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Accessories (52)

• BlackBerry Music Gateway streams audio over Bluetooth, pairs with NFC for RIM-made remote control

• Logitech introduces spill resistant keyboards for the feds, prevents Bauer flip-out

• Newer Technology Guardian MAXimus mini portable RAID solution

• No comment: iPhone case has a "discreet" storage compartment

• LG's IPS monitors head downmarket with 2D-only IPS4 series launching soon

• Bracketron Power Dock Pro Flex keeps iPhone secured and powered in your car

• Padprop iPad stand giveaway

• Griffin outs SmartTalk Solar helps you drive off that moon tan

• Netgear's R6300 router is first to use Broadcom 802.11ac chipset, will ship next month for $200

• NZXT's Cryo E40 laptop cooler sends a pleasant breeze wherever you like

• Samsung intros 'world's thinnest' external DVD writer, tries to convince you to pack it with your tablet

• TUAW TV Live: Hardware, accessories, and "fabulous new products in the pipeline"

• LIL KIKR iPhone dock has both looks and functionality

• iHome intros iDM5 Executive workstation for tablets / smartphones, priced at $130

• New Sony iOS docks promise clearer sound thanks to magnetic fluid

• Vintage Nikon fisheye lens aims to dwarf your DSLR, for sale at 100,000 quid

• Epson MegaPlex MG-850HD projector is a powerful iOS companion

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Why can't I find a USB hub that charges my iPad?

• Hauppauge announces StreamEez to broadcast live HD video

• Logitech reveals Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for the new iPad

• Dear Aunt TUAW: What is this remote?

• ASUS won't release Transformer Prime GPS dongles in Italy or Greece (updated)

• Logitech reveals Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for the third-gen iPad, a set of keys that protect your slate for $99

• Brookstone's Pocket Projector, Big Blue speakers perfect for movie night

• Mount your iPhone in your DSLRs hot shoe dock

• Canon shows off prototype 30-inch 4K reference display, won't put a price tag on love

• Buoy Tags: A simple and effective way to organize cables

• Hauppauge Broadway scores DVR-like record and playback features

• Braven Six Series speakers offer Bluetooth audio, wired charging

• Ceton's Echo Extender for Media Center will be the first to support DTS surround sound

• iPhone case doubles as a Magna Doodle

• Transformer Prime GPS dongle spotted, won't play nice with keyboard dock

• Panasonic introduces new microP2 SD-sized storage at NAB 2012

• Sennheiser intros ritzy IE 800 earphones and HDVD 800 amp, your wallet screams

• IRL: oStylus Dot, Sansa Clip+ and SanDisk's Extreme Pro 128GB CompactFlash Card

• Livestream Broadcaster pre-orders available now, shipping at the end of May for $495

• RIM patent application ponders a desk dock for your BlackBerry

• Genius Ring Air Mouse scrolls through the FCC, added buttons in tow

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: A spring harvest of accessories

• Sound Sofa is a sofa with an iPod dock

• New Eye-Fi Mobile X2 card does old tricks, but with less hassle for Android and iOS users

• Wacom Bamboo Stylus Duo lets you draw something on tablets and paper

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of five V-Moda Crossfade M-80 on-ear headphones!

• Panasonic pimps portable power packs purportedly powering phones (and tablets)

• Philips' new ErgoSensor desktop display demands that you sit up straight

• LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt Series now available for $200

• LaCie eSATA Hub Thunderbolt now shipping

• Motrr Galileo robotic iPhone platform is go for launch

• Western Digital introduces My Passport Studio 2TB portable drive with FireWire 800 ports

• Western Digital intros My Passport Studio 2TB portable HDD, twin FireWire 800 ports included

• Use the MacBook Air SuperDrive with (almost) any Mac

• Lensbaby Composer Pro gets Samsung, Sony, Micro Four Thirds mirrorless mounts

AI (3)

• The Lawbringer: Autonomous systems deal with customer service problems

• Wolfram Alpha now does literary analysis, breaks down the Bard's work

• Webcam programmed to capture your face while playing Xbox: gauges your excitement, graphs ennui

Amazon (6)

• Amazon to collect sales tax, create 2,500 jobs in Texas

• Amazon's Q1 2012 earnings: net income down 35 percent to $130 million, net sales at $13.18 billion

• Amazon introduces Send to Kindle for Mac

• AmazonSupply launches, offers up lab and janitorial supplies in same convenient location

• Amazon CloudSearch brings A9 to devs and businesses

• Amazon launches Kindle eBook store en Español, over 33,000 libros to choose from

Apple (141)

• Barron's: Apple should be in the Dow

• Tony Fadell: First iPhone almost had a clickwheel

• Apple confirmed as Bloom Energy's customer

• You're the Pundit: 50 Shades of AppleScript

• Ars explores music "mastered for iTunes"

• Apple defends its tax practices in the New York Times

• Rumor Roundup Episode 2: Is Apple doomed or not? Make up your minds!

• Apple spits out Android option from Chomp app navigator

• The road to OS Xi: Where iOS and OS X suffer a teleporter accident and merge

• Talkcast tonight: Profits, taxes and WWDC at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PT

• You're the Pundit: Are iOS and OS X headed on a collision course?

• Irish Prime Minister visits Apple's European headquarters

• Apple removes Android app searches from Chomp

• Reuters: Apple in talks to stream films owned by Epix, no deal expected before September

• You're the Pundit: What are you looking forward to at the WWDC keynote?

• Study: One in four iPad customers are new to Apple

• No Comment: Apple pulls Bluetooth OnOff switch app from the App Store, blogger overreacts

• Apple's plans for Texas construction delayed due to disagreement with county

• Apple lets kids play with iPads rather than iMacs

• Didn't get in to WWDC? Try some other awesome developer conferences

• Apple to build large, off-campus cafeteria

• Another Apple executive heads to J.C. Penney

• Apple working on 21,468 square-foot cafeteria in Cupertino, wants employees' chatter to be safe

• Jonathan Ive wins British Visionary Innovator award

• Apple wins patents for Smart Covers, iTunes Store, Time Machine and more

• No Comment: The depths people will plumb to secure a WWDC pass

• Ferrari president reportedly meets with Tim Cook

• Suppliers' stocks climb on Apple's success

• Time magazine explores Apple's success

• Apple sold 645,000 devices per day in the 2nd quarter

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help Siri call me Gerry

• Apple opens nominations for 2012 Apple Design Awards

• WWDC 2012 is sold out

• Greenpeace releases balloons in Apple Store

• Apple to issue 150 student scholarships to attend WWDC 2012

• WWDC 2012 announced, tickets on sale

• Apple's WWDC hitting San Francisco on June 11th

• Chinese official says Proview owns iPad trademark in China, court battle continues

• ITC judge: Apple infringes on Motorola mobility patent

• Tim Cook: Apple focusing more on iPad for enterprise

• Tim Cook hates litigation, not quite ready to call a patent truce

• Apple Q2 2012 Earnings Call Liveblog

• Apple announces record quarter sales, 94% year over year net profit increases

• Apple Q2 2012 earnings: $39.2 billion in revenue, net profit of $11.6 billion

• Research suggests Apple could afford to build iPhones in the US

• Join TUAW for a liveblog of the Apple FY 2012 second quarter financial results

• What we want to WWD-see for WWDC

• ITC judge finds Apple in violation of Motorola WiFi patent

• Proview spokesperson says iPad settlement "likely"

• Chinese customers investing in Apple's suppliers

• Madrid Spain Apple Store set to open this weekend

• Apple seeds OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E52 to developers

• Apple's additional security steps could be better

• Ex-WSJ publisher: Apple's 30% profit sharing ebook agency model is not a conspiracy

• Apple makes a tax deal for Prineville, Oregon data center land

• Apple sued over all touch-based products

• Motorola's patent enforcement against Apple could cost German taxpayers dearly

• No Comment: MacBook perfume project smells like new unboxing

• iPad 4G branding strategy defended by Apple in Australia

• Apple to create 500 jobs in Cork, Ireland

• Apple reportedly in talks with iPad trademark challenger in China

• Apple will webcast Q212 earnings release conference call on April 24

• HTC says its touchscreens don't violate Apple patents in UK court

• Apple supplier shows 95% overtime compliance in March 2012

• Apple offering free Snow Leopard update to MobileMe holdouts

• Apple is giving away Snow Leopard to MobileMe customers

• Apple releases third preview build of OS X Mountain Lion for developers

• Goldman Sachs projects AAPL will hit $750

• Tim Cook among Time's most influential people

• Apple has released Apple Configurator 1.0.1

• Jony Ive nominated for British Visionary Innovator award

• Greenpeace's math is wrong, according to Apple

• Fast Company on the 'wilderness years' of Steve Jobs

• Apple eMate 300 prototype pops up on eBay, buy it now for $8,500

• Apple to offer filmmaker workshops for Tribeca Film Festival

• Greenpeace: Apple falling short of sourcing clean power

• Apple hires United Continental CFO as VP of Sales (after airline replaces paper manuals with iPads)

• AAPL declines again, S&P and Nasdaq see an impact

• Apple II turns 35, doesn't bother with midlife crisis

• Happy 35th birthday, Apple II

• Apple updates Cards and iBooks apps

• Apple pulls iWork, Aperture trials from site

• Australian government, Apple still disagree on branding of 4G LTE iPad

• Photos of Apple's store-within-a-store at Walmart

• Apple, Chinese environmental group will audit factory for pollution concerns

• Wild and wacky tributes to Steve Jobs

• Apple criticized for backing off on support of IPv6

• You're the Pundit: Are the MacBooks about to merge?

• Apple issues Flashback removal tool for 10.7 Lion systems not running Java

• You're the Pundit: Redesign Apple's High End Mac

• Apple seeds third beta of 10.7.4 to developers

• Apple still blocked from using push email in Germany

• Developers chime in on six months of using iCloud in apps

• Apple says e-book price fixing charges 'simply not true,' Macmillan also responds

• Phillippe Starck says he's working with Apple on a revolutionary product (Updated)

• Apple officially responds to DOJ's antitrust case

• Apple allowed to intervene in Lodsys patent case

• German court upholds ban on iCloud and MobileMe push emails

• Patent for advanced authoring tool from Apple looks like what iWeb should have been

• Apple asking for more security info for iOS devices

• You're the Pundit: What's your MacBook timing strategy?

• Apple introduces VIP discounts for iBooks publishers

• Apple TV (2012) uses same chip as iPad 2 but only uses one core

• Gartner: Apple takes third place in US PC shipments for Q1 2012

• Apple TV (2012) raids iPad 2 parts bin, packs 32nm A5 silicon

• Apple Macintosh 128k prototype with 5.25-inch Twiggy floppy drive for sale on eBay

• Re-envisioning iTunes: How Mountain Lion portends the future

• Apple gets iPad dictation instructions wrong (Updated)

• Justice Department formally charges Apple, big five publishers in e-book price fixing case (update)

• Is Apple avoiding taxes in the UK?

• Reuters: Justice Department ready to sue Apple over ebook price fixing (Updated)

• Apple Store is down, minus yellow sticky (Update: back up, nothing new)

• Apple updates Final Cut Pro X, Compressor and Motion ahead of NAB

• Apple prepping London stores for 2012 Olympics

• Tim Cook to open D10 conference

• Macworld's Jason Snell says what we're all thinking about iTunes

• Apple CEO Tim Cook to open D10 conference: yes, we'll be liveblogging

• CNN Money: New York Times gets Tim Cook's earnings wrong

• "Bartending" chronicles life as a former Apple Genius

• Second Apple Store in Rome preparing to open

• On "mystery meat" gestures and iPhoto's learning curve

• Should Apple build a museum on the new campus?

• Apple drops alert patent in Chicago litigation against Motorola

• Apple reportedly receives certification to sell Brazilian-assembled iPad

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Did my wife just get a free upgrade?

• Apple reportedly stays out of ebook settlement talks

• Apple supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry to "significantly" raise wages

• Apple patent app details 'active packaging,' a new level of window shopping

• Apple reportedly investigating iPad's problematic WiFi

• Apple may revamp online store, starting with edu version

• Apple's "obligation" to help fix America's problems

• MacTech NYC Boot Camp to include TUAW/TidBITS panel

• Canadian Apple reseller to close as Apple Store opens

• Walter Isaacson on the leadership of Steve Jobs

• Apple poised to become world's first trillion dollar company by 2014

• Apple's Q2 2012 earnings call scheduled for April 24

• Apple plans nation's biggest private fuel cell energy project

• How America benefits from Apple

• Apple to adjust work schedules for retail employees

• Apple to increase developer iAd revenue to 70%

• You're the Pundit: Will a Siri update introduce frequent user reward points?

Apps (190)

• DevRocket is a Photoshop plugin for iOS developers

• Marvel Pinball mobile tables unite for sale

• Skype iOS apps hit v4.0: improved stability, minor UI tweaks in tow

• AllThingsD looks at Paypal's new payments app

• Skype for iPad 4.0 offers new video preview option, crash recovery

• GameFly adds 'Game of the Day' to mobile app, features free and discounted iOS games

• Angry Birds Space floats to 50 million devices

• PhotoFunia creates seamless Special FX on your iPhone

• Mozilla dispatches Firefox 3.6, fills its chair with version 13 beta

• PSA: Bastion now available on the Mac App Store

• Google Maps 'Cube' game rolls out, back, up, back again

• Now you can have your own Metroid-style Android UI

• Twitter iOS update adds improved discover, search, notifications

• Wolfram Alpha releases first desktop PC app for Windows 7, makes homework even easier

• Dropbox adds automatic photo uploads for Windows and Mac, up to 3GB just for using it

• Blatant Hero Academy rip-off on App Store is the laziest yet

• Opera 12 opens its beta doors: improves performance and stability, adds new themes

• Daily iPhone App: Spellsword is a tiny bite of RPG action

• Redditor got 'a little carried away' and made this Android Metroid gauge

• VoodooPad 5: wiki magic

• LinkedIn arrives on the iPad

• 3M launches its Cloud Library e-book lending service, hardware and apps in tow

• Replacing iDisk with online storage of your own

• SayHi Translate for iOS is like science fiction come true

• HackStore collects non-Mac App Store apps together

• Codea-created app arrives on the App Store

• Google Wallet up and running on Galaxy Nexus with T-Mobile

• Sci-fi publisher announces Tor and Forge will go DRM-free with all e-book titles

• HackStore is like Cydia for Mac OS X, replaces walled garden with open dacha

• Instattoo iOS app lets you randomly generate tattoos, can't turn back time

• Daily iPhone App: Lock 'n' Load makes dual stick fun again

• Timeline WW2 offers museum-quality app interaction

• Is the beta spellbook layout an improvement?

• Google Drive vs. the competition: pricing plans and perks, compared

• Firefox 12 now available for download, Windows users get silent updates

• Pixelmator updated to 2.0.3: Better memory management, more enhancements

• Line2 updated to add MMS support within its network

• Facebook for Windows Phone getting a major refresh

• Line2 for iOS now offers MMS support within its network, adds location sharing

• Ubuntu 12.10 gets christened Quantal Quetzal ahead of Pangolin launch

• The Hit List updated for Mac, iPhone, lots of great new features

• Flight+ is a great app for the savvy traveler

• Dropbox simplifies sharing with file viewer and folder links

• SkyDrive app for Windows Phone gets 2.0 update, reduces free storage capacity

• MBTA and Masabi team up for first smartphone rail ticketing system in the US, launching in Boston this fall

• Dropbox update adds public links to any file or folder

• RedSn0w updated with Corona A5 jailbreak, more

• eMusic launches Android app

• Clear app updated, new themes and helpful tweaks

• Samsung Canada launches Cineplex Store app, offers paid movies on 'select' Smart devices

• Skype app won't work on low-end Windows Phone devices (update: works on Lumia 610)

• Adobe formally unveils CS6, Creative Cloud, launch event April 23

• Fondu for iPhone a decent app to find places to eat in big cities

• Skype for Windows Phone sheds beta title, graduates to v1.0

• RedSn0w updated for Mac and Windows: adds Corona A5 jailbreak, other tools

• 500px launches Android app, adds iPad update on the side

• Daily iPhone App: Sketch Nation Studio opens up game dev on the App Store

• Friday Favorite: PollEverywhere Mac Presenter grows up

• Disk Art visualizes hard drive space usage

• New iOS app allows anyone to make 3D model from real object

• Daily iPad App: The Little Girl Who Could Fly is a delightful interactive book for children

• Voice Answer is an interesting solution for those that don't have Siri

• Daily iPhone App: Bills is a colorful bill management and payment tracking app

• SpellTower drops to .99 in last-ditch effort to topple Angry Birds, Draw Something

• Plants vs. Zombies iOS receives hefty update

• Shazam Player is available for the iPad

• aTV Flash (black) for jailbroken Apple TVs updated with NFS support, more

• Major iOS releases today: Macguffin's Curse, Sketch Nation Studio, more

• Spotify previews overhauled Android app

• Kodak Gallery iOS app: now with 100 percent more physical printing at Target / CVS

• Xcode 4.4 and Safari 5.2 seeds pushed to developers

• aTV Flash (black) for Apple TV hits version 1.5, brings new player, NFS streaming and more

• Touchpad Free adds Windows 8 gestures to its WP7 app

• PSA: Google Play offers 24/7 phone support for apps, books, movies and music

• Zynga-owned Draw Something finally gets update for sharing, undo

• Windows Store slowly going global, 26 country specific markets launching with next update

• Daily iPad App: Fibble is Crytek's entry onto iOS

• Fotopedia offers National Parks iOS app for free

• Spotify: the iPad app is 'in the works'

• Daily iPhone App: Posterity lets you remember the cute things your kids say

• iRise visual prototyping platform updated with new iPad emulation capability

• Breaking News gets a TV app, channel-agnostic news ticker

• Ceton previews DVR companion apps on Android and iOS, teases Echo beta 'soon'

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me remote-control my Mac mini from my iPad

• Daily iPad App: Bounty Bots is full of cartoony shooter action

• LogMeIn enters cloud storage arena with Cubby

• Google Offers update brings revamped UI, faster browsing speeds

• Google Play Books updated with new bookmarks, text selection

• New medical iPad platform reduces patient check-in time

• Read It Later becomes Pocket, goes free for all

• Read it Later becomes Pocket, drops its price to free

• Amazon Appstore shatters $20 ceiling for in-app purchases

• Summer Travel Ahead? Chimani National Park guides are free for a limited time

• Jetpack Joyride adds attractive coin magnet in next patch

• Soul Calibur iOS update adds multiplayer, subtracts a few dollars

• Daily iPad App: Soundbrush lets you create music with a brush

• Daily iPhone App: SpellTower is a fast-paced word game with local multiplayer support

• Flare for Mac version 1.3 adds new shuffle feature

• PSA: Battlelog app for iOS finally available

• Final Cut Pro X future features: multichannel audio, RED camera support

• PSA: Vita Facebook app updated to 1.01, adds photo uploading

• Facebook for PS Vita adds photo uploading, support for all system languages

• Sam & Max: Beyond Time & Space Episode 4 now on iOS

• 7digital music store offers Windows Phone users 18 million tracks for purchase

• Daily iPhone App: Visual uses color to keep track of the time

• Mozilla tests out opt-in system for plug-ins in latest Firefox nightly build

• Friday Favorite: Audacity 2.0 delivers free audio editing for Mac

• ChevronWP7 officially closes up shop for good, hands out App Hub memberships

• Topps goes beyond baseball cards with two fun new apps

• Super yacht controlled by an iPad

• FileMaker's new iOS apps hit 100K downloads in one week

• App upgrades, downgrades and retrogrades

• Minds of Modern Mathematics from IBM available for iPad

• Daily iPhone App: Time to Enjoy lets you find events based on time

• LogMeIn branches out from its remote desktop roots, intros Cubby cloud sharing service

• PSA: Max Payne Mobile now available

• Max Payne and Burnout Crash hit the iOS App Store

• Daily iPad App: Say Anything lets you get somebody's attention without saying a thing

• Adobe outs Premiere Pro CS6: a 'massive release' with better multicam and more

• MythTV 0.25 is finally available with a bundle of new features

• Daily iPhone App: Drafts lets you save short snippets of text

• Netflix for Windows Phone hits v2.0, heads to the UK, Ireland and Latin America

• Twitter and Facebook for BlackBerry get BBM connected, BBM gets some animated avatars

• FAA to expand iPad usage, create app store

• Daily iPad App: Adobe Reader is an easy way to add annotations and signatures to your PDF documents

• That's right, folks: Instagram now supports HTC One X

• Comcast Xfinity TV iOS app adds integrated DVR manager so you don't miss Deadliest Catch

• CloudOn bolsters its Office-friendly iPad app with support for Box and Adobe Reader

• Netflix for Android updated with fresher UI for volume controls, other 'stability improvements'

• Interview with Inglorious Apps, a webOS to iOS developer switcher

• How apps might work on an iPhone with a bigger screen

• Adobe Mobile Reader 10.2 adds signature, form support

• Amazon's Appstore takes a 30 percent cut

• iPad workspace app CloudOn goes 2.0, adds Adobe Reader, Box storage support

• TextWrangler 4.0: Now even better, still free

• OnLive Desktop changes from Windows 7 to Windows Server 2008

• Android Design guide updated with new tips for app developers

• Daily iPhone app: Rain Aware

• ICQ seeks comeback with mobile app update, new iPad version

• Google Play Music switches on labs features: HTML5 player, star ratings and notifications

• Mozilla demos WebRTC integration, browser-powered video chat (video)

• Nuance updates its PDF converter for Mac

• Daily iPad App: National Geographic Today

• Tweetbot for iOS updated with iCloud syncing of timelines and more across devices

• Instagram for Android update adds support for tablets, WiFi handsets and SD card installs

• IMDb updates Android app, now lets you watch 720p trailers

• Daily iPhone App: Trip Pages lets you save and share memorable places

• Process is a clever and able photo editing app for iOS

• MyWi gets friendlier with iOS 5, brings faster connection speeds and improved reliability

• Daily iPad App: Paper by FiftyThree may make you an artist

• Friendcaster for Facebook gets shiny new 5.0 update on Android, rocks new UI

• Five apps that'll help you celebrate the Easter holiday

• Dropbox enables drag-and-drop uploads on web browsers

• Daily iPad App: Pholium

• Time Warner Cable app for Android tablets with live streaming is (still) right around the corner

• Daily iPhone App: Big Lens lets you add some pizzaz to your photos

• Draw Something hits 50 million downloads, becomes number one paid app

• Flickr adopting Aviary for photo edits, waves goodbye to Picnik

• Dolphin iOS browser adds voice control

• Sparrow 1.1 adds built-in browser, delete options

• IDrive Connect offers Google Docs access via virtual folder on your Windows machine

• What's this? A new commenting system on Massively? Is this real life? [Updated]

• Joystiq's new commenting system is live

• Daily iPhone App: Wave Alarm lets you turn off your alarm with the wave of your hand

• Sparrow mail app for iOS hits version 1.1, Push support to follow 'with or without Apple'

• Gmail app update brings ICS experience to Honeycomb tablets, performance tweaks elsewhere

• Second Life used to teach relaxation techniques

• Daily iPad App: CameraSim lets you hone your DSLR photo-taking skills

• Sonos drops dedicated controllers in favor of iOS and Android apps

• Will creativity tools be the "next wave" of iOS apps?

• Zite adds Publisher Program to its iOS offerings

• FileMaker Pro 12 offers new design features, improved iOS compatibility

• iTunes Match book delivers useful guidance in minutes

• Next Issue Media launches on Android, $15 a month for access to 32 magazines

• Nokia Maps Suite 2.0 rolls out to Symbian devices, breaks free from beta chains

• Windows 8 Metro-style Firefox comes out of hiding, still a diamond in the rough

• Shazam 5.0 offers faster tagging and startup

• Daily iPad App: Air Display lets you add an HiDPI monitor to your Mac

• Instagram comes to Android, available to download now

• Sync iCloud to Dropbox

• Twitter for BlackBerry 3.0 brings easier photo-uploading, automatic link-shortening, BBM integration

• Facebook updates iOS app with Retina iPad support, more languages

• Developing my first iPhone game: the inside story

• It's Playing fills the gap left by VLC with a well-designed video player

• iTextEditors provides quick app reference for plain text fans

• NOOK for iPad now with Retina content, improved highlighting features

• Facebook for iOS gets Retina Display support

• Internet Explorer claws back a bit of market share at the expense of Chrome and Firefox

• Daily Mac app: Battery Health monitors your Mac's battery

• Daily iPhone app: ListBook

Big Tech (60)

• Apple, Microsoft asked to explain pricing to Australian government

• Apple/Samsung mediation set for May

• LG launches LG Cloud, blows raspberries at S-Cloud

• Huawei throws R&D dollars at gesture control, cloud storage, being more 'disruptive'

• Nokia could sell luxury Vertu brand to VC firm for $265 million

• Apple and Samsung set to meet May 21st, hug it out over 48 hours

• Canon reports slightly higher profits in Q1, teases new compact cameras on the way

• Zynga posts loss, beats estimates following OMGPOP acquisition

• Acer's Q1 2012: World's fourth biggest PC maker made just $11.2 million in profit

• Potter Voice Technologies sues Apple, Google over voice patent

• Motorola Solutions reports Q1 2012 sales of $2 billion, expects jump in Q2

• The Engadget Show 32: ASUS, Huawei and a trip to Asia's gadget markets

• Send to Kindle arrives on Macs

• Panasonic spins off Sanyo DI Solutions, keeps the digital camera OEMs happy

• LG's Q1 2012 earnings show greater profits on strong TV, phone sales

• Apple wins discovery ruling in dispute with Samsung

• NVIDIA says 'it's coming,' won't say what 'it' is

• ARM reports revenues up 13 percent, bicep-curling profits up 22 percent

• Huawei 2011 financials: 20 million smartphones sold yet profit down 53 percent

• 'Definitely panic if there's caviar': A guide to working at Valve Software

• Facebook paying Microsoft $550 million for 650 patents, Ballmer clicks 'like'

• Antitrust suit carries on against Intel, Apple, Google and others

• Nokia gets nose bloodied in IPCom patent case, says it doesn't care anyway

• Sony patent proposal ponders planting physicians inside your plasma

• AMD reports net loss of $590 million for Q1 2012, calls that 'solid results'

• Sony patent application aims to put names to faceless MMO players, organize real-world meetups

• Samsung claims Apple is infringing on eight patents in California documents

• Nokia head of sales resigns, department aims to reduce 'layers of management'

• Samsung brings another eight patents to the Apple knife-fight

• Nokia's Q1 2012 financials: $9 billion in sales can't stop a $1.7 billion loss

• Uber tackles Taxis in Chicago with Uber Garage experiment

• Qualcomm breaks records with Q2 2012 earnings, thanks 'strong demand' for 3G- and 4G-enabled devices

• Sergey Brin clarifies Apple, Facebook critique

• Sergey Brin clarifies Apple and Facebook critique, says statement was 'distorted'

• Panasonic forms new Eco Solutions unit, aims to be 'leader in green innovation' by 2018

• Intel reports $12.9 billion in revenue for Q1 of 2012, breaks no records

• Apple and Samsung to meet in San Francisco for settlement talks

• Apple and Samsung CEOs set to sit down, attempt to settle disputes

• Reed Hastings takes Comcast to task for skirting net neutrality

• Report: HP's South Korean offices raided over alleged price fixing

• Sergey Brin says the internet is under attack by governments, Apple and Facebook

• Former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie's very different rescue plan revealed

• Sony expects biggest loss ever, 10K laid off; games a pillar for future

• Kaz Hirai reveals 'One Sony' turnaround strategy, will cut 10,000 jobs

• Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn unexpectedly resigns, Mike Mikan takes over

• Sony revises projections, sees $6.4 billion net loss for 2011

• Sony to cut 10,000 jobs and slash bonuses, says Japanese newspaper

• Qualcomm, Intel provide source code in patent battle

• HTC's unaudited Q1 2012 financials: revenue down by 35 percent

• Walter Isaacson: "Apple will settle Google Android dispute"

• Sony CEO Kaz Hirai to reveal new strategy on April 12th

• Samsung to challenge Apple's iAds, Google

• Sony Mobile reshuffle sees Nordberg out, Kunimasa Suzuki in, business as usual

• US Army grants HP $249 million contract to deploy private cloud services

• EU launches antitrust probes against Motorola after complaints from Apple, Microsoft

• Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi joint venture Japan Display fires up operations

• Motorola now officially being investigated for abusing its patents in Europe

• Watch out, Apple -- that Samsung in your mirror may be closer than you think

• Philips transfers TV business to a joint venture with TPV Technology, TPV takes the controlling stake

• Sony outs NEX-FS700 cinema camera: does crazy slow-mo now, 4K coming later

Business (5)

• Marketplace takes a look at how the iPad is made and who, exactly, builds it

• Chrysler's Mopar division brings wireless charging to 2013 Dodge Dart (video)

• Too late for Easter: Chocolate printer to hit eBay in April, cost $4,000

• TextSpresso machine brews caffeinated goodness via text messaging (video)

• Samsung expects to double Q1 profit versus last year, sends itself a love note

Buying Guides (11)

• Ask Engadget: best 'money is no object' laptop?

• GOG.com offering EA games half off: Syndicate, Nox, more

• Ask Engadget: best sub-$150 mechanical keyboard?

• Mass Effect 3 down to $40 at Best Buy

• Ask Engadget: best heavy-duty cloud-storage solution?

• Ask Engadget: best NYC wireless carrier?

• Distro Issue 35 gets smart with the Smartphone Buyers Guide, HTC's army of Ones and Nokia's Lumia 900

• Guide to transmogrification resources

• Amazon 'Spring Sale' on PC has LA Noire for $5, Crysis 2 for $7.50

• Five apps to help you file your taxes (updated)

• Engadget's smartphone buyer's guide: spring 2012 edition

Computing (53)

• Watch as a DIY 8-bit computer comes together, learn something in the process

• Velocity Micro unveils three Ivy Bridge desktops, starting at $849

• Maingear reveals more heat-dissipating desktops, keeps those new Ivy Bridge internals cool

• Digital Storm locks and loads Ivy Bridge into its new recruits

• NVIDIA unleashes GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, loads it with dual Kepler GPUs, charges $1k

• Oracle providing direct Java support for OS X, updates to be more timely

• Adafruit wants to help you hack your Raspberry Pi

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin hits the web, with HUD in tow

• TSMC 2012 Q1 results: profits down again as 20-nanometer process proves expensive

• HP announces six Ivy Bridge desktops, available April 29th from $699

• AMD announces Radeon HD 7000M series with Enduro graphics-switching technology

• Maingear teases incoming desktop line, promises smaller towers and Ivy Bridge CPUs

• Windows 8 Release Preview coming 'first week of June'

• Intel puts Ivy Bridge on the map: first 22nm product, decent official benchmarks, desktop quad-cores from $174

• Acer dips its toes into Ivy Bridge, refreshes two of its desktops with new processors

• The NOFAN CR-95C: a fanless copper CPU cooler for your next-gen build

• Intel's Ivy Bridge will offer '20 percent more performance with 20 percent less average power'

• WRUP: Pangolin edition

• SanDisk profits declining thanks to a 'glut' of flash memory on the market

• The Engadget Interview: AMD's Sasa Marinkovic

• AMD confirms Trinity and Brazos 2.0 shipping now, globally available 'soon'

• NVIDIA projects mobile SoC GPU performance to surpass Xbox 360 by 2014

• Fusion-io SDK gives developers native memory access, keys to the NAND realm

• OWC's Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD is Mac bootable, strictly neutral

• Killer Wireless-N 1202 and E2200 Ethernet controller launch, aim to squash your ping times

• Whiteman Technology unveils Delta DVR for hopeful HD lovers

• ARM announces new quad-core Cortex-A15 Hard Macro variant

• Intel 330 Series SSDs official, prices start at $89

• OS X animations used to make abstract art

• OWC releases Internal SSD DIY kit for iMac

• Canonical's AWSOME API bridges OpenStack and Amazon clouds, Ubuntu has its head in both

• Nouveau open source NVIDIA driver goes stable, gets benchmarked

• Sharp rolls out high-res IGZO LCDs destined for tablets, laptops and monitors

• Intel announces PCI-Express 910 SSD lineup for enterprise customers

• OCZ says its Indilinx controller is actually built by Marvell, but has custom firmware

• Cactus Ridge Thunderbolt controllers now shipping?

• Fusion-io announces ioFX, a super-SSD that's already garnered an Oscar

• Intel plans to roll out Ivy Bridge based Xeon E3s, low-power Atom chips for micro servers

• StatCounter finds 1366 x 768 to be most popular screen resolution for the first time

• Kubuntu 12.10 gains Blue Systems as sponsor, Canonical waves farewell

• D-Link releases budget-priced MovieNite streaming media player

• Toshiba outs LX815 / LX835 all-in-ones with Ivy Bridge, overhauled design

• OnLive Desktop migrates to Windows Server 2008, sidesteps licensing concerns?

• Commodore founder Jack Tramiel passes away at age 83

• An early look at Ivy Bridge motherboards: or, the side order without the main

• Windows Vista support isn't an eternal flame, but from tomorrow it's 'extended'

• Switched On: Not weaned from Windows

• Everything old is new again: NVIDIA rebrands Fermi-based GT 520 and 510 into 600-series

• Reported Tegra 4 roadmap hints at LTE, Q1 2013 release

• Intel 313 SSDs bring improved caching to ultrabooks, desktops, life in general

• Intel and Nissan collaborate on Infiniti's 2013 infotainment system, Atom inside

• Friday TUAW Clinic: Spring clean your Mac with Erica and Steve

• Intel 330 SSD leakage hints at bargain price tag, perhaps just $149 for 120GB

Cybersecurity (32)

• How GeoHot went from winning science fairs to instigating the hacker war

• UK High Court rules ISPs to block Pirate Bay, forgets it ain't the boss anymore

• Kaspersky Lab: Apple is '10 years behind Microsoft' on security

• Cryptic Studios issues security warning in response to database breach

• The Daily Grind: How do you keep track of your passwords?

• Google's Vulnerability Program ups the ante for helpful hackers

• Another Mac Flashback variant out, but still uses same (patched) vulnerability

• Twenty percent of Macs examined infected with Windows malware

• Firefox deems favicons risky, banishes them from address bar

• Norton introduces a password manager, Identity Safe (updated)

• Norton Identity Safe locks your passwords in the cloud, spares your failing memory

• Kaspersky Lab: Macs not invulnerable to malware

• Flashback infections down from over half a million to under 150,000 in eight days

• Encrypted Text: An interview with Haileaus, the white knight of subtlety rogues

• Around 140,000 Apple machines still infected with Flashback malware, says Symantec

• Zero Trace gadget bags dodge 'digital exploitation,' schadenfreude

• Another Java trojan for Mac discovered, this time through Microsoft Word

• Flashback removal tool for no-Java 10.7 Lion now available

• Calyx Institute to create ISP that keeps customer traffic private, away from prying governmental eyes

• Apple releases fix for Flashback malware

• Java for OS X 2012-003 update kills Flashback malware, available now

• Flashback malware removal tools released by security firms

• Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix

• Apple responds to Flashback trojan, promises removal tool

• The Daily Grind: Should internet trolls be policed?

• DingleBerry 4.0 cancelled, open-sourced in search of PlayBook OS 2.0 root exploit (updated: ok, maybe it's not cancelled)

• Facebook, Dropbox iOS apps contain security hole that could allow identity theft (Updated)

• How to find/remove the Flashback trojan

• Encrypted Text: The Shock and Awe build

• 2600 Volume 1 released as a DRM-free ebook: phreak like it's 1984

• ARM seeks better security for connected devices, teams up with Gemalto and Giesecke & Devrient

• UK planning second snooping bill, proxy servers to sell out shortly

Entertainment (208)

• Walden the video game is funded by the NEA, is hypocritical

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Season One Blu-ray beams down July 24th

• Spiritual Guidance: Shadowfiends retire, more priest talent news from Mists beta

• Shadowrun Returns concludes Kickstarter at $1.8 million in contributions

• Watch the first God of War: Ascension gameplay right here

• Watch the new Diablo III TV commercial

• MV Guide: April 30 - May 6, 2012

• BBC's Planet Earth returns as a live simulcast next week -- but not in the US (video) (Update)

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Vessel

• Platinum Games staff plays Anarchy Reigns just for you

• Diablo 3 TV spot damns your wallet to Hell

• Sunday Morning Funnies: He sleeps a lot

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup has important news for Texans

• Go Right: A cool tribute to 2D

• Catch up on The Witcher 2's big changes in this lengthy dev diary

• Creating the world of Starhawk with music

• TERA collector's edition gets unboxed

• Indie Chatter: DLC Quest's Ben Kane pulls an indie vlog out of his hat

• Portal 2 'Perpetual Testing Initiative' DLC trailer introduces multiverse crowd-sourcing

• City of Heroes anniversary letter features fun facts, videos

• We require you to Google 'zerg rush'

• République expanding to PC, Mac

• Reset trailer is almost as interesting as its single-player co-op gameplay

• Q.U.B.E. soundtrack, collector's edition dated and dubbed

• Steam for Linux captured on video, one step closer to reality

• Soul Reaver shifts planes to GOG.com

• Scattered Shots: Dire Beast vs. A Murder of Crows

• Conquer Online expansion includes new pirate class

• Star Wars Arcade gets fan-made mini-me, weeps tears of joy (video)

• Square's feeling good, on pace to take $5 billion in payments per year

• NBA Baller Beats for Xbox 360 encourages you to play ball in the house

• TED-Ed website launches in beta, lets teachers customize video lessons

• Diablo III cooks up a reveal for the Witch Doctor

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vets form new studio, working on MMOFPS called Survarium

• Former MakerBot exec launches Solidoodle sub-$500 3D printer

• Trion Worlds explains how Defiance will 'co-evolve' in two mediums

• This Starhawk trailer sounds familiar

• President Obama test drives a Sphero on Boulder visit

• End of Nations Liberation Front info and trailer

• Easter egg: Pac-Man is on Pac-Man in Street Fighter x Tekken

• ArenaNet prepares fans for Guild Wars 2 beta weekend event

• Uncharted series recut into movie form

• DJ Max Technika Tune carried to North American Vitas this summer

• Video suggests future weapons for new Call of Duty

• Canned Sony projects including The Getaway 3, Heavenly Sword 2 found in artist's reel, CV

• EVE's Escalation video talks new status bar, missile effects, and more [Updated]

• New Blade & Soul videos show Summoner gameplay, qinggong abilities

• Irrational's Levine, BioWare's Gaider, and Obsidian's Avellone on why story matters in games

• Mega64 brings Skyward Sword to Earth

• MV Guide: April 23 - 29, 2012

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum turns 30, gets immortalized as a Google Doodle

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Bean's Quest

• New ArcheAge video makes western audiences sad

• Sonic 4: Episode 2 was playable on Steam yesterday, oops

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is back on schedule

• Peep the latest Japanese trailer for Pokemon Black and White 2

• Totem Talk: The highs and lows of Ascendance for DPS shaman

• Resistance: Burning Skies has a disease for your Vita

• New Blade & Soul trailer shows off Summoner pets

• Here's Max Payne 3's TV commercial

• First Project X Zone trailer confirms Capcom, Namco and Sega collaboration

• Sifteo and Surface team up for magical marriage of meaninglessness

• Eternal Blade posts a teaser site and class Facebook pages

• Latest TERA trailer takes players to the shores of the new Island of Dawn prologue

• Fifth Avenue Frogger brings everyone's favorite roadkill to New York City (video)

• Product page lists May 9 release date for Datura in the UK

• Turbine talks Eberron vs. Forgotten realms in new DDO video

• Mount & Blade: Warband DLC features 250-player battles

• '5th Avenue Frogger' is exactly what it sounds like (incredible, that is)

• Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland comes to our land May 22

• Soul Sacrifice website gets you up close and personal with monsters

• Jumala game-building platform combines game creation with gamification

• Outspark launches Fiesta Social beta on Facebook

• What crisis? Sony Music buys EMI's back catalogue for $2.2 billion

• Botanicula leads all-Amanita Humble Bundle

• BioWare vets' Banner Saga Kickstarter a massive success, one day left to support

• New World of Warplanes gameplay video showcases fighters

• Breakfast Topic: Do you like a little sci-fi in your fantasy?

• 'God of War: Ascension' art leaks [update: teaser trailer too!]

• EVE Online streamlines the process of figuring out who's crippling your ship

• RIFT's patch 1.8: Infernal Dawn goes live

• 'WiiPop' dance game hacks Wiimotes and Kinect into unlikely tryst

• Why I Play: Star Trek Online

• Soul Captor Online announced

• Wiipop incorporates Kinect camera and several Wiimotes into a veritable electric boogaloo

• Halo 4, starring Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter as professional crate movers

• Shifting Perspectives: I am starting to hate resto druids

• To the Moon rocketing to Steam soon, play it so it's not your last regret

• Alganon delays expansion, plans double-XP weekend

• FoxTrot author creates "Pad Packs" with iBooks Author

• Aeria announces new Waren Story MMO, releases trailer

• New iPhone ads air featuring Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson

• Deadmau5 and Pixeljam make beautiful Sound Shapes together

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New mounts video shows off your awesome new rides

• Must See HDTV (April 16th - 22nd)

• Champions Online alerts players to a new trailer

• PSA: Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP on Steam today, 25% off

• The art of the gimmick: an interview with the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne

• Tupac hologram performs at Coachella, keeps all eyez on him

• En Masse releases TERA launch cinematic

• Phil Hassey's Anathema Mines renamed Dynamite Jack, gets a trailer

• PlanetSide 2 fan trailer delivers fan service

• The fears and hopes of Blizzard devs as Diablo 3 enters alpha

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Droopy Blocks

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is sorry for being late

• The secrets of Trials HD's wildly convoluted riddle revealed

• Space Quest creators reunite for new 'Spaceventure'

• New Zelda: Ocarina of Time bug beats game in 23 minutes as child Link

• Fan-made Battlefield 5 on Google Glasses concept video turns life into a warzone

• Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 trailer introduces the new cast

• PSA: Pottermore is no longer colloportus, open to muggles and magicians alike

• Mass Effect 3 'Resurgence Pack' DLC strategies documented

• Discover the origins of New Eden and the Melding in Firefall's opening cinematic

• The Firing Line: Firefall, Defiance, John Romero, and more

• Look at this incredible, fan-made Isaac Clarke figurine

• Check out this video of Mists of Pandaria's Stampede in action

• Facebook Offers starts rolling out, spamming your news feed with coupons (video)

• Welcome back, Shadowrun

• Cobook is an alternative address book for your Mac

• TERA's High Elves strut their stuff in a high-octane video

• Mortal Kombat PS Vita live action trailer suggests there's a little Kitana in all of us

• Ni no Kuni trailer bums us out, but not because of the English voices

• The delightful smoothness of classic Japanese role-playing games

• Ride on streams of fire using the Glyph of Nightmares

• Skyrim gets Kinect integration on Xbox, over 200 voice commands in tow (video)

• Quadriplegic player establishes resource beachhead for other disabled gamers

• World of Tanks celebrates its first year

• Voice actor brokers unlikely alliance between Wesker and Legion

• Far Cry 3 multiplayer screens show death by bullets, not malaria

• Peek at these Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Vita screens

• Jaws debuts on Blu-ray August 14th remastered and upmixed (video)

• Cast Of The Seven Godsends brings retro running, gunning to XBLIG and Windows 7

• Blizzard recaps the story of Cataclysm's legendary daggers

• Star Command teaser trailer intercepted

• Blizzard highlights the Barbarian in Diablo III's newest video

• New DDO trailer goes behind the scenes on Underdark expansion

• The Engadget Show is nominated for a Webby Award!

• Zenimax files 'FUS RO DAH' trademarks, USPTO cowers behind desk

• Halo 4's music composed by Neil Davidge [update: samples]

• Storybricks video reveals UI, gameplay, zombified NPC

• Qore qoncludes this month

• Meet the new million-gold jewelcrafting mounts

• Not all arcades are dead: The story of one kid's DIY cardboard arcade

• WoW geek love brings two players together on a reality show

• Guns of Icarus Online flies this August for PC and Mac, using Steam power

• Wakfu releases Monk Island, new teaser

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 animation reel spotted

• Conductor controls Aussie pipe organ through MIDI and Kinect, explains how he did it (video)

• Michael Hogan and Claudia Black head TERA's voice-acting cast

• Must See HDTV (April 9th - April 15th)

• Botanicula swarming PC and Mac on April 19

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM ET

• PAX East 2012: Hands-on with Perfect World's RaiderZ

• Guild Wars 2 adds Best Buy to CE pre-purchase retailer list, releases new video [Updated]

• The Secret World's PAX recap video talks PvP, progression

• Beta Testing 101: 5 things you should always report

• Be Cool about this upcoming Dance Central DLC

• Castlevania whipped up in Minecraft

• The Repopulation broadcasts its first public gameplay footage

• Runner2's 'Unkle Dill' preserved on video

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 240: PAX Podcastin'

• Seen@PAX East: The Mass Effect crew plays Rock Band

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Crocs

• Nokia takes over Times Square for Lumia 900 launch event (video)

• A look into Twisted Metal's 'greenlight' process, with cut content

• The ghostly image of my death in Far Cry 3

• Guided tour of the new SWTOR flashpoint

• Conan imagines a Call of Duty: Teenage Girl Edition

• What makes role-playing game combat good?

• Uncharted 3 DLC dishes out 'Drake's Deception Map Pack'

• The benefit of making mistakes in Super T.I.M.E. Force

• WildStar records score, dishes out free music

• World of Tanks 7.3 patch revamps Soviet tech tree, brings new maps

• The Big Bang Theory S1 and S2 will finally hit Blu-ray July 10th

• Stream a Mass Effect 3 demo through Gaikai

• New Guns of Icarus video shows off cooperative airship battles

• The disappearance of skill in games

• Star Conflict blasts into beta

• RuneScape revamps starting experience, releases new trial and trailer

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Bag It!

• Maelforge and Laethys soar into action in RIFT's latest Infernal Dawn trailer

• More Star Wars: Battlefront 3 footage from 2008 hits the tubes

• Google takes you on a tour of the White House, still no sign of Lincoln's gold

• Guild Wars 2's character creator brings celebrities to Tyria

• SOE time-lapse video shows PlanetSide 2's Scope 4X

• The Queue: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Figaro Wig

• NTT forces you to pay attention during a video conference (video)

• Why is Blizzard still OK with gender inequality in World of Warcraft?

• Indie Megabooth devs let anyone ask them anything

• The Game Archaeologist: Bio break!

• Scientists train Kinect to follow your tongue wagging

• Superbrothers Sword & Sworcery EP coming to Steam 'before the next dark moon'

• The Secret World pre-order packages feature beta access, lifetime sub, and more

• CCP reiterates anti-pay-to-win stance for EVE microtransactions

• Mari0 is getting six-player online multi mode; you don't need friends anyway

• Sample Final Fantasy Versus XIII music in Theatrhythm DLC form

• Friends 'til the End flies out of 'What Would Molydeux?' 2012

• Be vewy vewy quiet; we're hunting demons: A look at Diablo III's Demon Hunter

• Here's the Command & Conquer Generals 2 concept video that gave us that screenshot [update: video's gone]

• Japanese hardware sales, March 19 - 25: April Fools' Day edition

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: TwinKomplex

• April Fools' Day 2012: And the rest

• This is the most bizarre and entertaining Dave Kosak interview ever

• Ska Studios' Charlie Murder media blitz, Twisted Pixel buy-out prank

• Know Your Lore: The curious dissonance of Alliance leveling

• Sunday Morning Funnies: It's a ship!

• The Daily Grind: What are your favorite jokes of the day?

EVs and Transportation (21)

• Dealers wanting to sell Ford's first all-electric car must Focus on the environment

• FAA writing rules for electric aircraft, to allow public to fly them in the next decade

• Panasonic details radar-based technology that can detect collisions in low light

• Skyrockets in flight, Hybrid is a delight

• GE rolls out WattStation and WattStation Connect for charging EVs

• BYD intros dual-mode electric Qin vehicle, Remote Driving key for outside-the-car operation

• Cadillac road tests self-driving Super Cruise tech, could hit highways by mid-decade

• Senate black box bill could see 2015 car models ship with data recorders

• Segway Seg-Link kit hits the FCC, injects dreams of PC-based transporter tinkering

• Tesla pairs up with SolarCity, will power off-grid homes as well as cars

• Ford Focus Electric test drive and MyFord Mobile hands-on (video)

• Boeing 787 set for first biofuel-powered flight tonight

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: solar-powered plane, chrome Fisker Karma and the 'blackest' solar cells ever

• XLR8 provides disappointing car noises, suitable for ironic use

• Delorean Electric travels back in time to the basement of the New York International Auto Show

• Acura partners with Aha by Harman, 2013 RLX calls first dibs on next-gen infotainment

• Fisker Atlantic EVer unveiled in New York, we go eyes-on

• TomTom confirms leap year bug is affecting a 'limited number' of GPS devices

• Fisker Nina / Atlantic gets unofficially pictured in official form

• Renault's Twizy EV for 16 year-olds comes too late for Justin to skip the DMV queue

• Garmin partners with Suzuki for company's first in-dash infotainment system

Gaming (629)

• Super Meat Boy mobile to be twitch-based, but 'not about memorization'

• Sega CEO Mike Hayes stepping down

• Catacombs: a canned shooter from Square Enix and Nier dev Cavia

• Age of Conan dev blog outlines stamina changes, multi-spec functionality

• Leaderboard: Two factions vs. three factions

• Two Bosses Enter Season 3 Finale: Murozond is your champion

• Adidas MiCoach now published by 505 Games following THQ kerfuffle

• Magic: The Gathering creator kickstarting iOS game

• Three ex-BioShock devs form The Fullbright Company

• Awesomenauts to launch as planned on PSN tomorrow, XBLA naut known [Update: XBLA now known!]

• Blood Pact: Affliction struggles to burn soulfully on beta

• Pitchblack Games' Dominus abruptly shutting down

• Metal Gear Rising vid may show the surgical origins of 'Revengeance'

• Sega announces Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

• 18 observations from a leveling healer

• Uncharted lead Lemarchand exits Naughty Dog to become more like Indiana Jones

• Officers' Quarters: From girlfriend to guild leader

• Halo 4 heading 'Forward Unto Dawn' with new live-action web series [update: teaser image]

• Super Monday Night Combat dev explains premature distribution, future updates

• Prototype 2 successful on UK charts

• Breakfast Topic: Does anyone really deserve a legendary?

• ThreeA Toys unveils prototype Portal 2 and Metal Gear Solid 2 statuettes

• Borderlands action figures from NECA are looking nice-a

• Shifting Perspectives: 5 moonkin issues that need fixing

• Awesomenauts may not launch as planned, publisher files for insolvency

• Quantum Conundrum and iam8bit team up for inter-dimensional fan travel

• Dave Gross, Nat Jones join Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition team

• Breakfast Topic: Which playable race is most evil?

• The Daily Grind: What do you forgive in a beta?

• Here's how to play Awesomenauts

• Free Realms throws itself a nice big birthday bash

• Arcane Brilliance: 5 abilities that keep me playing my mage

• The Mog Log: Blindsided by FFXIV's patch 1.22

• The Light and How to Swing It: Latest beta build shakes things up for prot

• Trials Evolution track ranking bug resolved

• Lenovo's Eedoo CT510 motion gaming console to finally hit China, wants your $600

• WRUP: Yes, it's the beta weekend edition

• The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios owe us item restoration?

• Breakfast Topic: Do you turn off trade chat?

• EA files trademark for 'SimOcean'

• A moment found in Lost Planet 3

• Next Street Fighter X Tekken update in May, kills infinite combos

• WRUP: Arboring a fugitive

• Rock Band Weekly: Train, Yellowcard, Eddie Money

• Two Angry Birds devs start new studio to make 'the next Angry Birds'

• Why skills are in, attributes are out in modern role-playing games

• Zerg Rush attacks your Google search

• MMObility: Killing the bland in Iruna Online

• Pathfinder Online goes diving into dungeons

• This is what happened to Star Wars Battlefront 3

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Nov. 13 release revealed by pre-order card

• Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time intro is an anime time machine

• Strike like Lightning with PlanetSide 2's latest vehicle reveal

• Star Trek Online announces junior officer appreciation weekend

• You crazy for this one, Happy Giant: Jay-Z wants his Facebook game 'to be better than a Zynga game'

• Report: Skyrim files reveal 'Snow Elf Prince,' crossbows as future content

• GuildOx player analysis highlights the warlock decline

• Ubisoft: Rayman Legends leak is real, 'purely internal demonstrative video'

• Crytek: TimeSplitters 4 is not in development

• Turbine extends LotRO anniversary festival

• The Daily Grind: Have you ever facerolled MMO content?

• Breakfast Topic: What's right and wrong in Warcraft?

• Star Castle finally finds a home on the Atari 2600, gets a redesigned cartridge

• Realms Online introduces the Lamai

• Ubisoft registers domains for 'Rayman Legends'

• Iris Online opens the Lost Temple of Atlantis

• Skullgirls sells more than 50K to date, Reverge working on updates

• EA Montreal 'reorganizing some teams,' letting a 'small number' go

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Improving our skillshot dodging skills

• DC Universe Online producer's letter explores the future of PvP

• Human Head 'fully intends' to make a more savage Rune sequel

• The Guild Counsel: When do you trust the new guy?

• Bethesda teases first concept of Mikami's 'Zwei,' explains what 'pure survival horror' means

• Matt Miller reflects on eight years of City of Heroes, hands out free respecs

• Nexon bids for EA takeover, everyone says it's very unlikely

• Watch Dead or Alive 5's Christie get shot with a missile

• Ask Massively: This hat has ruined everything edition

• Pachter says rumored Nexon buyout of EA 'cannot happen'

• Pre-orders for Torchlight 2 go live, still no release date

• X-53 Recruit-a-Friend mount being retired soon

• Hitman: Absolution trailers draw a bead on its characters

• NBA Baller Beats will work on carpet, comes with its own basketball

• Metal Gear Rising goes FMV in teaser video

• Dishonored screens take a stab at ... well, everything

• Aeria Games announces its new MMORTS, Dragon Crusade

• Grimlands closed beta features new dungeons, crafting revamp, and more

• 'No regrets': Sega defends Phantasy Star Online 2's F2P model

• World of Tanks launches in Southeast Asia this week

• Binding of Isaac's Wrath of the Lamb expansion is huge, due in late May

• Angry Birds Space, Jetpack Joyride, Anomaly Warzone Earth all updated

• Battlefield 3's next DLC gets up close and personal

• The Daily Grind: Would you petition the makers of your favorite game?

• 'Operation Exorcist' is this weekend's Mass Effect 3 multiplayer event

• Angry Birds Space 'Fry Me To The Moon' pack adds 10 levels for free

• Gotham City Impostors' free update is no deception, available now

• Buy and sell Azerothian real estate in World of Warcraft Monopoly

• The Light and How to Swing It: Evaluating the success of holy power for retribution

• Final Fantasy XIV launches patch 1.22

• PAX Prime registration site officially open, registration opens next week [updated]

• Here's how you play Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on iOS

• Calvin Johnson is the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete

• Blizzard launches Battle.net Item Restoration service

• More addons and extras for your PvP UI

• Leisure Suit Larry HD meets its Kickstarter goal

• Daily iPad App: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is gonna take you for a ride

• Know Your Lore: Rexxar, Champion of the Horde

• Konami patching up both Silent Hill Downpour and HD Collection

• Ninja Gaiden 3's latest update brings Ultimate Ninja difficulty, demo

• Resident Evil's Mikami welcomes Bethesda to the world of survival horror

• Super Hero Squad Online introduces Ant-Man, new Avengers costumes

• Wizard101 creator announces new game: Pirate101

• Minecraft Pocket Edition adds simplified, touch-based crafting

• Encrypted Text: Crimson Tempest revitalizes the rogue AoE game

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Handy tips for fishing and survival in Telara

• Total ArKade makes mobile word game 'AbraWordabra' appear

• Seven Souls' 1.1 patch raises level cap, adds new dungeons and gear

• NBA Baller Beats: Make Space to Jam in your living room

• Level 85 premade characters now creatable in beta

• Breakfast Topic: Is loot drama worth it anymore?

• Daniel Licht to play music from Silent Hill: Book of Memories in LA in June

• Vengeful Gladiator Screenshot Competition under way

• SWTOR increases Sniper damage, fixes bugs, and cures the Rakghoul plague

• New MGS3 Snake and Boss toys prepare for climactic battle

• Frogster responds to community uproar over European TERA changes

• Jetpack Joyride's 1.3 update lands Thursday

• Guild Wars celebrates its 7th anniversary [Updated]

• BioWare: SWTOR subscriber numbers have remained steady

• SSX dares you to continue defying reality with latest DLC vid

• The Soapbox: The grind is good

• QuakeCon 2012 pre-registration opens Wednesday, bonuses announced

• Ion announces release date, price for iCade Core and Mobile

• The 2012 Arena Pass has begun!

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Dreaming of green knights

• The Game Archaeologist: Are graphical updates worth the hassle?

• iCade Core coming to a tiny arcade near you in June

• Truth, honor, and fireballs: Meet Diablo 3's Witch Doctor

• RIFT kicks off service in Korea

• World of Darkness creative director talks design and the MMO mainstream

• Benjamin Rivers' 'Home' arrives June 1, pre-orders start today

• Call of Duty's Robert Bowling opens game studio for next gen, Robotoki

• Head down to the swamps of New York City with Crysis 3's first gameplay trailer

• Mass Effect 3 half-off on Amazon today, gaming lightning deals

• The Daily Grind: Do you grind for fluff items?

• Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment to raise money through games marathon

• 3 windwalker monk abilities that channel classic fighting games

• Street Fighter X Tekken update dropping tomorrow with new gems, replay analyzer

• ChangYou plans to bring Shadowbane back in China

• New Call of Duty set for world reveal during NBA playoffs on May 1

• Namco Bandai fuses NA and EU operations

• Why not get some animal-print armor with your pre-order of Steel Battalion

• Luftrausers announced by Super Crate Box dev Vlambeer

• Take a behind-the-scenes tour of ArenaNet's (totally awesome) offices

• Wings Over Atreia: The skinny on housing from NCsoft

• Spirit Tales open beta delayed until May 10th

• Rumor: Rayman Origins sequel pitched in marketing survey

• Sony eyeing ways to get MMO players out of the house

• NPD: 40% of Free-to-play players have bought something

• Trendy offering real money for best Dungeon Defenders maps

• Leaderboard: Age of Conan's score vs. Guild Wars' score

• Daily iPad App: Total War Battles brings big-time RTS to iOS

• The Walking Dead walks on over to PC, Mac, PS3 tomorrow

• RuneScape's mad, mad, mad, Mad May approaches

• Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition includes Harley Quinn content, Year One movie [update: Harley Quinn DLC on April 30]

• Witcher 2 enhances its spot on UK charts

• The Daily Grind: Do you think gear level should gate content?

• Ramp Champ rights acquired by DS MediaLabs

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 dated (again)

• Should transmogrification change the way lockouts function?

• Splash Damage: Brink sales estimated at 2.5 million

• Know Your Lore: Velen, the Prophet

• Pre-order Diablo 3 from Future Shop, get this steelbook

• Dragon's Dogma digital comic, part 2: Pawns

• The Daily Grind: What in-game project made you the happiest to complete?

• Breakfast Topic: What are you doing while you wait for MoP?

• The Tattered Notebook: What to look forward to in GU63

• Square Enix hints, nudges and winks about The World Ends With You sequel

• Roleplay realms and the struggle of non-roleplayers

• Molyneux: Over 1,000 applicants for work at 22 Cans

• Police Warfare Kickstarter suddenly and mysteriously canceled

• BioWare publishes this week's SWTOR community Q&A, preps for next week

• The Road to Mordor: Happy fifth anniversary, LotRO!

• Midway Arcade now compatible with iCade, 100 percent more awesome

• The Daily Grind: Is customizable housing worth the inevitable eyesores?

• Breakfast Topic: Old orcish proverb says "every orc is worth a dozen"

• New map, game mode in next free Gotham City Impostors update

• Meet Lollipop Chainsaw's co-Starlings

• Decorate your own maze with Pac-Man wind-up toys

• The surprising accessibility of older RPGs

• 'Archer' may take a shot at a Pinball FX 2 table, it's all Twitter's fault

• Can't play the Mists beta right now? How about Diablo III?

• Starbreeze's 'P13' headed to XBLA, PSN, and PC

• Rock Band Weekly: Cinderella

• Risen 2 on consoles delayed to July 31 in US, August 3 in Europe

• Weapons of Lore: Quel'Serrar

• Starbreeze CEO doesn't think Syndicate 'could've ever lived up to some people's expectations'

• The Banner Saga adds XBLA/PSN ports, player-owned cities to its plans

• Raiding: Weighing the benefits of 25-man raids vs. 10-man raids

• It came from the Blog: Casual raiding for all in The Insiders

• Arkham City News teases Harley Quinn DLC

• How the community solved Fez's hardest puzzle

• The Firing Line: World of Tanks first-anniversary retrospective

• PSA: Fez soundtrack now available for purchase, free streaming

• PixelJunk 4am launching May 15, includes visualizers for your music

• Prolific MMO blogger Brian 'OddjobXL' Rucker passes away

• Final Fantasy XIV beckons former players with Legacy and Welcome Back campaigns

• Marvel vs. Capcom 2 begins a new New Age of Heroes on iOS

• Vendetta celebrating 10-year anniversary, prepping new content

• SOE games down Monday for 24-hour maintenance

• Learn how to curb stomp from Spec Ops: The Line's multiplayer

• N-Control's Avenger goes Elite, keeps classic good looks

• Atlus picks up Dragon's Crown publishing, also assisting with development

• Rumor: Prey 2 development suspended since November

• Ask Massively: I approve of more staves edition

• Capcom's throwing a party and your fan art, music is invited (you aren't)

• PAX East(er) largest show to date, no more PAX attendance figures

• APB: Reloaded's patch 1.7: New Breed Part One is locked, loaded, and live

• Felicia Day to host the 2012 IndieCade Red Carpet Awards Ceremony

• The Guild Counsel: What makes a guild leader miserable?

• Guild Wars 2 briefs players on next weekend's beta event

• Ex-MMO devs aim to fund space combat game via Kickstarter

• Payday: The Heist sells 400,000 copies

• How to transfer to a roleplay realm

• Funcom temporarily takes The Secret World Facebook tie-in offline

• Dirt Showdown shows up May 24 in Europe, May 29 in North America

• The Perfect Ten: Free-to-play holdouts

• Grimlock transforms, bites and smashes in latest Fall of Cybertron trailer

• Transmog dealers excavate gold and renewed gameplay from old instances

• Tiesto tracks released inside Tap Tap music game

• Starbreeze attempting acquisition of Payday: The Heist studio

• Prey 2 delayed beyond 2012, has 'not been canceled'

• Good morning! Here's a bunch of gorgeous Ni no Kuni screens

• RAD Soldiers from Splash Damage coming to iOS in June

• Plants vs. Zombies updated with new mode

• Runic not ready for Torchlight MMO anytime soon

• The Daily Grind: How do you define pay-to-win?

• Jordan Mechner speaking at NYU Game Center next week

• WildStar Wednesday showcases a rogue's gallery full of rogues

• En Masse addresses TERA lawsuit speculation

• Prototype 2 'Pack Leader' trailer calls up all your rowdy friends

• Orion: Dino Beatdown lets you shoot dinosaurs in different classes

• Warhammer Online is cross-promoting with Wrath of Heroes

• Spiritual Guidance: My least favorite ability in the game and the MoP beta

• Dead Space 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2 listed by South African retailer

• Massively Exclusive: City of Heroes previews the upcoming Mecha Armor

• Sam & Max figures are unusually silent

• Free for All: The importance of those first moments in a game

• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus coming to Japan this summer, limited edition arcade stick in tow

• Choose My Adventure: Ultimate road trip edition

• Indie Royale Spring Bundle is in bloom

• Ubisoft, Gametrailers sued in Assassin's Creed copyright infringement case

• Know Your Lore: What if Stormwind had won the First War?

• THQ earnings forecast improves due to Saints Row 3 sales, DLC

• TERA open beta begins this weekend

• Diablo 3 beta servers down after accidental 'Starter Edition' release

• MMO Family: Mind your massively multiplayer manners revisited

• TERA ramping up the early-level challenges

• Darksiders 2 launch delayed until August

• 2AM Truck Stop, a new Adult Swim game (not a simulation)

• Funcom giving away in-game prizes, studio trips via The Secret World Facebook tie-in

• 007 Legends: six Bond films shaken, not stirred, into a single game

• DC Universe Online releases Game Update 12 [Updated]

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning sales surpass 410,000

• The Daily Grind: Would you ever pay to beta test?

• Savan has arisen in this Dragon's Dogma digital comic

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier multiplayer walkthrough almost walks through walls

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will have 'Fight Lab' tutorial mode

• PSA: Ninja Gaiden 3 'Ninja Pack 2' DLC swings a big scythe today

• Marvel and Rockstar developing free digital Max Payne 3 comic

• Axel free to all in Twisted Metal tomorrow, Sweet Tooth skin for Starhawk previewed

• The Game Archaeologist and the veteran of Kesmai

• Barry Sanders joins Robert Griffin III on NCAA Football 13 cover

• Trials Evolution launch trailer is flippin' explosive

• Zynga expects to acquire more companies to rival OMGPop deal

• Diablo 3 beta servers go down for good on May 1

• Total ArKade is new mobile studio from Fruit Ninja dev

• The unspoken etiquette of world boss encounters

• Patch 4.3.4 patch notes, new customer support changes live

• Tekken producer Harada: No DLC characters for us

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Simplicity itself

• PSA: Teeth of Naros DLC available for Reckoning today

• SOE trumpets EverQuest's F2P success

• 'Bunny Must Die,' declares Rockin' Android

• Fansite details DUST 514 newbie experience

• Diablo 3: The Order novel shares the game's May 15 date

• Prince of Persia source code freed from floppies, posted online

• Wasteland 2 Kickstarter raises over $3 million

• Prince of Persia source code successfully rescued

• Korean court confirms guilty verdict in TERA criminal trial

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Gronn and the city

• Dishonored's steamy, Dickensian world as seen from its rooftops

• Diablo 3's monk isn't above flipping out and killing everything

• The Daily Grind: Do you play classes you don't like?

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier gameplay trailer ups the anti-terrorism

• Legend of Grimrock has already recouped development costs

• Analysts: Modern Warfare 3 sales below Black Ops so far

• Video Games Live announces Canadian tour

• 'Tricky inspired' SSX DLC glides in May 1

• Pro Skater HD first pitched years ago, could see new content as DLC

• EA games return to GAME

• Officers' Quarters: A clash over Battlegrounds

• 'Moebius' could be first adventure game from Jane Jensen's new studio

• Star Command devs transparent about where Kickstarter funding went (Spoiler: prize shipments)

• Leaderboard: Hobbits vs. Gnomes

• EA allowing banned Origin players access to offline content

• Blood Pact: Newbie tips for demonologists

• GOG head: massive discounts 'bad for gamers'

• Rumor: FarmVille 2 revealed by resume

• Dragon's Dogma gets a Dragon's Demo next week

• EA denies report of incoming mass layoffs

• FIFA Street fights back to top of UK charts

• Crysis 3's main man is a crack shot with a bow, apparently

• Crysis 3 arrives in spring 2013

• Breakfast Topic: Are there some things you wish weren't canon?

• The Daily Grind: What outdated game mechanic should be retired from MMOs?

• EVE Evolved: Fixing the wardec system

• Know Your Lore: Algalon the Observer

• Give top-down, Diablo-inspired action title 'Nekro' a look, a kick or a start

• Rise and Shiny: Stronghold Kingdoms

• Breakfast Topic: Back to Hellfire

• The Daily Grind: What was the best patch ever?

• Shadowrun Returns says let's get physical, physical

• PlaneShift releases patch 0.5.9

• Complexity of systems and player retention

• The Road to Mordor: The truth behind weapon damage types

• Japan's Resident Evil 6 bundle costs $1,300: nets you a leather jacket, doesn't make you cool

• The Daily Grind: Should MMOs bestow account rewards based on character power?

• Live-action Prototype 2 commercial sets a soothingly violent tone

• Rock Band Weekly: P!nk

• Good Old Games taking half off Interplay titles this weekend

• Daily iPad App: Murky Reef is a fun, underwater game that'll improve math and language skills

• GameFly looking to 'help good games get made' via mobile publishing

• Peter Molyneux 'not that interested' in retail

• Humans and orcs are just the pillars upon which the Alliance and Horde were built

• Create Creative Commons games and art in the 'Liberated Pixel Cup'

• NPD: Binary Domain sold 20K in March

• Phat Loot Phriday: Mad Brewer's Breakfast

• Some Assembly Required: Can Darkfall and The Repopulation end the sandbox drought?

• Mass Effect 3 sales in US hit 1.3 million during launch month

• The Joystiq Show: Live at PAX East 2012

• Kings of Amalur: Reckoning 'Teeth of Naros' DLC media overview

• MMObility: Dark Legends' cash shop, Thinix, and Parallel Mafia's launch

• Death Rally peels out on Android worldwide

• Chinese publisher The9 restructuring, cutting staff

• Watch Assassin's Creed 3's main man stalk a deer

• Sleeping Dogs awaken on August 14; pre-order bonuses defined

• Aeria Games launches Crystal Saga and Roll n Rock in North America

• Skyrim's voice-enabled Dragon Shouts arrive 'the week of April 23'

• The Light and How to Swing It: Beta's delicate balancing act

• The Daily Grind: What will be the next big thing for MMOs?

• Valve job posting reveals plans for homegrown hardware, promises it won't suck

• The MMO Report: Big news edition

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta is in the very near future

• Project X Zone screens show a mob of Sega, Capcom and Namco stars

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Upping my kill-death ratio

• TERA recaps PAX East and a week of reveals with new video

• March NPD: Mass Effect 3 tops sales, year-over-year decline continues

• Pathfinder Online developer blog outlines the path of production

• Dark Legends aims to make your vampire sparkle with a weapon giveaway

• Beamdog interested in Icewind Dale, pending Baldur's Gate success

• Luck awaits Free Realms and Clone Wars Adventures on Friday the 13th

• ArenaNet releases a sneak peek of The Making of Guild Wars 2

• 'Retake Mass Effect 3' donations remained largely with Child's Play, 'a handful' requested refunds

• City of Heroes Issue 23 to open Night Ward zone, end Praetorian War

• Watch Max Payne slowly dive into groups of henchmen whilst shooting

• Jagex announces Transformers Universe plans for BotCon 2012, includes sneak-peek and name reservations

• Ji Firepaw's beta dialog gets a rewrite

• Report: Mass Effect 3 face patch causing crashes for some folks

• Crysis 3 reveal set for April 16

• From pitch to product: Elastic Games on bringing Police Warfare to life

• 'Police Warfare' pitch looks to become reality with Kickstarter

• Celebrate the launch of Tribes: Ascend with a new weapon on us

• Forget guild housing -- Spirit Tales is bringing guild islands

• Resident Evil 6 'Mercenaries' maps spread across retailers as pre-order bonuses

• ArenaNet shows the making of Guild Wars 2's collector's edition statue

• Medal of Honor: Warfighter features guns, explosions, motorboats, and ... more guns

• Rising Star and Aksys partner for American distribution

• One Piece Pirate Warriors sails to North America this year

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Minke Rescue

• Dark Legends goes live for Android and Chrome

• Free for All: Looking for the near-perfect MUD-like browser MMO

• Abduct yourself a UFO Online beta key from Massively!

• Molyneux: Microsoft was a 'creative padded cell;' 22 Cans will see his 'best' game ever

• TERA's new launch features section adds economic changes

• Mass Effect 3 'Operation Resurgence' weekend event incentivizes Resurgence Pack

• Ghostcrawler talks college, game design, and his path to Blizzard

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 hits North American consoles in September with over 50 characters

• Ni no Kuni delayed until Q1 2013

• Understand Gungnir better with English screens

• MMA fighter Georges St-Pierre consulting on Sleeping Dogs

• Darksiders 2 launch date in question following THQ remarks

• Amy patch addresses criticism and player feedback

• A response to the "Do you like PvP?" Breakfast Topic

• Slow down! No demo planned for Max Payne 3

• PSA: Your Shepard rides again, Mass Effect 3 patched

• THQ executive explains WAR40K's new non-MMO direction

• Hitman: Absolution gets a well-dressed 'Professional Edition' [update: EU and NA]

• PAX East 2012: Exploring the dark corners of The Secret World

• Gaikai brings its cloud gaming to Facebook, launches beta application

• Japan's Resident Evil 6 premium edition designed for Oswell E. Spencer

• Know Your Lore: Alleria Windrunner

• Diablo 3 trailer tells the tale of the Barbarian

• Double Dragon Neon flickers with signs of life

• Against The Wall breaks through with free alpha build demo

• Saints Row: The Third DLC goes on a special operation

• Nielsen: Assassin's Creed 3, Halo 4 most anticipated console titles this year

• Someone got Ezio in my Final Fantasy XIII-2

• Encrypted Text: Bringing fun back to the rogue class

• PSA: Mass Effect 3 'Resurgence Pack' DLC now available

• Sonic 4 Episode 2 'locks on' to Episode 1 to add Metal Sonic

• Cryptic answers Champions Online Questionite questions in latest dev blog

• PSA: Skullgirls heads to PSN today, XBLA tomorrow

• First 0x10c screenshot shines light on less cubic, more triangular human characters

• Listen to the Fez soundtrack now for 3 dimensions of audible awesome

• GameStop to warn California consumers of online fees for used games

• En Masse adding dungeon finder to TERA

• Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes is open for business... er, beta

• Dragon's Dogma unleashes Phantom Ogre and Undead trailers

• Hyperspace Beacon: Holocron Files -- Chiss

• Soul of the Aspects pet added to the Blizzard Store

• Steel Battalion has four-player co-op, two videos and one pack of screens

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Line of succession

• Zombies say cheese for Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection screens

• Bleszinski: On-disc DLC an unfortunate necessity

• American McGee takes on Red Riding Hood with Akaneiro

• Epic considered Bulletstorm sequel, but found project that's a 'better fit' for People Can Fly

• Dark Age of Camelot retunes Relic system

• Camouflaj Kickstarting iOS stealth game 'Republique,' see the first trailer

• Lost Planet 3 coming in 2013 from Spark Unlimited

• Guild Wars 2 is now available for pre-purchase, still no launch date

• Resident Evil 6 gets new October 2 release date in leaked trailer

• Breakfast Topic: Have you gotten your Springstrider yet?

• Devil May Cry trailer starts with a near-nude dude (and then it gets weird)

• Pro Evo Soccer 2012 sells a million, drop kicks price down to $29.99

• Super Monday Night Combat trailer covers the sport's evolution

• Wizard101 prepares to send players to Avalon

• Activision v. Infinity Ward court date delayed

• APB: Reloaded dev blog introduces patch 1.7's new breed of contacts

• Ubisoft sued for patent infringement over Rocksmith technology

• Video: Joystiq vs. PAX East 2012

• Star Command beams in this summer

• Two Bosses Enter: Echo of Baine vs. Echo of Sylvanas

• Co-opinion: Slaughtering Skags in Borderlands 2

• Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part three

• How Arkedo learned to love downloadable games

• Trials Evolution's track editor taught in seven easy videos

• Leaderboard: Hotbar combat vs. action combat

• Blood Pact: Newbie tips for destruction warlocks

• Spirit Tales livestream giveaway happening this Friday

• Defiance dares to dish out new gameplay video, screens

• The Queue: Always double down on Sacco

• City of Steam fashions a pressurized skill tree

• 'Pac-Man Smash' trademarked in Europe

• Occupy the Joystick: OAK-U-TRON 201X and Keep Me Occupied take DIY games to the people

• Mass Effect moaners kinda get their own way as people power strikes again

• Borderlands 2 conjures up Mechromancer class, adds character customization options

• The Daily Grind: When do you consider a game to be 'dying'?

• Antichamber and Indie Fund: A match made in M.C. Escher's basement

• Take a peek at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's first round of DLC

• Infinity Blade 2 update drops next week, introduces ClashMobs

• Buffs coming for League of Legends' Kayle, Teemo and more

• Check out the new Rock Band in its life 'Pre-Blitz'

• New Diablo III launch site collapses under the weight of fans

• Rock Band Blitz is not a cover of Frequency or Amplitude

• Rockstar North employee CV gives Grand Theft Auto V an October launch window [update: CV pulled]

• Rise and Shiny: Zandagort

• The Daily Grind: Do you like gaming conventions?

• Max Payne to rampage on iOS April 12th, Android April 26th

• PAX East 2012: The Secret World demo

• Sonic 4: Episode 2 spin-dashes to PSN May 15, XBLA May 16

• Seen@PAX East: Journey between halls

• Massively's Easter event roundup: 2012 edition

• Gabriel Knight writer Jane Jensen opens new studio Pinkerton Road

• PAX East 2012: Guns of Icarus announces closed beta, details adventure mode

• Mass Effect 3 patch coming next week to consoles, PC

• How do you take your lore?

• PSA: PSO2 character creator online, available for everyone

• Each Borderlands DLC pack was made in eight weeks

• Child's Play expands to assist domestic abuse victims

• WRUP: PAX East is fun

• PAX East 2012: Menace of the Underdark brings big changes to Dungeons and Dragons Online

• The Queue: Enemy officer defeated

• Pre-Blitz: Harmonix on building a new Rock Band from scratch

• Laugh, cry, and win prizes at Joystiq Live from PAX East (today at 3pm!)

• Rockstar to bring original Max Payne to iOS

• WRUP: Ransom edition

• Indie Royale bundle offers bonus Explodemon prototype

• Breakfast Topic: I will kill the Curator as many times as it takes

• The Daily Grind: Do you want realism or awesome?

• The Witcher 2 trailer gets the job done

• Max Payne comes to iOS April 12, Android two weeks later

• Payday: The Heist breaks out with a free update

• Sliding and 'sploding with Ms. 'Splosion Man on iPad

• PAX East 2012: A talk with PlanetSide 2's Matt Higby

• Seen@PAX East: Get your Far Cry 3 themed tattoo right here, right now

• Get your lore on with Blizzard's updated Expanded Universe

• Latest Starhawk trailer showcases jetbikes, mech-jets

• PAX East 2012: Defiance's first-ever combat trailer

• Phat Loot Phriday: Spring Circlet!

• Mass Effect 3's 'Resurgence Pack' DLC free on April 10

• League of Legends IPL swings into Sin City

• Arkedo's next games are about pee and poo

• Robot Entertainment has one unannounced title in development

• Rethinking the JRPG protagonist

• How Blizzard's over-caution saved it from a PR nightmare

• MMObility: Reaching the MMORTS sweet-spot, slowly

• Torchlight 2 will 'ideally' launch shortly after Diablo 3

• Find Alex, Mat, or Fox at PAX East and get a free in-game companion pet

• Sega: Rhythm Thief 'still happening'

• EA: emerging ad trends in social games

• Take-Two's Zelnick regrets THQ quote

• The Firing Line: Can you hate EVE and love DUST?

• Assassin's Creed 3 creative director doesn't dislike your ideas that much, Internet

• Play Bastion (circa October 2009) at PAX East this weekend

• The Daily Grind: Is your character modeled after you?

• Breakfast Topic: Does /spit need to go?

• Assassin's Creed 3 creative director doesn't like your ideas, Internet

• Newest Ask Cryptic for Star Trek Online takes a look at the road ahead

• The MMO Report: Shut up about Mass Effect edition

• Rock Band Weekly: Slayer

• Final Fantasy XIII-2 DLC adds Ezios and UFOs

• Operation: Game Over bans sex offenders from online games in New York

• Ask Massively: The diversity of New England edition

• GameStop testing Skylanders toy trade-in program

• ArenaNet details Guild Wars 2's squad mechanics and region-locking [Updated]

• En Masse reveals TERA crafting guide

• EA not bowing to 'political harassment' over LGBT inclusion in games

• The OverAchiever: Guide to Noblegarden 2012

• Get your PAX strategy guides here

• 'Shadowrun Returns' Kickstarter goal met, still a month left to raise more dough

• 'THQ won't be around in six months,' says Take-Two CEO Zelnick

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Practice makes perfect

• How to handle abusive and negative players

• 'No plans' to pull or charge for Mass Effect 3 'Extended Cut' DLC after expiration date

• The Guild Counsel: The six most embarrassing things you can do in a guild

• WoW Insider's PAX East/Boston survival guide

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta, Ghost Recon Network announced

• Spec Ops: The Line narrative trailer ripped from the headlines

• Is Notch's 0x10c an MMO?

• Skyrim 1.5 live on 360, hits PS3 'this afternoon'

• Civilization 5: Gods and Kings finds religion, release date on June 19

• PAX East strategy guide and helpful apps

• The Perfect Ten: MMO tributes to real-life people

• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy taps in July 3

• Mass Effect 3 'Extended Cut' DLC free this summer, offers 'further clarity to the ending'

• Skylanders Cloud Patrol takes flight on iDevices today

• The Daily Grind: Do you like beta weekends?

• The Secret World reveals Hell

• Gaming classic Snake gets charmed by geeks with flutes and Arduino (video)

• World War Hulk pinball trailer smashes in

• Loot Drop deploying Ghost Recon Commander to Facebook, mobile devices

• Shadowrun Returns: Kickstarter for a sequel from Shadowrun vets

• Cory Stockton refuses to be outdone in interview hijinks

• MMO Family: Do kids belong in guilds?

• EA is The Consumerist's 'Worst Company in America,' wins Golden Poo

• TERA sheds some light on open beta as test weekends draw to a close

• Quantum Conundrum gets an extra Q

• Grasshopper working on 'Killer is Dead' for PS3 and Xbox 360

• Heroes of Ruin wrecking shop on June 26

• New York Times playable space game lets you blow up those pesky banner ads

• WayForward adds a dose of Neon to Double Dragon for XBLA and PSN

• Aliens: Colonial Marines multiplayer, or 'How Gearbox played as Xenomorphs and dissected its guests'

• Know Your Lore: Never to rise again

• Free for All: I got the Second Life inventory management blues

• Rock Band Blitz gameplay trailer; Rock Band 3 tracks not importable

• The acid-blooded devil is in the details for Aliens: Colonial Marines

• Gearbox: Aliens Colonial Marines was announced before development started

• Ensemble Online gears up for beta, launches Kickstarter drive

• Entropia Universe player drops $2.5 million on virtual land deeds

• Amalur 'Teeth of Naros' DLC this month packs a new city, other goodies

• Aion opens a new server, eliminates subs, and reactivates accounts today

• Torchlight 2 distracts with pets trailer, screens

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: 99 luftballons

• Mad Catz outfits Future Soldiers with Ghost Recon peripherals

• Hi-Rez Studios offering exclusive Tribes and SMITE demos at PAX East

• The Final Fantasy wears Prada

• The Daily Grind: What's on your MMO bucket list?

• Previously on The Witcher...

• Notch's new game is '0x10c'

• Oh, The Places You'll Go: Silent Hill 3

• Assassin's Creed 3 follows Desmond more than ever

• Katy Perry returns to The Sims 3

• Rock Band Blitz announced for PSN/XBLA, can access existing Rock Band DLC

• Square Enix summons a class-based action title in Crystal Conquest

• Bring your pals to The Old Republic with a newly extended Friends Trial

• Put your right hand in, put your right hand out, do the Steel Battalion

• Servers are now up, but Newfoundland is forever

• Be afraid: Alien Fear coming to PSN and XBLA

• Ninja Gaiden 3 DLC increases difficulty and claw count

• Report: 64% of Chinese gamers spend money on online games

• Spirit Tales open beta goes live April 25th; cuteness levels critical

• Flameseeker Chronicles: What's your golden carrot?

• Hello? Street Fighter X Tekken sound and gem patch drops April 10

• Raid Rx: Priest thoughts and the 100k mana club

• The Queue: Why it's not time for a warlock tank

• Trion reveals Laethys lore from forthcoming Infernal Dawn patch

• Report: Capcom sees 'no distinction' between on-disc and off-disc DLC

• Prime World charges women less to play, 'protects' them in mixed groups [Updated]

• Breakfast Topic: Do you like PvP?

• The Daily Grind: Which MMO doesn't get the respect it deserves?

• Dungeon Defenders adding Penny Arcade skins; free at PAX East

• Indie Fund backs Antichamber in an attempt to make the impossible real

• How Game Design Works / Doesn't Work: A Lesson From the 'What Would Molydeux?' Gamejam

• Escape Plan locks up some free DLC April 10

• Max Payne 3 playable at PAX East

• Getting the best of both worlds in Fractured Soul

• Guild Wars 2 crosses the pond to answer questions for EU Fan Day

• Two Bosses Enter: Mannoroth vs. Lord Godfrey

• Leisure Suit Larry HD seeks a Kickstart

• 'Brunchstorming' is Spanish for 'work,' if you're Pendulo Studios

• Rumor: The Hobbit movie tie-in games coming from Monolith

• PSA: PAX East Friday passes nearly sold out

• Wings Over Atreia: Fools and tools

• Worms creator Davidson rejoins Team17 after 14-year absence

• Illuminating Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

• Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part two

• NEOWIZ launches Seven Souls Online

• FIFA Street holds top UK spot for third week

• Orcs Must Die! 2 announced with co-op, playable at PAX East

• Investment company buys Game, halting closures, firings, bankruptcy

• Sony Online Entertainment offers an updated ProSiebenSat.1 FAQ

• HEY! Here's a Kickstarter for a yelling-controlled game

• April Fool's jokes streak across the MMO community

• Mobile Super Meat Boy may look something like this, may not

• One Shots: Can you believe they put that in an MMO?

• OpCapita picks up GAME retail chain, plans to keep 333 stores open

• LeKool kickstarts Star Supremacy closed beta

• Rise and Shiny: Remanum

• Think Geek's April Fools' Day swag includes Minecraft 'Creeps' and a Skyrim hoodie

• Blizzard Entertainment introduces Blizzard Kidzz!

Google (53)

• Google Wave reaches zero amplitude

• Justice Department clears Google of WiFi wiretapping violations

• Google Drive now offers a bumpy ride for Chrome OS dev-channel users

• Google MapsGL updates 3D buildings, improves virtual tourism

• Google Zerg Rush: That was an order, soldier

• Google Translate now serving over 200 million people per month

• Google sells SketchUp to Trimble Navigation for undisclosed sum

• Chrome OS and Google Drive to get intimate in version 20

• Google bringing extra bytes to Hawkeye State with $300 million data center

• Google's gunning for web spammers, bans us from mentioning Bieber

• Google+ Share button gives you another option aside from plain 'ol +1s

• Google Drive is coming to Linux, tells users to 'hang tight'

• Oracle v. Google trial reveals renders of original Google phone design

• Why Google Drive matters but APIs matter more

• PSA: If you purchased extra Gmail storage, your Google Drive just got bigger

• Google launches Google Drive

• Google raises Gmail to 10GB free, 10-times increase since launching in 2004

• Google Docs bumps up free storage to 5GB, primes servers for Drive?

• Google Doodle celebrates Gideon Sundback, unzips knowledge about your favorite wearables

• Google pushes IMM76I ICS build to HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus, reportedly quells connectivity woes

• Google Sync for BlackBerry swept away in spring cleaning

• Google+ expands SMS support to over 41 countries, lets you stay social over text

• YouTube ordered to filter video uploads by German court, could face hefty fines

• Google patent application keeps track of your moves to automate mobile actions

• Google talks specifics about its network infrastructure, hopes to inspire the rest of the internet

• Google Cloud Print adds FedEx, Canon to remote printing roster, throws Android users a PDF bone

• Google Earth adds balloon and kite aerial imagery, invites you to contribute

• Researchers out faux product review groups with a lot of math and some help from Google

• Google updates Chrome for Android with added language support, home screen bookmarks

• Gmail down for many, Hotmail users feel free to gloat (update: back for some!)

• Google finally grabs Gmail domain and trademark in Germany: users can drop the 'oogle'

• BBS version of Google takes you back in time, won't hog your phone line

• Google named official social platform of 2012 Republican National Convention

• Google puts False Start SSL experiment down, nobody notices

• Project Glass team member shows off mockup for glasses-wearers, says it's for 'everyone'

• Google reports $10.65 billion in revenue for Q1 2012, splits stock

• Google brings better YouTube integration to Orkut, hopes you haven't forgotten

• Google Currents app updated with international support, offline reading

• Google Chrome 19 beta brings live tab synching to the fold

• Chrome OS update pushes Aura desktop UI to devs

• Google doodle gets animated to honor zoopraxiscope creator

• Google updates Gmail's 'people widget,' now includes previous images

• Keep Google Weird

• Google offers Floor Plan Marker app to businesses so they can improve indoor mapping

• Google co-founder Sergey Brin spotted wearing Project Glass prototype IRL

• Larry Page looks back at a year of leading Google, promises velocity, execution and focus in the future

• Viacom wins appeal against YouTube, gets another chance to prove copyright infringement

• Google updates Chrome Web Store with offline badges, subcategories and trending apps

• Australian court holds Google responsible for misleading search ads

• Google reportedly makes more per iOS device than Android device

• Google voting patent democratizes restaurant choices, Top Model eliminations

• Report: Google TV coming to Europe in September

• Oracle and Google get a trial date, April 16th is the start of Android armageddon

Health (5)

• Reader UI of the Week: Vhei's Cataclysm 2.0 UI packed up for you

• Visualized: Shopping bag crash helmet protects your head, not your image (video)

• Creating a DIY AppMates toy car

• Cybram 001 simulator helps doctors practice brain surgery without risking lives (video)

• A Rakghoul plague has broken out across the galaxy of SWTOR

Laptops (30)

• Alienware's new gaming laptops get matching Ivy Bridge processors

• 15-inch Samsung Series 7 laptops follow big brother across Intel's Ivy Bridge

• Origin PC joins the 11-inch, rebadged gaming laptop party, outs the EON 11-S

• Acer Aspire V3 coming to Japan for $1,100 with right processor, wrong ppi

• Maingear's Pulse 11-inch gaming laptop has designs on M11x mourners

• HP's On-Screen Display Utility released, aims to alleviate Envy 15 screen color complaints

• 15-inch Series 7 Chronos with Ivy Bridge surfaces on Samsung's Canadian site

• HP Envy 4 shows up for pre-order on HP's China site, priced as low as 5,499 yuan

• Samsung's 17-inch Series 7 Chronos dances over the Ivy Bridge

• ASUS Zenbook Primes with 1080p IPS panels and probable Ivy Bridge CPUs are real, coming to Taiwan in June

• Spotted: HP's special edition Pavilion dm1 by Alexandre Herchcovitch

• NVIDIA: there's nothing 'Ultra' about Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks unless you add Kepler

• Sony VAIO E Series 14P gets Ivy Bridge processor nudge, improved display

• ASUS to sell pink and gold Zenbooks in the UK, where good taste is alive and well

• Lenovo ThinkPad T430 with Ivy Bridge surfaces on university website

• Alienware's M11x is no more, bigger is apparently better

• Alienware refreshes M14x, M17x and M18x with new graphics, same old processors

• Lenovo roadmap outs Intel Chief River Ivy Bridge-equipped laptops for June 5th

• ASUS to unveil new K and N series notebooks at Milano Design Week

• Alexandre Herchcovitch dresses up HP Pavilion dm1 with golden doilies, higher sticker price

• Intel says 75 Ultrabooks in the pipeline with 3rd-gen HD 2500 and 4000 GPUs

• Western Digital ships 7mm HDD for Ultrabooks, losing down pavement cracks

• Micron ships RealSSD C400 mSATA SSD into slender Ultrabooks

• Sony unveils E Series 14P laptops with gesture-based controls

• Toshiba intros Qosmio X875 gaming laptop with Ivy Bridge, fairly tame digs

• Toshiba announces fresh C, L, S and P series laptops for back-to-school season

• Lenovo prices IdeaPad Yoga in the UK, reveals a few more laptops on the side

• Origin PC EON15-S and EON17-S gaming laptops available now, priced from $1,525

• Novero Solana convertible netbook gets flipped by the FCC

• Qualcomm details Snapdragon S4-loaded Win8 notebooks further, will be lighter than Ultrabooks

Lifestyle (3)

• Toy Soldiers storm PC today, DLC for XBLA's Toy Soldiers: Cold War tomorrow

• A giant gallery for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning DLC 'Teeth of Naros'

• Suzumo SushiBot pumps out 300 Kwik-E-Mart rolls per hour (video)

Meta (8)

• Facebook updates S-1, adds Q1 earnings, revenue up 45% over last year

• Facebook under fire over virtual currency architecture; lawsuit seeks $5 million

• Facebook revealing the personal data it collects, won't spare your drunk-poking blushes

• Facebook launches 'groups for schools,' keeps enrollment tight

• Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion

• Facebook to buy Instagram

• Facebook inks partnership with Opower, looks to socially compare home energy usage

• Facebook fights back, countersues Yahoo

Microsoft (34)

• Microsoft invests $300 million in new Barnes & Noble 'strategic partnership'

• Microsoft Research wants to automate your house, introduces HomeOS

• Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent portfolio for Android and Chrome devices

• Report: Microsoft readying 'Woodstock' music service for Xbox 360, to debut at E3

• Microsoft announces innovative student software as Imagine Cup finalists

• Microsoft cuts pre-Mango holdouts, Zune desktop software off from WP7 app purchases

• ITC issues preliminary ruling, finds Microsoft's Xbox 360 infringes on Motorola patents

• The Distro Interview: Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton

• Microsoft applies for low-powered interactive second display system patent

• Microsoft hiring Xbox Skype engineer

• Distro Issue 37 chats with Microsoft's Bill Buxton on the future of the natural UI

• Skype recruiting Xbox developers for 'next generation services'

• Microsoft evangelist admits he misspoke regarding Windows Phone 8 updates

• Microsoft Q3 results: 1.4 million 360s sold, Entertainment division revenue down year-over-year

• Book: Halo film failed because Microsoft doesn't 'get' Hollywood

• Microsoft announces Q3 2012 earnings: $17.41 billion in revenue, $6.37 billion income

• Microsoft reveals the fourth version of Windows 8: Enterprise

• Microsoft updates SkyDrive with support for ODF, Twitter

• Windows Phone exec exits five months after being poached from Samsung

• Windows Server 8 gets a new name, roses retain their sweetness

• Microsoft details memory reclaiming process within Metro-style apps

• Microsoft updates Bing Translator for Windows Phone with offline features (video)

• Microsoft outs three flavors of Windows 8: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT

• Microsoft job ads hint at a browser-based version of Skype based on HTML5

• Rumor: Microsoft 'to further monetize' Xbox Live this holiday

• Microsoft sets up new subsidiary, would like to meet open source types

• Microsoft Office for Mac Service Pack 2 now live

• Leaked Microsoft roadmap reveals Office 15, IE 10 and Windows Phone details

• Microsoft wins injunction in Washington against Motorola, can keep selling stuff in Germany

• Microsoft brings Word, PowerPoint, Excel to Symbian Belle handsets

• Microsoft discounts Xbox Live for Windows Phone games for Easter, offers iOS / Android prices

• Microsoft 'Shopping assistant' patent could help you find Elmo, more time for the kids

• Microsoft kicks off Kinect Accelerator program to take 11 Kinect-centric start-ups to the next level

• Microsoft moves logistics center out of Germany, blames Motorola patent battle

Mobile (75)

• US Cellular, Alltel Wireless team up to launch 'U Prepaid' service in Walmart stores

• South Korea opens up cellphone sales, networks wary of the 'free market'

• Verizon gets new prepaid plans, adds Jetpack hotspot to contract-free lineup

• Report: Gamestop to add Samsung Android devices to trade-in list

• GameStop to offer Android tablet and smartphone trade-ins, give you another excuse to upgrade

• Mobile Miscellany: week of April 23rd, 2012

• Predictably named iPavement puts hotspots into the sidewalk

• iPhone, iPad are tops in enterprise activations

• AT&T stockholders vote down net neutrality proposal

• Verizon ICS update schedule leaks: Rezound, RAZR and Xoom being tested now

• Fujitsu Laboratories wants to take your mobile's 2D videos to another dimension

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 135 - 04.26.2012

• Clearwire's TDD-LTE rolling out in 'early 2013,' coming to NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, Seattle and more

• Sprint Direct Connect brandishes passport, brings push-to-talk to distant shores

• Republic Wireless now issuing invites for summer beta program: is your name on the list?

• Best Buy Connect no longer accepting new activations, service to end June 1st (update: confirmed)

• Congress to examine government's dominance in wireless spectrum

• MetroPCS announces Q1 2012 results: total revenues up, new subscriber growth shrinks

• Two-thirds of Americans unwilling to spend over $50 a month on mobile data, says Parks Associates

• European Patent Office invalidates IPCom 3G patent, gives good news to Nokia and HTC

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast with special guest Chris Davies, live at 5PM ET!

• Sprint confirms unlimited data for next-generation iPhone

• Cheap data just got cheaper at AT&T [Updated with bad news]

• FCC approves transfer of AWS spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile

• Cambridge becomes UK's first White Space city as trials declared a success

• Sprint reports Q1 2012 results: 1.5 million iPhone sales but a $255 million operating loss

• Bell Canada launches revamped push-to-talk service, now with added 4G

• AT&T reports Q1 earnings: $31.8 billion in revenue, 5.5 million smartphones sold

• T-Mobile CEO argues to FCC against Verizon's AWS license acquisition

• Gavin Kim's on the move again, joins NQ Mobile after leaving Windows Phone

• Vodafone looking to buy Cable & Wireless, just can't resist that fibre-optic infrastructure

• New research brings better wireless to remote locations, 80 percent faster GoT downloads

• Virgin and Boost to go 4G, makes Sprint's WiMAX feel wanted

• Mobile Miscellany: week of April 16th, 2012

• WPC updates Qi standard, increases inductive charging distance to 40mm

• Malaysia's Maxis Bhd to offer iPad data plans

• FCC begins tracking wireless carriers' implementation of bill shock notifications

• Verizon shared data plans are due in mid-summer, target users with multiple devices

• AT&T expands its 4G LTE network

• Verizon's vitals: quarterly revenue up five percent to $28 billion, earnings of $1.7 billion

• Verizon announces Global Data Plan, 100MB for $25 a month starting April 23rd

• Verizon selling 700MHz spectrum, but only if government approves its AWS purchase

• AT&T announces new GoPhone data packages are coming on April 22nd

• New Android users in India offered 1GB of free data, courtesy of Google and Reliance

• Sprint tries the subsidized netbook thing again with WiMAX-infused IdeaPad S205s

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 134 - 04.16.2012

• Mobile Miscellany: week of April 9th, 2012

• Republic Wireless opening up reservation system next week in advance of summer beta program

• Sprint will activate LTE on the 800MHz band in 2014

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 2PM ET!

• Verizon Wireless to start charging $30 handset upgrade fee

• Verizon pushes its upgrade fee to $30 on April 22nd

• Buy this book: Darren Murph's 'iPad Secrets'

• US carriers agree to national stolen phone database

• AT&T purportedly unlocks in-contract iPhones for deployed military personnel

• US carriers agree to build stolen phone database, blacklist hot handsets

• Leap Wireless, T-Mobile strike deal to swap spectrum, pending FCC approval

• Most iOS devices in China sold to customers in urban areas

• Mobile Miscellany: week of April 2nd, 2012

• RIM confirms departures of two top BlackBerry, BBM execs

• Panasonic KX-TG7740 and KX-TG7730 cordless phones feature Link2Cell, iPhone ringtone integration

• Nielsen: More people use tablets, smartphones while watching TV

• Samsung rolls out Ultra High Speed microSD cards destined for LTE phones and tablets

• WhatsApp founder says he doesn't want to hurt carriers, much

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 133 - 04.04.2012

• Sky offers free WiFi to broadband customers via 'The Cloud', makes pun writers' jobs too easy

• An iPod touch for kids and parents: one dad's guide

• Bharti Airtel first to deploy LTE in India, launching in Kolkata this month

• Virginia-based nTelos Wireless to sell the iPhone

• Sprint confirms that LTE phones can enjoy unlimited data on Everything plans

• MetroPCS raises unlimited LTE data plan to $70, starts throttling others

• iPhone, iPad owners use Wi-Fi more often than Android users

• Motorola HS1101 and MBP2000PU Android Home Phones get examined, detailed by the FCC

• CSIRO snatches $220m windfall in WiFi patent dispute with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon

• Fujitsu buys out Toshiba's stake in mobile joint venture, division now called Fujitsu Mobile Communications

News (273)

• WoW Moviewatch: Dragonwrath: A Legendary Musical

• Internet speeds drop around the world according to Akamai, adoption rate up

• Daily Update for April 30, 2012

• V.me by Visa coming to the Europe this autumn, cash starts begging for another chance

• The Queue: The deadliest 'do

• Drama Mamas: How to spend time in WoW alone

• LightSquared founder Philip Falcone to step down 'eventually', attempts to dodge the bankruptcy bullet

• Stiq Figures, April 16 - 22: Digital distribution of yore edition

• Refresh Roundup: week of April 23rd, 2012

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: biophotovoltaic table, giant rubber ducky and cushions of shredded cash

• Switched On: Big kicks, not all for starters

• One Shots: Warped

• The Queue: Frank Sinatra

• Sony's Alpha A37 and NEX-F3 pose for the camera, reveal more angles, details

• The Queue: Cat bath

• WRUP: The WoW Insider TV show

• Why some Annual Passholders have yet to receive a beta invite

• Daily Update for April 27, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: The Lich King: Part 4: The Wrath Gate

• Engadget Podcast 291 - 04.27.2012

• Journey Without Words

• Foxconn Brazil workers reportedly threaten to strike

• The Queue: A suburban war

• Sun stops shining on E Ink Holdings: company reports first loss in two years

• Sharp posts $1.4 billion extraordinary loss, refocuses on mobile displays

• TomTom's new sat nav: perfect for your van down by the river

• First image of Sony NEX-F3 leaked, outs 16.1 MP sensor

• Logitech president celebrates end-of-year earnings with management cull

• Daily Update for April 26, 2012

• Walmart's website lets you Pay With Cash, strips away the 'convenience' of shopping online

• The Dangers of Datamining: A cautionary tale of a not-so-evil Magister

• Transmogrifying a tribute to engineering

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• Hybrid will cost $15; beta to kick off at 'the end of this month'

• IndieDevLab offers community space near Moscone if you didn't get a WWDC ticket

• The Queue: Get back into WoW by watching Fraggle Rock

• House passes bill that would call for a single website tracking federal spending

• Free for All: New browser-based converts shine light on issues

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Eight years of city life

• Engadget HD Podcast 296 - 04.25.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: Altoholics Anonymous

• Growing Up Geek: Sarah Silbert

• It came from the Blog: Join us for the Running of the Orphans

• Daily Update for April 25, 2012

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET

• Harvard tired of overpaying for research, tells faculty to open up

• The Queue: Flashback

• Daily Update for April 24, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: slashdance vs. Ulduar

• Is height a requirement for a serious character?

• The Queue: Gummi Bears

• Breakfast Topic: The insomniac's dilemma

• Kohler VibrAcoustic baths bombard your senses with light and sound to drown out stress

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes first Trans-Pacific passenger flight, lands in Boston as JAL 8

• ST-Ericsson to pass off application processor business to STM, cut 1,700 jobs

• Internet Hall of Fame gets first inductees at inaugural event in Switzerland

• Obama cracks down on Iran and Syria's surveillance of dissidents

• Tetris takes over MIT building in case of hack as high art (video)

• WoW Moviewatch: Crueler Heads Prevail

• Nokia begins construction on Vietnamese production facility

• Daily Update for April 23, 2012

• What signals the end of an expansion?

• Officers' Quarters: Dropping the drama totem

• The Queue: Four capital letters

• TiVo quietly rebrands the Premiere Elite DVR as the Premiere XL4 under cover of darkness

• Breakfast Topic: How far do you go for coordination?

• PSA: Fitbit Aria WiFi scale available now for $130

• Refresh Roundup: week of April 16th, 2012

• One Shots: City of who?

• TUAW Talkcast: Rampant speculation and unfounded rumors episode

• The Queue: Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Me too

• Kickstarter alternative 'Gambitious' coming to Europe this summer

• UK department store John Lewis launches broadband service, get in on the ground floor

• New BeoPlay V1 shows up ahead of time, hearts and wallets flutter

• The Mog Log: Giving a shotgun to a bear

• The Queue: There is a light that never goes out

• Animal Crossing beelines into Japanese 3DS territory this fall

• WoW Moviewatch: Castle in the Sky

• The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET!

• Storyboard: One hundred moments and done

• Nissan adopts 15 EV chargers, is first on nappy duty (video)

• Daily Update for April 20, 2012

• Rise of the Fund-it Pundits

• Engadget Podcast 290 - 04.20.2012

• Inmarsat hands LightSquared a lifeline, hopes to get that $56 million back later

• Second Perth, Australia store set to open

• The Lawbringer: Tying up Etsy, Annual Pass loose ends

• Has the beta changed your mind about Pandaria?

• The Queue: The 18th pale descendant of some old queen or other

• Drama Mamas: Love triangle or just stay friends?

• Hardest working man on the internet passes one million Wikipedia edits

• The Daily Grind: Is there such thing as too much new content?

• Daily Update for April 19, 2012

• Chumby halts hardware sales, long-term support looking mighty unlikely

• WoW Moviewatch: Warcraft Themes Covered on Guitar

• Intuit GoPayment goes live in Canada, more rectangular than Square

• Click the Lightwell -- no, really ...

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• NAB 2012 wrap-up

• Scattered Shots: Masses of hunter beta changes

• The OverAchiever: Eat cookies, feel better

• The Queue: The Real Ghostbusters

• Barclays releases PayTag: the NFC card you glue to your phone (video)

• YouTube wants more videos to have background music, adds audio editor

• Engadget HD Podcast 295 - 04.18.2012

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Status report, last year

• The alt deficiency

• WoW Moviewatch: Starcraft in Azeroth

• GoPro HD Hero 2's free ProTune upgrade will add 24fps and higher bitrates

• More images and details emerge about Ikea's Uppleva

• Daily Update for April 18, 2012

• When players cross the line to harassment

• Blurb and CGX partner for print-on-demand workflow

• The Queue: Flashback to me

• Breakfast Topic: Tell me about your fail

• DirecTV DVRs available in over 100 hotels, never miss the restaurant opening times again

• DTS and SRS Labs to combine into one big happy family

• JINX reveals its spring collection

• Sharp readying 1/2.3-inch, 20.2-megapixel CCD destined for noisy point-and-shoots

• Daily Update for April 17, 2012

• The Soapbox: The curious case of Vanguard

• Reader UI of the Week: Vondak knows presentation is everything

• Philippe Starck reportedly working on Jobs family yacht

• Breakfast Topic: Things we love

• Philips' L Prize-winning light bulb goes on sale Sunday, priced between $20 and $60

• HTC moves aside CFO who oversaw $300 million Beats Audio deal (update)

• THX manages AV settings for pros and consumers with Cinespace HD and Media Director

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: April 9-15, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: Fear and Loathing in Pandaria: Ragefire Chasm Repopulated

• Daily Update for April 16, 2012

• What makes a "good" reputation grind?

• Blackmagic Cinema Camera packs 'feature film' 2.5K quality, touchscreen for $2,995

• We're live from NAB 2012 in Las Vegas!

• Drama Mamas: When casual raiding is neither casual nor raiding

• The Queue: Discussion Queue

• Vatican and Oxford libraries scan ancient works, let scholars stay in their armchairs

• RED unveils Dragon sensor upgrade, turns Epic and Scarlet into a 6K camera

• Roku 2 XD and Roku 2 XS launch today in Canada with over 100 channels

• Refresh Roundup: week of April 9th, 2012

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: AirPro Edition!

• Band Pro seeking damages against ARRI and Michael Bravin, expects to get its data back

• The Queue: My dog is insane

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Madness

• Best Buy details its 50 big box store shutdowns in the US, most will close by May 12th

• Canon 'examining countermeasures' for 5D Mark IIIs experiencing top LCD light leak problem

• The Mog Log: Ain't what she used to be

• The Queue: Natural selection

• Breakfast Topic: Who is that guy in the tapestry?

• Dolby Labs and Philips unveil Dolby 3D tech, want to deliver glasses-free 3D in HD

• Game Iberia's 291 stores sold to UK buyer's 'sister company'

• Storyboard: To say nothing of cute shoes

• Canon firmware update for XF camcorders incoming, brings broadcast friendly format along

• Ten-year-old makes audio-only game for his blind grandmother

• WRUP: Get there early and save!

• WoW Moviewatch: Fear and Loathing in Pandaria: Scholomance Re-Educated

• The Engadget Show returns Friday, April 20th!

• Daily Update for April 13, 2012

• Engadget Podcast 289 - 04.13.2012

• The Lawbringer: Mail bag 11

• Weapons of Lore: Atiesh and Andonisus, Reaper of Souls

• The Queue: Adjacent office Peggy watches you work

• Japanese watchdog agency wants to fine Olympus $2.5 million

• Distro Issue 36 lands with The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, the New York International Auto Show, Ultrabooks and Nikon's D4

• European Commission outlines plans for Internet of Things regulation

• Portuguese opposition party wants 'terabyte tax,' voters want a new opposition party

• Breakfast Topic: Why I hate holidays

• Time Warner and Verizon begin selling bundled packages just to annoy regulators

• Student's push to make Raleigh more walkable relies on homemade signs and QR codes

• WoW Moviewatch: Reality

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• Daily Update for April 12, 2012

• CE-Oh no he didn't!: Tony Fadell calls Honeywell out on patent claims

• The Queue: Oceanic

• US Court: Code isn't property, therefore it can't be stolen

• Canon unveils EOS-1D C and C500 4K Cinema cameras, two new lenses ahead of NAB (updated)

• Transmogrify your blood elf into the druid of your dreams

• BT super-charges fiber-optic broadband today, for the lucky few who can get it

• Australia pondering joining e-book lawsuit bandwagon

• WoW Moviewatch: The Westfall Trail

• Kyocera joins forces with IHI and Mizuho on 70-megawatt solar plant

• It's time for spring cleaning!

• 2012 Arena Pass registration now open

• The Engadget Interview: ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg on Exede and the future of in-flight WiFi

• The Queue: Virgil was an arakkoa

• The Daily Grind: How would you improve tutorials?

• The Soapbox: If you want to sell special items, just do it already

• Daily Update for April 10, 2012

• Engadget HD Podcast 294 - 04.10.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: 30% Nerf

• Reader UI of the Week: Puddinpop adds on with a larger screen

• Ancestry.com offers 'most comprehensive' Titanic records, not in 3D

• The Queue: A sloth

• Insert Coin: The PowerPot portable electric generator (video)

• Iran swapping internet for intranet in August (update)

• Commodore founder and former Atari owner Jack Tramiel passes away

• Toshiba Camileo Air10 WiFi camcorder available now for $160 from HSN

• Beta Testing 101: How to write a good bug report on the forums

• Daily Update for April 9, 2012

• Woman on dating gameshow plays WoW, host is amazed

• WoW Moviewatch: Edge of Time III

• Drama Mamas: More unwanted sexual attention

• NYC phone booths to get second lives as slate stalls

• MV Guide: April 9 - 15, 2012

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: April 2-8, 2012

• Japanese hardware sales, March 26 - April 1: Stiq Figures edition

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: autos galore, electric trees and the world's largest rooftop farm

• Refresh Roundup: week of April 2nd, 2012

• Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Fighting Flashback

• One Shots: A new dawn

• The Queue: Paneling

• Yes, even more leaked Assassin's Creed 3 screens

• The Mog Log: Head of the newer class

• Nokia's free color 710 covers are amazing every day, during April at least

• The Tattered Notebook: The great big news roundup

• WoW Moviewatch: Fear and Loathing in Pandaria: Scarlet Monastery Reloaded

• Weapons of Lore: Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker

• Storyboard: Police state

• The Queue: False alarm

• Engadget Podcast 288 - 04.05.2012

• Shocker: People who read e-books read more

• Daily Update for April 5, 2012

• Caption Contest: HTC's down-to-earth photo shoot

• WoW Moviewatch: Fear and Loathing in Pandaria: The Jade Forest

• Nest Thermostat update adds 10-day history, helps send chilly air through the home

• Royal Canadian Mint aims to kickstart digital currency with MintChip developer challenge

• WoW Moviewatch: Mists of Pandaria Beta is Not a Joke

• Wolfheart audiobook on sale now, listen to samples for free

• Daily Update for April 4, 2012

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Steve and Jeff's Excellent Adventure

• TomTom releases fix for leap year bug, gets GPS devices back on course

• Use your iPhone to create a custom T-shirt

• Sonos listens to reason, drops dedicated controller in favor of smartphone apps

• Dropbox doubles referral rewards, offers up to 32GB for those dripping in charisma

• Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite pet?

• Engadget HD Podcast 293 - 04.03.2012

• Pioneer adds two new Elite receivers to its 2012 lineup

• WoW Moviewatch: Aquaman's Lament

• The Soapbox: Casual is as casual does

• Devil May Cry HD Collection requests your dope/crazy combos, please

• Yamaha RX-V573 and RX-V473 receivers include AirPlay integration, 4K passthrough

• Reader UI of the Week: Navigator plots a course to UI satisfaction

• Shifting Perspectives: The joy of panic

• Daily Update for April 3, 2012

• PlayStation 3 gets Amazon Instant Video ... kinda out of nowhere

• PAL-V ONE makes maiden voyage, gives new meaning to 'Flying Dutchman' (video)

• Sony PMW-100 camcorder brings 50Mbps bitrate in an itty-bitty package

• Canon EOS 60Da: the DSLR for that astrophotographer in your life

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow producer teasing new game, namedrops Dracula

• WoW Moviewatch: Caution Jig!

• Of monks, mains, and the ability to change

• Terrafugia Transition production prototype completes first flight, set to land at NY Auto Show this Friday

• Rock of Ages gets Steam-exclusive 'Block of Ages' update; PS3 version launching in May with 'secret bonus content'

• Daily Update for April 2, 2012

• Officers' Quarters: Desperate appointments

• Drama Mamas: Should a WoW widow become a WoW player?

• The Queue: That one drop

• MV Guide: April 1 - 8, 2012

• Application Developers Alliance reveals its founding directors

• The Daily Grind: Is maintenance mode better than nothing at all?

• Kaleidescape DVD servers granted a temporary stay

• Refresh Roundup: week of March 26th, 2012

• One Shots: Bringing it back for realsies

• Will TUAW skip its Talkcast tonight?

• Switched On: Angry Nerds

• Assassin's Creed on Kinect makes people look like Fools, also it's April

• MetaMetaCritic, the reviewer-review aggregator [April Fools]

• The Queue: April Lovefool's Day

• Can ThinkGeek's April product introductions get any geekier?

• One Shots: Botanical bliss

• Arsegate: Does using the iPad cause hemorrhoids?

• Previously On MVTV: The week of March 24th

• One Shots is back! Long live One Shots!

Nintendo (78)

• Cave Story+ hits the 3DS eShop soon, separate from Cave Story 3D

• Nintendo 3DS turning purple on May 20th, takes a bruising from the ugly stick

• Nintendo's 'Midnight Purple' 3DS made official, eggplanting at retailers on May 20

• Mysterious Sam's Club listing for 'Midnight Purple' 3DS surfaces

• VVVVVV hits European eShop on May 10

• 'Majority' of first-party 3DS and Wii U games to be sold digitally on Nintendo eShop

• Leaked Rayman Legends for Wii U trailer showcases NFC feature (video)

• Nintendo predicts combined Wii U and Wii console sales of 10.5 million by March 31, 2013

• Nintendo aims to flog 18 million 3DS, up to 10.5 million home consoles this fiscal year

• Nintendo expects to double 3DS sales by this time next year

• Nintendo's gunning for retailers, expanding eShop offerings for Wii U, 3DS

• Rayman Legends video leaks for Wii U

• Wii U retail games will be sold digitally at launch

• Nintendo releasing retail games on 3DS eShop, starting with New Super Mario Bros. 2

• NintendoWare Weekly: An actual Virtual Console game

• Sakurai: 3DS/Wii U 'dual support' is 'key' for next Super Smash Bros.

• Dragon Quest X goes online in Japan August 2

• Nintendo reports $461.2 million in losses for fiscal 2011

• Nintendo confirms that it's selling 3DS at a loss, expects that to change

• 3DS sold under cost since price cut, Nintendo 'hoping' to profit by March 2013

• Nintendo reports first annual operating loss, Apple to blame

• Nintendo posts first annual loss of $460 million, predicts turnaround next year

• PSA: Nintendo 3DS firmware update now live in North America

• 3DS system update live in North America, adds folder organization

• New Play Control! Pikmin 2 lands in North America this June

• Fort Atlantic releases new album on modded NES cartridge, no chiptunes in sight

• Kingdom Hearts 3D closes the Dream Drop Distance in Europe July 20

• Stiq Figures, April 9 - 15: Kirby edition

• New Super Mario Bros. 2 also hits North America this August

• 3DS firmware update promises folders, less cluttered home screens on April 25th

• Nintendo celebrates Kirby's 20th Anniversary on Wii

• New Super Mario Bros. 2 hitting this August in Japan

• 3DS firmware update on April 25 makes it easier to organize Home menu

• Pokemon AR Searcher, updated Pokedex 3D coming to 3DS eShop

• Portabliss: Amoebattle (iOS, DSiWare)

• Nintendo Direct time travels with news tonight, tomorrow, yesterday

• Pre-order Theatrhythm for adorable stylus, and adorable stickers to put on it

• Touring the Louvre with a 3DS

• Transmog Inspirations: WoW meets Nintendo, part 2

• NintendoWare Weekly: 3D Classics: Kid Icarus

• Nintendo launching 3DS in Korea on April 28

• Why Xenoblade Chronicles represents the past, present, and future of Japanese gaming

• Nintendo patents handheld game emulation on 'low-capability' systems

• Nintendo granted patent for emulating handheld consoles and software

• Beamdog: No Baldur's Gate for Wii U, bad Nintendo experience to blame

• Nintendo's Wii U Mario reveal based on E3 2011 Mario demo

• Miyamoto promises Pikmin reveal at E3 2012

• Kickstarter seeks funds for many Lego bricks to make Super Mario Bros. world 1-1

• Nicalis remaking 1,000 Spikes for Wii U and 3DS eShop

• Nintendo showing Wii U Mario game at E3

• Insert Coin: 'Epic Mario' aims to build entire Super Mario Bros. Level 1-1 with Legos (video)

• Play some card games with the cast of Zelda

• Pick up some Kid Icarus AR cards today at GameStop

• NPD: Kid Icarus Uprising sold 140K units in March, Resident Evil Revelations sold 122K

• The Louvre now offering 3DS guides

• Miyamoto interested in revisiting A Link to the Past

• Nintendo registers 'Super Mario 4' domain

• NintendoWare Weekly: Ketzal's Corridors, Anne's Doll Studio: Tokyo Collection

• Nintendo puts 3DS in the Louvre, France remains generally indifferent

• Shigeru Miyamoto admits he's a fan of Angry Birds, just like the rest of us

• Japanese magazine spills info on Pokemon Black & White 2

• Miyamoto enjoys Angry Birds, sees inspiration to create 'unexpected new things'

• Xenoblade Chronicles available on GameFly

• SRPG 'Project X Zone' is Namco, Sega, and Capcom's 3DS crossover

• Joel McHale, an intern, a bunch of models, and the Nintendo 3DS

• Mario Tennis Open puts a new spin on an old classic

• Nintendo's Kid Icarus: Uprising cosplayer is Pit (and not the pits)

• Your Japanese SNES Warlock game supply is secure at PAX East

• Old-school Sega dev Hirokazu Yasuhara starts work at Nintendo

• Xenoblade Chronicles director naturally influenced by Western design; details changes for NA/EU version

• NintendoWare Weekly: Colors! 3D

• Nintendo 3DS outselling four Sony devices in Japan, now has 65 percent of the market

• Watch Pokemon Conquest trailers, lament Nobunaga's omission

• Amoebattle on App Store today, DSiWare version coming soon

• Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion returns to the Castle

• Gearbox boss says impressive Wii U 'a really nice bridge' to the next generation

• Club Nintendo offers You, Me, the Cubes, Excitebike, and Metal Torrent

• Mario Tennis Open, Spirit Camera playable at PAX East

PC Gaming (309)

• A first look at Mists of Pandaria professions: Alchemy

• Tribes: Ascend puts together a beta infographic

• EVE Online celebrates nine years of internet spaceships

• TERA Europe offers bonus items and skins to prepurchase customers

• Allods Online's patch 3.0.2 bringing mentor system, new Astral space

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dungeon Siege 3 PC deeply discounted on Amazon this week

• Captain's Log: Interview with Star Trek Online lead writer Christine Thompson, part two

• Wings Over Atreia: Aion your way

• See Guild Wars 2's Lion's Arch for the first time

• Battlestar Galactica Online inches toward 10M players, hands out swag for anniversary

• SWTOR preps character transfer service for this summer

• Around Azeroth: Deep impact

• The Daily Grind: Did you participate in the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend?

• EVE Evolved: Four years of EVE Evolved

• How to get all the Children's Week pets in one year

• Rise and Shiny: Gemstone IV

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: An expensive place of worship

• Guild Wars 2 resumes digital sales, addresses denied accounts

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Rage forever changes in the Mists of Pandaria

• Modern Warfare 3 'Content Collection' coming to PC in May

• The basics of prepping for pandaren roleplay

• The Tattered Notebook: EQII's hidden gems for low-level explorers

• The Road to Mordor: Is LotRO's questing system over the hill?

• Guild Wars: What keeps fans coming back

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: CSI Pandaria

• Dungeon Defenders 'Aquanos' DLC flows onto Steam

• Star Wars: The Old Republic answers a new set of community questions

• The diary of a murderous skier: My first two weeks with Tribes: Ascend

• EVE Online's CSM 7 looks toward the future, opens communication

• Raid Rx: The outlook for holy paladins in Mists of Pandaria

• Tribes: Ascend has over 800K registered accounts

• Allods Online to add new features, anniversary gifts

• Phat Loot Phriday: Gilnean Raven

• Chi: World of Warcraft's new resource for monks

• The Firing Line: Five reasons to love Tribes: Ascend

• Dragon Soul: Power of the Aspects buff rises to 20% next week

• Some Assembly Required: Ten years warp by for Vendetta Online

• TERA EU head start begins today, US to follow tomorrow [Updated]

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: The Darkshore missile crisis

• THQ sells off budget PC game publisher ValuSoft

• Get into the Neverwinter beta by pre-ordering Torchlight II

• Blizzard MVPs create Cross-Realm Rated Battlegrounds site

• Guild Wars 2 sells out of digital editions

• Addon Spotlight: Revisiting OPie

• WoW Moviewatch: What Have You Done?

• How to get Warcraft in your social life and news feeds

• Portal 2 puzzle editor DLC warps to PC and Mac May 8

• Requiem: Momento Mori now streaming to your browser

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Wrathion's return?

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Them!

• SWTOR is launching in the Middle East and select European countries today

• Champions Online gives you the chance to design an in-game villain

• The OverAchiever: Guide to Children's Week 2012

• Breakfast Topic: How would you introduce a complete beginner to WoW?

• MechWarrior Tactics fires off trailer featuring cinematic replay

• Torchlight 2 available for pre-purchase on Steam

• Video: Mists of Pandaria Pet Battles

• Get lost in TERA's Labyrinth of Terror

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The Angler's Wharf makes the perfect fishing hideaway

• Take a tour of Guild Wars 2's Asuran starting experience... for science!

• Why I Play: Lord of the Rings Online

• Skill Mastery: Dragon Roar a crit among new level 60 warrior talents

• Choose My Adventure: Next stop, City of Heroes

• Modern Warfare 3 gets a free Steam weekend, we've never heard of it

• See Eveningstar under siege in new DDO expansion screenshots

• Around Azeroth: It's-a me, Mario!

• Guild Wars 2 Facebook milestone brings new art, more to come

• Steam for Linux is coming, and after waiting epochs what's a few more months?

• 'War of the Roses' and 'Chivalry' wage war without all the nonsense

• Dead Space games are dead cheap on Steam

• ArenaNet reveals world transfer details for Guild Wars 2

• New achievements in the Mists of Pandaria beta

• New companion pets coming to the Mists of Pandaria beta

• More mounts in the Mists of Pandaria beta

• Anno 2070 dives deep to extract expansion this fall

• Play Runes of Magic in your browser (if you're in Europe)

• Lichborne: Unholy first impressions in the Mists of Pandaria beta

• Diablo 3 beta pulled 300K simultaneous players into its special little hell

• Celebrate Lord of the Rings Online's 5th Anniversary with free stuff from Massively!

• Totem Talk: Mists talents for restoration shaman, tier by tier

• Test drive a new BMW in Auto Club Revolution

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare scribbled in Steam registry

• Crysis 3 intended to have DirectX 11 support on PC from day one

• BioWare strikes back at reports that SWTOR's subs are declining

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Part man, part monkey, definitely

• Drakensang Online compares itself to Diablo III and Torchlight II

• VIM Adventures teaches you keyboard shortcuts, :%s/n00b/pro/gc in no time

• Xsyon hosts 10-day welcome back promotion

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 242: Magnetic bracelets do not have special magic healing powers

• Get an introduction to Tribes: Ascend, see what updates are en route

• PSA: Serious Sam 3: BFE has an encounter with Mac today

• GameStop touts large selection of in-store downloadable PC games

• Captain's Log: Interview with Star Trek Online lead writer Christine Thompson, part one

• Reminder: WoW Annual Pass last chance April 30

• Guild Wars 2 gets all social before the beta weekend [Updated]

• Find out if your PC meets Max Payne 3's minimum requirements

• Did flying mounts ruin Azeroth?

• MapleStory proclaims Alliance Eternal this week

• Two Bosses Enter: Season 3 finale, Echo of Sylvanas vs. Murozond

• PSA: Sniper Elite V2 demo available on Steam now

• EU TERA fans petition to bring the blood back

• Around Azeroth: Everything burns and nothing is beautiful

• Deepworld launches Kickstarter project to help fund a Mac beta

• Blood Pact: 4 thoughts on destruction in Mists of Pandaria

• Screen Grabs: Serena's packing Steam, Gossip Girl turns gamer

• GOG gifts bonuses to miffed Botanicula pre-orderers

• EVE Evolved: Mining returns with Inferno

• Shifting Perspectives: Another look at what Symbiosis means for druids

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive SDK to drop three months after full title

• Illyriad MMORTS adding emergent mob distribution

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: The temple of doom

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: A simpler and more variable arms spec for Mists

• First ASUS G55VW gaming laptop configuration spotted and priced

• Around Azeroth: I can't believe I screenshotted the whole thing

• WRUP: Panda and demon betas reign

• GOG takes half off Nordic catalog pricing; plus Witcher for $5

• WoW Insider's guide to being a productive Mists of Pandaria beta tester

• Phat Loot Phriday: Warrior Tier 14: The Bladinating

• Massively to co-host STO panel at the Official Star Trek Convention

• Around Azeroth: A slow boil

• Diablo 3 beta open to all this weekend

• Diablo III roars into an open beta weekend

• Breakfast Topic: Do you play WoW with your significant other?

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Yes, I've seen your bear Tibbers

• A beginner's guide to getting started in WoW Lore

• Dungeons & Dragons Online invites players to build a guild

• Final 400,000 Annual Pass Mists of Pandaria beta invites sent out

• Quake 4 is up for download on Macs

• Guild Wars 2 releases underwater concept art

• Otherland alpha sign-ups begin

• Analyst says SWTOR subs peaked at 1.7 million, now declining

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: It could happen to you

• Addon Spotlight Alternatives: Boss mods

• Retired Boeing 737 repurposed as garage-kept flight simulator (video)

• What are WoW players searching for on Google?

• MechWarrior Online devs field 'Mech customization queries

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 241

• GameFly adds BioShock, Civ 4 and X-Com: Enforcer to unlimited PC service

• Guild Wars 2 announces first beta weekend for April 27th to 29th

• Raid Rx: An overview of druids in Mists of Pandaria

• Around Azeroth: Horde crossing

• Digital Storm launches Marauder series of desktop PCs for gamers on a budget

• Extensive Max Payne 3 PC download pre-order incentives on Amazon

• PSA: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet PC out now

• Diablo III punches things up with a new Monk video and the end of beta

• Aion gives Pando Media Booster the boot [Updated]

• Star Wars: The Old Republic hosting a weekend trial while plague expands

• WoW Moviewatch: Peaches

• Walk softly and carry a big stick with City of Heroes' new Staff Fighting powerset

• Super Monday Night Combat accidentally hits Steam, dev rolls with it

• Lichborne: The latest Mists of Pandaria beta updates for death knights

• Spiritual Guidance: New priest talents in the Mists of Pandaria beta

• SWTOR's official website receives a facelift

• En Masse highlights shiny TERA launch features

• Turbine shows off new DDO expansion beasties

• Original source code for Prince of Persia posted to Github

• Two Bosses Enter: Murozond vs. Mannoroth

• RIFT community team livestreaming Infernal Dawn tomorrow

• Blizzard highlights customer support changes coming in patch 4.3.4

• Captain's Log: Interview with Star Trek Online's Executive Producer, Daniel Stahl

• 3 items to unload and 3 to stock up on before Mists of Pandaria

• Wings Over Atreia: 3.0 -- it's heeere!

• LotRO launches its Fifth Anniversary Festival

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Tensions are running high

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The return of Hemet Nesingwary

• A land corrupted and a city under seige: A look at GU63 with the EQII team

• 'Velen: Prophet's Lesson' concludes leader short stories

• Shifting Perspectives: First thoughts on ferals in the Mists of Pandaria beta

• Around Azeroth: Wardrobe malfunctions

• CryEngine SDK 3.4 update shows off its pretty planes

• Arcane Brilliance: A look at frost PvE in Mists of Pandaria

• A Virus Named Tom looks pretty adorbs, downloadable now on Desura

• The Tattered Notebook: Skyshrine, mercs, Qeynos, and shields that roar

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: How Mists of Pandaria exposes the warrior past

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

• Dig into Krater for Windows on June 12, for Mac in July

• SWTOR extends free game time promotion beyond level 50 characters

• Fallen Earth dev blog details Haven revamp

• Ghostcrawler talks demonology warlocks in Mists of Pandaria

• Win a Wizard101 rare mount package from Massively!

• Aion adds map-drawing functionality, smiley-faces ensue

• Champions Online's On Alert launches, we interview Rob Overmeyer

• En Masse Entertainment wraps up TERA closed beta weekends

• SWTOR shuts down servers for most of the day for emergency maintenance [Updated]

• XLGAMES teases ArcheAge soundtrack download

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: The real siege of Orgrimmar

• Valve job listing points to hardware plans for 'whole new gaming experiences'

• Clash of Heroes free-to-play this weekend on Steam

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Character copy maintenance

• Notch explores 0x10c with more early screens

• Wizard101 throws massive mount sale

• SWTOR launches the legacy patch, new operation video, and rewards for loyalists

• Addon Spotlight: Grind in style with Factionizer

• Scattered Shots: Hunter pet plan in Mists of Pandaria

• Golf MMO Pangya United celebrates three years with item giveaway

• PSA: Tribes: Ascend takes off its training wheels, launches today

• The Guild Counsel: What the WoW speed dating video really tells us about gaming

• Nothing like a June wedding ... in Azeroth

• WildStar Wednesday tours Algoroc

• The returning-to-WoW checklist

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Warning signs

• Fishing, survival, and dragons: The Trion Team talks about RIFT's 1.8 update

• Star Trek Online adds Ferengi lock boxes and in-game store

• Breakfast Topic: Who's your most hated boss of Cataclysm?

• The Daily Grind: Has F2P piqued your interest in Aion?

• 250,000 more MoP beta invites are on their way

• Ranked PvP to be cut from SWTOR's Legacy patch

• Shadowrun Returns: $1 million in pledges guarantee Linux port

• RIFT unveils changes to queued quest reward system

• EVE Online offers video cards for PLEX

• Win a trip to Turbine by making a LotRO fifth anniversary fan video

• Predicting Mists of Pandaria's release date

• Aion: Ascension launches and class begins

• The Light and How to Swing It: Observing retribution on the Mists beta

• Dark Souls for PC announced, masochism begins August 24

• Choose My Adventure: Dark Age of Camelot, week five

• Quake 4 relaunches on June 19 for $20

• Why I Play: EverQuest II

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Fishin' and survivin'

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Fields of pink

• Entropia Universe brings recruiting app to Facebook

• Crysis 3 accidentally revealed by EA's Origin service

• Star Wars: The Old Republic's patch 1.2 goes live April 12th

• TERA announces open beta and head start schedules

• 5 monk abilities that should have you excited for Mists of Pandaria

• Lichborne: The DPS presence issue in Mists of Pandaria

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New jewelcrafting panther mount models

• KingsIsle releases more Wizard101 expansion details

• Around Azeroth: Portals upon portals

• Totem Talk: First impressions of restoration shaman in Mists of Pandaria

• This Too Shall Pass: Balance and imbalance in World of Warcraft

• Wings Over Atreia: Clean up on aisle four

• Raid Rx: Mistweaver Monk 101

• Weekend warrior: Two days with TERA's beta berserker

• Fortnite listing changed from PC to TBD after follow-up

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Drinking like a fishman

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: First impressions of monk leveling

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Scarlet Monastery revamp

• Rumor: It still looks like Dark Souls is coming to PC

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Jump in the line

• Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite emote in WoW?

• Making a new friend in Orcs Must Die! 2

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Protection Warriors in Mists of Pandaria

• Arcane Brilliance: A first look at fire mages in Mists of Pandaria

• Mike Capps: Epic Games has a PC-exclusive game in the works

• Around Azeroth: Get off my back

• ArenaNet clarifies Guild Wars 2 CE pre-purchase options

• PAX East 2012: SWTOR 1.2 coming next week

• Amazon offers exclusive mount for TERA pre-orders

• Nexon, Valve announce Counter-Strike Online 2 for Asian territories

• PAX East 2012: World of Warplanes impressions

• AirMech is a hardcore browser game for Chrome (with more platforms to come)

• How to prepare your character to copy over to the MoP beta

• New PvP warzone coming with SWTOR's Legacy patch

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Starting at the bottom

• Karos Online shutting down, Rosh Online welcoming refugees

• PAX East 2012: Cryptic shows new Neverwinter trailer

• Taking charge of your gold in the first days of Mists of Pandaria

• Sins of a Solar Empire engages digital distribution systems June 12

• Corsair debuting Vengeance gaming headset, PC case at PAX East

• Phantasy Star Online 2 posts a benchmark and character creator for all [Updated]

• Massively Exclusive: Trion previews End of Nations' armory

• Scattered Shots: Hunter AoE in Mists of Pandaria

• Witcher 1: Enhanced Edition now on OSX, Witcher 2: EE gets free backup on GOG.com

• Fallout free on GOG.com for the next 48 hours

• Addon Spotlight: QuestHubber is awesome for the next few months

• BioWare kicks off SWTOR's third weekend free trial

• Why Game of Throne's Hodor has come back to the World of Warcraft

• Ticket to Ride coming to the Mac

• The Queue: WoW Insider hats

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: The carrot and the stick

• Wings Over Atreia: An interview sheds light on the new BlackCloud

• How to use WoW Insider's new comment system

• Breakfast Topic: Your WoW newbie confessions

• Aion opens the BlackCloud Marketplace, adds eternal weapon

• Blizzard is sending out another 250,000 beta invites

• WoW Insider receives new comment system, apocalypse imminent

• Mists of Pandaria beta: A guide to pandaren pronunciation

• Linux Tycoon game lets you 'create' your own distro, neck beard not required

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution sneaks to Mac on April 26

• A spoiler-free look at the Mists of Pandaria beta

• Step inside MechWarrior Online's MechLab and choose your weapon

• WoW Insider's Weekly Webcomic: Safe Passage -- Convergence

• Choose My Adventure: Dark Age of Camelot, week four

• 2012 World of Warcraft Arena Pass coming soon

• BioWare shows off SWTOR's customizable UI in new video

• Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion transmits intro cinematic

• Blizzard blog explains how to send or receive a Scroll of Resurrection

• En Masse shares new TERA argon lore, screens

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier presented on PC June 12

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Mysterious ruins found beneath Scarlet Halls

• EVE launches in Japan, adds multilingual search tool

• Around Azeroth: Bring me a shrubbery!

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 239: Garrosh has that with giant fangs in his face

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Beware of Darkmoon Rabbits

• Take a peek at RIFT's shiny Infernal Dawn concept art

• EVE Online fixes boomerang exploit

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Temple of the Jade Serpent overview

• Mists of Pandaria: Glyphmas 2012 for scribes is right around the corner

• Leaderboard: Ultima Online vs. EverQuest vs. Asheron's Call

• Around Azeroth: A girl could feel special on any such like

• Blood Pact: Some advice for newbie affliction warlocks

• Breakfast Topic: Sightseeing in Pandaria

• Valve puts fake Half-Life: Episode 3 listing on Steam for April Fools' Day [Update: Nope]

• EVE Evolved: Setting the record straight

• Report: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP coming to Steam

• The Light and How to Swing It: Major AoE healing changes in the Mists beta

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Bunnicula!

• Breakfast Topic: How do you feel about Mists of Pandaria spoilers?

PlayStation (62)

• Vita's MGS HD Collection listed with June 12 launch in America, 'late June' in Europe

• Who we'd like to see in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

• God of War: Ascension takes godslaying online with multiplayer focus

• Mortal Kombat Vita also includes exclusive klassic kostumes for female ninjas

• PS3 added to Mass Effect 3 multiplayer weekends, now and forever

• Redeem your EVE Fanfest code for DUST 514 beta access

• PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale smashes through the PlayStation library

• PixelJunk 4am beta now available to non-NA PS Plus subscribers

• PSOne Classic for Vita released early in Europe, doesn't work yet

• DUST 514 dev blog outlines dynamic battlefield mechanics

• Skullgirls comes to Euro PSN May 2, original soundtrack available online

• 'Resistance: The Trilogy' pops up on Amazon France with May 16 launch

• PSN Tuesday: Skype, The Walking Dead, Battlefield 3

• PS Plus offers free Awesomenauts, Rock of Ages, Symphony of the Night, more in May

• Nyko's PlayStation Vita speaker stand goes on sale for $30, Power Grip still MIA

• Skype video coming to Vita today

• Skype launches on PS Vita, can do video calls in the middle of gaming sessions (video)

• Mortal Kombat Vita to include exclusive klassic kostumes

• Sony registers domain for 'PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'

• Battlefield 3, Darkstalkers 3 and some other stuff hits PSN April 24

• GameStop drops $50 from PS3 price

• Pulled PSP titles restored to the Vita, security holes covered with tape

• Just look at this PS Move steering wheel patent

• Sony working to bring Mass Effect 3 multiplayer events to PS3

• Mortal Kombat Vita ad brings Mileena to the middle of the desert, leaves her there

• PSA: Modern Warfare 3 fires off 'Content Collection #1' on PSN today

• PlayStation Suite enters open beta, some details emerge

• God of War: Ascension officially revealed [update: director is Todd Papy]

• CCP shows off seven years of DUST 514 skill training

• PlayStation Suite's 'open beta' SDK available to download now

• ToeJam & Earl dev hiring for new Sony game

• Kevin Butler is DLC in LittleBigPlanet Karting

• Vita action game 'Soul Sacrifice' revealed in Famitsu ad

• PSN Tuesday: House of the Dead 4, StarDrone Extreme, Disgaea 3

• PS Vita getting 3 free apps: Paint Park, Treasure Park and Wake Up Club

• Faux PS4 built based on rumored specs, gets rumored results

• Sony Japan blends the Torne PS3 TV tuner with 500GB of NAS, calls it Nasne

• Gravity Rush demo floats to PSN on May 29 in NA, May 30 in EU

• PSA: PlayStation Network goes down for maintenance from 9am EST

• PSA: 13-hour PSN maintenance begins tomorrow morning

• Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown PS3 sticks show up in the US this summer

• Red 320GB PS3 takes a trip to the UK

• StarDrone Extreme swings onto North American Vitas next week

• Report: Gravity Rush demo falling to European Vitas on May 30

• Study this Class of Heroes 2 trailer

• PS Vita gets (another) firmware update, free-to-play Montezuma Blitz available now

• Legend of Dragoon lands on US PSN on May 1

• Uncharted 3's discarded level ideas

• Demon's Souls to be taken offline on May 31

• PSN Tuesday: Skullgirls, Episodes from Liberty City, Persona 3 FES

• Vita Street Fighter X Tekken has cross-platform online multiplayer with PS3 [update: screens and video]

• Persona 3: FES socially linked with PSN tomorrow

• Zen Pinball 2 flies out of the chute on PS3 and PS Vita this spring

• Skullgirls hits PSN on April 10

• DUST 514 dev blog details vehicle roles

• XSEED bringing Way of the Samurai 4 to North America as a digital PS3 release

• PlayStation Vita 1.66 firmware update rolling out now, minor UI tweaks in tow

• PSN Tuesday: Wheels of Destruction, I Am Alive, Canabalt

• Alice in Wonderland DLC makes a very important date with LittleBigPlanet

• PSN Spring Fever extended: Mortal Kombat diskounts tomorrow

• PS Vita software update 1.65 adjusts sleep timer

• PS3/Vita title Warrior's Lair not canceled, says Sony

Reviews (131)

• BlackBerry Music Gateway hands-on (video)

• Dish Hopper whole-home DVR review

• Acer Iconia Tab A510 review

• How would you change the LG Nitro HD?

• Rocketfish's Sound Prism is triangu-lovely

• Bloodforge review: God of sore ... thumbs

• IRL: gfxCardStatus, Nyko Charge Base 3 for PS3 and the OG iPad

• Legend of Grimrock review: Less is more

• Fujifilm X-Pro1 mirrorless camera review

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The best quest ever

• Hot shoe adapter for Sony NEX-5 and NEX-5N gets the hands-on treatment

• iFixit tears open an HP Z1, finds it impossibly easy to repair

• Prototype 2 review: Stalkin' New York

• Lava's Medfield-based Xolo X900 smartphone gets reviewed by AnandTech

• EyeRing finger-mounted connected cam captures signs and dollar bills, identifies them with OCR (hands-on)

• Perifoveal Display tracks head positioning, highlights changing data on secondary LCDs (hands-on)

• DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (hands-on)

• OLED Display Blocks pack six 128 x 128 panels, we go hands-on at MIT (video)

• Droplet and StackAR bring physical interface to virtual experiences, communicate through light (hands-on)

• Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight review

• The Walking Dead: Episode 1 review: The value of people

• Newsflash uses high-frequency light to transmit data from iPad to smartphone, we go hands-on (video)

• Intel Core i7-3770K CPU review roundup: crossing the Ivy Bridge

• Deja Review: Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention

• Fujifilm X-Pro1 high-ISO shots go under the loupe in mirrorless standoff with OM-D E-5 and NEX-7

• MSI GT70 gaming laptop review

• Deja Review: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition (Xbox 360)

• ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 review

• Arcane Brilliance: First impressions of arcane in Mists of Pandaria

• ASUS Transformer Prime GPS Extension Kit hands-on

• Hands-on with HTC's colorful One X cases

• LG Viper 4G LTE review

• Trials Evolution review: Try, try again

• IRL: Logitech UE Air Speaker, the Canon Rebel XT and an Arduino non-starter

• Nikon D3200 sample pics appear on Flickr, make a slightly noisy entrance

• Eyes-on Whiteman Technology's Delta DVR, plus more hardware details

• Eyes-on Brytewerks Model One high-def projector and HTPC combo

• Hands-on with AT&T Labs prototypes: ShadowPuppets and haptic steering wheel

• New Spotify for Android preview (hands-on)

• QNX's Watson-connected Porsche 911, hands-on (video)

• AT&T Translator app hands-on: smashing the language barrier (video)

• Hands-on with Arqball Spin, the app that lets you create interactive 3D models

• Sony SmartWatch torn down and dissected, wishes it were a Pebble

• Nikon adds D3200 to its DSLR range, we go hands-on! (video)

• The Splatters review: Slip, slide, splat

• HTC One S for T-Mobile review

• Bella KillerKeys brings desktops shortcuts and control to iOS for $20, we go hands-on (video)

• Dolby 3D on prototype 4K display and HTC Evo 3D hands-on (video)

• Curved panel gives more depth to 3D projections, we take a look at NAB (video)

• JVC demos GY-HM600, launches HM650 Mobile News Camera with WiFi and FTP at NAB

• Ivy Bridge-packing HP EliteBook gets reviewed, scores well in early tests

• WD's 1TB VelociRaptor HDD gets reviewed: substantial gains, moderate price

• DJI multi-rotor aircraft with Ruling live video feed controller hands-on (video)

• RED 9-inch touchscreen, OLED EVF and Meizler Module eyes-on (video)

• RED Dragon 6K sensor upgrade eyes-on (video)

• BRAVEN SIX portable Bluetooth speakers sound great, charge your iOS device

• REDray 4K cinema laser projector and player eyes-on (video)

• Canon Cinema EOS C500 camera hands-on (video)

• Canon Cinema EOS-1D C 4K camera hands-on (video)

• Sony NEX-FS700 cinema camera hands-on (video)

• Metareview: Fez

• A pair o' docks: Edifier Tick Tock Dock and XtremeMac Luna Voyager II

• Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir review: Behind you!

• HTC One V review

• Skullgirls review: Close, but no cigar

• Cowon Plenue Z2: US pricing, availability and hands-on impressions

• An in-depth look at the iPad as a gaming device

• Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus mini PC launches with E-450 APU, gets reviewed

• Ask Massively: These are not Firefall beta impressions edition

• Photojojo unleashes a trio of Belkin iPhone camera accessories: review and giveaway

• Fez review: Hats off

• Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight hands-on

• HTC Titan II review

• Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 remote viewfinder hands-on (video)

• LG Optimus 3D Max wages dual-core war in benchmark tests

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 review

• Insert Coin: Berlin Boombox recyclable cardboard stereo (video)

• As Time Goes By HD for iPad is half-baked

• Anomaly: Warzone Earth review: Reverse defense

• Ergo GoTab Epic hands-on (video)

• Kingston HyperX 3K SSD review round-up: Cheaper than its predecessor and almost as good

• Prop 'n Go is my new favorite iPad stand

• Samsung Series 9 review (15-inch, mid-2012)

• Contour+ vs. GoPro HD Hero 2: through the desert and into the skies

• How would you change ASUS' Transformer Prime?

• Ready, aim, Firefall: Impressions of the closed beta

• PAX East 2012: TERA hands-on

• PAX East 2012: Neverwinter discussion and impressions

• Keep an eye on those you love with the Withings Smart Baby Monitor

• The Road to Mordor: Rise of Isengard report card

• WiebeTech UltraDock v5: A marriage of Macs and bare drives

• Lenovo K800's initial benchmark scores look promising, but not ambitious

• Diabolical Pitch review: Field of nightmares

• Totem Talk: First impressions of elemental shaman in Mists of Pandaria

• PAX East 2012: Hands-on with Hi-Rez's new MOBA, SMITE

• IRL: Blue Mics Yeti, Western Digital My Passport and Razer's Naga Hex gaming mouse

• Amped Wireless High Power R10000G Router and Smart Repeater hands-on

• Xenoblade Chronicles review: A cut above

• HTC One X vs. One S: which phone is The One for you?

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE gets teardown, gives literal best viewing angles

• Walt Mossberg picks iPhone over Lumia 900

• Panasonic Lumix GF5 looks identical to its predecessor, offers similar specs for $100 more (hands-on)

• Wahoo Fitness BlueSC cycling sensor preview

• Hands-on with Smart Monitor's SmartWatch, the seizure sensing wristwatch

• Ears-on with HD Voice on the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE

• Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE preview (video)

• Nissan NV200 Taxi of Tomorrow hands-on (video)

• Spiritual Guidance: First hands-on look at the Mists of Pandaria shadow priest

• Kinect Star Wars review: Needs Force feedback

• Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra M3 review

• OCZ Vertex 4 SSD released, wins calm praise on the review circuit

• Terrafugia Transition aircraft first hands-on (video)

• Nokia Lumia 900 vs iPhone 4S camera test

• Nokia Lumia 900 teardown peeks behind that $99 price (video)

• Nokia Lumia 900 review

• Lichborne: Mists of Pandaria beta first impressions for death knights

• Review and giveaway: Incipio Lexington and Slim Kickstand cases for the new iPad

• ViaSat Exede review

• Instagram for Android hands-on

• Two years with the iPad

• Spiritual Guidance: First impressions of the Mists of Pandaria beta from a healing priest

• Joystiq goes hands-on with the Star Wars Xbox (and you can win it!)

• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G review

• Consumer Reports puts iPad at top of the list, despite heat issue

• HTC Sense 4 review

• HTC One S review

• HTC One X review

• USRobotics PalmPilot Personal review

• Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus review

• Atari Pong review (1976)

• Nokia 7110 review

Robotics (13)

• Neutrinos could deliver millisecond advantage to cyborg Gordon Gekkos

• Insert Coin: Rowdy Robot creates Bluetooth 4.0 beacons that activate automatic alerts

• Distro Issue 38: a peek at the Navy's Robotics Laboratory and an interview with MSI's Jeans Huang

• Samsung patent application explores the possibility of phasing out human crossing guards

• MakerBot printing out Robot Petting Zoo for Maker Faire

• Nokia N900 rises from the grave, replaces robot's head

• Polaris' pool-cleaning robots get updated with added intelligence, four-wheel drive

• Qbo goes legit, now up for pre-order on maker's site

• Robo-guard the South Korean correction service robot says 'stay out of trouble' (video)

• Breakfast Topic: Your evil, animatronic late-night pugging is back

• US Navy Fire Scouts will automatically spot pirates, give 30 seconds to comply

• DARPA's next Grand Challenge to focus on humanoid robots

• US Navy shows off its new LASR autonomous robot testing facility

Samsung (14)

• Samsung's Q1 2012 profits nearly double year-over-year on higher margins for TVs and phones

• Samsung applies for patent on emotional recognition, wants to feel out how you're feeling

• Samsung AllShare Cast Hub hits the FCC, maintains an air of mystery

• Samsung's S-Cloud tipped to arrive alongside the Galaxy S III next month

• Samsung Galaxy Beam crosses paths with FCC, sports 3G connectivity for AT&T

• Samsung will unveil the next Galaxy phone May 3rd in London

• Samsung's WiFi-equipped NX20 camera gets FCC mugshot

• Samsung: We're still not into 3D smartphones

• Samsung's AdHub Market advertising platform set to debut this year

• Samsung stalls UK Ice Cream Sandwich roll out for unlocked Galaxy S II

• Samsung's ST200F goes on sale in Korea, wants you to know it exists

• Samsung's eeeny-weeny Galaxy Pocket is examined under the FCC's magnifying glass

• Samsung, NTT DoCoMo, et al. cancel plans for LTE chip joint venture

• Samsung Display spinoff officially launches as 'the world's largest display manufacturer'

Science (40)

• Study says wind turbines raise surrounding area temperature, but only at night

• PSA: Space X streaming test-firing of Falcon 9 at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT (update: video)

• Animated video shows Orion spacecraft in orbit

• Patterned by Nature: it's big, blocky and earth-approved (video)

• USC develops printable liquid solar cells for flexible, low-cost panels

• Spinach-based solar cells get $90,000 development funds from EPA, Popeye delighted

• DIY 'Descriptive Camera' captures images, prints out prose

• MIT students hack electric grid, play Tetris on the side of a damn building

• Project Aether films northern lights at 100,000 feet using a GoPro camera on a balloon (video)

• MIT gets musical with Arduino-powered DrumTop, uses household objects as a source of sound

• Buckeyes to fire 500 trillion watt laser May 15th in a short, cheap burst

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: ten earth activities, transnatural stools and wood ash bike frames

• Helium-filled floating wind turbine, renewable energy with style

• UT Dallas researchers seek to imbue your smartphone with X-ray superpowers

• IBM's building an air-breathing EV battery that goes 500 miles on a single charge

• New water-resistant coating protects your phone, the planet (video)

• Handmade particle accelerator unveiled at Milan Design Week, Higgs-Boson a no-show

• University of Glasgow scientists print drugs in 3D, pave the way for in-home pharmacies

• Sandia National Laboratories generates neutrons in a radical way

• Another reason to buy gold: nanoparticles help to kill brain tumors

• New material brings semiconducting to the graphene party

• Physicist uses math to get out of a traffic ticket, publishes findings

• Professors develop food-magnifying glasses, no need to super size

• Researchers say crab-based computing possible, lobsters throw up claws in disbelief

• Scientists create the first universal quantum network, are scared to restart the router

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Positive charge

• Japanese biometric ATM reads your palm, tells fortune

• GE partners with Livermore Labs to explore efficient aircraft fuel injectors (video)

• NC State researcher finds more efficient way to cool devices, looks to cut costs too

• Gates Foundation collaborates with Manchester University to develop potable toilet water

• Flawed diamonds are perfect ingredients for quantum computing, just add time travel

• Toray unveils new self-repairing film for devices, fixes scratches in under 10 seconds

• Delaware Ph.D. student hopes to solve energy woes with renewable hydrogen production

• Researchers create incredibly thin solar cells flexible enough to wrap around a human hair

• Japanese researchers show off 'interactive' plants: real leaves, artificial emotions

• Conductive fabrics may power future infantry gear, uniforms set to enter field trials

• Smithsonian's super squeaky clean meteorite lab makes your room look like a pig sty (video)

• Sensitive scales can weigh individual atoms, ensure perfect recipes

• IBM: 'We must build an Exascale computer before 2024' (video)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: gigantic LED cube, synthetic bones and a playground from recycled wind turbines

Smartphones (171)

• Samsung Canada begins rollout of ICS today

• Cyanogenmod 9 struts its stuff on HTC's One X

• Is this RIM's BlackBerry 10 development device?

• Sony awarded patent for Xperia Play with double the keyboards

• Woz: Windows Phone is 'beautiful,' Android 'no contest,' still loves iPhone, ask again tomorrow

• Micromax's Superfone A50 Ninja enters India with AISHA voice assistant, forgets its shuriken

• Leaked T-Mobile roadmap outlines Ice Cream Sandwich updates, new myTouch devices

• LG gives away 2,000 specially modified phones for the blind

• Celebrity iPhone ads score well with viewers

• Sony Xperia ST21i with ICS leaks out, shows off its chunky physique

• T.G.I. Friday's to let diners pay with their iPhones

• Sony patent suggests Xperia Play with dual keyboards, it's slidingly slidable

• LG Optimus True HD LTE's European assault begins in Portugal, Germany and Sweden

• Former Nokia Exec: Elop is struggling, shouldn't focus so heavily on Windows Phone

• Samsung Galaxy S Advance gets April 30th release date in UK, needs more suffixes

• Motorola Droid Maxx hitting the UK in mid-May, available for pre-order now

• Sony Xperia U gets torn to pieces, FCC destroys something beautiful

• In Ticketing increases options for venues and promoters, as long as they're using iOS

• Panasonic Eluga now available unlocked in Europe, yours for £369 or €460

• Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad as basis for Galaxy S3

• RIM's first BlackBerry 10 device may come as early as October

• BlackBerry Curve 9320 spotted in Vietnam, leaves nothing to the imagination

• AnTuTu pegs Galaxy S III as most powerful Android device, potentially reveals its specs

• PSA: Sprint's LTE-infused Galaxy Nexus now available online and in stores

• Sprint sold 1.5 million iPhones to new customers in Q1

• PSA: HTC One S arrives today at T-Mobile, $199 on-contract after $50 rebate

• Nokia Lumia 900 blushes, new magenta version revealed at Finnish e-tailer

• Nokia reportedly delays Lumia 900 release in the UK, cites high US demand (update)

• Oppo teases 6.65mm-thick smartphone, about to steal 'world's thinnest' title from Huawei

• Another Galaxy S III prototype spotted in protective casing

• Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile spotted in the wild, pretends it's no big deal

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 1: 'iPhone 5' Home button and more nonsense

• HTC blames iPhone 4S for recent profit drop

• Meizu plans ICS update for MX and M9 this June, slaps it with a Flyme OS skin

• Android 4.0.4 factory images hit the web for GSM Galaxy Nexus

• Motorola RAZR HD running ICS spotted in the wild, 720p display in tow

• Google back in the smartphone sales game: unlocked Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ (GSM) available for $399

• AT&T iPhone activations still going strong, up YOY

• Samsung details Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades for American carriers

• Skype for Windows Phone working on Nokia Lumia 610, scoffs at memory restrictions

• HTC predicts 55 percent revenue jump, could hint at strong One sales

• Virgin Mobile Canada announces HTC One S giveaway, suggests $600 retail price

• Samsung's Unpacked Mobile 2012 app outs 'Galaxy S3' as next smartphone's name

• LG's 5-inch Optimus Vu shipping soon in white (in Korea, at least)

• Nokia flips internet sharing switch on for Lumia 710 and 800c in Tango update

• HTC One X sold early at AT&T, spotted in the wild

• HTC EVO 4G LTE pre-order page goes live on Sprint's website, fanboy early birds rejoice

• Nokia releases Browser 2.0 update for Series 40 handsets with improved speed, multitasking in tow

• HTC One X gets teardown, battery unsurprisingly dominates

• Vodafone first carrier to jump on the new Samsung Galaxy phone bandwagon

• HTC One V coming to Canada on Bell, will reunite with One S

• HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE pops up on Verizon for $300, links to Droid RAZR Maxx

• LG Optimus 3D Max launches in Europe, won't be coming to the UK

• China Times: HTC wants to develop its own processors for low-end phones

• Switched On: When the smartphone giveth, Part 2

• Samsung countdown teases next Galaxy phone with anagram

• Huawei Ascend G312 (U8680) lands at FCC, unsurprisingly sports T-Mobile myTouch moniker

• HTC EVO Design 4G coming to Boost Mobile 'end of this quarter'

• Sprint discontinues HTC EVO 3D online, limited quantities remain at retail stores

• Amazon Germany weighs in on Samsung Galaxy S III with 4.7-inch screen and 12 megapixel camera

• Nokia's White Lumia 900 reportedly available now at AT&T stores

• HTC One X available today on Rogers for $170 with a three-year contract

• iPhone will launch for five US regional carriers today

• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) now hitting unlocked Galaxy S II in America

• Did the Samsung Galaxy S III just appear in Vietnam? (video) (updated with statement)

• RIM patent application describes rotating keypad that can be used in more than one position

• Mozilla: Brazilians to get first phones running Boot to Gecko

• Report: iPhone 4S sales slowing in developing market

• iPhone accounted for half of Verizon's smartphone sales in Q1 2012

• Nokia Lumia 610 headed to the (Pacific) 'Ring of Fire' in coming months for €189

• Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE listed as 'coming soon' on Bell Canada's site

• Intel's first smartphone coming soon: Xolo X900 gets April 24 release date

• HTC's J ISW13HT WiMAX smartphone slips out for KDDI, quickly takes cover

• Droid 4 gets first official update, better battery life and sluggishness fixes in tow

• HTC One S shows up on T-Mobile's site, reveals its $599 price (update: $200 on-contract at Best Buy)

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: The iOS photography episode

• AT&T confirms HTC One X to land May 6th for $199 (update)

• HTC One X gets software update, minor fixes reported

• RIM announces 'budget' BlackBerry 9220 for Indian socialites

• Huawei Ascend P1 arriving in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia by May

• Pantech FCC filing hints at LTE Breakout successor for Verizon Wireless

• BlackBerry flagship store coming to Dubai, hopes you'll buy

• Sprint and LG launch Optimus Elite: entry-level specifications, planet-saving hopes

• Windows Phone OS mod speeds up app load times, knows you'll play Monopoly on your break (video)

• Leaked benchmarks suggest Motorola is working on a Snapdragon S4 phone

• Canada's WIND Mobile lists Nokia Lumia 710, says it's coming soon

• BlackBerry Curve 9320 shows up on T-Mobile's site, heading to the UK next month?

• European carriers take shots at Nokia's Lumia line without leaving cover

• Sprint confirms Galaxy Nexus release date: coming April 22nd for $200, preorders open now

• Dear Aunt TUAW: I got two phones. Now what?

• Motorola engineer leaks Droid RAZR HD, could lose his desk

• Meizu MX Quad-core launching with Android 4.0 in June, gets 32GB and 64GB flavors

• Switched On: When the smartphone giveth, Part 1

• HTC Golf allegedly appears in press shot sporting ICS and Sense 4

• HTC launches trio of Dragons in China, Ice Cream Sandwich on all (update: renamed to New Desire)

• LG renames Optimus LTE to Optimus True HD LTE, disses Samsung's HD Super AMOLED

• HTC fixes rare One S chipping finish issue, swaps phones for free

• Nokia Lumia 900 data connectivity fix available now, three days early

• HTC One X gets unofficial power management fix, boosts battery life 10 to 20 percent

• PSA: Sony details ICS rollout for 2011 Xperia smartphones, Nordic regions to get first dibs

• HTC One V now available for pre-order in the UK

• Could future PureView devices support 4K video?

• Boeing to launch super secure Android phone, hopes it takes off

• Sprint's HTC EVO 4G LTE zips into the FCC, zips back out again

• Canonical prepping to launch Ubuntu as smartphone OS?

• Sprint LG Viper 4G up for pre-order now, coming on April 22nd

• Verizon HTC Incredible 4G gets press render, sheepishly grins for Mr. Blurrycam

• Huawei Ascend G 300 coming to Vodafone UK on April 13th

• Demand for the iPhone 4S still high six months after its release

• Sony Xperia Sola hits the FCC, gets dissected by regulators

• LG Viper 4G may hit Sprint stores on April 22nd

• T-Mobile hands out press invites to One S event on April 18th

• Nokia: Two million Lumia phones sold in Q1 but profits still falling

• Is Windows Phone 8 popping up on a WP7 App?

• Intel Medfield-packing Lenovo K800 to land next month, has an avatar in tow

• Nokia makes Lumia 900 free to all AT&T customers, now through April 21st

• Sprint website hints at Samsung Galaxy Note for the Now Network

• Sony Xperia S heading to Canada on April 17th, exclusive to Sony Stores

• AT&T spending more to launch the Lumia than it did on the iPhone (Updated)

• AT&T appears to be unlocking iPhones for deployed active duty military personnel

• Nokia Lumia 900 arriving in the UK April 27th, dressed in white

• LG Optimus 4X HD holds its own against HTC One X in initial benchmarks

• Leaked slides suggest HTC One S to arrive at T-Mobile on April 25th

• Rumored LG D1L targets high-end with dual-core Snapdragon and LTE

• Some Nokia Lumia 900 handsets having trouble connecting to data networks

• PSA: AT&T now unlocking out-of-contract iPhones

• Windows Phone Free-Time Machine draws curious New Yorkers, one Kourtney Kardashian (video)

• AT&T's iPhone unlocking process simple but time-consuming

• Nokia 306 manual hints at keyboard-free Asha handset

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Is AT&T killing my iPhone?

• SIM-free Nokia 808 PureView up for pre-order in Italy, expected to launch in May

• PSA: Nokia Lumia 900 available today

• Settlement may have been reached in missing iPhone 4S case

• You're the Pundit: Do smartphone owners really want a bigger display?

• No more Beats headphones with your HTC? Just what the Dr. ordered

• 'Leaked' Nokia Lumia PureView concept images brandish bright colors, chunky profile

• AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones April 8

• AT&T to begin unlocking off-contract iPhones this Sunday, April 8th (update)

• Android 4.0 arriving for HTC Rezound today, Droid RAZR update delayed

• Sprint announces ICS for the Nexus S 4G, official download now available

• GSM Galaxy Nexus seeing signal issues after Android 4.0.4 update?

• Pantech breaks the mold with ceramic Vega Racer 2

• US government sticking with BlackBerry, appreciates RIM's focus on security

• US Cellular ships first LTE smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S Aviator

• iPhone 4S to launch with select regional carriers April 20th

• Huawei Mercury for Cricket gains unlimited Muve Music service, challenges aural appetites

• Sony Xperia P hits the FCC, siblings nowhere to be seen

• ASUS PadFone priced and ready for pre-order in Taiwan tomorrow, launches mid-April

• Regional carrier Alaska Communications to sell the iPhone

• Ceramic White Samsung Galaxy Note careens into Canadian hearts starting today

• Motorola GLEAM+ shimmies onto shelves, into European pockets

• Sprint HTC 'EVO One' gets some in-person pics, kickstand and all

• Rogers offers HTC One X for pre-order in Canada, $170 on contract through April 30th

• Ice Cream Sandwich leaks for Samsung Galaxy Note (update)

• Is Samsung's white Galaxy Note coming to Canada on Telus tomorrow, Bell on April 10?

• Sprint begins employee training for Galaxy Nexus, launch looks imminent

• ComScore: Android's US market share passes 50 percent, BlackBerry OS and WP7 slide

• Sprint LG Viper 4G goes on pre-order April 12 for $100, release date still TBA

• LG LS831 goes back to FCC, reveals 5MP camera, Sprint intentions

• RIM's server software now manages iPhone, Android devices

• Sony Xperia S, P and U to visit America, Brightstar to buy the tickets

• HTC One X and One S come to Orange, T-Mobile on Thursday

• Is this the LTE-ready Sprint HTC EVO One?

• ICS reaches 2.9 percent of active Android devices, 63.7 percent still on Gingerbread

• iPhone video helps rescue trapped Chinese toddler

• iPhone 4 Photoshop file available for app development

• Samsung throws in free extended battery with VZW Galaxy Nexus, applies to new purchases only

• Engadget Giveaway: win a Nokia Lumia 800, courtesy of Quixby!

• Dressing up the iPhone

• How would you change Samsung's Galaxy Nexus?

• Android 4.0.4 leaked for Nexus S 4G, lets Sprint users join ICS party

Social Media (8)

• Foursquare adds NFC to its BlackBerry app, hopes you'll touch base

• Twitter app update brings improved discover, search and notifications to iOS and Android

• Friendster reborn as a gaming site, wishes Facebook cared

• Flickr outs new Uploadr feature for image uploads: HTML5-based, drag-and-drop UI

• 140 characters to the clink: Occupy Wall Street protester loses battle to block Twitter subpoena

• Viddy gets celebrity backing from Will Smith, Jay-Z companies

• Facebook places 'Listen' button on artist pages, now takes you to your go-to streaming app instantly

• Twitter introduces Innovators Patent Agreement, vows to not abuse patent system

Space (18)

• Commercial space shuttle prototypes fly through wind tunnel testing

• Space travel coming to an airport near you? Maybe, if Skylon keeps its cool

• PSA: Space Shuttle Enterprise flying over NYC this morning

• NASA READIs early detection GPS network, aids first responders with earthquake warnings

• NASA preps J-2X rocket engines for second round testing, SLS creeps closer to 2017 liftoff

• Hyperspace Beacon: Advice from a master

• Planetary Resources reveals plan for prospecting asteroids, creating interstellar gas stations

• SpaceX redefines 'fashionably late' as Dragon trip to the ISS is delayed again

• James Cameron-backed Planetary Resources to search the universe for Unobtainium

• Boeing CST-100 capsule could shuttle astronauts to ISS, shows off its innards in Colorado Springs

• Space Shuttle Discovery salutes Washington on historic final flight

• Hyperspace Beacon: Outbreak

• Visualized: Space Shuttle Discovery gets prepped for its final flight, gets Boeing piggyback

• NASA deems SpaceX Dragon worthy of the ISS, locks in April 30th launch date

• One Shots: Internet spaceships

• WRUP: In recollection of Yuri Gagarin edition

• Space Shuttle Discovery to make final in-air appearance in 1,500-foot DC flyover

• Hyperspace Beacon: Breaking the bank

Sports (20)

• League of Legends adding spectator mode in next update

• League of Legends adds spectator mode, tweaks champions

• League of Legends announces full release of Spectator Mode

• TERA ramps up for launch with a video, an offer, and an address

• Game of Thrones' latest screens don the black

• New preview available for Final Fantasy XIV's Garuda fight

• Google explains how it searches the internet in under half a second, if you can find the video

• Sony restores PSN games that allowed Vita hack (but there's another one)

• Exercise bike connects to original Mario Kart, Rainbow Road shortcut gets even trickier (video)

• Minecraft spawns yet another epic game within a game: DOTA

• Dyson's engineers head off to the races, create dragsters using spare parts, DC-16 motors (video)

• Tribes: Ascend releases tomorrow, mass casualties predicted

• Take a trip to your favorite video game planet

• Adidas debuting miCoach tracking technology in this year's MLS All-Star Game (video)

• Shadowrun Returns' Kickstarter funding brings game to Mac, adds Riggers

• Far Cry 3's multiplayer looks as fun as it is pretty

• Kinect Sports: Season 2 invents a new sport called 'basketball'

• Garmin Approach S3 golf watch provides assistance for 27,000 courses (video)

• BMW i8 Concept Spyder takes to the road, sounds almost as gorgeous as it looks (video)

• Must See HDTV (April 2nd - April 8th)

Streaming (51)

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: April 23-29, 2012

• Google TV YouTube app updated for better recommendations, search and sharing

• Time Warner Cable is preparing for TWC TV IPTV streaming on Roku boxes

• DirecTV Everywhere brings streaming movies, TV shows to Android right now, iPhone keeps waiting

• Reminder: Webby Award voting ends tomorrow, give the Engadget Show some love

• Netflix brought into the Sony Entertainment Network fold for British Bravia buffs

• How to get AirPlay working when Apple TV is hooked up via Ethernet

• NimbleTV streams cable content to 'any' device, launching 'in the next few months'

• Netflix Q1 results: 3 million new streaming subscribers worldwide, record viewing hours

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: April 16-22, 2012

• Time Warner's TWC TV app updated to include sports channels

• Walmart to unleash its Vudu magic on South America, Europe, Asia

• Youzee: Spain's streaming startup answer to Netflix

• Cablevision's Optimum App live TV streaming now available on Windows and Mac

• Time Warner Cable brings ESPN, Fox and Turner sports live streaming to apps, website

• Dish adds Pandora to Hopper Whole-Home DVR system

• Spotify says iPad app is 'in the works'

• Roku 2 boxes updated for Francophones and English speakers alike

• Google TV's TV and Movies app gets to know you better with ratings, favorites and more

• YouTube hiring for next-gen console app integration [update]

• TWC TV Android app finally updated with live TV streaming

• MGM delivers 600 movies to YouTube and Google Play, gives you one more place to watch Robocop

• Dreamworks Animation joins Walmart's disc to digital program

• LG opens up 3D World video store for 2011, 2012 Cinema 3D Smart TVs

• PSA: Watch Coachella on YouTube, Google devices for free this weekend

• Spotify's got a 'special announcement' coming next week

• Hulu reducing monthly subscription prices in Japan by 33 percent

• BBC Sport connected TV app launches on UK TiVos, brings BBC News along

• Breakfast Topic: Are you a fan of watching streaming beta content?

• Spotify launches Play Button in bid to become the web's default music player

• YouTube gives live video streamers better production tools, ways to make money

• Refreshed Roku HD spotted in stores, drops the 2 but adds some purple flair

• Netflix signs multi-year deal with Hasbro -- and knowing is half the battle

• TiVo Premiere DVRs in the Bay Area get Comcast VOD starting today

• Comcast access to the HBO Go app on Xbox 360 is live

• Universal Studios films appear in iCloud, Fox still unavailable

• Netflix receives underwhelming update on Xbox 360

• Netflix for Xbox 360 updates with better contrast and episode navigation

• Netflix explains its recommendation system, can't find a reason for Adam Sandler's last movie

• Universal Studios' films now available on iCloud, Fox still grounded

• HBO Go on Xbox 360 comes to Comcast customers next week

• Comcast confirms full HBO Go access on Xbox 360 coming next week

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• YouTube lets you watch 1080p 2D videos in '3D' with your anaglyph specs

• HBO Go on Xbox 360 may be coming soon for Comcast customers

• BBC Olympic coverage to include 24 live HD channels available on TVs, phones, PCs and tablets

• Roku celebrates 100 channels in the UK and Ireland, says more are on the way

• Paramount flicks are coming to YouTube and Google Play despite Viacom lawsuit

• TiVo Premiere updates coming with new Netflix and YouTube apps; Bay Area gets Comcast VOD

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast fireside chat, live at 11PM ET!

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: March 26 through April 1, 2012

Tablets (52)

• New iPad arrives in India, eight other countries today

• Business-minded HP 'Slate 8' tablet surfaces in leaked image

• Some Iconia Tab A500s getting Ice Cream Sandwich early, Acer Ring is MIA

• ComScore pegs Kindle Fire at more than 50 percent of the US Android tablet market

• 365 million iOS devices 'in play,' iPad taking off in education and government markets

• BlackBerry Playbook joins the Angry Birds Space bandwagon

• Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight shipping this week, B&N warns of limited supply

• Transformer Prime gets power of reincarnation with Team Win Recovery Project 2.1.2

• NFL's Denver Broncos embrace the iPad

• The iPad as an IT professional's tool

• Study shows more people watch TV on tablets than computers, still nothing on

• iPad online shipping times drop to one week

• Kindle Touch gets early release in UK and Germany (update)

• Andy Ihnatko on the iPad as his main mobile computer

• How your company will control your Windows RT Tablet

• Toshiba pushes AT270 Tegra 3 tablet through the FCC, gets Excited

• Nook Audio pops up on Barnes & Noble's site, with no e-ink to speak of

• China notably not getting new iPad just yet

• Study: many new US iPads activated in coastal states

• Acer's A100 and A500 tablets getting Ice Cream Sandwich on April 27th

• Samsung reportedly axes Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 production to add quad-core CPU (update: not true)

• Acer Iconia Tab A510 now available, 10.1 inches of Olympian ICS and Tegra 3 for $450

• How one helicopter pilot uses the iPad

• New iPad launching in 21 additional countries this month

• 'New' iPad landing in South Korea, Israel and 19 other countries, officially ceases to be new in US

• Xtex's My Tablet gets you 7 inches of tasty ICS for just 150 bones (update)

• How would you change Motorola's Xoom 2?

• ASUS reportedly to release Transformer Pad 300 on April 22nd

• Three iPad giveaways in three days: day three, courtesy of Gogo!

• Three iPad giveaways in three days: day two, courtesy of CloudOn!

• Kindle Touch update adds Europe-friendly languages, landscape mode

• Samsung prices Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 at $400, rings up a fresh pair of Galaxy Players for $150, $200

• Toshiba AT300 gets Excited at the FCC

• Three iPad giveaways in three days: day one, courtesy of Wonders of the Universe!

• Archos Child Pad arrives at FCC, escapes drool-free

• Notion Ink Adam 2 won't have HD screen due to battery constraints

• Intel adds rugged Studybook tablet to its student-friendly Classmate lineup

• Toshiba announces Excite 10, 7.7 and 13 tablets, Thrive slates on their way out

• iPad is the only tablet brand many consumers know

• Illuminated Kindle e-readers could arrive this year, also, might not

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1-inch) priced at $399, still unavailable for purchase

• BlackBerry PlayBook with '4G' out and about, wants to know where you put its SIM

• ASUS placates Transformer Prime owners with free GPS Extension Kit add-on

• Small survey finds school IT managers expecting iPads

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of three Kindle Fires, courtesy of TurboTax!

• Apple 'captures' new iPads due to WiFi complaints

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab(s) 2 delayed by, you guessed it, Ice Cream Sandwich

• Motorola Xoom WiFi now seeing Android 4.0.4 update over-the-air

• What companies often forget to consider when adopting tablets

• HCL intros trio of Android 4.0 tablets aimed at Indian classrooms

• iPad more readily available in-store than online

• ChangeWave: 98% of iPad owners satisfied with device

Technology (156)

• Quasar gives the iPad untabbed windows for ten dollars and a jailbreak (video)

• KegDroid dispenses beer with the help of a Xoom tablet and an Arduino board

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM ET

• Triggertrap: nine ways to activate your DSLR with an iOS device, choose one

• Windowed apps on jailbroken iPad

• Siri takes security to the extreme in parody video

• Ceton's Media Center mobile apps are for all, app and Echo extender beta signups open now

• Twelve South HoverBar: Review and giveaway

• Acer releases app to hurry the ICS-ification of Iconia slates (video)

• MIT develops fog resistant, glare-free glass, it's clearly amazing (video)

• Nokia experiments with location-based white space services in Cambridge, UK (video)

• ShelfX's Vending Fridge nixes the cashier, uses QR codes, RFID to 'know what you took'

• Fanatec's Clubsport pedals V2 bring improved brake and clutch feel to the virtual speedway (video)

• Tiny N64 controller guaranteed to cause serious crampage

• Nokia 808 Pureview goes up against Nokia N8, should probably pick on someone its own age (video)

• Sony outs new waterproof HDR-GW77V Handycam, available May 25th in Japan

• Panasonic teams up with NHK on 145-inch 8K Super Hi-Vision plasma TV (Update: video)

• Ikea cardboard digital camera: when Instagram isn't authentic enough (video)

• PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale coming to PS3 this year

• Targus Plug-N-Power Charging Station keeps peace in the family

• Mophie juice pack powerstation PRO: A big gas tank for your gizmos

• Sony Tablet S gets a wedge of Ice Cream Sandwich

• ... It's... ... ... ... Python Bytes (video)

• Box releases new API, more OneCloud apps

• O2 UK launches new wallet service, helps you empty yours (video)

• DIY hack uses Google Calendar to automate home heating system (video)

• Google asks car makers 'Ullo John, wanna self-driving motor?'

• EnStream to bring mobile wallet to Canadians, make loonies obsolete (video)

• Box releases new API for developers, announces 15 more OneCloud apps

• Columbia's GPS Pal app for Android and iOS logs your hikes, geotags memories (video)

• Dolby's Atmos technology gives new meaning to surround sound, death from above

• Google Maps offers photo tours of popular destinations, won't make you leave the couch (video)

• Why the future looks expensive for Super Robot Taisen and other Namco Bandai RPGs

• Koss intros Striva headphone systems, lets you stream music over WiFi straight to your ears

• Scalado Album launches for Android, we go hands-on (video)

• Google Drive preview: an in-depth look at features and functionality

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 6PM ET

• Google Drive official: 5GB of free storage, Chrome web apps, Wave-like sharing and editing (video)

• Onavo Extend stretches your data plan, now with CDMA/LTE support

• Cargo-Bot is a deceptively simple iPad puzzle game, made on the iPad (video)

• Shadow priest takes down solo heroic Alysrazor

• Amped Wireless releases two new USB adapters to cure internet blackspots (video)

• iPhones smuggled into China in beer bottles

• Samsung's new Galaxy Phone gets official teaser (video)

• Adobe unveils CS6 and subscription-based Creative Cloud service, up for pre-order now (video)

• Watch 17 minutes of unadulterated Blade & Soul PvP footage

• Embers of Caerus dev blog talks sieging, Kickstarter

• Facebook flips the switch on its North Carolina data center, cooled with balmy mountain air

• HTC talks smartphone design: from inception to final product

• Google app review video shows Share to 'Drive' option

• OpenPhoto is an open, cloud-based photo storage alternative for iPhone

• Video from South Korean launch of new iPad

• Padcaster iPad shooter frame debuts at NAB

• Sony to launch PlayMemories Online: 5GB cloud photo-sharing service coming next week (video)

• Nokia releases a commercial shot entirely with the 808 PureView (video)

• We wish the guy narrating this unofficial 0x10c trailer narrated everything

• LG Optimus 4X HD gets dressed in white, shows its unicorn side (hands-on)

• Samsung's NX20, NX210 and NX1000 mirrorless camera trio hands-on (video)

• Gmail Meter brings detailed analytics to your inbox

• AT&T to release Watson voice recognition APIs

• Brammo's 100MPH Empulse coming May 8th, spooks electrons with six-speed gearbox

• AT&T opens Watson API up to developers

• Barobo's Mobot goes up for pre-order, slinks toward your impressionable children (video)

• Samsung adds 20.3-megapixel NX20, NX210 and NX1000 to mirrorless cam lineup (update: now with video)

• Interphase's Penveu interactive display system highlights its strengths (video)

• This talking Domino's Pizza scooter will make your day infinitely more awesome (video)

• The Game Atelier takes Vita in a new direction with SunFlowers

• TUAW TV Live: The joy of iPhoneography

• Padcaster / Lenscaster lets you mount SLR lenses on iPad, we go hands-on at NAB (video)

• techBASIC 2.0 brings sensor data collection, analysis and visualization to iOS

• Google announces Brand Activate Initiative for online advertising, hopes to establish new standard

• G-Technologies' G-Raid with Thunderbolt drive now on sale, yours from $700

• Custom clock pays homage to CPU, separates geeks from the squares (video)

• HTC and Sina Weibo debut One S with dedicated microblog functions (video)

• Windows Phone 8 reportedly coming to 'all' WP smartphones (updated)

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 9PM ET

• SimCity trailer discusses water management, produces a civil action

• Wargaming.net releases World of Warplanes video dev diary

• Livestream Broadcaster hands-on

• HP ships 27-inch Z1 all-in-one workstation, touts 'power without the tower'

• IKEA puts away your TV cables, tech credentials

• New Sorcery trailer uncovers a plot

• Leaked video promises Office 15 on a crane, on a train, in a boat, potentially with a goat

• New Dark Age of Camelot video shows off relic raid test-run

• Raspberry Pi boards begin shipping today (video)

• CordCruncher headphones: A sound way to keep your life tangle-free

• KORG Monotron analog ribbon synths: Fun pocket-sized music accessories

• Alleged ASUS teaser wants us to 'Experience the Infinity,' fails to explain how

• PSA: Fez finally for really real available to buy and play and everything

• Google demos Coreboot on Chromebook prototype, hints at Ivy Bridge support (video)

• DARPA realizes it needs contact lenses, opts for those nice AR tinted ones (video)

• Cast your eyes on new Sorcery screens

• Splashtop brings Windows 8 Metro Testbed to Apple's iPad (video)

• Resistance: Burning Skies trailer shows off multiplayer

• Nintendo not attending Gamescom 2012

• VizTools reveals HandiZoom video accessory for Canon DSLRs

• Marketplace's Rob Schmitz interviews Foxconn workers, shows how an iPad is made

• TUAW TV Live: The spring parade of peripherals and accessories

• Android devs: if you can't use your app with your eyes closed, open them and read this

• Asus Eee Pad MeMo benchmarks come out fighting, other slates take note (video)

• Google+ gets a major update, simpler UI and heavier focus on Hangouts (video)

• AT&T lights up LTE network in St Louis, expands coverage in Staten Island

• NFC version of Nokia Lumia 610 accidentally leaked on YouTube (update: now official)

• Cogoo's Turntable Rider puts the 'mix' in BMX, 'awesome' in these videos

• Amazon adds in-app purchasing to Appstore for Android devices, Kindle Fire

• Padzilla Two mates iPad and Kinect for Fruit Ninja madness

• Google's Android emulator gets updated with GPU support, better CPU performance

• Marketplace reporter visits Foxconn factory in China

• Torchlight 2's Berserker goes ... well, you know

• Acer's C120 pico projector goes on sale, ready to be powered by your PC

• Lenovo's IdeaTab S2109 unveiled on YouTube, shows off 8.9mm-thick unibody shell

• Researchers suggest haptics and audio for discreet password input

• Seen@PAX East: Bomberman says hello

• Skylanders weather report: Warnado warning, chance of Camo and Wham Shell high

• Android Open Kang Project brings hyper-customization to your nav bar (video)

• Jeweled Panther mounts datamined on the Mists of Pandaria beta

• Spring clean your Mac with Erica and Steve: A TUAW live chat

• Ms. Splosion Man platform 'splosion: coming to PC, iOS, Windows Phone

• THQ: Take-Two CEO's perception is 'outdated'

• See a Qbo robot built from scratch in a minute-and-a-half (time-lapse video)

• Is that a 3D prototype in HTC's EVO 4G LTE making of video? (update: nope)

• Kingdom Hearts 3D drops into North America on July 31

• Nikon D4 field review

• Atmel's XSense promises curvy touchscreens that'll ruin your shirt line (video)

• TUAW TV Live: Jeff Gamet visits the (virtual) TUAW TV studio

• NYC gets live iPad IPTV of broadcast channels with Aereo

• Self-sculpting 'smart sand' can assume any shape, create instant prototypes (video)

• Voice Control for LG Smart TVs to roll out by end of April, Magic Remotes to require spit guards

• Video: 100 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone

• Google testing heads-up display glasses in public, won't make you look like Robocop

• SwiftKey 3 Beta launches, no space bar required (video)

• Motorola Webtop 3.0 beta captured on video, running off Droid RAZR with ICS

• Augmented reality iPad app enhances Philadelphia Inquirer

• Anomaly: Warzone Earth dev diary highlights XBLA features

• Orbotix update proves that six Spheros are better than one (video)

• Plantronics BackBeat Go headset sports tangle-free cord, 'rich' stereo sound

• Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx set to hit Europe and Middle East in May

• AT&T lighting up three LTE markets on April 8th, Indiana and Texas feel the glow

• Shazam 5.0 update identifies audio in a split second, helps tortoise hands become the hare

• Four HUBOs 'Come Together' for a Drexel Engineering MET-lab demo

• Readdle PDF Expert receives major update in version 4.0

• Amazon Instant Video app for the PS3 brings both Prime subscriptions and VOD along

• BlackBerry Mobile Fusion integrates RIM, iOS and Android device management

• DIY external MacBook battery

• NTT, Sharp, Gainax make a Japan-only Neon Genesis Evangelion phone, get your plane tickets now

• Dropcam HD WiFi monitoring camera now shipping for $149

• Mighty morphing hexapod bot is back, now rolls with the punches

• Indie Megabooth is a Voltron of indie exhibitors at PAX East

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 5:30PM ET

• Nokia goes after iPhone, Android in ads

• Ceton's Q DVR companion app for Windows Phone gets detailed tour (video)

• Sony HXR-NX30 camcorder: built-in projector, 96GB storage for $2,500 (video)

• Is Pad & Quill's new case for the iPod nano cute or what?

• Exclusive video: Is this the iPhone 5?

• April Fools' Day roundup: the big toys, the small toys and the cats

• World's slowest Linux computer, says 'Hello Wor...' (video)

Tomorrow (1)

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TV & Movies (50)

• Must See HDTV (April 30th - May 6th)

• Now Playing: April 30 - May 6, 2012

• Peter Jackson unfazed by 'Hobbit' footage pushback, but will stick to 24 fps for trailers

• Syfy begins production on TV side of transmedia 'Defiance'

• Previously on MV TV: The week of April 21st

• Broadway star Josh Gad to play Woz in Jobs biopic

• Storyboard: The growth of a plot tumor

• The Walking Dead won't head down under

• Sky considering launching Sky Sports 3D, one channel too small for three dimensions

• Frame rate debate rages on with 48 fps projection of 3D Hobbit footage

• Must See HDTV (April 23rd - 29th)

• SEC investigating movie studios' dealings with China

• Sony's 4K-upscaling BDP-S790 Blu-ray player available online, hits stores May 6th

• Now Playing: April 23-29, 2012

• Previously on MV TV: The week of April 14th

• Regal Entertainment Group teams up with Sony to bring subtitle glasses to US theaters

• DirecTV drops NFL Sunday Ticket price for current subscribers

• Londoners mourn as teletext goes dark, a victim of the DTV transition

• Fallout: Nuka Break wants to film season two

• Silent Hill: Revelation 3D in theaters October 26

• The Engadget Show returns Friday, April 20th -- get tickets to the taping!

• Star Trek trailer 'beams' down the old-fashioned way

• Now Playing: April 16-22, 2012

• MV Guide: April 16 - 22, 2012

• RED teases 4K REDray player and projector for the theater / millionaire set

• Stiq Figures, April 2 - 8: Need for Cinema edition

• Steve Jobs biopic to begin filming in May

• Previously on MV TV: The week of April 7th

• WRUP: 'I wear a fez now. Fezzes are cool.'

• EA seeking studio partner for Need for Speed movie

• MLB Network launches Strike Zone all-highlights channel on four providers

• James Cameron to create sparks with Robogeddon on Discovery Channel

• Indie Game: The Movie heads to NYC on May 17

• Now Playing: April 9 - 15, 2012

• An Irrational fear of monsters

• Officers' Quarters: Suggestions for drama

• Previously on MV TV: The week of March 31st

• Lenovo's ICS, 42-inch K71 smart TV going on sale by month's end in China

• American Idol gets Shazamed, Captain Marvel ashamed to be eliminated before the live finals

• London 2012 Olympics to get live 3D coverage from Eurosport and Sky 3D

• DirecTV and Tribune cut a deal, turn WGN America and 23 other channels back on

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Countless marvelous powers

• Ashton Kutcher prepares to play Steve Jobs

• Translating 'A Game of Thrones' with George R.R. Martin

• Captain's Log Supplemental: Klingon Awareness Week and First Contact Day

• Now Playing: April 2 - 8, 2012

• Angry Birds cartoon coming to 'all possible platforms' this year

• Tribune stations nationwide including WGN America go dark on DirecTV

• One Shots: None shall pass... until the sun comes out

• Screen Grabs: Vampire Diaries uses Galaxy Note to scratch out sinister signals

Wearables (15)

• Project Glass makes a TV appearance on Charlie Rose, flashes its rear for the cameras

• How would you change the Jawbone Up?

• PSA: I'm Watch smartwatch series ready to ship, as soon as it confirms the destination

• Brother AirScouter glasses bring augmented reality, unsightly add-ons to your face

• Oakley cooking up its own smart glasses, hoping to trump Project Glass with improved style

• Engadget Giveaway: win a pair of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Zeal Optics Z3 Transcend GPS goggles!

• Valve researcher: wearable computing project is 'R&D,' isn't a product yet 'if ever'

• Valve employee spills the hardware beans: wearable computers, ahoy

• Pebble smartwatch raises $100,000 in two hours, retires on a beach

• Sony SmartWatch now available in the US for $150

• Biegert & Funk bring the literal time to your wristwatch with QLOCKTWO W

• Allerta intros Pebble smartwatch, inPulse's attractive younger sibling

• VisiJax turns you into one big bicycle warning system

• Ski helmet charges iPods, iPhone and other mobile devices

• Motorola MOTOACTV software update allows for pairing with non-Moto devices

Xbox (38)

• Skyrim Kinect patch out tomorrow; here's a list of voice commands

• Joy Ride Turbo is the Kinectless sequel to Kinect Joy Ride

• Dragon's Lair swings onto XBLA May 18

• The Walking Dead: Episode 1 moseys onto XBLA this Friday

• Report: Microsoft revealing Xbox 'Woodstock' music service at E3

• Forza 4 'Top Gear' DLC pack drops 10 more cars off at the garage in May

• Darksiders 2 fashions head to Xbox Avatars

• Preliminary ruling: Xbox 360 infringes on some Motorola patents

• Xbox 360 'Chrome series' controllers include Dragon's Dogma DLC in Japan

• Trials Evolution is 'highest grossing day-sales in Xbox Live Arcade history'

• WRUP: Halo 4 Eva

• New Halo 4 shots reintroduce Grunts, Elites, and ... guns?

• Talking my way through Skyrim's free Kinect update

• FEZ topped XBLA activity charts last week

• Kinect Sesame Street TV, Kinect Nat Geo TV premiere 'autumn 2012'

• Kamehame-hope nobody sees us playing Dragon Ball Z for Kinect

• Xbox Live entertainment apps unlocked this weekend, but online gaming remains Gold-only

• Halo 4 awakens Master Chief on November 6

• Coming to Xbox Live: Deep Black, LEGO deals, more

• Halo 4's multiplayer introduces 'Regicide' mode, 'Forerunner vision'

• Witcher 2 launches new trailer before Xbox debut

• Fez devs aware of 'nasty' bugs, working with Microsoft to resolve

• Microsoft's 'Joy Ride Turbo' outed in AU ratings

• Keepin' it almost fake Kinect console has 23 games, no shame

• Skyrim adds Kinect support for 'more than 200' voice commands

• Dragon Ball Z Kinect powering up this October

• PSA: Modern Warfare 3 takes Sanctuary in Foundation on Xbox 360

• Kinect Star Wars tops UK charts, millions of voices suddenly cried out...

• Gears of War: Exile was once a thing, isn't a thing anymore

• 2013 SRT Viper pulls into Forza 4's garage this summer

• Introducing Halo 4's Cortana

• New York State removes sex offenders from Xbox Live

• 'Halo Infinity' domains registered by Microsoft brand manager

• $50 credit with Star Wars Xbox on Amazon

• Diabolical Pitch, less diabolical SNK savings on Xbox Live this week

• Battlefield 3 mega patch hitting Xbox 360 tomorrow

• Microsoft announces special edition Chrome Series Xbox 360 controllers

• Halo stats blown out by Bungie as studio moves on