended batteries

• Garmin-Asus nuvifone finally coming to America in Q4 (or so they say)

• Motorola Morrison engineering sketches emerge, has Android written all over it

• Sony Ericsson 'Jalou' next in company's Symbian lineup? (Update: maybe, but this isn't it)

• High-end Samsung AMOLED phone coming Q4 to Sprint, sub-$100 Android phone due out next year

• Nokia N97 Cityman disguise knocks N97 back a good two or three years technologically

• Sprint's developer site reveals Touch Pro2's innermost secrets

• My Tether turns mild-mannered Palm Pres into wild and crazy hotspots

• Metaio brings more augmented reality promises to the iPhone

• TomTom's iPhone car kit and navigation software priced overseas

• Verizon-branded Touch Pro2 plays 'spot the difference' with previous spy shot

• A3300 proves Motorola wants to keep teasing world with its best WinMo hardware

• iPhone and Wiimote brought together by Bluetooth

• White Samsung Galaxy spotted in the wild

• 10 cool videos of the iPhone as a music instrument

• RIM patent filing reveals hybrid capacitive / resistive touchscreens

• Samsung M560 Reclaim is on a mission to reclaim Sprint, Earth, your heart

• BlackBerry Onyx, desperate for attention, sells self on eBay

• T-Mobile myTouch 3G storming retail stores today for $199.99 on contract

• Symbian^4 to break compatibility with S60 apps in a big way

• HTC support site reveals Hero for Sprint, Snap for Alltel

• Nokia N97 Mini is seriously just a smaller, cheaper N97, it seems

• Palm Pre comes to Bell on August 27

• Nokia 6750 Mural for AT&T still exists, because the Bluetooth SIG says so

• Altek crams a dozen megapixels of wishful thinking into T8680 cameraphone

• T-Mobile UK sneakily offering iPhone 3G to moneyed customers

• HTC Rhodium spotted in Sprint 'compatible phone' list, Touch Pro2 definitely maybe imminent

• TeleNav GPS Navigator comes to T-Mobile's myTouch 3G

• INQ Mini 3G and INQ Chat offer slimmer, sexier angle on "social mobile" segment

• LG Bliss and Keybo2 fully disclosed thanks to... LG Canada

• Square iPhone Payment System turns your phone into credit card reader

• Windows Mobile 7 to be a premium, multitouch beast of a platform

• Verizon: Touch Diamond, Touch Pro now $99 with contract

• HTC Hero and Click coming to China under Dopod brand

• China Mobile's OPhone SDK goes gold

• Samsung i5700 "Galaxy-lite" gets WiFi approval -- Android on the cheap?

• Palm Pre drops to $99 at LetsTalk online store, for a limited time

• BlackBerry 8520 now up on T-Mobile's site, no purchases just yet

• Video: T-Mobile BlackBerry 8520 sold and unboxed early

• HTC sees revenue falling due to "delays in product launches"

• Palm Pre sales go live at Amazon

• Windows Mobile 6.5, HTC Touch Diamond2, and Flash collide on video

• iPhone unlocks and jailbreaks continue to work after latest OS update, for a change of pace

• Engadget's recession antidote: win a 16GB iPhone 3G from Rapid Repair!

Social Media (8)

• Facebook 3.0 for iPhone released

• The Queue: The Twitcave

• Drama Mamas: Don't feed the trolls

• IRS saves on recruitment costs with Second Life?

• Iowa 911 call center now accepting texts; Twitter and Facebook status updates can't be far behind

• Updated FiOS Twitter and Facebook widgets add onscreen keyboard, not friends or followers

• Facebook integrated with DSi in North America tonight

• Head of Roman Catholic Church in England warns against the dangers of SMS, email, and social networking

Space (6)

• Video: NASA rockets inflatable heat shield 124 miles up, deploys it successfully

• Infrared sensors hit 16 megapixels, can now spy on an entire hemisphere

• A Sense of Space...

• Online gaming between Earth and Mars will be laggy as hell

• Orbiting fuel stations proposed for trips to the Moon, Mars, and beyond

• ESA starts ESA TV video blog series

Sports (2)

• PAX 2009 Omegathon events and contenders revealed

• The Colosseum: Korgath speaks, pt II

Streaming (27)

• Spotify for iPhone gets thumbs up from Apple, subscription music with offline playlists is a go

• Time Warner's TV Everywhere trials to start... sometime

• Verizon launches FiOS TV Online trial

• Two down, everyone else to go for NFL's new RedZone channel

• PlayOn video streaming beta playing on Wii now

• Join the Engadget HD podcast live on Ustream

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 4:30pm EST!

• Will the Beatles library finally arrive in iTunes September 9th?

• Join the Engadget HD podcast live on Ustream

• Blockbuster partnering with Motorola for OnDemand movies

• iTunes 101: From a jug of coins to an iTunes Gift Certificate

• VidZone to expand to new territories

• Join our Netflix Movie Party this Friday night

• Ask Engadget HD: How can I get internet radio in my home theater?

• Join the Engadget HD podcast live on Ustream

• Roku Video player now streaming live HD baseball games from MLB.TV

• The Queue: Wherein The Queue has as much consistency as Smodcast

• UK group Underworld streaming footage of tonight's concert live to iPhone

• Subscription services like Netflix Watch Instantly generate 20x the revenue of pay-per-downloads

• Subscription services like Netflix Watch Instantly generates 20x the revenue of pay-per-downloads

• TiVo turns on custom RSS video feed support

• Netflix expected to release a Watch Instantly video streaming app

• Panasonic finally gets around to enabling Amazon VOD on 2009 Blu-ray players

• Rumor: Netflix streaming coming to Wii, iPhone

• Join the Engadget HD podcast live on Ustream

• Netflix rumored to be bringing Watch Instantly to iPhones, skepticism advised

• Lost, Desperate Housewives & Grey's Anatomy streaming to Netflix Watch Instantly

Tablets (24)

• Study finds Kindle more eco-friendly than actual books, maybe

• Video: Sony Reader Touch Edition gets touched, desktop software upped to 3.0

• Mystery Android MID found out to be Rockchip-built concept, caught on video

• Archos' Android-based A5S and A5H Internet Tablets outed by FCC?

• Sony announces Reader Daily Edition, free library ebook checkouts

• Sony teases Daily Edition Reader, announcement imminent

• Tegra to hit 'media pads' soon says company man Mike Rayfield

• Kohjinsha's 11.6-inch EX6 convertible tablet says XP, means Windows 7

• Nokia's Maemo 5 tablet shows up again, ready to play

• Android-based Archos 5-inch Internet Tablet coming September 15 with (you guessed it) an AppsLib store

• Mysterious Android MID gets more pictures, still no name

• Apple iPAD outed in Borders bookstore survey?

• Borders survey adding fuel to the iPAD / iTablet fire

• Mysterious Android touchscreen MID pics surface, Charles Fort notified

• RAmos T11 RK boasts 720p H.264 support, a stylish but all too familiar UI

• Nokia RX-51 tablet captured in the wild

• Nokia device passes FCC for T-Mobile USA, looks an awful lot like a new Internet Tablet to us

• Stealth Computer kicks and shoves its Warrior 2000 rugged tablet out the door

• iRex readying wireless e-reader while Plastic Logic's own snags $299 price point

• Astak's $199 EZ Reader Pocket PRO wants to give Kindle 'a run for its money'

• Sony Reader Pocket and Touch editions lower cost of entry, online e-book store follows suit

• Latest Dell tablet / MID rumor: Intel-based, free-on-contract

• Full specs leak on Sony Reader PRS-300 and PRS-600

• Barron's: Analyst handled Apple tablet, says competitors have paused production lines until launch

Technology (7)

• EVE Evolved: One account is good enough, part 2

• Join us at 9PM EDT for a TUAW liveblog -- Snow Leopard's first day

• SouthPeak bringing forensic game Crime Scene to DS

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm map

• FCC filing confirms Sony Ericsson Jalou could be the ugliest phone ever made

• Onyxia Wipe Animation: Because it never gets old

• World Sand Sculpting Championship holds special surprise for Sony fans

Tomorrow (3)

• MacCores iTab Mini mod gives us a taste of the future

• Our iTablet Dreams: What TUAW is wishing for

• Martin Jetpack public test flights taking off in early 2010

TV & Movies (95)

• HDTV Listings for August 31, 2009

• Surprisingly, cheaper Blu-ray movies make everyone happy

• What does Disney buying Marvel have to do with us?

• Blu-ray releases on September 1st 2009

• Now Playing: August 31 - September 6, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 30, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 29, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 28, 2009

• Movie Gadget Friday: Weird Science

• Behind the scenes of the Dragon Queen costume

• HDTV Listings for August 27, 2009

• One Shots: We bet he read Tolkien

• Sony introduces five new feature-packed, confusingly-named Blu-ray DVRs

• HDTV Listings for August 26, 2009

• The next Batman flick could be all-IMAX

• DirecTV adds "dual live buffers" to its HD DVR

• Paramount, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. & Sony Pictures movies finally available (legitimately) in DivX

• HDTV Listings for August 25, 2009

• Blu-ray releases on August 25th 2009

• Astro Boy voice acting gets real with Kristen Bell

• HDTV Listings for August 24, 2009

• Now Playing: August 24-30, 2009

• Variety: 28 Weeks Later director considered for BioShock movie

• HDTV Listings for August 23, 2009

• Poll: Which HDTV feature are you least concerned about?

• FiOS TV expansions: August 23, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 22, 2009

• Impressions: James Cameron's Avatar

• The Wizard of Oz HD comes back to theaters September 23

• HDTV Listings for August 21, 2009

• Panasonic taking 3D, Avatar on world tour this fall

• Transformers 2 Blu-ray packs special features inside & out October 20

• BBC America HD launches on TWC in NYC

• HDTV Listings for August 20, 2009

• Who plays what in the WoW movie?

• Impressions: Iron Man 2

• HDTV Listings for August 19, 2009

• Get squig caked on August 27th with the Ace of Cakes

• DirecTV, Cisco and Samsung have whole house DVR plans with RVU alliance

• HDTV Listings for August 18, 2009

• Redbox scores in first round for the fight for $1 day-and-date rentals

• HDTV Listings for August 17, 2009

• i.TV for iPhone: Cluttered but promising entertainment guide

• Blu-ray releases on August 18th 2009

• Now Playing: August 17-23, 2009

• X-Games 3D the Movie debuts August 21

• HD channel expansion roundup

• Fox 'Fight Game' interviews Peter Moore on MMA, war with UFC

• Wales produces exceptionally graphic, educational film about the dangers of texting while driving

• HDTV Listings for August 16, 2009

• NFL's new RedZone channel won't be seen by most

• HDTV Listings for August 15, 2009

• A Memory of Monsters...

• Poll: What's better than the return of football to our HDTVs?

• Inglourious Plummers trailer finally combines Mario and Tarantino

• Video: Batman's arsenal exposed

• HDTV Listings for August 14, 2009

• Fox and Warner want 30 day kiosk rental windows, maybe Netflix too

• Disney plans to keep the DVDs packed in w/ Blu-ray through next year

• HDTV Listings for August 13, 2009

• RED ONE mounted to UAV, flown around San Juan Island (Update: false alarm, it's a Panasonic)

• HDTV Listings for August 12, 2009

• Media Manager, Remote DVR scheduling features reach more FiOS subscribers

• Hollywood producer snags rights to Just Cause

• HDTV Listings for August 11, 2009

• One Shots: Ghost wings

• Blu-ray releases on August 11th 2009

• Microsoft says Halo movie still stalled

• HDTV Listings for August 10, 2009

• Rumor: Spielberg looking to produce Halo movie

• HD channel expansion roundup

• Media bigwigs declare that free TV "is broken"

• HDTV Listings for August 9, 2009

• One Shots: Borrowing a page from Leatherface

• Poll: What's the worst mistake HD channels make?

• 'Game Face' launches on Bravo, aimed at casual gamers

• HDTV Listings for August 8, 2009

• Steven Soderbergh calls out the aspect ratio villains: HBO, AMC - We're talking about you

• HDTV Listings for August 7, 2009

• MMO documentary "Second Skin" debuts in theaters today

• Neill Blomkamp put 5 months into canceled Halo film

• HDTV Listings for August 6, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 5, 2009

• HDTV Listings for August 4, 2009

• RCN making cobranded TiVo boxes its 'primary DVR platform' in 2010

• The Shack: You have questions, we have propaganda

• HDTV Listings for August 3, 2009

• Blu-ray releases on August 4th 2009

• Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show switches to high definition at the end of August

• Sony's movieIQ BD-Live feature attached to Silverado, The Quick and the Dead Blu-ray discs

• Screen Grabs: Jawbone gets chewed out by Entourage's Johnny Drama

• HDTV Listings for August 2, 2009

• Wet trailer gives us a shot at love

• Allow Criss Angel to Mindfreak you, get a free (virtual) couch

• HDTV Listings for August 1, 2009

Wearables (12)

• Sonic Blaster is defeated by fashionable noise-canceling 'head shield'

• DIY Eyewriter brings the joy of art, vandalism to those with ALS

• Amber Alert GPS 2G lets you track your kids with a text

• Jabra's HALO now ready to make stereo Bluetooth look a little less ridiculous

• Entelligence: Whatever happened to SPOT?

• Samsung's WEP870 Bluetooth headset comes with earbuds, bundles of joy

• Nokia's world-beating BH-905 Bluetooth cans slip into the photo booth

• RIM working on Bluetooth watch, other spellbinding accessories?

• Your headphones' mic not working? Don't sweat it.

• TruFocals make steampunk glasses a functional, expensive reality

• Motorola Endeavor HX1 shows up in retail packaging, rumored for $159.99 in Sprint stores

• LG's GD910 watchphone cheaper than expected, still worth more than your Dick Tracy collection

Xbox (138)

• New Unlock Xbox contest offers $50k prize

• Xbox 360 Fancast 132 -- Flexibility

• Shadow Complex sets week-one sales record

• XBLM Deal of the Week: Penny Arcade - Episode 2

• This Wednesday: Defense Grid awakens Yo-Ho KaBlammo on XBLA

• Sonic & Knuckles speeding into XBLA September 9

• Xbox's Aaron Greenberg: Hulu on 360 like "asking out a really hot chick on a date"

• Cryptic's Jack Emmert baffled by lack of MMOs on Xbox 360

• Cryptic: MS holding back Xbox 360 Champions Online

• Xbox 360 'Super Elite' with 250GB HDD glimpsed in South African retail ad

• Halo 3: ODST on sale early in France, MS responds

• N+ co-dev Slick Entertainment announces XBLA racer 'Scrap Metal'

• 250 GB 'Super Elite' 360 spotted in South Africa too

• Twitter and Facebook for Xbox Live will be free for Gold members, 'free trial' for Silver

• Amazon Germany lists Xbox 360 with 250GB HDD, Forza 3, two wireless controllers, for €280

• Xbox 360 with 250GB HDD and Forza 3 spotted on Amazon Germany

• Interview: Xbox's Aaron Greenberg on the $300 Elite and all things Xbox

• Xbox Live's Twitter and Facebook free for Gold, for trial by Silver members

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Watchmen 2, NBA 2K10 Draft Combine, Invincible Tiger

• Killjoy: Guy goes to NYC public library to play Halo 3, gets busted

• New Fight Night and FEAR 2 demos land on Live

• Microsoft: Dropping HDMI cable gives Xbox 360 consumers 'flexibility'

• Why Uncharted 2 couldn't work on Xbox 360

• Xbox 360 Arcade price increased in UK, Microsoft explains

• Xbox 360 price drops go global on Friday, it's official

• Microsoft confirms Xbox 360 price cut: $300 Elite on Friday; $250 Pro 'while supplies last'

• Peggle Nights falling into XBLA

• Megan Fox appearing on Xbox Live's Game With Fame (GOLD MEMBERS ONLY)

• 2K bringing P.B. Winterbottom, Axel and Pixel to XBLA

• 360 hits 700K down under, Microsoft aiming for a million

• Retailers list Gears of War 2: Game of the Year Edition [update]

• Sgt. Johnson shows off Halo 3: ODST's Firefight mode

• Natal to be 'a union' of Microsoft and Rare's philosophies

• WET demo slips onto Xbox Live

• Defense Grid protects XBLA on Sept. 2

• Castle Crashers Necromantic DLC coming tomorrow for 160 MS Points

• Xbox Live Top 10 dominated by Shadow Complex, CoD: World at War

• New Xbox 360 Arcade and Elite boxes shot once again in the wild, spelling doom for the middle sibling

• Rumor: Xbox 360 Elite, Pro deals revealed by Target

• Xbox 360 Pro and Elite price cuts confirmed in Target ad for next week

• Xbox 360 Fancast 131 -- The Pursuit of Chairness

• Xbox 360 Elite in white box turns up on Amazon, still $399

• This Wednesday: The NBA drafts the Watchmen on XBLA [update]

• Analysts split on chance of slimmer Xbox 360

• ESRB: 2K Games making point-and-click 'Axel and Pixel' for Xbox 360 [update]

• Swiss Xbox.com outs Mass Effect 'Pinnacle Station' DLC [update]

• Xbox 360 Pro missing from new Elite packaging

• Xbox 360 Pro 60GB for $230 during Woot Sellout

• Microsoft responds to Xbox 360 54.2 percent failure rate report, doesn't dispute the data

• Xbox 360 Elite in white package in the wild, Pro SKU missing on back-of-box chart

• Rumor: Discount Xbox 360 Elite Halo 3 bundle coming to Canada (update)

• Final Fantasy XIV release for 360 hindered by Xbox Live

• How to reach the Reach beta on ODST

• Halo 3 ODST's multiplayer disc: all frag, no Chief filler

• Rumor: Walmart catalog lists $100 price cut for Xbox 360 Elite

• XBLA Perfect Dark makes original look like an N64 game

• Look out, Slim: Xbox 360 Elite showing $299 in new Walmart ad

• Section 8 demo slams onto Xbox Live

• Harmonix looking at Project Natal for 'Rock Band 3'

• Final Fantasy XIV on 360 still possible, Xbox Live policy holding it up

• Demos for NHL 10 and DiRT 2 join Lost Planet 2 and Mini Ninjas on Live

• Halo 3: ODST gets a party bus, goes on tour

• Pre-order Halo 3: ODST through Amazon, get $20 in credits

• id: Xbox 360 Rage may have separate discs for campaign and multiplayer

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Shadow Complex

• Joyswag: Halo Wars Mega Bloks [update]

• 'Splosion Man Avatar Awards revealed

• Xbox Live Top 10: Nazi zombies run amok

• Xbox 360 Fancast 130 -- An Absolute Steal

• Fable II Game of the Year Edition spotted

• Ankama's Islands of Wakfu headed to XBLA, PAX

• Xbox Micro is just the right amount of slim

• Game Informer: Xbox 360 at 54.2 percent failure rate

• 1 vs. 100 statistics, upcoming events detailed

• Microsoft belts out Lips: Number One Hits October 20

• Report: UK retailers increasing price of Xbox 360 Arcade, accessories

• Rare wants to revitalize classic IP with Natal, beat world

• Xbox 360 'only console to show growth this year' according to Microsoft

• Xbox Micro makes the Wii look overweight

• Sega wants your vote for the next Genesis XBLA game

• MS details Lips DLC for the rest of August

• Microsoft: 360 'only console to show growth this year'

• Xbox 360 sells over 9 million in Europe

• Lost Planet 2 online co-op demo coming next week to Xbox Live

• Bungie: Around one million unique users play Halo 3 every day

• Panzer General: Allied Assault attacks XBLA this fall (no Dragoon in sight)

• Spotted at Quakecon: Doom II for XBLA

• See the new Halo 3 maps in action

• How Xbox Live tenure on your gamercard works

• UK: Win THQ's custom Red Faction Xbox 360

• Tor announces Halo: Evolutions story collection

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Trials HD

• Is Microsoft gearing up for Xbox Live on mobile?

• Xbox 360 Elite replacing Pro at $299 price point August 30th?

• Rumor: Meijer's catalog lists $100 price cut for Xbox 360 Elite

• Let's go shopping in the Avatar Marketplace!

• Codemasters: Natal won't replace traditional controls in racers

• A great example of the sterling behavior on Xbox Live

• Xbox Live Update has arrived, everything is going to be alright

• PSA: Xbox Live Update is ... live

• IntensaFIRE chip adds programmable / rapid fire modes to Xbox 360 controllers

• Xbox update page touts official Netflix 'exclusivity'

• Xbox 360 officially the only console to stream Netflix -- sorry, PS3 and Wii

• Capcom offers up $40 Platinum Hits Triple Pack for Xbox 360

• Xbox 360 could potentially have Netflix search feature in future release

• Want a bigger friends list? Stop playing Halo 2 online!

• Xbox 360 Fancast 129 -- Boing Boing Ratta Tatta

• Ambitious Halo fan film looking for donations

• Incoming Xbox Deals of the Week: Lost and Damned, Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2

• Interview: Netflix on Xbox Live

• First playable Halo 3: ODST appearing at MLG Dallas

• This Wednesday: Trials HD skids onto XBLA

• MS offering free trip to play Natal at Gamescom

• Rumor: Raystorm remake and Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure coming to XBLA

• PSA: PayPal now works for purchases on Xbox.com

• Valve wants to see a 'compelling game' from Natal (so do we!)

• Halo Legends director introduced to franchise by his wife

• Check out Weta's Halo Warthog this weekend in Sydney Harbor

• Halo 3: ODST pre-order drops to $50 at Buy.com

• BioShock surfaces on Games on Demand, costs $30

• Newegg.com sale has 'recertified' Elite for $260

• Other Xbox 360s Palin comparison to this one, up for $1.1 million

• Xbox 360 Pro listing pulled from new Arcade packaging

• Risk: Halo Wars gets a bombastic, gameplay-free trailer

• Xbox 360 'Games on Demand' priced between $20-$30

• X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

• Leaked back-of-box chart shows Xbox line winnowing down to Arcade and Elite SKUs

• First 21 Xbox 'Games on Demand' titles revealed

• Bubble Bobble Neo finally on XBLA! ... In Japan!

• First batch of Xbox 'Games on Demand' titles revealed [update]

• Weta's Cortana statue unboxed, fabulous

• Upcoming Xbox 360 Netflix update is still gimped, Microsoft thinks you want it that way

• Xbox Live Top 10: There can be only 1 (17)

• Microsoft's big new Xbox update makes some game installs much, much smaller

• Xbox 360 Fancast 128 -- Who Moved Christmas?

• This Wednesday: Turtles in Time comes out of its shell on XBLA

• First screens of Xbox 360's Tropico 3 elected

• New Xbox update to shrink some hard drive installs