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Accessories (59)

• Nexus 7 dock and covers leak, promise high style in small sizes (update: source goes down)

• Microsoft outs Bluetooth-enabled Sculpt Touch Mouse, matching Sculpt Mobile Keyboard

• Microsoft intros Wedge Mobile Keyboard, whose case doubles as a stand

• Insert Coin: Stabil-i case reduces iPhone camera shake, fits in your pocket (video)

• ViewSonic announces a duo of budget-friendly LED monitors

• ASUS breaks through 120Hz refresh rate with VG278HE gamer monitor... refresh

• Croon Audio's Original Bluetooth speakers promise not to creak while they're cranked

• Logitech's Skype TV Cam HD passes through FCC

• Accessory maker Moshi settles patent suit with three firms

• Kipon preps Canon EF lens adapters for Micro Four Thirds, NEX cameras with electronic control

• Thunderbolt-equipped Drobo 5D and Drobo Mini storage devices now up for pre-order

• Insert Coin: Radian lets you use your camera, iPhone and Android device for time lapse projects (video)

• ULTIMAte hack: Nexus 7 hooks up with external USB storage, floppy drive for retro-gaming

• LG outs IPS7 Series monitors: 23 or 27-inch IPS, minimal bezel, MHL mobile link, 8-bit 1080P

• Bang & Olufsen unveils Playmaker wireless audio bridge, makes sure AirPlay and DLNA speak Danish

• ChargeCard: An iPhone charger in your wallet

• iHome's iP76 3-foot tall LED Color Changing Speaker Tower dock now available

• Buffalo outs HDW-P550U3 external drive with USB 3.0 and WiFi in Japan

• Insert Coin: POP portable battery comes with 25,000 mAh of power, charges multiple devices (video)

• Mystery WiFi Logitech webcam diagram appears, lacks role-reversing hardware photos

• Perkins Smart Brailler helps the blind learn to type, closes the digital divide

• VestGuard UK Ballistic cover will protect your iPad from tablet-related gunplay

• SteelSeries announces Sensei RAW gaming mouse duo, glossy and rubber options for $59.99

• D-Link Cloud Router 5700 marks the outfit's first foray into 802.11ac WiFi, now shipping for $190

• Grace Digital's MatchStick speaker dock for the Kindle Fire hits Amazon

• Griffin outs Binder Insert case for the iPad, brings Trapper Keepers to the 21st century for $25

• Cubik audiophile speakers from Palo Alto Audio Design: A quick look and giveaway

• Logitech UE 9000 Wireless Headphones hit the FCC: Bluetooth in a full-size package

• NC State's new efficient pico projector raises hopes for smartphone cinema

• ViewSonic outs 27-inch VX2703mh-LED monitor with 1080p, SRS Premium Sound

• Ceton Echo Extender for Media Center beta to start in September

• Lexar XQD memory cards announced, will duel with Sony for Nikon D4's attention

• Garmin GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver hit the FCC, get torn down for good measure

• mophie goes pro with new 2500 mAh juice pack PRO for iPhone 4/4S

• Insert Coin: Pear brings Bluetooth to your Apple-compatible speaker dock

• Sony unveils first medical-grade OLED monitor, surgery gets rendered in all-too-vivid color

• Garmin GLO Portable GPS and GLONASS receiver: location refresh rate 10 times faster than typical GPS

• Cinema rig takes the heat out of your NEX-5N, lets you slide in the accessories

• Nikon recalls battery packs sold with D800 and D7000 DSLRs due to burn hazard

• Jawbone Jambox gets Android app support, semi-ironic silent mode

• Pure unleashes Contour 100i iDevice speaker with swiveling dock

• ego USB Case for iPhone 4/4S: A handy hybrid of protection and storage

• Canon expands its PIXMA line with MG2220, MG3220 and MG4220 all-in-ones

• Canon unveils the SELPHY CP900 compact photo printer, allows you to scrapbook from the backseat

• Wacom outs the Cintiq 24HD touch, adds multi-touch controls and more to its largest pen display

• Nifty MiniDrive: Invisible add-on flash storage for your MacBook

• Hori's Dead or Alive 5 arcade stick is for fighters

• Timbuk2 Power Commute and Power Q bags will juice your tech from here to...

• JBL's extra-tiny Soundfly BT wall outlet speaker gets spoiled by the FCC

• NZXT hosts rave in your PC case, charges $33 for entry

• Blue Microphones Tiki USB mic now available at Best Buy, coming to Apple stores July 15th

• Parrot Zik launching in August for $399, free app included for iOS and Android

• Sena Cases Fourth of July giveaway spectacular: 15 iPhone and iPad cases!

• Netgear's R6200 802.11ac router visits the FCC

• Hot Qmadix accessories for your summer fun

• Adafruit's Pi Cobbler breakout kit puts Raspberry Pi's pins to work

• Enter to win a trio of mobile accessories from Just Mobile

• Sony S-Series XQD memory cards hit speed record at 168MB/s, starting at $500 for 32GB in Japan

• OWC Mercury Aura Bundles let you replace your MacBook Air's SSD, use it as external storage

AI (2)

• iSpeech intros voice recognition platform for connected homes, enables vocal control of TVs and appliances

• Researcher details method for teaching computers to win at board games through short training videos

Amazon (17)

• Amazon updates Cloud Player with 256 Kbps matched files, faster import, direct delivery (update: Roku, Sonos coming soon)

• Amazon drops free Gravity Rush in with Vita

• Amazon Q2 2012 earnings: net income down 96 percent to $7 million, net sales up 29 percent to $12.83 billion

• Amazon puts 50MB limit on 3G Kindle's 'free' experimental browser

• Amazon plans for 'five or six' new tablets, will include 10-inch model, says Staples president

• Amazon offers Guild Wars 2 with $5 Amazon games credit

• Amazon announces Game Connect, new free-to-play game service

• Amazon adds free-to-play games and services through Game Connect

• Amazon Game Connect links free-to-play, MMO games to store accounts, turns 1-Click into way too many

• Former Windows Phone Director Robert Williams joins Amazon, stirs rumor pot

• Amazon announces GameCircle, similar to Apple's GameCenter

• WSJ chimes in on Amazon smartphone rumors, says 4- to 5-inch device is in testing

• Bloomberg: Amazon is planning a smartphone

• Amazon's new Kindle Fire set to debut in early August? (update: maybe July)

• Amazon reportedly acquires UpNext, 3D map wars begin in earnest (update: value might vary)

• UK hotel ditching paper bibles for Kindles, Rocky Raccoon to get acquainted with the benefits of e-ink

• Amazon's Flow augmented reality app comes to Android, makes shopping more entertaining

Apple (160)

• Apple designer takes the witness stand in Samsung case, brings more iPhone / iPad prototypes along

• Apple patents iOS 5's exposure metering based on face detection, keeps friends in full view

• Reminder: iWork.com beta shuts down today

• Apple's components spending increasing dramatically

• Could AAPL split in a move toward Dow? Bernstein analyst thinks it will

• PSA: Apple to shut down iWork.com beta today, iCloud patiently awaits you

• HTC removes patent in case against Apple

• Apple adds Hulu Plus to Apple TV

• Top 10 subtle Mountain Lion features (and a few more)

• Apple delivers Black Hat talk to mediocre reception

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me get my iPhoto library under control

• Judge denies Apple's bid to move Kodak suit to new court

• Jony Ive: Apple's goal isn't to make money

• iBook Lessons: Getting Apple reviewers to wake up and pay attention

• How the iPhone surprise was almost given away by Steve Jobs

• Apple releases SMC updates to enable Power Nap in Mountain Lion

• Three million Mountain Lion downloads in four days, says Apple

• Apple reports 3 million Mountain Lion downloads in four days, 'most successful OS X release'

• Apple reveals 'Purple' phone prototype in court filing, to prove it didn't copy Sony

• Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET: Meow, Mountain Lion

• Visualized: the iDevice influence on Apple's bottom line

• Mountain Lion 101: Updated high-quality voice synthesis

• NYT: Apple is (or was) considering a stake in Twitter

• NYT claims Apple has dallied with investing 'hundreds of millions' in Twitter

• Apple mistakenly issues OS X Server codes to users entitled to Mountain Lion

• Apple ready to buy fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec

• Apple awarded delay on posting about Samsung tablet

• Apple buying fingerprint sensor maker AuthenTec for $356 million

• iPhone and iPad prototypes show Apple's roads not taken

• Apple patents NFC tech for controlling gadgets with iThings

• Apple denied Galaxy Nexus and Tab ban in Germany

• Apple wins stay on having to post 'Samsung did not copy' notice

• Apple delivers update to bring Power Nap feature to 2011, 2012 MacBook Airs

• Apple patent application could make you Master and Commander of the iHome

• Mountain Lion 101: Safari

• Mountain Lion 101: AirPlay Mirroring

• Apple updates OS X Server, Xcode, Remote Desktop

• Mountain Lion 101: Game Center

• Mountain Lion 101: The iCloud Document Library

• Mountain Lion 101: Sharing and Twitter (but not Facebook yet)

• Safari 6 for Windows not yet available

• Mountain Lion 101: Dashboard changes

• Mountain Lion 101: Power Nap

• Apple secures multitouch-related patent from 1995

• Apple updates some iOS apps for better Mountain Lion and iCloud compatibility

• Farewell, Lion, you've served us well; Apple removes 10.7 from App Store

• Apple releases iWork, iPhoto, Safari, Aperture, iMovie updates

• Poll: Are you having problems downloading Mountain Lion?

• A look at 18 notable Apple Alumni

• Mountain Lion 101: Dictation

• Mountain Lion up-to-date program is now live (updated)

• Mountain Lion 101: Notification Center

• Apple unveils Safari 6: goes well with your new Mountain Lion (update: Windows version absent)

• Apple updates iWork suite with support for Mountain Lion, Retina MacBook Pro

• Apple retires Lion from Mac App Store, there's a new king in town

• OS X Mountain Lion is now available to download

• Mountain Lion hits the Mac App Store, is one $20 credit card deduction away

• Getting Ready for Mountain Lion: Performing the upgrade

• Apple's Q3 hardware sales by the numbers: 17 million iPads, 26 million iPhones, 4 million Macs

• Apple 3Q 2012 Financial Call Liveblog

• Tim Cook promises "amazing new products." What are they?

• Get your Macs ready: Mountain Lion ships tomorrow

• Apple to release OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion tomorrow

• Apple announces Q3 2012 earnings: $35 billion revenue, $8.8 billion in net profits

• Apple 3Q 2012 earnings reported: Another strong quarter

• Apple secures multitouch-related patent dating back to 1995 from inventor

• Apple secures EU ban on Galaxy Tab 7.7

• Join TUAW for an earnings call liveblog today at 5 PM EDT

• Apple fixing in-app purchasing hack

• Apple to present at Black Hat conference

• Apple wins 'EU-wide' injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, denied on 10.1 ban

• Apple gets paid for products faster than it has to pay for manufacturing

• Apple briefly releases Mountain Lion Up-to-Date program, pulls it back

• Law firm that helped Proview to $60m iPad China settlement hasn't been paid

• Kodak/Apple patent dispute ends badly for Kodak

• AppleCare support reps getting Mountain Lion this weekend

• TUAW Talkcast: Mountain Lion preview show, 10pm ET

• Apple pulls Bitdefender's privacy app Clueful

• Apple's third-gen iPad now available in China, gets a peaceful introduction

• Portland Design Commission gives OK to Apple Store design

• Latest MacBook Pro & Air models get software update

• Judge to bar Jobs's disparaging statements about Android

• Apple employs reservation system in China ahead of iPad launch

• Pair of Apple patent applications set the stage for hearing aid-based social network

• Apple rolls out iTunes movies in the Cloud to UK, Australia, Canada, more

• Apple building new, smaller data center in North Carolina

• US Senator says DOJ should drop Apple ebook lawsuit

• Apple's supply chain increases US production

• Apple accused of misleading EU customers about warranties

• Mega-iPad prototypes revealed in Jony Ive's 2011 deposition now in color

• Apple granted another important mobile device patent for iOS

• iBooks gets its first DC Comics title: Batman: Earth One

• HTC files two counterclaims against Apple in Florida

• German court dismisses Apple design claim against Motorola Xoom

• Apple snaps up land for Texas campus expansion plans

• Apple buying land for expansion in Austin, Texas

• iPad prototype renderings from early-2000s revealed in Apple / Samsung court filings (update: comparison shots)

• HTC slaps Apple with two more patents from acquired HP portfolio

• U.S. Apple Store is down

• Former Apple iAd VP Andy Miller to be President and COO of Leap Motion

• Woz's backpack brings new meaning to "overpacking"

• Apple gives iPhone 3GS owners some love, lets them taste Shared Photo Streams and VIP Mail in iOS 6

• MacBook refresh giving overall Mac sales a boost

• Apple Store artist's first-person story of his visit from the Secret Service

• WSJ: Next iPhone to have even thinner screen

• iCloud.com email addresses rolling out via iOS 6 beta 3

• Toys using toy-sized Apple gadgets

• Siri's novelty is wearing off ... for some

• Barcelona Apple Store construction sign has unique Gaudi-esque logo (Updated)

• Greenpeace: Apple's energy policy has improved, still needs to remove the coal smoke from iCloud

• Bob Mansfield: 'all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT'

• Apple reverses course on EPEAT environmental standard, eligible products once again included

• How Apple's North Carolina data center got built

• Greenpeace boosts Apple's rating, but barely

• Apple's PC market share now up to 12% in US, reports state

• Apple wins sixth solar power patent

• Where have all the refurbs gone? Apple's online cupboard is bare (Updated)

• Dissecting an Apple keynote

• Apple sunsets a few 64-bit Macs with Mountain Lion, video drivers likely the culprit

• Apple responds to EPEAT move

• Australian Apple Stores to get EasyPay checkout

• City of San Francisco stops buying Macs without EPEAT certification

• Apple granted patent for accelerometer-aided theft-detection system

• Apple nabs patent for NFC-based travel check-in, doesn't quell NFC iPhone rumors just yet

• Apple to sell the iPad in China starting July 20

• Apple launches new iPad in China on July 20th (update: here's why)

• No Comment: Android tablet not actually endorsed by Steve Jobs

• Apple Mountain Lion Gold Master is up for the download

• Apple releases Mountain Lion gold master to developers

• Noise Free Wireless alleges Apple is tone deaf over sound reduction patent, files lawsuit to match

• Road trip! Visiting Apple's North Carolina data center

• Apple removes EPEAT green certification, could lose government customers

• Noise Free Wireless creating a lot of noise over alleged Apple infringement

• Apple cracks down on site selling iOS 6 betas

• Apple reportedly shutting down unauthorized third-party beta sales, restricts iOS 6 to licensed devs

• Apple pulls out of EPEAT green registration, may not be able to sell computers to federal agencies

• Apple removes negative reviews from apps affected by DRM bug (updated)

• Apple still trying for water damage indicator patent, drop-prone device owners twitch (update: granted)

• Apple responds to spam app Find and Call

• Apple's tepid retail growth in China

• iBook Lessons: Picking vendors, price, and exclusivity

• Apple aware of corrupt apps issue, working on a fix (Update: Fixed!)

• Apple becomes Asia's second most popular brand

• Best Buy retail borrowing ideas from Apple Stores

• Apple sued over Siri in China

• Apple sued by Shanghai firm for allegedly treading on patent with Siri, may say 'ni hao' in court

• UK judge rules HTC doesn't violate Apple's patents, invalidates Cupertino's claims

• Judge permits Kodak's patent auction despite Apple's objections

• Apple tests new iCloud beta features

• California fast-tracks Apple's new headquarters

• Apple faces potential suspension of sales in Italy

• Apple may get the Italian boot, has 30 days to push a 2-year warranty for locals

• ITC denies Apple's request for emergency ban against HTC products

• Apple Q3 earnings call on July 24 -- will Mountain Lion follow on July 25?

• MobileMe closed, grab your stuff now

• Apple trying new Genius Bar layout

• ServiceNow IT firm CEO says company is "wall to wall Apple"

• Apple pays $60 million in iPad trademark dispute, makes peace with Proview

• Chinese court: Apple to pay $60 million to Proview in iPad dispute

• The iPhone doesn't have the power to ruin (or rescue) everything

Apps (219)

• Fanhattan for iOS adds HBO, NBC, more

• Inkling now available for iPhone

• My BMW Remote app ready to Play with Android

• Mountain Lion's AirPlay Mirroring + Reflector = infinite regress fun

• Yahoo's IntoNow TV companion app for iOS adds screen grab, music recognition and chat features

• Fanhattan updates iOS app with WatchList feature, content from Cinemax, HBO and NBC

• Google Chrome 21 stable release adds Retina MacBook Pro support, webcam use without plugins

• Magic Window time-lapse desktop adds scenes, we look behind the curtain

• Gmail for iOS adds option to save photos, becomes a smoother operator

• iBook Lessons: Take Control of iBooks Author

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Let me help people fix their notes on Mountain Lion

• Why apps in Mountain Lion might need to see your address data

• Spotify adds radio streaming to its Android app

• Daily iPhone App: mysms lets you manage your messages using multiple devices

• Blinq Photo will save and share your images

• Flight+ travel app now has free ad supported versions for iOS

• US Census Bureau posts its first API, allows smartphone apps for the stat-obsessed

• AppFresh update manager out of beta for Mountain Lion

• Skobbler brings maps to Nook Tablet, Color with ForeverMap 2

• iPhone app and debit card from Simple aim to streamline consumer finance

• Alternative email clients for Sparrow on the iPhone

• Final Draft Reader for iPad hopes to replace paper scripts

• Just in time for the Olympics, Time Out releases Time Out London for iPad

• Mountain Lion 101: Mail VIPs

• iPhone apps to help you follow the Olympics

• Snoopy's Street Fair passes five million downloads

• iTranslate Voice HD comes to the iPad with lots of features

• Samsung ChatON for Android gets Olympic Buddy feature, also sports a new logo

• IBM's Think app brings history of innovation to iPad and Android tablets

• TweetDeck updates web-based client with sleeker profiles, enhanced mentions and hashtags

• Vizify offers free infographics all about you, makes you feel like a big shot

• Marco Arment on the Mac App Store's future

• Distro Issue 50: the travel edition packs geotagging and offline navigation

• Plants vs. Zombies spawns 'Talking Zombatar' app

• Google Earth for iOS updated with tour guides and 3D flights

• Mountain Lion 101: Messages

• Taxi Magic 3.0 adds new magic, more taxi fleets

• Path gets new sharing features, better camera

• iTunes U opens up limited accounts to K-12 teachers

• Mountain Lion: Get your RSS button back in Safari 6

• Daily iPhone App: Velocirapture has you saving and smiting dinos

• Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 voice recognition coming in August for $100, cares what you have to say

• Office for Mac 2011 and 2008 ready for OS X Mountain Lion, procrastinators groan

• New York Times ends support for official BlackBerry, WebOS apps

• Nokia Maps for Windows Phone updated with route planner and Groupon integration

• Enter at Your Own Rift: The RIFT mobile app

• Mountain Lion 101: Reminders and Notes

• Video Store application for BlackBerry PlayBook now available in Canada

• Carbon Copy Cloner goes commercial, offers previous donators free codes

• Daily iPhone App: Party Wave is Final Fantasy creator's first iOS title

• Rock Band games to be removed from iOS App Store this month

• Maniacally cuckoo for Mountain Lion: App Store checker shell script

• Box shares the app love with Windows Phone, hopes SkyDrive doesn't get special treatment

• Email client alternatives to Sparrow for the Mac

• Abvio Runmeter 5K enters Couch to 5K arena

• Elgato marks EyeTV 10th birthday with sale

• Viber's VoIP iPhone, Android apps updated with enhanced UI, group messaging and more

• Lytro finally rolls out Windows desktop software, celebrates with free shipping

• PSA: Rock Band iOS apps to be delisted on July 31 [update: EA explains]

• AOL redesigns its Play music player app for the Kindle Fire, premium version is free Thursday

• Fellow app developers speculate on why Sparrow 'sold out'

• LG's voice recognition app studies English, aims to pass the test next year

• 7digital launches early digital music store for Windows 8, available now on Preview version

• TNA making an impact on iOS, announcer reveals

• Chameleon Clock will startle people walking near your desk

• Habu tracks playlists to match your mood

• Homescreen.me out of beta, lets you share your most essential apps

• Plex Android app updated with remote control from mobile devices, new transcoding

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I buy lots of iPad 1 apps now?

• Firefox 15 beta boasts support for Opus audio format, reduces add-on memory leaks

• Chirp iPhone app introduces sharing via sound

• Comcast Xfinity TV Player for Android updated with beta support for Jelly Bean, Nexus 7

• Weekend App Store sales: Crescent Moon, EA, King of Fighters, more

• IRL: Canon EOS 7D, Snapseed for iOS and Panasonic's Lumix DMC-TS4 rugged camera

• Jet Set Radio also broadcasting to iOS and Android this summer

• How to copy content onto an Android device with a Mac

• Squarespace iOS app updated for v6 of web hosting tool

• Rdio Android app updated with playlist and search improvements, puts new releases in grid view

• Evernote for Mac adds retina graphics and Activity Stream, Devcup voting under way

• Sky Go for Android adds support for Ice Cream Sandwich, Samsung's Galaxy S III, Nexus and Note

• Darksiders 2 iOS app lets you harvest souls for goods

• Chromium browser for Raspberry Pi beta available

• History Here app is perfect for summer travel

• Acorn 3.3 adds Retina Canvas, Smart Export, more

• Trapit for iPad is a unique news discovery app

• Windows Phone Kodak Pic Flick app pushes photos to printers -- as long as you have version 7.5

• Canonical integrating Ubuntu WebApps in Quantal Quetzal (video)

• CloudOn's productivity app heads to 60 additional countries, new features announced

• RIM applies for patent on detecting emotion in messaging, wants you chilled while you BBM

• Daily iPad App: Game Table lets you play checkers and chess against a friend

• Developer won't patch XBLA game because Microsoft would charge 'tens of thousands' of dollars

• Zoho's Office suite gets Google Drive integration, keeps its freemium status

• Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 app lands on Nook Tablet, turns eBook fans' gazes skyward

• Daily iPhone App: Knights of the Round Cable

• Google Play Music app update brings tweaks to Now Playing, Recent, playlists and widget

• Twist for iPhone is an interesting 'twist' on location sharing

• Mac App Store now requires a 1024x1024 app icon

• DevJuice: Beeblex offers in-app purchase validation services

• Enyo 2.0 released in finished form, shares webOS' web app legacy with everyone

• Metro Tasks is an option-filled task manager for detail-oriented users

• Never get lost in a Walgreens again with Aisle411's new indoor navigation app

• Daily iPhone App: Over: text+ photos lets you annotate your photos with ease

• Evernote updates Android app with new tablet UI, swipe navigation

• OneNote MX Metro-styled app for Windows 8 now available for download

• Onkyo upgrades remote apps for latest-gen receivers, intros music streaming Bluetooth adapter

• Checkmark for iPhone now available, simplifies reminders

• Firefox 14 adds fullscreen support for OS X Lion

• PlayFirst to release Hotel Transylvania Dash for iPhone and iPad

• Sonos finally adds retina support to iOS app, tablet UI on Android

• Sonos, 1Password apps receive Retina updates

• Skype to update Mac client to fix IM bug (Updated)

• Firefox 14 rolls out: Google searches default to HTTPS, OS X Lion users get fullscreen support

• Xbox LIVE iOS app adds iPad support

• Sync Services change in 10.7.4 disables BusySync, Spanning Sync

• Smule launches AutoRap for iOS and Android, Engadget's editors drop some mad beats (video)

• Mobile app store WAC gets whacked: sells assets, is absorbed into GSMA

• Skype confirms fix rolling out for instant messaging bug

• StyleTap brings its Palm OS emulator to Android, only asks for $50

• Recce-London is an iOS 3D map to savor and enjoy

• Canon announces printing and scanning app for BlackBerry and iOS, makes Android devices lonely

• My Xbox LIVE app adds iPad support in 1.6 update

• Instagram updated to outfit Nexus 7 tablets, now likes the taste of Jelly Bean slates

• Nokia grows Destination Maps coverage to 4,605 venues in 38 countries, coming to Nokia Maps soon

• Local notification spam: Devs, please don't do that

• TigerText adds secure messaging to Dropbox in bid to rid the world of bicycle couriers

• App alerts Singapore Red Cross trainees of local need

• Daily iPhone App: Sleep by Motion X helps you make the most of your ZZZs

• Nexus Q hacked to run CM9 and XBMC, inches closer to usefulness

• Adobe issues fix for InDesign crashes under Lion 10.7.4

• Steam mobile apps list genres for non-game software [update: gone!]

• Inpaint Pro allows for easy photo retouching

• New Recce 3D map app offers location-based services and games, Sim City possibilities abound

• Steam store reveals a handful of new categories, hints at non-gaming app possibilities

• Going to the London Olympics? Here are the transport apps you'll need

• MapQuest picks TomTom Maps to power iPhone and Android turn-by-turn navigation apps

• LogMeIn's Cubby offering up 1GB for referrals, tells Dropbox where it can store it

• Mac versions of Sparrow and FX Studio discounted today to $4.99

• Office Next blog is here to answer all your burning questions about the future of spreadsheets

• Google API hopes to help iOS app links open in Chrome

• Canadian Supreme Court rules no separate copyright fee for iTunes previews, game downloads

• New Food & Drink App Store category now live

• Daily iPad App: KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese wants us to eat our noodles, not play with them

• NBC's live streaming Olympics app for iPad now available

• Verizon rolls out GameTanium Android mobile gaming subscription app

• Daily iPhone App: Slice helps you track your online purchases

• Finally: BlackBerry App World gains 'upgrade all' command

• BBC releases Olympics app, streams the glorious Games straight to your iOS or Android device

• Facebook Android app update requires Froyo, tweaks messaging and picture taking

• Phocus phantastic for phun iPhone photography

• MacPractice Clipboard iPad Apps make patient sign-in a snap

• Adobe acknowledges InDesign crash issues on new MacBooks

• Daily iPad App: Owney: Tales from the Rails captures a piece of American history

• Angry Birds land on Samsung Smart TVs, wage war with gestures

• NIS will teach you how to read Japanese with iOS 'Character Chowdown' app

• Daily iPhone App: Photo Mapo turns your photo into a postcard-style map that you can share

• Parallels Desktop 7 gets the Retina Display treatment

• Is The Daily on thin ice?

• Tiny Wings update brings iPad version, new modes

• Tweetbot for Mac arrives as free alpha, we give a quick hands-on

• Tweetbot for Mac public alpha available for download

• Dropbox doubles storage on Pro plans -- for free

• Intuit releases Mint QuickView in the Mac App Store

• Starbucks Android app gets caffeinated update, also launches in UK and Canada

• Airbus Electronic Flight Bag apps save iPad savvy pilots time and paper

• Daily iPhone App: AAA Auto Buying Tools will help you find your next car

• Google+ app updated with iPad support

• Twitter for iPhone 4.3 available for your tweeting pleasure

• Airbus creates electronic flight bag apps for pilots with iPads

• VIM 101: a quick-and-dirty guide to our favorite free file editor

• RIM CEO hints at future BBM video chat feature

• Hello Tutorials for Mac gets new users up and running in a jiffy

• Google+ for iPad hits the App Store, invites you to Hangout with your Apple slate

• Dropbox Pro accounts get double the storage for the same price, 500GB option thrown in for kicks

• Cablevision Optimum apps for iPad, iPhone upgraded with new UI, ratings and discovery features

• Next Issue brings its all-you-can-read magazine store to the iPad, plans start at $10 a month

• Daily iPad App: Juicy Math is a fruity way to learn addition and subtraction

• AT&T U-Verse iPad app adds more streaming video, more sports

• RealMyst now on the App Store

• Alien Sky gives your photos an other worldly look

• Daily iPhone App: Dabble challenges you to spell words quickly

• AT&T U-Verse iPad app adds more streaming video, new sports and sharing features

• TED Books launches store, subscriptions

• Myst gets Real on iPad

• Minimalistic weather app does a few things very well

• RIM marks three billion BlackBerry app downloads, wants to set the record straight about App World

• BitTorrent Torque alpha puts file seeds on the web, makes desktop apps look stale

• Mozilla giving Thunderbird the (effective) axe, leaving its fate to the community

• How to tailor Launch Center Pro to fit your specific needs

• Daily iPad app: Weather 2X is a beautiful and basic weather app

• Daily iPhone App: 30/30 helps you time your tasks

• KeyPoint's Adaptxt keyboard enters beta for Android tablets, adds handwriting for that extra touch

• Skype's latest update for Windows and Mac apps fixes bugs, improves stability

• Daily iPhone App: Outwitters is the new app from Tilt to Live creators

• App Store delivering corrupted binaries for some apps (Updated)

• Daily iPhone App: Arrow Mania lets you hone your shooting skills by downing planes and solving puzzles

• Storm Shield is like having a sophisticated weather radio on your iPhone

• Fourth of July sales begin on the App Store

• Nike and O2 team up to offer Priority Sports hub: Nike+ running Android app becomes O2 exclusive

• BBC launches updated, interactive live video player ahead of Olympics; lines up 'summer of 3D'

• Chrome Web Store offers app recommendations from your Google+ mates, allows you to return the favor

• iFixit application brings its repair manuals to Android, lets you fix it to your liking

• EU court rules it's legal to resell digital games, software

• Apple cracks down on app-ranking manipulation

• Five apps for your Fourth of July fun

• Line messaging and VoIP app adds 'timeline' and 'home' features, throws in new platform for app integration

• Apple to add food and drink category to App Store

• iPhoto auto-downloads expired MobileMe galleries

• Daily iPad App: MyScript Memo takes your handwriting and turns it into text

• Navigon boosts iPhone app to version 2.1, discounts purchases through July 16th

• Navigon adds Google Street View and other features, lowers prices

• Daily iPhone App: Cthulu Saves the World arrives from Xbox Live Indie Games

• Ex-Visceral team's first iOS title, Catch the Ark, is suspiciously happy

• Swift Stitch collects shinies on iOS this week via Nicalis

• Jelly Bean's Sound Search feature now available root-free on ICS

• Nokia Store has 120,000 apps, over 120 million users, foggy future

• Chrome for iOS moves to top spot of App Store

• Official VLC app now out for Android: only an unstable beta, but it works

• VLC 2.02 adds Retina display support, ditches font cache interruptions

• Nexus Q app throws in voice-powered Magic 8 Ball mode

Big Tech (67)

• Yahoo confirms Mail / Messenger outage, working on a fix

• Toshiba slips into the red as latest earnings reveal $153 million loss

• Panasonic's 2013 Q1: things are looking up with a $164 million profit

• Bing search lets you tag Facebook friends, forces them to Google 'Bing'

• Samsung objects to "gratuitous images" of Steve Jobs in Apple's slides

• Court rules Samsung can't show Sony's influence on iPhone; Apple reveals 2005 prototype

• Apple/Samsung suit begins today

• HTC shuts Seoul office, leaves Korea to the Koreans

• WSJ: Apple, Google reportedly in rival groups to buy Kodak patents

• Apple, Samsung bickering over where to sit in court

• Apple says Google warned Samsung about copying Apple's work

• Apple v. Samsung court filings reveal Sony-inspired iPhone, kickstand-equipped iPad and other prototypes

• Internet Association to lobby Washington, may tout Amazon, Facebook, Google among its ranks

• Sony broadcasts three-chip PMW-200 XDCAM with Android or iOS remote control app

• Roku picks up financing from BSkyB, News Corp and more, keeps eye on the premium streaming crown

• Samsung credits itself for iPhone success in a roundabout way

• Canon reports higher profits, lower net income in Q2, points finger at pricey yen

• ARM sees profit surge 23 percent, tests forecasters' patience

• LG Q2 2012 earnings show a loss on cellphones, but higher profits overall thanks to home theater

• Apple seeking $2.5 billion from Samsung

• Huawei 1H 2012: profits dropped 22 percent, still made $1.37 billion

• Netflix Q2 2012 earnings: 530,000 more US subscribers and a return to profitability

• Is Qualcomm considering an AR benchmark as 'the mother of all tests'?

• Apple and Google appealing dismissal of Apple versus Motorola lawsuit

• Apple demands $2.02, plus $3.10... equals a total of $2.5 billion in Samsung damages

• NTP reaches agreement with 13 patent defendants including Apple, Microsoft and Google

• Qualcomm axes its own Mirasol production, will only bring some devices to market itself

• News Corp launches Amplify educational unit, with help from AT&T (video)

• Judge calls Samsung vs. Apple 3G suit 'ridiculous,' suggests mediation instead

• Beats increases its share ownership to 75%, lets HTC keep 'commercial exclusivity in mobile'

• Lenovo CEO spreads the wealth, distributes his $3 million bonus to lower level employees

• Apple to appeal court order to publish statement about Samsung

• Comcast reportedly prepping 305Mbps internet service, aims to put FiOS in its place

• AMD reports Q2 earnings: continues to see revenues drop, $37 million net income

• EA joins coalition against Defense of Marriage Act

• UK judge to make Apple acknowledge Samsung didn't copy Apple

• Qualcomm Q3 2012 earnings show revenue ($4.63b) and profit ($1.21b) up sharply over last year

• UK judge forces Apple to state on its site that Samsung didn't copy the iPad

• Happy birthday, Intel -- celebrate like the rock star you are

• Import ban on select Motorola Android products starts today

• Sony unveils 2012 Walkman range: Android 4.0 F series and refreshed entry-level E series (eyes-on)

• PayPal buys Card.io visual credit card scanner platform, is neither Here nor there

• Yahoo reports Q2 2012 earnings, revenue remains unchanged

• Intel reports Q2 earnings: rakes in $13.5 billion, pockets $2.8 billion

• Yahoo appoints former Google exec Marissa Mayer as CEO

• Fujifilm sues Motorola over broad camera and phone patents, claims RAZRs and Xyboards are at fault

• Nokia shutters two Chinese offices as part of strategic reorganization in the region

• Blizzard raises over $330,000 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

• AUO, LG, Toshiba pay $571 million to settle LCD price fixing lawsuit, broken record keeps skipping

• Toshiba unites PC, tablet and TV design groups, aims for hub of digital harmony

• Dropbox rewards early Pro members by stopping their bills

• Nokia hits RIM with another triple-patent combo punch

• Woz wants a Surface

• Steve Ballmer says Microsoft won't 'leave any space uncovered to Apple'

• Microsoft's Steve Ballmer ready to take on Apple again

• Thorsten Heins, Mike Lazaridis elected to RIM board during shareholders meeting

• Sharp settles LCD price fixing dispute with Dell and others for $200 million

• Samsung gets temporary stay on Galaxy Nexus ban in US while waiting for Apple response

• Cisco climbs down another rung over unpopular Connect Cloud service

• As others leave, Lenovo reportedly plans $30 million factory for Brazil

• HTC reveals Q2 2012 financial results: 57.8 percent net profit drop blamed on customs issues and weak sales

• Apple, Samsung drop more claims in upcoming trial

• Sony patents vein reading system for accessible computers, toilets

• Intel appeals record-setting $1.45 billion antitrust fine... from 2009

• Toshiba hit for $87 million in LCD price fixing verdict, maintains innocence

• Apple injunction against Samsung could give company big problems

• Boxee, Comcast agree to a workaround for encrypted basic cable channels on third party boxes

Business (3)

• Sega Sammy sees losses in gaming sector, StarHorse3 sales continue unabated

• AT&T's Q2: 5.1 million smartphones sold helps make a $6.8 billion profit

• PSA: Forza 4 July Car Pack now available

Buying Guides (23)

• Dear Aunt TUAW: Which iPad should I buy?

• Ask Engadget: best case for the Samsung Galaxy S III?

• Borderlands GOTY for PC 75% off on Amazon, sequel discounted with purchase

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

• Amazon Gold Box discounts games all day, starting with SSX

• Throw some of your money at Best Buy's big summer sale

• Guide to Pet Battle info from around the web

• Ask Engadget: best Mac gamepad?

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

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 9: Dungeon Defenders, Crysis 2, Civ 5 and more

• An RPG fan's guide to the Steam Sale

• The best macro ever

• The OverAchiever: Guide to Bloody Rare

• Addon Spotlight: 4 alternatives to my recommended addons you shouldn't play without

• Ask Engadget: best tablet, software and case for a child with a developmental disorder?

• Guide to purchasable WoW mounts you can buy with real money

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 and 670 round-up: which overclocked card is the one for you?

• Avoid society with this great Civilization IV + V bundle deal

• Ask Engadget: Best sub-$310 power-efficient HTPC for a caravan?

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Why Summerfest is the best

• Five apps (and more) for the summer road trip

• You're the Pundit: Buy now or wait?

• WoW on Sale: From Vanilla to Cataclysm for $30

Computing (60)

• BBC shows off 33-megapixel Super Hi-Vision Olympic footage, we ask: why?

• First GHz Edition Radeon HD 7970 hits shelves, throws $699 wrench into AMD's pricing strategy

• Network-related crashes in Mountain Lion pinned on proxy settings

• New command line tools in Mountain Lion manage encryption, sleep and sharing

• Get Save As back on Mountain Lion's File menu easily and without hacks

• Chitika: Mountain Lion accounting for 3% of web traffic

• ARM forms UK group to foster an Internet of Things, put 50 billion devices online by 2020

• CompactFlash Association develops XQD 2.0 spec, promises up to 8 Gbps throughput

• How long will it take to install Mountain Lion?

• Building an OS X Mountain Lion installer thumb drive

• Mountain Lion 101: Multi-volume Time Machine

• TUAW TV Live: Join us for a special Mountain Lion edition at 11 AM EDT

• VIA makes its first ARM-based Pico-ITX board, adds dual graphics for your in-car pleasure

• SSDs kick up performance for developers and users alike

• Ten things you might not know about Mountain Lion, via Hello Tips

• Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) MDP benchmarks blow away the competition (update: video)

• Pixar Image Computer surfaces on eBay, $25k will let you buy it now

• Intel porting Jelly Bean to its Atom architecture, is in no hurry to tell you when it's done

• Corning and Samsung plan LCD glass plant in China, may toughen up a few laptop screens

• Pixar Image Computer: Yours on eBay for a cool $25K

• European Commission investigating 13 companies for optical drive price fixing

• ARM and TSMC team up on 64-bit chips and FinFET transistors

• Arduino Leonardo finally launches with new pin layout, lower price (video)

• Biostar Hi-Fi Z77X gives audiophiles 7.1-channel analog sound, overpriced cables thankfully optional

• USB Power Delivery spec upped to 100W, aims to make proprietary power connectors obsolete

• LG's 27-inch V720 all-in-one PCs pop up on Flickr, IPS and optional Ivy Bridge in tow

• ASUS loads P8Z77V with USB-attached SCSI, beats Windows 8 to the punch

• ZEVO ZFS on OS X project now part of GreenBytes

• Engadget Primed: digital audio basics

• Intel slips details of Poulson-based Itanium 9500 in advance, teases a big boost to 64-bit servers

• Windows 8 to be launched on October 26

• Sony postpones Nasne NAS due to quality control issues

• Raspberry Pi announces Raspbian, an optimized OS upgrade with performance improvements abound

• Infortrend NAS server family ties up your network and storage needs, brings the cloud to suburbs

• Controller board for 3D printers emphasizes expandability, gives nod to Sun God

• Intel pumps SSD 330 capacity up to 240GB, trims other drives' prices to match

• NVIDIA scores $12.4 million contract from the DOE to help FastForward exascale computing

• AMD chops up to $50 off Radeon HD 7970, 7950 and 7870 graphics cards

• Kontron preps first Tegra 3-based Mini-ITX board, homebrew gets an ARMful

• Giada's i53 mini-PC is book-sized, without all the paper cuts

• Roku 2, LT and new HD boxes upgraded for more languages, future remote apps

• Devjuice: Installing command line tools (or not)

• IDC and Gartner: PC market flattened out in Q2 while Apple, ASUS and Lenovo remain the stars

• Toshiba's new 2.5-inch AL13SE hard drives: up to 900GB of 10,500RPM storage

• Plextor M5S SSD coming mid-July: healthy speeds starting at $99 for 64GB

• OnLive reaffirms support for Marvell powered ARM Google TV boxes

• WD Red HDDs aim to improve company's NASty reputation, bolster reliability in networked homes

• Convert an old iPad into a dedicated e-reader

• Intel to buy 15 percent of silicon fab equipment maker ASML, wants manufacturing machines made faster

• Origin PC wants to put you 'in the fast lane' with back-to-school promo, hands you a free SSD

• D-Link expands Cloud lineup with two new routers and NAS drive

• HP unveils four new business and consumer all-in-ones with Ivy Bridge insides

• Foxconn fanless nano PCs get priced, dated and tweaked

• WRUP: To the cloud

• Windows Home Server takes its final bow, Windows Server 2012 Essentials passes the (pricey) casting call

• Windows Server 2012 pares back to four versions, looks to give small businesses more bang for the buck

• Fujitsu starts build-it-yourself PC service, lets you go homebrew without the electrical shocks

• Micron scoops up Elpida Memory, 50-percent production boost for $2.5 billion

• StatCounter: Windows 7 now powering most PCs, passed 50-percent threshold in June

• First DSLR 4K video from prototype Canon EOS-1D C reportedly emerges

Cybersecurity (36)

• Trigger private browsing in Safari for specific sites

• Former NSA official says agency collects Americans' web data, director denies charges

• Report: Ubisoft's UPlay service may have browser exploit on PC [update: Ubisoft responds]

• Ubisoft UPlay may accidentally contain web plugin exploit, Ezio would not approve (update: fixed)

• Google Wallet hack hits Verizon Galaxy S III

• Defcon 20 visitors get their own 'pirate' cellular network in Ninja Tel, exclusive One V to match

• Defcon 20 badges meld hieroglyphs, circuitry and cryptography for hacker scavenger hunt

• Mountain Lion 101: Finder encryption via contextual menu (updated)

• Security experts hack payment terminals to steal credit card info, play games

• Mountain Lion 101: Gatekeeper controls app launches for security's sake

• Security expert shows that Android and Nokia NFC can be hacked -- under certain conditions

• Windows malware found in iOS App Store app

• Malware invades Apple's App Store for iOS, only harasses Windows users

• Encrypted Text: Examining the tempo of our rotations

• Security researchers find new wafer-thin ATM card skimmers in use

• Hacker finds flaw in hotel locks, can ruin your vacation with $50 DIY gadget

• Apple to present at Black Hat conference for first time, talk about iOS' padlocks

• In-app purchase hack won't work in iOS 6, say coders

• Eight million gamigo user accounts compromised

• DARPA-backed Power Pwn is power strip by day, superhero hack machine by night

• Guitar Hero clone used to teach unknowable, subconscious passwords

• Microsoft fights back against Xbox Live account threats, begs you to update your security settings

• Microsoft: Xbox Live security strengthened, sneakily started with spring update

• Internet Defense League forms with support of EFF and Mozilla, bills self as 'bat signal' of the web

• Skype confirms 'rare' bug that sends messages to unintended contacts, promises fix soon

• Russian hacker circumvents iOS in-app purchases

• NVIDIA Developer Zone shut down, may have been hacked

• Yahoo confirms server breach, over 400k accounts compromised

• Phantasy Star Online 2 hacked, NPCs clock flight time

• Malware affecting Macs running older versions of OS X

• Microsoft advises nuking Windows Gadgets after security hole discovery, we mourn our stock widgets

• DNSchanger standby servers will go dark Monday 7/9

• Spam-happy iOS trojan slips into App Store, gets pulled in rapid fashion

• Club Penguin gets $4.7 million online safety campaign

• Trojan targets Mac-using activists in China

• Cisco backs down over right to see your internet history

Entertainment (267)

• Trion PR executive talks Defiance, Syfy synergy

• Lights, Camera, Party! Moves to PSN on August 28

• Legend of Zelda prototype cartridge goes to auction: $150,000 proves your loyalty to Hyrule (video)

• Third Ace Attorney musical tells Edgeworth's story in January

• Jukebox Heroes: Chance Thomas talks about scoring Turbine's expansions

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 trailer takes us to the Fight Lab

• Left 4 Dead fan short is 'Seriously' gory

• E3 loves LA, staying through 2015

• Indie shooter 'Gunblitz' blasts Ouya in March, PC in September

• Stiq Flicks: NCAA Football 13 and Dead Poets Society

• Latest Need for Speed: Most Wanted video hints at Kinect support

• Sunday Morning Funnies: In the night

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is unofficially fun

• Pre-order Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, get G1 Optimus Prime

• Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack coming to Steam August 15

• Play the latest Humble Bundle with headphones

• MechWarrior Online Founder's Program includes speedy Jenner mech

• Apple's new Mac ads feature a helpful Genius

• You Don't Know Jack about proposals until you've seen this video

• Diablo 3's long-term planning failures

• A walking (and shooting) tour of Crysis 3's NYC

• That siren means it's the first Silent Hill: Revelation 3D trailer

• Scared Stiff: Turning a horror trope into a treasure

• Zack is creepy in latest Dead or Alive 5 clip

• ArcheAge CBT5 video shows off new areas

• The Firing Line: PlanetSide 2, Tribes, and Heroes & Generals updates

• Impire, a new PC strategy game from Cyanide Studios, coming Q1 2013

• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Blu-ray release date set for October 9th

• Planetside 2 beta starts next week, new cinematic trailer starts right now

• Square-Enix reveals new Final Fantasy XIV trailer

• The Humble Bundle tries something different, lets you name your price for albums from They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton, and more

• Claim a LittleBigPlanet Karting beta code right here [update: beta's over!]

• Final Fantasy XIV Version 2.0 now 'A Realm Reborn'

• LotRO dev diary discusses mounted combat momentum, Farmers Faire goes live

• Guild Wars 2 releases pillars of gameplay videos

• Lonesome George immortalized in Mists of Pandaria

• Breakfast Topic: What are your guild chat rules?

• Persona 4 Arena videos display sick moves, goofy work environment

• SOE and Blur Studio release new PlanetSide 2 cinematic trailer

• Does The World Ends With You really need a sequel?

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Resonance

• MechWarrior Online introduces the Jenner

• ArenaNet shares Hall of Monuments newbie guide and reward video

• Rohirrim war steeds highlighted in LotRO: Riders of Rohan behind-the-scenes video and screenshots

• Learn all about rogue factions in this End of Nations trailer

• Sleeping Dogs walkthrough is really slammin'

• Virgin Media coats millionth TiVo in Gold (Gold!), always believed in your soul

• Epic Mickey 2 dev diary expounds on storytelling in a Disney universe

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: ErnCon

• Indie Royale bundles Mutant Storm 2, Puzzle Agent and more

• Dyad demo blows your mind a little today

• MMO Roundup: Guild Wars 2, stolen Torchlight assets, and more

• XLGAMES reveals first ArcheAge story teaser trailer

• Ben Heck talks about fitting custom 3D printer in briefcase, Q nods in approval (video)

• Siri celebrity ad series continues with Martin Scorsese

• Project Holodeck and Oculus Rift hope to kickstart every gamers' VR dream for $500 (video)

• Must See HDTV (July 23rd - 29th)

• Piranha reveals MechWarrior Online's Caustic Valley

• Marvel Heroes chief: 'It's very Diablo-like'

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Pandaren introduction video

• EVE Online: Inferno 1.2 hits servers August 8th

• Dance Central 3 gets to steppin' around the world this October

• Google takes Nexus 7 camping for its first ad, can afford to pack light (video)

• Marvel's Cinematic Universe Blu-ray set gets its own trailer (video)

• Stiq Figures, July 9 - 15: Carmen Sandiego edition

• Total Recall meets Mass Effect in this trailer mash-up

• Sunday Morning Funnies: I could eat

• New Beck songs get visualized, inspire musical platforming

• Chip Yates breaks yet another record, notches 202MPH in world's fastest electric flight (video)

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is a kleptomaniac

• Legendarily horrible film "MANOS" gets its own iOS game

• MANOS: The Hands of Fate lands on iOS July 26

• Resident Evil: Damnation infects DVD, Blu-ray this September

• Beyond: Two Souls discussion with Ellen Page and David Cage

• Raiden makes julienne guys in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance tutorial

• Weekly news recap, featuring Niko

• RuneScape hands out summer goodies to subscribers

• Dimps acquires rights to its Rumble Fish series

• Hear and see Beck's voice in Sound Shapes

• Get your punching fists ready with the latest Double Dragon Neon gameplay

• Drakensang celebrates end of beta, releases Atlantis trailer

• RAD Soldiers have a recipe for destruction in latest trailer

• Leon, Chris and Jake struggle in new Resident Evil 6 videos and screens

• Firefall ramps up for its summer milestone

• Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD also powering up in NA this winter

• Dead or Alive 5 tags in with new 2-on-2 footage

• gPotato releases Allods' New Horizons expansion trailer

• ArenaNet releases Guild Wars 2 Asura intro cinematic [Updated]

• Battlefield 3's 'Armored Kill' is all about shooting dudes from vehicles

• Skulls of the Shogun launching alongside Windows 8 this October [Update: Delayed]

• Here's what E3 was like for the Hitman: Absolution staff

• GTA 4 mod iCEnhancer calls it quits with 2.1 update

• The odds on western releases for Bravely Default, Monster Hunter 4 and more

• We can't tell if Molydeux is doing the work for Molyneux, or it's the other way around

• Watch The Last of Us Comic-Con panel without waiting in line

• MechWarrior Online reveals Centurion mech

• Black Ops 2 artisans discuss ... Black Ops 2

• Turbine releases LotRO mounted combat video, launches Riders of Rohan beta

• Foosball 2012 kicks off next week on PS3 and Vita

• Perfect World shows off Neverwinter E3 recap video

• Rock Band Blitz takes the PSN stage Aug. 28, tours XBLA Aug. 29

• Gears of War 3 lead gameplay designer out at Epic, founds BitMonster Games

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 'Arctic Strike' DLC now on Xbox 360, PS3

• Persona 4 Arena trailer is a spectator sport

• A lot of actors are lending their pipes to Sleeping Dogs

• New Lord of the Rings Online video is all about warbands

• Anomaly: Warzone Earth marches to PSN with local co-op support

• Mass Effect 3's 'Earth' DLC trailer adds another narrative spin on multiplayer

• Dyad review: Where is my mind?

• Take a bite out of this Resident Evil 6 trailer

• World of Warplanes devs working on expert mode, control schemes

• Creep through Metro: Last Light's 13-minute gameplay demo

• SOE teases a trailer for PlanetSide 2's next trailer

• Let's think about Kingdom Hearts 3D for a minute

• Two Defiance videos emerge from SDCC

• The Engadget Interview: OUYA CEO Julie Uhrman on taking console concept to reality

• Take a breath, and try I Wanna Be the Guy: Gaiden

• New Firefall dev diary discusses special effects

• Battlefield 4 announced, beta arrives fall 2013

• WWE '13 Collector's Edition features Stone Cold Steve Austin

• A combo of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale videos

• Co-opinion: Avengers: Battle for Earth

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET

• Gollum gets tricksy in Guardians of Middle-earth gameplay video

• Raspberry Pi production ramped up to 4,000 per day, 5MP camera module on its way (video)

• Must See HDTV (July 16th - 22nd)

• Guild Wars 2 beta will include new PvP map, live gem store, and more

• Deconstructing the Dyad design with creator Shawn McGrath

• Meet Bill, the grizzled elderly gentleman in The Last of Us

• Visit Silent Hill during Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights this October

• Movellas releases fan fiction contest winners

• First Adventure Time footage shows Giant Worm King, Cosmic Owl, promise

• La-Mulana returns to PC, now available through Playism

• One Shots: The Hutt in the hat

• Cole McGrath, Jak and Daxter added to PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale roster [Update: Now with trailers!]

• The Queue: Remember the '90s, when that planet nearly hit us?

• PlayStation All-Stars' combo system is more Marvel than Smash Bros.

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Pointless twins

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is back again for one night only

• High Moon's Deadpool game announced, coming 2013 [Update: Now with trailer!]

• Mists of Pandaria beta: Wrathion quest chain now live in beta

• Breakfast Topic: Pet Battles and you

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 trailers lay down some jawbreaking combos

• Can Ultima Forever be a worthy entry in the legendary series?

• ArenaNet posts studio tour video

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate whips up new screens

• Weekly news recap, featuring Niko

• ZombiU footage will terrify U

• Here's what a Mass Effect anime looks like

• How Ellen Page is transported into Beyond: Two Souls

• Injustice's two newest fighters pulverize (and get pulverized) in Comic-Con trailer

• Take a guided tour through the Boston of Assassin's Creed 3

• Nexus Q repurposed to play Pong, games with your heart (video)

• Ubisoft dropping 'Hip Hop Dance Experience' like it's hot

• Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn trailer rolls out

• Firefall video gives a sneak peek at Assault changes

• New Super Mario Bros 2 trailer full of coins, still free to watch

• Jump at the chance for a real Portal 2 jumpsuit

• Agent 47 takes a careful walk through Hitman: Absolution's 'Hope'

• Marvel Cinematic Universe 10-disc Blu-ray box unveiled, Tesseract and all

• Borderlands 2 would make a great musical, and this trailer proves it

• Soul Captor Online goes into open beta, adds two new classes

• Paradox sends a producer to England for War of the Roses

• Reddit community launches Game Dev Bundle

• Rusty Hearts: Reborn first look released

• Rhythm Thief is so smooth you probably didn't know it was out now

• Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms releases its first trailer

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD gleaming the cube on PC as well

• Street Fighter X Tekken hits US Vitas Oct. 23 with Near, AR functionality

• Why Theatrhythm is a celebration of not only Final Fantasy, but an entire genre

• Chivalry's medieval warfare demonstrated

• Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation trailer documents Aveline's murderous rampage through New Orleans

• Does World of Warcraft need to be more difficult?

• ThinkGeek's Mark VII Sonic Screwdriver universal remote pleases Whovians in time for Comic-Con

• Get early access to Little Inferno beta by pre-ordering

• gPotato revamps Flyff, releases new trailer

• PSA: Valve's Source Filmmaker ready for public use, goes open beta

• PlanetSide 2 beta coming 'within the next month'

• Primal Carnage asks how you like your dinosaur cooked

• Dungeon Defenders 'Sky City' DLC now available on Steam

• Winscape virtual window makes the leap to Kinect in 4K-capable, 6-screen glory (video)

• Little Inferno trailer warms hearts, burns stuff

• Medal of Honor: Warfighter trailer kills with kindness

• Blog Azeroth Shared Topic: Starstruck by someone in the WoW community

• Rovio's Amazing Alex arrives this week

• Look into the faces of Tales of Xillia

• 'PSN Play' launches Sound Shapes, CS: GO, Papo & Yo, and The Expendables 2 across August [update: release dates!]

• The 'Final Hours' of Tomb Raider documented in March, first episode out now

• DirecTV vs. Viacom squabble could see MTV, Comedy Central and 16 others go dark at midnight

• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale visits Master Onion in latest clip

• Must See HDTV (July 9th - 15th)

• RaiderZ mixes and matches classes to find the perfect fit for you

• The Walking Dead FPS has zombies sniff, sound you out

• Dyad gets kaleidoscopic on PS3 July 17

• Get pummeled by 15 minutes of Injustice: Gods Among us footage

• Lovely, synthetic tunes from Krater now available

• Survarium dev diary details story and skills

• Run through Phantasy Star Online 2's Western announcement trailer

• Stiq Figures, June 25 - July 1: Grim Fandango edition

• Quantum Conundrum show enters heavy dimension, is still awkward

• Dracula, The Mummy and six other horror classics coming in a Blu-ray set October 2nd (video)

• One Shots: Nyctohylophobia

• MMOFPS Survarium gets new screens, story details

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is building a dynasty

• Stiq Flicks: Quantum Conundrum and Cube

• Certain Affinity developing Halo 4's Forge mode, includes gravity augmentation [Update: now with video]

• Worms Revolution dev diary explains landscape models, water physics

• The Road to Mordor: Riders of Rohan media blitz

• Silver Lining: Steel Battalion Heavy Armor and humanity within the mech

• WRUP: The first annual WRUP caption contest

• Prometheus Blu-ray extras leak reveals Second Screen app and 15 minutes of deleted scenes

• Voice acting in RPGs may be more trouble than it's worth

• Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 to display in 3D

• Weekly news recap, featuring Niko

• Halo 4 multiplayer footage details Infinity Slayer, Regicide and Personal Ordnance

• The top 5 misconceptions about WoW roleplaying

• The Smart Kids -- or, why Cataclysm failed to impress

• SRK contest produces a 26-button Starcraft II arcade controller, probably won't stop Zerg rushes (video)

• Georges St-Pierre walks you through Sleeping Dogs combat

• Snapshot: Krater (PC)

• On Monster Hunter 4's similarities to Dragon's Dogma

• Documenting the changes in Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut DLC

• Van Helsing gameplay footage is diabolically familiar

• Hotline Miami isn't going to do much for Florida tourism

• Treating With the Enemy: RP guild greases cross-faction trade and parley

• Marvel Heroes outlined in debut dev diary

• Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Collection brings back odd-numbered fighters

• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron falling sooner than expected

• 'Pearl of Pandaria' graphic novel Q&A and never-before-seen art panels

• New LotRO Riders of Rohan video explores Rohan, soundtrack

• Assassin's Creed 3 asks that you 'rise' to revolution

• NiGHTS Into Dreams gets a sweet sixteen present: an HD re-release on XBLA, PSN, and PC [update]

• Here's an hour of Star Wars Battlefront 3 footage

• Marvel vs Capcom two-pack headed to XBLA and PSN this September as 'Marvel vs Capcom Origins'

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle on the way from Asura's Wrath dev

• Hitman: Absolution's 'Saints' are apparently still a threat

• Sony patents exercise music system that adjusts music to your work-out tempo

• George Entwistle announced as next Director General at the BBC, prepares for world service

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Oliver&Spike

• Stiq Flicks: Spec Ops The Line and Apocalypse Now

• Portabliss: Nihilumbra (iOS)

• Spelunky review: Obtainer of rare antiquities, giver of aneurysms

• Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 revealed with first gameplay footage

• Finally, the perfect joystick for ... StarCraft?

• Jukebox Heroes: Aion's soundtrack

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Slow news week for Guild Wars 2

• First Theatrhythm DLC for North America includes eight new old songs

• The Brick Show reviews Mega Bloks Deathwing's Stormwind Assault

• LotRO devs show off its mounted combat system

• Total War: Rome 2 trailer is full of murder and intrigue, light on strategy

• World of Tanks 7.5 patch to add new tanks, maps

• The Secret World reveals its launch trailer

• See Call of Duty Online in action (spoilers: it looks like Call of Duty!)

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Beatbuddy

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET

• Phantasy Star Online 2 launches in Japan this week, new vids abound

• AIAIAI Capital headphones bring the beats, take abuse on the streets (video)

• You can almost see Master Chief in this Halo 4 live action teaser

• Assassin's Creed 3 gets Limited Edition in North America, with colonial flag, statue, and more

• Marvel's The Avengers Blu-ray hits September 25th, iOS second screen app this month (video)

• This EX Troopers trailer isn't banned, is still anime-infused goodness

• Know Your Lore: The tangled web of future lore

• Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection just wants to dance

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Blue neighbors

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is vaguely in love

• Nathan Drake is the devil in this spoof on respawning

• Breakfast Topic: When do you play WoW?

EVs and Transportation (29)

• United 787 Dreamliner emerges from Boeing factory, complete with golden head-to-tail 'swoop'

• Nissan pins Leaf's WattStation charging woes on a software bug, works on a fix

• GM testing pedestrian detection system powered by WiFi Direct (video)

• ECOmove pegs QBEAK EV for 2012 launch, keeps specifics vague

• BMW opens i Store in sync with London Olympics, shows tourists their electric destiny

• Qualcomm pairs up with Delta Motorsport, flirts with Renault for Halo wireless charging trials

• Honda serves up first Fit EV to California couple, no gasoline aftertaste

• Ford's 2013 C-Max Energi rolls out 95 MPGe, arrives later this fall

• GE says its WattStations aren't behind fried Nissan Leafs, green drivers can relax

• Honda announces its HondaLink infotainment system, teams up with Aha Radio for the festivities

• Nissan Leaf, GE WattStation embroiled in charging damage shocker, invite other EV puns (update: full GE statement)

• Faraday Porteur concept e-bike becomes a reality, launches pre-sale on Kickstarter (video)

• OnStar seals partnership with RelayRides, makes renting out your car even easier (hands-on video)

• Audi dealership lets you gesticulate your way to a new car using Kinect and multitouch

• Ca-Fi 621000 brings infotainment to cars with double DIN / without Connect or Sync

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: origami Yoda, high-speed rail line and a self powered building

• Zero Motorcycles recalls 2012 models with 'lack of weatherproofing'

• Japanese company releasing do-it-yourself Pius electric vehicle, name sounds vaguely familiar

• BMW brings iDrive Touch, 3D maps to ConnectedDrive, LTE integration coming soon

• For sale by owner: 1954 flying Taylor AEROCAR, yours now for only $1.25 million (video)

• Green Automotive to acquire Land Rover-converter Liberty Electric for $17 million

• BMW's 3 and 7 Series to be the first with Nuance's Dragon Drive! Messaging aboard

• Roskva electric motorcycle revealed in Norway with carbon fiber chassis and clothes

• Toyota sends out free Entune upgrade, adds three apps and voice control

• Japanese group transmits electricity through 4-inch concrete block, could power cars on roads

• Artega fails to sell auto business, files for bankruptcy

• Carnegie Mellon smart headlight prototype blacks out raindrops for clearer view of the road

• Production R8 e-tron sets lap record at Nürburgring, Audi gains more EV bragging rights

• Mercedes reportedly scraps hybrid plan for B-Class E-Cell Plus EV, going all-in on electrons with Tesla

Gaming (636)

• Escape Plan visits the Underground in new DLC

• Know Your Lore: Why the war had to happen

• Take-Two investor call theme: Where's Grand Theft Auto 5?

• DC Universe Online unveils revamps for existing powers

• Where in Warcraft: Getting the picture

• Borderlands 2 third highest pre-ordered game for Take-Two behind Grand Theft Auto

• Tillers previews from El's Extreme Anglin' and Wowhead

• Zentia announces the end of its run

• Take-Two's first quarter of fiscal 2013 is down and out, projections still high

• EA: Origin service hits 21 million users

• New game coming from creators of The Incident

• Battlefield 3 Premium has over 1.3 million subscribers

• SimCity Social has over 10 million monthly active users

• Max Payne 3 shipped 3 million, sales 'lower than anticipated'

• Original version of Spelunky now playable in your browser

• Development timeline: Silent Hill Book of Memories

• Divekick finds a publisher, kills Kickstarter fundraiser

• Reverb Publishing adds its touch to Jane Jensen's Cognition

• The Secret World's first update is now live, includes marketplace and bonus rewards

• PSA: Transformers: Fall of Cybertron demo out now

• EA gets a new CFO

• Final Fantasy 3 joining Ouya launch lineup

• OUYA partners with Square Enix, names Final Fantasy III as launch title

• The Soapbox: 'L2P' and the antisocial MMO

• The Daily Grind: Why is there so much hate for game companies?

• Breakfast Topic: Looking forward to Mists of Pandaria, back on the past

• Sleeping Dogs gets limited edition in Hong Kong

• IGDA executive director resigns, joins China's Tencent

• OnLive spreads to Belgium

• Free furry, gender-swapped DLC for Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

• UK adopts PEGI rating system, can prosecute for underage sales

• Playdead's Project 2 uses Unity, may share 'ideas' with Limbo

• Star Wars/Battletech scribe Michael Stackpole to write new WoW novel

• Katamari Damacy rolling into New York Museum of Modern Art

• Final Fantasy XIV is heating up another round of the Moonfire Faire

• Report: Activision may have paid 'tens of millions' to West, Zampella

• Rumor: Media from MW3's September DLC drop leaked

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD success merits 'a fuller game,' Robomodo says

• Square Enix bringing FFXIV, Lara, Agent 47, Sleeping Dogs guy to Gamescom

• Blood Pact: When datamining is not what it seems

• Industry execs conclude that gamers like free games

• NYC! Go play arcade games with a bunch of game industry folks tomorrow night!

• Exploring the unknown parts of XCOM: Enemy Unknown

• Capcom's quarterly earnings strong on Dragon's Dogma, social games

• E3 commits to Los Angeles through 2015

• E3 2013 confirmed for Los Angeles, taking place June 11-13

• Official Olympics game takes gold on UK charts

• Breakfast Topic: Your other character isn't here

• The Daily Grind: How many skill options do you really need?

• Origins of Malu to have playable demo at PAX Prime

• EVE Evolved: Sandboxes make the best stories

• Switched On: For OUYA, it's game on

• Notch: Minecraft occupies a genderless world, even for that guy

• Know Your Lore: Getting into the lore of Mists

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition has cross-platform playability

• Funcom details The Secret World's celebration weekend

• Rise and Shiny: Family Guy Online

• The Daily Grind: Should games offer a midpoint between pre-made builds and completely free builds?

• Handling style conflicts in roleplay

• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron demo available next week, now for GameStop preorders

• Techland files trademark for 'Dead Stop'

• The Mog Log: The zone design of Final Fantasy XIV

• Final Fantasy brings the Warriors of Light to Android

• The Road to Mordor: All hail the Farmer's Faire!

• Rock Band Weekly: Killswitch Engage

• WRUP: Sorry about failing to save your fantasy world edition

• The Daily Grind: Where's the line between expansion and patch?

• Super Stickman Golf 2 tees up for launch later this year

• WRUP: Free ticket to the Borderlands

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD earns 120K sales

• Interview on The War Z outlines more on gameplay and design goals

• Ty the Tasmanian Tiger returning for his tenth anniversary

• The Secret World is free-to-play next weekend

• Star Trek Online's Foundry is back online, sort of

• Battlefield 3 'Aftermath' DLC in December, 'End Game' in March

• GameStop CEO finds digital used market 'interesting'

• EA's Battlefield 3 ad campaign on Facebook shows 440 percent return on investment

• Challenge modes provide new teleportation options

• Postcards from The Secret World: A R'lyeh close look at multiplayer

• End of Nations second closed beta event scheduled for early August

• Pirate101 co-creator: 'Our goal is to become the Pixar of online gaming'

• Valve, Blizzard wary of Windows 8

• RIFT exclusive: Storm Legion lore bonanza

• Phantasy Star Online 2 tops 700,000 users, 91,000 concurrent

• Super Joystiq Podcast 012: Dead Space 3, Comic-Con 2012, industry layoffs

• The Secret World will open to everyone during one-month celebration next weekend

• DICE 'committed' to Battlefield 3 even after Battlefield 4's launch

• CD Projekt's multiplayer job listing is research-oriented

• The Queue: Ubers and lowbers

• OUYA to get OnLive gameplay at launch, console's full controller gets pictured

• Around Azeroth: A plant in our midst

• CCP's Jon Lander discusses the emotional attachment players have with EVE Online

• Borderlands 2 baddies are smarter than you think

• Ouya's getting game streaming via OnLive (also, look at the full controller)

• MMO Blender: Bree's big-budget sandbox

• The Daily Grind: Do you create a character around a name or a name around a character?

• Jaws and Drax actors reprise roles in 007 Legends, written by GoldenEye scribe

• Play Black Ops 2, God of War: Ascension, Dead Space 3 and more at GameStop Expo

• CD Projekt Red hiring multiplayer programmer for two upcoming RPGs

• The MMO Report: Ongoing zombie addiction edition

• Warface takes a shot at the west, from Crytek and Trion Worlds

• Ask Massively: Safe for work edition

• Battlefield 3: Aftermath DLC adds four maps in post-earthquake Tehran

• Canceled Mojang project was a first-person shooter

• Vigil: Darksiders 3 depends on Darksiders 2 sales, could be smaller in scope

• The Guild Counsel: The merit in MMOs and the greatness in guilds

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 hesitates on the shot, delayed into 2013

• Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition arrives Sept. 18, discounted pre-orders now open

• RIFT community team answers (almost) anything

• The inside story of the making of Warcraft on Kotaku

• Mojang cans collaboration with unannounced studio

• Chaos Theory: Four essential Secret World tips

• GDC Online announces John Smedley for keynote

• Troll shaman proves a lady can never have too many dresses

• Latest City of Steam dev journal highlights the Ostenians

• The Queue: Two days -- I was off by two days

• Darksiders studio hiring devs with FPS experience

• Around Azeroth: Irresistible impulses

• Zynga betting on real money-based gambling in games, starting in 2013

• The Daily Grind: How would you design an MMO's endgame?

• Ubisoft bringing AC3, Liberation, Far Cry 3, Zombi U and more to Gamescom

• UK pre-order bonuses take shape for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

• Capcom and iam8bit hosting 25 Years of Street Fighter art show in LA

• Zynga lowers 2012 outlook after reporting $22.8M loss for Q2

• MMO Family: Moving beyond the mundane in kid-friendly MMOs

• Raid testing schedule for Thursday, July 26

• Resident Evil 6 pre-orders from Capcom store include rain protection device

• Pre-order XCOM to get a classic flat-top hairdo

• Dress like the Jet Set with new Sega clothing line

• Blizzard giving away even more MoP beta keys on Facebook

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

• id Software hiring for next-generation console game

• Smedley takes to Twitter to clarify PlanetSide 2 beta

• A cautionary tale of lockouts and low-pop realms

• Just Cause 2 players get bonus threads in Sleeping Dogs

• SpellTower offers fun word-based board-clearing game

• Nexon showing Shadow Company, unannounced project at Gamescom

• Firefall's Dreadnaught gets a serious beta tune-up

• Free for All: A roundtable look at Maestia

• Resident Evil: Operation: Raccoon City soundtrack on sale now

• More Puzzle Quest coming from reborn indie Infinite Interactive

• Choose My Adventure: The indie edition

• Dead Space 3's Isaac Clarke as 'the reluctant participant'

• The Queue: I found a treasure chest

• The Rumble Fish series returning ... to arcades

• End of Nations dev diary explains lore

• Modern Warfare 3 ad too violent for UK soccer time

• Shadowrun Online details new business model, shows off gameplay footage

• Exclusive: Illyriad major trade update launching this week

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Two City of Heroes factions played as one

• The Daily Grind: Is it possible to get as attached to vehicles as avatars?

• Angry Birds with gesture controls collides with select Samsung Smart TVs

• PSA: Download Angry Birds on your expensive new TV today

• IronMonkey and Firemint merging into Firemonkeys, jungles burn across the world

• Astro launches A50 Wireless Gaming Headset

• QuakeCon 2012 schedule has panels full of Valve, Bethesda, id

• German consumer advocacy group accuses Blizzard of deceptive marketing with Diablo III

• Shadowrun Online changes business models during Kickstarter push

• EA joins Iron Monkey and Firemint mobile studios to create Firemonkeys

• Need for Speed World is two years old, have a fancy new car

• The Game Archaeologist interviews Puzzle Pirates' Matt Jensen

• Mists of Pandaria not required for pet battles

• First episode of The Walking Dead comes to iOS this Thursday

• Where in Warcraft: The difficulty ratchets higher

• The Soapbox: MMOs waste millions on voice-over

• AMD exec behind Wii and Xbox 360 graphics jumps the fence to NVIDIA

• Randy Pitchford can't believe you haven't copied Borderlands yet, game industry

• Quantum Conundrum doubles down on DLC this summer

• These are the beats to which you'll play NBA Baller Beats

• Mad Catz announces new Combat Pilot multiplayer flight sim

• Funcom outlines The Secret World's dungeon mechanics

• Conan O'Brien plays Minecraft, rates it a '26 C'

• The Queue: Expanding the account-wide items

• Daily iPhone App: Fieldrunners 2

• Square reaffirms existence of Versus XIII, continues not to show it

• Need for Speed World celebrates its second anniversary

• The Daily Grind: What game features your favorite concept art?

• Persona 4 Arena screens take a break from fighting

• Mistwalker's debut iOS title, Party Wave, catches some surf on iTunes

• First Wasteland 2 screenshot is only the beginning of development

• Robert Bowling on backing Ouya, the episodic nature of Human Element

• Daily iPad App: Great Big War Game

• Deep Silver taps Southend Interactive for multiplatform game

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online celebrates 25 years of The Next Generation

• Critical Path, more than an archive of interviews with your favorite devs

• Kingdoms of Amalur MMO 'wasn't fun,' Take-Two was mystery Reckoning 2 publisher

• A look at Curt Schilling's management of 38 Studios

• Bioware aims to reinvent Ultima with Ultima Forever

• Final Fantasy XIV patch 1.23 scheduled for July 26th

• Free On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 DLC coming 'soon,' fourth game coming

• thatgamecompany opens merch store with limited time bonuses

• Hideo Kojima discusses Metal Gear's history, promises Fox Engine reveal Aug. 30

• Reserve your Guild Wars 2 name by July 31st

• Shoot Many Robots: Arena Kings is a standalone F2P competitive shooter

• Worms Revolution gets classy this October

• Leaderboard: Ninja vs. pirate

• Silent Hill: Downpour studio Vatra Games 'under review' for closure, 'no decisions have yet been made'

• Rumor: Assassin's Creed 3 getting a 'Season Pass'

• Mojang sued for alleged patent infringement in Android version of Minecraft

• Ubisoft CEO ready for new consoles

• THQ hires Relic co-founder, former EA COO as new Exec. VP of Production

• Exclusive: Rusty Hearts Reborn launch trailer highlights new weapon specializations

• Around Azeroth: Fus ro dah!

• Luxembourg software company suing EA, Square Enix, several others over patent infringement

• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes flies five weeks over UK charts

• The Daily Grind: Are you sick of raid progression?

• Darksiders 2 presents Death's soundtrack, pre-order now

• Know Your Lore: Lor'themar Theron, Regent Lord of Quel'Thalas

• Stiq Flicks: Knights of the Old Republic I and II and Cloak & Dagger

• 'Critical Path' trailer is loaded with games industry talent

• Shifting Perspectives: Why play a druid?

• Indie Games Summer Uprising community vote crests soon [Update]

• Rise and Shiny: Dragon Eternity

• Around Azeroth: A modest proposal

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: The endless rage treadmill

• EA files $27 million settlement in lawsuit, cannot renew current NCAA license [Update]

• Arcane Brilliance: Why I still love my mage

• And the dungeons keep on shrinking

• The Mog Log: The zone design of Final Fantasy XI

• How to hop into a roleplaying guild

• Uniloc sues Mojang over alleged patent infringement in Android version of 'Mindcraft'

• WRUP: Everything peaked when I was first exposed to it edition

• The Daily Grind: Do you have a fallback MMO?

• Gearbox begins work on Mechromancer as Borderlands 2 wraps up

• The rules have changed: Wrapping up Super Monday Night Combat

• Devil's Third developer forms joint venture with Doobic

• Defense Grid 2 being funded by Kickstarter

• Patch 5.0.4 PTR patch notes now available

• PTR build 5.0.4 available and forums are live

• Super Joystiq Podcast 011: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, Battlefield 4, Fez patches, Comic-Con 2012

• Rock Band Weekly: Foster the People, The Strokes

• MMObility: Glitch's beta grows, charging along the way

• Postcards from The Secret World: Riddles in the dark

• Guild Wars 2's Sanctum of Rall shard named after late gamer

• Final Fantasy 25th anniversary celebration includes FFXIII 'developments' talk

• 25 percent off character transfers this weekend

• MMO Blender: Matt's immersive cyberpunk monstrosity

• The Daily Grind: Do you remember your first guild leader?

• Dead Space 3 tone shift based on research, scares more palatable with pal

• Breakfast Topic: What makes a good daily quest?

• Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances now playable in your browser

• Osmos gets its multiplayer update

• THQ shuttering Arizona QA facility, moving all QA to Montreal this year

• The Guild Counsel: Bad gamers

• The MMO Report: Not Casey Schreiner edition

• Deadpool comic author Daniel Way is writing the Deadpool game

• Sevencore beta registration open, Occupation Wars mechanics detailed

• Saints Row: The Third downloadable for $10 on Amazon today

• OUYA console's first exclusive game is 'Human Element' prequel from former Call of Duty maker

• Fieldrunners 2 available now

• Ni no Kuni pre-order program plays on Kickstarter concept to hand out more stuff

• Marvel Heroes unveils Rocket Raccoon

• Chinese MMO developer accused of plagiarizing Torchlight backs down

• Ouya's first exclusive game: a prequel to Robert Bowling's 'Human Element'

• Star Trek Online celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Next Generation

• Guild helps anxiety-ridden players get by with a little help from their friends

• The War Z zombie MMO coming soon

• Reuters: Vivendi finds 'few takers' on Activision stake sale, eyes other departments

• Ubisoft sales up in last quarter thanks to Ghost Recon

• Ubisoft offering free and cheap iOS games right now

• Torchlight 2 devs still planning summer launch

• ArcheAge's fifth Korean closed beta coming in August

• World of Warcraft and personal revelations

• EGLS to 'modify some parts' of its iOS MMO in wake of Torchlight asset theft accusations

• Blizzard CEO on Diablo 3 problems, incoming improvements

• Bigpoint company shake-up includes closing mobile games development

• Blizzard acknowledges Diablo III always-on is DRM

• Salarymen return to Tokyo Jungle (as DLC)

• Ask Massively: Owls, the bears of the sky edition

• Scattered Shots: PvP Stampede and more beta hunter changes

• The Daily Grind: Can we talk about Batman?

• Breakfast Topic: What made you play WoW?

• Assassin's Creed: Forsaken novel out Dec. 3, will tell story of Connor

• QuakeCon 2012 to have playable Dishonored, Doom 3 BFG Edition

• Fight Night team developing EA Sports UFC

• Polytron bringing back Fez patch, won't fix save issues

• Shadowrun Online aims for Kickstarter funding

• Capcom Vancouver lays off 20 staffers [update]

• Amazon Kindle alum overseeing Ouya production, hiring

• One Piece: Pirate Warriors and Thundercats out (separately) September 25

• EA's Origin servers offline tonight for maintenance

• Double Dragon Neon starts dispensing high fives September 11

• There will be multiple ways to get into the Battlefield 4 beta

• More THQ stockholders suing THQ over uDraw

• Know Your Lore: The mystery of Morgan's Militia

• Another Battlefield Play4Free studio GM leaves EA

• The Light and How to Swing It: Fixing Inquisition

• Rule your own allod in Allods Online's new expansion

• New patch and level-jumping event for Vindictus Europe

• A PvP glossary of comps, cleaves, and colloquialisms

• Hero Academy's Team Fortress 2 team sounds pretty powerful

• The Queue: Imakuni? Really?

• Hang with the Star Trek Online devs in Las Vegas

• Around Azeroth: A restroom of eternal rest

• Minecraft: Pocket Edition gets furnaces

• Torchlight assets allegedly stolen by Chinese MMO [Updated]

• The Daily Grind: What game would you love to have designed just for you?

• Age of Empires creator starts another studio, this time for mobile

• David Perry 'sure' new Earthworm Jim will eventually happen

• Star Trek Online shows off the new Tholian Lock Box

• Torchlight art found in iOS MMO; MMO dev denies theft against strong evidence

• OnLive controller to support Nexus 7 soon

• Paramount files World War Z game trademark

• The Elder Scrolls Online's Matt Firor on moving the franchise online

• Where in Warcraft: The Final Straw edition!

• In-fighting to win in Behemoth's Battleblock Theater

• RuneScape general store makes its debut

• DC Universe Online's Tides of War summer content goes live

• Team Matticus takes on the updated Pet Battle system

• MMO Roundup: Don't stab your neighbors

• Hyperspace Beacon: Tips for roleplaying in The Old Republic

• Ouya misconceptions: Not seeking funds outside of Kickstarter, F2P with a twist

• SWTOR executive producer leaves BioWare; new layoffs rumored [Updated: BioWare responds]

• Gamigo to bring UFO Online and more to Gamescom 2012

• Double Fine Kickstarter backer rewards now shipping

• DICE vows continued support for Battlefield 3 in light of Battlefield 4 announcement

• The Soapbox: BioWare, meet ZeniMax; ZeniMax, this is BioWare

• Kojima: 'leaked' Metal Gear Solid 5 logo is fake

• The Daily Grind: Does redefining the term MMORPG help or hurt the genre?

• Breakfast Topic: Are you ever jealous of the opposite faction?

• Epic shares Gears of War insight and trivia at Comic-Con panel

• Mass Effect 3 single-player DLC to focus on Shepard

• American McGee on F2P, Ouya and his 'acceptable' experience with EA

• Boston Festival of Indie Games starts on Sept. 22

• Obsidian Nightwing now available as Recruit-A-Friend mount

• Need for Speed: Most Wanted limited edition and pre-order bonuses revealed

• Portal 2 Lego set reaches support goal, is off to review by 'Lego jury'

• Adventure Time 'collector's edition' not a GameStop exclusive

• Nival unveils new heroes for upcoming Prime World

• Hello Kitty X Street Fighter plushies heading to a Hot Topic near you

• Influential indies on the brouhaha around Ouya

• City of Steam schedules debut of a new playable race each alpha weekend

• Konami calls Metal Gear Solid 5 Comic-Con screens 'fake rumours,' denies secret reveal

• These aren't the Metal Gear Rising screens we would have picked

• Wreck-it Ralph wanders into Sonic racing game

• Ouya talks Tegra 3 with NVIDIA, 'might consider' early developer access to console's circuit board

• The Daily Grind: Is it game over if you can't design your own character?

• Stiq Figures, July 2 - 8: Sega history lesson edition

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 receiving 'over 100 swimsuits' as pre-order bonus

• Breakfast Topic: Have you ever switched mains for your friends?

• The Daily Grind: Do you have faction pride?

• Adidas miCoach out now on European Xbox 360s and PS3s, connects to cameras and own hardware

• Rampant Speculation Theater presents: BioWare teases single Mass Effect 3 image

• Overheard at Comic-Con: The battle for Seth Killian

• Capcom announces Jojo's Bizarre Adventure HD, coming to PSN and XBLA August 21/22

• The Mog Log: Distinct linked games

• When is it OK to drop character while roleplaying?

• Deadpool game coming from High Moon Studios

• SOE offers DCUO, EQII, and EQ sub discounts next week

• This weekend's Mass Effect 3 event is 'Operation Broadside'

• Rumor: Battlefield 4 outed by Medal of Honor: Warfighter pre-order promotion

• The Daily Grind: Is looting important in MMOs?

• Rock Band Weekly: The B-52s take Staind and Young the Giant to the Love Shack

• WRUP: Far Cry relaxation therapy

• Obisidian goes obscene with South Park: The Stick of Truth

• Third time's the charm: Live-action Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist series announced

• Get your faction change at 25% off through the weekend

• Overheard@Comic-con: A nerd walks into a video game store...

• Assassin's Creed 3 multiplayer: Domination and Wolfpack modes

• Gears of War: Judgment launching on March 19, 2013 [update]

• Blizzard unveils new products at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

• This year's PAX 10: JS Joust, Offspring Fling!, Puzzlejuice and more

• MMObility: Fourteen MMOs that you can play anywhere

• Super Joystiq Podcast 010: EVO 2012, The Secret World, Dyad, Ouya

• Storyboard: The RIFT project

• Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 lead designer David Goldfarb exits DICE

• Modern Warfare 3's July content for Elite PS3 and Xbox 360 subscribers

• Phat Loot Phriday: Reins of the Crimson Pandaren Phoenix

• The Firing Line: DayZ, Forge, and Rapid Assault

• Asteroids is joining the ranks of MMOs

• MMO Blender: Beau's portable, accessible, and casually immersive mashup

• The Queue: Different warlock

• Borderlands 2: Shooting and slicing with Axton and Zero

• The Secret World's first content update is coming July 31st

• World of Warcraft charity auction raises $330,000 for St. Jude

• RaiderZ announces closed beta date, PAX trip giveaway

• ArcheAge sends invites for next closed beta, earns Mature rating in Korea

• The Daily Grind: Do you play on a roleplay server as a non-roleplayer?

• Orcs Must Die 2 unlocks free co-op 'Classic mode' for owners of first game

• Minecraft and Trials Evolution getting free DLC to celebrate 5 years of Summer of Arcade

• Boon hopes Injustice: Gods Among Us is 'first step' in a new direction for NetherRealm

• PSA: Rovio's Amazing Alex out on iOS and Android

• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 hitting NA in Spring 2013

• Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs delayed to 2013

• Assassin's Creed: The Fall comic now available on iPad

• RIFT offers a new cat mount for sale

• Beyond: Two Souls features 160 actors, Ellen Page in a submarine

• NPD: Nintendo 3DS sales hit 5 million in US, Xbox 360 still claims the console crown

• Rhianna Pratchett announced as lead writer on Tomb Raider

• June NPD: Lego Batman 2 on top, hardware and software sales still down year over year

• The Secret World's July content patch teased, world-altering changes discussed

• Willem Dafoe not starring in Beyond: Two Souls, Kadeem Hardison is

• See Cyborg and Nightwing in Injustice: Gods Among Us

• Marvel Heroes turns the flame on with the Human Torch

• Where in Warcraft: The difficult balance edition

• Ask Massively: All deckbuilders, all the time edition

• Epic's Fortnite is a 'fresh and bubbly' co-op survival sandbox game

• 9 reader tips for making gold

• Report: Global MMO spending to top $12 billion in 2012

• Far Cry 2 creative lead Clint Hocking now working for Valve

• The Guild Counsel: Five golden rules of raid leadership

• Transmogging Final Fantasy 6: Terra, Locke, and Celes

• Catch Trion's End of Nations livestream tonight

• Dragon Soul's Power of the Aspects to 30% next week

• Make your friends play Metal Slug 3 on a phone

• CCP wins Best Indie Studio award at Develop

• The Secret World devs to host exclusive livestream on Friday the 13th

• Obsidian Nightwing is the new RAF mount

• D3 Publisher reveals Earth Defense Forces 4 with Japanese teaser page

• Steal a glance at two Grand Theft Auto 5 screens

• Funcom working on The Secret World's chat issues

• Grandpappy Frostheim on dumbing the game down

• EA's Paul Barnett: Ultima Forever reboot is not an MMO

• The Daily Grind: What's the best guild you ever joined?

• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 characters in sprite form

• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron multiplayer rolls out at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

• Nightwing and Cyborg coming to Injustice: Gods Among Us

• Spartacus Legends is based on Spartacus show, fighting for consoles in 2013

• DCUO announces Tides of War summer event

• Blizzard's schedule for Comic-Con 2012

• Wolf down some new Okami HD screens

• Claim 1 of 450 Mists of Pandaria beta keys while supplies last

• The Last Story finally comes to North America on Aug. 14

• Diablo 3 character profiles preview now available

• Witcher franchise tops 4 million units sold

• PSA: Battlefield 3 'Matches' mode now available

• End of Nations' elite units and 56-player battles

• Addon Spotlight: 6 addons you shouldn't play without

• Forza Horizon collector's edition, pre-order goodies revealed

• Free for All: Ryzom might still be the most original MMO there is

• Know Your Lore: The unmakers of worlds

• Awesomenauts update out soon, adding new characters and balance tweaks

• Editorial: Ouya's success is opportunity missed for Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

• Rumor: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure HD coming from Capcom

• The hardcore game is dead

• BioWare-Mythic says F2P is the 'democratization of game prices'

• Ghost Recon: Future Soldier 'Arctic Strike' Map Pack DLC hits July 17

• Mass Effect 3's 'Earth' DLC officially detailed, still free

• MMO Family: Jumping into learning with JumpStart

• The Queue: I'm gonna light you up

• Choose My Adventure: A last round of TERA dungeons with Higiri

• Around Azeroth: A vengeful spirit

• Report: Rocksteady's next Batman game to be a Silver Age-based prequel

• Aeria accepting Born to Fire closed beta signups

• Encrypted Text: Breaking down Shadow Blades

• The Daily Grind: How do you like your MMO PvP?

• Alien Breed hatches on iOS this August

• Richard Garriott's Portalarium secures $7 million funding for iOS social RPG

• Ouya gaming console raises $2 million on Kickstarter, doesn't know what to do with it

• Custom Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater figures shouldn't hide in a box

• Wasteland 2 will include the original Wasteland

• Max Payne 3 'Cheater Pool' is live, don't get stuck in it

• Richard Garriott's Portalarium raises $7 million in funding

• MMO Roundup: Politics, cosplay, and The Secret World

• The rules have changed: Paying for Super Monday Night Combat

• Pigs beware: Angry Birds Trilogy coming to 3DS, PS3 and Xbox 360 later this year

• The Game Archaeologist: Puzzle Pirates

• Ouya passes Kickstarter goal on first day at $950K and rising

• OUYA's $99 Android-based gaming console meets Kickstarter goal: $950k in under 12 hours (update: it's a record)

• Soapbox: In defense of achievements

• MMO subscriber numbers have peaked, says industry analyst

• Hello Kitty Sonic is first character collaboration from Sanrio and Sega

• Jason Citron picks up funding with new gaming company Phoenix Guild

• 'Leviathan' DLC for Mass Effect 3 confirmed by voice actor

• Angry Birds Trilogy goes retail on 3DS, Xbox 360 and PS3

• Perfect World teases new Swordsman Online screens

• Blizzard introduces guild mentoring program

• The Secret World adding server dimension to meet player demand

• Ouya console seeks funding through Kickstarter

• Black Ops 2 soundtrack bolstered by Trent Reznor, Mass Effect composer Jack Wall

• League of Legends store offers new skins and limited-time champion bundle

• SWTOR announces new free trial, referral reward, and Allies promotion [Updated]

• Around Azeroth: Mistaken identity

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Bigger on the inside

• Mass Effect 3's 'Earth' multiplayer DLC out next week, totally free

• Mega Man to meet Sonic in upcoming comics

• Hyperspace Beacon: Easy money in SWTOR

• The Daily Grind: Are you a theory-crafter?

• OUYA's Android-based, hackable game console now official: we chat with designer Yves Behar (update: funded)

• Capcom plans panels and booth action for SDCC next weekend

• Cocos2D 2.0 available now

• Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile DLC announced

• LucasArts hiring for unannounced FPS project

• Rockstar Vancouver studio closed, staff asked to join new facility in Toronto

• Reflections on moving from a PvP to a PvE realm

• Former 38 Studios Creative Director provides context for leaked trailer

• Final Fantasy 7 update isn't updated with microtransactions

• New MechWarrior Online Q&A focuses on weapons and environments

• Activision's mobile studio working on Pitfall

• Captain's Log: Tholians come to STO and Cryptic's cryptic answers

• Joystiq's mobile site redone and relaunched at m.joystiq.com

• Fassbender's Assassin's Creed character not necessarily Desmond

• Project Copernicus announcement trailer released [Updated]

• Trailer leaked for 38 Studios' Amalur MMO

• Raid, Ruin, Sleep, and Dream with Square Enix at Comic-Con

• Leaderboard: Open world vs. instanced PvP

• Blood Pact: Do a double take in your spellbook

• NiGHTS transformed for Sonic and All-Stars Racing

• Star Supremacy holds storyline contest

• Officers' Quarters: When you're asked to pass on loot

• Pitchford: Brothers in Arms Furious 4 still exists, 'has evolved'

• Phantasy Star Online 2 coming to NA and EU early next year [update: it's official!]

• Breakfast Topic: What removed game feature would you like to see back?

• The Daily Grind: Should MMOs have something for everyone?

• Borderlands hipsters get skins, heads with 'Vault Veterans' rewards

• Blizzard panel and Sam Didier at the San Diego Comic-Con 2012

• EVE Evolved: Four things MMOs can learn from EVE

• TERA guild farms itself for political gain, playerbase outraged

• Report: How Homefront's developer crumbled

• Max Payne Mobile update adds iCloud support, tweaks controls

• Around Azeroth: Terrorguard rising

• Breakfast Topic: What's your gold making secret?

• The Daily Grind: Do you find post-launch games intimidating to start playing?

• Street Fighter X Tekken DLC adds 12 new characters July 31

• Sir Paul McCartney writing music for Bungie

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's baroque crafting

• Arcane Brilliance: Weighing the level 90 mage talents

• Teaser site reveals High Moon-developed 'Hit Monkey'

• The Light and How to Swing It: The shrinking paladin toolbox

• The Walking Dead Season 2 insinuated by Telltale

• Watch the EVO 2012 Championship Series World Finals right here

• Engadget emblem in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor makes uncontrollable VTs more stylish

• The Daily Grind: Should MMOs recycle old rewards?

• Breakfast Topic: Is camping a rare spawn actually worth the effort?

• The History of Sonic the Hedgehog available for pre-order on Amazon

• Atlus explains Persona 4 Arena's region lock, expresses surprise at 'force' of community disapproval

• Star Trek Online gets a new installment of Ask Cryptic

• Download the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC soundtrack for free

• MadCatz producing limited edition EVO fightsticks

• Blizzard clarifies Challenge Mode gear scaling

• Rock Band Weekly: Daughtry

• Molyneux's first 22 Cans experiment Curiosity hits iOS, Android and PC August 22

• Funcom extends grace period for pre-order customers

• Rambo: The Video Game to emerge from the jungle at Gamescom

• Phat Loot Phriday: Lucky Quilen Cub

• Allods Online previews patch 3.0.4, spills new server details

• Super Joystiq Podcast 009: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, Spelunky, Gaikai

• A roadmap to The Secret World's ability wheel

• The Walking Dead becoming an FPS from Terminal Reality

• Funcom shares fall, Tornquist defends The Secret World's sub fee

• MMObility: Developments in Gaikai, OnLive shine light on streaming future

• MMO Blender: Larry's Firefly Effect

• Take a deep breath, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 delayed

• Tales of Xillia localization revealed at Japan Expo [update: coming in 2013]

• Devil's Third heading to 'digital devices' as well as consoles and PC

• Taikodom prepares for August closed beta

• The Walking Dead's third episode due 'middle of August,' Telltale says

• The Daily Grind: How long do you wait before looking up a puzzle's solution online?

• Mojang's Scrolls moves into closed alpha

• Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition out on July 10

• Battlefield 3 introduces 'Matches,' customized competitive multiplayer

• How Bowling's 'Human Element' brings real places into the zombie world

• Attunements and why they must never return

• Ask Massively: I hope you enjoyed your explosions edition

• Nokia and Namco Bandai bring arcade classics to Asha Touch line

• Vanguard welcomes the return of Brad McQuaid

• The Perfect Ten: Amazing amateur MMO cosplay

• Blizzard: Diablo 3's 'item hunt' endgame isn't sustainable

• Gaikai hits Samsung 7000 series TVs in beta, despite Sony acquisition

• GameDock would turn your iPhone into a retro gaming station

• Drakensang raises Atlantis update from the deeps

• Buy Max Payne 3 from Amazon, get free Red Dead Redemption

• Transmog into the Masters of the Universe

• APB's Reloaded Games merges with parent company

• Transfer your SWTOR character, get an in-game pet

• Modern Warfare 3 hits 'Terminal' condition July 17, for free

• Addon Spotlight: Alt Management Addons

• The Guild Counsel: What barbecue teaches us about raid leadership

• Minecraft 1.3 to merge single and multiplayer, coming August 1

• Blizzard admits Diablo III lacks 'long-term sustainable end-game'

• ArcheAge seeks info on Western demographics with survey

• Devil's Third rights relinquished to Itagaki's Valhalla Games

• WildStar's holidays on display

• The Daily Grind: Do you join a new guild in each new MMO?

• Gaikai's cloud gaming beta arrives on cue to high-end Samsung Smart TVs

• Know Your Lore: Top 10 magnificent bastards of Warcraft, part 2

• Insert Coin: GameDock lets your iPhone interface with a TV and controllers, game it old school

• Encrypted Text: The 4 unspoken laws of rogue duels

• City of Heroes shows off the Water Blasting set under development

• How to lose your head in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD multiplayer

• PvP Mailbag: Why isn't my team progressing in Arena?

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: All we need are radio missions

• Tornquist: The Secret World's combat 'radically different' [Updated]

• Pirate101 to harness 'the Pixar effect' for a multi-generational audience

• The Daily Grind: If all MMOs were completely free, would it change your gaming habits?

• Divekick, a fighting game parody of fighting games, hits Kickstarter

• 'Terminal' map taxis its way to Modern Warfare 3

• Sega's Fourth of July sale includes iOS, Android, PSN and XBLA savings

• OnLive support dropped from Sony media player post-Gaikai purchase [Update: support not dropped, says OnLive]

• Report: Xbox co-creator backing $99, Android-based game console (and all its games are free!)

• EU ruling forces digital distribution to allow game transfers, may lead to legal account sales

• Broken Sword developer joins comic artist Dave Gibbons for new game

• All MW3 and Black Ops maps half off for Independence Day

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD 'THPS 3' DLC brings back the revert

• Free-to-play details for Vanguard released

• Patch 5.0.1 PTR testing to begin soon, beta accounts will not have access

• Sega teases ... something to do with NiGHTS

• Game of Thrones MMO subtitled 'Seven Kingdoms'

• Joymax announces Knight Age, opens beta for one week

• End of Nations beta starts July 20th, founder's edition guarantees access

• Frogster changes name to Gameforge Berlin AG

• CoD goes to China with 'Call of Duty Online,' from Activision and Tencent

• The Daily Grind: Has an MMO launch ever lived up to your expectations?

• Pachter: Activision Blizzard spinoff 'far more likely' than Vivendi sale

• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD gets THPS 3 content as DLC for $5

• GuildOx data shows 50% decline in raiding guild activity

• Gibeau says EA mostly ignores NPD reports; NPD knows 'for a fact' major publishers use them

• Eligium is shutting down

• Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars Directors Cut brings point-and-poke adventure to Android

• Darkfall kicks off its ultimate promotion

• Activision and High Moon announcing Marvel project at SDCC

• Gold Capped: Spirit of Harmony crafting limitations

• NPD estimates $3.40B in game sales in Q1 2012

• Funcom's CEO steps down on the day of The Secret World's launch

• Exclusive: Grimlands dev talks post-apocalyptic PvP, item decay, and more

• NISA's Niikawa confirms eventual Disgaea 5

• Spiritual Guidance: Mindbender vs. Power Word: Solace

• Game of Thrones MMO announces full name, upcoming trailer

• Jaina Proudmoore: Tides of War excerpt

• Get overprepared for Max Payne 3's DLC with these previews

• Leaderboard: Fantasy vs. sci-fi vs. contemporary setting

• Battlefield 3 players get double XP this week

• Fez creator Phil Fish working on two new games

• Tilt to Live studio's next game Outwitters launches on July 5

• Funcom patches The Secret World's chat issues, other stuff

• Limbo now available in physical, goodie-filled special edition

• Sony invests in cloud-streaming with purchase of Gaikai

• Black Ops 2 takes pre-orderers back to Nuketown

• Chaos Theory: Early access to The Secret World

• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes secures UK top spot for second week

• The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of offline-leveling?

• Gordon Freeman action figure has no push-button catch phrases

• Shifting Perspectives: An additional dimension for the balance druid rotation

• Potential OnLive integration in Sony Internet player

• The Repopulation recaps a successful June

• The Daily Grind: What game have you waited past launch to play?

Google (48)

• Google postponing Nexus Q launch to 'make it better,' sending a free device to those who pre-ordered

• Google brings NYC subway alerts to Maps, makes public transit a little more bearable

• Google Earth, Maps get new high-res aerial and satellite imagery

• Google confirms it still has a 'small portion' of Street View WiFi data, apologizes

• PSA: Google's 3D City View and Tour Guide arrives for Google Earth on iOS today

• Google Talk down for 'majority of users' (update: services restored)

• Project Glass pre-orderers welcomed as 'Explorers', promised super secret updates on progress

• Google updates YouTube, Nexus Q and Play Movies & TV apps in one fell swoop

• Google search nerds out, adds full-button scientific calculator

• Google regulatory filings reveal Motorola's worth: IP is nearly half of the company's value

• Nexus Q starts shipping in earnest from Google Play, social streaming reaches our doors in five days

• Sparrow acquired by Google, team to work on "new projects"

• Google acquires Sparrow, the Apple-focused email app maker

• Google hits $12.21 billion in revenue for Q2 2012 (update: Motorola figures)

• French Supreme Court orders Google to censor piracy related terms in Instant search and Autocomplete

• Google improves maps for several countries, helps you follow the path well trodden

• Google Play Books starts a new chapter in France

• Google launches Gmail SMS for text-based email in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya

• Google rolls out final Jelly Bean SDK for download

• Google opens Web Lab at London's Science Museum, because 'the internet is incredible'

• Google hires designers from Cuban Council to work on Google+

• Google searches for criminals in bid to reduce global crime

• Google patents Project Glass motion-based theft detection, locks up if it feels 'unnatural' movement

• Google gently tweaks offline experience for Docs, rolling out to Drive users now

• Google Takeout introduces transfer tool for Google+ circles, merges your work and personal life

• Google brings five California-based US National Parks into Street View

• Google starts shipping Nexus 7 pre-orders, writes a rhyme to celebrate

• Google delivers My Tracks 2.0 for Android, includes playback in Google Earth and aggregation of statistics

• Google Maps adds walking directions for 44 African countries on web and mobile

• Chrome OS version 20 hits stable release channel, brings Google Drive and Aura UI for Cr-48s along

• Google Chrome 22 dev release drops OS X Leopard support

• Google Maps adds floor plans and walking directions for 20 US museums

• Google drops OS X Leopard support for Chrome 22 dev release

• Google could pay $22.5M fine for violating Apple users' privacy

• New Google Chrome beta lets webcams go plugin-free, video chat gets a lot less Flashy

• Is Google selling the Nexus 7 at a loss?

• Google confirms Galaxy Nexus was pulled from Play store due to injunction, will return next week

• Google retiring iGoogle, Google Mini, others for 'spring cleaning'

• Google patent filing would identify faces in videos, spot the You in YouTube

• Google indoor maps comes to the UK, helps commuter meet pasty in record time

• Google Places for iOS becomes Google+ Local, adds voice search in the process

• Google Chrome searches redirecting to blank.html (Update: fixed!)

• Google shocker: American web company says web boosted American economy by $500 billion

• Google's Patrick Brady tells us how the Nexus 7 went from 'start to finish in four months'

• Google offers to settle with EU over antitrust gripes, olive branch now fully extended

• Nokia claims Nexus 7 treads on its WiFi patents, wants a little dough for that Jelly Bean (updated: Nokia statement)

• Google launches Mobile App Analytics along with Analytics App for Android, creates endless loop

• Switched On: The fight, the fancy, and the future

Health (7)

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Hunters get new challenges for rare pets

• Researchers develop femtosecond laser that can diagnose, blast cancerous tumors

• Kill3rCombo bumps Elsword level cap to 56, offers giveaways

• Research shows that lab-engineered muscle responds to a workout

• Vibrating glove gives piano lessons, helps rehab patients regain finger sensation and motor skills

• Shifting Perspectives: Mists of Pandaria shopping list for guardian druids

• LEGO Portal gun doesn't have enough features

Laptops (18)

• Lenovo unveils toughened ThinkPad X131e for education, hikes price to $499

• MSI outs new CR41 notebook, hopes you like the color royal bronze

• OLPC XO Touch 1.75 to use Neonode tech, take multi-touch on world tour

• MSI GT60 and GT70 gaming laptops get NVIDIA GTX 680M graphics, available now from $1,899

• Dell Precision M4700, M6700 business laptops suit up (update)

• Dell M4700, 6700 documents leak, ruins the surprise for laptop fans

• Dell to ship XPS 13 with Ubuntu Linux in some areas, Precise Pangolin goes ultraportable

• Samsung Series 9 13-inch lands 1.9GHz Core i7, 256GB SSD edition for the power user set

• Crucial ships mSATA-based m4 SSD upgrade, your Ultrabook never felt better

• How the new MacBook Pros got EPEAT Gold rating

• MacBook Pro Retina display ship times improve

• Toshiba outs Tecra R940 and R950 for small business set, prices start at $600

• 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display appears in Geekbench benchmark

• Fujitsu unveils the Stylistic Q702 hybrid tablet and the LifeBook T902 convertible laptop

• Switched On: The netbook legacy

• Packard Bell burrows affordable niche with EasyNote TE: 400 euros, 15.6 inches, AMD inside

• Acer says it's 'moving away from the lower end' in Europe, leaving cheaper laptops to Packard Bell

• NEC's LaVie Z Ultrabook has definitely lost weight: just 875 grams and priced from $1,600 in Japan

Lifestyle (8)

• DODOcase touts new interior tray design for iPad cases

• PBS uses Minecraft to explain a 'post-scarcity economy'

• The Exquisite Forest: crowdsourced art made possible by Chrome (video)

• Breakfast's super-speed reactive electromagnetic display is 44,000 dots of promotional awesome (video)

• Marvel Heroes Comic-Con trailer shows off combat

• TUAW Origin Stories: FlipBook HD

• iPhone AR "talking" comic book cover surprisingly cheesy

• Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: The Well of Eternity

Meta (10)

• Facebook posts first earnings as a public company: $1.18 billion in revenue, 955 million users

• Mac, iOS developer Acrylic joins Facebook design team

• Facebook and Walmart to 'deepen' involvement, won't rollback FarmVille prices just yet

• Facebook announces SDK 3.0 Beta for iOS

• Facebook SDK 3.0 Beta for iOS now available to download, includes tight integration plans for iOS 6

• Facebook App Center goes globetrotting with 7 new countries, blankets all of the English-speaking world

• Face.com kills developer APIs and Klik app three weeks after Facebook acquisition

• Facebook's App Center pokes its way into the UK, now available to you and your friends

• Facebook and Yahoo! friends again, agree to patent cross-license

• Facebook and others invest in 6,214-mile Asia-Pacific undersea internet cable, friend request lag to plummet

Microsoft (45)

• Sprint to begin offering Microsoft Office 365 for enterprise clientele

• Outlook.com preview: Microsoft reinvents its online email offerings

• Microsoft launches Outlook.com, a new email service with limited ads, unlimited storage and built-in Skype

• Microsoft seals Perceptive Pixel deal, welcomes PPI team to the Office Division

• Microsoft Surface launching alongside Windows 8 this October

• Microsoft details the Touch Mouse's upcoming support for Windows 8 gestures

• Windows 8 is 'not awesome for Blizzard either' says studio exec

• Microsoft vs. Motorola decision sees Droids banned in Germany over FAT patent (updated)

• Microsoft admits Surface might ruffle OEM feathers, vindicates Acer in annual report

• Office 2011: Mountain Lion-ready, says Microsoft

• CE-Oh no he didn't!: Valve's Gabe Newell says 'Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone'

• Microsoft axes Flight development, cuts 35 jobs at Vancouver games studio

• Report: Microsoft reduces staff at Vancouver studio, cans 'Project Columbia' for Kinect

• Windows 8 streamlines printing, puts old architecture on the chopping block

• Microsoft confirms dates for BUILD 2012: October 30th to November 2nd in Redmond

• Microsoft to Windows RT OEMs: 'If your name's not on the list, you're not making a tablet'

• Microsoft digs deep into Windows 8's hardware graphics boost, says fast just isn't slick enough

• Microsoft responds to Polytron's Fez patch claims

• MS posts record $18.06 billion for the quarter, Xbox top-selling console for 18 months running

• Microsoft announces record Q4, $18.06 billion in revenue

• Microsoft completes Yammer buy-out, social network joins the Office

• Bing Maps piles on 215TB of new Bird's Eye imagery, proves it's a small world after all

• EU deepens Microsoft investigation amidst claims Windows RT tablets block rival browser install

• Microsoft's reportedly working on Office 2011 for Mac SkyDrive update

• Microsoft launching Windows 8 on October 26th for new and upgrade customers

• Microsoft responds to critics, defends touch UI in Office 2013

• Microsoft gives a tease of Office for Windows Phone 8, talks up Office 2013 integration

• Microsoft delves into Windows 8 touchscreen keyboard design, wants us to be extra-comfy

• Microsoft intros new cloud app model for Office 365

• Microsoft under investigation for not fulfilling browser choice pledge (update: MS says it's fixing 'glitch')

• Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 to be bundled on all Windows RT tablets

• It's official: Comcast buys out Microsoft's share of MSNBC

• Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows app: new status window, freshened logo

• Microsoft: "Post-PC" is the wrong idea

• Microsoft's first international store set to open this fall in Canada

• Microsoft and NBC reportedly calling it splitsville on the web, MSNBC.com to get friend-zoned

• Microsoft details Windows 8 File History, takes us through a Time Machine

• Microsoft to acquire Perceptive Pixel, pair up with 82-inch touchscreen manufacturer

• Microsoft confirms Windows 8 will reach RTM stage in August, consumers in October

• Bing Fund taking shape to help Microsoft search for the next big thing in online services

• Microsoft applies for high-performance touchscreen patent

• Microsoft patent imagines headphones as accessory docking motherships

• Microsoft takes $6.2 billion of lumps on fizzled aQuantive online ad acquisition

• Microsoft: our nature makes it tough to show everything Windows Phone 8 can do just yet

• Microsoft announces $39.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer for most Windows users

Mobile (76)

• No Open WebOS support for existing WebOS devices, no soup for you

• Clever iPhone, iPad DIY projects

• Verizon to stop blocking tethering apps, settles with FCC for $1.25 million

• T-Mobile urges the FCC to approve Verizon's spectrum deal

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 147 - 07.31.2012

• Verizon may cut what's left of Alltel data starting January 10th, 2013

• Telkomsel's new unlimited messaging plan gives Indonesians an alternative to BBM

• Mobile Miscellany: week of July 23rd, 2012

• Intel's SMARTi low-cost 3G systems show off their wireless prowess

• CM10 preview builds out for Nexus 7 and Galaxy Note: official but experimental

• Fido hops on the LTE bandwagon, gives Canadians frugal 4G this summer

• MetroPCS 2012 Q2 sees profits skyrocket to $149 million despite losing nearly 200,000 subscribers

• AT&T lights up LTE network in a few more markets, expands coverage in others

• Sprint LTE spreads its wings to four more areas by Labor Day

• What's causing a delay in Sprint's LTE rollout? Birds

• Sprint's final deadline for Nextel shutdown is June 30th, 2013

• CenturyLink gets $35 million FCC grant to connect 45,000 rural homes to the internet (updated)

• Broadcom promises triple-speed 5G WiFi for mobiles in early 2013

• O2 offering free WiFi around London's busiest streets

• Japan LTE growth continues, NTT DoCoMo adds a million users in under 2 months

• London bans wireless access points, joy, kittens from the Olympics

• Shocker! Three's unlimited data adopters use lots of 3G

• Yet another Ofcom report promises UK LTE spectrum sale within five months, rollout in mid-2013

• Netgear WiFi Booster for Mobile keeps handhelds connected for $39.99, back porch streamers rejoice

• Avanti launches prepaid, Ka-band satellite internet access, wants us Yelping from the Alps

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 146 - 07.22.2012

• Mobile Miscellany: week of July 16th, 2012

• United upgrading Gogo in-flight WiFi on its premium service fleet, speeds will reach 9.8 Mbps

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5pm ET!

• Do shared iPhone data plans help consumers?

• Sprint won't charge for 3G FaceTime

• Virgin Mobile USA opening flagship Chicago store, selling 'culture' on top of phones

• Verizon issues Q2 earnings, touts $15.8 billion service revenues in Wireless

• Sony's Walkman F PMP hits the FCC mere seconds after being announced

• AT&T now offering carrier billing services on Samsung's Media Hub video purchases

• AT&T and Verizon shared data plans compared

• AT&T to launch shared data plans in August

• AT&T responds to rumor of paid 3G FaceTime

• Ofcom: Texting is more popular than talking

• AT&T CEO responds to paid 3G FaceTime rumor, says it's 'too early' to talk pricing

• Rogers offers 6GB Super Plan, guarantees that Galaxy S III will stay busy

• Sprint tacks on Buyback option to web, offers trade-in credit while online shopping

• T-Mobile US offers new Europe-wide 500MB roaming plan for $50

• The Engadget Interview: RIM CMO Frank Boulben

• Sprint bundles Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and a mobile hotspot: $850 plus a monthly bill (update: $799)

• C-Spire debuts pre-paid tablet and hotspot plans

• PSA: Sprint LTE goes live today, honest and for true (update: includes Missouri)

• Mobile Miscellany: week of July 9th, 2012

• Sprint flips the switch on LTE in Kansas City, your Galaxy S III just got a whole lot better

• WiFi Direct headed for a revamp: simpler integration, better support

• O2's continued outage reminds us to spend less time connected, (try) to call our mother

• New York MTA announces smartphone-based ticketing trials aboard Metro-North Railroad

• NYC launches free public WiFi trial, links it to skeevy payphones

• FreedomPop jumping from WiMAX to LTE by year's end, iPhone sleeves intact

• Tep Wireless unveils European-wide hotspot rental service for $5-a-day, 1GB of data included

• London Underground: NFC mobile payment technology 'too slow' for the tube

• Wilson Electronics' Sleek 4G-V Verizon flavored signal booster reports for service

• T-Mobile to incentivize select 2G subscribers with upgrade offers during five-city US pilot

• Myanmar plans to open doors to foreign telcos for affordable cellular, internet service

• Rogers details 28-city LTE upgrade for rest of 2012, RIM's hometown included

• Carriers face big surge in cellphone surveillance requests, raise a few alarm bells

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 145 - 07.09.2012

• Nokia: it 'won't be long' before Verizon gets its due, and we'll have more gear in the fall

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 5PM ET!

• Telefonica partners with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM for global carrier billing

• London minicab firm equips cars with free WiFi, says you don't need no stinking LTE

• Mysterious, ZTE-made T-Mobile Aspect swings by the FCC

• The most expensive internet in America: fighting to bring affordable broadband to American Samoa

• Samba launches ad-supported mobile data in the UK, makes you dance for your internet

• Virgin Media WiFi in London goes deeper underground, 41 stations now hooked up

• T-Mobile talking to Google about mobile payments in Europe as well, keeps playing the field

• Ice Cream Sandwich consumed by one in ten Android devices

• T-Mobile 'network data issue' knocking some subscribers offline (Update: service restored)

• SK Telecom utilizing Multi Carrier technology to improve LTE service, roaming

• HTC picks former AT&T exec Mike Woodward as North American president

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 144 - 07.01.2012

News (209)

• These Dead or Alive 5 videos aren't embarrassing at all

• WoW Moviewatch: Blood Sisters

• The Daily to cut 50 staff members, switches to vertical-only layout

• Zynga hit with insider trading lawsuit as execs cash out before crash

• Daily Update for July 31, 2012

• Kickstarter Indie Bundle seeks funding for nine games

• Power goes out in India, affecting 600 million

• The Queue: No citronella or maggots here, thanks

• WoW Moviewatch: Together

• Drama Mamas: Roleplaying the system

• Judge: Walter Isaacson doesn't have to hand over biography notes

• Daily Update for July 30, 2012

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 15: Let's do the time warp again

• Former Sega West CEO joins mobile startup Caperfly

• Brewfest start date postponed after concerns raised

• The Queue: Necessary measures

• Officers' Quarters: Culture shock

• Refresh Roundup: week of July 23rd, 2012

• One Shots: It's the shades

• The Queue: Brush and brush and brush and brush my hair

• Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air soundbar further befits its moniker with custom speaker grilles

• The danger of assuming personal experiences to be universal

• WRUP: Fox Van Allen and Michele Morrow return to The Fourth Hour

• The Queue: Save me, Barry

• BMW's C Evolution electric scooter does 62 miles on a charge, maxes out at 75 mph

• WoW Moviewatch: The Hunt [NSFW]

• WebHelpDesk acquired, Mac and Linux versions disappear [Updated]

• Race changes on sale now

• Commenting on Engadget: a refresher, and how you can help

• Can I Get a Pulse?

• Daily Update for July 27, 2012

• You're the Pundit: Identify the Icons

• Reminder: It came from the Blog scavenger hunt tonight

• DevJuice: placekitten and other handy placeholder sites

• Growing up Geek: Philip Berne

• Engadget Podcast 303 - 07.27.2012

• Tokyo bakery's visual recognition checkout sorts the sandwiches from the croissants (video)

• WoW Moviewatch: Bad Girls ft. Sindragosa

• No Spirit of Competition reward this year

• Daily Update for July 26, 2012

• Rambus planning appeal after losing ITC patent case against LSI and STMicroelectronics

• Time to adjust to the pre-expansion home stretch

• This is the Modem World: So what's with the tech backlash thing?

• WoW Moviewatch: I Went Fire On My Mage

• Daily Update for July 25, 2012

• X-Cap automatically protects your lens even if you forget

• Bots edit Wikipedia, clean up your nonsense

• Fujifilm unwraps FinePix F800EXR camera with wireless sharing to Android, iOS

• Engadget HD Podcast 309 - 07.24.2012

• Madden NFL 13 screens run into and jump over defenders

• WoW Moviewatch: Honorary Wonderboy

• Daily Update for July 24, 2012

• Would we want content that hasn't been tested?

• Comcast doubles broadband speeds 'in certain markets,' launches 305Mbps Xfinity Platinum service

• NASDAQ tells THQ they cool for now

• It came from the Blog: Join us for another scavenger hunt

• Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies at 61 (updated)

• Officers' Quarters: Meter padding mayhem

• Daily Update for July 23, 2012

• The Queue: Pet battles, Caverns of Time, and the quest log

• Drama Mamas: Offensive player is offensive

• MV Guide: July 23 - 29, 2012

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 14: "Confirmed"

• Breakfast Topic: Your personal brick wall

• Canon EOS M video shows off touchscreen UI, accessories, color variants (updated: link to sample images)

• Canon unveils EOS M mirrorless: 18 MP APS-C, EF compatibility, $800 in October with 22mm lens

• Refresh Roundup: week of July 16th, 2012

• About the Bloggers: Olivia Grace

• Switched On: An Office outside the Metro

• One Shots: A big white blur

• The Queue: A baby deer

• Nielsen to use watermarks to enhance local channel rating accuracy

• The Queue: She'll chew you up

• Breakfast Topic: Do you buy gold?

• Star Wars-themed GPS steers Japanese geeks away from the dark side

• WRUP: What summer lull?

• WRUP: The WRUP Fun Kit!

• WoW Moviewatch: Work Work, Zug Zug, Dabu

• Taking a deeper look at Salem (and living to talk about it)

• Daily Update for July 20, 2012

• Kingdom Hearts 3D arriving soon, so here's the 'launch' trailer

• The Queue: I like magical horse things

• Distro Issue 49: a visit to the craft and hackerspace at Artisan's Asylum

• Leaked EOS M photo looks like Canon's long-awaited mirrorless camera

• LG 84-inch 'ultra definition' 4K HDTV going on sale in limited quantities in Korea

• WoW Moviewatch: I Play WoW Redux

• Daily Update for July 19, 2012

• Engadget Podcast 302 - 07.19.2012

• Sony's new wireless speakers let you enjoy music 'SA-NS' cables

• The Queue: How appropriate -- you fight like a cow

• WD TV Play media hub revealed by the FCC, puts Texas Hold'em on the big screen

• Senator Schumer calls on DOJ to drop e-book price-fixing suit

• 48 dailies are 48 dailies too many

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Too many choices

• WoW Moviewatch: Hunter

• Enter at Your Own Rift: The joy of mentoring

• Arduino Kegerator hack checks in your homebrews on Untappd

• Daily Update for July 18, 2012

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Dr. Rich and Mr. Steve

• Encrypted Text: The evolution of rogue PvP

• Breakfast Topic: Which is your favorite city?

• Engadget HD Podcast 308 - 07.17.2012

• WoW Moviewatch: If Azeroth Had a Superhero

• Electric plane performs taxi tests as prelude to transatlantic attempt (video)

• Daily Update for July 17, 2012

• Leap Motion taps former Apple iAd VP Andy Miller to be President and COO

• Bertrand Serlet joins Parallels board of directors

• Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 and other models arriving soon? (Updated)

• Explosion-proof flashlight could be the first to outlive its owner

• WoW Moviewatch: Making the Alliance More Appealing

• Daily Update for July 16, 2012

• Drama Mamas: Too shy for an MMO

• US Navy deploys SeaFox submarines to Persian Gulf for universal mine control

• Officers' Quarters: Mind the gap

• The Queue: Gross

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 13: Surfing the Web in the bathroom

• MV Guide: July 16 - 22, 2012

• Breakfast Topic: I killed him for his shirt

• Refresh Roundup: week of July 9th, 2012

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Community edition!

• LG selected to develop 60-inch flexible OLED by 2017

• Alt-week 7.14.2012: Bleeping sheep and ATLAS art

• Engadget Podcast 301 - 07.14.2012

• The Queue: Remember the '90s?

• WRUP: Remember that several people work here edition

• RED5 remote control plane can fly like an eagle, spy like one too

• RIM slapped with $147.2 million in damages from Mformation patent lawsuit (update: RIM response)

• WRUP: Special secret WoW cheat codes and trikks(TM) to the x-treme

• Stabbing someone isn't OK, even if World of Warcraft is your life

• WoW Moviewatch: The Misadventures of Rowdie's Knights

• Merriam-Webster announces Dictionary API for developers, coming to a word game near you

• Daily Update for July 13, 2012

• CasaTunes Air bridges traditional whole-home audio with AirPlay

• CyanogenMod developers slap Jelly Bean on an Optimus 4X HD, tease CM10 (video)

• Distro Issue 48 arrives with the Nexus Q, Levar Burton and more

• Breakfast Topic: Sweet relief and sour percentages

• Olympus outs firmware update for OM-D E-M5 camera, sleep mode and AF improvements in tow

• WoW Moviewatch: Time

• The Queue: This is the only Secret World I need to know about

• WoW Moviewatch: Letters from Icecrown

• Daily Update for July 11, 2012

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: The flood continues

• Breakfast Topic: How much content would be enough?

• Reported new DARPA chief brings true geek, dash of green tech controversy

• Magellan eXplorist 510 Marine Edition sets sights on boaters, out in time for Talk Like a Pirate Day

• Sony STR-DN1030 AV receiver with AirPlay, WiFi and Bluetooth starts shipping

• Daily Update for July 10, 2012

• WoW Moviewatch: Lean Like a Forum Troll

• Engadget HD Podcast 307 - 07.10.2012

• Philips' unannounced 9 series flagship TVs get exposed by leaked document

• No-brainer talent and cookie-cutter builds

• Black Ops 2 trailer introduces Raul Menendez, the bad guy

• The Queue: Blank Check

• Austrian city builds public library with nothing but QR codes, NFC and stickers

• Kickstarter sends some love to Europe, will support UK projects beginning this fall

• Glow sticks: A video tour of Pixeljunk 4am

• WoW Moviewatch: If Fans Ran World of Warcraft

• Global Writing Contest 2011 winning entries released

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 12: Revenge of DigiTimes

• The Queue: Let's get dangerous

• MV Guide: July 9 - 15, 2012

• Drama Mamas: Roommate vs. family

• This is just like word wrap, except that it works with photos (video)

• Refresh Roundup: week of July 2nd, 2012

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Heat wave edition!

• The Queue: No can do

• Sunday Morning Funnies: But it's fire!

• The Queue: Night by night

• WRUP: New kitten edition

• TUAW Origin Stories: Simple In/Out

• Raph Koster wants to know why we can't all just get along

• WoW Moviewatch: If WoW Was Real

• Daily Update for July 6, 2012

• The Queue: No one asked me to do this

• Reuters cooks up remote camera rigs for 2012 Olympics, mounts them where humans can't tread

• WoW Moviewatch: The Beauty of WoW

• Daily Update for July 5, 2012

• The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 4PM ET!

• Tim Hortons bringing free WiFi to 90 percent of its locations by September

• The Queue: Brutal heat exhaustion

• Scattered Shots: Stampede me this

• Nikon releases D4 firmware 1.02 with minor display, formatting, network stability improvements in tow

• EU clears resales of used software, shoots down Oracle's new-sales-only dreams

• The Queue: Whistle while you work

• Automated message from absent Joystiq staff: Happy Independence Day!

• ACTA rejected by European Union vote

• Visualized: the history of the Formula 1 car in 60 seconds (video)

• Engadget HD Podcast 306 - 07.03.2012

• Beats buyout of MOG worth $14 million, splits company not-so-neatly into two

• Kodak gets the green light to sell digital imaging patents

• The Queue: Cheese for someone

• Canon confirms PowerShot S100 lens error, offers free repair for affected cams

• Daily Update for July 2, 2012

• ARM server running on pedal power demoed at Red Hat Summit

• See Leon's darker side in new Resident Evil 6 footage

• Officers' Quarters: Regime change

• Razer, DC Entertainment and Athene raise over $1 million for African hunger relief

• Drama Mamas: Guildie vs. guildie at the Auction House

• Growing up Geek: Natali Morris

• Rumor Roundup, Episode 11: Biggest hyperbole in consumer electronics history

• The Queue: Every day I'm Tatooine

• THQ retains NASDAQ listing as board approves reverse stock split

• MV Guide: July 2 - 8, 2012

• Ooma Linx extender makes a visit to the FCC, lets phones go the extra DECT distance

• Refresh Roundup: week of June 25th, 2012

• Talkcast tonight, 7pm PT/10pm ET: Pyrotechnic edition!

• One Shots: Signs and portents

• The Queue: Everything is real

• Previously on MV TV: The week of June 23rd

Nintendo (43)

• Everything's alright about 'Andrew Lloyd Webber: Sing & Dance' game for Wii

• DSi is getting two new, shine-resistant colors

• 3DS XL sells 193K units at Japanese launch

• An extra large look at the 3DS XL

• Get your own prototype copy of The Legend of Zelda for just $150K

• NintendoWare Weekly: Wario Land, Mole Mania, Planet Crashers

• Crysis 3 producer dances around Wii U possibility

• Portabliss: Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters

• 3DS has sold 19 million units to date worldwide

• Nintendo posts $220 million net loss for first quarter

• Nintendo Q1 results: Wii sales cut in half since 2011, but 3DS sales more than double

• Majesco cooking up Cooking Mama combo packs for Wii and DS

• Downloadable Mario 3DS games go on sale leading up to New Super Mario Bros. 2

• Guillemot: Ubisoft 'doesn't have a huge investment' in Wii U

• Nintendo's transparent 3DS XL poses for the camera, makes you wish you had one

• Digital New Super Mario Bros. 2 customers get Donkey Kong in Japan

• Nintendo 3DS XL sports less reflective screen than its predecessor, improved parallax effect

• 3DS XL's screen reduces glare

• New Super Mario Bros. 2 download nets twice the Club Nintendo coins

• Steve Wozniak secretly submitted Tetris scores to Nintendo Power

• Nintendo's Iwata says being first in next-gen race is 'not important at all,' pricing is

• Iwata: Wii U's timing relative to competition isn't important, but pricing is

• Nintendo 3DS gets first downloadable titles next week: Super Mario and Brain Training sequels

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2's latest gimmick is Nintendo-specific

• NintendoWare Weekly: Kid Icarus Of Myths and Monsters, Petit Computer

• Wii U Mass Effect 3 will include 'Extended Cut' ending by default

• Fill your head with Brain Training info in next Nintendo Direct

• Nintendo president: 3DS XL isn't big enough for a second analog stick

• 3DS has sold over 5 million in US to date

• NintendoWare Weekly: Kirby's Pinball Land, Ace Mathician, Mighty Switch Force sale

• Iwata: 3DS XL to be sold at a profit, 3D likely a 'minor element' in future Nintendo devices

• Plan your nostalgia with Theatrhythm DLC schedule

• Kid Icarus: Uprising studio Project Sora closed

• Amazing Spider-Man's DS game spun by Dark Void Zero dev

• Harada 'pulling back' on idea of Tekken characters in new Smash Bros.

• Club Nintendo Elite prizes briefly revealed

• Lets-a go look at nearly 70 New Super Mario Bros. 2 screens

• Nintendo debuts new 3DS variants in spicy summer colors

• UK's New Super Mario Bros. 2 pre-order bonus is a rad Mario coin case

• NintendoWare Weekly: Zelda NES, Heroes of Ruin demo, more

• Miyamoto sees potential for museum guides to be a 'core business' for Nintendo

• Mighty Switch Force going HD as a Wii U download

• Here's some wonderful Smash Bros. whiteboard art from Sakurai's team

PC Gaming (312)

• EverQuest gets a cosmetic system

• Age of Conan's plans to borrow tech from The Secret World

• Hindu group continues to protest SMITE, asks QuakeCon to pull the game from the lineup

• Steam's Midweek Madness sale is every Summer Indie Bundle for cheap

• Max Payne 3 DLC schedule: 'Local Justice' on PC and free maps in Aug., paid maps in Sept. and Oct.

• New Mists of Pandaria Battlegrounds: Silvershard Mine

• SWTOR is going free-to-play, subs dip below one million [Updated]

• ArenaNet talks emotional connections in Guild Wars 2

• LotRO's Captains get buffed in Riders of Rohan

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Holocron Files -- Rattataki

• EverQuest II decorators, prepare to strut your stuff

• Lichborne: Passing time until Pandaria on your death knight

• Totem Talk: The problem with tier 3 talents for Mists resto shaman

• MDK2 HD no longer exclusive to Beamdog, now on Steam

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2 skill points, traits, and you!

• Around Azeroth: We can look up

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The Jade Forest revamped and reopened

• MechWarrior Online answers questions about Founder status

• Skyrim update 1.7 live on Steam, Dawnguard details 'this week'

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: 25-man raid testing starts tomorrow

• Thermaltake cures clamminess with $80 Cyclone Edition gaming mouse

• SOE delays PlanetSide 2 beta, files Reign of Fear trademark

• Planetside 2 beta delayed to end of the week to add more 'awesome'

• EVE Online walks us through the remaking of a tutorial

• Captain's Log: The state of Star Trek Online

• FarmVille in World of Warcraft? WoW Insider's first look at The Tillers

• Blizzard Insider previews Mogu'shan Vaults raid

• Wings Over Atreia: Aion 3.1 part two

• Leaderboard: Picking your Guild Wars 2 main

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Sitting on the dock of the bay

• The Anvil of Crom: Finding an Age of Conan hidden faction

• Steamy Romance Novel makes a return with double the fun in Mists

• Shifting Perspectives: Further redesigns to the Mists of Pandaria balance druid rotation

• League of Legends nerfs Rumble, buffs Urgot and Cho'Gath

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: You take two bodies and you twirl them into one

• Breakfast Topic: How will you level through Mists of Pandaria?

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: A Cataclysm postmortem for fury

• Sanctum coming to Mac Aug. 13, beta now open

• The Tattered Notebook: The EQII face that launched a thousand ships

• Around Azeroth: A chance resemblance

• Breakfast Topic: Will you use Diablo 3 RMAH to buy Mists of Pandaria?

• APB: Reloaded drops a major patch with major promotions

• Mists of Pandaria: Pet battles confer PvP vulnerability

• En Masse suiting up for TERA summer event

• Awesomenauts blows up Steam next Wednesday, Aug. 1

• SWTOR explains automatic transfers and more in weekly Q&A

• Storyboard: The RIFT project - week 2

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: StarCraft Baneling pet swarms into beta with more new pets, mounts

• Mists of Pandaria streamlines enchanting rods

• Brewfest updated for Mists of Pandaria, requires quick leveling

• Massively Interview: Allods Online talks health, housing, heroes, and horizons

• gPotato reveals Age of Wulin sects

• WoW Archivist: Strat 45 -- the original challenge mode

• Blizzard previews two MoP scenarios

• Breakfast Topic: What will you absolutely not do in Mists?

• Turn your gnome into Chromie with transmogrification

• Orcs Must Die for $2.50 on Steam this weekend, 10 percent off Orcs 2 pre-order

• Mists of Pandaria: Druid Symbiosis updated (includes tables)

• SWTOR dominates GDC Online Awards nominations

• The Summoner's Guidebook: I suck at middle lane in LoL

• Preordering Mists of Pandaria may break certain addons

• Addon Spotlight: Getting started with TradeSkillMaster Crafting

• LotRO's Burglars get a heads-up about expansion changes

• Mabinogi's new bard class highlighted in video

• Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion sells 100K, breaks Stardock records

• Subscribe to TERA's newsletter, get free stuff for the game

• Path of Exile running an open stress test this weekend

• Gabe Newell: Windows 8 is a 'catastrophe,' Adobe should try 'free-to-play' equivalent

• Why I Play: Anarchy Online

• Watcher explains gold normalization for Mists of Pandaria dungeon bosses

• Know Your Lore: The Exodar and the fate of the draenei

• Mists of Pandaria Digital Deluxe edition includes both pet and mount

• Around Azeroth: Hell bent for leather

• World of Warcraft Mists of Pandaria expansion out on Sept. 25

• Mists of Pandaria releases September 25

• Breakfast Topic: If you could play WoW with anyone, who would it be?

• Serious Sam 3: BFE runs screaming to Linux via Steam

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Many pet battle changes in next build

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2's Legacy of the Foefire

• How Turbine made Lord of the Rings Online's Rohan region

• Blog Azeroth Shared Topic: Introducing friends to WoW

• Freeze to death in Company of Heroes 2

• RIFT gives previous subscribers a free weekend of play, hosts Conquest event

• EverQuest II's Qeynos Rises patch revamps city, PvP

• Guild Wars 2 weaves together three story types

• Lichborne: 3 more recent changes for death knights in Mists of Pandaria

• Insomniac and EA's Outernauts begin Facebook exploration today

• Hyperspace Beacon: It's time for free-to-play, SWTOR

• Around Azeroth: Betrayed!

• Breakfast Topic: Why do you still play WoW?

• Wings Over Atreia: Fulfilling the need for speed with Aion 3.1

• Mists of Pandaria: Wild pets will not be tradable

• SWTOR devs answer community's PvP-related questions

• WoW Moviewatch: Taken over!

• Skyrim update 1.7 beta available now on Steam

• Turning over a new leaf in Guild Wars 2's Sylvari starting experience

• Mists of Pandaria likely to have a Digital Deluxe version

• Blood Pact: Looking ahead at the 5.0 warlock

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Today's raid testing livestreams

• Excelsior! The cheerful insanity of the Guild Wars 2 Asura

• EVE Evolved: Adapt or die

• Steam Summer Sale, final day: BioShock, Bastion, Double Fine bundle

• The Daily Grind: Did you take part in the last Guild Wars 2 beta weekend?

• Breakfast Topic: Making plans for the launch of Mists

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 10: Batman Arkham City, Torchlight, Quantum Conundrum and more

• PSA: Street Fighter X Tekken DLC now live on GFWL, Steam content delayed into next week

• The Tattered Notebook: EverQuest II's Antonica public quest

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Please do not unleash the kraken

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Druids get new default travel form

• The Light and How to Swing It: A look at the changes so far coming in Mists

• Champions Online provides players with vital news reports

• Allods Online gives a glimpse of new expansion areas

• Guild Wars 2 holds beta screenshot contest

• Guild Wars 2 chat with game designer Mike Zadorojny

• The Steam Summer Sale trap

• Some Assembly Required: EQII's Festival of Unity

• MoP cinematic debuts at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 16

• Storyboard: The RIFT project - week 1

• WoW Archivist: The most painful attunement of all

• Ghostlight looking to bring JRPGs from console to PC

• Around Azeroth: Because it's there

• Volition acknowledges Saints Row 3 PC performance issues

• Blog Azeroth Shared Topic: Single realm for all?

• Lord of the Rings Online dev diary discusses 'reincarnation' of PvMP

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Raid testing for July 20-23

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Krol the Blade and Nessos the Oracle

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 8: Alan Wake, Witcher 2, Fallout: New Vegas

• Wanna catch 'em all? Themed transmogrification for Pet Battles

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Why big metagame changes to League of Legends could be bad

• All heroes in Heroes of Newerth will be free as of tomorrow

• RuneScape reaches 200 million users mark

• Around Azeroth: Freud would have a field day

• D&D Online showcases two more Menace of the Underdark dungeons

• Chaos Theory: The Secret World's single-server tech

• A look at the Farmer's Faire in Lord of the Rings Online [Updated]

• Mists of Pandaria Dungeon Journals and loot tables at Wowhead

• Choose My Adventure: At the end of TERA

• Pandaria faction tabards don't grant reputation

• John Riccitello discusses the impact of the free-to-play market on Star Wars: The Old Republic

• Free for All: Why the unlimited trials of RIFT, WoW, and Ryzom are perfect for me

• Mists of Pandaria: 48 daily quests available on any given day

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 7: Super Meat Boy, LA Noire, Total War, Indie Bundle 7 and more

• Ghostcrawler discusses warriors and rage in Mists of Pandaria

• ArenaNet presents WvW improvements and server list for final Guild Wars 2 beta [Updated]

• ARGO Online's biggest content update goes live today

• Star Wars: The Old Republic bringing HK-51 into the game as a companion

• Reminder: Blizzard premieres Mists of Pandaria cinematic at gamescom

• Get your Kinect to Mars [update: Kodu experience on PC only]

• League of Legends tourney to be streamed live, $10,000 prize at stake

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 6: Black Ops, Spec Ops, Limbo (and other stuff too!)

• Totem Talk: Restoration update and preparing for Mists

• Flameseeker Chronicles: The game at the end of Guild Wars 2

• Lichborne: Soul Reaper, Blood Tap, and other recent death knight beta changes

• Origin update 9.0 streamlines friends list, library, clock

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 252: Classic Pet Battles

• The Queue: We haven't heard anything yet about the MoP release date

• Around Azeroth: That infernal whirlpool

• Steam moves to Linux, first title will be Left 4 Dead 2

• Valve launches Linux blog, officially announces Steam for Ubuntu

• Aion 3.1 goes live on Wednesday

• Warcraft Pets presents a Pet Battles overview

• Inactive players give rise to Xsyon zombies

• Star Wars: The Old Republic teases the upcoming HK-51

• Digital preorders for Mists of Pandaria available soon?

• Latest WowProgress data shows raiders steadily progressing through Dragon Soul

• TERA chronoscrolls to be made available via Amazon

• Spiritual Guidance: Thoughts on playing a discipline priest in Mists of Pandaria

• MechWarrior Online Q&A talks BattleTech stats, weapons, and more

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Reputation rewards for the Shado-Pan

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 5: Metro 2033, RAGE, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and more

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online launches Season Six

• Trion releases new concept art for RIFT's Storm Legion

• Wings Over Atreia: Aion re-newbed

• Around Azeroth: Some pig

• Blood Pact: Leveling is much better in Mists of Pandaria

• EVE Evolved: Themepark quests in EVE

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Reputation rewards for the August Celestials

• Know Your Lore: The final boss of Mists of Pandaria

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 4: Saints Row: The Third, Walking Dead, Indie Bundle 4 and more

• Around Azeroth: Dry bones

• Steam Summer Sale, Day 3: Skyrim, Dead Island, Borderlands and more

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Practical Mists of Pandaria for warriors

• The Tattered Notebook: Changes in EverQuest II's Dark(light)

• Around Azeroth: Or am I caught in a hit and run?

• Renegade Kid's Mutant Mudds coming to PC

• LotRO: Riders of Rohan beta invites ride forth from Turbine [Updated]

• Blizzard unveils Pet Battles on the official MoP site -- and beta

• Epic Mickey 2 also coming to PC and Mac on Nov. 18

• Star Wars: The Old Republic posts another weekly question-and-answer session

• Steam Summer Sale includes cheap Max Payne 3, Space Marine, more

• PvP with the blues on Mists of Pandaria beta realms

• Matt Higby says PlanetSide 2 beta is 'not just a game demo'

• WoW Archivist: The evolution of Alterac Valley

• GameStop offering bonus trade-in credit toward Steam gift cards

• Around Azeroth: Stewing in your own juices

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Reputation rewards for the Klaxxi

• Assassin's Creed 3 PC delay confirmed, to drop before Christmas [update: Ubisoft denies delay]

• Why World of Warcraft lore matters

• Star Wars: The Old Republic's guide to the group finder

• Star Trek Online posts patch notes for the Season 6 launch

• ArenaNet devs talk legendary weapons, endgame, and more

• Real-life librarians hit the Ironforge stacks

• Bleszinski: Fortnite on PC 'primary and first,' other platforms not ruled out

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Is League of Legends sexist?

• Fortnite is Epic's first Unreal Engine 4 game, heading exclusively to PC

• Steam Summer Sale is officially on

• Get your Guild Wars 2 final beta weekend key here! [Updated]

• DayZ shooter mod reaches 500k users

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Flutterby

• Breakfast Topic: Does your employer know you play WoW?

• Over 500K attempting to survive in Arma 2 mod 'DayZ'

• Postcards from The Secret World: Joining the Dragon

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Reputation rewards for the Golden Lotus

• PlanetSide 2 will be playable on Friday at SDCC

• Colin Johanson talks about Guild Wars 2 betas and more

• Research firm says League of Legends tops WoW as most-played PC game

• Enter at Your Own Rift: Leveling the achievements way

• DDO opens a window to Menace of the Underdark raid

• Why I Play: The Secret World

• Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan shows the might of warbands

• Diablo 3 auction house now has gems and other commodities for real money

• Crawl Legend of Grimrock's dungeons for $7.49 on GoG.com

• Champions Online, Star Trek Online converting to Perfect World Entertainment's currency

• Chaos Theory: Tornquist on The Secret World's launch, future

• More chances to win a Mists of Pandaria beta key coming soon

• SWTOR locks servers in preparation for merges

• Does WoW need variable raid scaling?

• Diablo 3 patch 1.0.3b patch notes

• The Secret World to feature new content 'on a regular, monthly basis'

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 251

• Lichborne: Observations on new death knights in Mists of Pandaria

• Breakfast Topic: What new Mists ability are you the most or the least excited about?

• Anarchy Online gearing up for more major updates in July

• A look at avoidance balancing in Mists

• A First Look at Mists of Pandaria Professions: Tailoring

• Steam Greenlight lets you pick which games end up on Steam

• Wings Over Atreia: BlackCloud Marketing 101 -- freebies!

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Vale of Eternal Blossoms

• Valve adds Nexon's Atlantica and Combat Arms to Steam

• Funcom unveils armory-like Chronicle for The Secret World

• Around Azeroth: The secret life of the apex predator

• Asura and Sylvari races playable in final Guild Wars 2 beta

• Guild Wars 2 soundtrack available for $30

• PSA: War of the Roses beta now open for registration

• 5 things you need to know about Mogu'shan Palace

• Edmund McMillen game collection escapes the basement in August, finds solace on Steam

• Put wallet in freezer: These may be Steam summer sale's indie bundles

• Rise and Shiny: Aardwolf MUD

• World of Warcraft skills in the workplace

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Starting a warrior in Mists of Pandaria

• The Tattered Notebook: Touring EQII's winning player-generated dungeons

• Newegg offers Guild Wars 2 for $48 today only

• Around Azeroth: Sparks fly

• Star Wars: The Old Republic Q&A talks story, balance, and species experimentation

• SWTOR podcast discusses operations design philosophy

• Show off your transmogrification prowess in the Mogolympics

• Gold sinks and entitlement in WoW

• League of Legends summer arena qualifiers kick off July 10th

• Around Azeroth: The fashion police

• WoW Archivist: An expensive history of gold sinks

• Breakfast Topic: Tell us about your most epic WoW death

• Guild Wars 2 shirt designs up for voting

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Balancing League of Legends' offense and defense items

• So you want to play a mistweaver monk?

• The MMO Report: Marvel Heroes edition

• Allods Online announces patch 3.0.4, new North American server

• Blog Azeroth: The nicest thing anyone's done

• RuneScape opens Evolution of Combat beta this weekend

• Around Azeroth: A midsummer night's madness

• Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite underappreciated addon?

• Jayce is coming to League of Legends with a transforming twist

• Choose My Adventure: Chasing TERA's BAMs with Rielene

• Final Fantasy 7 officially 'coming soon' on PC, exclusive to Square's online store

• Free for All: The old becomes new on Ragnarok's classic server

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Keep clam and carry on

• Breakfast Topic: Did you meet your Midsummer Fire Festival goals?

• Leet Noobs: An ethnographic view of WoW raiding from researcher Mark Chen

• Blizzard wants your Diablo 3 Magic Find feedback

• Hyperspace Beacon: Four reasons you should come back to TOR for 1.3

• Totem Talk: Mists beta updates for restoration shaman

• Where in Warcraft: Oh, it's so on!

• MechWarrior Online to hold community day in sunny Santa Clara

• The Soapbox: League of Legends is the new World of Warcraft

• Diablo III players say Linux app got them banned, Blizzard rebuts claims

• Diablo 3 bans not based on Linux software, says Blizzard

• ArenaNet explains golden rules of Guild Wars 2

• Lichborne: 3 death knight tanking changes to watch out for in Mists of Pandaria

• EverQuest II's Qeynos revamp goes live July 24th

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Raid testing schedule for July 3 and 5

• DDO shows off new expansion dungeon House of Broken Chains

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: You can't kill me, I will not die

• WoW fan fiction contest at Movellas

• Atlantica Online update offers new puppeteer mercenary during festival

• Breakfast Topic: Do you actively blog about WoW?

• Blacklight: Retribution arrives on Steam, free-to-play items 50% off

• Everything you need to know about The Secret World, part deux

• Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition rewards revealed

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online potpourri

• Blood Pact: Share the love of dead mobs with MoP AoE

• The Anvil of Crom: Three features Age of Conan needs right now

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The best Brann Bronzebeard appearance ever

• Wings Over Atreia: Musings on secrets, subs, and Aion

• Around Azeroth: Never tell me the odds!

• Total War: Rome 2 marches to PC in 2013

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: The Dread Wastes

• Teacher uses SWTOR to connect with autistic student

• Breakfast Topic: Where in Azeroth is the worst place to live?

• EVE Evolved: Five awesome carrier tactics

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Collection spotted for PC, launching July 17 [Update]

• Rise and Shiny: Divina

• Mists of Pandaria Beta: Grand Expedition Yak price doubles to 120,000g

• Around Azeroth Beta Edition: That train don't stop here anymore

PlayStation (67)

• Yoshida on SOCOM: We 'never retire any franchise'

• PSN Tuesday: Expendables 2, but no Grand Theft Auto 3 [update]

• Rumor: God of War Saga Collection in the works

• The Walking Dead's first 2 episodes free to PS Plus members on Aug. 7

• Tomba! coming soon to European PSN

• Rumor: PlayStation All-Stars characters and stages leak all over the place [Update]

• Grand Theft Auto 3 coming to PSN next Tuesday, no word on Vice City just yet

• Skyrim 1.7 patch headed to PS3 'in the coming weeks,' but Dawnguard is nowhere in sight

• Knytt goes Underground, emerges on PS3, Vita, and more this year

• PSN maintenance scheduled for today, log in to retain access

• Uncharted 3's latest lab is 5-on-5 SMGs, riot shields, and grenades

• Gran Turismo 5 'Academy Edition' racing to stores on September 26

• PSA: PlayStation Network scheduled maintenance in Europe starts tomorrow

• LittleBigPlanet 2 gets a visit from Disney's princesses

• PSA: PSN scheduled downtime hits Europe on Thursday

• PS2 horror game Haunting Ground rated for PS3

• PSN Tuesday: PSN Play 2012 pre-orders, Wizorb and Puddle

• Hot Shots Vita update drops tonight, adds new modes and features

• Red, white and silver limited edition PS3s now out in the UK

• Rumor: No PS3 redesign being announced at Gamescom

• MotorStorm, SOCOM, Eye of Judgment Legends servers going away soon

• How would you change the Mad Catz MLG Pro for PS3?

• Street Fighter X Tekken Vita hitting Europe on October 19

• God of War: Ascension dev 'pulls back' from in-game violence against women

• Wizorb breaks through as a PS Mini July 24

• Puddle oozes onto PS Vita next week

• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault on PSN includes Captain Qwark, tower defense

• Kazuma's back in Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition

• Odelay! Beck conributing three new tracks to Sound Shapes

• Uncharted 3 patch 1.13 tweaks gameplay, adds mysterious new content

• Laugh Factory app puts comedy on PS3 this September

• The majority of DC Universe Online users play from the PS3

• PSN Tuesday: Dyad

• Hyperkin summons the Game Genie on PS3 today

• Ratchet & Clank Collection out in North America on Aug. 28

• Upcoming PS Plus deals: Dyad 20% off, free PSOne sports games

• Sony missed Limbo exclusivity by asking for IP rights

• ESRB: Machinarium also coming to Vita

• The Last of Us adds another survivor, Bill the angry old man

• Did Sony's latest PlayStation 3 redesign just get outed by Brazil's Anatel?

• Rumor: New PS3 model photographed [update: more pics]

• Rumor: Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition out in Japan this December

• PS3 Street Fighter Anniversary Collector's Set throws in even more games

• Metal Gear Solid 4 'Best Version' also includes full install option

• PSN action game 'Malicious' arrives in North America on July 24

• Metal Gear Solid 4 finally getting Trophies [Update: Konami confirms]

• PSN Tuesday: Quantum Conundrum, Game of Thrones

• Sega won't confirm Vita or phone Phantasy Star Online 2 for the West yet

• LittleBigPlanet Karting gets player tested

• LittleBigPlanet Karting beta pulls into PSN on July 10

• Sony: Retail still important in wake of Gaikai purchase

• Gearbox wants Borderlands 2 on Vita, requests Sony's help

• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale smashing bros on Oct. 23 in NA, Oct. 24 in EU

• Persona 4 Arena will be region locked on PS3

• New PlayStation 3 model may be in the works, FCC filing suggests

• New Sony PlayStation 3 model suggested in FCC filing

• Sony Japan: PSOne classics coming to Vita in summer update, PlayStation 3 to get downloadable PS2 catalog later this month

• Sony plans Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, PS All-Stars panels for SDCC

• Sony's House: Gaikai expansion to other Sony platforms 'absolutely' possible

• Atlus discounts PS3 and PSP games through July

• Vita firmware 1.8 to add PSOne Classics support

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution augments Euro PlayStation Plus this month

• PlayStation Plus July offerings include Gotham City Impostors, Renegade Ops and more

• Street Fighter's Seth Killian is now lead game designer at Sony Santa Monica

• Sony buying streaming game service Gaikai for $380 million, to establish 'new cloud service'

• Sony buys Gaikai cloud gaming service for $380 million

• LittleBigPlanet Karting can't stop here, this is beta country

Politics (1)

• Lockheed Martin Stalker drone stays airborne 48 hours using laser power, all-seeing eye gets literal (video)

Reviews (84)

• Orcs Must Die! 2 review: Co-op and then some

• Hands-on with MechWarrior Online

• The Joy of remote-controlled Cooking: LG's Lightwave oven makes mealtime mobile-operated

• MacBook Pro review (13-inch, mid-2012)

• Samsung Galaxy Note for T-Mobile review

• How would you change the Droid RAZR Maxx?

• IRL: Kiboko 22L+ backpack, Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard and the Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ with Jelly Bean

• Engadget takes a ride on the Faraday Porteur e-bike

• AT&T's Garnet Red Galaxy S III for vampires: we go hands-on

• Daily iPhone App: 10000000 is a great, complex game with a strange name

• MMObility: Parallel Zombies is PerBlue's best game yet

• Hasbro Lazer Tag hands-on (video)

• Razer Ouroboros gaming mouse gets official: fits both hands, changes shape

• Sony Xperia 'Mint' leaked and reviewed: 4.3-inch (?) HD screen, 13MP camera, 1.5GHz S4 processor

• OS X Mountain Lion: The TUAW review

• Apple OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 review

• Edifier's Spinnaker Bluetooth speaker system promises not to hurt you, sells for $350

• Portabliss: Tumble Pop (3DS eShop)

• A50 Audio System review: Astro Gaming's latest wireless headset (mostly) pwns in 7.1

• Canon EOS M mirrorless camera hands-on (video)

• Wi-Fi Media lets your Nexus 7 play movies on any screen via HTC's Media Link HD (hands-on video)

• Acer Aspire S5 review: is this innovative Ultrabook worth $1,400?

• Perfect World Entertainment's Mark Hill previews Rusty Hearts: Reborn

• Rhythm Thief review: Stolen heart

• Deja Review: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

• Samsung updates MultiView camera lineup with MV900F point-and-shoot for $350, we go hands-on

• Panasonic's Lumix lineup grows: DMC-G5 Micro Four Thirds, DMC-FZ200 superzoom and DMC-LX7 hands-on and sample shots

• Engadget reviews Samsung's Series 7 Gamer laptop

• Etón Rukus Solar Bluetooth Sound System powers your outdoor life

• Georgie app offers up Android features and voice-guided menus for the blind: we go hands-on (video)

• Microsoft Office 2013 preview: details, screenshots and impressions

• Motorola Atrix HD review

• HEX Academy Messenger Bag: A classy way to move your 15" MBP and iPad

• Rise and Shiny revisit: Uncharted Waters Online

• Beacon Audio Phoenix review: our new favorite portable speaker

• Samsung Series 7 Gamer review: the company's first gaming laptop makes its way to the US

• Hands-on with the Nintendo 3DS XL

• HP Envy Sleekbook 6z review: an inexpensive thin-and-light with AMD innards

• Lenovo IdeaPad U310 review: a reasonably priced Ultrabook for the masses

• The Road to Mordor: Hands-on with Riders of Rohan's mounted combat

• Hands on with HyperJuice: to-go power with built-in plug, multiple ports

• Chaos Theory: The Secret World was worth the wait

• LUMOback smart posture sensor hands-on

• Triple-screen gaming setups put under the microscope, deemed an attainable luxury

• Klipsch gets vibrant, intros S4i Rugged in-ear headphones

• Samsung Galaxy S, II and III pitted against one another in DisplayMate shootout

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: City of Heroes' Summer Blockbuster in review

• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter cockpit demonstrator hands-on (video)

• T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q coming August 8th for $50, we go hands-on

• Claystone Launcher 2.0 for Android makes its debut, we go hands-on (video)

• Huawei Ascend Q hands-on (video)

• We go hands-on with the waterproof Sony Xperia go (video)

• Lenovo IdeaTab S2109 review: a budget-priced ICS slate with a few too many quirks

• Sony Xperia miro and Xperia tipo hands-on (video)

• Read Engadget's super-sized review of the 3DS XL

• Hands-on with Marvel Heroes

• Sony VAIO T13 review: the company's first Ultrabook targets the back-to-school set

• Wacom announces Cintiq 22HD pen display, we go hands-on (video)

• NCAA Football 13 review: Heisman pose

• One-bit Internet: The iPad is/isn't a content creation device

• Samsung EX2F point-and-shoot with f/1.4 lens hands-on (video)

• Nikon WU-1a wireless mobile adapter for D3200 review: using Android as a remote trigger / wireless display

• LG Optimus 4X HD review: runner-up to the quad-core throne

• Get an extra large hands-on with the 3DS XL at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

• How would you change the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1?

• Furby gets a reboot for 2012, we go hands-on (video)

• Droid Incredible 4G LTE review: Verizon gets an excellent smaller-sized Android phone

• The Walking Dead: Episode 2 review: It's about people

• IRL: Fujifilm X-Pro1, Garmin Edge 200 and Otterbox's Universal Defender case, revisited

• Nexus Q review: Google's mysterious little social streamer

• Samsung Series 9 review (13-inch, mid-2012)

• Corsair's Force GS SSD series offer its best speeds in its biggest capacities

• Motorola ICS UI review: this isn't the Blur we used to know

• Review: PowerSkin battery pack and protective case for iPhone

• iFixit tears down the Nexus Q: made in the USA, and possibly somewhere else

• Belkin WeMo Switch and Motion home automation system for iOS hands-on (video)

• Nexus 7 more repairable than iPad

• Solmeta N3 geotagging module for Nikon DSLR review: fast GPS locks, minimal battery drain

• Real-world impressions of Dolby Atmos surround sound (ears-on)

• Google's Nexus 7 tablet hits the iFixit teardown labs

• Snapshot: Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers (PC)

• Acer Aspire V3 review: an affordable, Kepler-packing laptop for back-to-school season

• Chrome for iOS: A quick hands-on look at Google's mobile browser

• Theatrhythm Final Fantasy review: More fun to play than to say

Robotics (13)

• The mighty Kuratas gets assembled on video

• Insert Coin: Botiful telepresence robot for Android (video)

• Chinese microbot walks on water, skims the surface of insect-inspired design

• iRobot, InTouch Health unveil RP-VITA telepresence robot, let doctors phone in bedside manner

• Moving trash can catches your waste, annoys Larry Bird (video)

• SAMI robot has motion detection from the company behind Kinect's 3D sensors, washboard abs (video)

• Visualized: a look inside iRobot's gadget-filled 'cool stuff room' (video)

• Swarming quadrocopters complete trial recon mission for Japanese police (video)

• BAE Systems speaks about unmanned ASTRAEA: no reason it can't stay in air 'for weeks'

• Insert Coin: Cardboard Robot brings craning, plucking and learning with a dash of whimsey (video)

• Chinese androids wear tracksuits, play sports, but not at the same time (video)

• Georgia Tech scientists developing biology-inspired system to give robot eyes more human-like motion

• Scientists take mind-controlled robot for a stroll (video)

Samsung (25)

• Samsung Music Hub launches on Galaxy S III stateside with free trial in tow

• Samsung spills details on Odyssey and Marco Windows Phone 8 devices

• PSA: Samsung's entry-level NX1000 mirrorless cam with 20-50mm lens now available for $700

• Samsung's Q2 2012 earnings show $5.86 billion operating profit, that's a lot of Galaxy S IIIs

• Samsung GT-S3752 Duos gets snapped with dedicated ChatON button by Mr. Blurrycam

• Samsung's Galaxy Reverb details echo across the twittersphere

• Samsung set to reveal next US Galaxy device on August 15th

• Samsung denied a second time, Galaxy Tab ban stands

• Samsung 75-inch ES9000 smart TV makes stateside debut: on sale in August for $9,999

• Samsung swallows up CSR mobile and location patents for $310 million

• Samsung reduces EX2F point-and-shoot price to $499 before August arrival

• Samsung Smart TVs are now the most expensive way to play Angry Birds

• Samsung T699 passes federal inspection, lacks naming conviction

• Samsung drops universal search from Sprint's Galaxy S III

• Samsung's Stephen Woo to kick off day two of CES with keynote

• SugarSync to ship with many Samsung mobile devices, make Galaxy S III a home away from home

• UK Judge says Galaxy Tab 'not as cool' as iPad, awards Samsung win in design suit

• Samsung expects record earnings for Q2 thanks to all those Galaxy phone sales

• Samsung announces 75-inch ES9000 smart TV for Korea, with similarly gigantic price tag (eyes-on)

• Samsung denied: Judge Koh declines to lift injunction against Galaxy Nexus, but Google's got a workaround

• Samsung Galaxy S III hits Verizon shelves on July 10

• Samsung upstages Sony with f/1.4-equipped EX2F point-and-shoot for $549

• Samsung merges S-LCD and mobile display units under Samsung Display umbrella

• Samsung launches S Health services: Monitors weight, blood sugar and graphs it all

• Samsung appeals Galaxy Nexus ban, of course

Science (47)

• Panasonic Photosynthesis System converts carbon dioxide to organic material with plant-like efficiency

• Researchers prove your grandmother right, modern music is louder and all the same

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: 3D printed boat, algae-based biofuel and a bus that does push-ups

• US launches first commercial tidal power project this summer, Maine to reap moon's gravitational benefits

• Strobe lighting goggles shown to improve short-term memory, all-night ravers feel validated

• The quiet, solo side of Dead Space 3

• Cubify Invent: affordable design tool created just for 3D printing

• IBM cluster powers Murchison Widefield Array's radio telescope, answers mysteries of the universe faster than ever (video)

• Ford C-Max Energi pricing: $29,995 after a federal tax credit, available this fall

• Google fetes 40 years of Landsat with new timelapse videos of Earth

• Scientists create first computer simulation of a complete organism

• Fake jellyfish made from rat cells have a place in our hearts (video)

• Visualized: Telescope aboard suborbital NASA rocket takes clearest ever images of sun (video)

• UCLA creates transparent solar cell, dreams of current generating windows

• Alt-week 7.21.12: Outer space, flying hotels and federal trolls

• Fire Shadow missile can remain aloft for six hours before obliterating a moving target (video)

• Apple plans second North Carolina data center, avoids the 'Deep River Blues'

• 3D, light-trapping solar cells successfully fabricated by Solar3D

• Street View heads back to the Antarctic, visits historic landmarks (video)

• DARPA fights fire with sound and electricity, hopes 'ionic wind' could save lives in the field

• NCSU creates stretchable conductors from silver nanowires, lets gadgets go the extra inch

• Researcher calls platinum wrong for fuel cell development, looks elsewhere for efficiency

• Into the wild: cultivating the next generation of American scientists with Project Aether

• France's ANDRA developing a million-year hard drive, we hope our badly-written blogs live in perpetuity

• NIF sets record with 500 TW laser shot, lab-based nuclear fusion not far behind

• Utah researchers create 'Spintronic' LED, claim it's 'brighter, cheaper' and eco-friendly

• First solar-geo plant blooms in Nevada's high desert

• BAE Systems designs hard composite solar cells: could act as structure of UAVs, piece of soldier's gear

• EEG headware probes your neurons, shows interrogators your cranial contact list

• 36.7 million FPS camera revolutionized cancer screening, next comes combat sports

• Researchers store memory bit on a lone molecule, could pave the way for petabyte SSDs

• Graphene heals itself, powers our dreams and nightmares

• DARPA Innovation House project wants teams to take imaging data, see the big picture

• Researchers create space-time crystal schematic, still won't undo those ill-advised high school photos

• Researchers find space travel prolongs the life of worms

• MIT researchers develop chip that can harvest energy from multiple sources

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: rise of solar power, cardboard forts and a Death Star ping pong ball

• Alt-week 7.8.2012: Solar flares, trapping dark matter, and life-sized Lego trees

• Researchers capture a single atom's shadow, has implications for quantum computers

• CERN confirms existence of new particle consistent with Higgs boson (video)

• CERN update on its search for Higgs boson starts at 3AM ET (video)

• Spanish researchers to train FIFA referees on calling plays with stereoscopic 3D, won't help catch dives

• Higgs boson just may, possibly, more or less be proven to exist by ATLAS and CMS teams

• Researchers create 'rubber-band electronics' material, capable of stretching up to 200 percent (video)

• Researchers use 3D printer, sugar, to create a fake artery network for lab-grown tissue

• Fujitsu, NICT create indoor navigation for the blind using ultrawideband, Android phones, kind hearts

• New fuel cell keeps on going even once the fuel's dried up

Smartphones (185)

• HTC Trophy for Verizon prepares to Tango as soon as tomorrow

• Sony backpedals on Android 4.1 upgrade statement, is now 'actively investigating' all Xperia updates

• Sprint starts rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich update to HTC EVO 3D

• Pantech Marauder QWERTY slider gets official for Verizon, runs $50 after rebate

• Republic Wireless reopens its unlimited $19 per month beta, starts offering Motorola Defy XT

• Samsung Galaxy S Duos details make the rounds, bring Galaxy S III vibe to the dual-SIM world

• Huawei Ascend G 302D goes public in FCC docs

• AT&T's Eco-rating makes in-store debut alongside Pantech Renue

• Rumor: Apple holding an iPhone event on September 12

• Two sources talk of Apple iPhone event around September 12th, part sales back it up (update: one more clue)

• Strategy Analytics: Android lost US market share in Q2, isn't losing sleep just yet

• Samsung Omnia M with Windows Phone makes UK debut on August 1st, exclusively at Phones4U

• More iPhone prototypes revealed to disprove Sony design influence

• Engadget's first UK Giveaway: win one of three Sony Xperia S phones!

• Sharp Aquos SH-10D makes pit stop at FCC, earns stamp of approval

• Next-gen iPhone parts purportedly leak again, get assembled sans innards (update: video)

• CyanogenMod 10 preview build now available for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus

• HTC explains decision to skip Android 4.0 for Desire HD: we'd rather not wipe your data

• Google posts Android 4.1 Jelly Bean images for Nexus devices, modders rejoice

• Sony Xperia J possibly spotted, may court entry-level fashionistas

• Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G hides out in the open, heads to MetroPCS

• ZTE Grand X reaches UK shops a tad early through Phones4U

• Best Buy offers iPhone 4 for $50 with 2-year contract

• Sony rep confirms some 2011 Xperia handsets won't be tasting Google's Jelly Bean

• Pantech Star Q for Verizon surfaces, offers QWERTY, LTE and Snapdragon S4

• Windows Phone 8 SDK leaks show quiet upgrades to backup, media and the kitchen sink

• LG Nitro HD getting Ice Cream Sandwich the last day of July

• HTC One X might drop to $100 on contract at AT&T, tempt our wallets (update: confirmed)

• Samsung Galaxy S III recovers universal search box in OTA update to European handsets

• IDC: Samsung and Apple ship almost half of all smartphones, but Korean manufacturer maintains lead

• Sprint iPhone sales hold steady, AT&T and Verizon decline

• Motorola to allow bootloader unlocking from Photon Q 4G LTE onwards

• Samsung: Galaxy S III's universal search function 'inadvertently removed', will return to UK models in the next few days

• Sprint's Motorola Photon Q LTE is coming 'very soon' (update)

• Sprint's iPhone gamble isn't paying off as 2012 Q2 figures reveal $629 million operating loss

• Samsung SGH-i547 runs through certification gauntlets with quad-band LTE, shroud of mystery

• Radian project would deliver time-lapse to iPhone

• Samsung Galaxy S III replaces check-in, keycard, TV remote and AC control in Olympic hotel

• Samsung Galaxy S III update sheds universal search feature on international model

• Motorola Droid RAZR HD raises hopes during its brief encounter with the FCC?

• Nokia completes acquisition of Scalado's imaging tech and developers

• Android Jelly Bean OS manages speedy launch on ZTE's N880E smartphone

• Samsung Galaxy Stellar pops up in Verizon docs, might light up our skies soon

• Juggernaut Alpha with Windows Phone 8 appears in benchmarks, shows how sharp it might be

• Toshiba REGZA T-02D smartphone launches in Japan: 'New AMOLED Plus' display, old resolution

• ChangeWave: Advance demand for next-gen iPhone "off the charts"

• iPhone 101: Switching sound off (or down)

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of two Samsung Galaxy Notes, courtesy of 1SaleADay!

• Next-generation Xiaomi Phone rumored to house quad-core processor, 720p display

• Kyocera Rise linked to Sprint and Virgin Mobile in leak, clue vanishes in a hot minute

• Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8

• Galaxy S III sales breach 10 million, satisfy Samsung executives

• Visualized: Samsung Galaxy S III blasted with X-ray, doesn't gain superpowers

• Vodafone walks us through a phone's Android 4.0 upgrade, explains our protracted thumb-twiddling

• Jelly Bean now available to Nexus S via OTA download, we coat our phones in more sugar

• Did the Galaxy Note II's impressive benchmarks briefly get leaked?

• Sprint's rumored LG LS860 'Cayenne' shows up once more, reveals hint of ICS

• BlackBerry 10 gets voice commands in latest dev update (video)

• Examining iPhone pricing and US market share

• T-Mobile USA gives black HTC One S to hard-working staff, leaves other Americans turning green

• Samsung Jasper for Verizon leaks on Twitter, dual-core Snapdragon and ICS in tow

• Got a GSM Nexus S and some flash skills? Get your Jelly Bean today

• HTC confirms Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for One X, One XL and One S, includes AT&T, T-Mobile and Rogers models

• Xperia GX goes through federal inspection, is still the Sony phone we want

• Rumor: Windows Phone 8 devices to launch this November?

• Huawei's Ascend P1 makes its way to the UK, Canada

• Download nightlies of Firefox OS, get your own hands-on

• Smartphone overtakes PC as primary internet device in China

• iPhone sales still strong for Verizon

• Nokia wants to become the 'where?' company, Lumias to become sensor masters

• Verizon: smartphones constitute 50 percent of our postpaid customer phone base

• Nokia's Q2 2012 financials: 4 million Lumias sold, $1.01 billion dollar loss

• Nexus S on Vodafone Australia won't get Jelly Bean today after all

• HTC 'preparing' Jelly Bean update for One XL and One S, no date yet

• Samsung Galaxy S III 64GB not discontinued, coming in the 'second half of this year'

• ZTE Grand X coming to UK for £190 pay-as-you-go: 4.3-inch qHD, microSD, stock Android 4.0

• CyanogenMod 10 builds start offering sugary sweets to Samsung Galaxy S III users

• Vodafone Australia promises Nexus S Jelly Bean upgrade on July 19th

• RIM gets patent for logic-based text prediction, BlackBerry 10 keyboard now preserved for the ages (update: not so ambitious)

• Fujitsu intros RakuRaku accessible smartphone for the elderly

• WSJ: iPhone future includes thinner screen, other details cloudy

• Kyocera Hydro hitting Boost on August 3rd for $130, lets you get your Ice Cream Sandwich soggy

• Qantas plans to ditch BlackBerry, adopt iPhone

• HTC HD2 gets unofficial Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port, becomes the Phone That Would Not Die

• Verizon LG Optimus Vu apprehended by Android Police, confesses to Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade

• Acer Liquid Gallant Duo up for pre-order on Expansys, SIM-swappers silently applaud

• Qantas replacing staff BlackBerrys with iPhones, Australian flights may be held up by Tiny Wings

• iOS 6 beta 3 wends its way to developers

• T-Mobile officially confirms Samsung Galaxy Note, more details in coming weeks

• Sony Xperia NXT series available now unlocked for US tastes

• iOS 6 beta 3 available to developers

• Jolla signs deal to bring future MeeGo handsets to Chinese retailer D.Phone

• Engadget Giveaway: win a Motorola Atrix HD!

• 2012 iPhone's maybe-finished front appears with center camera, may straighten our FaceTime chats

• Galaxy S III Developer Edition for Verizon appears on Samsung's website

• How would you change the Nokia Lumia 710?

• Motorola Atrix HD now on sale at AT&T: $100 on contract for LTE, 720p and ICS

• Nokia and AT&T cut Lumia 900 price to $50, sweeten the Windows Phone 7.8 pot

• Sony Xperia tipo sidles into the FCC, inspires yawns

• Google posts Android 4.1 Jelly Bean's changelog, explores its latest dessert in detail

• Mystery HTC device flaunts class-leading benchmarks, 1080p display

• Panasonic Eluga Power earns nod of approval at FCC

• ZTE teases 'advanced gaming smartphone' set for availability in six days

• Nielsen has Android near 52 percent of US smartphone share in Q2, iPhone ekes out gains

• PSA: Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S III finally arriving in stores today

• Nokia 808 PureView flashes backstage pass, shows off video chops

• Sprint confirms HTC EVO 4G LTE in white, battle of carrier-specific phone colors rages on

• New 2012 iPhone body reportedly leaks, gives the glass front its time to shine

• AT&T scores red Galaxy S III, pre-orders start July 15th

• Sprint Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade reportedly arrives tomorrow

• Philips W732 Android 4.0 smartphone coming to China, has 2,400mAh battery for extended web surfing

• Atrix HD continues locked bootloader tradition, may be set free... eventually

• HTC EVO 4G LTE software update begins rollout today, exterminates the bugs

• RIM patent uses motion, CAPTCHAs to stop texting while driving, shows a fine appreciation of irony

• Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T devours Ice Cream Sandwich and Premium Suite apps

• Optimus LTE II makes a cameo on Verizon as LG VS930 (Updated)

• Samsung brings out Galaxy S III Developer Edition for Verizon, answers the call for an unlockable bootloader

• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) now hitting all Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ devices

• Sony's upcoming ST26i smartphone could hit the market under Xperia J name

• Samsung Galaxy Note documents pop up on T-Mobile's site, prepares for its grand entrance

• Samsung Galaxy S III available on US Cellular's website tomorrow, in stores by end of week

• Verizon Galaxy Nexus welcomed back into the AOSP fold, Sprint shunned by Google

• AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket gets updated to ICS

• Heins: RIM focusing on a 'smaller number of devices'

• Boutique hotel equips guests with iPhones

• Sony Xperia P blushes in metallic pink

• BlackBerry Curve 9310 makes a straight line to Verizon, July 12th

• List of alleged Windows Phones reveals Nokia Dogphone, Fluid and P4301, working titles we hope

• Jolla startup receives MeeGo patents, nod of encouragement from Nokia (update: only partially true)

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean source code now available

• Pink Nokia Lumia 900 headed for AT&T July 15th, demands a Psychedelic Furs ringtone

• Verizon support blames Samsung for locked bootloader in Galaxy S III (updated)

• AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note ICS update coming tomorrow, offers Premium Suite

• Thorsten Heins talks BB10 delay, promises to 'reinstall faith in RIM' in January with full touch device

• Huawei Ascend D1 now up for grabs in China, headed to Russia next month

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of two Meizu MX 4-core phones!

• Nokia 808 PureView now available stateside, $700 via Amazon

• A bevy of Nokias allegedly leak into a developer app: 'Lumia 1001' tops theoretical new lineup

• Sony Xperia acro S jumps through FCC hoops

• Samsung T699 may become Galaxy S Blaze Q, compete for silliest phone name ever on August 15th

• Verizon website pushes Galaxy S III availability back two days, still shipping pre-orders

• Jolla promises MeeGo will live on, plans new smartphone to reward the faithful

• PSA: Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ up for sale again at Google Play store (update: now shipping in '1-2 weeks')

• RIM's Thorsten Heins answers Globe & Mail readers' questions, is 'absolutely committed' to new timeline

• Nokia Lumia 910 pops up in developer tool, has us chasing phantoms

• Verizon Galaxy S III has locked bootloader (but it's been rooted anyway)

• Samsung finds exploding Galaxy S III was due to 'external source', owner says it was a 'mistake'

• nTelos starts selling iPhone without contract, Apple's prepaid sphere grows a little larger

• PSA: Samsung Galaxy S III for AT&T now in stores

• ITU wants to bring smartphone makers to peace talks, hash out patent wars

• AT&T planning new option to hinder stolen iPhones (Updated)

• Samsung Galaxy S III OTA update adds brightness widget to drop-down menu

• Motorola DEFY Pro heads to Brazil, offers tough and tactile Android action

• Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in projector now up for grabs: £395 sim-free in the UK

• Sony LT30 is Bluetooth-certified: packs 720p display, Snapdragon S4, no name

• CyanogenMod plans a quick leap to Jelly Bean for version 10, existing devices likely to tag along

• PSA: HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE lands in Verizon stores, gets us tongue-tied

• University of Calgary experimenting with one-handed iPhone gestures

• Huawei Ascend D Quad release set for late August in China, October for European markets

• Samsung Galaxy S III LTE with quad-core Exynos comes to three Korean carriers July 9th

• Motorola Atrix HD revealed with 4.5-inch Colorboost HD display, ICS and Droid RAZR looks

• Qualcomm enlists Samsung, UMC to help meet 28nm Snapdragon S4 demand

• Key MeeGo team members leave Nokia, N9 owners swipe away a few tears

• Sprint's white EVO 4G LTE reportedly set for July 15th release, BOGO on Epic 4G Touch in tow

• Samsung Galaxy Chat brings Nature UX to the messaging crowd

• Samsung Galaxy Beam and Galaxy Ace 2 resurface, get proper launches in Singapore and Taiwan

• Nexus S 4G regains AOSP status, Verizon Galaxy Nexus owners left hanging

• Nokia N9 updated to MeeGo PR1.3, boasts 1,000 improvements

• Huawei's Emotion UI for Ice Cream Sandwich devices starts rolling out in China

• RIM's Thorsten Heins denies company's 'death spiral,' predicts successful transition to BlackBerry 10

• Motorola Photon Q wanders into the FCC with Sprint LTE

• O2 says calling just fifth most-used task on smartphones, suggests we call them 'best buds' instead

• GreatCall outs Samsung-made Jitterbug Plus, for folks who want a phone without all the smarts

• Sony Xperia SL shows up in Indonesian POSTEL database

• Samsung's GT-B5330 shows up in leaked photos, flaunts its QWERTY traits

• Samsung Galaxy S III hits AT&T retail stores July 6th

• ComScore: iOS and Android market share continues to climb, RIM and Motorola continue to fall

• iOS claims 65% of mobile web marketshare

• Made in America: could your next phone be homegrown?

• Engadget Giveaway: win a Beats-enabled HTC One X, courtesy of AT&T!

• Mozilla says a slew of carriers and handset makers set to support Firefox OS

• Nokia chairman says company has a Windows Phone 'contingency plan' after all

• Pantech Vega S5 does Android 4.0 on a 5-inch LCD, facemask not included

• Samsung files appeal on Galaxy Nexus ban

• PSA: Samsung Galaxy S III now available in Sprint stores

Social Media (26)

• Facebook working on 'save-for-later' feature, lets you like things privately

• Twitter responds to suspended reporter controversy, explains Trust & Safety policies

• Twitter quietly adds clickable stock symbols

• Facebook improves photo viewing with larger images, takes cues from Google+

• Instagram update disables "Find Twitter Friends" feature

• Facebook's new Recommendations Bar pops up, just wants to be liked

• Man acquitted as #TwitterJokeTrial appeal ends in victory

• Twitter rumored to be pitching in-feed video shows to studios

• Twitter confirms site issues, working to resolve things (update: Twitter apologizes and explains)

• Twitter's cooking up a way for you to archive your old tweets, relive your Bieber fever again and again

• Digg to get a complete redesign, relaunch in August

• TIME calls for Instagram pics as Sports Illustrated uses them in print

• Washington to become first US state to enroll voters through Facebook

• Socialcam sells to Autodesk for $60 million

• Twitter @ reply's original creator uncovered, did it before it was cool

• Twitter's anatomy of a mobile redesign

• WSJ: Sinking social news site Digg bought by NYC firm Betaworks (updated)

• Facebook redesigns Events listings, makes you an even bigger jerk for forgetting someone's birthday

• Twitter comes to Nokia Series 40 feature phones, lets you hashtag with the best of them

• Telefonica's Tuenti social network kicks off global expansion, rolls out mobile apps

• Twitter for Android, iOS expands those Kickstarter tweets, becomes sensitive to our notification needs

• Twitter for iOS 4.3 gets early teases from Twitter itself and the App Store, promises gobs of in-tweet content

• 100 million smartphone owners in China getting free VoIP through messaging app Weixin

• Twitter brings search autocomplete to the web, helps find Biebs tweets in record time

• EA opens SimCity Social on Facebook, really, really hopes you'll 'like' it

• Twitter Transparency Report shows DMCA and government actions: US is biggest busybody

Space (18)

• China's new liquid oxygen and kerosene-fueled rocket engine lights up for testing

• China sending a probe to the moon next year to look for Moonbase Alpha

• Alt-week 7.28.12: social mathematics, Pluto's moons and humans-on-a-chip

• MacTech and Southern Stars launching a satellite into space

• NASA flinging Portal 2's space core into space, sort of

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: liter of light project, space tourism and a 'Hyperloop' train

• NASA ISERV Pathfinder to link up with ISS, keep an eye out for natural disasters

• Space Shuttle Enterprise ready to go on display, space travel gets its fitting tribute

• Inside NASA's Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center

• NASA captures red sprite, puts it in a jar

• Richard Branson confirms Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight will launch next year with him on board

• 'Extreme' class solar flare heading toward Earth, hopefully bringing nothing but auroras

• NASA launches Spacecraft 3D app for iOS, lets you explore its Curiosity and a lot more

• New NASA app brings spacecraft to life in 3D

• July 12th, 1962: the day two continents smiled at each other

• Project 1640 offers new way to search for planets beyond our solar system

• Virgin Galactic unveils LauncherOne satellite vehicle

• Now NASA's thinking with portals (video)

Sports (22)

• FIFA 13 with Kinect lets the ref hear, react to your foul mouth

• Remote camera mounts replace AFP photographers at Olympic Games

• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as a Commodore 64 game

• Skylanders Giants enters retail portals on Oct. 21

• Seattle Indies Expo kicks off on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

• New Worms Revolution developer diary details game modes

• Star Trek: The Next Generation Comic-Con trailer tries to make season one (and two) look exciting (video)

• A look at Guild Wars 2's Sylvari cinematic

• Journey unearths retro head-hunting in CE minigame, 'Gravediggers'

• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 announced

• See the Game of Thrones MMO in motion

• NBC's 2012 London Olympics second screen and streaming apps for Android and iOS launch today

• NHL 13's goalie is more limber than ever before

• Google and Sustrans join forces, bring bike navigation to UK Maps

• Get hype: EVO 2012 results and Grand Finals videos

• Drayson Racing's B12/69EV sets new Goodwood record, electric cars move further up the grid

• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 now has a dinosaur with boxing gloves named Alex

• Some Assembly Required: Six essential ArcheAge videos

• IFAB gives goal-line technology the nod, first official run will be at this year's FIFA Club World Cup

• Double amputee Oscar Pistorius will race in the London Olympic games

• Must See HDTV (July 2nd - 8th)

• Nike+ Basketball and Training stat tracking shoes launch, kick off 'Game On, World' challenge (video)

Streaming (41)

• TUAW Poll: What's the next video channel Apple should add to the Apple TV?

• Pandora channel gets refresh, version 3.0 arrives on Roku

• Miramax arrives on Lovefilm to let you relive the golden age of Weinsteins

• YouTube will kick in an extra $200 million to market new channels

• Hulu Plus app live on Apple TV

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: July 23-29, 2012

• Listen to the Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 1pm ET!

• MV Guide: July 30 - August 5, 2012

• The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5:15PM ET!

• Google TV now lists movie New Releases, to let users control YouTube vids from phones and tablets

• KCRW launches MALCOLM music service to help indie bands in need

• Redbox Instant enters alpha testing with help from Verizon (updated)

• Now Playing: July 23-29, 2012

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: July 16-22, 2012

• Hulu rolls out a simplified player UI for the web, takes a few cues from mobile

• Spotify marks its first anniversary in the US with 13 billion listens, a whole lot of sharing goin' on

• 20th Century Fox movies now available via iTunes in the cloud

• Amazon, Warner deal brings Fringe, The West Wing to Prime Instant Video exclusively

• iTunes in the Cloud movies find their way to Australia, Canada, the UK and 32 more countries

• YouTube add face blur tech to its videos, creates anonymous copies of your clips

• Comcast, Scripps deal brings more internet streaming video on Xfinity TV

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: July 9-15, 2012

• Now TV launches in the UK, brings pay-as-you-go streaming to Mac, PC and Android

• Crunchyroll app coming to PS3 (plus bonus streaming anime news)

• Switched On: Android's TV triple threat

• AMC to live stream Breaking Bad season premiere on its site, Dish customers rejoice

• EU to ease licensing rules for iTunes, other digital music stores

• U.S. District Court denies preliminary injunction vs. Aereo, says live TV can be broadcasted to iOS devices

• Aereo avoids a preliminary injunction, keeps its antenna to internet TV service on the air for now

• Bollywood music hit Dhingana launches dynamic adaptive streaming on iOS

• Next Issue offers all-you-can-read iPad magazine store

• YouTube's reportedly working on adding 'premium' channels in France

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: July 2-8, 2012

• Netflix users clock-in more viewing hours than ever: over one billion in June

• Report: Xbox Music to allow subscription streaming, a la carte purchasing

• Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview ready for rent from iTunes

• Next season NFL will release All-22 game tape, relax blackout rules and start doubleheaders later

• Sony's Music Unlimited service finally reaches Japan homeland, offers access to over 10 million tracks

• HBO Go update supports Android tablets up to ICS

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: June 25-July 1, 2012

• Beats Electronics gets official with MOG acquisition, makes it an honest music streaming service

Style (2)

• Tokyoflash Japan unveils the Kisai Online, tells the time in vertical lines

• The Walking Dead FPS's Comic-Con swag is all ears

Tablets (69)

• $125 MIPS-based Smart Tab 1 brings Jelly Bean on a budget to India

• Energy Sistem beefs up its budget i8 slate with Ice Cream Sandwich inside

• Sony Xperia Tablet leaked from internal slides: Surface-style keyboard and tentative $450 price tag

• Wikipad specs get real: 10.1-inch 1,280 x 800 display, 1.4 GHz Tegra 3, Jelly Bean

• Wikipad specs revealed, will run Android 4.1 games on a 10.1" screen

• Samsung Retina-like 11.8-inch tablet in the works according to court docs

• Archos' ICS-loaded 97 Carbon tablet now up for sale, priced at $230 for a limited time

• ASUS Tablet 810 with Windows 8 transforms its way past the FCC

• Mysterious 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook appears in Vietnam

• Subway iPad theft leaves reporter with broken jaw

• Archos Arnova GBook heads to the FCC, may have literary ambitions

• Lenovo IdeaPad K1 gets smeared with Ice Cream Sandwich

• Archos' Transformer rival reappears, passes federal inspection, forgets its keyboard

• PSA: Nexus 7 arrives at the Carphone Warehouse today

• Did ASUS' Windows 8-packing Tablet 600 hit the FCC?

• North Korean media reports North Koreans love North Korean tablet

• Motorola Xoom WiFi's Jelly Bean upgrade arriving for regular users

• Certified testers (and tweakers) get Jelly Bean for their Honeycomb-era Xoom WiFis

• Seton Hall Uni to distract students with Windows 8 tablet handouts (video)

• Strategy Analytics: iPad keeps riding high in Q2 tablet market share, Android doesn't budge

• Huawei outs MediaPad 7 Lite with Ice Cream Sandwich, doesn't tell us when it's coming

• Fujitsu Stylistic M532 Android tablet cozies up to the FCC

• Jelly Bean details spill for US Motorola Xoom WiFi

• Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 Pro quad core dev tablet now available for $1,299 (update: spec sheet)

• ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity hits the UK on August 31st, priced at £600 for 64GB model

• BlackBerry PlayBook with 4G LTE may reach Bell by July 31st, 1.5GHz chip tagging along for the ride

• Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 quietly goes on sale as the Gobots of transforming tablets

• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 appears in 30-second commercial (video)

• Proview sued by its iPad court case law firm, owes at least 2.4 million dollars in legal fees

• New iPad quietly debuts in China

• ASUS Transformer Prime, TF300 and Infinity TF700 getting Jelly Bean in 'the coming months'

• New iPad owners increasingly interested in business use

• ASUS spills jelly beans on why Nexus 7 has no rear camera, cites added cost

• 7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A110 lands at the FCC

• How the iPad changed the NFL

• ViewSonic ViewPad E72 hits FCC: ICS in a 7-inch package

• N-Trig pen tech whittled down to single DuoSense chips and sensors, shrinks scribblings to travel size

• Archos 97 Carbon breaks cover at the FCC

• Google adds browser-based weather feature to tablets with temperature, wind and precipitation

• Image of an early iPad prototype surfaces

• Nexus 7 pre-orders start shipping in UK and Canada (Update: model specific US details)

• OnLive says support for Universal Controller on Nexus 7 is coming 'shortly'

• German court rules Motorola Xoom doesn't violate Apple's iPad design patent

• Barnes & Noble brings out Nook for Web, comes full circle with e-reading (update: not on iOS)

• iPad "mini" drumbeat continues as NYT supports rumor of smaller tablet

• ASUS Transformer Prime TF700T showing 'in stock' at Office Depot, days before scheduled US release

• Simmtronics' $81 XPad debuts, winning the race to the bottom

• GammaTech rugged T7Q launches at $2k and up, promptly steals your iPad's lunch money

• Nexus 7 pre-orders ship to some customers -- has yours?

• HTC Vertex pops up in benchmarks, might bring a slice of One X muscle to tablets

• Kobo updates Touch eReader software and Desktop app, heads to Italy this fall

• NBA star uses iPad to sign $100M contract

• HTC confirms another tablet coming to the UK

• Nexus 7 tablet now receiving Android 4.1.1 update

• Motion Computing announces CL910 tablet for enterprise, promises Windows 8 upgrades

• Kouziro crafts wired-only, 21.5-inch Android 4.0 mega tablet, makes us think it's compensating for something

• UK judge: Galaxy Tab "not as cool" as iPad

• AllThingsD: New Kindle Fire will feature 1,280 x 800 resolution, ship in Q3 2012

• Google Nexus 7 tablet gets mid-July arrival dates from Staples in US and Canada

• Panasonic's P-08D Eluga Live tablet makes a quick splash at the FCC, keeps no secrets

• Archos raids the periodic table for new line of Android tablets, launches 97 Carbon slate

• Acer's Iconia Tab A210 Android tablet hits the FCC

• iPad mini rumors resurface like so many leftovers, have production start in September

• Sony PRS-T2 Reader drops by the FCC, teases e-book lovers ahead of launch

• US court upholds ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales

• Skytex announces Gemini and Protos: ICS tablets that sound like X-Men

• Judge Koh denies injunction stay, keeps Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 out of stores

• Kobo eReader Touch up for pre-order in Japan, hitting market with 'localized experience' July 19th

• How would you change Sony's Tablet P?

Technology (159)

• New AOSP Jelly Bean port for international Galaxy S III available, 'mostly everything is working'

• TomTom launches new hands-free dashboard mount for smartphones (video)

• FreedomPop's $99 WiMax iPod touch case promises an iPhone without the bills (video)

• X-RHex Lite robot grows a tail, always lands on its feet (video)

• The $1.35 million mech (and how to insure it)

• Hello, Dolly! Meet iStabilizer's new iPhone moviemaking accessory

• Hangouts come to Gmail, let you launch virtual meetings from your inbox

• Kuratas, the 13-foot mech: unleashes your inner Ripley, costs $1.35 million (video)

• CIA dragonfly drone almost beat modern UAVs by 40 years, was swatted (video)

• Stiq Figures, July 16 - 22: Pepsiman edition

• Here's another taste of Okami in HD

• Minecraft mod makes shadows more shadowy, water more watery

• Native screenshot feature for Windows Phone 8 confirmed by emulator

• Padcaster and Lenscaster streamline iPad video production workflow

• HP laptop comes with webcam standard, peek at Chinese factory as bonus (video)

• Is HP showing the Slate 8 in its latest commercial? (video)

• TUAW Origin Stories: Model Release

• 3D printer cuts vinyl, mills, draws, fits comfortably inside a briefcase, is generally fab

• Retro/Grade flies backwards into PSN on Aug. 21

• Payday's bank robbers take over Left 4 Dead's Mercy Hospital

• Assassin's Creed 3 multiplayer trailer sneaks out

• Extra footage of record-setting Yates electric plane flight shows power loss, dramatic deadstick landing (video)

• Google posts video highlights of I/O 2012, for those craving one last sugary fix

• NVIDIA throws support behind Miracast as wireless display standard

• Mac App Store easter egg: subtle but fun

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Elgato

• Google Handwrite lets us scribble our way through mobile searches (video)

• Google Fiber gets formal launch, adds Google Fiber TV (update: event video)

• Drone-maker Parrot invests $7.5 million in two EPFL spin-offs, sets sights beyond toys

• Choose your daring escape in latest Dishonored trailer

• Baby robot Affetto gets a torso, still gives us the creeps (video)

• BlackBerry 10 gets homespun picture editor to reduce Instagram-envy (video)

• Second Story uses Kinect for augmented shopping, tells us how much that doggie is in the window (video)

• Tribes: Ascend adds a double disc launcher in latest patch

• Google shows off Creator Space in London, hopes to foster more professional YouTube videos

• TUAW TV Live: Even more Mountain Lion goodness

• Microsoft teams up with shopping search engine for HTML5 digital catalogs

• Darksiders 2 rides in with two-minute in-engine trailer

• AT&T reveals new multi-beam antenna tech for live events, could offer data speeds five times faster (video)

• Sigma R&D shows Kinect sign language and Jedi savvy to win gesture challenge (video)

• TUAW TV Live: Mountain Lion Special Edition

• The 'DROID X360' is so fake

• Big Fish Unlimited lets gamers resume play on mobile, PC and TV, stay distracted at all times (update: HTML5 explained)

• Nao humanoid climbs spiral staircase, breakfast in bed is around the corner (video)

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Centrify

• Droid X360 goes for the KIRF prize, antagonizes Microsoft, Motorola and Sony at the same time (video)

• OnLive-capable Vizio Co-Star now up for pre-order

• Vizio Co-Star Google TV set-top box is up for pre-order, $100 brings it your way in August

• Nvidia releases 'A New Dawn' graphical tech demo

• Post-It Notes deliver paper Mario stop-motion escapade

• Metalab wires its Blinkenwall to run from Commodore 64, gives no word on the obligatory Tetris port (video)

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

• Awesomenauts XBLA update is live, adds Derpl and Coco

• Flashy notifications from Flashr Kickstarter project

• Huawei's MediaPad 10 teases all of its traits in soothing promo video

• Death Rally PC trailer totally nails it

• Epic Mickey 2: The Power of a Story Trailer

• Nokia Drive 3.0 arrives with My Commute, your Lumia is no excuse for being late (video)

• TUAW Origin Stories: Party Doodles

• Qantas to hand out free iPads to all passengers on Boeing 767s, save fuel and our sanity (video)

• KDDI unveils ICS 'Smart TV Box' for cable providers in Japan, available later this year (video)

• Ikea beefs up 2013 catalog with companion AR app, doesn't translate Swedish furniture names (video)

• iGills accessory turns iPhone into a dive computer, lets you film underwater

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Southern Stars

• Gamesplanet Lab: Kickstarter's 'crowd-creating' competitor

• Porsche 918 Spyder caught on tape at the Nürburgring, bank accounts shiver (video)

• Vyclone app for iPhone makes "social filmmaking" possible

• Yakuza 1 and 2 HD extort trailer, screens

• An audio walkthrough of Pid's soundtrack

• Skyhook SDK for Android touts always-on location finding without the battery hit (video)

• TUAW TV Live: Little iPads, Mountain Lions, and other delights

• Micron first to market with phase-change memory modules for portable devices (video)

• Google Fiber is coming on July 26, Kansas readies to open its pipes

• O2 apologizes for 'unprecedented' outage with 10 percent refunds

• AT&T unveils Mobile Share, lets you add 10 devices to a single plan

• TweetDeck version 1.5 arrives with columns, lots of columns (video)

• Steve Wozniak reveals contents of his backpack, has a lot of stuff

• Ford wants you to meet its touchy, feely interior quality robot, RUTH 2.0

• NXP's new audio chip pumps up the volume for mobile device speakers (update: video)

• Maker Camp brings DIY fun to teens via Google+ Hangouts

• Apple recruitment video takes us inside Infinite Loop

• G.A.U.N.T.L.E.T. trades in keyboard and touchscreen typing for sweaty hands (video)

• Awesomenauts coming to PC and Mac soon

• Pac-Man and Mega Man never coming to SF X Tekken on 360

• Baird explains the finer details of Gears of War: Judgment's 'OverRun' mode

• Zoom Q2HD Handy Video Recorder lets you stream and record on the move, we go hands-on

• Airbus designer hopes to see planes roll out of hangar-sized 3D printers by 2050

• Outstanding Technology brings visible light communication to phones and tablets via dongle and LEDs

• Dig the new Worms Revolution classes in new dev diary

• Sonic Adventure 2 coming to PSN/XBLA this fall

• Zone of the Enders: HD Collection gets a new intro cinematic

• Savi People app brings 'smarter' contacts to iPhone, integrates with your favorite social networks

• XBMC for Android app revealed; source code available now, beta APKs soon (video)

• Veho Muvi HD 'NPNG' Edition action camera impressions (video)

• Sound guru brings The Secret World's ur draug monster to life

• Nokia Transport goes official: public transport departure times for over 100 cities (video)

• Nexus 7's Smart Cover-like magnetic sensors

• LG Optimus Vu review: a 5-inch, pen-enabled phone to take on the Galaxy Note

• Researchers use off-the-shelf parts to let you write emails with your eyes (video)

• Omron MEMS thermal sensor tells you how hot your pocket is (video)

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Appigo

• Browser-controlled robot lets you skip stones remotely, mentally escape the concrete jungle

• DIY GPS dog collar helps your pup fulfill its mobile computing potential

• Spy a trailer and first details for Spy vs. Spy on iOS

• Sprint Epic 4G Touch (Update: but not US Cellular Galaxy S II) ICS update is official, start rolling out today

• Parrot MINIKIT Neo voice-controlled hands-free kit coming in September

• iStabilizer Dolly brings smooth tracking shots to iPhone video

• Q2 and Q4 Xbee controllers have the gimbals to handle your most unwieldy robotics projects

• Amazon's 'GameCircle' adds achievements and more to Kindle Fire games

• Google's Nexus 7 discovered to have Smart Cover-like magnetic sensor

• Google Search As You Type gives retailer websites instant search

• TUAW TV Live: The pursuit of happiness (and gadgets)

• Jelly Bean spreads the butter to Amazon's Kindle Fire in unofficial beta build (video)

• Tiny Wings 2.0 is a free update, coming tonight

• GameCircle brings achievements, save game sync to Amazon's tablet

• Rovio's Amazing Alex arrives on Android and iOS July 12th, bosses everywhere weep for lost productivity (video)

• Griffin's MIDIConnect now available at $80 to make beautiful music with your iDevice (video)

• Motorola MOTOSMART comes to UK in July: we go hands-on

• Square Enix tech director on Agni's Philosophy demo, next-gen hurdles

• Nexus Q hacked to launch apps, gets remote control web app

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Matrox Electronic Systems

• Nintendo 3DS XL review: bigger is better, but it's still not quite enough

• AT&T Atrix HD priced at $99: coming July 15 (video)

• KIRF Galaxy S III: designed for cheapskates, inspired by Samsung

• Autodesk Scaleform lets you use Flash to build high-end portable device games for $299 (video)

• Garmin unveils Fenix, its first GPS watch for deep-pocketed outdoorsy types (hands-on)

• Parrot Minikit Neo helps you focus on driving, making off-handed Matrix references

• SiliconDust HDHomerun Prime CableCARD tuners hit Woot for $130

• AT&T officially releases Watson speech API, gives devs a bit of babel fish for their apps

• TUAW and MacTech interview: iSpeech

• Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET

• IndoorAtlas uses disturbances in the (geomagnetic) force to map interiors, plot a path to aisle 3 (video)

• Samsung Galaxy S III for Verizon Wireless review

• The Avengers Initiative Second Screen app goes live on iTunes in time for Comic-Con

• Mobile Miscellany: week of July 2nd, 2012

• PlayStation All-Stars joined by Heihachi and Toro

• Learn how to machinina with Bloodvein

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Aerohive

• Andreas Illiger announces Tiny Wings 2, coming next week

• Tiny Wings 2 lands on July 12, adorable trailer confirms

• Engadget Podcast 300 - 07.06.2012

• Google slips out YouTube Android Player API, third-party apps get full Nyan Cat experience (video)

• ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 with LTE stretches its legs on O2 in Germany (video)

• Robotic legs simulate our neural system, lurch along in the most human-like way so far

• Left 4 Dead running on Vita via PlayStation Mobile is pretty Suite

• Checkmark is a handy new reminder app for iPhone

• Layout app adds framing style to images on the iPad

• Final Fantasy VII on PC is definitely not an HD remake

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Karelia Software

• CyanogenMod's Steve Kondik and crew talk Android hacking in Google I/O video

• University of Calgary's Fat Thumb trick allows one-handed phone use, jugglers are thankful (video)

• Sky Sports iPad app, Sky Go for iOS and Android refreshed with more content and features

• TUAW and MacTech interview: Creaceed

• Google Now gets an epic 47-question interrogation, survives for now (video)

• Design firm's video offers a glimpse of the touchscreen webOS phone that never was

• MasterCard and T-Mobile to bring NFC payments to Europe in Q3 (video)

• Confirmed: HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE coming to Verizon July 5th for $150

• Stiq Figures, June 18 - 24: Crash n' Burn edition

• Microsoft startup incubator yields real-world Kinect ideas

Tomorrow (5)

• What Siri foretells for the future of semantic search

• MakerBot brings back the 'Mixtape' as a printable MP3 player (video)

• The Light and How to Swing It: 3 crazy design ideas that would turn ret on its head

• IBM Labs pitches the future of augmented reality shopping with mobile app prototype

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: energy-harvesting toilet, LED lightbulb overhaul and a floating, solar-powered resort home

TV & Movies (41)

• Must See HDTV (July 31st - August 5th)

• Now Playing: July 30 - August 5, 2012

• Editorial: NBC's Olympics and the steely grip of old media

• Data-hungry crowds spoil Olympic TV coverage, archers alerted

• Previously on MV TV: The week of July 21st

• BuddyTV Guide adds Olympics 2012 quick list to help viewers find the events they want

• Report: Ashton Kutcher is going method as Steve Jobs

• Layoffs hit Warner Bros. Seattle studios [update: WB confirms]

• Nick Arcade was a technical marvel

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: New cat episode

• Defiance TV show begins production today

• Yahoo shows off Beyond Gold Olympics app for its connected HDTVs

• New South Park screens keep you guessing

• Previously on MV TV: The week of July 14th

• Ezio Auditore/Chris Redfield to play Sonic the Hedgehog in Wreck-it Ralph

• DirecTV and Viacom deal brings MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and the rest back on the air

• DirecTV and Viacom disagree on their disagreements, standoff continues

• Sam Raimi off World of Warcraft film in light of Oz: The Great and Powerful

• Re-Reading Rainbow: an interview with LeVar Burton

• Boto Media talks about Kingdom of Plants with David Attenborough: TUAW interview

• Now Playing: July 16-22, 2012

• Jojo's Bizarre Adventure continues to look bizarre in HD

• Comic-Con fans go crazy over Hobbit teaser, but not the 48fps version

• Previously on MV TV: The week of July 7th

• Adventure Time 'collector's edition' spotted

• Warcraft movie will not be directed by Sam Raimi

• Charlie Kaufman's stop-motion project, Anomalisa, turns to Kickstarter for funding

• Syfy photo contest to award trip to Defiance premier party

• Need for Speed film debuts on Feb. 7, 2014

• God of War screenplay being rewritten by Saw VI alumni

• Viacom channels disappear from DirecTV after the two companies can't reach a deal

• Deus Ex film rights picked up by CBS

• Now Playing: July 9-15, 2012

• 4D technology coming to 200 US cinemas to help you feel and smell the action

• Michael Fassbender starring in and co-producing Assassin's Creed film

• Previously on MV TV: The week of June 30th

• Storyboard: Ten questions to answer about your character

• Youview TV platform and set-top box coming to UK stores this month (update: priced at £299)

• Now Playing: July 2 - 8, 2012

• Avengers Blu Ray release getting companion iOS app

• AMC dropped from Dish Network, cuts a new deal to stay on with AT&T U-verse

Wearables (11)

• US soldiers to wear blast sensors in Afghanistan, collect shock data

• Pebble smartwatch will miss September shipping date, blames darn popularity

• BioSoles know you're you within three steps, deter shoe bandits

• Adidas miCoach Elite System set to equip all MLS teams in 2013, creates world's first 'smart league'

• Ferrari, Logic3 team on headphones, may be closest we get to an Enzo's engine note

• Editorial: Engadget on EyeTap, Project Glass and the future of wearable cameras

• iBike Powerhouse starts shipping: a workout coach for your set of wheels

• Etymotic Music•Pro 9-15 earplugs bring high-end hush to audiences, lets us enjoy speed metal safely

• Motorola discounts the MOTOACTV $100, hopes you're still in bikini slim-down mode

• New Nike+ shoes further enhance digital training

• Olympus announces MEG4.0 wearable display prototype, skips the skydive

Xbox (33)

• Master Chief surveys the Art of Halo 4 book cover

• Microsoft kicked off public beta for 2012 Xbox Live update, but quickly ran out of space

• Microsoft opening new London Xbox studio

• Want to test the next Xbox Dashboard update? Now's your big chance [update: it's full!]

• Custom steampunk Xbox 360 controller hits auction

• More shots of the Legendary Edition Halo 4 console and controllers

• It's-a me, Master Chief: Halo 4 lead talks shop at Italy's View conference this October

• Kinect Sesame Street and Nat Geo 'TV experiences' arrive in September

• Left 4 Dead 2 Cold Stream DLC delayed on Xbox 360

• Nike+ Kinect Training arrives October 30th, looks to whip you into shape for $50

• 'Avatar Famestar' introduces persistent, cross-game rewards to XBLA

• Minecraft XBLA sells 3 million

• My Xbox Live iPad update fast forwards to new content

• Battleblock Theater is 'code complete' [Update]

• Mars Rover game hits Xbox Live, tasks you with safely landing the Curiosity with Kinect

• Xbox 360 Halo 4 bundle fights new enemies, packs familiar hardware on November 6th

• Legendary Edition Halo 4 360 bundle official, limited edition controllers also detailed

• Halo 4 Xbox 360 console bundle revealed, costs a legendary $400

• Minecraft XBLA gets pistons, much more in tomorrow's 1.73 update

• Dance Central 2's July DLC Never Says Never

• Halo 4 will work with Microsoft's new tablet ... somehow

• Portal 2 goes Games on Demand, 50% off sales abound on Xbox Live

• Xbox's 'Kinect PlayFit' dashboard keeps track of cross-game calorie burning

• Kinect PlayFit launches for Xbox Live, tracks all of the calories you burn playing 'Star Wars'

• Minecraft XBLA Skin Pack also includes Master Chief

• PSA: Xbox Live down, Microsoft investigating

• More Minecraft XBLA skins include Ms. Splosion Man, Banjo

• Dungeon Fighter Live punches up XBLA on July 13

• Minecraft XBLA character skin pack features a few favorites

• Halo 4 requires 'at least' 8GB flash drive, hard drive 'recommended' [Update: MS responds]

• Microsoft obtains 'Xbox 8' domain names

• PSA: Play a Resident Evil 6 demo today (if you bought Dragon's Dogma on Xbox)

• Ex-Xbox Live security guy, Stephen Toulouse, joins GAEMS