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Accessories (68)

• IK Multimedia releases iRig MIC Cast for recording, podcasting on the go

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of four Beats Audio bundles, courtesy of Daybreak!

• ADATA lets the sun shine on its new range of Premier Pro microSD cards (update)

• Noctua developing noise-cancelling PC fan, will demo at Computex

• CM4 Q Card Case brings summer colors to an iPhone 4/4S wallet case

• Infinitec returns with Android 4.0-based HDMI dongle, Kickstarts the Pocket TV

• iPad covers made from children's books

• Quad Lock mounting system keeps your iPhone at hand anywhere

• NuForce compresses a rechargeable speaker, USB DAC and headphone amp into a $119 Cube

• Insert Coin: Twig, the tiny iPhone cable that's also a tripod (video)

• Insert Coin: PressurePen stylus lets you make all kinds of lines on your tablet

• Kanex outs non-Apple Thunderbolt cable (updated)

• iPhone, iPad optics add night vision for covert missions

• Satechi BT Media Remote steers your iOS media habits, summons Siri via Bluetooth

• HAND Stylus jumps from Kickstarter to your iOS device

• Credit card-sized stylus in the works at Quirky

• Fujifilm M-Mount Adapter brings Leica lenses to the X-Pro1

• Creative teases Sound Blaster Axx with the most forced puns we've ever seen

• Opening the Book(Book) on Twelve South: between the covers of a Mac-exclusive accessory maker

• Insert Coin: Knut WiFi-enabled sensor hub (video)

• Bicom turns to Kickstarter to fund its new playGo AP1 AirPlay device

• Kinect for Windows SDK reaches v1.5, now works when you're sitting down

• Leap Motion reveals super-accurate motion control tech, $70 device to change the UI game

• Insert Coin: CordLite illuminated iPhone cable (video)

• Raspberry Pi team shows off pics of (and taken with) prototype camera add-on

• G-Technology G-Drive mobile: Rugged, pocket-sized, and fast

• MaKey, MaKey turns the whole world into a keyboard

• iRig Mix out now, impresses with size and features

• Razer's Ouroboros gaming mouse outed by the FCC, transforms to fit lefties

• Netgear adds R6200 router and A6200 USB adapter to its 802.11ac family

• ROCCAT Savu hybrid mouse ready to assault PC gamers' senses for $60

• Toshiba Canvio 3.0 external drives bump up to 1.5TB, give Mac users some love

• Panasonic's interactive plasma display means never having to clean another eraser

• Flat-front dive housing for GoPro cameras available now, ready for your Memorial Day diving trip

• Wicked Audio Metallics Earbuds Giveaway

• Amped Wireless launches dual-band 10,000 square feet router, now no wall is safe

• Buffalo beats others to the 802.11ac WiFi punch, ships 1.3Gbps router and bridge

• ASUS teases mystery product on its Facebook page (update: it's a 3D Blu-ray writer!)

• Samsung Galaxy S III C-Pen stylus gets leaked with more accessory press shots

• HP teases new Envy all-in-one printer, glass and metal dotted all over (video)

• iConnectMIDI provides for all your MIDI requirements, including iOS

• Etcher iPad case works like a real Etch A Sketch

• Kanex ATV Pro connects Apple TV to VGA projectors

• Insert Coin: Etcher, the fully functional Etch A Sketch iPad case

• Kingston Wi-Drive update opens access to web, Android aficionados

• Brookstone fuel cell USB charger to keep phones powered for two weeks, Engadget editors happy

• Aperion unveils the ARIS wireless speaker, invites Windows devices to the wireless shindig for $499

• Razer Naga MMO mouse gets some work done, fresh for 2012

• HP outs new 23-inch 2311xi IPS LED backlit monitor

• HP introduces Officejet 150 all-in-one mobile printer, Photosmart 5520

• Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 dock lends its ports to your deprived laptop via DisplayLink, available May 15th for $180

• Audio-Technica unveils ATH-ANC9 noise-cancelling cans

• New Magellan RoadMate GPS units navigate by landmarks, steer clear of pesky traffic cameras

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of five pairs of Skullcandy Hesh on-ear headphones!

• Scosche debuts Revolt H4, a four-port, 10W USB charger at CTIA Wireless (updated: only two-port model available now)

• New Leaf Credo camera back series for the Mamiya 645DF to ship in June

• Bowers & Wilkins kicks out P3 headphones, brings upscale sound to the commoners (update)

• Insert Coin: HAND Stylus for touch devices

• Logitech intros new Solar Keyboard Folio for iPad

• Beoplay A3 iPad stereo dock has a unique design

• Samsung unveils Galaxy S III accessories: wireless charger, S-pebble MP3, AllCast wireless dongle in tow

• Razer Naga Hex mouse gets Wraith Red edition for manic Diablo III clicking

• Vizio keyboard and mouse roll through the FCC, PCs may ship by July 31st

• Verbatim's Store 'n' Go V3 thumb drives pack USB 3.0, start at $20 for 8GB

• Jawbone releases Big Jambox Bluetooth speaker

• Kanex unveils ATV Pro, gives VGA projectors the power of AirPlay mirroring

• Contour's new mount, watersports kits help bring its cameras with you in the water, snow or dirt

• Insert Coin: Genie turns any camera into a world-class time lapse rig

AI (2)

• Nuance announces Dragon Drive, Siri-like functionality for cars

• Intel research hopes to give computers human smarts, appreciate our idiosyncrasies

Amazon (10)

• Amazon to start collecting sales tax in New Jersey beginning July of next year

• Amazon offers prepaid 4G LTE data in Japan, gets you online 500MB at a time

• Amazon Appstore's Test Drive try before you buy feature now available on Android phones

• UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

• Amazon to offer special limited-time deals on TERA, RIFT, others [Updated]

• Report: Amazon planning front-lit Kindle e-reader for July, new tablet later this year

• Harry Potter e-book loaners coming to your Kindle, if you're Primed

• Amazon tablet update brings parental controls, lets kids play with Fire

• Amazon Studios expands into TV series, looks to load up on content for streaming

• Amazon outs Cloud Drive desktop app for Windows and Mac, allows easy access to your digital wares

Apple (140)

• Archive of Jobs videos makes iTunes go all things Steve

• AllThingsD posts video highlights of Tim Cook's conversation

• AllThingsD releases all its D Conference interviews with Steve Jobs

• MacTech Boot Camps offer fine Apple consultant training at a great price

• Spotify director Sean Parker: Apple tried to keep Spotify out of the United States

• Apple I up for auction: buy a bit of Apple history for the bulk of your net worth

• China greenlights Apple's third-gen iPad for 3G use, China Unicom smiles knowingly

• TUAW TV Live: Tim Cook recap with Steve and Megan

• Online Apple store now selling Nest thermostat

• AllThingsD, Macworld recap Tim Cook at D10

• The EFF on Apple's "crystal prison"

• Tim Cook meets with US congressional leaders

• Apple Store now selling Nest Thermostat: automated toastiness to cost $250

• Apple Store is down

• Tim Cook: Apple doubling-down on Siri, 'stay tuned' on Facebook developments

• Tim Cook joined Apple because even 'when customers got mad at Apple, they'd continue to buy'

• Tim Cook: 2.7 million Apple TVs sold already this year, TV is 'area of intense interest'

• Tim Cook at D10: 'we're going to double down on secrecy on products,' be 'super transparent' on other things

• Tim Cook: 'I want there to be' Apple products made in America

• Apple CEO Tim Cook interview at D10: the liveblog

• Rating Tim Cook's performance as Steve Jobs's replacement

• WWDC 2012 schedule confirmed, adds keynote details and companion app

• Apple releases WWDC schedule, official app (Update)

• Tim Cook's D10 conference keynote won't be streamed live

• Sotheby's to auction off working Apple-1

• Goldman Sachs lists Apple at the top for hedge funds holdings

• Sotheby's selling original Steve Jobs note to Atari

• The Apple II, as described by Steve Wozniak

• Apple, SimpleAir settle patent lawsuit

• Apple Stores rumored to be carrying Nest thermostats, we play it cool (to exactly 71F)

• Apple says Department of Justice "sides with monopoly"

• Apple looking to hire engineers at Israel R&D facility

• Apple's VP of Europe steps down after 12 years

• Patently Apple theorizes what Safari 3D would be like

• Tim Cook declines dividends being paid to Apple employees

• Apple pulls Airfoil Speakers Touch from the App Store (Updated)

• North Carolina approves Apple's plans for 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility

• Considering how Tim Cook is changing Apple

• Apple applies for optical stylus patent, Hell reports coldest day on record

• iBook Lessons: Book samples and rookie mistakes

• Apple Store rendering shows another glass box in California

• Jony Ive's knighting ceremony

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Tripping down memory lane

• Jony Ive says Apple's current work is "most important"

• Apple releases Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.13

• New Paris Apple Store to open on Friday

• Apple to seek new life for iPhone 3GS in emerging markets

• ITC says again that Apple and RIM don't violate Kodak patent

• Apple details neighbors on Campus 2 plans, extends rare request for feedback

• Foxconn building new production line for Apple products

• iBook Lessons: The long and short of ebook submission review times

• Retailers relocate to accomodate Apple Store in Hong Kong

• Apple sends letter to neighbors about new "spaceship" campus

• The cost and construction of Apple's iPhone charger

• The story of Apple's upside down logo

• Report: Foxconn spending $210 million on Apple production line

• Apple assuming retail lease, plans to open new UK Apple Store

• Woz hired as technical advisor on Jobs biopic

• Apple receives regulatory approval for solar farm in North Carolina

• Apple breaks ground on second solar farm for North Carolina data center

• Apple, HTC ordered by judge to sit down, try and make nice on August 28th

• Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders

• Apple wins iPhone5.com domain name

• Apple apparently censoring the word "jailbreak" in US iTunes Store (Updated)

• Kodak accuses Apple of interfering with patent sale

• Apple slips out new OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion beta, leaves 2007 MacBook Pro in a momentary lurch

• How to distribute Kickstarter apps: Ask Apple

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me sort iTunes Music by Apple ID

• HTC handsets delayed at US customs due to ITC injunction over Apple patent

• WSJ: Apple moving towards larger iPhone screens

• Tim Cook meets with Speaker of US House of Representatives, John Boehner

• You're the Pundit: When will Mountain Lion launch?

• Apple tops ACSI satisfaction survey for cellphone manufacturers

• Apple vs. Motorola, HTC cases consolidated

• Apple releases Leopard update, Flashback removal tool

• Apple issues Leopard update with Flashback removal tool

• Bloomberg: Apple will debut new laptop lineup at WWDC

• How to keep MobileMe mail working after iCloud turns it off

• Apple doesn't invite Kaspersky Lab to examine Mac security (Updated)

• Apple movie/TV product placement is on the rise

• Apple may be prepping iCloud upgrade, photo-sharing features

• Apple changes name of 'iPad WiFi + 4G' to 'iPad WiFi + Cellular' in several countries

• Apple's iPad WiFi + 4G renamed 'iPad WiFi + Cellular' across many of its stores

• Why Apple's many patents in Germany get stayed

• New Maps for iOS? It's not exactly a surprise

• iCloud.com slip-up shows Notes and Reminders, iOS 6 references

• Apple claims Samsung destroyed "vast quantities" of evidence

• Report: Apple dumping Google for own Maps app in iOS 6 (update)

• Beta iCloud site briefly appears along with developer's site (updated)

• Apple TV 5.0.1 update rolls out, brings HD iTunes previews and a few fixes

• Apple TV firmware update 5.0.1

• Proview reportedly rejects Apple's settlement offer

• Apple sales in China growing rapidly

• Apple to pitch in on costs for improving Foxconn factory conditions

• Apple, Foxconn to share cost of factory improvement

• Apple Korea to replace iPads, iPods to comply with regulations

• iPod owners notified of RealNetworks-related lawsuit's class action status, given chance to cash in (updated: not Real)

• Company sues Apple, others over claim of patent on 3G

• More updates: Safari 5.1.7 will block out-of-date Flash plugins, tech note updated on FileVault bug

• Apple releases OS X 10.7.4, FileVault bug gets addressed

• Judge throws out Proview lawsuit against Apple in California

• How Apple, GE brands weather bad press

• Apple tops e-store satisfaction survey

• Apple revises nano-SIM design to address Nokia concerns

• Apple mods nano-SIM design, awaits Nokia's tiny rebuttal

• Proview notes "big gap" in Apple's settlement terms

• Apple inadvertently teases iCloud.com banner notifications, pings your browser iOS 5-style

• Apple and IKEA, two similar retail stories

• Apple retail stores still crowded at 8400 average square feet

• iCloud to debut notifications? TUAW confirms mystery iCloud feature

• Apple climbs to 17 on Fortune 500 list

• You're the Pundit: Could Apple introduce iBooks Author print-on-demand?

• Apple's "1944" filmmaker describes the production

• MobileMe customers get free 20 GB of iCloud storage until September

• iOS 5.1.1 update now available in iTunes and OTA

• Apple's iOS 5.1.1 update for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone: fixes AirPlay and network bugs, jailbroken already

• Editorial: Apple isn't making a 'converged' laptop / tablet hybrid, but I still want one

• Doing the Math: WWDC capacity

• Apple gives MobileMe holdouts an olive branch, extends 20GB iCloud offer to September

• You're Our Editor: iBooks Author or ePub for the iBooks store?

• Greenpeace activists protest Apple by blocking train tracks

• Patent application highlights Apple's continued flirtation with haptic feedback

• How the iMac was almost called "MacMan"

• Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iTunes double-billing

• Steve Jobs plays FDR in this old Mac sales video

• Traveling exhibit to display Steve Jobs patents

• Bizarre internal Apple video shows Steve Jobs rallying the troops against IBM

• Dear Aunt TUAW: I'm going to WWDC. What should I pack?

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT

• Apple VP of iOS Scott Forstall cashes in $38.7 million of Apple shares

• OS X Mountain Lion Preview updated with Do Not Disturb feature

• Travis County Commission OK's Apple's Austin, Texas expansion plans

• John Browett added to Apple's executive profiles web page

• Apple, Dropbox, our PC-free future and our sweet solution past

• Apple wants courtroom cleared while Steve Jobs deposition is played

• Apple patents that moment when you text-bomb everyone with your new number

• Judge Richard A. Posner scolds Apple's lawyers

• Apple updates iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand for iOS

• Apple may not market "4G" iPad in the UK

• RIM claims responsibility for "Wake Up" stunt at Apple Store

Apps (180)

• Quotebook 2 offers iCloud, Instapaper support

• XBMC audio engine gets big rewrite, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio hit your media hub

• Netflix for iOS updated with new player UI

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me track my iTunes spending

• Poll: What kind of app reviewer are you?

• Yocto Alarm Clock for iOS is free, full featured and very nice

• Ars looks at 25 years of HyperCard

• Daily iPhone App: Bee Leader

• ITV Player 2.0 brings live streams of the UK broadcaster's TV channels to iOS

• Sonos 3.8 update adds Mountain Lion support

• Fantastical 1.3 adds reminders, bug fixes

• Inkling for Web puts iPad books in a browser

• Roambi adds app publishing tool to analytics lineup

• Flipboard beta coming to all Android devices soon, hopes to handle resolution variety with poise (updated: it's live!)

• Two Dollar Tuesday features indie apps on the Mac App Store

• Daily iPhone App: LostStar Tactics does turn-based strategy right

• Stitcher Radio debuts The Stitcher List, a new way to discover podcasts worth listening to

• Marketcircle releases Daylite 4

• Scalado Photobeamer for iOS brings rapid photo sharing to any web-connected display (video)

• Panasonic Lumix FX90 gets remote app for iOS and Android

• BBC iPlayer reaching Windows Phone within 'weeks,' will catch up with Sherlock on your Lumia (update: perhaps not)

• AirFloat removed from the App Store

• Daily iPad App: League of Evil 2 proves platformers and touchscreens can play nice

• Comcast Xfinity TV Player app brings VOD streaming to Android devices

• Microsoft Office for iPad reportedly on track for November release

• Apple adds free App of the Week to iTunes, Editor's Choice to Mac and iOS App Store

• Apple introduces 'free app of the week,' kicks things off with Cut the Rope: Experiments

• Untethered iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch now available

• Daily iPhone App: Burnout Crash smashes with style

• Google Play adds in-app subscription support for Android

• Tons of apps on sale to kick off Memorial Day weekend

• Tweetbot 2.4 brings keyword mute filters, offline favorite and read later support

• BBM staying exclusive to BlackBerry, says WSJ source

• IndieDevLab goes free

• Bump app for Android and iOS adds desktop photo sharing

• Visualized: ThreadWatch tracks daily workflow on a Mac, turns the data into eye candy

• Facebook for Windows Phone rolls in threaded messaging, tagging, kitchen sink

• Canabalt iOS update might add local multiplayer, hardcore modes

• Star Walk and Solar Walk apps now track the Space X Dragon

• Tweetbot update adds location-based searching

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me adjust app volume

• GameFly wants to get into iOS publishing, create an Android App Store

• Obama tells government agencies to embrace mobile apps within a year

• Mass Effect: Infiltrator available on Android today

• Linux Mint 13 'Maya' released, just in time for the next piktun

• Squids Wild West hits this summer, free preview update for iOS out now

• Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I post a website on Dropbox?

• GameFly to begin publishing smartphone apps, will launch its own Android game store

• Meet Heckerty, well-known British children's story, makes its way to the iPad

• Daily iPhone App: Elenints matches Triple Town's planning with a few new tricks

• Mint adds split-transactions and budget adjustments to iOS app, 40% of users now mobile-only

• PSA: Windows Phone Marketplace now requires Windows Phone 7.5

• OneVoice is an impressive assistive communication app for iPad and iPhone

• Daily iPhone App: Siegecraft lays siege on the App Store

• SpokenLayer iPhone app adds AOL Tech titles for your listening pleasure

• Sony releases Music Unlimited for iPhone

• Hulu updates iPad app with Retina support

• ooVoo opens up 12-way chat on Facebook and the iPad, gives other apps a facelift

• Daily iPhone App: Dark Legends takes Spacetime's formula to the next step

• GitHub branches out, releases Windows client

• Coda 2 for Mac, Diet Coda for iPad available May 24

• Mountain Lion update includes automatic Mac app downloads

• Comcast officially launches next-gen X1 DVR platform and iPhone remote app (update: video)

• QuickSearch PDF Reader provides powerful fast text searches

• Daily iPhone App: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 brings Sonic back again

• Unofficial S-Voice app gets gagged, Samsung waits for its flagship hero

• Parkmobile adds NFC to its parking payment repertoire

• MacStories looks at four years of the App Store

• DropKey app encrypts Mac files, free through Sunday

• Plex shows you how to make your TV shows look great with its new Local Media Agent

• Sparrow 1.6 for Mac available with POP support, more

• Insert Coin: Chameleon adaptive home screen replacement for Android tablets

• iRig Mix ships to iDevice-carrying DJs, Android app compatibility looks unlikely

• Thefuture.fm launches iPhone app for discovering DJ mixtapes, hopes to steal Spotify's thunder

• Daily iPad App: Feed Me Oil HD

• PopCap finally releases Bejeweled HD on iPad

• Daily iPhone App: Amoebattle does RTS right

• Instacast pricing raises hackles: are apps bought or rented? [Updated]

• Report: Americans have 28 percent more mobile apps in 2012

• Nielsen: Americans have 28 percent more mobile apps in 2012, look down on the web with disdain

• Hillcrest Labs open sources Kylo web browser for TVs, hopes the people want one

• Sprint's Android users get carrier billing in Google Play

• Hello iPhoto for iPad & iPhone is an amazing new way to learn

• Flipboard 1.9 puts emphasis on audio

• iBook Lessons: Using Book Proofer to preview EPUB files

• Flipboard brings the noise in NPR-ified app update, Britta will be pleased

• Flickr launches prettified 'liquid' layout, brings high-resolution eye candy to the forefront

• ESPN Radio app gets a refresh, now properly outfitted for the iPad

• Upcoming Mozilla Marketplace lacks Linux support; open-source fix in the works

• Isis partners with Austin and Salt Lake City merchants, throws John Stockton elbow at Google Wallet

• Inkling to sell iPad textbooks in over 900 college bookstores

• Daily iPhone App: Ozgood is a lovable piece of puppet tech

• Firefox native version hits Android in beta, new UI and speedups tag along

• Misbehaving iMessage and a potential fix

• Due for Mac now available with cloud sync, much more

• Adobe upgrades its Digital Publishing Suite with iPhone viewer, improved social media features

• More than 70 percent of mobile users pay little for apps, big spenders make up for us cheapskates

• JPEGmini puts your images on a diet

• Daily iPhone App: This Could Hurt dodges danger with ease

• Perian posts end of life notice. Mac video enthusiasts weep.

• Adobe Muse is ready to let you design websites without the coding headaches for $15 a month

• Sparrow for iPhone 1.2 adds new features, push will be subscription-based

• Rez/Lumines vets release iOS game 'Kotomon'

• Engadget Giveaway: win a new iPad, courtesy of puzzle app Triple Entendre!

• AutoDesk provides impressive 3D captures on an iPad with a free app

• Seraku's Android mirror lets you reflect on your operating system

• 5 apps for Moms on Mother's Day

• PSA: Dropbox Dropquest begins right now!

• Daily iPhone App: Swordigo hacks and slashes in 2D

• Rovio rebranding Casey's Contraptions as "Amazing Alex"

• Pocket gets update and a whole lotta downloads

• Adobe updates Photoshop Touch for iPad with better resolution

• Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 now available

• Spotify offers up playlist radio stations and more with latest upgrade

• Dish Network Remote Access iPad app upgrade brings a new UI, more speed

• Nokia Reading opens its pages to select European nations, more to follow

• Adobe Creative Cloud rolls out today: CS6 applications, storage and syncing from $50 per month

• BBEdit 10.1.2 now available

• Daily iPhone App: Off the Leash provides chaotic canine fun

• Droplr announces Droplr Pro with increased storage, more

• Little delights: Pinching a page in iBooks Author

• DevJuice: Injection for Xcode

• Animated Color Messages pops your Messages text

• Man uses iPhone app to revive stunned bird

• Daily iPhone App: Consmr makes grocery comparisons easy

• Grocery iQ for iOS adds speech recognition

• Garmin Fit for iOS adds Live Track to broadcast your status

• BBC Sport app brings Olympics and more to Sony Bravia TVs, PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray players

• Telefónica launches TU Me app: brings free VoIP calling and messaging to the iPhone

• Office for Mac 14.2.2 rollup patch now available (Updated)

• Evernote updates Mac and iOS apps, makes it harder to forget those chores

• Flipboard for Android 'liberated' from Galaxy S III demo unit, available for all

• Netgear updates its Genie app to make even the loneliest printer AirPrint compatible

• Instagram for Android updated with tilt-shift capabilities, all becomes well on Earth

• Fujitsu app analyzes zits and skin tone, delivers professional advice to your phone

• DevJuice: Should I develop cross platform?

• Comixology hits 65 million downloads, lands exclusive Marvel digital deal

• Get LostWinds for iOS for free at Starbucks

• RIM teams up with TomTom to bring HD Traffic to BlackBerry devices

• Google Play passes 15 billion downloads

• Personal Capital announces iPhone app, Universal Checkbook

• TwitPic launches app, way too late

• Twitpic for iPhone brings four years of image-sharing history, one year too late

• Email widget takes on viral rumors, fact checks for you

• Skylanders Cloud Patrol now supports more Skylanders, Retina Display for new iPad

• Daily iPhone App: Escape from Age of Monsters runs on

• TUAW Bookshelf -- The Business of iPhone and iPad Development: Making and Marketing Apps

• Shadow Era getting physical cards to go with iOS game

• Harmon.ie brings SharePoint to iPad and iPhone

• The Angry Birds earned Rovio quite a bit of chicken scratch in 2011

• Evernote buys Penultimate app developer Cocoa Box

• GIMP 2.8 gets a major facelift

• Adobe Creative Suite 6 now available, Creative Cloud floating into action May 11th

• iBook Lessons: Creating Amazon KDP tables of contents on MS Word for Macintosh

• Third betas of Adobe Flash 11.3, AIR 3.3 give peeks at low-lag audio and deeper iOS support

• Scrivener for iPad under development

• iPhone apps help the blind in all kinds of ways

• Draw Something wants you to draw ads with latest update

• Daily iPhone App: Star Wars Pit Droids is free on May the fourth (be with you)

• OpenStreetMap gets acknowledged in iPhoto credits

• Articulate launches Storyline authoring tool, outputs training modules to iPad and HTML 5

• DevJuice: Sim Launcher updated

• Daily iPhone App: Junk Jack builds something special

• Web Marketplace for Windows Phone gets 22 more stamps in its passport

• Mozilla plans war on fragmentation, reveals unified UI design for Windows 8 and mobile devices

• Facebook's iPhone Messenger to get video chat, enlarged variant for iPad?

• Report: Draw Something daily users declining rapidly

• Parallels Mobile updated for Retina display

• UK National Rail app available for iPhone

• Dev survey: 59% of app devs not breaking even

• Blackline TV goes live with its iPad-optimized, HTML5 magazine

• Early iOS free-to-play title Eliminate shutting down this month

• Reader UI of the Week: Neutral elements and goldfish

• RIM offers developers $10,000 incentive for certified apps

• Financial Times to discontinue iPad, iPhone apps, move to HTML5

• Inkling releases Frommer's travel guides for iPhone and iPad

• PSA: The 7th Guest free on iOS and Mac App store today

• BlackBerry App Generator makes app building a breeze for smartphones and PlayBook tablets

• Alfred updated with new themes, drag-and-drop support

• BlackBerry 10 developer toolkit released in beta, adds Native and WebWorks SDKs for app-building flexibility

Big Tech (62)

• Google lobs antitrust complaint against Microsoft, Nokia in EU, claims they're playing patent footsie (updated)

• HP names Bill Veghte new COO, hands over the keys to HP Software

• Verizon doubles FiOS speeds to 300Mbps, thumb-twiddling waits are officially over

• RIM warns of loss for Q1, hires JP Morgan and RBC Capital Markets to help with strategic review

• LG launches 'upgraded' SP820 Smart TV Upgrader box in June for about $170 US

• RIM's Chief Legal Officer is latest exec to leave the company

• Huawei files EU antitrust complaint against InterDigital

• RIM may cut 2,000-plus jobs within two weeks

• Samsung accuses Apple of withholding evidence

• Sony formally quits Sharp LCD joint venture, takes back every yen it invested

• HP cuts 27,000 jobs, profit tumbles 31 percent in Q2

• Seagate to acquire LaCie

• Court-ordered cage match between Apple, Samsung results in a draw

• Lenovo beats PC market with 46 percent profit surge

• Dell profit drops 33 percent in Q1, both home and corporate sales take a hit

• ITC rules against Kodak, in favor of RIM and Apple

• Comcast's 'Project Dayview' does PDA duty across TV, phone, PC and tablet (update: video)

• Qualcomm hires former AMD CTO, makes 'em pay for dropping mobile

• Apple and Samsung sit down for mediation today

• Yahoo to sell back half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1 billion

• Samsung chief: we're open to a cross-licensing deal with Apple, but 4G chip shortage might last until the fall

• Apple files (again) for a preliminary ban against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

• Motorola, RIM offer Apple a nano-SIM compromise

• HP will reportedly announce restructuring plan next week, up to 30,000 job cuts

• Intel launches youth-focused iQ webzine, tells its brand story through aggregation

• NTT DoCoMo hopes to expand content game with Buongiorno buyout

• Sony applies for wireless power patent, wants to daisy-chain your energy

• Comcast fires back over Xfinity TV on Xbox 360, says no way, no how it's violating net neutrality

• Panasonic, Sony purportedly entering into OLED TV team-up, torrid love affair

• Apple gets another bite, wins appeal to pursue preliminary injunction against Samsung

• NVIDIA, Intellectual Ventures partner to acquire 4G patents from IPWireless

• Apple ahead of Samsung in Japanese market

• ATD: Yahoo's CEO Scott Thompson to step down amidst degree scandal (update: confirmed)

• Panasonic racks up a record loss for 2012, looks forward to profits and a partner for OLED TVs

• HP takes print away from town for seven days, laughs at 'print is dead' claim (updated)

• Visualized: HP's all-in-one PCs over the years, one from 1983

• Sony shares drop to 31-year low in Japan, 19-year low in US

• NVIDIA reports Q1 earnings: rakes $60.4 million profit on $924.9 million in revenue

• Sony's fiscal 2012 results: $820 million loss due to floods, earthquakes and exchange rates

• The Engadget interview: Nokia VP of Developer Relations Richard Kerris at CTIA 2012 (video)

• Nokia loses UK appeal against IPCom's pointless patent posturing

• Sony's final 2011 report shows a record net loss, optimism for 2012

• PayPal and Softbank announce new joint venture in Japan, mobile app

• Apple and Samsung drop some claims but still disagree

• The Engadget interview: Mozilla Chief of Innovation Todd Simpson at CTIA 2012 (video)

• Live from HP's Global Influencer Summit 2012 in Shanghai!

• Apple and Samsung finally agree... to drop a plethora of claims from their patent spat

• Lenovo launches four Android-powered K-series Smart TVs in China this month

• Rovio employing a growing percentage of Finland

• Samsung sales injunction won't kick in prior to patent validity check

• Visualized: Apple and Samsung occupy the 99 percent... of phone profits

• CFC backtracks on Slim's near-billion dollar fine in Mexico, lays out other terms and conditions

• Apple and Samsung earn 99 percent of mobile phone vendor profits

• US judge tells Apple, Samsung to trim down patent lawsuits

• Apple v. Samsung judge yells 'get to the point, you two'

• The Distro Interview: MSI Senior Vice President and co-founder, Jeans Huang

• Comcast earnings beat expectations for Q1

• Memory of Steve Jobs helped inspire Facebook's organ donation initiative

• Sony exec confirms IPTV aspirations, says they're on hold due to bandwidth caps

• Motorola Mobility loses $86 million in Q1, device shipments way down

• Apple wants Samsung name obscured on video players in courtroom

• Verizon, Comcast activate Wonder Twin powers in six more markets with cross-sales deal

Business (4)

• Facebook IPO is official: $38 per share, on sale tomorrow under ticker symbol 'FB'

• The Fullbright Company's first game explores the drawers of a strange home

• DirecTV adds 81,000 subscribers during Q1 in the US, increases revenue by 12 percent

• Toshiba made $898.8 million profit, could manage to lend you twenty bucks

Buying Guides (20)

• How-to: Build a multi-talented HTPC for (roughly) $1,000

• You can totally get The Darkness 2 for $12 at Best Buy today

• Prototype 2 $30 at Amazon, Gold Box deals all day

• Ask Engadget: best sub-$200 super-powerful router?

• Distro Issue 42 lands with the Engadget Summer Gear Guide, a handsome new look and more!

• Buy a PC for college, get the Xbox 360 you actually want for free

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

• iMore lists the best free iPad games

• Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover: The best iPad keyboard case yet (Updated)

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Where should I buy my George R. R. Martin fix?

• Ask Engadget: best smartphone for the over fifties?

• How to buy Minecraft on Xbox 360 for $5 less than on your Xbox 360 [update: no more!]

• Nest Learning Thermostat on sale at Lowe's, thinks you should climate control it yourself

• Ask Engadget: best lens for wedding photography?

• Buying an iPad 2? Here's the rarer, more efficient specimen you need to (somehow) track down

• Big Batman deals on Steam this weekend, small Batman not on sale

• It's back! Amazon's $139 refurbished Kindle Fire deal returns for one more day

• iMore compares top music streaming services for the iPhone

• When to get the best deals on Apple products

• Morrowind and Oblivion GOTY editions half off all week on Steam

Computing (82)

• CompuLab to serve fanless AMD PC-3's stuffed with minted penguin

• VIA ARTiGO A1200 lets you roll your own miniscule, fanless PC

• Intel details 14 dual-core Ivy Bridge processors ahead of Computex

• Second-gen IOIO in the works: embraces the wireless revolution, cuts cost

• Dell begins test deployment of ARM-based Copper servers

• Fedora performs a Beefy Miracle, releases version 17

• Insert Coin: Modkit Micro asks us if we're ready for six-year-olds coding Arduino boards

• Dell adds XPS One 27 with 2560 x 1440 screen to its all-in-one lineup, prices start at $1,399 (video)

• Dell announces Inspiron One 23 and One 20 all-in-ones (video)

• Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: Memorial Macs

• Silicon Image pushes new MHL 2.0 chips for phones and HDTVs with 1080p60 video, faster charging

• Netgear passes On through FCC with new router, name

• Supercomputer gets a memory boost with 380 petabytes of magnetic tape

• Intel funnels $40 million into global network of research laboratories

• Intel posts x86-friendly Android 4.0 image, lets you feel the need for speed

• Windows 8's Metro version of IE 10 may keep Flash for edge cases

• VIA Technologies outs $49 APC Android barebones, nods towards Raspberry Pi

• Cheap £149 PC and broadband bundle gives the UK something to smile about

• Samsung Chromebox gets a premature outing, $330 price tag (video)

• Lenovo IdeaCentre A720 now up for touchy-feely orders

• Sit down before you read about Kinect SDK update 1.5

• ASUS and MSI launch Thunderbolt motherboards, tie for first place

• The Engadget Interview: Ben Heck talks Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire (video)

• AMD launches R-Series chip for next-gen casinos, surveillance systems, distractions

• Linux kernel 3.4 is out: supports Trinity, Southern Islands, Kepler, Medfield and more

• How would you change Native Instruments' Maschine Mikro?

• NVIDIA outs budget GeForce GT 610, GT 620 and GT 630, no Kepler in any of 'em

• Researchers develop silicon ReRAM chip, send warning shot to Flash memory

• Researchers tout efficiency breakthrough with new 'inexact' chip

• $74 MK802 PC-on-a-stick beats Cotton Candy to market, has ICS on board

• Intel wants to have conflict-free processors by the end of 2013

• VIA unveils fanless, Eden X2-packing AMOS-3002, promises tiny dual-core PC in your car

• Rare Commodore KIM-1 hits eBay, shows you the PET's barebones roots

• NVIDIA outs a pair of Tesla GPUs to electrify your supercomputer

• Intel brings Ivy Bridge to third-gen Core vPro business platform

• HGST launches new CinemaStar drives for media PCs and set top boxes

• Panasonic preps samples of next-gen ReRAM devices, NAND preps for early retirement

• WD grits teeth, hands over the goodies to Toshiba to regulators and dentists' delight

• Intel launches new Ivy Bridge Xeons, targets microservers

• AMD reveals Trinity specs, claims to beat Intel on price, multimedia, gaming

• FXI Cotton Candy ICS-on-a-stick gets May release date, sweetened design

• Windows 8 'Family Safety' feature chaperones underage users through the World Wild Web

• Best Buy cuts price on Macs

• MacBook Pro, iMac with new Ivy Bridge processors show up on benchmarks

• Intel sets sights on 5nm chip; already gearing up fabs for 14nm production

• MacBook Pro and iMac with next-gen Ivy Bridge processors crop up on benchmarks (update)

• Best Buy Mac discounts hint at clearing inventory, Ivy Bridge revamp coming soon?

• Intel caught using cheap thermal paste in Ivy Bridge?

• Lenovo shows off ThinkStation E31 workstation in two different sizes

• MIPS unveils new Aptiv mobile chip design, vows more speed in a tiny space

• NVIDIA confirms no 'Project Grey' until 2013, Tegra 3 LTE later this year

• Simple firmware updater for Raspberry Pi released, won't speed up your order

• J&W announces M001 Cedar Trail nettop, to keep desks and ears happy

• CHKDSK is changing how it works (step 1 of 1) 56 percent completed...

• Intel knocks ARM's legacy app dilemma in Windows 8, says it has a 'big uphill fight' ahead

• NVIDIA outs GeForce GTX 670 GPU: it's Kepler without the mortgage

• Meg Whitman: HP's engineering is very much still alive, aims to be cloud computing leader

• Insert Coin: Playsurface open-source multitouch computing table

• Pogoplug Team lets businesses tap into their own 'personal clouds' for $15 a year per user

• Lenovo recalls 188,000 ThinkCentres, perilous power packs to blame

• ADATA ships its Premier and Premier Pro SSDs to US, gives your laptop a dose of energy

• Sub-$1500 Kingmax 1TB SSD spotted in Japan

• HP intros three Compaq desktops, two displays for the business set

• NEC announces Ivy Bridge processors for some, not all, of its series refreshes

• New 802.1aq standard promises to improve Ethernet efficiency

• ASUS intros three new ROG TYTAN gaming desktops, Ivy Bridge on board

• Micron teases working DDR4 RAM module, aims for late 2012 production

• AT-AT PC Case Mod: and you thought it was just geeky on the outside

• Lenovo swings out diminutive ThinkCentre M92p Tiny, bevy of all-in-ones and VoIP-ready ThinkVision display

• AMD Radeon HD 7970 could get 'GHz Edition', put the hurtz on NVIDIA

• Origin PC upgrading pre-Ivy Bridge orders with new silicon, asking nothing in return

• Xamarin's XobotOS opens prospect of Android port to C#, can of worms

• Dell to upgrade unshipped Alienware orders to Ivy Bridge CPUs for free

• Foxconn builds a fanless nano PC, forgets to put someone else's name on it

• TSMC ramps 28nm ARM Cortex-A9 chip to 3.1GHz, gives your desktop jitters

• Maingear and Origin now stocking GeForce GTX 690 cards, will probably run Crysis

• RunCore's Mini DOM packs single-chip, SATA-based SSD into tiny places

• NVIDIA GTX 670 spotted at Malaysian retailer: either it's fake or MSI has a small problem

• HP reclaims top spot in PC sales, market as a whole climbs 21 percent

• Intel enters mini-computer fray with Core i5-powered NUC

• Cubify's 3D printer up for pre-order, wants to make you make trinkets

• Breakfast Topic: Are neutral cities better for server communities?

Cybersecurity (31)

• White House announces anti-botnet initiative

• Encrypted Text: Openers and the element of surprise

• Flame malware snoops on PCs across the Middle East, makes Stuxnet look small-time

• Report: FBI forming new cyber intelligence research unit, focus on digital surveillance

• Hack in the Box conference features iPhone Dev Team

• Stolen iPhone photos unwittingly posted by Disney cruise ship employee

• Kapersky "disappointed" he can't sell AV software on iOS

• Mobile security researchers present Android Malware Genome Project at IEEE

• Exploit uses firewalls to hijack smartphones, turns friends into foes

• Diablo III players report eruption of hacked accounts

• ZTE confirms the Score M has a backdoor, hopes to patch up soon

• Scotland Yard detected on iOS

• RIM patent application shines a light on unseen filth, might make forensics mobile

• Examining an iTunes Store account hack

• Protect your iPhone from prying eyes

• Kaspersky exec calls Mac OS 'really vulnerable' (update: clarification from Kaspersky)

• Adobe changes tune on CS5 updates, won't seek paid CS6 upgrade to patch vulnerabilities

• The Lawbringer: 7 tips on holding the security line

• Wurm Online website down after SQL attack

• New DVD anti-piracy warning now packs double the nag

• OS X Lion updated: 10.7.4 fixes FileVault vulnerability

• Carrier IQ hires former Verizon privacy counsel Magnolia Mobley as Chief Privacy Officer

• Breakfast Topic: Do you use Real ID?

• Passwords stored in plain text after Lion update

• OS X Lion update accidentally outs user passwords in plain text, stumbles over FileVault

• FBI reportedly pressing for backdoor access to Facebook, Google

• The Daily Grind: Do you use mobile authenticators?

• PlayThru hopes to kill text captchas with game-based authentication

• iPhones, iPads increasingly subject to search warrants

• Flashback was earning about $10K per day

• My whole life is a hack: how Geohot owned the iPhone, PS3 and inadvertently rallied hacktivists

Entertainment (175)

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New Jaina Proudmoore Theramore event voices

• The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing stakes claim on XBLA, PC

• RIFT: Storm Legion expansion coming this fall

• New DUST 514 dev diary talks fittings, lore

• Humble Indie Bundle V includes Psychonauts, Limbo, Superbrothers, Amnesia, Bastion (as a bonus)

• Next Gears of War graces Game Informer cover, full reveal Monday

• RuneScape throwing the Queen a royal celebration on June 2nd

• RaiderZ releases dev diary on how to beat a monster to death with its own severed limbs

• Quantum Conundrum trailer gives us a cute creature to coo over

• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Blu-ray full specs revealed, arrives in October

• The Elder Scrolls Online designers talk combat and PvP in a new video

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: It's all a Nemesis plot

• Leeroy Jenkins gets his own movie

• Troy Baker, the industry's 'new' Nolan North

• Guacamelee pinned down as PS3 and Vita exclusive

• New Dead Space video pops up, signs point to Dead Space 3

• Google+ Local sees reviews from friends, Zagat invade your restaurant hunts (video)

• Planetside 2 takes flight in new trailer and screens

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New music files uncovered

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

• Spiritual Guidance: Lightwell vs. Lightspring, plus new priest glyph and talent animations

• How the Raid Finder changed Warcraft lore

• World of Tanks British armor sighted in the wild

• Cleaning Mona Lisa: Bringing iBooks to a new standard

• When Vikings Attack brings cel-shaded crowd control to PS3 and Vita

• Must See HDTV (May 28th - June 3rd)

• Rock Band Blitz tracks include Elton John, All-American Rejects, Iron Maiden, more

• Editorial: Despite shaky 48 fps Hobbit preview, high frame rates will take off

• Twin-stick shooter Really Big Sky evolves to 'Big Sky Infinity' on PS3 and Vita

• ASUS teases its 'next transformations,' will probably have screens (video)

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Ballin

• Skyrim Online MMO-ish mod gaining momentum

• Red vs. Blue season 10 premieres tomorrow

• New Gungnir screens show off battle scenes, dialogue

• Frontrow has arrived to let you take and share photos from YouTube livestreams

• Breakfast Topic: Back in my day

• Indie Game: The Movie: The Worldwide Release: June 12th

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a stranger in a strange land

• Watch Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy record for Arkham City, destroy the fabric of reality

• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Blu-ray trailer and box art pop up online (video)

• Caption Contest: Maker Faire's morning pick-me-up

• Leaked WWE 13 trailer shows off slams, jams and a Nov. 1 2012 release date

• Mists of Pandaria: New Wrathion voice files datamined

• Latest RuneScape behind-the-scenes video details cryptic clue fest, evolution of combat

• The Firing Line: Hands-on with Heroes & Generals

• New ArcheAge video shows improvements to Rainbow Fields

• Google's Project Glass... it's spreading (sample video)

• Broadcast TV networks, Dish Network file lawsuits over new Auto Hop ad skipping feature

• Take to the skies with PlanetSide 2's aerial combat trailer

• Jetpack Joyride goes to the dogs

• This dude can control a pipe organ using Kinect [Update]

• Scattered Shots: Beta nerfs to hunter self-heals

• Transmogrifying the women of DC comics

• Two new carrier Siri ads feature John Malkovich

• PSA: Sega Vintage Collection now available on XBLA

• Skill Mastery: Blinding Light

• How-To: XBMC 11 the XBMCbuntu way

• Shootmania Storm trailer simultaneously touts the game and its editing tools [update: beta registrations open]

• Far Cry 3's 'Insane Edition' contains the best bobblehead, exclusive to Europe

• Lost Planet 3 footage drills our weak spots

• The Game Archaeologist: Richard Garriott's haunted cache

• GoSelectPass makes it easy to buy discount attraction tickets

• Marvel Heroes unveils its first official trailer [Updated]

• Google goes Moogle, celebrates Moog's birthday with interactive doodle

• EVE Online releases 17th expansion, Inferno

• CCP releases Welcome to New Eden video for DUST 514

• Trion releases Defiance feature video, details 'transmedia' synergy

• iOS game 'Papa Quash' looks remarkably JS Joust-like [update]

• SWTOR patch 1.3 bringing group finder, legacy perks

• Now Playing: May 21-27, 2012

• RuneScape behind-the-scenes video gives players a peek at upcoming Queen Black Dragon update

• Dungeon Twister combines strategy, board games, and swiveling on PS3

• Sworcery enchants Japan June 21, accompanied by remix album

• YouTube blows out seven candles, cuts birthday party short to log 72 hours of video per minute

• 'Bond 50' 22 movie Blu-ray collection details revealed, ships in September (video)

• iDrum lets you rock out like Animal on your iDevice for $70

• Stiq Figures, May 7 - 13: I'mma can't use any of my dominoes edition

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Zytron II

• Pokemon Black and White 2 story trailer features Pokemon, people

• Mists of Pandaria: Male pandaren voice emotes revealed

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Premature

• Nokia uses Lumia 900 as a hammer in a torture test, makes us wince (video)

• Neuroscientists develop game for stroke rehabilitation, give the Wii a run for its money

• The Lawbringer: Blizzard and Valve settle on DOTA

• New DDO Menace of the Underdark video profiles Druid class

• Diablo 3's secret world discovered

• Dolby ups TrueHD lossless audio on Blu-ray to 96k, says every upsampled bit is amazing (video)

• Metal Gear Rising's live-action vignettes continue with 'Sword'

• Patch breaks Street Fighter X Tekken in new and exciting ways

• Eight floppy drives recreate the theme from Game of Thrones, stake claim to the seven Kingdoms

• The glory of Quest For Glory

• WildStar Thursday brings the Metal Maw action

• PlanetSide 2 video features night ops, 23 minutes of alpha gameplay

• Snapshot: Datura (PS3)

• Stare in disbelief at EX Troopers' first trailer

• Gotham City Impostors 'Steamy Punk' DLC adds jetpacks, general dapperness

• The Last of Us demo offers a first look at Naughty Dog's direction

• No relief in sight for 38 Studios after emergency meeting [Updated]

• AdventureQuest Worlds releases its first two action figures

• Found Footage: MacPaint introductory video

• Blizzard uses a video to explain what Diablo III is

• MakerBot uncovers the miracle of 3D printed 'bot making (video)

• Dreadline: a game about killing soon-to-be-dead people from ex-Irrational and Harmonix devs

• New MOBA SmashMuck Champions fights its way into closed beta this month

• Diablo Moviewatch: Gigolo Witch Test

• Allods Online prepares players for patch 3.0.2 with a new mini-site

• Shifting Perspectives: Honey cat don't give a ...

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Tree-trunk armsh

• Buy the greatest song ever written (and other Sonic soundtracks) on iTunes [update]

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is confused and scared

• Gate Five's lawsuit against Beyonce going to court

• Steam Trading comes to Super Monday Night Combat, hats and costumes in tow

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Offspring Fling

• Freedom Force: Superhero role-playing done right

• You can still buy into Double Fine Adventure through PayPal

• The Firing Line: 16th century fragging edition

• Hands-on with The Secret World character creator

• You did a great job making Jet Set Radio graffiti

• Total Recall 'Mind-Bending' Blu-ray remembers a better looking video transfer July 31st

• Entire Quest for Glory series now available on GOG

• Rumored Beyond Good & Evil 2 screen has Jade looking awfully lonely

• MechWarrior Online unloads six preview videos

• Modern Warfare 3 getting free 'Face Off' mode, non-free Content Collection 2

• War of the Immortals expansion adds new class, 540-player PvP arenas

• Find Ryu in Asura's Wrath DLC now

• Angry Birds downloaded a billion times

• NECA introduces P-body style Portal gun replica

• New End of Nations trailer shines some light on the Shadow Revolution

• Caramelldansen pandaren, presented without further comment

• Rovio marks one billion downloads, untold pig casualties across Angry Birds games

• The Dream Machine slips into your subconscious this Friday on Steam

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Male and female pandaren dances are live

• Star Wars: The Old Republic releases Episode I of the official podcast

• Diablo III shows off the wrath of angels

• The Light and How to Swing It: Readying your ret paladin for Mists of Pandaria

• Sneak a peek at Soul Sacrifice before its official debut

• Qumarion 3D modeling mannequin coming soon for $750, still won't play with your kid (video)

• One-man Rocket EV hits over 200 mph in under 7 seconds (video)

• Crystal White PS Vita coming to Japan, along with Hatsune Miku version

• Storybricks alpha video shows how you can choose your own adventure

• Project Triniate attempts to put an MMO on a Nintendo 3DS

• Wall-mounted interactive robot mimics emotions, follows you around, wants to be friends (video)

• Google+ lets you broadcast your Hangouts

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Here Comes Launchman

• If The Avengers ever has a video game tie-in, we hope it's not like this

• Pinkerton Road reveals second title, uses traditional publisher model

• Sunday Morning Funnies: In training

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is [insert topical subject here]

• Playing Persona 4 Arena, Episode 1: Buttons and systems

• Kirby's Pinball Land rated in Australia

• Assassin's Creed pre-production footage doesn't skimp on the stabs

• UC Berkeley freshman shows us his ridiculously automated dorm (video)

• Spike TV airing Microsoft's 'Xbox: Entertainment Evolved' from E3, also coming to Xbox Live

• Company of Heroes 2 official reveal coming May 7

• BBC to launch app companion for Antiques Roadshow, asks you to price up British heritage

• ZeniMax reveals Elder Scrolls Online teaser trailer

• The Daily Grind: How do you handle random party invites?

• On The Fringe, Part Two: Robin Arnott's 'Deep Sea' and Anna Anthropy

• WoW Moviewatch: Stuff WoW Hipsters Say

• Max Payne 3's multiplayer footage gets us all nostalgic

• Republique gets vocal support from David Hayter and Jennifer Hale

• EVE producer: F2P converts were 'failing,' subs still viable

• The Queue: I have looked into the face of absurdity, and its name is Goku

• Behind the scenes of the recent solo heroic Alysrazor kill

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Paladins get Ashbringer with new talent

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 video tells of our terrifying future

• Understanding The Legend of Dragoon

• Diablo III's Wizard rebels against the system

• 5 awesome ways World of Warcraft has improved since day one

• Browse John Peel's legendary record collection, travel back in time

• Vision Research Miro 120 footage hits the internet, looks amazing (video)

• Black Ops 2 spans decades, offers branching missions and choice

• Rimac Concept_One EV now a reality: cash in those stock options (video)

• TERA reveals launch trailers, provides update on account errors

• This is how you'll edit Portal 2 levels

EVs and Transportation (38)

• MotoCzysz aims to refashion TAC Motors' Stark into an eco-friendly off-roader

• Volvo's driverless road train in Spain is public mainly on the plain (video)

• Ford says Sync is now in 4 million vehicles, takes a moment to talk up Focus Electric

• ZBoard electric skateboard sneakers-on (video)

• Nissan announces e-NV200 all-electric van, production slated for 2013

• Autocar takes Gordon Murray's T.25 and T.27 city cars for a spin, gives us its impressions

• Dragon Drive! lets you take the wheel, while Nuance takes dictation

• Google's self-driving cars will return to roots, tour California

• Tesla CEO tweets that crash testing is complete, Model S production ready to roll

• Garmin multi-sensor controller concept replaces touchscreen interface with in-console dial rig

• Better Place takes its electric vehicle network in Israel for a silent spin

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: NY Design Week, a hybrid Porsche and recycled sportswear

• Fisker leak shows Atlantic production delayed to mid-2014, 0-60 in 6.5 seconds

• Ask Engadget: Electric commuting on the cheap?

• Zero Motorcycles will pay for your first 25,000 e-motorbike miles, wants you to ride guilt-free

• Midtronics GRX-5100 simplifies servicing hybrid and EV batteries

• Toyota turns to Nintendo DS as in-car GPS remote, won't guide you to Princess Peach

• Porsche 918 Spyder prototype returns to the road with polished black and white shell

• Updated Hyundai app brings remote control to your Blue Link fleet

• Fisker rep defends Karma hybrid sedan in garage fire aftermath

• Ample's cute 'Eo' EV claims it's the world's first e-quadrimotorcycle, we hope not the last

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: self-driving cars, solar parasols and the ultimate DIY Iron Man suit

• Ferrari chairman reveals hybrid Enzo will come this year

• The Engadget interview: OnStar's Nick Pudar talks smart grids at CTIA 2012 (video)

• Audi e-bike Wörthersee lets you pop wheelies eco-style, plays nice with your smartphone

• Brammo Empulse and Empulse R finally unveiled: 100-mph speeds and raised prices

• Tesla publishes Model S efficiency and range stats, expects 350 highway miles per charge

• iPad is standard equipment in the 2013 Cadillac XTS

• Fisker Karma reportedly sets house on fire, doesn't restore cosmic balance (updated)

• Coda sedan EV hits California dealerships, spreads semi-frugal greenness

• Toyota RAV4 EV priced up at $49,800, arriving in California 'late summer'

• Nevada lets Google's driverless car hit the open road, requires it to bring a driver

• Clarion Next Gate brings iPhone apps (and distractions) to your windshield

• Norway's Zero team crosses Europe in hydrogen cars without a backup

• BMW, Daimler partner on ultra-light Visio.M city EV

• First solar-powered boat to circle the world pulls into home port, contemplates next move

• Audi, GM, others unite on 20-minute EV charging standard for green drivers in a rush

• Newcastle University preps in-car GPS for the elderly, helps grandmum get home safely

Gaming (787)

• Battlefield 3 receives major update next week, no mention of 'Premium'

• Indie shmup Redux succeeds on Kickstarter, adds plans for Vita and 3DS

• EA finally confirms Dead Space 3, will debut at E3

• Star Wars 1313, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 titles leaked ahead of E3 announcements

• Vita and 3DS give RPGs a chance to shine at E3

• Ubisoft on offense in novelist lawsuit, files to throw out claims

• The Guild Counsel: How to leave a guild gracefully

• Dragon's Dogma moves 330,000 in Japan

• Silicon Knights plans to appeal in Epic case

• Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector's Edition, Gamestop pre-order bonus now official

• The Doomhammer thunders into existence

• The Perfect Ten: Worst MMO launches of all time

• West, Zampella settle with Activision in Infinity Ward lawsuit [Update: Acti, Respawn, EA comment]

• Defiance could link up an Xbox 360 with a PS3 -- but can't

• Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise rips the stuffing out of XBLA, PSN this fall

• Exclusive City of Heroes dev diary: Design insights from the Magisterium trial

• Addon Spotlight Alternatives: Cooldown bar timers

• Korean government raids Blizzard over Diablo 3 complaints

• Funcom soliciting Age of Conan feedback via annual summer survey

• Ask Massively: Haven't had an animal picture since March edition

• Curt Schilling posts Project Copernicus screens

• Assassin's Creed 3 Ubiworkshop Edition has 500 pages for $100

• Ex-Fallen Earth designer compares in-game locations to real life

• This special edition of Krater costs $10,000

• The Queue: I hit 60, and it's amazing

• Warner Bros. announces Injustice: Gods Among Us, a new DC fighting game from NetherRealm [Update!]

• Skyrim's first 'Dawnguard' DLC trailer loosed ahead of E3, coming 'this summer' for $20

• Turtle Beach partners with MLG, will unveil tournament-focused Ear Force Seven Series programmable headsets, TM1 audio mixer at E3 (update: photos)

• Around Azeroth: At your own risk

• 8BitMMO adds zombies, mega map, and more

• Dark Souls fans can 'Prepare to Die' on Steam and consoles

• Dead Space 3 images leak, feature 'other dude'

• Nolan Bushnell and Atari on Pong, Steve Jobs, and touch interfaces

• The Daily Grind: Do narcotics belong in MMOs?

• N-Control Avenger Controller Elite reaches GameStop, sells like gangbusters

• Just Cause dev working on another open-world action game

• Dragon Crusade enters closed beta

• No Doubt vs Activision lawsuit cleared for trial later this year

• Jeremy McGrath's Offroad races to PSN, XBLA on June 27

• Quantic Dream's Infraworld may not be canned after all, was possibly just frozen

• 'Dragula' returns to Jet Set Radio, Sega teases more music announcements

• WWE '13 slamming retail October 30

• Embers of Caerus partners with Havok Engine, seeks more sandbox supporters

• How flexible is too flexible when it comes to gameplay?

• Choose My Adventure: Take it back

• Spy Hunter races to 3DS and PS Vita this fall

• The Engadget Show 33: Indie Game: The Movie, Fifth Avenue Frogger and The Art of the Video Game

• Korean government raids Blizzard over alleged Diablo III wrongdoing

• Wurm Online rewards loyal players with more new land

• Dead or Alive 5 to use a DOA4-style four-point hold system

• Epic: Silicon Knights lawsuit over, 'jury finds for Epic on all counts' [Update: Epic awarded $4.45 million]

• Heroes of Ruin delayed until July in North America

• ArenaNet launches French and German wikis for Guild Wars 2

• The Witcher 2 conjures 1.7 million in sales, coming to Mac and Japan

• CD Projekt Red goes 'Cyberpunk' in new 'triple-A RPG'

• Zynga CEO Mark Pincus says 'no thanks' to console gaming, isn't worried about a life detached from Facebook

• MMO Family: Roblox CEO David Baszucki talks blocks, building, and learning through play

• Dogfight 1942 flies later this year to XBLA, PSN and Steam

• Report: Battlefield 3 'Premium' service costs $50 one time, includes 'all five themed expansion packs'

• Free for All: Looking at Second Life's mesh with Bernhard Drax

• Why I Play: RuneScape

• Doom 3 'BFG Edition' brings Hell to 360/PS3/PC 'this fall' with entire back catalog in tow

• iOS and Android enter 'Final Fantasy Dimensions' this summer

• Lord of the Rings meets MOBA in XBLA/PSN 'Guardians of Middle-earth' from F.E.A.R. devs

• Elder Scrolls Online devs talk questing and public dungeons

• Battlefield 3 'Premium' service dated for June 4, alongside 'Close Quarters' DLC pack

• Hitman: Absolution has nuns to make Agent 47 run (spoiler: he doesn't)

• Breakfast Topic: What addon couldn't you play without?

• The Daily Grind: Is platforming welcome in MMOs?

• Divinity: Original Sin is a prequel to Divine Divinity, due 2013

• CD Projekt Red teases futuristic RPG for tomorrow's livestream

• Trials Evolution getting bugfix update, resetting multiplayer leaderboards

• Mass Effect 3 'Rebellion Pack' DLC live on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC 'soon'

• Prototype 2 'Excessive Force' DLC zombifies Alex Mercer

• Lawsuit alleging copyright infringement in Assassin's Creed dropped, Gametrailers settles

• Among the Sleep, a horror game played through the eyes of a child

• TERA's Chris Lee shares the trials and joys of transforming an MMO

• Blizzard explains Diablo 3 design change 'philosophy,' reveals gameplay stats

• THQ's Danny Bilson exits as Jason Rubin takes prez spot

• Turn the pages of Orcs Must Die! 2's new Spellbook

• The Elder Scrolls Online embraces solo story, traditional MMO format

• SOE names 2012 G.I.R.L. scholarship winner

• Five Square: solid game bones, evolving interface

• Inversion delayed to July in Europe, still on track in US

• Curt Schilling posts more images of Copernicus

• Skyrim reference 'Hearth Fire' being trademarked by Bethesda

• Schilling speaks out on 38 Studios debacle, stands to lose $50 million

• The Soapbox: Games-as-a-service sucks for the consumer

• The Queue: What it'd take for me to quit WoW

• Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf spotted on retail sites for Xbox, PS3

• Schilling says he could lose $50 million of his own money in 38 Studios implosion [update: Chafee responds]

• BioWare responds to SWTOR layoffs

• The Daily Grind: Do you think devs act on your forum feedback?

• Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite Battleground?

• Avoid murdering all of your test subjects with this Aperture Science gas mask

• BioWare to sell fan-designed Mass Effect hoodies

• Capcom registers trademark for potential new game 'Remember Me'

• FFXIV version 2.0 trailer won't be at E3 after all

• Trip Hawkins steps down as Digital Chocolate CEO, layoffs reported

• Blood Pact: "En Doomguarde!" shouts the warlock tank

• Captain's Log: New starbases, a focus on Klingon play, and test missions

• Officers' Quarters: When friends switch games

• Jagex closing down browser-based 8Realms

• ArcheAge market expands to Japan, hopes rise for more globalization

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning 2 was in 'pre-production'

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier obtains top UK sales position

• Breakfast Topic: Do you run damage meters?

• The Daily Grind: Does instant travel trivialize MMO worlds?

• Stiq Figures, May 14 - 20: He's heating up edition

• Capcom CEO wants shorter dev times, faster Devil May Cry turnaround

• The Light and How to Swing It: The framework for our Mists rotation

• Rock Band Weekly: Bullet For My Valentine

• EVE Evolved: Lessons from 38 Studios

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• Get the Awesomenauts theme song for free now, soundtrack next week

• RIFT hints at expansion details with strange box

• The Daily Grind: What's your ideal group size?

• Bang Bang Racing fires up new screens

• Ubisoft addresses lack of split-screen co-op in Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

• The Mog Log: The Legacy rewards and what they mean

• Analyst: GTA V will launch in Q1 2013, sell 14 million copies

• Report: 'Need for Speed: Most Wanted' listed on E3 booth schedule [Update: Yup!]

• 60 GAME Australia stores to close

• Arcane Brilliance: Familiars, porcupines and Frostbolt healing, oh my!

• Bungie reveals its non-plan for E3

• The Elder Scrolls Online using HeroEngine 'as a whiteboard'

• WRUP: Kingdoms of Amalur was pretty cool edition

• The Daily Grind: Do you stay loyal to your MMO guild?

• Street Fighter X Tekken adds costume and gem DLC on June 5

• Deadlight story trailer explains the saving powers of fear

• WRUP: Civilization to stand the test of time

• Assassin's Creed: The Chain comic out this summer, sequel to AC: The Fall

• WRUP: A moment of silence for 38 Studios

• Phat Loot Phriday: Black Pepper Steak and Shrimp

• The MMO Report: Pre-E3 edition

• Rhode Island: Fired 38 Studios staff are highly skilled, will find new work

• Enter to win a Collector's Edition World of Warcraft Monopoly set

• R.A. Salvatore: Project Copernicus would 'blow you away'

• Spacetime Studios' Cinco Barnes talks Dark Legends design

• Meet Hong Kong's Yaku ... er, Triads in the latest Sleeping Dogs trailer

• Super Joystiq Podcast 004: 38 Studios meltdown, Gravity Rush, Civilization 5: Gods & Kings, Dragon's Dogma

• Next-Gen Starts When We Say It Does

• Flyff getting revamped with Flyff Gold

• PlanetSide 2 unveils the Mechanized Assault Exo-Suit

• Anarchy Reigns US/EU release date pushed once again, this time to 'TBC'

• Raid Rx: Recap of recent healing changes

• Editorial: Learning from the 38 Studios disaster

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• West and Zampella on Activision lawsuit and 'Project Icebreaker'

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• Pitch Perfect is the perfect marketing primer for the indie developer

• Everything you need to know about The Secret World

• Editorial: 38 Studios and the Dunkin delusions

• En Masse publishes 4th TERA e-book, Death at Forgeheart

• MonkeyPaw on the educational upside of Class of Heroes 2 Kickstarter

• The Secret World launch delayed to July 3rd

• Custom-made Aperture Science gas mask will make sure you're still alive, won't open portals

• Industry rallies to get former 38 Studios, Big Huge Games staff new work

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD soundtrack revealed, Superman returns with Powerman 5000

• The Guild Counsel: Five ways to burn bridges with your guild

• The Secret World ARG launches as social experience winds down

• Our own Alexander Sliwinski talks 38 Studios with Fox 25 News

• Blizzard talks Diablo III hotfixes, delay of real-money auction house

• DC Universe Online expanding Legends PvP with Last Laugh DLC

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2's Ancient Ogre bound to GameStop

• Ask Massively: Artists I actually dislike edition

• Blizzard's Versailles office adorned with infested Kerrigan statue

• The politics of making games: Disconnect between 38 Studios and Rhode Island in quotes

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning had to sell 3M 'just to break even,' RI governor says

• Runes of Magic weekend event psyches players up for Chapter V

• Dungeon Defenders shifts into an RTS with Summoner hero class

• Next Skyrim update adds mounted combat

• 38 Studios lays off entire staff, sells Big Huge Games [Updated]

• 38 Studios and Big Huge Games lay off entire staffs [update]

• Spirit Tales bringing 1v5 monster boss PvP on June 6th

• Mass Effect 3 kicks off 'Operation Shieldwall' this weekend

• Real-life Going Down achievement nets donation for Make-A-Wish Foundation

• Tokyo Jungle lets you put roller skates on an elephant

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• Exploring the patterns of Diablo 3

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• Addon Spotlight: 3 addons you shouldn't forget for your alt

• Mass Effect 3 'Rebellion Pack' DLC breaks out May 29/30

• Video Games Live at E3: Journey, Skyrim, Diablo 3, Earthworm Jim and more

• Metro: Last Light live-action trailer counts down to armageddon

• GameFly to publish iOS and Android games, launch 'GameStore' for Android

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Improving your game through spectator mode

• Konami and Autumn Games sued for fraud over $15 million Def Jam Rapstar loan

• JS Joust creators respond to Papa Quash controversy

• The Cave opens up to adventurers in 2013, care of Ron Gilbert and Double Fine

• Project Copernicus 'racial' screens leak from 38 Studios

• The Daily Grind: Would you leave your current MMO for its sequel?

• Breakfast Topic: What's the most overpowered class in the game?

• GameStop holding first public 'EXPO' event two days before PAX Prime

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• Molyneux: 22 Cans conducting '22 Experiments,' first one due in 6 weeks

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 drops worldwide on Sept. 10

• New Pathfinder dev blog talks contract, questing mechanics

• 38 Studios appears to be getting no new help

• Zen Studios' Kickbeat includes both kicks and beats

• Arena Pass 2012: The final phase has begun!

• Discussing the design of quests in The Elder Scrolls Online

• Among Japanese developers, Sting quietly thrives

• Crimson Dragon swoops into Japan on June 13

• GameStop's annual EXPO opens up to general public, monitor tan required for entry

• Know Your Lore: Archimonde the Defiler

• Aeria launches Star Supremacy browser MMORTS

• Enormous Street Fighter box set arrives September 18

• Analyst says no one is buying MMOs after SWTOR fizzled

• World of Tanks' 7.4 update to feature new game modes, maps

• Inafune working with Level-5 on Guild02 [update: screens]

• Pimp your Vanarch candidate with TERA's campaign poster contest

• DDO expansion screens show off dryads, werewolves

• Analyst estimates Amalur IP worth $20 million, 38 Studios employees head to job fair

• Around Azeroth: Mother of dragons

• 3.5 million people bought Diablo 3 in the first 24 hours

• Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite shapeshift in the game?

• Rosh Online major content update adds more funtionality and gameplay

• The Daily Grind: If you could design a class, what would it be?

• Fallen Earth team dwindles further, but the game still lives

• Sega publishing Ron Gilbert's Double Fine game

• SOE announces free-to-play Bullet Run, a revamped Hedone from Acony Games

• Lawsuit outs West and Zampella's salaries, bonuses at Infinity Ward: Projected $13M bonus in 2010

• ArenaNet confirms no beta for this weekend

• Take-Two ends fiscal '12 with loss, high '13 projection raises eyebrows

• Keys to PvP: Keybinding, movement and clicking

• Embers of Caerus launches Kickstarter campaign

• Scourge: Outbreak spreads to PSN, XBLA, Mac this summer

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Touring the Snowden Drifts

• NBA 2K13 slotted for October 2

• Blizzard denies Diablo III authenticator hacking claims

• A veritable Zarhym of WoW references in Diablo 3

• Fieldrunners 2 coming next month

• XCOM delayed again, beyond Q1 2013

• Dungeon Hearts was made in the back of Devolver Digital's bus, out early 2013

• Arcane Legends officially announced

• Activision enlists former Rockstar bosses to help with new UK studio

• MMO Roundup: Diablo 3 tips, Hamill returns as the Joker, and more

• Exclusive Star Trek Online Season 6 reveal: Fleet starbases

• Shadows of the Damned director teases 'movie-length' new game from new studio [update]

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• Dead Island reanimated for 'Game of the Year Edition' June 26

• The Soapbox: What it means to be a game journalist

• Elgato announces Game Capture HD, shipping next week

• Bungie's Destiny coming in 2013, features microtransactions and subscriptions

• Fieldrunners 2 dashes to iPhone in June

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown trailer digs deep into the 'ant farm' base

• FTC to investigate Nexon's alleged hostile takeover of Gamania

• Enter to win a prize pack from Universal Movie Tycoon

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown launches retail operations October 9

• Breakfast Topic: The best NPC conversations in the game

• The Daily Grind: Would you play an adult MMO?

• Dust 514 dev diary talks EVE connections

• Silicon Knights entitled to $1 per claim if it wins court case against Epic Games

• Blizzard: Diablo 3 account compromises historically in line with WoW expansions

• RI governor confirms 38 Studios layoffs

• Molyneux's Populous rebuilt as Caplin's Reprisal, play God now

• Layoffs confirmed for 38 Studios, Rhode Island takes no action

• Three more playable characters for new Double Fine game

• 3 things the Black Market Auction House needs to succeed

• Creative staff discuss the story setting of The Elder Scrolls Online

• DmC Devil May Cry delayed, hitting January 2013

• Activision/Bungie contract reveals four-game plan code-named 'Destiny', potential for new Marathon

• 007 Legends trailer reveals October 16 release date

• Captain's Log: STO's Caitian Carriers and Klingon Kitties

• Activision hires Team 17 founder to start new UK mobile studio

• Leaderboard: Permadeath vs. no permadeath

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• Patch to fix Street Fighter X Tekken patch incoming

• Ghost Recon Commander deploys to Facebook

• IndieDevLab announces speakers

• Spacetime Studios teases Arcane Legends

• Drama Mamas: The case of the needy guildies

• Elgato announces Game Capture HD, shows off your deathmatch prowess in H.264

• Activision employing Team17 co-founder to create mobile studio in UK

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• Blood Pact: Demonic Leaping to new heights of awesomeness

• Unleash 'The Power of Liking' in Infinity Blade 2's 'Vault of Tears' this Thursday (tissues not included)

• Orgia Romanus MMO looks to 'facilitate sexual interactions between players'

• Game of Thrones Facebook title in the works

• Square Enix registers domains for 'Just Cause 4' despite lack of Just Cause 3

• ArenaNet: Guild Wars 2 a 'reaction' to sluggish MMO design

• Payday dev collaborating with Valve on Left 4 Dead 'co-operative initiative'

• Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed to February 2013 on 360/PS3/PC, Wii U date to be revealed later

• Max Payne 3 shoots past Diablo 3 on UK Charts

• The Daily Grind: Do you wait for MMO cash-shop sales?

• Aeria Games unveils new multiplayer shooter, Born to Fire

• Step inside the creepy concepts of Alan Wake's American Nightmare

• Tex Murphy gets a Kickstarter page for Project Fedora

• Rumor: Beyond Good & Evil 2 leaked screens are fishy

• Mark Hamill returns as The Joker in DC Universe Online expansion

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Bovine protective services

• Breakfast Topic: What are the telling details you love in the game?

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is welcoming a new member to Joystiq

• Borderlands 2 fixes voice chat, framerate issues from first game

• Order and Chaos Online developer discusses server-linking and more

• MechWarrior Tactics 'friends and family' beta begins May 22

• Knuckle-puck time: NHL 13 slated for Sept. 11, collector's edition announced

• The Mog Log: A decade of Final Fantasy XI

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: The fury of Diablo 3

• Latest Amazing Spider-Man trailer showcases the 'web rush' movement and combat system

• Arcane Brilliance: Going back to the future with Alter Time

• Guy steals friend's goods in APB, GM offers vigilante justice in return

• TERA goes on special sale on Amazon, comes with shiny mask

• WRUP: How is this not fully funded edition

• SOL: Exodus flying to all digital distribution systems, European retail this summer

• Breakfast Topic: The game's most famous rare

• The Daily Grind: How much character customization is too much?

• Sega Vintage Collections dumping lots of old games on PSN and XBLA next week

• 'Time Traveler' is another playable character in Double Fine's mystery game

• WRUP: Diablo is in the details

• Hackett, EDI confirmed for Mass Effect 3 'Extended Cut' DLC

• Expiring trademarks suggest trouble for Brothers in Arms: Furious 4

• Former NCAA athletes' lawsuit against EA is so on

• Rock Band Weekly: Iron Maiden

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• New flythrough video previews Project Copernicus

• First video of 38 Studios' 'Project Copernicus' MMO flies over Amalur

• Dungeon Mastery: Shado-pan Monastery

• The Elder Scrolls Online main story will be '100 percent solo'

• Turbine is recruiting next week in (where else?) Rhode Island

• Matt Firor on The Elder Scrolls Online's '100% solo' personal story

• Super Joystiq Podcast 003: The Last Of Us, Diablo 3, Torchlight 2 Beta, E3 Judge's Week

• 38 Studios' Project Copernicus to release in June 2013, says RI governor

• Superbrothers and Jim Guthrie make Sound Shapes' 'Corporeal'

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• Techland's Mad Riders touches down on PSN May 29, XBLA/PC on May 30

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• Dozens of indies putting their games on sale next week 'Because We May'

• Omerta - City of Gangsters heading to Xbox 360, PC

• Warhammer's 1.4.6 patch brings RvR and scenario changes

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• The Daily Grind: What is the unofficial soundtrack to your favorite MMO?

• Conquer Online 9th anniversary celebrations include a free trip to China

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• DC Universe Online shows off the new Shield weapon

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• Ask Massively: Overwhelming changes edition

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• Blizzard issues an apology for the state of Diablo III's launch

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• DUST 514 handing out first beta keys tomorrow [Updated]

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• Rumor: Mass Effect 3's next DLC is the Rebellion Multiplayer Expansion [Update: BioWare responds]

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• TERA outlines political systems, launches an emblem contest and premium services

• Editorial: I can never play Diablo 3

• Know Your Lore: The Burning Legion

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• DCUO's Last Laugh features Hamill as the Joker, lots of new content

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• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Why there are no more Epic Archetypes in City of Heroes

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• Marvel Heroes teases with new character silhouette

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• Pathfinder Online kicks off a Kickstarter video series

• The Daily Grind: What's on your character's to do list?

• Gas up the MotoHeroz iOS truck for free right now

• Capcom re-evaluating on-disc DLC, is 'listening'

• Stargate Worlds is not resting in peace as new lawsuit emerges

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• Diablo 3 servers are now back online

• The Game Archaeologist: Dark Sun Online

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• Swashbucklers, ships, and high seas hijinks: KingsIsle talks Pirate101

• Darksiders 2 rides into retail August 14

• THQ sees net loss of $239.9 million, still in business

• THQ looking to sell off Devil's Third

• Street Fighter X Tekken sales fall short of Capcom expectations, 'cannibalism' blamed

• THQ: WWE franchise rebranding boosted performance

• South Park: The Game delayed to early 2013

• Saints Row franchise ships 11 million units, SR: The Third expansion due in Sept.

• Six years in, Journey studio rewards itself with two new hires

• Bringing a Chinese shooter to the west with Mercenary Ops

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• Ubisoft profits in 2012, 'core gamers' drive rise in sales

• Ubisoft expects next-gen consoles to integrate 'item based model'

• If 38 Studios collapses, Rhode Island taxpayers owe $112.6 million

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• Blizzard offering refunds for AU Diablo 3 pre-orders unserved by GAME

• Lightning's story finally hits Final Fantasy XIII-2

• The Soapbox: Translating Elder Scrolls Online dev speak

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• The Queue: AFK evil

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• Breakfast Topic: Meet Windrider Traffic Commander Joruk Stonejaw

• The Daily Grind: Would you miss PvP if it disappeared from your favorite MMO?

• Lamia says Black Ops 2 visuals a priority, downplays age of engine

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• Lionhead seeks multiplayer level designer for game development, long walks on beach

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• Captain's Log: A new perspective on STO's endgame

• Rumor: 38 Studios may be having financial trouble

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• Rumor: EA to reveal COD Elite-like service for Battlefield 3 at E3

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• Know Your Lore: A look at the lore of Diablo

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• The Daily Grind: Must MMO housing be open-world to be good?

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• Rumor: Awesomenauts DLC character info discovered

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• Breakfast Topic: What's the best-looking spell effect in game?

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• The Mog Log: A look forward to Final Fantasy XIV pets

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• The Road to Mordor: What Update 7 means for you

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• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: I wish I were the moon tonight

• WRUP: Good morning, starshine

• The Daily Grind: Are cash-shop lotteries a black mark on MMOs?

• Breakfast Topic: What's the best spell in the game?

• Alan Wake games, 1C classics on sale this weekend on GOG

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• 'The Last Laugh' DLC coming to DC Universe Online in June, adds new PvP content

• Namco Bandai has solid fiscal year thanks to Dark Souls, arcade sales

• Tecmo Koei reports increased revenue in fiscal 2012, Ninja Gaiden 3 ships 630K

• Hyperspace Beacon: Holocron Files -- Miraluka

• Annual Pass beta invitations have all been distributed

• Raptr rewards gamers for playing with discounts, beta keys, and more

• Portable gaming's 'Race to Zero'

• Pathfinder Online puts together a Kickstarter project [Updated]

• The Secret World announces first beta weekend

• The Soapbox: There is no gamer community

• CCP launching EVE Online drop pod into the stratosphere tomorrow

• How Mark Turmell went from creating NBA Jam to match-three at Zynga

• Fallen Earth's May State of the Game letter showcases new Foothills PvP zone

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD lands on Xbox Live and PSN in June

• Daily iPhone App: 100 Rogues is no-frills RPG fun

• Analyst: SWTOR caused Dragon Age III delay

• Dark Souls sells 1.19 million copies across North America and Europe

• The Joker returns to DC Universe Online in upcoming DLC, The Last Laugh

• Zynga's Bubble Safari out tomorrow, created by NBA Jam's Mark Turmell

• The Repopulation's end-of-April update includes genetic engineering, bug fixes, and lore updates

• Level 90 druid talents take a level in badass; shapeshifting breaks roots again

• This is not a test: Portal 2 sales top 4 million, map editor DLC out today

• PixelJunk series goes on sale today, many for $1

• 'Hitman: Sniper Challenge' spotted in magazine ad; spinoff game is Absolution pre-order bonus

• Carmageddon earns Reincarnation as a Kickstarter project

• Spec Ops: The Line demo breaches today

• Elder Scrolls creative director: We want to make a good game first

• May's Dance Central 2 DLC here to spice up your life

• Sniper Elite V2 shoots straight to top spot in UK

• Another title from Tiny Wings creator coming this month

• The Daily Grind: Do progression barriers annoy you?

• Pac-Man Kart Rally out now on Windows Phone

• The first taste of Super Meat Boy mobile art

• Krater gameplay trailer looks cool, interesti -- whoa, that's a shark

• Silver Lining: NeverDead's transforming man

• Pass down these bona fide orcish proverbs to your young Hordelings

• Leisure Suit Larry won't finish early or on time, delayed to 2013

• Skill Mastery: Symbiosis -- why you should be nice to druids

• TERA writer discusses the labor of love behind game writing

• Fracuum, the game within a game from Closure's Tyler Glaiel

• Cryptic Studios' Andy Velasquez talks Neverwinter

• Need for Speed and Dead Space titles coming by March 2013

• EA 2012 financials: Q4 revenue and income up year-over-year, 2012 revenue up, income down

• Dark Legends launches on Apple devices, hits 500K players

• All you need to know about account-wide mounts (so far)

• EA has 11 million strong on Origin, made $150 million in ten months

• EA spending $80 million on next-gen development over next year

• EA planning upcoming layoffs, 'completed by September 30, 2012'

• Future Shop has exclusive Future Soldier bundle

• Capcom summons a pair of Dragon's Dogma developer diaries

• Rovio makes a Mighty Eagle's $68 million in profit in financial squawk

• The different deadly combinations of Luftrausers: parts explained in part

• Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse coming this fall

• Assassin's Creed 3 teaser promises to make this Redcoat's coat redder

• Capcom earnings down in fiscal 2012; Monster Hunter Tri-G, Raccoon City, Street Fighter X Tekken sell a million each

• NYC's oldest arcade re-opened as 'a cross between a Dave & Busters and a Chuck E. Cheese'

• ClassRealm MMO rewards kids for being good students

• Tiny Wings creator's next game to be finished 'in less than three weeks'

• Wargaming.net looking to conquer Korea

• Lucasfilm applies for 'Star Wars 1313' trademark

• Phantasy Star Online 2 producer reveals new planet, open beta details

• City of Steam goes into alpha testing this July

• Guild Wars 2 fan compares new game map to original

• The Binding of Isaac's Wrath of the Lamb begins May 28

• Company of Heroes 2 officially announced, arrives 'early 2013'

• Blood Pact: Those who are not afraid to wield power

• Double Fine deals found in the Amazon, Psychonauts and Costume Quest under $5

• Battle Chess remake moves to Kickstarter for multiplayer funding

• Breakfast Topic: If you could de-level your main, would you?

• The Daily Grind: How far would you go for cosmetic gear?

• New York's Chinatown Fair arcade hits reset, plays a new game

• Stiq Figures, April 23 - 29: Forgotten hero edition

• This Crysis 3 concept art is pretty, of course

• The Testament of Sherlock Holmes launch month confirmed, suspiciously

• Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: Australian Classification Board rates 'Rabbids Rumble'

• Design your own robots with upcoming MMO Panzer Pets

• 'PPPPPP: The VVVVVV Soundtrack' and 'Pac-Man Fever' featured in Indie All-Stars Bundle

• The Daily Grind: Do you mourn games that never were?

• Breakfast Topic: Did you meet your Children's Week goals?

• Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space iOS on sale, first episode free

• thatgamecompany courting publishers, next game announced 'hopefully within this year' [update]

• The Road to Mordor: Seven player events you must attend

• The Mog Log: The calcification of Final Fantasy XI

• Totem Talk: Solving the problem of Maelstrom Weapon

• Jam Live Music Arcade launches the week of May 16

• Arcane Brilliance: How to solo Magtheridon for fun and transmog

• Domain registered for 'Avengers: Battle for Earth,' all signs point to Ubisoft

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier trailer: Bloody tattoo guy edition

• WRUP: Joystiq, assemble!

• Creative Assembly's untitled Alien project aimed at next-gen too

• Harley Quinn's Revenge to commence on May 29

• Report: MLB 2K12 Perfect Game Million Dollar Challenge ends with accusations of cheating

• How Mass Effect 3's roleplaying roots empower the multiplayer

• Thrall may not be the next warchief after all

• Rock Band Weekly: Rage Against the Machine

• Dungeon Defenders headlines new Indie Royale bundle

• 50 more Portal gun replicas available for pre-order tonight

• SWTOR offers community Q&A, celebratory weekend discount

• SWTOR is on sale, happy Star Wars Day

• Ms. 'Splosion Man Cinco de Mayo promo teases E3 game announcement

• 'Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition' rated in UK

• Metal Gear Rising or Clockwork Orange: You decide!

• Star Trek Online posts Ask Cryptic answers for each day of May

• Super Joystiq Podcast 001: Black Ops 2, Elder Scrolls Online, The Walking Dead

• Rainbow Moon fleshed out with new trailer, screens, system details

• Phat Loot Phriday: Mechano-Hog

• Sword and Sworcery devs hosting a creative jam

• Elder Scrolls Online leaks flood the web

• Miyamoto equates Vita's bumpy start with that of the 3DS

• Rovio intros Angry Birds Facebook Share & Play, helps you get your feathery fix

• Nexon's relationship with EA is much less exciting than we heard before

• Clone Wars Adventures celebrates Star Wars Day with special deals

• Riccitiello hip to EA's social failings: 'I'd say we're a distant number two'

• MMObility: The pros and cons of Tibia's browser version

• The Avengers' pinball table unmasked

• More ouroboros: The Elder Scrolls Online announcement trailer

• First Elder Scrolls Online details unfurled

• Distro Issue 39 takes a look back at 40 years of Atari and the console's cultural impact

• Rumor: Elder Scrolls Online media revealed

• Elder Scrolls Online announcement generates fan backlash

• Breakfast Topic: Which WoW race do you resemble the most?

• GOG.com nabs Thief: Deadly Shadows, Splinter Cell and Anomaly: Warzone Earth

• Skulls of the Shogun dev becomes '17-BIT'

• PAX Prime passes entirely sold out

• Rumor: Harmonix prepping 'unique motion-gaming IP' ... with storylines

• New Black Ops 2 art teases Zombies mode

• World of Tanks appreciates the military with a World of Thanks

• Leisure Suit Larry Kickstarter finishes, towels off with $655K

• TERA gives players a guide to guilds

• War Banner is three abilities in one

• Amazon lists 'Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse' for PS3 and 360

• Amazon: Black Ops 2 day one pre-orders higher than Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3

• The Guild Counsel: What's your guild really worth?

• Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 conjures up iOS port

• The Secret War draws over 200,000 players to its Facebook battle

• The OverAchiever: What we do and don't know about Pet Battles achievements

• 'Indie-core' collective funding retro action-RPG on Kickstarter

• Indie Game: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Pre-order offers

• War Wings is now 'Damage Inc,' coming this summer from Mad Catz

• Bethesda confirms Elder Scrolls MMO, three-faction PvP

• The Elder Scrolls Online being developed by ZeniMax Online

• Saints Row: The Third gets 'freaking super powers' this fall in 'Enter the Dominatrix' expansion

• Rock Band for iOS to remain playable after all

• Glitch swaps out XP for imagination, tweaks UI

• Latest Xsyon patch adds player-made quests, tweaks skill gains

• Tribes: Ascend isn't skiing to consoles

• Around Azeroth: The ethereal being from the wrong side of the tracks

• New CCP interview recaps recent EVE turmoil, looks forward

• Aion offers rewards in new Broken Alliance PvP event

• Port Royale 3 welcomes traders this summer, trailer shows how it'll work

• Red 5 Studios CEO denounces consoles and publishers

• Major League Gaming takes smartphone games seriously, announces Xperia Mobile Gaming Arena

• The Daily Grind: Should veterans and newbs be on equal footing?

• EA: Rock Band iOS cancellation prompt made in error, more info soon

• Max Payne 3 soundtrack drops on May 23

• Ubisoft planning to expand Toronto studio to 800 employees within 10 years

• Mists of Pandaria: Cleaning up the Stormstout Brewery

• Gameloft set to offer 11 games on BlackBerry 10 platform at launch, more to follow

• Demonic Gateway teleports party members without a Dial-Home Device

• Valve not planning any product announcements for E3 2012, will be attending

• Pre-order Black Ops 2 at GameStop, receive poster, Prestige token, future goodies

• Spiritual Guidance: The return of Devouring Plague, and our new shadowy friend

• Wizard101 invites players into the mythical realm of Avalon

• Free for All: Why social gaming could destroy MMOs and how we can fight it

• GREE picks up Funzio for $210 million

• Rock Band iOS unplugged May 31

• Know Your Lore: Fire stolen from heaven, fire stolen from hell

• MMO Family: How helpful are those ESRB ratings?

• Diablo 3: A wizard did it

• Farscape MMO plans from shuttered studio go public [Updated]

• Hitman: Absolution's Agent 47 reminds us of his O.G. status

• Encrypted Text: Should all rogues use daggers?

• The Daily Grind: Does fighting multiple mobs at once make you feel heroic?

• Saints Row: The Third's latest DLC lets you dress like all the gangstars

• Grand Knights History won't be published by XSEED, 'development resources' noted

• Adidas MiCoach game launching this summer, headed to Xbox 360 and PS3

• BlackBerry making games catalog fruitful with Jetpack Joyride, Sonic, and more

• Glassbox sets SimCity ablaze in latest trailer

• Breaking down the Black Ops 2 reveal trailer

• Controlling the battlefield in Black Ops 2 'Strike Force' missions

• Semi-finalists revealed in Atari's Pong Indie Developer Challenge

• Ghost Recon Alpha film is prologue to Future Soldier, debuts on G4 May 3

• Dead or Alive 5 has costume-specific breast physics

• Gaming Kickstarter canceled after audience outs shady practices

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 revealed with first trailer

• League of Legends' World Championship is worth a cool three million bucks

• FortressCraft reaches 750K downloads

• Amnesia dev shares secrets of evolving the horror genre

• Storybricks starts Kickstarter campaign, welcomes aboard animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

• Latest beta patch raises level cap, opens new dungeons

• Hyperspace Beacon: Six things SWTOR and GW2 can learn from each other

• Massively has your TERA launch-day roundup on lock

• Obama administration teams up with the ESA on fitness promotion

• The Game Archaeologist: When dead MMOs come back to life

• Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC coming this summer, more info at E3

• The Soapbox: The perils of passive gaming

• Diablo 3 getting Global Play, auction house explained

• Dirt Showdown multiplayer demo(lition) available today

• The Heart of the Wild controversy: Should players be allowed to change specs in combat?

• Elsword celebrates first anniversary with cake

• Max Payne 3 DLC plans laid out, grab all with Rockstar pass

• BlackBerry gets its game on at BBW, scores Jetpack Joyride and Sonic

• Nekro reaches Kickstarter goal, dev hopes to add customization, co-op

• The Queue: Beta bugs and other such obvious stating of facts

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Science fiction double feature

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: What we know thus far

• Rusty Hearts releases new Leila Vergerius character

• The Daily Grind: How dark do you like your MMO nights?

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 revealed on official UK site, launches November 13

• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light ported to the BlackBerry PlayBook

• Ghost Recon: Online 'The Specialist' video is special, we guess

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown videos introduce developers, artistic approach

Google (53)

• Google springs for .lol, .youtube domains, we wonder if it's going TLD .crazy

• Oracle v. Google: Judge finds structure of Java APIs not copyrightable, renders jury infringement verdict moot

• Google's Sundar Pichai confirms that offline Google Drive 'coming in five weeks,' hints at ad-supported Chromebook

• Google+ Events leaks out through Google Calendar, will let your knitting circle schedule a Hangout

• Google updates translate plugin and Android app, unites nations

• Google Voice brings greater control over anonymous and unknown callers

• Google starts selling accessories for HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus on Google Play, has you all docked up

• Report: Kevin Rose moving within Mountain View, now a partner at Google Ventures

• South Korea's FTC reportedly raids Google again over lack of cooperation

• Google's Steve Lee talks about the history and future of Project Glass

• Google Chromebooks bring the cloud to the plane with 12 free Gogo sessions

• Google offers unified profiles, begins merging Orkut with Google+

• French court rules Google isn't liable for YouTube bootlegs of TF1 TV shows

• Google patents view augmentation method and glasses, sees what you cannot

• PSA: Resetting your phone risks upsetting Google Wallet, unless you do it right

• Google Wallet: one year later

• Google snags the webOS Enyo team, HP says open source plans are still on schedule (Update)

• Google adds copyright takedowns to Transparency Reports, 1.2 million a month and growing

• Google brings in-app subscriptions to Android

• Google+ on Android gets its turn at a UI remake, extra Hangout and photo features in the bargain

• Syria gets previously blocked Google software, at least for now

• Google pumps cash into UK classrooms, will buy Arduino, Raspberry Pi sets for kids

• Jury issues verdict in Android suit, finds that Google doesn't infringe Oracle patents

• Google search app for iPhone, iPad re-designed

• Google Search for iPhone gets the 2.0 remake, full-screen search and swipes aplenty

• Google glasses gets raft of new patents, sniffs lawsuits coming from miles away

• Google officially closes deal for Motorola Mobility

• Google rolls out improved Gmail search, scans your emails for better results

• EU competition head gives Google a 'matter of weeks' to offer an antitrust fix

• China clears Google acquisition of Motorola, eliminates last barrier to Googorola bliss (update)

• Google patent application could give Project Glass one true ring controller to rule them all

• Doodle 4 Google winner cashes in with 'Pirate Times' drawing, finds a Chromebook in the treasure chest

• Google patent application could mean melody-matching for YouTube

• Google bots learning to read webpages like humans, one step closer to knowing everything

• Google Music users granted de-authentication reprieve as company retools activation system

• Google's latest Gmail tweaks bring contact info to search results, enhanced Circle integration

• PSA: Google Music allows four device de-authorizations per year, rooters beware

• Google Maps adds always-available home and work locations for the navigation-needy

• Google reportedly planning stable of Nexus devices with Android 5.0, will sell 'em direct

• Google Docs gets new Research tool, lets you search without leaving your work

• Those suave Google glasses are now patent-protected

• First signs of Google's new 'semantic search' spotted, put to good use

• Google+ adds a better 'notification experience' to your email, saves you a few clicks

• Google's Vic Gundotra tries Project Glass on for size

• India launches antitrust investigation against Google

• Infant version of Android gets a walkthrough on Google's Sooner development phone

• Screen Grabs: Are agents on Fringe flashing their Google Wallet?

• Google News updated with enhanced Google+ integration, real-time coverage

• Google Docs adds 450 fonts and 60 templates, sadly includes Comic Sans

• Google badmouths HTTP behind its back, proposes SPDY as a speedy successor

• Google Play adds carrier billing for music, movies and books

• Gmail updates: good news for globalists, bad news for drunks

• Google patent app describes NFC sharing between devices, gives us Beam deja-vu

Health (7)

• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes and a whole new (open) world

• Newcastle University neuroscientists use video game for stroke rehab

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New hunter pets

• Fujitsu collar monitor proves that all dogs go to the cloud

• Datamining hints at Mists of Pandaria Collector's edition mount

• Logitech's definition of 'strong?' A range of mice that taste forgot (video)

• Auto-composing keyboard creates tunes tailored to your taste

Laptops (48)

• MSI GT70 gaming laptop kindly updated with GeForce GTX 675M graphics

• Dell outs new E series Latitude laptops, Optiplex AIO and desktops to entice the enterprise

• Intel to show third-gen Ultrabooks at Computex, makes USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt a necessity

• Press pics of Gigabyte's X11 lightweight laptop reportedly pop up online

• Intel teams up with DeviceScape for automatic public WiFi, will hook up your Ultrabook in the background

• The CZC U116T: it's an Ultrabook, it's a hybrid and it's hopefully coming to Computex

• Lenovo ThinkPad Edge S430 readies to enter Euro market, gets priced at €809 on German site

• Toshiba bows out of netbooks in the US, sees Ultrabooks as the wave of the future

• Gigabyte to unveil X11 on May 31st as lightest laptop ever, spooks us with talk of 'sixth element'

• ASUS bringing Zenbook Prime UX21A, UX31A, UX32A and UX32VD to the US, prices start at $799

• Alienware laptops to use Killer Wireless-N 1202 WiFi cards, guarantee a few frags at the coffee shop

• Engadget Giveaway: win an 11-inch MacBook Air pre-loaded with Parallels!

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 5: New MacBook Pros steal the spotlight

• Toshiba strains metaphors, carries its laptop range over the Ivy Bridge

• Acer outs Ivy Bridge-packing TravelMate P243 notebook series in the UK

• Visualized: What the new Samsung Series 9 could have looked like

• Editorial: Thin laptops are the new mainstream, but what about battery life?

• Sony gives VAIO S and VAIO Z lines Ivy Bridge upgrade, outs two new VAIO E models

• Ivy Bridge-based Windows 8 Ultrabook reference design shown off at IDF 2012 in Brazil (update)

• Panasonic's Let's Note J10 netbook promises over 12 hours of battery life, available now in Japan

• Acer ships Aspire M5 Ultrabook to UK in June, Ivy Bridge and Kepler chips in tow

• Lenovo refreshes its ThinkPad T, W, L and X lines with Ivy Bridge processors, retooled keyboards

• Lenovo announces the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, a 14-inch Ultrabook with Ivy Bridge, optional 3G and a 1600 x 900 display

• Panasonic outs Let's Note B11 laptop series in Japan, Ivy Bridge in tow

• NEC's 13.3-inch LaVie Z Ultrabook weighs just 2.2 pounds, brings lithium-magnesium into your life

• Samsung's $1,500, 17-inch Series 7 Chronos arrives, UPS employees check their spine insurance

• Fujitsu outs new Lifebook laptops and an Ivy Bridge-packing Ultrabook

• ASUS Zenbook UX32VD unveiled, packs discrete graphics to flaunt that 1080p screen

• HP's most popular laptop screen sizes: 15-inch in the US, 14-inch in China

• HP on laptop design similarities with Apple's: it's a struggle as we drive to simplicity

• HP refreshes EliteBook line with five new models, Ivy Bridge and optional LTE

• HP refreshes its Pavilion laptops ahead of back-to-school season, intros six new models

• HP unveils second business Ultrabook, the EliteBook Folio

• HP refreshes its ProBook laptops for small businesses

• HP unveils Envy Spectre XT Ultrabook, other thin-and-lights in various sizes

• TUAW Deep Thoughts: How netbooks conquered the universe

• Samsung outs new Series 5 550P notebook in the UK, Ivy Bridge and numeric keypad onboard

• Trip the light fantastic with Acer's 11.6-inch Aspire One 725 Netbook

• Fujitsu unveils two new LifeBooks, shows some Ivy Bridge zen

• Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers

• VAIO T13 Ultrabook could be coming with Ivy Bridge, according to Sony's German site

• Packard Bell EasyNote LV, TV laptops bring Ivy Bridge to speed-hungry Europeans

• Eurocom Racer 2.0 laptop receives Ivy Bridge, offers Radeon HD 7970M graphics

• Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E430 and E530 go on sale, starting at $459

• Samsung teases Series 9 Ivy Bridge Ultrabook, leaves availability in the ether

• Ivy Bridge-packing Inspiron 15R hiding in plain sight on Dell's Singapore site

• Sony announces its first Ultrabooks, the VAIO T13 and T11, for the European market

• Samsung Series 7 Gamer laptop goes on sale in the US for $1,900

Lifestyle (9)

• Save $5 on Minecraft XBLA through MS Store deal

• MIT's LiquiGlide could spell the end of slow-moving ketchup nightmares (video)

• Weapons of Lore: Rhok'delar, Longbow of the Ancient Keepers

• Breakfast Braggosh Adventures: Braggosh goes to the Darkmoon Faire

• Diablo 3 cartoon, care of Blizzard and Titmouse

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Five things to love about Lion's Arch

• Sony unveils Crystal White PlayStation Vita, limited digital diva edition

• Dundee student designs Passive Play toy cube to stimulate parent interaction with autistic children

• Sega urinal game 'Toylets' goes on sale to general public, sink companion still missing (video)

Meta (13)

• Facebook allowed to triple size of its HQ, pays $10 million for the privilege

• Switched On: Facebook's ecosystem dilemma

• Facebook reportedly back to building phones, recruiting former iPhone engineers

• One more place to play Farmville or one more reason to quit Facebook?

• Facebook could be looking to buy Opera browser

• Facebook launches Instagram-like "Camera" app

• Facebook likes Karma app, buys the whole darn thing

• Zynga shares close at record low following lackluster Facebook IPO

• Facebook snaps up mobile photo sharing firm Lightbox, decides Instagram isn't enough

• Facebook redesigns mobile site and apps, takes a tip (or two) from Instagram

• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says mobile apps the top focus, we say it's about time

• Rumored FTC probe could delay Facebook / Instagram deal, Toaster filter will have to wait

• Facebook starts App Center beta, readies itself for paid web apps

Microsoft (43)

• Microsoft confirms upgrade path and pricing for Windows 8: $14.99 for those buying new PCs

• Skype CEO Tony Bates confirms 250m monthly users, talks Microsoft partnership and future plans

• Microsoft outs Windows Server 2012 release candidate ahead of big Windows 8 reveal

• Microsoft announces Office 365 for Government, touts its fluffy cloud-based goodness

• Microsoft Skydrive updates fly out with file jump, Windows 8 photo sync

• Microsoft's Photosynth app lets (some) Windows Phone users in on the panorama craze

• Microsoft patent outlines smart power-saving system that reads your diary, leaves a tip

• Microsoft patents asking your friends 'does my butt look big in this?'

• Microsoft lands an official software outlet in Iraq

• Microsoft posts Windows 8 app porting guide roundup, forgets to include BASIC

• Steve Ballmer's Windows 8 rig measures 80 inches, so... does that do anything for ya?

• Nokia has its wicked way with Bing Maps, stork delivers traffic advice and geocoding

• Microsoft pulling free development tools for Windows 8 desktop apps, only lets you ride the Metro for free (update: confirmed)

• Microsoft beats Motorola in German SMS patent suit, litigation world cup continues

• Microsoft announces Robotics @Home contest winner: a SmartTripod that can follow you

• Microsoft takes Bing Streetside offline in Germany, privacy complaints to blame

• Microsoft details Windows 8's pre-boot world, helps you skip the F8 F8 F8 routine

• Microsoft Research team shatters data sorting record, wrenches trophy from Yahoo

• Microsoft reveals more multi-monitor improvements in Windows 8 Release Preview (video)

• Microsoft patent application outlines system to recommend and transfer apps across devices

• Kiss Aero goodbye: Latest Windows 8 build reveals minimalistic desktop UI (update)

• Microsoft sets sandbox boundaries for Metro developers

• Microsoft encourages students to buy a PC, gives them a free Xbox 360 in return

• Microsoft rolling out new apps to Xbox 360, including MUZU.TV and Manga in the US

• Ex-Microsoftie Robbie Bach: I wouldn't have made Zune MP3 players, we were just 'chasing Apple'

• Microsoft to offer $15 Windows 8 upgrade, when you buy a Win7 PC

• Bing gets big remake with Snapshot, social sidebar, dig at Google (video)

• Mozilla calls Windows RT a return to the 'digital dark ages' for limiting browser choice, Google nods in agreement

• Microsoft patents pressure-sensitive controller that identifies who's holding it

• Microsoft gives Windows 8 developers a head start on Windows Store app submissions

• Microsoft joins Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium to develop new DRAM standard

• Microsoft puts a price on carbon, says its footprint will be neutral by July

• Microsoft touts 98-percent 'Smoked by Windows Phone' success rate, a few beg to differ

• Microsoft wants Mac SkyDrive users

• Microsoft talks DVD, Media Center support in Windows 8 and why most won't miss it

• Microsoft reminds users of Windows Mobile Marketplace's imminent demise

• Microsoft breaks down Windows 8's Media Center upgrade path, Dolby codec support

• Microsoft patent brings us one step closer to real-life Deus Ex

• Microsoft shows devs the secrets to creating fluid animations in Windows 8 Metro apps

• Microsoft ditches Windows Live brand, explains new approach to cloud services

• German court grants Motorola injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox 360 (updated: Microsoft comments)

• Microsoft granted patent for wearable EMG device

• Microsoft puts Windows Phone 7 app developers on notice of four new Marketplace policies

Mobile (115)

• Wi-Fi Alliance announces Miracast wireless display certification program

• AT&T cuts prices on international data roaming, goes easier on overages

• Cricket now offers the iPhone with $55 'unlimited' everything plan

• Double-sided transparent touchscreen shown off on NTT DoCoMo prototype (video)

• Internet Trends report finds online growth driven by China and India, users increasingly mobile

• Huawei hotspot supports 110Mbps downstream on Softbank's 4G network

• Sprint sets a best-before date for iDEN push-to-talk: June 30th, 2013

• Mobile Miscellany: week of May 21st, 2012

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 139 - 05.26.2012

• FCC clears Sprint to run CDMA, 4G LTE on 800MHz iDEN airwaves

• PayPal lines up 15 retailers for mobile payments, will let you buy Jamba Juice smoothies with a smartphone

• Sharp reportedly getting cozy with Hon Hai Precision, helping to make phone and tablet LCDs in Chengdu

• Introducing a better mobile web experience for TUAW

• Deutsche Telekom chief says T-Mobile USA merger still an option, sweeps full sale off the table

• RIM's global sales head departs after 14-year stretch

• AT&T validates NVIDIA Icera 410 LTE modem for use on its network

• Gigabit Squared strikes deal to bring ultra high-speed broadband to six communities

• Julius Genachowski voices support for capped, tiered broadband

• Navy plans ship-based LTE for close-quarters communication

• AT&T begins refarming 2G spectrum in New York City

• NTT DoCoMo bids for 700MHz spectrum, will drop two big-ones if it succeeds

• Verizon's ZTE-built Jetpack 890L 4G hotspot ships May 24th, promises globetrotting for $20

• UK's Bemilo pay-as-you-go mobile service gives greater control to worrisome parents

• MetroPCS and T-Mobile want Dish to give up half of its wireless spectrum, worry about AT&T and Verizon swooping in

• Virgin Mobile adds $40 payLo unlimited plan for talk and text types

• Verizon not closing unlimited plans yet, but still trying to transition customers away

• CableWiFi ties up 50,000 WiFi hotspots for cable subscribers to share

• Voyager Mobile shakes off network issues, launches a few days behind schedule

• GameStop offers, then removes AT&T mobile data plans

• Mobile Miscellany: week of May 14th, 2012

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 138 - 05.19.2012

• Dish warns the FCC its 4G LTE might come in earnest as late as 2016

• GameStop Mobile launches as AT&T virtual carrier, gives us rare bring-your-own GSM in US (update)

• ITC bans Motorola mobile devices for infringing Microsoft patent (updated: MMI responds)

• Sprint introduces My Wireless STS service to assist folks with speech disabilities

• Gogo and AeroSat get friendly on Ku-band, bring international in-flight WiFi closer

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET with special guest Chris Ziegler!

• U.S. Cellular adds Samsung mobile hotspot to its 4G LTE lineup, because three's company

• Texting: the truth serum of the 21st century

• Comcast rethinks bandwidth caps, trials two new policies that involve higher 300GB monthly limits

• T-Mobile launches new contract-free, data-only plans

• Forthcoming 4G networks could interfere with TV in 10 percent of UK homes

• DirecTV to offer broadband to the boonies, teams up with ViaSat and Hughes Satellite providers

• Verizon Wireless to transition grandfathered customers from unlimited data plans

• Plastic Logic shutters US offices, gets out of making its own e-readers

• Boost Mobile set to offer Smith Micro's Visual Voicemail features starting on May 31st

• Verizon CFO says grandfathered unlimited plans on the way out

• Sprint reportedly cancelling its early upgrade program June 1st (update)

• T-rays produce 3Gbps short-range wireless, make WiFi pout in the corner

• Panasonic gifts NTT DoCoMo with Eluga V, Eluga Power smartphones and Eluga Live tablet

• Cox seeks 700MHz spectrum transfer to AT&T, U.S. Cellular

• Pantech P8010 meets FCC, brings AT&T LTE along to say hello

• Cox and Verizon Wireless join forces, launch service bundles in Oklahoma

• T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm issues memo discussing restructuring plans, more jobs affected (update)

• O2 UK rolls out 42Mbps DC-HSPA+ 3G, gives that new iPad fast data in Old Blighty

• Voyager Mobile endures 'malicious network attack,' delays launch to the 'very near future'

• Alliance for Broadband Competition forms to sway opinion against Verizon's AWS acquisition

• Wireless Emergency Alert system goes live this month, delivers location-based SMS warnings

• New carrier Voyager Mobile starts May 15th, promises rewards for chatting it up

• LightSquared officially files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

• Redsn0w update lets iPad 2, new iPad, iPhone 4S downgrade to older firmware

• NTT DoCoMo expands its instant translation trials to 10 languages and 10,000 users

• CTIA Wireless 2012 wrap-up

• Isis bolsters its mobile wallet with American Express cards

• Europe votes to cap data roaming prices, will make it cheaper to tweet from Ibiza

• Pay-per-unit appears to go MIA on AT&T for some iPhone users

• Spectrum Interactive brings WiFi hotspots to London's phone boxes

• Jersey Shore getting Verizon LTE on May 17th...

• CTIA 2012: a look back at our favorite devices

• Live from President Bill Clinton's CTIA keynote

• T-Mobile reports customer growth for Q1 2012, tries not to think about Q4 2011

• Join us live for Bill Clinton's CTIA keynote tomorrow at 3PM ET

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 137 - 05.09.2012

• Sprint confirms Direct Connect Now, will offer Push-to-Talk services via smartphone app

• Sprint Tri-Fi hotspot boasts LTE, WiMAX and 3G connectivity, set to ship on May 18th

• The Engadget interview: Sprint product execs John Tudhope and David Owens at CTIA 2012 (video)

• 99Bill smartphone card reader pushes mobile payments for China, pretends it's never heard of Square

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live from CTIA 2012!

• New Virgin Canada Smartphone plans give you six of one thing, take half a dozen of another

• AT&T small cell site pilot due between late 2012, 2013

• T-Mobile wants new customers to pay upfront, says it's nothing personal

• Live from CTIA with Jim Cramer and the CEOs of the four largest US carriers!

• Qualcomm gets on the Band 41 bandwagon, pledges support for Clearwire's upcoming LTE TDD network

• AT&T kills cheap data. I'm still cranky.

• iPhone comes to two more small US carriers

• AT&T considers "Family Plans" for wireless data

• China Telecom launches iPhone promo to boost corporate sales

• Live from CTIA with FCC chairman Julius Genachowski

• T-Mobile CEO: network getting ready for iPhone

• VeriFone outs Sail mobile payment system, gives Square the evil eye

• T-Mobile expands HSPA+ 42, picks LTE vendors and notches 1 million VoIP users

• The Engadget interview: AT&T's Glenn Lurie talks Digital Life at CTIA 2012 (video)

• Gogo grabs 1MHz spectrum from JetBlue subsidiary LiveTV, beefs up in-flight bandwidth

• MasterCard introduces PayPass Wallet Services, Online and API at CTIA 2012

• Join us for the CTIA keynote with the CEOs of the big four US carriers, tomorrow at 5:30PM ET!

• 802.11-2012 WiFi freshens up spec with 3.7GHz bands, mesh networking

• We're live from CTIA 2012!

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 136 - 05.07.2012

• Color announces Verizon partnership, preaches the dream of streaming HD

• Xcom Global opens international MiFi rental / service center in New York City

• Lenovo to invest $800 million into new mobile device development facilities

• Mobile Miscellany: week of April 30th, 2012

• Verizon takes the lead on text to 911 services

• Sprint CEO takes pay cut as investors voice concern about cost of iPhone deal

• AT&T CEO voices regret over iPhone unlimited data model

• Boingo to offer its WiFi services to New York City subway stations

• FCC to dole out up to $300 million to help carriers expand service in rural areas

• Vonage reports $14 million in income, loses 19,000 subscribers

• Verizon's HomeFusion LTE to the home now available nationwide

• Boingo, Deutsche Telekom team up for international in-flight WiFi

• T-Mobile USA's chief marketing officer, Cole Brodman, calls it quits

• RIM: another limited-edition developer device coming later this year

• Korea loosens regulations on mobile phone sales

• Huawei partners with Intel to test TD-LTE interoperability in China

• Phi: a wireless re-routing card that puts you in control of the airwaves (video)

News (260)

• Panasonic's UN-W700 runs Android, streams Blu-ray video, takes Skype calls, isn't a tablet

• The OverAchiever: Which feats of strength can you still get?

• WoW Moviewatch: WoW Night

• Daily Update for May 31, 2012

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• Life Goals and Life Audit offer introspection and planning tools

• Simple.TV launches Kickstarter campaign for support from viewers like you

• Outspoken Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain to head FCC's open internet advisory panel

• Virgin Pure water purifiers launch offensive against tap and bottled water in the UK

• Engadget HD Podcast 301 - 05.30.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: Exodar Disco

• Nest expands its reach, begins shipping Learning Thermostat to Canada

• TUAW TV Live: Cookin' with Steve and Megs

• Reminder: It came from the Blog scavenger hunt and writer meetup tonight

• Intellectual Ventures' Nathan Myhrvold defends patent trolling, calls tech industry immature

• ICANN stops taking custom domain names at 7PM ET, details the TLD explosion June 13th

• The Queue: When you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair

• Olympus to settle with ex-chief exec over misconduct, may involve mountains of cash

• Insert Coin: ZIP-Shooter lets you dolly around or track straight (video)

• Saginomiya driving simulator steers real car, isn't quite Avatar on wheels (video)

• Tesla shows us how a Model S is made, tailors EVs to your exact liking online (video)

• Nikon pushes out D4, D800 firmware update, fixes lock-up issues and other bugs

• WoW Moviewatch: Loading Screen Tips That Should Have Been

• It came from the Blog: Meet the writers, then join the scavenger hunt

• Daily Update for May 29, 2012

• Hyperspace Beacon: PR nightmare

• McGill University student plan provides healthcare to rural areas with Windows Phone and Win 8

• LG launches new pair of TVs: DM2752 and M2752 can both double-up as your PC monitor

• AGA's iTotal Control range cooker packs GSM connectivity, lets you pre-heat via SMS or web

• Now approaching two years of Real ID -- did it work?

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: May 21-27, 2012

• Master Chief called in to resolve Syria, reports BBC

• The Queue: Meat

• MV Guide: May 28 - June 3, 2012

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 6: iWant to believe

• Refresh Roundup: week of May 21st, 2012

• One Shots: Bamboo Kat's

• Know Your Lore: State of the Alliance, 2012

• The Queue: Nine seconds

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Retracing steps

• THQ planning reverse stock split to avoid NASDAQ delisting

• Pure updates Evoke Mio radio with six new colors, thinks you need a new shade for summer

• Solar-powered Son-X Octavia now bringing 'interactive sound' to school playgrounds

• Groupon reportedly experimenting with Square competitor

• Rossi-related raiding revelations

• The Tattered Notebook: The passing of Ribbitribbitt

• The Queue: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Shaving Mug

• Breakfast Topic: This icon is making me hungry

• Nokia and X-Prize put medical sensors on the spot for next challenge

• WoW Moviewatch: Skullcrusher Mountain

• Growing Up Geek: Alexis Santos

• Daily Update for May 25, 2012

• US TSA eyeing Macs, iOS devices to assist mission

• The Queue: Bloody Mary

• Engadget Podcast 295 - 05.25.2012

• Drama Mamas: When marital troubles are played out in guild

• RealNetworks to refund $2 million, 'guilt' box stays un-ticked

• The Daily Grind: Can there be too much community interaction in public?

• Breakfast Topic: What's the best excuse you've ever heard?

• Because We May sale starts today

• Daily Update for May 24, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: The Day After the Cataclysm Ended

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• IRL: Sparrow for iOS, Nikon D800 and the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight

• NPD monthly reports integrate Walmart data starting next month

• Adafruit unveils Lego Ladyada's Workshop, vote for it to become a reality

• TiVo shows off Pace-built XG1 six-tuner gateway DVR it plans to ship later this year

• Olympus adds 75mm f/1.8 portrait lens to Micro Four Thirds lineup

• 38 Studios employees unpaid since May 1, health insurance ends on Thursday

• Enjoying the spoils of progress

• RI Gov. Chafee working to prevent 38 Studios shutdown, unaware of any new cash for company [update]

• WoW Moviewatch: Tanked a Boss

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: The growing, creeping power

• Waiting Game: Everything that's been delayed into 2013 (so far)

• Choose My Adventure: The last mile

• Turbine hosts 300 job-seekers at Rhode Island hiring event

• Seagate to buy LaCie for $186 million, expand its storage empire

• The Queue: Help me, Queue, you're my only hope!

• Nokia World broken up into smaller events, bumped up to September 5-6

• How the iPad helped Greece's debt restructuring

• Casio Japan says its new Exilim EX-ZR300 compact camera is fast and furious

• Hillcrest Labs takes its TV motion control system to China, becomes TCL's new best friend

• Engadget HD Podcast 300 - 05.22.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: Night Elf ERP

• Daily Update for May 22, 2012

• AMEX and Zynga team up for themed card, replace cash back with FarmVille rewards

• Eugene Polley, co-creator of the wireless TV remote, passes away aged 96

• Presidents Obama, Clinton pay tribute to Steve Jobs at Webbys

• The Queue: Ghost city

• Maker Faire Bay Area 2012, in pictures: 3D printers, unicorns, tesla coils and zombies (video)

• Inrix Traffic 4 for iOS helps drivers avoid traffic congestion and estimate arrival times (video)

• Koubachi WiFi Plant Sensor takes your cactii's temperature, sends it to your iPhone

• Pentax makes K-30 official with weatherproofing and 1080p video

• Aereo gets unfair competition claim dismissed, still faces two claims of copyright infringement

• WoW Moviewatch: Ninja Raiders

• Panasonic launches 12-35mm Micro Four Thirds lens with constant f/2.8 aperture

• Of myths and 41-megapixel sensors: Nokia looks back on the 808 PureView (video)

• Daily Update for May 21, 2012

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: May 14-20, 2012

• Officers' Quarters: How to earn respect as a teen officer

• The Queue: Run Boy Run

• TiVo's Stream transcoding box and IP connected extender make their debut at Cable Show 2012

• MV Guide: May 21 - 27, 2012

• Breakfast Topic: What's the coolest glitch you've seen?

• Arris reveals Moxi DVR release 2.0 with web browser, apps and iPad remote

• Refresh Roundup: week of May 14th, 2012

• Switched On: Clash of the troubled titans

• One Shots: Lone wolf

• You're the Pundit: Are we going to see form factor changes?

• The Queue: Magic man

• The Daily Grind: How important is surprise to you?

• Hasselblad cuts H4D prices by up to 23 percent, might let you afford rent

• The Tattered Notebook: Peeling back the layers of time

• The Queue: wumFWIPbloob

• WoW Moviewatch: Don't Make Me Get My Main

• The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET!

• Daily Update for May 18, 2012

• Storyboard: The second anniversary of Storyboard

• 38 Studios successfully pays $1.125 million to Rhode Island

• The Engadget Show is live tonight!

• Engadget Podcast 294 - 05.18.2012

• Some Assembly Required: I saw the wilds of Salem (and lived to tell about it)

• The Queue: I'll take it

• Callaway upro mx+ will show you a real view of the golf course, won't give you a mulligan

• WoW Moviewatch: Battlestar Gnomeregan

• iHome iP76 LED color-changing speaker indulges your love for pretty colors

• Is the thought of the Black Market Auction House bugging you?

• Daily Update for May 17, 2012

• It came from the Blog: Running of the Orphans 2012 snapshots

• Pentax K-30 leaks out in French catalog, teases us with weather resistance and 1080p video

• Monmouthpedia: Wikipedia's very own QR-coated Welsh town (video)

• The Perfect Ten: The truth about lockboxes

• The Queue: I'm late!

• Visualized: Arduino gets super-sized ahead of Maker Faire

• Club Jameco borrows from Etsy and Kickstarter, lets DIYers design, sell and buy project kits

• WoW Moviewatch: Hard Like Heroic

• TUAW TV Live: The chat room speaketh

• Steve Jobs subject of new children's book

• Eton anticipates next natural disaster with self-powered FRX radios

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT

• 38 Studios, Schilling ask Rhode Island for more money; state officials freeze

• The Engadget Show returns Friday, May 18th -- get tickets to the taping!

• The Queue: Blind panic

• Judge refuses request to dismiss ebook class action suit

• Engadget HD Podcast 299 - 05.15.2012

• Daily Update for May 15, 2012

• 38 Studios whiffed last loan payment, received nearly $50 million from Rhode Island thus far

• Diablo Moviewatch: Diablo III: Wrath

• If 38 Studios goes under, Rhode Island taxpayers will be footing the bill [Updated]

• NYC's Made in New York Digital Map lets you see who's hiring in the tech field

• Bridgestone reveals plan to withdraw from e-paper business, AeroBee loses its buzz

• Court refuses request to review Psystar case

• World of Warplanes video diary details classes, roles

• Stream TV finds a manufacturing partner in Pegatron for glasses-free 3D displays

• BlackBerry 10's predictive keyboard gets transplanted with Octopus Keyboard for jailbroken iOS devices

• Daily Update for May 14, 2012

• Drama Mamas: When a guild splits in two

• Best Buy founder / chairman steps down after investigation

• The Queue: For shame

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 4: 'Sometimes reliable' DigiTimes (Updated)

• China builds $3.7 billion, 1,373 mile power cable, how was your afternoon?

• HD video possible in upcoming Leica compact, bon vivants check trust funds

• Refresh Roundup: week of May 7th, 2012

• Know Your Lore: 5 potential new warchiefs for Mists of Pandaria

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Mamas edition!

• One Shots: Woodland critters

• The Queue: Happy Mother's Day

• WSJ: LightSquared 'preparing' for bankruptcy protection filing, final decision coming tomorrow

• The Queue: Saturday Rocks

• WRUP: Shopping for furniture edition

• University of California, Riverside runs entire building floor off of 1.1-megawatt green battery

• Panasonic sends 100,000 LEDs down Tokyo river, mates tech with tradition (updated with video!)

• WRUP: Fox Van Allen's Getting Your Kids into Commercials!

• WoW Moviewatch: Pandarendansen v2

• The Queue: Friday night invasion

• Engadget Podcast 293 - 05.11.2012

• The Daily Grind: Should we be disconnected for idling too long?

• NHK shrinks its 8K Super Hi-Vision-ready camcorder to the size of HD cameras

• RIM continues its fuel cell streak, applies for two more patents

• WoW Moviewatch: Wable - Episode 4

• Daily Update for May 10, 2012

• Leica boosts compact portfolio with V-Lux 40 point-and-shoot, APS-C-equipped X2

• This realistic Portal turret is the reason you should stay in school

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• 14 alternatives to "clunky" for describing rotations

• The Queue: I, for one, am not sorry for the rock

• NDS' Surfaces turns your wall into a TV, or a TV into a wall... one of those two

• Fujifilm FinePix XP170 rugged camera pays a visit to the FCC, leaves raincoat behind

• Toshiba's 55XS5 brings quad HD without the glasses-free 3D tech to Japan in June

• HTC chief Peter Chou to run Olympic torch relay, invade hostile territory

• WoW Moviewatch: Caterwauling Choir

• GE's 27-watt LED replacement for 100-watt incandescent bulbs set to light up our lives next year

• Daily Update for May 9, 2012

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Steve and Doc talk tips

• DevJuice: Promotion from the Trenches

• The Queue: Sorry for panda rocking

• Crapgadget: summer show-off edition

• National Geographic TOPO! maps find their way to Magellan eXplorist GPS devices

• Carl Icahn unloads his LightSquared debt, creditor talks trudge on

• Engadget HD Podcast 298 - 05.08.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: WoW vs. Facebook

• Regulation rumors drop GREE founder's shares by $700m

• Daily Update for May 8, 2012

• RIM continues the executive shuffle with new COO and CMO

• Olympus Tough TG-1 iHS packs 12-megapixel sensor, f/2.0 lens, ruggedized housing for $399

• Daily Update for May 7, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: The Panda Exterminator

• Join us for FCC chairman Julius Genachowski's CTIA keynote tomorrow at 10:30AM ET

• Kickstarter talks to us about product 'pre-orders,' won't force refunds when creators flake

• Drama Mamas: The consequences of lying about your gender

• The Queue: So can you

• 4 lessons from 5 years of Officers' Quarters

• MV Guide: May 7 - 13, 2012

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 3: Your parts are leaking again

• Augmented reality sandbox lets you change the course of rivers, won't get you wet

• LG's Google TV-enabled sets coming to US end of May

• Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Listener's choice

• Refresh Roundup: week of April 30th, 2012

• One Shots: Sequelizin'

• The Queue: Gold and virgins

• Rise and Shiny: Looking back on two years and making changes

• The Queue: No Sleep Till Brooklyn

• WRUP: Revenge of the boxes edition

• Adobe issues security update for Flash player, warns against IE exploit

• WRUP: Final Jeopardy!

• WoW Moviewatch: Blood Vengeance

• Daily Update for May 4, 2012

• Engadget Podcast 292 - 05.04.2012

• How do you feel about warming the bench?

• One dollar and fifteen percent

• The Queue: The Avengers is great

• Series revisits ARM's humble beginnings, BBC Micro and all

• Gold Capped: Unlimited long-term storage

• Electronic House hands out its Home of the Year awards, offers yet more excess and inspiration

• Nikon confirms woes with D4 and D800, joins Canon in high-end doghouse

• Mists of Pandaria beta: Logging in never sounded so good

• Ask Massively: Moving shop edition

• 4 best Blizzard customer support videos

• The Engadget Podcast, live at 5:00PM ET!

• Breakfast Topic: Dumb things are fun

• US Army gets picky, solicits smart feed ammo system for machine guns and auto cannons (video)

• Google's Language Immersion Chrome extension translates random text to teach foreign lingo

• EchoStar outs its HDT-610R Ultra Slim Box, says it's 'world's slimmest' DVR

• MIT and Harvard announce edX web education platform, make online learning cheap and easy

• WoW Moviewatch: Another Wipe

• Bang & Olufsen caters to the iOS crowd with Apple TV-friendly BeoPlay V1 TV set, A3 iPad speaker dock (update)

• Canon EOS 5D Mark III's light leak fix found to be black tape

• Daily Update for May 2, 2012

• Mists of Pandaria beta: Gurgthock's return

• Yamaha outs RX-V773WA, RX-V673 receivers: AirPlay and 4K / 3D passthrough on board

• The Queue: Makes bigger, better bugs

• Nokia gets it: launches patent lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

• Yes, people still read: e-book sales by UK publishers grew 54 percent in 2011

• Olympus TG-1 iHS Tough leaks out at Best Buy, brings OLED to the rugged camera party

• New York Times sees higher circulation numbers, digital paywall smiles knowingly

• WoW Moviewatch: 28 Patches Later

• Daily Update for May 1, 2012

• Growing Up Geek: Jon Fingas

• Shifting Perspectives: The return of Permatree and other badass glyphs

• Jawbone unleashes Big Jambox, beefs up its Bluetooth 'smartspeaker' lineup

Nintendo (46)

• The Rabbids get into a Rumble on 3DS in November

• NintendoWare Weekly: Metal Slug 3, Rayman

• Harvest Moon creator working on new IP 'Project Happiness' for Natsume

• Shin Megami Tensei 4 teased for 3DS

• NBA 2K13 slams into the Wii U in 'holiday season'

• Invite a yellow Yoshi into Mario Tennis Open, our treat

• Metro: Last Light is not a Wii U title for now, THQ confirms

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate whips onto 3DS

• Start (farm) fresh in Harvest Moon: A New Beginning for 3DS

• NintendoWare Weekly: Mighty Switch Force update, Game & Watch Gallery 2

• 3DS sells over 6 million units in Japan

• Rumor: New 3DS Castlevania to debut at E3

• Nintendo plans virtual wall of E3 coverage, wants no eyeball left behind

• ThinkGeek selling SNES-style Wii Classic Controller

• Alternative Wii U controller design makes brief appearance on Twitter, goes into hiding

• Redesigned Wii U tablet shown off by TT Games QA guy [update]

• Wii U patent shows off Wiimote-to-WiiPad pointing and dragging

• Rayman Origins finally makes it to 3DS on June 5

• NintendoWare Weekly: Rayman Origins demo, Kirby's Block Ball

• Xenoblade Chronicles dev Monolith Soft creating Project X Zone

• You can Dream Drop more cash for a 'Mark of Mastery' edition of Kingdom Hearts 3D

• PSA: Mario Kart 7 patch fixes Maka Wuhu exploit

• Welcome to Pokemon Black/White Version 2's scenic Aspertia City

• Pokemon Dream Radar, Pokedex 3D Pro coming to North American 3DS this fall

• Pikmin 2, Mario Power Tennis on US Wii June 10, DKC Returns and Brawl discounted

• Aqua Blue 3DS washing out of Nintendo's lineup in Japan

• Pre-order Kingdom Hearts 3D for 'Dream Eater' AR cards

• Nintendo prepares to kill off Aqua Blue 3DS, dump it in a watery grave

• Nintendo to pull the plug on 3D TV service in Japan

• Kid Icarus: Uprising sequel not likely, Sakurai says

• NintendoWare Weekly: Monster World IV

• Nintendo DSi drops to $100, DSi XL drops to $130 on May 20th

• DSi drops to $100, DSi XL drops to $130 May 20

• Portabliss: Ketzal's Corridors (3DS eShop)

• The creative maturity of Hironobu Sakaguchi's Last Story

• Fall 2012 is Adventure Time on 3DS and DS

• Report: Blockbuster UK lists 25 Wii U titles

• Miyamoto's DS patent offers upgraded tourist hunting techniques

• Sakurai explains Kid Icarus: Uprising's contentious controls

• Nintendo patent application tech tracks your DS from above, serves as tour guide

• Nintendo patent application lends a look at Wii U's core technology, add-ons too

• NintendoWare Weekly: Amoebattle, Super Hang-On

• The insatiable need to dominate in Pokemon Conquest

• Diamond Trust of London was in Nintendo approval for seven months

• New Club Nintendo awards include Art Style: Pictobits, Urban Champion

• Nicalis: WiiWare sales 'almost non-existent,' La-Mulana canceled for NA / EU

PC Gaming (347)

• DOTA 2 is free to play, 'DOTA Store' open now and selling beta access

• Quantum Conundrum coming to PC June 21

• Perpetuum rolling out Gamma Frontier tomorrow

• Mists of Pandaria: More new companion pets and vanity items

• Mists of Pandaria: Forsaken receive new racial ability

• Mists of Pandaria: Hallow's End loot updated

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Dealing with Heimerdinger

• Mists of Pandaria: Glyph changes from the latest beta build

• Reminder: We're giving away a World of Warcraft Monopoly set

• Diablo 3 Transmog Outfits for WoW: Monk, demon hunter, wizard

• City of Heroes Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie launches today

• So who wants a Guild Wars 2 closed beta key?

• 5 reasons expectant parents love playing WoW

• Expanding Endgame Choices: How Mists of Pandaria changes everything

• Elder Scrolls Online art director talks MMO limitations and stylistic influences

• World of Warplanes closed beta starts today

• Top 10 things for hunters to look forward to in Mists of Pandaria

• Breakfast Topic: The MoP beta virtual drinking game

• Worms: Reloaded free on Steam this weekend; can of deals opened on iOS, Mac

• Star Wars: The Old Republic developers detail 1.3, free trials, and free transfers

• Crysis 2 back on Steam with a clever new name, extra goodies

• Spiritual Guidance: Shadow priest news bulletin (as narrated by a discipline priest)

• Ultima Online publishes comprehensive player guide

• EU fansites giving away Mists of Pandaria beta keys

• GOG.com getting Retro City Rampage, Tomb Raider, Colonization

• Mists of Pandaria: Head enchants ... gone! Shoulder enchants ...

• Know Your Lore: The role of characters in WoW lore

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 245: Remind Sacco to eat his hat

• Around Azeroth: A pretender to the throne

• DDO expansion screens take you inside Demonweb

• Allods Online releases Astral Storm update

• Trion trademarks 'Storm Legion' for possible next RIFT expansion name

• Razer outs Battlefield 3 aviator headsets

• Magicka shows us The Other Side of the Coin on June 14

• Raptr handing out 10,000 copies of RIFT and RIFT CEs

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: A first look at Battleground blacklisting

• Diablo 3's Battle.net down again; June 12 targeted for real-money auction house [update]

• Face of Mankind rolling out major updates

• CCP contemplates selling more EVE Online physical merchandise

• Flameseeker Chronicles: WvW primer

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Core abilities tab teaches proper play

• My Mists of Pandaria beta UI is almost perfect

• Lichborne: Death knight class achievements

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Just when you thought it was safe to hit auto-run

• Renaissance Heroes closed beta starts May 31st, and we've got keys

• Next Guild Wars 2 beta weekend coming June 8th

• Wings Over Atreia: Much ado about housing

• Embers of Caerus reaches Kickstarter funding goal with 22 days to go

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: AIEEEEE!

• 4 reasons Mists of Pandaria will still have bugs after launch

• Darkfall update brings new clan permissions system

• Around Azeroth: A blast from the past

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Enrage changes in Mists beta

• 5 hidden hangouts for roleplayers in Mists of Pandaria

• The Firing Line: PlanetSide 2's Matt Higby on the MMOFPS revolution

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Mediocre meditation

• Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, Commandos and others 50% off on GOG

• Minecraft sells 6 million on PC, 'around 9 million' across all platforms

• Carmageddon and its 'Splat Pack' coming to GOG

• Some Assembly Required: City of Heroes' Mission Architect

• MMObility: Command and Conquer's new twist on the MMORTS

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The evolution of itemization

• Mists of Pandaria Arena Pass Realm: PvP Sandbox?

• The Lawbringer: Diablo sells lots, Blizzard dodges another bullet

• The Firing Line: Epic SOE memories on PlanetSide's ninth anniversary

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: The great migration

• Runes of Magic's Fires of Shadowforge update features new race, starting zone

• My liege, Civilization V is free to play on Steam this weekend

• Diablo 3 patch incoming, real-money auction house still without launch date

• Mists of Pandaria: Sunwalker Dezco for Warchief

• More Mists of Pandaria beta passes may be on the way

• The OverAchiever: Are pet achievements disappearing in Mists of Pandaria?

• What is Mists of Pandaria?

• New Firefall dev blog discusses raising the skill ceiling

• All Points Bulletin: Reloaded offers free one-day premium membership with patch 1.8

• Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliance browser title launches today

• Lord of the Rings Online Spring Festival is live

• Around Azeroth: Ooh, little sleepy boy, do you know what time it is?

• Raising hell in The Secret World's Hell Raised instance

• Perfect World International's end-game gets imperially furious

• RIFT Conquest video boasts 'this is where realities collide'

• Mortal Online's CEO has high hopes for the game's subscriptions

• WildStar Wednesday shows off Eldan technology

• The Old Republic interview on patch 1.3 covers LFG, perks, and gear

• Mists of Pandaria login screen revealed

• Diablo III becomes fastest-selling PC game ever, deluge of broken PC mice likely to follow

• Ghostcrawler weighs in on shaman feedback

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Conquest PvP

• ArenaNet talks about naming Guild Wars 2's world

• Become a master chef on the shores of Pandaria

• The Light and How to Swing It: Glyph of Inquisition and the myth of the no-brainer

• Diablo III vs. Torchlight II: Battle of the dungeon-crawlers

• Pandaren Mount Revealed: Dragon Turtle

• Why I Play: Vanguard, Saga of Heroes

• Massive ARGO Online patch raises level cap, adds new dungeons and quests

• Encrypted Text: 3 Diablo monk moves that WoW rogues should steal

• Diablo 3 achieves fastest-selling PC game and biggest PC game launch titles

• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Far Cry 2, American Nightmare hit GOG

• WoW Insider Show Episode 244: Sacco is a wizard

• Dark Age of Camelot updates Relic mechanics and classes

• Max Payne 3 ships 3 million units, PC launch pushed worldwide June 1

• City of Heroes puts players in the action with its Summer Blockbuster Event

• Reader UI of the Week: Enter the box with Oakdusa's raiding UI

• MechWarrior Online announces closed beta and founder's program

• Get down with yo' bad self in Tribes: Ascend's latest update

• Totem Talk: New look for Chain Heal, new features for resto shaman

• DICE to require 64-bit OS for some 2013 games, that Windows ME box in the den isn't cutting it

• Star Wars: The Old Republic hit with layoffs [Updated]

• Entering the Rzhev Meat Grinder in Company of Heroes 2

• Lichborne: Ghostcrawler discusses death knights

• Hyperspace Beacon: Four reasons in-character reporting is good for SWTOR

• World of Warplanes closed beta starts May 31st

• Around Azeroth: An army of fun

• ArenaNet president defends microtransactions and in-game RMT in Guild Wars 2

• Winners announced in Champions Online Design a Villain contest

• EverQuest II's GU63 tweaks crafting, adds hundreds of new items

• Mists of Pandaria: 'What has changed?' makes class changes more palatable

• Ultima Online rolling out a new installment of the Awakening

• Wings Over Atreia: Touring Tiamaranta

• A First Look at Mists of Pandaria Professions: Engineering

• Vindictus EU update features two new raid bosses

• The Anvil of Crom: Downgrading an Age of Conan account to F2P

• Around Azeroth: No coins in the fountain

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Finally, a portable reforger

• Shifting Perspectives: The potential return of Insect Swarm for balance druids

• Hawken to be playable via Gaikai prior to official release

• EVE Evolved: Preparing for the Inferno expansion

• Rise and Shiny: BatMUD

• Swords & Soldiers gets 'super saucy' DLC on Steam

• Diablo 3 app for Android checks server status

• The Road to Mordor: Five ways LotRO should be streamlined

• PSA: EA shutting down Dragon Age Legends servers June 18

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Spin class

• WRUP: Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3 Diablo 3

• MMObility: An exclusive look at the Runespan in RuneScape

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Engineering gets more fun toys

• EVE Insider gets into the nitty gritty of the new ally system

• Origin waives crowd-funded games' distribution fees for 90 days

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Horde and Alliance Incarnation moonkin forms

• The Firing Line: World of Warplanes producer talks matchmaking, progression

• World of Warcraft and Battle.net web services currently down [Updated]

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Unlucky in love

• The Evolution of Combat coming to RuneScape for player testing June 26th

• Breakfast Topic: Another WoW fill-in-your-own-words adventure

• 5 things you need to know about the Stormstout Brewery

• Tips and tricks for taking great WoW screenshots

• Spiral Knights celebrates 3,000,000 registered accounts

• GameStop earnings call adds to Guild Wars 2 release date speculation

• Diablo 3 auction house delayed

• Reserve your Guild Wars 2 character name today

• Around Azeroth: Honor kills, my anti-drug

• Fallen Earth 2.4 patch to feature territory control, automated harvesting, and more

• The Anvil of Crom: Age of Conan turns four, taps SWG for crafting inspiration

• Diablo 3 Transmog Outfits for WoW: Deckard Cain, Leah, Witch Doctor, Barbarian

• Breakfast Topic: The most boring WoW stream ever

• Steam remote downloads exit beta, make impatience an option for everyone

• Dear Esther sales crash against 100,000

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Of replays and linearity

• Free for All: Planet Cyrene adds to the high-stakes worlds of Entropia

• Wowhead previews Townlong Steppes

• Choose My Adventure: Cruisin' with the gang in City of Heroes

• Ragnarok Online update introduces the town of Port Malaya

• Steam enables remote downloads from web or mobile

• EVE talks smack about Diablo III's login woes

• Guild Wars 2 writers talk (at length) about MMO story

• Spiritual Guidance: The new shadow priest trend of backtracking

• Around Azeroth: Winner by default

• MindArk giving away Entropia Universe land deeds

• Breakfast Topic: What sort of zone would you create for WoW?

• Dear Esther comes to Mac on Steam, is half off through Thursday

• An introduction to the Diablo 3 economy for WoW players

• Enjin unveils in-game overlay client

• Star Trek Online adds a new flavor of cat people

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Spirit gear is coming back in fashion

• BioWare prepping another SWTOR free Weekend Pass

• Improved digsites in Mists of Pandaria archaeology

• Mists of Pandaria says bye-bye to cookie-cutter builds

• NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announces cloud-based, virtualized Kepler GPU technology and GeForce GRID gaming platform

• Lichborne: Death knights remain in holding pattern in Mists of Pandaria beta

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR's James Ohlen shares the formula behind PvP nerfs

• Spiritual Guidance: Lightwell, Lightspring, and the latest on priest healing in Mists

• Five top tips for your first few days of Diablo III

• Around Azeroth: A ship in a bubble

• Blizzard awarding Australian GAME customers free copy of Diablo III

• Blade & Soul on track to launch in Korea this July

• Diablo III launch day roundup

• Knights of the Old Republic, Jedi Knight 2 now on Mac via Steam

• RIFT introduces three-faction PvP with Conquest

• RealD tech heightens 3D programming on Unreal Engine 3

• Learn the basics of Diablo 3 gameplay

• Common Diablo 3 installation problems and how to fix them

• Wings Over Atreia: This little Daeva went to market...

• Diablo 3 'Starter Edition' is a quickfire demo

• TERA Tome database unleashes the mysteries of Arborea

• Leaderboard: EverQuest II's housing vs. Aion's housing

• Around Azeroth: To build a better bear

• Diablo III Starter Edition lets you play for free

• Steam Wallet exclusive to GameStop, doesn't change company investment in Impulse

• Lord of the Rings Online releases Update 7: Shades of the Past

• Letter From The Editor: Diablo 3 launch coverage

• Steam Wallet store displays arrive at GameStop [update: It's official]

• Guild Wars 2 nets 500K Facebook likes, releases Destiny's Edge art to celebrate

• EVE Evolved: Risk vs. reward in lowsec

• New MechWarrior Online trailer has no music, just giant robots

• 'Hundreds of thousands' have already bought Guild Wars 2, played beta

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Certain PvP maps may be blacklistable

• Aion rewarding decorating skills with contest

• Mists of Pandaria: Black Market Auction House offers rare and removed items

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Rage in the Mists of Pandaria

• Cryptic developer: Star Trek Online PvP is 'fail'

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Goblin Glider proves engineering is still the best profession

• Arcane Brilliance: Archmage Pants expounds on Mists of Pandaria magery and magic

• The Tattered Notebook: Learning from EQII's free-to-play model

• 5 upcoming hot spots for roleplay in Mists of Pandaria

• Path of Exile free this weekend during stress test

• Star Wars: The Old Republic answers questions on companions and modifications

• MapleStory celebrates its seventh anniversary with experience bonuses and cake monsters

• Blizzard and Valve settle DOTA dispute, Blizzard DOTA officially Blizzard All-Stars

• EVE Online: Inferno website goes live

• MechWarrior Online unleashes a torrent of new screenshots, plus new teaser trailer

• Lineage II celebrates its eighth anniversary with a Massively giveaway

• Join Rockstar club on Steam, get free Midnight Club 2

• Diablo III is Amazon's most pre-ordered PC title ever

• Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative success leads to Workshop sale

• Trion dev posts ARG messages on RIFT forums

• Diablo 3 is Amazon's most pre-ordered PC title ever

• Mists of Pandaria beta: New achievements weave together exploration and lore

• Tropico 4 free this weekend on Steam, deep discount on full import

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Getting out of Elo hell

• The International Dota 2 Championships invade PAX Prime

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New loot frames roll into view

• World of Warcraft unveils cross-realm zones

• WildStar Wednesday discusses quality of life

• Cross-realm zones coming to Mists of Pandaria

• Perpetuum putting player-built settlements on new test server tomorrow

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The Anglers offer fabulous rewards to feisty fisherfolk

• Mike O'Brien: Guild Wars 2's beta weekend 'overwhelming'

• Report: GameStop to start selling Steam vouchers next week

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Item upgrade strings surface

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Incarnation druid cat forms appear

• Ghostcrawler talks warriors on the Mists of Pandaria beta forums

• Breakfast Topic: Tell us about your WoW zone

• Guild Wars 2 hosting a surprise stress test next Monday

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 243: Stormpike filth in my keep

• EVE Online overhauls factional warfare for cleaner systems and bigger consequences

• Zarhym clarifies account-wide achievements

• City of Heroes announces Paragon Market Freebie Fridays

• Diablo 3 open beta nets 2 million participants

• World of Warcraft holding steady at 10.2 million subscribers

• World of Warcraft subscriber numbers remain at 10.2 million

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: How City of Heroes almost died

• RIFT adds streaming client

• Neverwinter releasing Q4 2012, opens French and German websites

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: New strings hint at help for sweeping class changes

• Druids, Drow, and destinies in an epic DDO expansion tour

• Mists of Pandaria: Meet the new faces of SI:7

• Around Azeroth: Chivalry is dead

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Rift evolution

• Encrypted Text: 2 Stealth secrets in Mists

• 'Legend of the Beast' DLC coming to ... Serious Sam HD: Second Encounter?

• PSA: MW3 Content Collection #1 now available on PC

• Guild Wars 2 wants you to play with your friends no matter what

• The diary of a murderous skier: Spending real money in Tribes: Ascend

• Wowscan: A new tool for making gold

• Tribes: Ascend getting two new maps, custom loadouts in Tartarus update

• Alan Wake's American Nightmare scares PC players on May 22 [coming to GOG.com too!]

• Reader UI of the Week: Bryce and Elv's UI stand against any foe

• The Game Archaeologist looks at Guild Wars Utopia

• Ghostcrawler on account-wide achievements

• The Queue: In which SW:TOR's 1.7 to 1.3 million is discussed

• Lord of the Rings Online's Update 7 features new high-level skirmish

• Around Azeroth: Like butter

• EA bosses weigh in on SWTOR sub number drop

• Should you change professions for Mists of Pandaria?

• Botanicula puts down roots on Steam, 10% off

• Star Wars: The Old Republic has 1.3 million active subs, new content packs coming

• The Anvil of Crom: Four reasons to return to Age of Conan

• Ghostcrawler discusses healing gear in Mists beta dungeons

• Captain's Log: Old reruns, a new currency, and time-gates frustrate STO players

• Wings Over Atreia: Once more into the rift, my friends

• League of Legends mastery point exploit fixed, banhammer incoming

• Leaderboard: Gaming on desktops vs. laptops

• Looking at the brighter Moria in Lord of the Rings Online

• Around Azeroth: Ladies in their sensitivities

• Shifting Perspectives: An easier rotation for balance druids in Mists of Pandaria

• EVE Evolved: Nine years of EVE Online

• Raid Rx: Shamanism heading into Mists of Pandaria

• League of Legends runs Make-A-Wish charity campaign

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: And I will hug him and squeeze him and name him George

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Practical talents in Mists of Pandaria

• The Tattered Notebook: Reading the tea leaves of EQII's May update

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Welcome to the jungle

• Exploring the beta and beyond in Guild Wars 2

• Breakfast Topic: What game mechanic will WoW borrow next?

• Cabal's Third Awakening patch hits Monday, brings new battle mode

• Lord of the Rings Online explains Moria revamp

• Guild Wars 2 gem store goes (partially) online

• TERA hits the #1 spot for Amazon downloads

• Artist plagiarizes Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft illustrators

• Mists of Pandaria beta: Aysa Cloudsinger and Master Shang Xi speak

• EverQuest II producer talks May updates, player-made dungeon tweaks

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Prince of snakes

• LotRO Update 7 to add new skirmish, revamp old content

• CyberPower jumps on the GeForce GTX 690 bandwagon, promises to melt your eyes for $1,700

• Mists of Pandaria beta: Account-wide mounts are a go

• City of Heroes player summit promises Water Blast power set, cyberpunk costumes

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Dealing with rage and bad players

• Steam adds Genesis Classics Collection 5: Beyond Oasis, Phantasy Star 2 and more

• Company of Heroes 2 revealed on PC Gamer cover

• Addon Spotlight Alternatives: Unit frames

• TERA subscription error affects thousands [Updated]

• DDO's Menace of the Underdark expansion beta starts May 10th

• WoW Meets League of Legends: Transmogrify your hunter into an AD carry

• Scattered Shots: Blizzard listens to hunters, really

• The Perfect Ten: Guild Wars 2 gravestone epitaphs

• Steam Workshop's Skyrim mods top over 13.6 million downloads, Macho Man is pleased

• WildStar to support and encourage addons

• Steam's latest beta client enables remote installation of games, with emphasis on 'beta'

• MechWarrior Online reveals the first in-game screens of the Catapult

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: What City of Heroes needs for its ninth year

• On The Fringe, Part One: Alexander Bruce's Antichamber

• EA Indie Bundle challenges your definitions, is live on Steam now

• Star Trek Online puts its featured episodes into reruns

• Skullgirls boppin' to PC digital distribution later this year

• Matt Higby discusses PlanetSide 2's progression and customization

• Choose My Adventure: Taking a right at Paragon City

• Tell EA how you really feel about Origin

• A proposal for scenarios in Mists of Pandaria

• Why I play Star Wars: The Old Republic

• Dustforce sweeping up on Mac, discounted for a limited time

• CCP analyzes EVE's Jita player event

• League of Legends season two ends Oct. 13, $3M up for grabs

• Around Azeroth: Spread your wings and dance

• SWTOR on the rise and planning more PvP, endgame content

• Breakfast Topic: What's making you smile in the Mists of Pandaria beta?

• Warlock green fire spells spotted in MoP beta files

• Customize your guild bank icons with this handy script

• Diablo III offers global play, provides a guide to the auction house

• Mists of Pandaria: Learn new lore from in-game book Legacy of the Masters

• Bastion gets Steamplay support, on limited sale

• Mists of Pandaria: Priests get an optional Shadowfiend upgrade, Zoidberg approves

• Free premium week on Quake Live, new content

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Check out the new dungeon set gear

• Ten ways En Masse changed TERA for the west

• Gabe Newell is secretly a Brony, explains Valve structure as a response to his time at Microsoft

• Serpent racing in Mists of Pandaria?

• TERA launch-day roundup

PlayStation (68)

• Face-Off mode coming to Modern Warfare 3 on PS3 June 15

• Sports Champions 2 takes a victory lap on PS Move this fall

• PS2 and PSP SOCOM servers shutting down at the end of August

• Rumor: PS Plus getting revamped, coming to PS Vita

• Report: Sony considered download-only console, thought better of it

• New Little King's Story graces Vita in North America this summer

• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault is Insomniac's next PSN game, arriving this fall

• Report: UK retailers list Assassin's Creed 3 and 'Ghost Recon: Final Mission' for Vita

• PSN Tuesday: Resistance: Burning Skies, Gravity Rush demo, Rayman Origins

• PSA: Harley Quinn's Revenge begins today on PSN and Xbox 360 [Update]

• Snapshot training amateur photogs on PS3 and Vita this fall

• Smattering of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Vita domains registered by Sony

• Editorial: Sony needs more than Sorcery to resurrect the PlayStation Move

• PSN throws down some Ultimate Editions, slaps a sale on them

• PS3 Rock of Ages users experiencing multiplayer connection issues

• WizOrb coming to PlayStation Minis this June

• SCEA patents advertising that interrupts gameplay

• Demon's Souls servers staying online into the 'foreseeable future'

• Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection makes calculated moves to PSN on June 26

• Jet Set Radio tags PlayStation Vita this summer

• LittleBigPlanet Vita box art is as joyous as you'd expect

• PlayStation Network scheduled for maintenance starting at 8AM (PST)

• PSN scheduled maintenance tomorrow, some apps to be down

• Snapshot: Sorcery

• Tomba! comes to PlayStation Network as a PSOne Classic this summer

• Yakuza 5 due in Japan December 2012, has new engine

• Rumor: PlayStation All-Stars coming to PS Vita, SCEA resume says

• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz hitz Vita on October 23

• PSN Tuesday: Sorcery, Doctor Who

• Uncharted 1 and 2 discover PSN on June 26

• Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Vita, Munch's Oddysee HD both due in June

• More PlayStation Vita bundles coming to Europe, planning a visit to the Eiffel Tower

• IMDB: Kevin Butler, Cole McGrath, Drake, Snake voice actors in Playstation All-Stars cast

• Crystal White PS Vita landing in Hong Kong June 28th, overpriced import shops two days later

• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time snatches a spot on Vita

• Sony opens up PSN to digital download pre-orders

• Sorcery kicks off new pre-purchase functionality on PSN

• Konami confirms June 12 launch date for Metal Gear Solid HD on Vita

• Report: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit devs working on Vita title

• Cave Vita games reportedly canceled as COO resigns

• Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock lands on PSN May 23

• I Am Alive tops April 2012 PSN downloads; Escape Plan still atop PS Vita list

• Ubisoft sale on PSN has some big titles at tiny prices

• Finally, you can play Cho Aniki Zero on your Vita (finally!)

• PSN Tuesday: PixelJunk 4am, Sonic 4: Episode 2, Rock of Ages

• Report: GameStop discontinuing PSP games at smallest stores

• Mass Effect 3 weekend: 'Operation Silencer', retroactive Commendation Packs granted to PS3 owners

• Modern Warfare 3 PS3 bundle deploys on May 25

• 1.8 million Vitas getting covered in fingerprints worldwide

• Starhawk online pass grants free Warhawk download in Europe

• Sony's barebones $299 Call of Duty: MW3 and 320GB PS3 bundle hits the streets May 25th

• LittleBigPlanet Vita beta now accepting applications

• Soul Sacrifice is Keiji Inafune's Vita game, features gruesome magic

• Sony E3 press conference will not be televised (or maybe it will be)

• All Starhawk map packs free in response to divisive Warhawk content

• PSN Tuesday: Datura, PixelJunk sale

• Modern Warfare 3 on PS3 gets 'Sanctuary' and 'Foundation' maps this Thursday via COD Elite

• Buy a Vita, get free Mortal Kombat and 4GB memory card

• Sorcery's first dev diary gets a Move on

• Ragnarok Odyssey journeying to North American Vitas sometime this year

• XSEED announces rhythm/strategy title 'Orgarhythm' for Vita

• Red PS3 lands on Australian shores at the end of May

• Want a free PS Vita? All you have to do is buy a Toyota Scion iQ

• Gravity Rush's love affair with the 'bande dessinee' art style

• The Unfinished Swan is 'Whitespace' with more color, swans and wonder

• Persona 4 Golden for Vita arrives in North America this autumn

• Starhawk beta participants get extra cosmetic options for their service

• PSN Tuesday: Awesomenauts, Mortal Kombat

Politics (1)

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Reviews (157)

• Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol F1 review

• playGo USB hands-on: Like AirTunes, only better

• PowerA unveils MOGA Bluetooth controller for Android devices, we go hands-on

• Windows 8 Release Preview detailed impressions

• iFixit reveals Nook Simple Touch With GlowLight's magic -- with lasers

• IK Multimedia's iRig MIC Cast is now shipping for iOS devices, we go hands-on

• Sony NEX-F3 review

• Vodafone UK launches Smart II: Android Gingerbread for £70 (hands-on)

• Tech Crunch compares HTC Evo 4G LTE, iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus

• Orange San Diego: Intel's Medfield phone gets benchmarked

• Lenovo ThinkPad X230 review

• Test-driving AIRBudz, the sensible antidote to "earbud zombies"

• Logitech outs Apple-friendly Wireless Solar Keyboard K760, we go hands-on

• Leica Monochrom test turns up the ISO, doesn't bring the noise

• Creative announces Sound BlasterAxx wireless speakers with mics (update: hands-on!)

• Chrome OS review (version 19)

• Hands on with CloudFTP: iOS data storage to go

• Samsung Chromebox Series 3 review

• Samsung Chromebook Series 5 550 review

• iBackFlip Somersault: A versatile high-quality bag for your iPad

• Samsung Focus 2 review

• Silver Lining: I Am Alive's unfeeling world

• Samsung Galaxy S III review

• Leap Motion gesture control technology hands-on

• Sony ST26i benchmarks reveal Android 4.0, 4-inch FWVGA display and lackluster performance

• Boost case for iPhone keeps the battery going

• Facebook Camera hands-on

• Playsurface touchscreen computing table hands-on (video)

• Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 review

• The TechCrunch iPad app is slick and simple

• Gravity Rush review: Disorient Express

• Nokia 808 PureView impressions, camera showdown with the iPhone 4S and HTC One S

• Insert Coin: cookoo is the watch for geeks who want to keep it subtle (video)

• Quad-channel DDR3 memory corralled in round-up, Corsair, G.Skill and Patriot take home the trophies

• Yahoo Axis on desktop, iOS unifies your bookmarks, makes the web visual (hands-on)

• Nokia 808 PureView sample images: a moveable feast in 41 megapixels (updated with GigaPan galleries!)

• Metareview: Dragon's Dogma

• Hands on with the iKlip Studio stand for iPad

• Social Bicycles announces availability by end of summer, we go hands-on (video)

• Incantor brings World of Warcraft to real life (hands-on)

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier review: More than just a soldier

• Dell Latitude 6430u: an Ultrabook tailored for suit-and-tie types

• ASUS Zenbook Prime UX21A preview

• Engadget tries on the gTar for iPhone

• Babel Rising should've been named 'Babel Falling,' this trailer suggests

• Electric Motor Werks hands-on at Maker Faire (video)

• The Ultimate iPad Case Review Roundup and Giveaway

• Ion iCade Mobile and iCade Core review

• Diablo 3 review: Hitting the jackpot

• Dragon's Dogma review: Heartache every moment

• Raspberry Pi hands-on and Eben Upton interview at Maker Faire (video)

• Hands-on with the Electric Imp at Maker Faire (video)

• Mario Tennis Open review: Holding court

• HTC Desire C hands-on (video)

• Water-damaged Fujifilm X100 torn apart for fun and education (but mostly fun)

• Joyswag & Unboxing: 'Collector's Edition' World of Warcraft Monopoly

• Samsung NX20, NX210 and NX1000 sample images and video

• Hands-on with The Secret World's mission system

• This is what native 4K home cinema looks like on Sony's VPL-VW1000ES projector

• Sony NEX-F3 and A37 cameras hands-on and sample shots

• X-mini KAI capsule Bluetooth speaker review

• Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 review: Running in place

• Hands-on with The Secret World's combat system

• Bricolo mechanical music system hand-on (video)

• Is the HTC Ville C a cheaper One S?

• Plinko Poetry hands-on (video)

• Etch-a-Sketch 3.0 hands-on (video)

• Burritob0t hands-on (video)

• Game of Thrones review: Bowed, bent, broken

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review

• Sounder launches, we go hands-on (video)

• AMD Trinity laptop review roundup: beats Ivy Bridge on gaming, but CPU lets the herd down

• Metareview: Max Payne 3

• Max Payne 3 review: Nature of the beast

• Samsung Galaxy S III battery tested by GSMArena, lasts as long as your tablet

• How would you change the Kobo Vox?

• IRL: Verizon Jetpack MiFi 4620, iHome iC50 and Epson's EH-TW9000 3D projector

• Company of Heroes worth every penny at $2

• Thunderbolt on Windows gets hands-on, lacks Mac's hot-swapping

• Starhawk review: Drop in, blast off

• Addon Spotlight: GTFO revisited

• Hands-on with The Secret World's Illuminati experience

• Hands-on with The Secret World's Templar experience

• Juggernaut: Revenge of Sovering first look

• Leica M Monochrom captures exclusively in black and white, costs far more than your color-abled shooter

• Deja Review: Minecraft (XBLA)

• Konka W900 hands-on

• HTC Car StereoClip hands-on

• iCache Geode digital wallet hands-on (video)

• HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint review (updated)

• TiVo Premiere XL4 review

• Sprint Galaxy Nexus review

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 review round-up: 'just get here if you can'

• Why I Play: Global Agenda

• First sample shots with HTC's EVO 4G LTE for Sprint

• Nikon D800 review roundup: significant upgrades to an already top-notch DSLR

• Braven Six Series hands-on

• Alcatel OneTouch 995 hands-on

• Unnecto Quattro hands-on (video)

• Logitech Alert 750n adds wide-angle night vision for improved indoor snooping, we go hands-on

• Nyx Mobile Twist Connect hands-on

• Plantronics M55 and M25 bluetooth headsets ears-on

• Clarity Pal hands-on, a new phone for senior citizens

• Jabra Supreme UC Bluetooth headset eyes-on

• Nokia City Lens augmented reality browser hands-on (video)

• Huawei MediaPad 10 hands-on (video)

• Energizer Universal Multi-Port and Portable charger hands-on

• Plum Mobile lineup hands-on at CTIA 2012

• HTC One S unibody housing micro arc oxidation process eyes-on

• Nyx Mobile Lyuba Max and Fun hands-on

• Huawei Ascend Y200 hands-on at CTIA 2012

• Plum Mobile nicely KIRFs the Galaxy Note: hands-on with the Might

• HTC EVO Design 4G for Boost Mobile hands-on

• HTC EVO V 4G (Virgin Mobile USA) hands-on

• Totem Talk: A restoration shaman hands-on with Ascendance

• Sony Xperia Acro HD for NTT DoCoMo hands-on (video)

• ZTE V96 hands-on (video)

• Editorial: Engadget on the Samsung Galaxy S III

• Kyocera Rise hands-on (video)

• Kyocera Hydro hands-on (video)

• Visualized: Second-gen Samsung Series 9 gets torn down to its ultra-slim components

• Escort SmartRadar hands-on

• Clarion Next Gate hands-on (video)

• Edgewater WiFi3 hands-on

• SuperTooth Disco2 hands-on

• HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE for Verizon hands-on at CTIA 2012 (update: video)

• Samsung Focus 2 for AT&T hands-on at CTIA 2012 (update: video)

• Glif+: Even more iPhoneography love in the same small package

• Intel's PCI-E 910-Series SSD reviewed: blazing fast, even under pressure

• Is Trials Evolution the Perfect Game?

• The Firing Line: Hands-on with Firefall's beta

• Portfolio Pro for iPad is a solid entry-level portfolio app

• HTC launches kickstand-tastic One S cases, we go hands-on

• Samsung Galaxy S III wrap-up

• Samsung Game Hub, Video Hub hands-on (video)

• Samsung Galaxy S III gets benchmarked, shows plenty of promise

• AllShare Cast wireless streaming dongle for Samsung Galaxy S III -- hands-on (video)

• Samsung S-Pebble MP3 player / accessory hands-on

• Samsung Galaxy S III software impressions (video)

• Samsung Galaxy S III vs. rival flagships: iPhone 4S, HTC One X, Lumia 900

• Under the microscope: Samsung Galaxy S III's HD Super AMOLED display

• Samsung Galaxy S III preview: hands-on with the next Android superphone (video)

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 review roundup: (usually) worth the one grand

• Logitech unveils its Solar Keyboard Folio for the new iPad and iPad 2, we go hands-on

• Spotify for iPad launches: impressions and a visual tour of the new app

• Hands-on with Logitech's Ultrathin Keyboard Cover

• HTC One X for AT&T review

• Fable Heroes review: For every choice, no consequence

• Awesomenauts review: Feel the magic, hear the roar

• Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera review

• Flameseeker Chronicles: After beta action report

• Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review

• Deja Review: Mortal Kombat (Vita)

• BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha hands-on

• Pacemaker DJ app for BlackBerry PlayBook impressions (video)

• BlackBerry Curve 9220 hands-on

• Jawbone Big Jambox review

Robotics (17)

• SparkFun launches ProtoSnap MiniBot for the budding roboticist (update: now available for order)

• Bio-chemical circuits may make you a man of a machine

• Mind-reading robotic teachers are more... Anyone? Anyone? Attention-grabbing

• Samsung submits patent application for speech-recognizing robot

• Army spy blimp to launch within weeks: 300 feet long, $500 million, 'multi-intelligent'

• Robo-fish swim into the ocean's funk, so you don't have to

• Customer service avatars coming to JFK, La Guardia, Newark airports (video)

• Ben Heck's Android-controlled pot-stirrer does (most of) the cooking for you

• Hands-on with the MakerBot robot petting zoo at Maker Faire (video)

• Insert Coin: Troller 1D, the transforming robot that won't ruin your garden

• Go-Go Dog Pals lets you exercise Rover without tapping your precious calorie reserve

• Honda's UNI-CUB mobility device is the butt of ASIMO's jokes

• Canon ditching humans, cameras hand-made by robots by 2015

• Arduino mechs learn RobotC, plot assimilation with Lego Mindstorms

• The E382 Aerial Mapping Airplane touts unmanned cartography, ready-to-fly drone kit starting at $600

• Environmentally friendly robots will feed the flowers they trample

• LASR: behind the curtain of the Navy's robotics laboratory

Samsung (30)

• Samsung posts Galaxy S III source code, modders start their engines

• Samsung's Music Hub launches in UK, France and Germany, offers 100GB storage, unlimited streaming

• How would you change Samsung's Galaxy Player 4.0?

• Visualized: Samsung's PIN pop-up stores take London

• PSA: Samsung giving free Olympics tickets to early Galaxy S III buyers at London store, hopes you'll vault the queue

• Samsung spills Galaxy Note's ICS guts, releases kernel source code to devs

• Samsung: 'Lawyers didn't design the Galaxy S III'

• Samsung pushes graphene one step closer to silicon supremacy

• Samsung clarifies camera production shift, confirms commitment to point-and-shoot models

• Samsung mass-produces 4-gigabit LPDDR2 memory, aims to make 2GB a common sight in smartphones

• Samsung launches customer service app on Android as proof that it Cares

• Samsung ships QF20 camcorder with WiFi, toughened-up W300 pocket cam

• Samsung considering a 13-inch, 1080p, PLS panel, display snobs get their hopes up

• Samsung exec admits the 15-inch Series 9 could benefit from better viewing angles

• Samsung's SHV-E170K has dual-core Snapdragon, LTE and an inferiority complex

• Does Samsung's point-and-shoot departure mark an industry-wide shift to mobile?

• Samsung's big-chinned SPH-L300 gets papped by Mr Blurrycam

• Samsung shuns point-and-shoot cameras, switches factory to pricier mirrorless types

• Nuance takes credit for voice features inside Samsung's 2012 Smart TV lineup

• Samsung shows off production 55-inch OLED HDTVs at the 2012 World's Fair

• Samsung snaps up mSpot, teases a boost to media cloud efforts

• Samsung and Visa pull the starting trigger on Olympic payment collaboration

• Samsung, Qualcomm start up Alliance for Wireless Power to take on Qi

• Samsung biological analysis patent app has your best heart at interest

• Samsung launches new services for the Galaxy S III: Music Hub, S Health and more

• Samsung's Galaxy S III now has a commercial to call its own (video)

• Samsung announces buddy share feature, automatically sends photos to friends and family for you

• Samsung announces SmartStay and S Voice features for the Galaxy S III

• Samsung and Dropbox offer Galaxy S III users up to 50GB of extra storage

• IDC crowns Samsung the biggest phone maker by shipments for Q1 2012

Science (43)

• PSA: SpaceX's Dragon due to splash down at 11:44am ET (video)

• Copper-nickel nanowires from Duke University could make ubiquitous printable circuits

• Open source mini sub appeals to our inner Steve Zissou

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Jake Dyson's lamp, wooden light bulbs and weed-killing lasers

• Nano vacuum tubes could give a second life to the guitarist's best friend

• Solid state solar panels are more affordable, say researchers, don't leak

• PSA: Watch the SpaceX Dragon's first attempt at docking right now! (video)

• MIT's needleless injections help you get drugs faster, doesn't even hurt (video)

• Solar Impulse takes off for Morocco on first sun-powered transcontinental flight

• Oxford makes big push into Bigfoot research, enlists Swiss zoologists for DNA study

• What happens in a toddler's brain when they use an iPad

• Researchers power microbots made of bubbles with lasers

• Scientists develop rewritable digital storage built into DNA; biological binary exists

• Scientists use metal and silicon to create invisibility cloak (no, you can't wear it)

• SpaceX Dragon is ready for launch (update: launched!), view the live stream now

• Space X's Dragon launch... is go! (update: aborted)

• Prototype 3D display maintains resolution, bumps viewing angles, spans dimensions

• Scientists tweak wireless power transfer, Tesla nods happily in his grave

• Researchers use virus's rogue traits to create electricity from motion

• MIT's Brainput reads your mind to make multi-tasking easier

• Subretinal implant uses light instead of batteries, shows promise in initial testing

• UnEasyshare: Kodak's now-defunct, Rochester-based nuclear reactor

• Visualized: Space Shuttle Enterprise disembarks the 747 en-route to its watery retirement home

• Visualized: 121-megapixel satellite photos show Earth in glorious, psychedelic detail (video)

• Tesla coil gun exists, may shoot lightning

• IBM celebrates the 15th anniversary of Deep Blue beating Garry Kasparov (video)

• NIST researchers store two images in a cloud of gas, open new possibilities for quantum memory

• Navy looks into UV cloak for stealth aircraft

• Scientists bend gamma rays, could neuter radioactive waste (update: more credit)

• Rohde & Schwarz anechoic test chamber waves-on

• Miami zoo orangutans use iPads to communicate

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: the Water Discus Hotel, magnetic LED bulbs and pig poo electricity

• New metal mix could lead to cheap, plentiful sodium-ion batteries in gadgets

• XCOR Lynx propulsion tech tests well on motorcycle, suborbital trip still pricey

• CERN scientists explain what would happen if you put your hand in the LHC's beam (video)

• Jetman soars over Rio, flies circles around historical landmarks (video)

• Beam-switching endows electron microscopes with 3D, added gross-out

• Honda test house features Smart Home System for controlling energy usage

• Accelerometer mic could change the way we look at cochlear implants

• Researchers make an RGB laser with a regular laser and quantum dots

• Scientists develop composite material to enhance device response time

• Researchers build optical transistor out of silicon, provide path to all-optical computing

• Nanotubes sniff out rotting fruit, your dorm room might be next

Smartphones (221)

• RIM finally gets some good news, court rules it can keep using BBM name

• Rumors give 2012 iPhone shiny new chip, 1GB of RAM, mystery iOS app

• Phoenix project wants to rise from the ashes of webOS with open source wings

• PSA: Verizon Galaxy Nexus' Android 4.0.4 update is rolling out now

• HTC EVO 4G LTE hitting Sprint stores on June 2nd

• Samsung unveils South Korea-bound Galaxy R Style: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, LTE and ICS on board

• Cricket Wireless announces availability of iPhone 4, 4S

• Orange San Diego revealed: Intel-powered phone to reach UK on June 6th for £200

• OmniVision's 12.7-megapixel OV12830 can shoot 24 fps photo bursts from your smartphone

• Engineer looks to create Daylight Viewfinder for iPhone

• Canadian carriers put Galaxy S III launch on June 20th, back dual-core 1.5GHz chip for LTE models (update: Snapdragon, 2GB RAM official)

• ZTE teases 6.2mm-thick 'Athena,' crams in 720p IPS display and Cortex-A15 chip

• Lenovo LePhone K800 launches, officially brings Medfield to China

• Nokia Lumia 610 launches in the UK, starts on £15 per month contracts

• Batman Nokia Lumia 900 priced at £600, throws in some free movie tickets

• BlackBerry Curve 9310 / 9320 turns up at FCC, fails to keep a low profile

• PSA: Samsung's Galaxy S III is out in the UK today!

• Customs stops delaying HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE devices after 'review'

• LG's Android 4.0 upgrades for Optimus LTE, LTE Tag, Vu start in June

• Photo trips with the iPhone 4S and iOS photo apps; past and present

• Verizon, Google get ready to post Galaxy Nexus' Android 4.0.4 update, really really this time

• Sony Xperia Ion hits FCC with AT&T LTE intact

• Alcatel outs 4.5-inch, 720p OT986 smartphone with Ice Cream Sandwich in China

• Thomson's 5.3-inch X-view 2 brings its dual-SIM capabilities, Android 4.0 to la France

• Xperia arc and neo get the Android 4.0 treatment, Sony makes good on its upgrade plans

• Supposed new iPhone casings show up with tall body, tiny dock connector, tons of mystery (update: a bit of the front too)

• CyanogenMod 9 add-on gives your Galaxy Nexus a glass slipper, it will go to the GS III ball

• Explay Crystal revives transparent display phones with dash of color, low price

• Sharp Pantone 5 ICS phone has 8 color choices, 3.7-inch screen -- oh, and a radiation detector

• Samsung's 'human centric' Galaxy S III launches around the globe, says what delays?

• Vodafone UK, retailers push back Galaxy S III in Pebble Blue by weeks, trample on dreams

• I've got you under my skin: Huawei to cover Android in new Emotion UI

• Mystery LG LE970 claims next-gen Adreno graphics, can't quite prove it

• Absinthe jailbreak for iOS downloaded 1.1 million times

• Batman-themed Nokia Lumia 900 coming soon, utility belt clip not included

• Absinthe 2.0 used to jailbreak nearly one million iOS devices in a single weekend

• Angry Birds and PES 2012 join Skype: won't work on Windows Phones with 256MB RAM (updated)

• LG Display debuts five-inch Retina Display killer with 1080p HD resolution and 440ppi pixel density

• LG celebrates three million LTE phones sold worldwide, shockingly finds high speed data is awesome

• Kanzi: ZTE's 3D UX for ICS handsets

• Sprint says thank you, gives patient subs free EVO 4G LTE cases

• Xperia Play will not receive Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade

• Samsung phone lands on the FCC table, GS-three guesses which one

• Pebble Blue Samsung Galaxy S III reportedly pushed back for some launches

• Sony pushing ICS to more devices next week, confirms Xperia Play won't be upgraded

• Foxconn to build new plant for iPhone screens with Sharp's help

• Nokia Alpha, Phi, PurePhi and PureLambda pop up in tests, bring Windows Phone 8 along for the ride

• Samsung's GSM-only dual-SIM Galaxy Ace Duos kicks off its world tour in Russia next month

• NVIDIA touts 30 Tegra 3 smartphones set for this year, teases next-gen Grey SoC with on-board LTE

• HTC One X for AT&T gets unofficial bootloader unlock

• Samsung Galaxy S III shows in Best Buy Canada leak due June 20th, maple syrup uncorked to celebrate

• RIM patent application puts pressure on sensitive touchscreens for a possible unlock alternative

• LG's LS860 Cayenne gets a visit from the unsteady hand of Mr. Blurrycam

• T-Mobile myTouch Q makes its mark on the FCC

• Huawei Ascend P1 slips through FCC with pentaband goodness for all

• IDC: Android has a heady 59 percent of world smartphone share, iPhone still on the way up

• Samsung Omnia M stops off at the FCC, Europeans pine for the Focus 2

• The future for Nokia PureView: Possible slimmer models and 'not necessarily a 41MP sensor'

• France's Toulouse-Blagnac airport to conduct NFC field trials for BlackBerry smartphones

• Samsung Galaxy S III tops UK pre-order records, shows that British love their quad-core

• ABI: Galaxy Note and other phablets will ship at 208 million a year by 2015, blot out the sun

• Nokia 808 PureView enables NFC image share, mobile payment apps to come

• HTC One XL coming to Germany, drags LTE with it

• Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE pre-orders begin shipping to eager subs

• AT&T launches Samsung Galaxy Appeal GoPhone, available at Walmart on June 5th for $150

• Kyocera Hydro bares all for the FCC

• HTC refreshes Android update timeline, details which devices won't get Ice Cream Sandwich

• New OmniVision 16-megapixel camera sensors could record 4K, 60 fps video on your smartphone

• Purported fifth-gen iPod touch panel slips out, shows a tall 4.1-inch screen that's possibly iPhone-bound

• Nokia axes Skype client on Lumia 610, claims user experience wasn't 'up to par'

• Motorola shows three all-touch Android 4.0 phones in China, we see a possible Verizon model

• Some developers undeterred by a larger iPhone screen

• Sony Xperia U goes on sale at Three UK

• PSA: Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.x shuts down today

• Amazon puts Samsung Galaxy S III up for US pre-orders, offers a slice of quad-core, unlocked utopia

• Sprint to begin shipping the HTC EVO 4G LTE for arrival 'on or around' May 24th, pre-orders get first dib

• O2 UK offers Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy Y in Olympics versions, S Javelin sadly missing

• Carriers accept high iPhone subsidies for now

• Verizon purportedly giving DROID 4, RAZR and Rezound 'global' designation via software update (update: confirmed)

• Motorola skipping Ice Cream Sandwich for some devices, worries it'll make them fat

• Samsung's Focus 2 arrives at AT&T today, a slice of LTE-equipped Mango for $50

• Customs slowly letting HTC handsets into the US, can't say which ones

• Samsung Galaxy S III S Voice APK leaked online

• Microsoft exec says Windows Phone outselling iPhone in China

• T-Mo delays HTC Amaze 4G online orders due to 'unforeseen issue,' has other recommendations

• Samsung Galaxy S III for T-Mobile hits FCC, brings future-proofed HSPA+ for good measure

• Distro Issue 41: a visit to the Lowcountry's Twelve South, TiVo Premiere XL4 and HTC EVO 4G LTE

• Sprint to offer $100 towards iPhone 4S upon trade-in

• K-Touch joins China Mobile with Marvell-powered T660, waves a $160 price tag

• LG LS970 'superphone' shows up again, flaunts its removable battery and NFC chip

• Sony helps you 'personalize' your Xperia further, announces case maker partnerships

• RIM and Motorola modify nano-SIM proposal, hope to meet Apple halfway

• Samsung's Galaxy S III reportedly notches nine million pre-orders worldwide

• LG Optimus 4X HD stops in at the FCC, flaunts AT&T bands, global support

• Best Buy expects EVO 4G LTE to land May 23rd, HTC remains cautious

• Samsung Galaxy S III now available for pre-order on T-Mobile UK

• Which devices have been updated to Ice Cream Sandwich?

• Dan Hesse certain the iPhone will be profitable for Sprint

• Rogers and CIBC make joint deal for NFC mobile payments in Canada, let you check out with your BlackBerry

• HTC confirms One X multitasking tweaks in Sense 4

• LG's Optimus LTE II ships this week in Korea, nails down a few more specs

• NTT DoCoMo's Galaxy S III to ship with 2GB RAM?

• Visualized: Android's device diversity cut up into 3,997 little pieces

• Motorola Droid 4 gets leaked ICS build, official Android 4.0.4 may soon follow

• Motorola Motosmart Mix XT550 masks its middling specs with a set of nice headphones

• China Mobile reportedly in talks to carry iPhone officially

• LG shows off UI 3.0 for Ice Cream Sandwich devices, says it's 'unobtrusive and simple'

• iPhone could have a four-inch screen, says Wall Street Journal

• iPhone "buzz" gets a boost following celebrity ads

• Xiaomi Phone gets a Youth Edition, a less powerful, cheaper alternative for students

• Gartner: mobile phone sales fell two percent last quarter, Samsung confirmed as numero uno

• Galaxy S III will launch a day early -- for some UK pre-orders

• iPhone waltzes into top spot of US phone satisfaction index, small carriers trump the giants

• Kantar: Windows Phone clawing back share thanks to Nokia, but Android still rules the roost

• NTT DoCoMo launching 19 new devices this summer, brings Galaxy S III to Japan

• ASUS PadFone gets benchmarked: a mere teaser of what's to come

• HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE delayed at customs due to ITC exclusion order (updated)

• RIM patent proposes battery-charging cellphone holster

• On the UDID ban: Tracking devices, users and advertisers

• PSA: LG Optimus Elite available today on Virgin Mobile USA for $150

• New Baidu Cloud phone unveiled: Changhong H5018 with 100GB of cloud storage

• KDDI reveals its Summer 2012 collection: Android smartphones are still hot

• Mystery Samsung phone with Snapdragon S4 pops up in benchmarks, may or may not be Verizon's Galaxy S III

• Samsung Galaxy S III manual goes online, teaches you wax-on, wax-off

• Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Ice Cream Sandwich update finally arrives, GSII HD LTE keeps waiting

• Samsung Galaxy S III gets permission to enter US, still only with HSPA+

• LG lines up Optimus 4X HD for launch in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland

• BlackBerry 10 home screen and launcher officially previewed by RIM

• Lenovo LePhone S899t with ICS reportedly in the works for China Mobile

• T-Mobile gives HTC Sensation 4G users an Ice Cream Sandwich treat on May 16, Amaze 4G within weeks

• Samsung T699 for T-Mobile teased in UAProf, reveals 720p display

• Huawei Ascend D1 hits the FCC with pentaband HSPA+

• HTC Desire C spotted enjoying the Portuguese sun

• Switched On: And smartplayers for all

• Acer Liquid Glow hits the FCC, keeps its secrets

• Fry's stocks unlocked Nokia N9, is slightly misinformed about its specs

• Nokia confirms intent to bring unlocked 808 PureView handset to North America (update)

• Radio Shack discounts iPhone 4S, 4 by $50

• Baidu announces new smartphone partnership, stops short of saying who with (update: ZTE?)

• 99Bill produces first iPhone credit card reader in China

• LG Optimus Elite on pre-order at Virgin Mobile; carrier's first NFC phone in the US

• Distro Issue 40: the battle for smartphone dominance continues and we go hands-on at CTIA 2012

• Samsung Galaxy S III: Pentile Super AMOLED used 'because it lasts longer'

• LG LS970 superphone rumored: Krait quad-core, 2GB RAM, LTE and 13MP camera

• USPS goes postal on lithium ion batteries, refuses to ship smartphones overseas

• Samsung Omnia M revealed for Europe: 4-inch Super AMOLED and some software extras

• Sir, yes, sir: BlackBerry 7 smartphones get DoD approval

• Motorola files patent application for anti-smear display tech

• iPhone was Japan's best-selling smartphone in 2011, Android more than comfy as well

• Samsung Galaxy S III up for pre-order in the UK from Vodafone, O2 and Three

• Blue Droid RAZR heading to Verizon on May 17th, Ice Cream Sandwich nowhere to be found

• PSA: Nokia Lumia 900 available from Phones4U in the UK from today!

• Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich update begins rolling out now!

• HTC reckons it's business time, includes requisite 'pro' suffix

• Samsung's SGH-i667 'Mandel' Windows Phone: surprise, it's the Focus 2

• AT&T cancels plans to release Samsung Skyrocket HD, likely setting sights on Galaxy S III

• AT&T's HTC One X gets rooted, catches up with the global gang

• Gmail advert ruins AT&T's big surprise, Sony's Xperia Ion arrives stateside in June

• Sprint confirms May 18th release date for HTC EVO 4G LTE

• RIM patents trapezoidal BlackBerry keyboards for slanty-thumbed texters

• Sony Xperia GX packs 13MP camera and 4.6-inch HD display, joined by Xperia SX to offer LTE in Japan

• BlackBerry Curve 9320 now official: BB OS 7.1, 2.44-inch display, BBM button

• It's not your imagination: Nokia promises fix for purple hue problem seen on some Lumia 900 screens

• Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE user guide slips out, tells you what you already know

• Musubo's stylish iPhone cases bring fun and flair to a crowded market

• Nokia announces string of new Lumia app partnerships at CTIA

• Virgin Mobile USA and Boost take WiMAX live, ship HTC EVO V 4G and EVO Design 4G on May 31

• Nokia 808 PureView heads to Mexico, sends high-resolution postcards

• Kyocera teases tissue conduction audio technology for mobile phones at CTIA

• HTC One X spills its source code, but only for the quad-core half

• Amtrak conductors to "punch your ticket" using iPhones

• Samsung Galaxy S III gets a Canadian girlfriend as Bell, Rogers, Telus, Wind Mobile line up

• Amtrak readies conductors to trade in their hole punchers for iPhones

• PSA: Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE up for pre-order today, May 18th release date hinted at Wirefly

• Nielsen: Over 50 percent of US mobile users own smartphones, Android and iPhone sitting pretty

• HTC One V arriving in the US 'this summer'

• Samsung and AT&T announce Focus 2: LTE Windows Phone on May 20th for $50

• Verizon officially announces HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE

• Did LG's Optimus L5 handset sneak through the FCC?

• BlackBerry 10 to get video editor, screen sharing according to forum leak

• How would you change the LG DoublePlay?

• PSA: AT&T's HTC One X now in stock, get it while it's frosty

• AT&T's One X discovered to have 'restricted' bootloader, HTC responds

• Nokia 808 PureView pops up at the FCC, has innards splayed across the internet

• Nokia Drive, Transport features revealed, not yet heading to a Lumia near you

• $129 Swivl-it is a cheaper motion-tracking dock for your smartphone, ditches built-in mic

• Smoking iPhone emphasizes importance of authorized repair work

• Walmart cuts price of iPhone 4S (Update: Pricing error)

• HTC exec: we didn't have much time with ICS when making Sense 4, but our skin is still better

• Samsung's Mobile Unpacked 2012 event now available to watch online (video)

• Samsung's SGH-i667 'Mandel' Windows Phone surfaces, still shrouded in mystery

• MasterCard gives PayPass blessings to HTC One X, 16 other NFC phones

• iPhone 4 named latest recipient of untethered iOS 5.1 jailbreak, exploit remains MIA

• Samsung Galaxy S III US sign-up page goes live

• LG announces Optimus LTE2, coming to Korea mid-May with True HD IPS and 2GB RAM

• Samsung Galaxy S III launching on Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Three in the UK

• Samsung Galaxy S III to be sold in Mobile Pin pop-up stores (updated with video)

• Samsung Galaxy S III gets an early exclusive on Flipboard, headed to other Android phones in 'coming months'

• Samsung Galaxy S III HSPA+ arriving in May, 4G version hitting North America this summer

• Samsung Galaxy S III vs Galaxy S II and Galaxy S: meet the family

• Galaxy S III vs. Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S II: what's changed?

• Samsung Galaxy S III focuses on photography sharing features, not cutting-edge optics

• Samsung Galaxy S III is official: 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, quad-core Exynos processor and gesture functions

• Samsung Mobile Unpacked liveblog!

• HTC pats itself on the back for the One X's battery life, has plenty of help

• LG's Optimus L7 brings ICS, 4.3-inch screen to market starting today

• Windows Phone Developer Summit coming June 20th, makes for one busy month

• T-Mobile officially adds Prism to its budget lineup on May 6th for $20

• Nokia 808 PureView available this month in Russia and India

• Galaxy Nexus for Verizon Wireless receives Android 4.0.4 update

• Tizen 1.0 Larkspur arrives, fuels your open-source phone dreams

• Sprint Galaxy Nexus updated, kiss your connectivity woes goodbye

• RIM: Don't worry, BlackBerry 10 devices with keyboards are on their way

• Alleged Galaxy S III pops up again, with rounded glass and GT-I9300 branding

• ComScore: Android tips the 51% mark in US share, iPhone nips its heels with 31%

• T-Mobile Prism leaked: entry-level Huawei smartphone to launch in May

• BlackBerry 10 camera app gets 'timeline lens,' bad photographers get a do-over

• RIM demos simple app switching in BlackBerry 10, slide to reveal

• RIM shows off BlackBerry 10 touch keyboard with gesture support

• BlackBerry 10 dev alpha unit unveiled: 4.2-inch screen, 1280 x 768 resolution

• Live from the 2012 BlackBerry World keynote with Thorsten Heins!

Social Media (19)

• You Don't Know Jack is live on Facebook, as garish and fun as ever

• Facebook releases new filter-equipped Camera app for iPhone and iPod touch

• Platter: novel photo-sharing social network for keen cooks

• You Don't Know Jack and Cookie Masterson want to be your new Facebook friends

• Facebook Pages Manager available

• Twitter teams up with Mozilla to help you opt-out of tracking

• Facebook Pages Manager for iOS sees soft launch, stats junkies rejoice

• Twitter now sending email summaries, will keep weekly tabs on the Biebs

• Facebook proposes more transparent privacy policy, wants to know what you think of it

• Facebook testing 'highlight' feature, lets users pay $2 to promote their status updates

• Editorial: Facebook's my digital scrapbook first, social network second

• Google+ for iPhone gets big visual makeover in 2.0 update

• Rumor: EA planning SimCity Social for Facebook [update]

• Outernauts is new Facebook game from Insomniac and EA

• Reddit user wins AV like a real champion

• Twitter makes its mobile site more feature phone friendly

• Facebook Messenger update makes it even harder to blow people off

• Twitter's Discover tab now snags popular stories and commentary from those in your Twitterverse

• Facebook adds organ donation to Timeline Life Events

Space (17)

• FAA grants Virgin Galactic permit for powered tests, becomes Sir Richard's BFF

• NASA preps black hole-hunting space telescope for launch next month

• SpaceX and Intelsat announce first commercial contract for Falcon Heavy rocket

• First Kinect in space is like the first dog in space but it has more use

• SpaceX Dragon team opens the hatch, to spend Memorial Day with more cargo hauling than barbecues

• X Prize adopts NASA guidelines for protecting lunar heritage sites, Buzz Aldrin punch averted

• Visualized: SpaceX's Dragon is a desolate vision in beige and white

• NASA app goes 2.0, the safest launch this century

• Earthlapse is a window on the Earth from space

• Nike and Tom Sachs reach for the stars, create NikeCraft sportswear with space-grade materials

• Artificial Space Shuttle Explorer readies for launch at sea, journey to Houston

• SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace drum up support for the space hotel of the future

• Dark horse set to ride into space race, strapped to world's largest solid rocket booster

• ISS ready for new zero-g experiments, students asked to float ideas

• Blue Origin dishes more details on its Bezos-backed spacecraft

• Earthrise website jumps to life with new countdown timer

• This joke isn't funny anymore, SpaceX delays ISS launch... again

Sports (14)

• Visualized: Sauber F1 cutaway car is half the vehicle it used to be (video)

• Carmageddon: Reincarnation hits $400k goal with 10 days to go

• NBC lays out 2012 London Olympics broadcast plan on TV, internet, apps and in 3D (video)

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!

• Kick Zack so hard his fro comes off in Dead or Alive 5

• Firefall video blog says farewell to levels, hello to skill

• Elaborate Nike YouTube video has hidden Sonic Game (video)

• Diablo 3 world first scored by World of Warcraft raiding guild

• Uncharted 3 Patch 1.11 brings back Elimination Mode, 'The Lab'

• Breakfast Topic: What haven't you done in the game yet?

• Military deploys VR NeuroTracker game to train special ops forces (video)

• Ariel Atom-inspired simulator touts world's first 180-degree spherical projector screen (video)

• Cornell students steer Pong using brain waves, can't quite play during naps (video)

• The Repopulation lets players customize outfits to their hearts' content

Streaming (48)

• Watch free bad movies on your iOS device with PopcornFlix

• Vimeo provides the soundtrack of our lives with new tools

• Lovefilm introduces HD streaming in the UK and Germany, adds another nail in mail rental coffin

• Netflix for iOS updated with a new player UI, support for alternate language audio and more

• Lovefilm signs multi-year digital deal with NBCUniversal, looks Kick Ass

• Cox TV Connect live TV streaming app for iPad updated with new grid guide UI

• Comcast video on-demand comes to Boston area TiVo Premieres Monday

• Roku players add Dish international TV channels, become that much more exotic

• Amazon adds 'hundreds' of Paramount movies to Prime, signals a Clear and Present Danger to free time

• Sony-made Google TV units will come with Plex as standard

• TiVo planning iOS streaming for this summer

• Verizon's Viewdini for Android hunts streaming video on Comcast Xfinity, Hulu and Netflix, strains our 4G

• Hulu delivers 10 new original shows for summer, iOS app update with iPad retina display support

• Spotify hits Australia and New Zealand, can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?

• Sony Music Unlimited comes to iPhone with streaming music app

• TUAW Talkcast tonight: Previews, podcasters, and premature plaudits

• Apple's iTunes Festival scheduled for September

• HBO Go Xbox 360 app now available to Time Warner users

• The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM ET!

• Time Warner Cable, Viacom settle dispute over TV iPad app

• Time Warner Cable confirms HBO Go streaming is now available on Xbox 360, Samsung and Roku

• Netflix web streaming interface gets a new look with bigger icons, embedded previews

• HBO Go on Roku, Samsung and Xbox opens up to Time Warner (and possibly others) tomorrow?

• Viacom and Time Warner Cable call truce, TWC TV mobile apps will stream Colbert after all

• New Roku HD, 2 and LT updated to version 4.7, slew of 'under the hood' improvements in tow

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: May 7-13, 2012

• Rdio redesign goes live for one and all

• Time Warner Cable head unfamiliar with AirPlay

• Time Warner Cable's CEO doesn't know what AirPlay is, hates set-top boxes

• Watch Fink & The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in HD on your iPad

• E-Onkyo music service becomes first to offer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio

• 'Hundreds' of Cablevision iO TV on-demand rentals now last 48 hours, procrastinators rejoice

• TiVo Spring update brings new Netflix and YouTube experience

• Netflix and Twentieth Century Fox ink deal to bring additional Instant content to Latin America, Brazil

• UK gets official Top 100 music streaming chart next week, Billboard seen crying in the corner

• WatchESPN finally streams to Comcast customers, but not on Android

• MLB.tv Premium for Xbox 360 now live in 18 more countries, CinemaNow adds rentals in the US

• Sonos to bring subscription-based QQ Music service to its hardware in China

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: April 29-May 6, 2012

• HBO Go and Max Go get Android 4.0 phone support, skip tablets for now

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!

• MTV on demand launches in the UK, now everyone's got a 'banker' for those cold nights

• Google Play adds shared song playlist to Music, helps you relive your friends' terrible taste in tunes

• Rdio grows its European presence, hits France and the UK starting at £4.99 per month

• Comcast VOD coming to Boston TiVos, next gen X1 DVR platform could launch there too

• Poll: Which music streaming service are you using for iOS?

• Spotify now ready for iPad

• Engadget HD Podcast 297 - 05.01.2012

Tablets (58)

• Toddler-friendly Vinci Tab II makes its way to online retailers

• Archos 7-inch Child Pad with ICS now on sale for $130, Aaaalvin squeaks in celebration

• Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 makes a splash Stateside, offers a lightweight slice of Android 4.0 for $349

• China approves sale of Apple 3G device, possibly the new iPad

• Archos Arnova 80 Cobalt sidles up to the FCC, leaves little to the imagination

• Google Nexus tablet appears in benchmarks, appears to run on quad-core Tegra 3

• BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 beta due soon?

• ASUS MeMO 370T 7-inch tablet clears the FCC, leaves no trace of Ice Cream or Jelly behind

• Ematic thinks $120 is way too much to pay for an ICS tablet, unveils the $119.95 eGlide Steal

• OmniVision's OV2722 sensor promises 1080p tablet video chats, probably more than you wanted to see

• Kogan intros 10-inch Agora tablet with ICS in Australia, ships next month starting at $179

• Apple iPad prototype with dual charging docks listed on eBay

• OG iPad prototype with dual dock connectors hits eBay, teases us with convenience we never had

• How ESPN reporter covers NASCAR with an iPad

• GameStop gives in to its sweet tooth, stocks Android tablets at over 1,600 stores

• 1Mpad is Malaysia's first branded tablet, delivers 7 inches of Gingerbread for $315

• Android tablets now available at 1,600 Gamestops, include free games

• DRS unveils trio of ruggedized tablets in Windows and Android flavors

• New iPad to be released in Philippines, Guam on May 29th

• Cisco drops Cius tablets after the BYOD crush, plans upgrade to Android 4.0 out of kindness

• ViewSonic teases 22-inch Android ICS 'tablet,' promises more at Computex

• ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TL hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly LTE

• Slide shows Dell Latitude 10 tablet running Windows 8

• Samsung rumored to tweak Galaxy Note 10.1 inside and out

• NVIDIA outlines Kai platform, hopes to make good on $199 quad-core tablet promise

• Acer Iconia A510 Olympic Tab to launch in UK next month

• RAMPAGE 6 notepad runs Android 2.3 in a rugged package

• NPD Q1 2012: Apple still king of the mobile computing hill thanks to iPad

• ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity Series hits the FCC

• Acer Iconia Tab A700 hits FCC approval process head-on, comes out victorious

• PSA: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Galaxy Player 4.2 now available online

• NEC tablet with GSM and HSPA breaks cover at the FCC

• Matsunichi's MarquisPad MP977 tablet tempts us with $249, dual-core Android 4.0

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Galaxy Player 4.2 come stateside on May 13th

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 lands at UK's Carphone Warehouse

• Redsn0w 0.9.11b1 now allows post-iPad 2 devices to downgrade to an older firmware

• New York restaurant adopts iPads, saves money

• AT&T's Glenn Lurie sees the end of WiFi-only tablets

• iPad to launch in 30 more countries on May 11-12

• New iPad to hit 30 more countries this weekend, work on its tan

• Ematic announces eGlide XL Pro Android 4.0 slate for $220

• Switched On: Competing by hook or by Nook

• Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 now available for your pre-ordering pleasure

• Samsung releases... Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and 10.1 source code

• iPad 2's new 32nm A5 processor improves battery life

• IDC: Apple makes big gains in tablet market, Android stumbles

• Wikipad's Android tablet amps up with Gaikai game streaming, quad-core, 10-inch screen

• Fujitsu dabbles in palm reading, hopes to bring biometric sensors to tablets

• eFun launches $130 Next 7S tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich, 1GHz CPU

• Toshiba AT330 gets FCC approval, on track for June 10th launch date

• Walt Disney World reportedly testing iPads for Fast Pass system

• Target pulls Kindle from virtual shelves, physical ones may follow

• RIM CEO: 4G PlayBook coming this year

• Gaikai and Wikipad team for game streaming to tablet

• New iPad shipping times drop to 3-5 business days

• Barnes & Noble's Nook e-readers getting NFC, says CEO

• Research: Walmart sold 1.3 million iPads in March quarter

• Report: LTE PlayBook 'confirmed' at BlackBerry World breakfast

Technology (175)

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 11:30pm ET!

• ASUS throws up two more Computex teasers, hints at dual-OS and dual-side devices (video)

• Developer runs WebKit on Chumby to bypass Flash

• Gigabyte makes 975g X11 official, claims 'world's lightest' 11.6-inch notebook (update: hands-on video)

• Anodizing aluminum and titanium explained and demonstrated in less than five minutes (video)

• PayPal mobile payments hit the UK, filling your closet just went wireless (video)

• Google Maps 'Android app' gets Zagat 'reviews and ratings'

• Logitech releases Wireless Solar Keyboard K760 for Mac and iOS devices

• Motorola: a brief history

• Remote-controlled Aquabotix HydroView takes underwater HD video, Mrs. Puff calls insurance agent

• Sony announces Xperia Go and Xperia acro S: waterproof and dual-core (video)

• Oh, the places you'll go... with this shoulder-mounted telepresence robot (video)

• Lian-Li designs a moving train PC case, makes plugging in a challenge (video)

• Xbox 360 gets Amazon Instant starting ... right now!

• Amazon Instant Video streaming is now live on the Xbox 360

• How anodizing aluminum finishes Apple's products

• Olympus creates world's thinnest industrial videoscope, packs HDR (video)

• Futulele goes live for iPad, ukelele serenades just went multi-touch (video)

• Precise Biometrics' Tactivo for iPhone, iPad locks data by fingerprint and smart card, is overkill for your diary (video)

• Smart Pebble robots replicate objects the way a good hive mind should (video)

• MIT researchers teach computers to recognize your smile, frustration

• Kyocera's Urbano Progresso to bring tissue-conductive sounds to Japan on May 30th

• Motorola shows off Ice Cream Sandwich on a Droid RAZR, sprinkles in Webtop 3.0

• Oppo's super-skinny Finder smartphone gets many more details, should reach pre-orders June 6th (video)

• Catch a glimpse of an iPhone assembly line

• Une Bobine: A Kickstarter succeeds, expands to another market

• See Sly Cooper run, jump and climb on PS Vita

• HTC EVO 4G LTE gives it up, gets rooted on its first day on the town (video)

• Mad Riders is a game with races

• InstaCRT puts all other photo filter apps to shame (video)

• Absinthe 2.0 hits the download wire, jailbreaks all iOS 5.1.1 devices but the 32nm iPad 2

• Northeastern University students develop eye controlled robotic arm that's happy to feed you

• Satechi Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote for iPhone, iPad

• Snap! camera case for iPhone has working shutter button

• ITU meets to define 4K and 8K UHDTV parameters

• Yahoo! Axis delivers synchronized browsing for iPad and desktop

• In-store Xperia GX and SX video footage pops up online

• TUAW TV Live: The 1980's episode

• LG's 55-inch OLED TV gets official design, possible €9,000 price tag (update 3: LG fills in more)

• Kinect Accelerator company profiles: Freak'n Genius, GestSure Technologies, Kimetric and Styku

• Laser VR: Projector + computer vision + laser pointer = fun!

• Delorme's inReach two-way satellite communicator gets iOS support, sends iPhone texts from Timbuktu (video)

• NHK working on Hybridcast interactive TV platform (video)

• Pocket Planes gets a trailer, looks great

• Warn your family: Kung-Fu Superstar is motion-controlled martial arts

• Engineer Guy shows how a phone accelerometer works, knows what's up and sideways (video)

• Ion launches Air Pro WiFi, helps you document your morning commute (video)

• Frontline investigates the cause of cell tower deaths tonight (video)

• 3D printing gets more flexible with Nylon extrusion

• Xfinity Voice 2Go bridges the gap between mobile, VoIP and home phones

• ZooGue cools an iPad by freezing it (video)

• Sonos' wireless Sub adds extra thump to your Sonos system for $700 (ears-on)

• Panasonic Eluga review

• Sidecar comes out of beta, reinvents phone calls

• HTC One S teardown leaves little to the imagination (video)

• Retro City Rampage for Vita looks like this

• Bananaphone touch synthesizer replaces ring ring rings with chiptunes (video)

• Minecraft mod adds programmable 8-bit computer, lacks cassette deck (video)

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

• Fruit Ninja celebrates 2-year anniversary with new powerups, free iOS codes

• gTar iPhone guitar hands-on

• Nintendo's got more than a few ways to watch its E3 2012 press conference

• Motorola reinvents the TV interface with DreamGallery concept (video)

• Leap suggests future of gesture-based computing

• Nokia Lumia 900 Camera Extension app previewed in Hong Kong (video)

• GTA IV mod has R2-D2 destroying Liberty City

• Perpetuum expansion coming May 30th, bringing terraforming, new land masses

• Robot uses glue gun to make tools, hopes to ace Survival Skills 101

• NHK and JVC develop 120fps Super Hi-Vision projector

• G5 Mac "Pro" (sic) receives Macquarium treatment

• Liquidware debuts Amber, a customizable Android development tablet

• Dell Precision R5500 lets four graphics pros work on one PC, we wish it did gaming

• Samsung NX210 and NX20 now available, NX1000 to ship in June for $700

• Unreal Engine 4 images demonstrate top-of-the-line evil eyes

• Mind-operated robot arm helps paralyzed woman have her cup o' joe (video)

• Laser-toting MAV can find its way in tight spaces, might eventually hunt you down (video)

• Chiba University's one-armed robot juggles balls, is not a Juggalo (video)

• There's a new Vita brain training game for you, 'Smart As'

• The scene following 38 Studios' 'emergency meeting' with Rhode Island officials

• The mysteries of the CCD revealed (video)

• RunCore InVincible SSD wipes data away with the click of a button

• Comcast switches on Skype on Xfinity in Boston and Seattle today, eight more metros this week

• Evernote 4.0 for Android sweeps in new home screen, list UI (video)

• Google launches Knowledge Graph today, wants to understand real things (video)

• LaCie's new 100MB/s NAS is 2big, resists that second scone (video)

• Russian researchers build partial android for bizarre mind-transfer project (video)

• IKEA Uppleva HDTV to retail for $960 in Europe beginning next month, US launch in 2013

• The de/Rastra oscillographic synthesizer will make you wish you hadn't tossed out that old TV set

• Take the scenic route through this The Last of Us trailer

• A day in the life of a Gmail email

• Blizzard's refresher course in Diablo's murderous history

• Google's Project Glass prototypes can transfer still images, do little else

• No comment: Unimpressive iPhone app, Airplane

• Google Chrome 19 Stable arrives, shares live tabs across your computers and phones (video)

• Tizen OS will run Android apps -- with a little help from third-party software (video)

• Sign language translator turns gestures into spoken letters, makes for a better world (video)

• HTC Desire C gets official 'First Look' video and UK pricing

• Nokia's new 110 and 112 dual-SIM phones are cheap and chatty (video)

• HyQ is the latest all-terrain quadruped bot, tells Big Dog to bring it on (video)

• Tizen gets play time on Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE, shows off new features

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 9:00PM ET

• This Sleeping Dogs trailer is pretty violent, you guys

• ZeroN slips surly bonds, re-runs your 3D gestures in mid-air

• Plastic Logic demoes flexible color display for e-readers (video)

• RIM's predictive typing on jailbroken iPhone

• Famous one hit kills get mashed up

• Data Killer turns hard drives into blank slates with the push of a button (video)

• You think your Leica's expensive? This one cost $2.8 million (video)

• DLC Quest now on Mac App Store

• Mobile Miscellany: week of May 7th, 2012

• Microsoft Research's MirageTable brings some augmented reality to your tabletop

• Nokia nabs 808 PureView space shot of this big, blue 41-megapixel marble

• Pebble ties itself up in Twine: sounds so rustic, couldn't be any less (video)

• Videos of the new iPad's international launches

• ASUS PadFone's real world battery life: 14.1 hours of 3G browsing in laptop mode (video)

• FreedomPop iPhone case to offer free 4G connectivity

• Angry Birds devs reveal next game: Amazing Alex

• Teehan+Lax's 'Do We Have Milk?' answers the burning question with your Android phone, custom jugs (video)

• FreedomPop Sleeve wants to spread 'free' WiMAX love in the form of a $99 iPhone case

• New shear touch technology lets you skip a double-tap, push your device around (video)

• iOS 5.1 untethered jailbreak gets a video demo, not yet ready to meet the public

• Leica teases our wallets with $50,000 Edition Hermès M9-P, $1,000 scarf sold separately

• HP t410 AIO Smart Zero Client does single-wire Power over Ethernet, no power cord required

• Astronut for iPad available, use iPhone as controller

• HTC One X camera discovered to have remote shutter functionality with BT headsets

• Siri shown to launch, run mock experiment by British Telecom

• Autodesk launches 123D Catch for iPad, lets you turn pics into 3D models

• Nokia swings Mail for Exchange to Series 40 dumbphones: now in beta labs for testing (video)

• CloudOn brings its Office to Android tablets, adds support for Google Drive (video)

• CineSkates go mini, still harnessing the power of smooth

• TUAW TV Live: Handy tips from Steve and Doc

• Google Maps for Android takes you inside with improved walking directions

• T-Mobile targets iPhone, AT&T in new ad

• Pioneer touts world's first car GPS with augmented reality HUD (video)

• Afghan photographers eschew electronics for wooden camera portraits (video)

• Wolfenstein 3D celebrates 20 years of machine guns and flag-obscured passages with free web version

• I Am Alive tops April PSN downloads, just one Vita game charts

• Wolfenstein 3D celebrating its 20-year history by going free on browsers, iOS

• Transforming robot effortlessly turns into a car, faces tougher maneuver into retail (video)

• Heartbeat visualizer lets your ticker power a light show (video)

• Sharp Cocorobo vacuum avoids obstacles, embraces small talk

• World of Warplanes heavy fighter class revealed

• HTC shows off Media Link HD and Car streaming in new videos

• Nokia City Lens arrives for trials on Lumia devices, augments your reality (video)

• Fujifilm FinePix XP170 camera rebuffs water, dust and cold, cuddles up with iOS and Android (video)

• Tizen developer phone appears, complete with 4.3-inch screen and dual-core CPU (video)

• 'TeleHuman' uses Kinect for 3D holographic chat, bumps up options for contacting Obi-Wan (video)

• R2-D2 Dark Roast Edition makes your coffee astromech-style, puts brew into 'homebrew' (video)

• Toshiba Excite 10 ICS tablet goes on sale, prices start at $450 for 16GB model

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

• Rimac quells Concept_One doubters, shows its EV supercar's pedal to the metal (video)

• Disney Research's Touché system detects your touch on most things, even water (video)

• 32-inch 'LaserSaber' lights up your Star Wars dreams, burns the curtains (video)

• 15 suggestions for iOS 6

• iPad drag-to-edit keyboard prototype shows Apple how easy it could be (video)

• Video shows another way Apple could implement text editing on iPad

• Compelling idea for moving files from Mac to iPhone

• Spotify offering students in the UK a 50 percent discount on Premium service

• New promo video for ASUS N-Series notebooks makes us want to hug it out

• GameKeyboard 2.0 requires root, maps Xperia Play gamepad to all Android games (video)

• PoP Video peripheral turns iPod touches and iPhones into pico projectors for $99

• TUAW TV Live: A closer look, an updated iPhoneography accessory, and a lot of talk

• Nikon D3200 now shipping from Best Buy, unboxing video gets personal with new features

• Samsung unpacks the Galaxy tomorrow, we'll be liveblogging the London event right here!

• We have to hand it to Datura, this virtual reality rig is impressive

• Microsoft SkyDrive impressions: a look at features and functionality

• Dell spreads the Ivy Bridge love to new XPS 8500, Vostro 470 PCs (video)

• A bird in the hand thanks to a robot that can perch

• Toshiba sings NAND Flash's praises, thinks you should too

• OWC releases kit that allows for dual hard drives in 2011 Mac mini

• Sega makes Toylets available to the Japanese public

• Panasonic's hair-washing robot exterminates dirt, unauthorized humans (video)

• Does BlackBerry 10's camera app get by with a little help from Scalado Rewind? (Update: Yes)

• Chris Fenton follows up scale model Cray-1A with 3D-printed electromechanical computer, of course

• RIM's BlackBerry World keynote roundup: the OS, the hardware, everything else (video)

Tomorrow (4)

• Douglas Coupland's V-Pole unifies wireless connectivity and EV charging in an LED streetlight

• Shifting Perspectives: Scribbles from an alternate universe

• "Nanny Computing" and the future of OS X

• Gmail and iPhone alums create Electric Imp, connect your toaster to the web

TV & Movies (39)

• Aaron Sorkin discusses making the Jobs biopic

• TiVo shows a Q1 net loss of $20.8 million, will launch TV Everywhere web portal soon

• Aaron Sorkin talks about future Steve Jobs movie, impact of technology on his writing

• Now Playing: May 28 - June 3, 2012

• 4K TV already being trialed by one UK broadcaster

• Previously on MV TV: The week of May 19th

• Game Of Thrones and the paradoxes of adaptation

• Indie Game: The Movie available digitally on June 12

• Shadow of the Colossus film still in the works, Chronicle director Josh Trank signed on

• Nuance adds Rovi's metadata to Dragon TV, becomes annoyingly good at TV trivia

• Must See HDTV (May 21st - 27th)

• Previously on MV TV: The week of May 12th

• Game of Thrones gets June 8 UK release date

• 'Tekken: Rise of the Tournament' coming from Ong-bak director Prachya Pinkaew

• The Walking Dead sells a million episodes [update]

• NHK makes first successful Super Hi-Vision OTA broadcast, man cave owners giggle with glee

• The BBC's coverage promises to make you sick of the Olympics by the time it's done

• Aaron Sorkin to pen Jobs' biopic, Variety reports

• Two Bosses Enter: Season 4 preview

• Must See HDTV (May 14th - 20th)

• Now Playing: May 14-20, 2012

• MV Guide: May 14 - 20, 2012

• Previously on MV TV: The week of May 5th

• The Engadget Show returns Friday, May 18th -- get tickets to the taping!

• Engadget Giveaway: win a Sony 40-inch 1080p HDTV, courtesy of The Grey on Blu-ray and DVD

• Avengers Assemble! Transmogrify your own superhero team

• Dish Network adds 'Auto Hop' commercial skipping feature to its Hopper DVRs

• RED goes beyond cameras with $15,000 REDucation X showbiz immersion

• Avengers also wins big on mobile sales with Fandango

• Now Playing: May 7-13, 2012

• Must See HDTV (May 7th - 13th)

• Previously on MV TV: The week of April 28th

• Dish Network, AMC dispute could see the network's channels dropped this summer

• Storyboard: Problem players

• Steve Jobs interview returning to theatres

• Ghost Recon Alpha sneaks up on DVD and Blu-ray May 22

• iPhone video lands actor on Star Trek

• Let the Perfect Strangers gang help you achieve your dreams

• Warner Bros. intros 'Inside the Script' eBook series, gives film buffs a deeper look

Wearables (19)

• Sony Smartwatch update speeds apps across the board, makes sure you (always) know what time it is

• Adafruit modder builds Captain Jack's Vortex Manipulator / Leela's wrist-lo-jacko-mator for real

• Project Glass revealed to have physical trackpad along right arm (video)

• Prototype glasses help the visually impaired avoid obstacles

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of two pairs of Sync by 50 wireless over-ear headphones!

• Tivoli enters headphone game with Radio Silenz, has new PAL BT and Model One BT radios

• Meta Watch announces new dev kit with added iOS support, Bluetooth 4.0

• MetaWatch offers iPhone compatibility in new developer kit

• AIRbudz: A safer way to listen to your tunes

• Silicon Micro Display rolls out $799 ST1080 wearable display

• FCC wants to set aside wireless spectrum for medical body area devices, our hearts are literally aflutter

• I'm Watch creator explains order fulfillment process, offers 15 percent discount for your patience

• Insert Coin: Neva smart ski poles keep you connected while shredding powder

• Pebble smartwatch sells out initial supplies, enters Kickstarter hall of fame with $10m raised

• Pebble watch gets updated to Bluetooth 4.0 before it even arrives

• Jabra colors Clipper, lets you rock it with $15 worth of MP3s

• Sony Smartwatch SDK update adds open source music player and puzzle game extensions

• Withings WiFi scale syncs weight with BodyMedia site, won't let you hide from the truth

• Motorola MOTOACTV now likes Ice Cream Sandwich, to its nutritionists dismay

Xbox (52)

• Fez sales shift 100,000 copies across XBLA

• PSA: Free Xbox Live Gold this weekend

• Zen Studios' CastleStorm marching onto Xbox Live Arcade this year

• Forza 4 Xbox 360 bundle tosses in steering wheel, debuts in mid-June

• Xbox 360 has generated more than $56 billion in retail

• Xbox 360 250GB Racing Bundle totes Forza and a wheel, driving talent extra

• XBLM discounts PopCap games this week, Borderlands and Red Dead next

• Microsoft teases Avatar motorcycle game

• Halo 4 pre-order bonuses include Deadeye helmet, Web armor skins

• Gorgeous Halo 4 concept shots found on Xbox Live Marketplace

• WB conjures up Harry Potter for Kinect this fall

• Minecraft edges Black Ops out of second spot on XBLA charts

• Crank, twist and pull down a Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor demo on Xbox Live

• Adventure Update components coming to Minecraft XBLA, eventually

• Xbox 360 import ban to the US recommended by ITC judge

• Modern Warfare 3's 'Content Collection 2' now on Xbox Live

• Porsche joins Forza 4 lineup today

• Minecraft XBLA refunds available to SDTV owners

• Kudo Tsunoda: 'Waiting for the next big thing isn't about waiting for the Kinect 2'

• Here's the first Forza Horizon screenshot

• Serious Sam 3: BFE, Serious Sam Double D XXL run screaming to XBLA this fall

• Halo 4's 'Infinity' multiplayer to introduce Spartan Ops, War Games

• Halo 4 Limited Edition includes multiplayer map DLC, videos

• Xbox 360 adds Manga, MUZU apps; upgrades Aussie FOXTEL with Kinect

• Castle Crashers (XBLA) on sale for $7.50 through May 21

• Joy Ride Turbo skids onto Xbox Live Arcade May 23

• AT&T stops offering Xbox 360 U-verse bundle until it can deliver an updated version

• Minecraft XBLA sold 1 million copies in five days

• Two new Halo 4 enemies give away their position on McFarlane toy box

• Study: Xbox 360 most popular non-PC device for watching video ads

• The Walking Dead tops XBLA activity

• Minecraft XBLA was profitable within an hour, broke digital sale records

• Surprise: XBLA Minecraft's split-screen multiplayer requires HDTV

• Rumor: Kinect-enabled Internet Explorer browser coming to Xbox 360

• Inside Xbox also ends in Europe

• Titan Books publishing Awakening: The Art of Halo 4 in November

• Rumor: Combat Wings landing on XBLA

• Microsoft patent details pressure-sensitive Xbox controller for storing players' profiles

• Report: 'Kinect Play Fit' and 'Joule' are Kinect-ercise tools

• I suggest a new strategy, R2: Let them have a Kinect Star Wars demo

• Microsoft's $99 Xbox 360 part of a 'pilot program,' sold exclusively at MS Stores

• Microsoft officially offering Xbox 360 4GB console for $99, two-year Live Gold subscription required

• Microsoft Stores offering $99 Xbox 360 with contract now

• Xbox Marketplace renames Obsidian's South Park as 'South Park: The Stick of Truth'

• Microsoft's E3 presser to stream through Xbox Live, Spike TV

• Motorola granted injunction against Xbox 360 sales in Germany, not as dramatic as it sounds

• Might and Delight 'renting' XBLA spot to sell Pid there

• Inside Xbox ends, Major Nelson lives on

• Microsoft reportedly launching subsidized Xbox 360 bundle next week for $99 with a two-year subscription

• Rumor: Xbox 360 getting $100, contract-subsidized Kinect bundle next week

• UK pride Xbox Kinect bundle available in May

• Celebration Pack Xbox 360 drapes itself in Union Jack, sings Rule Britannia