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Accessories (41)

• Jackery Giant aims to keep your devices going

• OptiTrack debuts $3,700 PRIME 17W mocap cam for small spaces

• HDHomeRun Prime firmware featuring DLNA streaming comes out of beta

• Satechi 10-Port USB 3.0 Hub delivers the goods in a fast package

• D-Link ships its AC1200 802.11ac WiFi router / thermos doppelganger

• OtterBox leading the fight against counterfeit cases

• Mercury On-The-Go-Pro enclosure keeps your old internal drives useful

• Microsoft lands design patents for the Surface tablet's Touch Cover keyboard

• ASUS teases something square and grey, will reveal its new device tomorrow (update: it's a DVD writer)

• Nectar mobile fuel-cell power system now available for pre-order

• Corsair unveils $130 Vengeance K70 gaming keyboard with backlit keys

• Brother, can you spare a charge? ChargeBite goes indiegogo

• Satechi Smart Trigger: iOS-compatible DSLR timer remote

• Belkin's Thunderstorm case cranks your iPad to 11

• Wacom announces the Cintiq 13HD: a 13-inch pen display with Pro Pen in tow for $999

• Bowers & Wilkins embraces Lightning: refreshes Zeppelin Air, intros Z2 AirPlay speaker

• 3D printing iPhone dock adapters

• Ask Engadget: budget AIO display for a Mac Pro?

• Breathometer: A would-be breathalyzer accessory for iPhone

• V-moda unveils Vamp Verza: a dockable, device-agnostic headphone amp and DAC for mobile audiophiles (update: video)

• Edifier's iF335 Bluetooth speaker pumps up the volume for $99

• TI shows off LaunchPad-based prototype mouse, hints at a big follow-up

• Palm Top Theater turns your iPhone into a mini-3D display

• Crafter converts Atari 2600 systems into two-of-a-kind iOS speaker docks

• The Engadget Interview: Bre Pettis talks MakerBot's Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner

• MakerBot unveils prototype Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner, promises easier 3D printing

• Atari 2600 turned into an iPhone speaker dock

• NumLock for OS X will enable number lock on Mac keyboards

• Fotodiox brings 140-megapixel images to your NEX, medium format lens not included

• Nexus 7 dock reaches the Google Play Store: also, unicorns are real (update: regions)

• Visualized: MyMultitouch's 84-inch, 4K touchscreen (video)

• Razer Naga Hex gets League of Legends-flavored edition, available now for $90

• Hand crank charges iPhone, develops muscles

• Patriot launches AERO wireless storage device and media hub for mobile data hogs

• Gear4 spreads Lightning connector love with $129 alarm clock, $79 portable speaker dock

• Amped Wireless' PLA2 super power-line adapters are available from today

• Matrox DS1 is a practical, powerful Thunderbolt dock

• Switched On: A 4K in the road

• Panic digs into the Lightning digital AV adapter, finds a surprise

• Arm your computer with Mega Buster USB drive

• iPhone, macro lens take beautiful snowflake photos

AI (2)

• Panasonic 2013 Smart TVs wield Nuance Dragon TV for voice control, text-to-speech

• Magisto adds still photos to its AI video editing witchery (video)

Amazon (7)

• Amazon acquires Goodreads, aims to make better recommendations for Kindle users

• Amazon intros X-Ray for TV, helps you remember those 'Game of Thrones' actors

• Send to Kindle buttons now available for web publishers and Wordpress bloggers

• Amazon Whispercast for Kindle now lets organizations manage mass app distribution on Fire tablets

• Kindle Fire HD 8.9 launched in Europe and Japan, gets permanent price cut in the USA

• Amazon's bookish top-level domain hunt irks publishers, Barnes & Noble

• Amazon adds another original kid's program with high-profile pedigree

Apple (118)

• Tim Cook High School yearbook photos reveal Apple CEO was voted "most studious" two years running

• Securing your iOS device for your children, Part 1: Setting up a kid-friendly iTunes account

• Chinese animation studio sues Apple

• No Comment: Kim Jong-un uses an iMac

• Apple updates Find My Friends with new UI, more in-depth location controls

• Apple launching marketing campaign for Final Cut Pro X

• Apple hiring managers to improve iOS Maps 'Ground Truth'

• Apple patent filing describes phone concept with wrap-around AMOLED display

• Photos from the night Steve Jobs returned to Apple

• Talking to Siri: Remote-controlling your Mac by voice with Siri Listener

• Construction begins on Reno iCloud facility

• Dear parents, it's not Apple's In-App Purchase problem, it's yours

• Apple's updated iPhone 5 for T-Mobile goes through FCC testing

• Apple.com world's 8th most popular website in new ComScore ranking

• China calls Apple's response to warranty complaints 'empty and self-praising'

• Apple to triple franchise stores in India

• Fortune: Apple may see first quarter of negative income growth since 2003

• Apple dumps 'highest-resolution notebook ever' tagline thanks to Chromebook Pixel

• Chinese state-run newspaper accuses Apple of lacking openness

• Hon Hai shows record profits, keeps making money from making iPhones

• Free iPhone next-day shipping makes Apple online store purchase even more attractive

• UK cop turns in his son after Apple refuses to refund App Store spending spree

• iTunes is more than earning its keep

• Caturday: Moco guards the Apple TV

• Apple pulls sweatshop game from App Store

• Apple adds in-app purchase disclaimer to iTunes App Store pages

• Apple fixes 'spam hole' issue affecting legitimate messages

• Apple Australia VP puts markup blame on media rights holders

• European investigators to look at Apple carrier deals for possible antitrust violations

• Eric Schmidt: Apple is a 'tremendous technology innovator'

• Apple adds two-factor authentication to your Apple ID

• DevJuice: Apple will no longer accept apps that use UDID calls starting May 1

• "Ducking iPhone" Revisited: two ways to improve iOS auto-correct feature

• Apple sets a May 1st cutoff for new apps that use UDIDs, don't support iPhone 5 and Retina screens

• Apple updates iOS Podcasts app with new design, custom stations

• Apple on the verge of rolling out two-step verification for iCloud, Apple ID

• Apple says it now gets 75 percent of its total energy from renewable sources

• Apple brings two-step verification to iCloud and Apple ID users

• Apple patent application hints at iPhone that changes orientation mid-fall

• Australia's 'Apple Tax' quantified by MacStories blogger

• Ad exec Scott Trattner returns to the Apple fold at Media Arts Lab

• Chinese smear campaign against Apple backfires badly

• Judge Paul S. Grewal has strong words for Apple's legal team

• Gone in a flash: Adobe's Chief Technology Officer joining Apple

• DevJuice: WWDC '13 alert service now accepting customers

• Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch steps down, reportedly leaving for Apple (updated)

• Apple releases Apple TV software update 5.2.1

• Apple will re-open expanded Texas Apple Store

• Mac sales up as iMac supply improves

• EU Justice Commissioner: AppleCare violates member states' laws

• EU commission calls for better enforcement following Apple warranty dust up

• Cupertino hotel installs Apple TVs in every room

• New Apple Stores set to open in UK and Germany

• Triggering AppleScripts from Calendar Alerts in Mountain Lion

• Engadget Expand San Francisco panel discussion: Has Apple lost its groove?

• Apple warranty blunder Down Under

• Apple loses 'Ifone' appeal case in Mexico

• THX sues Apple for speaker designs found in iDevices and iMacs

• Infinite Loop: Analyzing Apple from the Outside liveblog

• Live from Expand: Infinite Loop: Analyzing Apple from the Outside (video)

• Apple's new "Why iPhone" page reminds customers of key features

• Reality Absorption Field: Apple's best product revision

• THX sues Apple over speaker patent

• Apple's claim to iPhone trademark in Mexico gets a nail in the appeals coffin

• Apple sued over defective MacBook Pro Retina displays

• John Browett comments on his time at Apple

• TUAW Bookshelf: The Apple Revolution

• iPad minis, 4th gen models in Apple's refurb store

• Apple issues SMC update to MacBook Pro with Retina display, fixes fan issue

• Tim Cook ordered to testify in e-book case

• Evidence points to new Netherlands Apple Store

• Apple offering iMacs with optional VESA mount adapters

• Apple hit number two in India's smartphone market

• Phil Schiller slams Android in WSJ interview hours before new handsets are to be introduced

• New iMacs with built-in VESA mount adapters revealed, cost $40 extra

• Apple proposes iPad wireless charging with a difference: power comes from the Smart Cover

• CE-Oh no he didn't!: Apple's Phil Schiller needles Android's fragmentation, user experience (update: more!)

• Apple Stores in France may not make employees work late

• Apple continues to improve Maps for several cities around the world

• Apple Store app updates with new delivery options, store availability

• Apple suppliers had a very tough February

• Apple highlights iPads in Massachusetts classrooms

• How Apple introduced brushed metal

• Apple, IGB 'close to settlement' on Brazilian 'iPhone' trademark lawsuit

• Latest Apple TVs have smaller A5 chip

• Rumor Roundup: 'A mixed record with Apple rumors'

• Latest Apple TV reveals smaller A5 chip, adds to rumors of split with Samsung

• Apple Store employee describes great experience with students

• Record labels laugh at Apple's proposed royalty rate for streaming service

• Reports: Apple's internet radio service delayed by slow-going music licensing negotiations

• Phil Schiller tweets followers: "Be safe out there"

• Apple grabs another win against Samsung in London court

• Apple Store boosts revenues for entire shopping district

• Apple patents system that lets iTunes users loan, resell their content

• Apple's suppliers hit 99% work-hour compliance

• Dear Apple, you need to treat multi-country iTunes users like first-class citizens

• Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson needn't testify in e-book case

• Apple asks for App Store monopoly lawsuit to be dropped

• Apple releases low-cost iMac for the education market

• Apple's reality distortion field has assumed Wall Street

• Beats is either 'in talks' with Apple over new music-streaming service, or it's just very good at marketing

• Apple patent would have devices sense a squeeze through metal

• Apple puts an iPad in a Ferrari, more collaboration on the way?

• Apple's education-only 21.5-inch iMac gets bump in specs, now sells for $1,099

• iBooks 3.1 brings paid content to iBookstore in Japan

• Apple starts offering paid iBookstore content in Japan

• Thieves rob Vancouver Apple Store with bear spray

• Apple's original iPhone marketers pondered such names as TriPod, Mobi and iPad

• Here's how Apple's Lightning-to-HDMI digital AV adapter probably works

• Warren Buffett speaks out on Apple's cash pile

• Users unhappy with no Apple response to NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 kernel panic issue

• Matt Groening's pre-Simpsons art for Apple

• Project Amy integrates App.net private messages, Apple's Messages

• Dropbox CEO criticizes iCloud's "bizarre limitations"

• Apple's Lightning AV Adapter packs an ARM SoC, may use AirPlay-like decoding

• Apple blocking older version of Flash Player plug-in on Safari

• David Einhorn drops his lawsuit against Apple

• Apple: iPhone tracking lawsuit doesn't demonstrate harm

Apps (232)

• Sonic Dash goes free on the App Store, adds daily challenges

• Mac 101: Easter eggs

• Skype for Windows 8 gains contact blocking and performance improvements

• Drobo adds Copy cloud syncing and Plex media server apps for 5N owners

• Sony's Light Shaft, Motion Shot apps now available for NEX-5R and NEX-6 cams

• Daily iPhone App: Nimble Quest arrives on the App Store

• MLB polishes At Bat 13 on iOS and Android ahead of Opening Day, brings app to BlackBerry Z10

• SoundHound now scavenging tunes in more tablet-friendly Android version

• AntTek's Quick Settings app brings the shortcut menu to users still waiting on Jelly Bean

• Open source video editing program needs help on Kickstarter, offers immortality in return

• Shopster soups up your shopping list with its geo-learning feature

• Zinio magazine app heads to Windows Phone 8 as a Lumia exclusive

• Tweetdeck update for Mac and Windows adds filters for columns and search

• Rego for iPhone is a fun way to record your travels

• Daily iPad App: Magicka arrives on iOS with Wizards of the Square Tablet

• Find My Friends update allows fine tuning

• Sunrise for iPhone adds call, text, email features

• Forecast is a great little weather web app

• Reeder to use Feedbin to power its newsreading feature (Updated)

• Daily iPhone app: Fast Camera

• Twitterrific 5.2 offers push notifications and more

• Five apps to help you manage your essential spring activities

• BBC News app hits version 2.0

• Twitterrific 5.2 brings push notifications, one handful of testers at a time

• Google Translate on Android gains offline support for thrifty globetrotters

• ModernMix is a $5 program that lets you run Metro-style apps in desktop-style windows

• Evernote for Windows Phone gets refined UI, document search and more in 3.0 update

• Gmail update for iOS brings swiping between messages without returning to your inbox

• Springpad note-taking service gets interface overhaul, now an even worthier rival to Evernote

• Transport for London launches prize to design accessible travel app

• Flipboard lets users share their personal 'Magazines'

• Home to hit iOS 'hopefully before summer,' Android port still a possibility

• Nokia Transit makes the commute over to Asha touchscreen phones, adds public transport info

• Flipboard launches user-created magazines, partners with Etsy (video)

• Pixies for iOS helps you create novelty photos

• Daily iPhone App: Super Stickman Golf 2 updates a modern classic

• Chrome update brings improved spell checking to Windows, Linux and Chrome OS

• Gmail push notification no longer works with Mail on new iOS devices

• Quicksilver app launcher released after 10 years in beta

• Nook for iOS adds support for high-res iPad magazines, Nook Comics

• NIK Software creates bundle of Mac Plugins, drops price 70%

• Windows Store unofficially reaches 50,000 apps

• Karaoke software kJams goes beta

• Uber lands on Windows Phone, expands its on-demand car service dominance

• Daily iPhone App: Cling is a platformer that will grab you

• Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development

• Windows Blue screenshot tour

• New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - March 25 edition

• Nook getting in-app purchasing 'soon,' B&N promises 'thousands' of top apps

• Evernote 5 hits Android with revamped camera, shortcuts and tweaked UI

• Internet Explorer 11 user agent makes browser look like Firefox, thumbs nose at legacy CSS hacks

• AppleScripting Mail > Announce New Emails By Voice

• Evernote premium adds document search, Deutsche Telekom customers get one year free subscription

• Addappt goes public, gives iOS users group contact control and messaging

• A Game of Thrones Android app guides you through the world of Westeros and beyond

• Daily iPhone App: French Girls is a strange idea that seems about to take off

• Navigon and Garmin GPS navigation apps get updates and new features

• Plex for iOS 3.1 brings a mobile media server, deep content filters

• Ms. Splosion Man bringing power-ups to iOS by the end of March

• Amazon Appstore celebrates its second year with free apps, cake (for today only)

• Mailbox app has filled 1 million reservations, gets new features

• United app lands on Windows Phone 8, hopes to become your preferred travel companion

• OneNote update improves custom pens, syncs Office 365 notebooks

• Daily iPhone App: Danger Boat is an endless runner on the waves

• Couch Music Player for iPad can take control of your music listening

• Firefox Nightly now packing OdinMonkey JavaScript optimization

• Apple updates Podcasts app to version 1.2 (Updated)

• Bubble Browser for Evernote shows tags as bubbles

• BlackBerry Travel for BB 10 launches, lets users track price changes and flight status

• iOS app warns mariners of whale proximity in real time

• FlightPath from TestFlight features realtime analytics for developers

• OS X 10.8.3 fixes Pixelmator 'restarting' bug

• Babbel acquires PlaySay in bid to bolster US language learning presence

• BlackBerry 10 reaches the 100,000 app mark, adds Amazon Kindle today

• KDE releases first version of Plasma Media Center

• GarageBand for iOS updated, adds AudioBus support

• Shine for Mac OS adds very realistic lighting effects to your images

• GarageBand for iOS gets Audiobus support, plays nicely with other apps

• Five apps to follow college basketball during the NCAA March Madness tournament

• Walmart extends iPhone scan-and-checkout feature

• Redbox Instant, GameTrailers apps now on Xbox Live

• MyFitnessPal app to sync data with NetPulse and Matrix 7xi equipment

• Canonical cuts support for non-LTS versions of Ubuntu, users now get nine months of bug fixes

• Skitch 2.0 for Windows improves layout, performance, adds social sharing

• Downgrade iTunes 11 on your Mac to version 10.7

• New Swype beta touts additional Advanced Language Models, Smart Editor enhancements

• Evernote Food update integrates OpenTable, Foursquare

• Epic Rap Battles of History gets an iOS app

• Evernote Food for iOS now lets you share recipes, adds support for OpenTable reservations

• Repix lets you remix and paint your photos on iOS

• Dropbox has a new "Fix Permissions" feature

• Hudson Booksellers opens online store, expands beyond overpriced sundries

• Daily iPhone App: Quik.io lets you easily share files between your iOS devices

• PDFpen 6 released with special limited time pricing

• Skype for Windows Phone 8 gets HD video, People Hub integration in latest update

• App lets you battle Ken Jennings in trivia death match

• XBMC 12.1 makes full use of iPhone 5, improves Raspberry Pi player and more

• Draw Something 2 is coming soon

• Daily iPhone App: Dojo Danger is worth the wait

• Big Brother Camera Security for iOS is back after App Store ban

• WSJ profiles Letterpress creator Loren Brichter, the 'high priest of app design'

• Gmail update lets Jelly Bean users archive and reply to emails from notifications

• Five apps for business card scanning

• WhatsApp to extend subscription to iOS

• Aviary launches photo-editing SDK for Windows 8 developers

• Fujitsu software uses a smartphone's camera to measure your pulse

• Zitrr Camera is a jack-of-all-trades camera app and editor for iOS

• Officers' Quarters: Secret Skype society

• Feedly picks up over 500,000 Google Reader defectors

• Ubuntu Raring Ringtail hits beta, flagship desktop and server flavors left out

• Kickfolio puts iOS apps on the web for hands-on interaction

• Enter to win MacUpdate's Spring Bundle

• Foursquare's BlackBerry 10 app updated to add features that iOS users already enjoy

• March Madness Live apps are free this year, stream all the games -- if you have cable

• Angry Birds Toons premiering this weekend in Angry Birds apps

• Alfred v2 brings Workflows, automates what Automator might not

• XBMC team starts work on version 13 'Gotham', breaks down new UPnP, Android updates

• Plex client project for Raspberry Pi gets a fresh update and its own site to call home

• iPhone email manager Mailbox merging with Dropbox

• Dropbox acquires Mailbox, teases an email and cloud collaboration

• YouTube Capture app adds iPad and mini support

• iRig Recorder arrives on Android, ready for your broadcasting needs

• Daily iPad App: Deco Sketch Pro is a unique photo editor and graphics creation tool

• Facebook allegedly skirts Google Play store with latest update, adds auto-download of newest versions

• DevJuice: PaintCode offers new Photoshop import IAP

• Sky Movies app finally arrives on Android

• Digg to build a Google Reader replacement with same API, new features

• A Quick Guide to Dropbox Versioning

• Phrasebook for Google Translate lets you save important words for later reference

• Mozilla launches Open Badges 1.0, delivers virtual kudos for real skills

• YouTube Capture iOS app updated with iPad / iPad mini support for all your tablet filming needs

• Mac 101: How to back up your Google Reader account

• Gravidi wants to put clickable hotspots on videos for iOS

• Alternatives to Google Reader for OS X and iOS users

• Alfred 2.0 adds workflows, improves preferences, more

• Add to Wunderlist extension brings one-click web clipping to your to-do list

• Babbel brings 11 language learning apps to Windows Phone 8, for free

• Feedly promises 'seamless' transition after Google Reader to its own backend

• Daily iPhone App: Tripcase hits version 3.0

• Report: Customer retention is a major factor for the App Store

• WhatsApp lands on BlackBerry 10, offers Z10 owners a BBM alternative

• TUAW TV Live: Making your Mac Better with Doc

• A big update from Zite fixes a lot of user complaints

• Twitter Music iOS app reportedly launches this month, SoundCloud music discovery for the masses

• Simple Bracket for iPhone is ready for March Madness

• Propellerhead announces Reason 7 for Mac

• MediaPortal 1.3 exits beta with official Windows 8 support, revamped skins

• Adobe to end sale of boxed Creative Suite software

• Daily iPad App: FX Photo Studio HD adds more filters, Retina support

• Readdle rebrands its Calendar app, adds free version

• Early apps for touch-based Ubuntu reveal a mostly clean aesthetic

• Draft cloud editor saves writing in stages, imports from just about anywhere

• Deezer App Studio goes mobile, brings apps to Android and iOS listeners

• Evernote for Mac gets redesigned Menu Bar Helper, now with Quick Note feature

• Dropbox for Mac updated to version 2.0

• Study: Only 16% of users will retry a malfunctioning app

• Dropbox's redesigned desktop client brings more notifications, faster sharing and a fresher look

• Pro Tools 10.3.4 now available

• Comixology halts digital Marvel giveaway

• BitTorrent Live now in open beta, brings live webcasting to the masses

• Pixelmator offers a sneak peek at version 2.2

• Use Keyboard Maestro to get ready for podcast recording

• Fox mobile apps add TV Everywhere streaming, 24-hour sports network due this fall

• Stitcher browser plugins for Chrome and Firefox now available

• Daily iPhone App: 7 Little Words for Kids is a well-made word game for youngsters

• Rdio on iPhone now shows which friends are listening, web streaming hits seven countries

• Gmail's mobile web interface now looks just like the app

• Desktop Groups: Add floating file pallettes to your desktop

• Wrapcam is a clever and unique photo editor for iOS

• Microsoft's Lync 2013 now available for Windows Phone, iOS app due later this week

• Google brings iOS Gmail app's interface to the mobile web and Gmail Offline

• Blind iPhone owners may get People Finder app

• More Tips for Troubleshooting Automator Workflows

• Mozilla has no plans to release Firefox for iOS

• MapQuest Travel Blogs iOS app: Capture and share your journeys

• Daily iPhone App: The Silent Age is a great, stylistic point and click adventure

• Kiwi offers Twitter-like browser for App dot Net

• GifMill brings animated GIF creation to your iPhone

• PayPal introducing new iOS SDK, APIs at SXSW

• pocketKPI makes it easy to track your company's key performance indicators

• Barnes & Noble's Nook Free Fridays now include apps

• DirecTV Android tablet app knows it's late, makes suitably low-key entrance

• Skype 4.6 for iPhone, iPad improves calling experience and more

• Launch Center Pro 1.1 adds native in-app actions, Action Composer, more

• Spindle discovery app for iPhone adds keyword-based search alerts, spreads to more US cities

• US Bank intros BillPay feature for iOS and Android, lets you set up bill payments with a pic

• Incredimail launches for iPad with a photo inbox and built-in browser

• Google releases new iOS app 'Field Trip'

• Skype scores an iOS update with improved calling UI and some bug fixes

• The Missing Ink kickstarts for tablet versions

• Access your Nest Thermostat from your Mac menu bar

• Mothership releases Prepo 2, helps devs create app icons and retina artwork

• Google's Field Trip location-discovery app comes to iOS

• SilverWiz releases version 1.4 of MoneyWiz for OS X and iOS

• Marvel Unlimited for iOS appears, brings comics subscriptions to iPhones and iPads for $60 a year

• Twitter, LinkedIn apps updated for BlackBerry 10, now function like the real deal

• Fantastical 1.1 adds multiple alarms, clipboard detection, other improvements

• Tango video chat goes native on iPad, makes better use of everyone's screens

• Box Windows Phone, Windows 8 apps get new features, including file previews and more

• Daily iPhone App: Jool turns the world of endless runners upside down

• Clinch for iOS can turn you into a pretty capable movie maker

• Foursquare adds 'quick glide' feature to iOS

• App maker Toca Boca acquires Zinc Roe

• Nokia's #2InstaWithLove Windows Phone 8 app mocks Instagram while pleading for its presence

• Sonic Dash set to speed onto the App Store 'midnight tonight'

• Strut app tasks you with exploring the planet, ranks your worldliness

• Chrome beta for Android delivers a proxy-based speed boost, now syncs autofill and saved passwords

• CleanMyMac releases solid update at no charge to current users

• Daily iPhone App: Relic Rush is a one-touch beauty

• UIU Android launcher targets non-techie users with easy cloud management (video)

• Disney releases Temple Run Oz, another branded take on Imangi's hit

• Google Maps for iOS gets 1.1 update, adds searchable Google contacts, suggested search categories

• BBC iPlayer coming to UK Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 handsets in 'next few months'

• Opera browser beta for Android hits Play store with WebKit horsepower

• TweetDeck for iPhone and Adobe Air will end in May

• Daily iPhone App: Mokriya Craigslist browses Craigslist beautifully for free

• Software Update: Java for OS X 2013-002 1.0

• WSJ: Apple's App Store climbs towards $25 billion in sales

• Weather Tab Pro brings graphical weather to your menu bar

• Jean-Louis Gassee bemoans lack of App Store curation

• Mobiroo intros Android subscription service for those who fear app commitment

• New and notable apps for iOS and OS X -- March 4 edition

• Tips for Troubleshooting Automator Workflows

• Chrome for Android build may tout a proxy-based speed boost

• Daily iPhone App: Climate Clock lets you know what you need to wear every hour of the day

• tap2focus is a clever poor man's Lytro app for the iPhone

• Five-year-old spends $2,500 on in-app purchases

• Tapestry lets you create tappable iPhone stories

• YouTube adds AirPlay competitor to iOS app

• Anytune, a music practise app with detailed functionality

• Bug in latest Evernote for iOS update causes the app to crash

• Foursquare on iOS gets streamlined Explore section

Big Tech (40)

• Facebook gets green light to build its second campus at California headquarters

• Best Buy to provide Samsung mini-stores as Apple competition heats up

• NEC looking to hawk mobile division to PC partner Lenovo, says Bloomberg

• Panasonic's restructuring plan will let it keep making TVs, for now

• Lockheed Martin's technology hub brings startups closer to government needs

• Founder Mike Lazaridis to leave Blackberry May 1st as vice-chairman and director

• BlackBerry makes $94 million on revenue of $2.7 billion, ships 1 million BB10 devices in 2013 Q4

• eBay's Sell it Forward splits auction proceeds with Goodwill

• Apple points out possible $85M court error in Samsung case

• LG patents RFID-labelled cookbook, attempts to offer more than just another place to spill sauce

• Bloomberg: Intel nearing TV service deals with Time Warner, Viacom and NBC

• Foxconn realizes record $3.2 billion profit for 2012

• Nokia accuses Google of 'forcing' VP8 video codec on the world, uses patent system to resist it

• Dell bidding war afoot as Blackstone Group and Carl Icahn both make offers (update: confirmed)

• Samsung hopes new jury will nullify Apple patent infringement award

• Apple, Microsoft and Adobe give reasons for higher prices in Australia, can't guarantee you'll like them

• Samsung mulls sale of Dutch e-ink display business to Amazon

• Eric Schmidt says Google Now for iOS hinges upon Apple (update 2: Google responds)

• iCloud, Dropbox, Amazon top US cloud services

• Strategy Analytics: iCloud, Dropbox and Amazon top cloud media in the US

• Nokia obtains injunction on HTC in Germany over battery saving wireless technology

• ARM CEO Warren East will retire in July, president Simon Segars to take over

• Sharp will miss deadline for $60M Qualcomm investment, is getting an extension instead

• Nikkei: Panasonic may end plasma HDTV production soon

• Lenovo's Corinna Proctor and Jason Parrish backstage at Expand (video)

• Nest's Matt Rogers backstage at Expand (video)

• Despite 'spring cleaning,' Google CalDAV support still coming to Windows Phone

• We're live at Elon Musk's SXSW keynote

• Sony's Stringer to retire in June

• Sony Chairman Howard Stringer to retire in June

• Motorola workforce to drop by 10 percent, cuts being made in US, China and India

• Samsung loses UK lawsuit against Apple over 3G data

• Microsoft: Valve isn't a threat to consoles; everyone is wary of Apple

• Bloomberg: Verizon seeking to end Vodafone partnership through merger or buyout

• UK appeals court dismisses Tesla libel suit against Top Gear

• The Engadget Interview: Sony product marketing manager Stephen Sneeden at MWC 2013

• Sony sells DeNA shares for $438M

• Judge Koh reduces damages in Apple v. Samsung case by $450 million, orders new trial

• Judge orders new Apple vs. Samsung trial to reevaluate $450.5 million in damage awards

• Aptina and Sony cross-license their camera patents, Nikon smiles

Business (3)

• Honda Odyssey rolls out with a built-in vacuum, almost makes a minivan sound appealing

• Rolls-Royce Wraith picks gears using GPS, keeps your Spirit of Ecstasy soaring (video)

• Ferrari outs 949HP LaFerrari hybrid, gives FF drivers iPad minis and Siri (video)

Buying Guides (44)

• Ask Engadget: best Android e-mail client?

• Daily Deals for March 29, 2013 - Easter Edition

• The very best resources for players coming back to WoW

• Daily Deals for March 28, 2013

• Slickdeals' best in tech for March 27th: 32GB Nexus 7 and Vizio CT15-A1 Ultrabook

• Daily Deals for March 27, 2013

• Daily Deals for March 26, 2013

• Amazon lines up another gaming Gold Box today; Tomb Raider $42

• Amazon wraps Disney, Lego, Sims, Skylanders games in Easter deals

• Daily Deals for March 25, 2013

• Slickdeals' best in tech for March 25th: Nest Learning Thermostat and more

• Buy Dove products, get $20 off Dead Space 3, SimCity, or Most Wanted

• Ask Engadget: best Bluetooth headphones for audiophiles?

• Daily Deals for March 22, 2013

• Wii U Premium bundle with ZombiU down to £200 at participating HMV locations

• MMObility: Fifteen fun free MMORPGs for your tablet or smartphone

• Daily Deals for March 21, 2013

• Free for All: The 10 best-looking browser-based MMORPGs

• Slickdeals' best in tech for March 20th: 60-inch Sharp AQUOS HDTV and 24-inch ASUS display

• Daily Deals for March 20, 2013

• GameFly PC sale: cheap Mass Effect Trilogy, Hitman Absolution, more

• Daily Deals for March 19, 2013

• Daily Deals for March 18, 2013

• Steam Daily Deal: Far Cry series for $40, Ubisoft games on sale

• Six cool upgrades for an old iPod

• Daily Deals for March 15, 2013

• Nab a discounted Secret World download with 1200 bonus points on Amazon

• Daily Deals for March 14, 2013

• Slickdeals' best in tech for March 13th: 55-inch Samsung 3D HDTV and Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11

• Daily Deals for March 13, 2013

• Slickdeals' best in tech for March 11th: 60-inch Panasoinic Viera HDTV and Brother HL-2240 laser printer

• Daily Deals for March 11, 2013

• Get StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty for $18 on Newegg

• Daily Deals for March 8, 2013

• Daily Deals for March 7, 2013

• Daily Deals for March 6, 2013

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Computing (54)

• IBM Roadrunner retires from the supercomputer race

• University of Illinois' Blue Waters supercomputer now running around the clock

• DOS emulator brings Raspberry Pi back to the '90s for Doom LAN parties

• Vizio brings pricing and release information to spring line of laptops and desktops

• Lenovo rolls out extra-compact ThinkCentre Edge 62z all-in-one for $549

• Raspbmc's March update brings XBMC 12.1, fixes to Raspberry Pi

• ZigBee IP spec goes public, offers open IPv6 mesh networking

• OpenELEC 3.0 Linux distro gets official, supports 'more hardware than ever'

• Breakfast NY's Mission Control Center merges MLB info with NASA-flair, uses 20 feet of switches and screens

• InFocus' BigTouch is a 55-inch all-in-one built for conference spaces, classrooms with large desks

• Pi MusicBox weds Spotify and Raspberry Pi, plays your favorite tunes

• China chooses Ubuntu for a national reference OS coming in April

• AMD intros Radeon HD 7790 graphics card for $149, promises cooler and quieter 1080p gaming

• IBM turns metal oxides into non-volatile chips through liquid currents

• JVC will launch its first (sort of) 8K projector later this month in Japan, for $261,000

• Windows Embedded 8 Industry scheduled for release first week of April

• Lego Apple II is gorgeous

• Sapphire graphics card updates your Mac Pro when Apple won't

• NVIDIA's GRID VCA now available to graphic crunching pros at a cool $24,900

• Intel launches Media Server Reference Design to speed up set-top box creation

• NVIDIA reveals Volta next-gen GPU platform

• DevJuice: Beginning Objective-C

• Compulsory upgrades to Windows 7 SP1 will start rolling out tomorrow

• Canon's unannounced $800 18MP EOS-b DSLR pops up on Best Buy's website for pre-order

• Kinect for Windows SDK version 1.7 includes 'Kinect Fusion' 3D modeling, available March 18

• Belkin acquires Linksys, plans to continue marketing products under both brands

• Maine makes student laptop, iPad contract open to others

• Researcher breaks Pi calculation record with the help of NVIDIA

• Makerbot and Adafruit selling special edition 3D printer: Raspberry Pi, other kits included

• OS X 10.8.3 update arrives with official Boot Camp support for Windows 8

• Dell's hybrid XPS 18 is a $900 all-in-one PC and an 18-inch tablet

• Intel releases Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 dev code, adds dual-boot option for Windows 8

• Seagate ships two billion hard drives, sold half of them in the last four years

• Transporter: Network attached storage with flair

• Flash coming to Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8 and RT tomorrow

• Insert Coin: NUIA's eyeCharm brings Kinect-assisted eye tracking (video)

• Gigabot is a huge consumer 3D printer awaiting your Kickstarter dollars (video)

• Ask Engadget: how long should I first-charge a battery?

• Pre-orders open for Xi3's 'Piston' PC, $100 off during SXSW

• Weekend Poll: Desktop Hygiene

• Zotac's StreamBox and RAIDbox build upon the ZBOX's HTPC pedigree

• Matterport 3D camera aims to map your interior world, display it from the cloud

• Almond+ Router/Smart Home Hub Kickstarter blasts by goal

• HP Pavilion 20 Linux AIO launches in the UK, ships with Ubuntu for £349

• WiFi Alliance absorbs WiGig, reinforces commitment to 60GHz wireless

• The Homebrew Computer Club first met 38 years ago today

• NVIDIA shines a light on lower spec Quadro cards: K600 priced at $199, K4000 at $1,300

• Seagate ships its first desktop hybrid drive, third-gen laptop models

• Intel launches Atom CE5300-based storage platform with multiple streams, smart scaling

• Canonical announces Mir, a custom display server that will serve up future versions of Unity

• Raspberry Pi coming in limited edition blue, you'll have to win it to own it

• Seagate to stop making 7200rpm 2.5" pure hard disk drives

• New iMac ship times improve to 1-3 days

• HGST unites nanoimprints, self-assembling molecules to double hard drive space

Cybersecurity (39)

• It's World Backup Day: no time like the present to protect the past

• World Backup Day 2013: Don't be an April Fool!

• Securing your iOS device for your children, Part 3: removing apps, limiting social features and other safety options

• Securing your iPhone or iPad for your children, Part 2: Setup iOS parental controls to prevent in-app purchases

• Rumor: War Z forums compromised, user game accounts might be affected

• Congress adds cyber-espionage review for government tech purchases, scrutinizes Chinese products from Lenovo, Huawei

• Thousands of Amazon S3 data stores left unsecured due to misconfiguration

• Are patches coming too fast?

• UK brings spies, police, business together for cyber threat center launch

• Apple ID accounts reportedly vulnerable to password reset hack, forgot password page taken offline for maintenance (update 2: back)

• Exploit (now offline) allowed bogus reset of Apple ID passwords (updated)

• New adware trojan targets OS X users

• Tallinn Manual defines the legal groundwork for cyberwarfare

• Microsoft execs' Xbox Live accounts hacked, investigation still underway

• Encrypted Text: The incredible, indestructible rogue

• 'High profile' Microsoft employees' XBL accounts hacked through social engineering

• BlackBerry 10 not secure enough for UK government workers -- yet (updated: GCHQ responds)

• Origin exploit uses hyperlinks to run malicious code remotely

• DoJ now in favor of using search warrants to access user email

• Apple releases iOS 6.1.3 to patch lock screen security hole

• Hacker sentenced to 41 months for exploiting AT&T iPad security flaw

• US Federal judge finds National Security Letters' gag provision unconstitutional

• OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3, Security Update 2013-001 now available

• BlackBerry Secure Work Space due in Q2, divides work and play on Android and iOS

• Israeli firm highlights 'mobileconfig' iOS vulnerability

• Breakfast Topic: What's your patch day philosophy?

• Chrome OS fends off all hacks at Pwnium 3, others fall at Pwn2Own

• Natural Selection 2 credit card scam sees developer out $30,000

• Study: iOS apps grab personal data more often than Android

• Galaxy S III bug disables lock screen, grants full access, tests patience (updated)

• SWTOR removing email as login option to bolster security

• Editorial: Countering ID theft requires better awareness campaigns

• Evernote plans two-factor authentication following last week's hack

• Red Digital Cinema settles with Arri over email hacking, terms undisclosed

• Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Scattered passwords, like the corners of my cloud

• Evernote forces password reset after "suspicious activity"

• Evernote issues site-wide password reset after hackers access user details

• Safari blocking outdated Flash plug-ins due to security holes

• Overzealous spam filter causes never-delivered iCloud emails

Entertainment (290)

• Stiq Figures, March 18 - 24: RBI Baseball edition

• PBS shows how hacking is reclaiming its good name after a bad rap (video)

• Go behind the scenes with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is still unpacking

• Syfy releases a new Defiance trailer

• Visualized: Unreal Engine 4 'Infiltrator' demo gives an impressive peek at next-gen gaming

• In conversation with Epic Games' Mark Rein: Unreal Engine 4 support for Oculus Rift (and everything else), and thoughts on next-gen

• Primal Carnage: Genesis unchained in new trailer

• Shatner plays Kirk in Star Trek trailer

• Kojima explains Metal Gear Solid 5's 'Mogren' fakeout, Hayter's absence

• The Perfect Ten: Cutest creatures

• Nintendo's mischievous Marvelous mixes Zelda with point-and-click PC adventures

• Going Large: All-tauren guild stampedes beyond roleplaying

• Blizzard offers an inside look at WoW's sound design

• DIY theremin goggles marry the art of noise with steampunk style (video)

• Final Fantasy V arrives on iOS, is unlikely to be the last

• Super Mario Spacetime Organ lets you remix the plumber's world

• Ascots and crossbows: Hands-on with Renaissance Heroes

• GDC 2013: Dragon's Prophet video reveal

• Defiance goodie giveaway: It's dangerous to go alone, take these

• Metal Gear Solid V is Kojima's first next-gen FOX Engine game, developer reveals (update)

• Throwing cars: Tanking with Doomsday in Infinite Crisis

• EVE trailer takes you inside the Battle of Caldari Prime

• Wii U April update cuts loading time for returning to menu significantly

• Resident Evil: Revelations 'Rachel' trailer is on the scene

• EA reveals Battlefield 4 headed to PC this fall, refuses to confirm next-gen (video)

• Battlefield 4 screens leak [Update: Trailer]

• Jukebox Heroes: Final Fantasy XI's soundtrack

• Cannon Brawl out on Steam in June

• Vita game Metrico uses infographics as landscapes

• The 15 nastiest trash clears of WoW

• AIA crowdfunds a space program ad that would run in front of Star Trek (video)

• Halfbrick's Fish Out of Water coming to iOS soon

• Final Fantasy XI expansion CE coming to Steam... eventually

• Blacklight and Primal Carnage, PS4's newest games, in motion

• Watch Dogs trailer shows us how to make money in the future

• Guacamelee unmasked on Vita and PS3 April 9

• SOE talks Forgelight engine, PlanetSide 2 Player App

• Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition coming to Steam

• TV-Defiance's first 14 minutes, game-Defiance's launch teaser [Updated]

• First Rain footage falls at GDC

• Must See HDTV (March 25th - 31st)

• Firefall debuts its Chosen War trailer

• Charlie Murder preview: Anarchy in the XBLA

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag unveils gameplay trailer, collector's editions

• Pac-Man goes free to play on Android

• PixelJunk Inc. is 'PixelJunk 1-6,' on Steam later this year

• First chapter of Steve Jobs manga now on sale in Japan

• Embers of Caerus tours the green hell of Nupoanqa

• Magicka gets a touch of MOBA in 'Wizard Wars'

• Paradox announces Magicka: Wizard Wars

• Turbine Entertainment unveils Infinite Crisis, a DC Universe MOBA

• DC Universe 'Infinite Crisis' MOBA announced by Warner Bros.

• Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster trailer tells its story

• Quadrocopter fleet stuns Londoners with giant hovering Star Trek logo (video)

• Seen@PAX East: PopCap plays tricks

• Borderlands 2 getting new class, level cap raise in the next few months

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Foppish

• One Shots: ???

• Hyperkin Retron 5 plays the cartridges of nine classic consoles (video)

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is just getting started

• Shoot a glance at these Sanctum 2 screens and trailer

• Don't forget the 'deadly' part in Deadly Premonition

• Jagex announces RuneScape 3 for summer 2013

• TMNT: Out of the Shadows, Away From the Comforter

• The Aurora World hits open beta next week

• PAX East 2013: Marvel Heroes releases June 4th, will have PvP on launch

• Poll: What zone has the best music?

• PAX East 2013: Diablo III console video sizzles, Blizzard hints at other platforms

• Watch Left 4 Dead 2's Ellis bust out the martial arts in Resident Evil 6

• Shroud of the Avatar gets serious about housing

• TradeChat rounds up Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• Super Joystiq Podcast 043: ARMA 3, Metro Last Light, TMNT, StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm

• Capcom reveals DuckTales Remastered, developed by WayForward [update]

• Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara collects classic D&Ds

• Thomas Was Alone on PS3 and Vita April 24 in EU, April 30 in NA

• PAX East 2013: Blizzard announces Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft CCG

• Blizzard announces digital collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• PAX East 2013: Repopulation's crafting detailed in 21-minute video

• First message sent from space to be preserved by Library of Congress (video)

• Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen trailer clings on for dear life

• Lightning Returns to the Dead Dunes ... again

• The Hobbit makes Unexpected Journey to browsers, mobile in Armies of the Third Age

• Might and Magic X Legacy to be shown at PAX East

• The OverAchiever: The game's 13 vanished titles

• Dead Island Riptide gameplay trailer thought it was safe

• Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon review: Ghouls' Gold

• Five World of Warcraft machinimas you need to know about

• Injustice season pass includes 4 characters, bonus costumes [Update: Now with more Harley Quinn]

• Toki Tori 2 whistles at Wii U April 4

• Luftrausers officially coming to PS3 and Vita spring 2013

• Players rave to underground goblin techno at Wyrmrest Accord's Club Trix

• Dragon's Crown reigns in new trailer, bonus art book unveiled

• Happy 7th Birthday, Twitter (video)

• PSA: Trials Evolution: Gold Edition pops wheelies on PC today

• The Swapper takes a spin on Steam this spring

• Kingdom Rush: Frontiers gets a teaser trailer

• Openly mock gravity with Age of Wushu's flying skills

• Huffpost Live talks 'silver gamers' with our own Jess Conditt

• YouTube searches are now on Google Trends

• The Elder Scrolls Online's gameplay and mechanics video

• Gone Home sets the stage with two original Riot Grrrl bands

• BioShock Infinite's Elizabeth is the sum of many women

• Duke Nukem 3D hails to the Steam in Megaton Edition, out today

• Awesome Steve Jobs portrait made by injecting bubble wrap with paint

• New video explains exactly what WildStar is

• Dropchord, Double Fine's music game, set in motion

• Beatbuddy breaks out the turntables this summer

• Tiny Brains is first project from former Assassin's Creed, Dead Space devs

• Humble Bundle game sales now coming weekly, starting with Bastion

• Jukebox Heroes: The Matrix Online's soundtrack

• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate shopping channel vid is gold

• Mark of the Ninja 'Special Edition' DLC adds flashback level, new play style

• Battleblock Theater pulls back the curtain April 3

• Divekick drops in with a making-of video

• Supergiant's next game is Transistor [Update: Logan Cunningham on board]

• New Neverwinter Rogue video emerges from the shadows

• Devil Summoner Soul Hackers trailer creates a theme

• Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 teases in first trailer

• PSA: Assassin's Creed 3 'The Betrayal' DLC stabs backs today

• Capcom Arcade Cabinet offers 1986 trio this week

• The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct launch trailer lingers on

• BB10 is ready to ship, BlackBerry's marketing department does its best Etta James parody (video)

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

• Must See HDTV (March 18th - 24th)

• Killer is still Dead in English

• Lightning Returns to the Dead Dunes

• Bungie considered fantasy, modern settings for Destiny

• The video gamer's guide to time management

• Dragon's Prophet gameplay on display in beta vids

• BioShock Infinite's TV ad on the internets

• Watch Ken Levine talk about BioShock Infinite at BAFTA

• StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm review: Zerg rushing towards resolution

• Collect the first look at Paper Titans

• DJ Spooky backstage at Expand (video)

• Live from Expand: DJ Spooky (video)

• Incredipede 1.5 swings onto Steam on March 18 with a sweet sale

• Kickstarter overachiever Legend of Dungeon out now for PC, Mac, Linux

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Dog dress

• BattleBlock Theater to spotlight community-created levels

• Duke Nukem 2 hits iOS next month

• Thoughtful Bundle: Fieldrunners, Reckless Disregard for Gravity and more

• Go behind the scenes of The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

• Caturday: Phone a furry friend

• Freddie Wong mashes up Metal Gear Rising and American Psycho

• Shroud of the Avatar taps Dragonlance author as lead story designer

• Remembering my favorite RPG: Valkyrie Profile

• Freddy Rodriguez is in Lococycle, wishes it was Call of Duty

• Max uncaps his Magic Marker again in XBLA's 'Curse of Brotherhood'

• Injustice: Gods Among Us footage shows alternate costumes, more facial hair

• Resident Evil 6 and Left 4 Dead 2 cross over at 0 additional cost

• New Neverwinter trailer introduces the Jewel of the North

• Pokémon Rumble U toys revealed

• Fractured Soul now on Steam Greenlight

• HarmoKnight hops to Europe March 28

• Rumor: SimCity modded to disable disconnection timer, open debug mode

• Badland roams free on iOS April 4

• Do you dream of a World of Warcraft simulator?

• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger trailer slings some guns

• 'Beat Making Lab' series brings music tech, know-how to aspiring talent in developing communities

• All-worgen guild runs wild across Azeroth

• Lone Survivor finds friends on PS3 and Vita this summer

• Doomsday confirmed for Injustice, Superman suddenly remembers a bunch of stuff he needs to go do

• Aphrodite joins the SMITE fight crew

• Getting Dark Souls all wrong

• New Neverwinter video highlights the Control Wizard

• Facebook sharing comes to Netflix users in the US

• Gears of War: Judgment's weighty squad desires your company

• PSA: Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge demo out today on PS3, Xbox

• The Engadget Interview: Wes Craven and Joe Swanberg

• Seeing what it takes to be a Defiance Ark Hunter

• Music on the frontier: An interview with WildStar composer Jeff Kurtenacker

• Etrian Odyssey 4: Legends of the Titan review: The warm embrace of exploration

• SWTOR panel at SXSW touches on Hutt expansion and other updates

• PlanetSide 2's GU04 introduces account unlocks, the two-man flash, and a new training zone

• doubleTwist takes on Pandora with Magic Radio subscription service

• Jukebox Heroes: Soul of the Ultimate Nation's soundtrack

• Lego Bionicles drafted into Arduino-driven band with synthesizers and more (video)

• DayZ standalone teases new health system, overhauled zombies

• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate trailer shows its angry antagonists

• Nintendo announces 'mint white' 3DS XL, Tomodachi Collection bundle for Japan

• The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Spate

• Charlie Murder wants you to give punk a chance, download a song

• Perfect World shares RaiderZ: Broken Silence trailer

• God of War: Ascension review: Spectacle slipstream

• Must See HDTV (March 11th - 17th)

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

• Begin scaling Pandora's Tower in April

• Halo 4 lowers drawbridge for Castle Map Pack on April 8

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World DLC comes to PSN today

• Darkstalkers Resurrection arises this week

• Spin the Bottle points to May 2013 release

• PS4 trailer tops YouTube's February ad leaderboards

• Marvel offers over 700 free first issue digital comics, might involve great powers and responsibilities

• Google Doodle celebrates Douglas Adams' 61st birthday

• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance VR DLC looks and sounds like this

• Dragon's Prophet character classes trailer released

• Dad re-tiles Donkey Kong for his daughter, has Pauline save Mario

• Debut Bundle debuts on Indie Royale with Cognition

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Shwank

• Epic 30-minute Blade & Soul video shows off cinematics, gameplay

• One Shots: Dancing with my homies

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup couldn't get the job done

• Defiance weapon mod trailer is infectious

• DayZ's zombies are getting smarter -- and hungrier

• Caturday: Genghis Khat gets his rightful tribute

• Studio Pixel's 'Gero Blaster' rescues cats this spring

• Marvel Heroes shows off Iron Man in action

• The Game Archaeologist: GameLine

• Neverwinter beta Half-Orc character creation video preview

• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons shows how to push your sibling's buttons

• Gearbox reveals next Borderlands 2 DLC includes a new vault hunter [Update]

• At long last, Fire Emblem and Etrian Odyssey can be recommended to the mainstream

• Star Wars: The Old Republic shows off how to make Makeb [Updated]

• Oculus, Cliff Bleszinski and more talk VR at SXSW, watch live here at 7PM ET

• Revisiting Reckoning: How Kingdoms of Amalur got the single-player MMORPG right

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• Get your mod on by watching Defiance's weapons trailer

• Riot in the streets, at a desk, in your hand: An indie documentary game

• God of War: Ascension 'Trials of the Gods' co-op time trial mode revealed

• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger gets a teaser trailer, more coming March 14

• Leap Motion and Double Fine team on Dropchord, give air guitar skills an outlet

• Facebook previews upcoming app-inspired newsfeed for desktop and mobile

• Full F-Zero AX arcade game discovered in F-Zero GX

• Rayman Jungle Run makes the jump to Windows 8, RT

• Dead Space 3's Awakened DLC trailer has a screw loose

• The Aurora World is now in closed beta

• 200-player Fields of War mech title looking for Greenlight support

• To the Moon follow-up mini game, A Bird Story, set free mid-2013

• Double Dragon 2 remake achievements suggest upcoming, belated release

• BioShock Infinite soundtrack has a hymn sung by its two leads

• Injustice: Gods Among Us 'Red Son' pre-order bonus also coming to NA

• Path 3 adds private messaging and stickers, much like your 5th grade binder

• Microsoft cancels Gore Verbinski's 'Matter' for Kinect

• How indie creature feature Incredipede stumbled onto Steam

• 'Pitch Fork Parker' winner Dungeon Hearts out March 28

• Capcom Arcade Cabinet adds Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gun.Smoke, Section Z

• Tell a friend: Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel co-op demo March 12

• Lost Planet 3 orbits over NA June 25, EU June 28

• God of War: Ascension includes King Leonidas DLC with GameStop pre-order

• Massively Exclusive: WildStar's character creation music

• Zeno Clash 2 slugs plenty of skulls in this gameplay trailer

• The bow craze continues in Gears of War: Judgment

• Resident Evil Revelations HD trailer shows off new 'Infernal' difficulty

• God of War: Ascension 'Mythological Heroes' DLC gets real in this trailer

• Google Play celebrates first birthday with week of free downloads and discounts

• Temple Run 2 travels to the land of Oz

• Jukebox Heroes: Spiral Knights' soundtrack

• Retro/Grade comes to Steam March 20, still cheap on PSN

• Microsoft ViralSearch project visualizes content as it spreads across Twitter

• Project Awakened Kickstarter makes final plea, deploys Tom Waits

• 'Way of the Dogg' combines fighting, music games and Snoop

• Core Online videos detail avatar creation, PvE, PvP

• Pulp is first film to launch exclusively on Xbox 360

• Let Austin Wintory guide you through Journey's soundtrack

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

• Must See HDTV (March 4th - 10th)

• Reader UI of the Week: Shamanistic Simplicity

• Age of Wushu to launch on April 10th

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows this summer

• Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC trailer features Kodak moment

• The Thunder King Comes

• Dance Central 3 DLC includes three artists, zero last names

• Gears of War: Judgment's multiplayer comfort food

• The parent's guide to video gaming for kids

• Gears of War: Judgment's 'Aftermath' builds a bridge to Gears 3

• Xbox 360's first exclusive movie, Pulp, launches today (video)

• Breakfast Topic: What are you getting done before the patch?

• Samsung hires 'secret messenger' Jeremy to guard the S IV until March 14th (update: another new video!)

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag debut trailer sets sail, screens too

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag swabbing decks on Wii U, PlayStation 3 / 4, PC, Xbox 360 and next Xbox

• Compare Resident Evil: Revelations on 3DS and Xbox 360

• Breakfast Topic: Does voice acting add to or subtract from your immersion?

• Weekly Webcomic Wrapup is holding the great cereal draft

• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked coming to UK in April

• Latest Injustice showdowns: Superman vs. Sinestro, Hawkgirl vs. Green Arrow

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag debut trailer leaks [Update: It's gone!]

• The Showdown Effect trailer dances the ballet of death

• Breakfast Topic: Do you enjoy wiping?

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• Pre-order Trials Evolution: Gold Edition, get instant beta access

• Project Awakened's Unreal Engine 4 tech demo is impressive, gross

• Ghostcrawler and Ion Hazzikostas interviewed live on Gamebreaker

• League of Legends back on Mac

• Joystiq invites you into the Tactical Intervention beta [Keys are gone!]

• Beyond: Two Souls out Oct. 8, and Willem Dafoe's in it

• Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien review: Running down a dream

• Painkiller H&D dev loots temples in Deadfall Adventures for 360, PC

• iPad navigates self-driving car

• Black Ops 2 'Revolution' DLC hits PS3 and PC

EVs and Transportation (30)

• Insert Coin: Dash charts your car data live, with gauges and a dashcam (update 3: back as Lynk)

• Verizon's Vehicle Diagnostics by Delphi now monitoring your car for $250

• BMW announces compatibility with four new iOS apps, removable in-car LTE router, we go hands-on

• Taking the US-bound Smart Electric Drive for a spin (video)

• Fisker puts US workers on furlough to conserve cash

• BMW integrating more iOS apps into driving experience

• Mercedes-Benz introduces B-Class Electric Drive, we go eyes-on

• BMW and Mini cars add iOS integration for Audible, Glympse, Rhapsody and TuneIn

• Chevrolet Sonic TV ad features Siri eyes-free integration

• NVIDIA details how its Jetson development kit creates smart, seeing cars

• Ford Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid test drive (video)

• Caption contest: Sony imagines the future of commuting, involves its 3D visors

• Toyota's Sheldon Brown backstage at Expand (video)

• In Conversation with Sheldon Brown from Toyota Technical Center, USA liveblog

• Live from Expand: Toyota's Sheldon Brown (video)

• ZBoard rolls out the San Francisco Special for the hilly city by the bay (video)

• Ford's Jim Buczkowski cruises through the Engadget Questionnaire

• Volkswagen shows production E-Up! with 93-mile range and AC/DC charging

• Come drive a Tesla, see a storm-chasing tank, watch DJ Spooky perform and more at Expand!

• Fisker founder resigns over 'major disagreements' with management

• BMW readying vehicle loaner program to help i3 buyers avoid range anxiety

• Tesla Model X delayed till late 2014 as company focuses on S series

• Tesla gives Uber a Model S boost at SXSW, so come on and take a free ride

• Distro Issue 81: Exploring NASCAR's technological dichotomy

• Volvo revamps its pedestrian detection system to automatically brake for cyclists (video)

• Mitsubishi Concept CA-MiEV triples the i-MIEV's range, adds wireless charging

• TomTom partners with Fiat and Toyota to deliver in-dash navigation, traffic (update: Mercedes, too)

• Toyota i-Road EV concept leans like a motorcycle, won't soak you or your wallet

• Land Rover EV prototypes tread lightly uphill, recharge on the way down

• Volar-e EV racer goes for a test drive, hopes to turn heads

Gaming (702)

• Know Your Lore: The best of Tin-Foil Hats

• Deus Ex Facebook page: Human Defiance is a game, reveal tomorrow

• Addon Spotlight: Your addon questions - chat, pet battles, mounts, Dinomancers

• GDC 2013: How APB exploded into a franchise

• GDC 2013: Catching up with Gas Powered Games' Chris Taylor

• Shovel Knight reaches Kickstarter goal, announces stretch additions

• 'Hoppy' Easter from team Joystiq

• Rise and Shiny: Revisiting Salem

• The Daily Grind: Would you play a chat-free MMO?

• This GDC 2013 CryEngine 3 video is eclectic

• PSA: Magicka Wizards of the Square Tablet out now on iOS, Android

• NPD: Digital game sales growing year-over-year 33 percent

• Seen@GDC: Playground games

• The Mog Log: PAX East wasn't for us

• Diablo 3's missing runestones found at GDC

• WRUP: Of dinosaurs and patches

• Forza Horizon's Top Gear car pack DLC hits April 2

• Anomaly 2 preview: Tug o' war

• X-COM could've had bunny monsters, Chryssalid was a happy accident

• Breakfast Topic: How do you talk to Blizzard?

• The Daily Grind: Do you like when developers try to be funny?

• Where Retro City Rampage made its money

• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers conjures new screens

• WRUP: PAX East, GDC out!

• Grasshopper already working on another action game

• Patch 5.3 PTR: Epic cloaks point at a legendary reward

• GDC 2013: Dean Hall on the pillars of DayZ's design

• Trespassing at the IGF awards: Cart Life dev directly after his big win

• MechWarrior Online to fully launch by end of summer

• Mega Man 25th Anniversary statue up for pre-order

• Papo and Yo devs confront more monsters in next game, Silent Enemy

• Shovel Knight launching as a complete product

• Patch 5.3 PTR: New mount models, achievements

• Super Joystiq Podcast Special: GDC 2013, Metal Gear Solid 5, Ouya, IGF

• Crystal Dynamics: Tomb Raider had best week one sales in franchise history

• Phat Loot Phriday: Lil' Bad Wolf

• Batman fights Flash, Superman fights Green Lantern in Injustice clips

• Jason Rohrer buries a board game, wins Game Design Challenge

• WoW Archivist: Blizzard's April Fool's jokes are more real than you think

• MMO Burnout: Yucking it up with Saints Row The Third

• Ouya ships with native Twitch app

• The Horde rebellion, loyalty, and leadership

• Metanet working on N++, 'the final iteration of N'

• Patch 5.3: Even more battle pets from the PTR

• GDC 2013: PlanetSide 2's new app and the future of Forgelight

• New Halo 4, Gears of War Judgment DLC available for free today

• Second Wind: The Old Republic at the 15-month mark

• Vanguard producer's letter talks diplomacy, Pankor Zhi, and more

• Hotline Miami sequel takes out parallel plots, emotion of early 90s

• Theatrhythm soundtracks are really Final Fantasy 1-13 albums, out now

• GDC 2013: Bungie shows off Destiny character concepts and animation

• The Daily Grind: If SimCity is an MMO, what should we call actual MMOs?

• Crytek declares intent to acquire Darksiders IP in April's THQ auction

• All Skyrim DLC half-off until April Fool's Day

• GRID 2 shows off elimination racing in Europe

• OUYA details launch titles, day-one software update

• IGDA party features dancers, prompts controversy, resignations

• Destiny GDC 2013 'character development' video lands online

• Seen@GDC: 'Imagine Dante in a Western movie'

• PS4 project from Paradox won't attempt 'cheap PC port'

• PSA: Final Fantasy 5 out now on iOS, priced $15.99

• Patch 5.3 PTR: Ghostcrawler clarifies Tri-Spec

• OUYA available at retail on June 4 for $99

• GameStop concludes fiscal year with net loss, CEO calls 2012 a 'challenging year'

• OUYA ships early backer consoles, staggers delivery over the weeks ahead

• What's the purpose of a heroic dungeon?

• Diablo III's auction house 'really hurt the game'

• Ubisoft Toronto working with Ubi Montreal on another Assassin's Creed

• Perks announced for EVE Fanfest HD livestream package

• Chinese browser MMO Yitien launches alpha on March 29th

• IGF grand prize winner gives his booth away to 'Howling Dogs'

• Ouya launches at retail June 4 for $99

• NCsoft West confirms layoffs

• Cart Life follow-up, Blood of the Ortolan, sets the table in a few weeks

• Camelot Unchained talks physics

• The original X-COM was briefly canceled, boosted by X-Files

• Ask Massively: Whitebackgroundgate, image captions, and sockpuppets

• Total War: Arena announced, enters free-to-play stadium

• YouTube API will allow video games to more easily stream in-game content

• Diablo 3 Director Jay Wilson: Auction Houses 'really hurt' game

• Crawling in the dark in Among the Sleep

• Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin goes live

• Overheard@GDC: 'Absolutely'

• PAX East 2013: Hands-on with Marvel Heroes

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• Patch 5.3 PTR: Tiger's Peak Arena

• GameStick secures GameStop funding

• DayZ free-to-play was considered

• Firaxis' Haunted Hollow combines monstrous fun with some serious strategy

• Leisure Suit Larry out second half of May, free-to-play Larry casino game in works

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• Tengami is a beautiful journey through heavenly paper

• PAX East 2013: SOE's Linda Carlson on the state of the community

• Experience Injustice firsthand with demo starting April 2

• GAME prices OUYA at £99, opens up pre-orders

• GDC 2013: DCUO's Andersen talks housing, hints at league version

• Around Azeroth: A drive-by cursing

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• Patch 5.3 PTR: The Kor'kron are taking over

• Seen@GDC: The Phantom Kojima

• Next Mass Effect, Dragon Age 3 powered by Frostbite 3

• Among the Sleep aiming for Q4 2013 release

• The Daily Grind: What would get you to try a genre you don't like?

• Breakfast Topic: Should characters be able to learn all professions?

• Double Fine debuts trailer for Broken Age

• Journey sweeps Game Developers Choice Awards, wins 6 of 11

• GameStick gets GameStop-backing, pre-loaded titles

• 'Home' creator Benjamin Rivers wants to make a psychological dating sim

• IGF 2013: And the awards go to... Cart Life!

• Your first fleeting look at Keita Takahashi's 'Tenya Wanya Teens'

• Patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 27

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• Patch 5.3 PTR: New scenarios and Lorewalker Cho

• Seen@GDC: A bunch of indie games in one place

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• Capy's success and sworcery catchphrase: 'It's getting there'

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• How freeloaders help free-to-play games succeed

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• Skullgirls gets third 'mystery character,' more from Indiegogo drive

• SWTOR's Jeff Hickman on the expansion and the state of the game

• Patch 5.3 PTR: A first look at Heroic Scenarios

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• Know Your Lore, Tinfoil Hat Edition: Carved by similar hands

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• Super Joystiq Podcast Special: Battlefield 4, bad company

• APB Vendetta FPS turns to crowdfunding

• Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon achievements emerge, indicate standalone game

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• Grand Theft Auto 5 screens go underwater, skydiving, and minigunning

• Breakfast Topic: What would it take for you to PvP?

• The Daily Grind: Are guild halls or player houses more important?

• Halfbrick tries for a 10 with Fish Out of Water

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• Battlefield 4 confirmed to launch this fall

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• Antichamber 'exponentially recouped' dev costs

• Jacobs: 'I don't want F2P/B2P items in Camelot Unchained'

• New Alice game probably won't be AAA, features Alice in 'Otherland'

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• DICE+ launches $99 developer kit, pre-orders for $40 consumer model start this summer

• The '101 Gameplay Ideas' behind the Assassin's Creed franchise

• NimbleBit readies Nimble Quest, and then plans a return to Pocket Trains

• Humble Weekly Bundle serves up Darksiders 2, also Android bundle

• Unity to bring Qualcomm optimization to its game engine

• Matt Rix and Owen Goss prepare for a Snow Siege

• 'Plants vs. Zombies Adventures' sprouting on Facebook

• PAX East 2013: How video games can save education

• Last Week on Massively: PAX East, Elder Scrolls Online, and more

• Mojang's Scrolls beta unravels at 'end of April'

• World of Tanks Blitz mobile game to 'rival anything on a console'

• Sega delays Phantasy Star Online 2's North American launch

• Havok announces Project Anarchy, a new development engine for mobile gaming

• Enter to win The Art of Blizzard Entertainment

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• Breakfast Topic: Which is the hardest class to play?

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• Knights of Pen and Paper gets a +1 edition, courtesy of Paradox Interactive

• UK publisher building Minecraft cottage industry

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• Interview: Talking Hearthstone with the developers

• Owlchemy Labs shares its formula to successful indie development

• Team Ninja split into two groups in Tecmo Koei reorganization

• Unlock BioShock Infinite's '1999 Mode' early with the Konami code

• PAX East 2013: SOE's Dave Georgeson on EQ Next and the future of online gaming

• Patch 5.3 PTR: Third Talent Specialization datamined

• 'Big Blue' from Ecco the Dolphin team makes a splash on Kickstarter

• Captain's Log: Star Trek Online's Romulan legacy

• The Nexus Telegraph: Party like a WildStar at PAX East

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• Gears of War: Judgment passes Tomb Raider in this week's UK charts

• Paradox North is a new Stockholm studio of former DICE and Avalanche vets

• Oculus Rift dev kit includes access to free Oculus version of Unreal Development Kit

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• Stiq Figures, March 11 - 17: GDC 1999 edition

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• Fuse lights up May 28 in NA, May 31 in EU

• Original voice actors return for DuckTales Remastered

• WRUP: Hearthstone and our secret shame

• Supergiant may break free of publisher model with Transistor

• Seen@PAX East: A tactical poster for your time

• PAX East 2013: Red 5 on Firefall's new gaming TV channel

• Ronimo Games considering crowdfunding for Awesomenauts content

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• Phat Loot Phriday: Band of Finding

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• Terraria digs in on PSN March 26, Xbox Live March 27

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• "Crash Bandicoot" creator comments on Cataclysm's problems and the evolution of WoW

• CD Projekt planning two smaller 'supporting' games in 2014-16

• Two new Awesomenauts on the way, latest map in two weeks

• Oondasta's health pool nerfed by 50%

• PAX East 2013: Hi-Rez Studios' Todd Harris talks SMITE, Global Agenda 2

• Guns of Icarus looking to kickstart persistent world expansion

• WB Games San Francisco opens this year, will focus on F2P, mobile games

• Patch 5.3: Item upgrades to return for PvE, not for PvP

• Gamigo cancels Grimlands development

• Transistor preview: A beautiful, tactical twist on action-RPG

• Dean Hall: DayZ standalone alpha won't launch until at least June

• Final Fantasy X and X2 HD Remaster coming to the west in 2013

• Bye Bye, Miss Rock Band: Last ever weekly DLC song is 'American Pie'

• Blizzard announces HearthStone at PAX East 2013 live blog

• The Daily Grind: Do you use in-game guild-finding tools?

• Patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 21

• Kaiju Combat Kickstarter on hold over Wizards of the Coast trademark dispute

• Capy Fine Racing GP is a game on a floppy disk at PAX East

• Archos GamePad arrives in the States for $179

• Firaxis bringing Haunted Hollow to iOS

• Nethaera wants to know your most coveted and unusual items

• Warhammer 40K marching to smartphones and tablets

• MMO devs most in danger of layoffs, study claims

• PAX East 2013: Blizzard showing off console Diablo III, 'something new' at PAX East

• Who here has the most level 90s -- and why?

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 'dismemberment' DLC canceled

• Gas Powered Games working on mystery MMO

• Tencent sunk $330 million into Epic Games, owns nearly half of studio

• Richard Garriott clarifies his 'most game designers really just suck' statements

• 'Walter' developer Blossom Minds seeks immediate next-gen publishing help

• In patch 5.2, automatic flight path discovery is a thing of the past

• The Queue: Damn, Zarhym smells good

• The Guild Counsel: The suggestion box gone wrong

• Unfinished Swan developer announces, unannounces 'Edith Finch'

• Super Joystiq Podcast Special: PAX East 2013 IndieMEGABOOTH

• Aventurine details Darkfall's Primalist role

• Breakfast Topic: How do you pay to play?

• The Daily Grind: What do you want to learn from PAX East?

• World of Keflings dev NinjaBee to debut 'Nutjitsu' at PAX East

• PAX East 2013 live stream schedule

• Namco 'changing and considering platform strategy' for Tekken X Street Fighter

• Oondasta in China is full of ... tombstones

• Monster Hunter save transfer and packet relay tools coming 'by Friday'

• How to get started in arenas

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• MMO Family: How soon is too soon?

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• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: What's the problem with Marvel Heroes?

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• DUST 514 to feature EVE-like CSM

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• Report: Dragon's Crown out in Japan July 25

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• SOE introducing brand new forums later this month

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• EA CEO John Riccitiello resigns

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• Persona 4 Arena bashes Europe May 10

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• StarCraft: Kerrigan -- Hope and Vengeance free on Comixology

• Crystal Dynamics: 1 million playing Tomb Raider two days after launch

• The Daily Grind: Are /follow commands taboo?

• Dead Space 3 'Awakened' DLC confirmed for March 12

• Second annual Boston FIG now accepting entrants

• EA co-founder Joe Ybarra starts new studio, already planning a Kickstarter

• Former Epic prez Mike Capps leaves advisory role [update]

• Trion offering a Defiance season pass with DLC, new species, and more

• Devil Survivor Overclocked checks the time, hits EU one week early

• Rovio releasing a game based on The Croods movie

• Players, meet Albion Online. Albion, players.

• Ouya opens app store to devs, producing mini documentary series

• Double Fine dips back into music with Dropchord

• Minecraft Redstone Update hits March 13, pre-release out now

• Camelot Unchained is all about pride

• GameStop reminds console makers that used games matter at market

• EA addresses LGBT issues in gaming in first ever 'Full Spectrum' event

• No experience multiplier for Elite Battle Pets, working as intended

• AVP Evolution hosting a contest to put fan art in the game

• Funcom's Joel Bylos on the centralized TSW, AoC, and AO team

• Cynwise dissects patch 5.2's battleground scaling

• Sega polls fans about Western release of Hatsune Miku Project Diva F

• Boy Scouts of America go modern, make designing videogames a badge-worthy affair

• Ask Massively: How I mine for games journos

• Battleground queue changes save us from ourselves

• Wizardry Online compensates players for performance issues

• WayForward staffers form Yacht Club Games

• Patch 5.2: Drop rates clarified for keys to the Treasure Room

• Ex-Gas Powered Game devs Kickstart an RPG with crayons

• OUYA store ready for launch, will highlight devs with short documentaries

• Patch 5.2 Hotfixes for March 5

• The Queue: The SimCity

• Torment is Kickstarter's fastest ever to $1M, clears $1.7M in first day

• EA adding more SimCity servers over next two days

• Shut Up And Take My Money: Thoughts on Blizzard's paid services

• Bringing horror out of stasis in Dead Space 3's 'Awakened' DLC

• The Guild Counsel: Dealing with problem players

• Castle of Illusion ratings suggest re-release of Mickey's Genesis classic

• The Daily Grind: Can crafted gear coexist with loot drops?

• Hunt down Crysis 3 for $40 at Amazon

• Jorgensen: All EA mobile games will use microtransactions, other platforms may not

• Neverwinter Days: The allure of bite-sized gaming

• Know Your Lore: Aethas Sunreaver and the founding of the Sunreaver Onslaught

• The 7th Guest: 3 coming to a PC, Mac or mobile device right behind you

• Sky Claw and heirloom shields join Pierre in the coming soon pile

• Project Awakened falls short of $500K Kickstarter goal

• PSA: Far Cry 3 patch out today, adds new difficulty, outpost reset

• Pathfinder Online shows off early development art

• Petroglyph puts Victory on Kickstarter, hopes for victory

• Updated: No more /follow in battlegrounds

• Massively Interview: Re-launching Prius Online as Arcane Saga

• The Walking Dead season two peers through a fall 2014 release window [Update: It was fogged, coming 2013]

• Patch 5.2: Leveling XP via pet battles

• 'Torment: Tides of Numenera' meets Kickstarter goal, raises over $900K

• LotRO's Update 10 springs into action

• Encrypted Text: Examining our tier 15 set bonuses

• So EA isn't putting microtransactions in every game after all

• MMO Family: What exactly is a kid-friendly MMO?

• Far Cry 3 lead writer hints at upcoming continuation [Update: Blood Dragon?]

• Did you hear? The Secret World music contest winners announced

• Grasshopper and Level-5's Liberation Maiden moves to iOS

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Asymmetry in superhero PvP

• Around Azeroth: Mourning never comes

• RetroN 4 plays NES, SNES, Genesis and GBA carts, hides its looks (for now)

• 'Torment: Tides of Numenera' is inXile's new Kickstarter

• Deus Ex: The Fall trademarked, while Human Defiance points toward film

• The Daily Grind: Is loot better with an RNG or token system?

• Space Hulk screens are after your genes

• Mass Effect 3 hosts a five-day multiplayer event this week

• The Astronauts and Ethan Carter steer away from 'mammoth-sized' games

• Journey, Dishonored and The Room win big with BAFTA game awards

• PSA: 'Vergil's Downfall' DLC available for Devil May Cry today

• Patch 5.2: Wrathion and the legendary chain

• Rumor: Watch Dogs designer leaves Ubisoft, heads back to EA

• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge demo coming to PSN and XBL

• Sega announces Sonic Dash, an endless runner starring the blue hedgehog

• God of Blades slays Android

• Capcom bringing two new projects to PAX East, full schedule up now

• Delver's Drop exceeds Kickstarter goal with a week left

• EA 'confident' Origin will be stable for international SimCity launches

• Diablo III plans itemization changes

• Ghostcrawler and Daxxari present Patch 5.2 Class Reviews

• Civ 4 lead's consulting gig at Stardock followed Zynga layoffs, still deciding his future

• Scott Hartsman pontificates on the future of MMOs

• Humble Android Bundle 5: Dynamite Jack, Solar 2, optional Super Hexagon

• Minecraft being considered for PlayStation, Wii U probably not happening

• Icy dangers revealed in Neverwinter's Icespire Peak trailer

• Trion hopes you'll pre-order some Defiance DLC along with your Defiance pre-order

• 'RetroN 4' console plays NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA over HDMI

• Report: Assassin's Creed 4 to feature 'connected' single-player systems on next-gen

• Tails Adventure rated, points towards Game Gear re-release

• Throne of Thunder raid release schedule announced

• Catch Vlambeer's 'Ridiculous Fishing' March 14

• 'Thief' graces cover of latest Game Informer

• Patch 5.2 official patch notes

• PSA: SimCity now available, go realize your city-building dreams

• Sega announces Sonic Dash, an iOS endless runner

• The Daily Grind: Do you have an emotional reaction to old characters?

• Report: Dead Space 4 canceled after Dead Space 3 sells below targets [update 3]

• AC4 director: Another leading lady 'wouldn't be surprising' in the future

• Rumor: BioWare San Francisco shuts down

• Patch 5.2: Maintenance downtime

• IGN cancels IPL6 eSports tournament

• Report: BioWare San Francisco closes, up to 30 staffers laid off

• One final look at Battlefield 3 'End Game' DLC

• Robotoki's platformer starring a narcoleptic child, The Adventures of Dash

• The Nexus Telegraph: The dark side of WildStar's Exiles

• Curt Schilling asks judge to dismiss 38 Studios fraud lawsuit

• On the brink: What's next if Project Awakened can't save the world

• Report: Layoffs at Aliens: Colonial Marines dev TimeGate Studios

• Massively interviews Genese Davis, author of MMO novel The Holder's Dominion

• Patch 5.2 confirmed for March 5

• RIFT producer Hanlin leaves Trion for Zynga

• Yu Suzuki thinking about crowdfunding for Shenmue 3

• Blood Pact: Thundering on and on about raid gear in patch 5.2

• The Secret World dev blog expounds on Issue #6 PvP changes

• The Queue: Farmer Yoon, the Twin Consorts, and more

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution resubmitted for classification in Australia

• Around Azeroth: Those days are gone forever, I should just let them go

• Crysis 3 keeps its cool to top UK charts for second week

• The Daily Grind: Do you get involved in pre-release communities?

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag 'pushing hard' for more assassinations, less hand-holding

• Jason West leaves Respawn Entertainment [Update: Zampella confirms]

• The Conduit HD coming to Tegra-powered Android devices March 14

• Know Your Lore: Jaina Proudmoore and the Kirin Tor

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Patch 5.2 and warrior gear part 1

• ArcheAge player infiltrates casino, finds housing blueprint

• The Queue: Screenshots of yore

• Rise and Shiny: Game of Thrones Ascent

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag screens leak, trailer sails again [Update]

• Around Azeroth: It came from the bottom of the sea

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

• Mass Effect: Foundation comic series announced

• Pierre the craftable cookstove pulled from 5.2

• Report: Tecmo Koei Canada closing

• The Mog Log: Final Fantasy XIV's five-year gap

• Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collection temporarily $100 at official shop

• Star Trek Online teaser site starts a countdown

• The Light and How to Swing It: A look at 5.2 tanking loot

• Journey art director opens new studio, first game to include music from Austin Wintory

• The Road to Mordor: A fresh perspective from two newbies

• WRUP: My adventures with Seymour the Magical Plowing Horse part 37 edition

• The Daily Grind: What game makes the best use of positioning in combat?

• Robot Entertainment celebrates 4th birthday with catalog sale

• XSEED brings RPG 'Ark of the Ages' to Android

• Soren Johnson joins Stardock, 'at least for a while' [Update]

• Report: Jerry Bruckheimer Games closed

• Dead Island: Riptide UK pre-order bonuses slice, dice, BBQ zombie flesh [Update: US too]

• Permanent bite taken out of Skulls of the Shogun price

• Mythic developers discuss the swan song of Wrath of Heroes

• Aspiring sandbox Trials of Ascension touts true permadeath

• Allods posts a preview of the upcoming Pyramid dungeon

• Dark sci-fi point-and-clicker Gemini Rue slinks onto iOS this spring

• Serving you a scoop of Elder Scrolls Online beta details

• Rambo: The Video Game has Stallone and Crenna voice work, technically

• Richard Garriott is up to... something

• Rumor: IGN's IPL6 eSports tournament canceled

• Rock Band Weekly: All-American Rejects, Blink-182, Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Prey 2 countdown ends at fan site, Bethesda has 'nothing to do with that site'

• What's stopping you from PvPing? A cause and solution.

• Announcing the Insert Coin: New Challengers finalists!

• Origins still eyeing March 30 beta, signups coming soon

• MMO Burnout: Second time's the charm for L.A. Noire

• Phat Loot Phriday: Staff of the Hidden Master

• The Repopulation's February recap emphasizes combat, crafting

• Assassin's Creed 4 dated Oct. 29, confirmed for next-gen consoles

• Breakfast Topic: Do you miss the game when you're away?

• The Daily Grind: Should player homes decay?

• Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory processes slight delay to March 21

• Metro: Last Light flickers in NA May 14, EU May 17

• EA: Consumers are 'enjoying and embracing' the microtransaction model

Google (78)

• Chrome Web Store search overhaul puts top category results on one page

• Pop-up Gmail compose now default whether you like it or not

• Google pledges not to sue open-source devs and users

• Google patent application would tie camera settings to local weather

• Google opens Shopping Express pilot with free same-day deliveries in San Francisco

• Google Maps Engine Lite beta lets amateurs craft their own location sets

• Google Street View lets former Fukushima residents see the town they left

• Google Glass will reportedly be built in America, at least initially

• Google adds info cards to Play Movies, helps you become a trivia wizard

• Google Maps now delivering live transit info in New York, DC and Salt Lake City

• Google selects Glass Explorers, will send invites to winners over the next few days

• Google Play starts offering devices in India, starting with the Nexus 7

• Swedish Language Council drops 'ungoogleable' from new word list after legal pressure from Google

• Google+ iOS app gains filters and photo editing capabilities in update

• Google+ update for Android and iOS adds Snapseed editing, always-on location option

• Google starts a TV white space trial in South Africa to wirelessly link schools

• Google Now isn't awaiting approval

• Google reportedly halts print editions of Frommer's guidebooks

• Google Chrome 'experiment' transforms websites into thrilling marble mazes

• Google Art Project adds nearly 2,000 works, from street art to prized photos

• Google applies for another Glass patent, thinks about controlling your garage door and fridge

• YouTube counts more than a billion unique users each month

• Google Play Books now available in Mexico

• Google Currents for Android now supports audio playback, improves syncing between devices

• Google search adds sports info, gets a bad case of March Madness

• Google Fiber to expand its footprint (slightly) beyond Kansas City to Olathe, KS

• Bring on the cat GIFs! Google adds animated filter to image search

• Google Drive Realtime API arrives, lets developers make collaborative apps

• Google testifies before House of Representatives, calls for updated email privacy laws

• Google Flight Search reaches France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK

• Google Maps brings you to Everest, Kilimanjaro with all your toes intact

• Google Drive suffering from service outage

• Google Keep briefly teases note-taking utility for Drive, vanishes soon after

• Switched On: Chrome on the range

• Google's Tamar Yehoshua backstage at Expand (video)

• Tamar Yehoshua, Google: In Conversation liveblog

• Live from Expand: A Conversation With Google's Tamar Yehoshua (video)

• Google Reader partially rebuilt in Zite

• Google Fiber app reaches all Android 4.1 devices

• Google My Tracks update brings Drive integration and a lock screen widget

• The outrage and sadness of Google Reader's demise

• Google yanks ad-blocking apps from Play Store, points to developer agreement

• WSJ: Google breaks up maps and commerce unit, Jeff Huber moves to Google X

• Google to shut down Google Reader, Snapseed for Mac among others

• Google Reader to shut down with other services in another 'spring cleaning'

• Gmail lets you add .ics calendar events directly to GCal with a single click

• Andy Rubin no longer leading Android, replaced by Chrome exec Sundar Pichai (update: memo)

• Register for Google I/O 2013 now! (update: sold out)

• Google acquires neural network startup that may help it hone speech recognition and more

• Google Shopping ads go mobile for especially impulsive buyers

• Google Now for iOS? Promo video appears, removed

• Alleged Google Now for iOS video leaks on YouTube, is promptly pulled

• PSA: Google I/O registration opens tomorrow, March 13th at 7AM PT

• Google ends Street View litigation in the US, agrees to destroy collected data and pay $7 million fine

• Google Glass is, in fact, compatible with prescription glasses

• Google Now seen in Chrome Browser code, hints at impending arrival

• We're Live at Google's SXSW Glass panel

• Google shows off hacked speaking shoe at SXSW, promises it's not getting into the footwear business

• Google Fiber TV channel lineup sees its first 3D additions with 3net and ESPN3D

• MMObility: Google's Ingress shines light on the good and bad of ARGs

• Google adds public alerts to Search, Now and Maps in Japan

• Google's Art, Copy & Code revives ads with sharing apps, talking shoes

• Google Glass learns how your friends dress, picks 'em out in a crowd

• Google and MPEG LA settle up, free VP8 video codec for the world wide web

• Google Street View reveals Bulgarian imagery, expands Russian and UK sites

• Chicago court rules Google not responsible for unflattering search results

• Google+ updates profile pages with larger photos, 'card' layout and Local review tab

• Google said to be testing same-day delivery service from local retailers

• Google Play gift cards available in the UK starting today, Tesco and Morrisons confirmed as retail partners

• Google Transparency Report now includes the FBI's National Security Letters

• Google's Picasa URL now redirecting to Google+ photo albums

• Google Maps updated with Google contact search, local categories

• Vint Cerf: Google services need a degree of anonymity, and they deliver it

• Chinese ministry says Google 'controls too much' of its smartphone market

• Google Chrome receives minor updates across Windows, Linux, Android and iOS

• Google to monitor unused white space across the US, take us one step closer to spectrum sharing

• Google Hangouts receive sign language interpreter support, keyboard shortcuts

• Google's Zopfli compression algorithm aims to speed up the web

Health (2)

• Hunters get more pet slots: running out of things to complain about

• Wireless 'under the skin' prototype implant beams instant blood test read-outs to your smartphone

Laptops (18)

• Distro Issue 84: The inside story behind the Lenovo ThinkPad redesign

• Lenovo ThinkPad Helix slated for April release in the US

• Chromebook Pixel with LTE to ship by April 8th

• Samsung ships ATIV Smart PC Pro with AT&T LTE, 13-inch Series 9 Premium with 1080p screen

• Weekend Poll: Retina MacBook Pro

• Chromebooks from Acer, HP and Samsung heading to six new countries

• Lenovo bringing contactless payments to certain NFC-enabled ThinkPads in 2013

• The inside story of Lenovo's ThinkPad redesign

• Lenovo ThinkPad T431s Ultrabook: refined exterior, widened trackpad, shipping in April for $949

• Lenovo teases next-generation ThinkPad X series at Expand

• Lenovo ThinkPad: From Research to Design liveblog

• Live from Expand: Lenovo ThinkPad: From Research to Design (video)

• Acer now selling C7 Chromebook with more battery life and memory for $280

• ASUS VivoBook S500 / S550 Windows 8 laptops now on sale for $699 and up

• Samsung's ARM-based Chromebook now supports Netflix courtesy of HTML5 streaming

• MacBook Pro with Retina users report fan issue

• ASUS Transformer Book shows sudden sign of life: 13-inch Core i5 model coming to Japan this week

• OLPC XO-4 surfaces at the FCC, right on cue

Lifestyle (5)

• Chris Metzen talks about The Art of Blizzard Entertainment

• Siri trick turns iBooks into audiobooks

• Embers of Caerus Faction Wars competition announced

• The Queue: Mwah!

• Neverwinter's Great Weapon Fighter playable at PAX East

Meta (7)

• Rumors hint Facebook is working on Android phone competitor (Updated)

• Facebook planning Android-related event on April 4th

• Facebook testing iOS notification that bugs you to update your status

• Facebook's first direct app update heads to Google Play, won't be the last

• Valve's Joe Ludwig on the uncertain future of virtual reality and partnering with Oculus

• Facebook explains how the fresh News Feed came to be: a deck of cards

• Facebook's move to mobile powered by intensive internal training

Microsoft (31)

• Microsoft allows Windows 8 to run on smaller displays: is a reader-sized Surface on its way?

• Microsoft showcases Windows Phone middleware partnerships at GDC, we go hands-on (video)

• Microsoft's next Office update is codenamed 'Gemini,' could ship this fall

• Microsoft reportedly selling its MediaRoom IPTV unit to Ericsson

• Microsoft announces Build 2013 to be held June 26-28 in San Francisco

• Microsoft updates Mail, Calendar and People apps in Windows 8, Windows RT

• ITC initial determination finds Microsoft doesn't infringe Motorola peer-to-peer wireless patent

• Microsoft reportedly prepping significant first-party app updates for Windows 8 and Windows RT

• Microsoft posts its first Law Enforcement Requests Report, shows US-centric scrutiny

• Visualized: Microsoft's homegrown 120-inch 4K television

• Microsoft lets companies buy Surface tablets in bulk

• WSJ: Microsoft, unnamed business partners being investigated by US government over foreign bribery

• Microsoft will end support for Windows Phone 8 and 7.8 in the second half of 2014

• Microsoft's Bob Heddle backstage at Expand (video)

• Kinect for Windows SDK gets significant update on March 18, includes Kinect Fusion and Interactions

• Microsoft Kinect for Windows Director Bob Heddle: In Conversation liveblog

• Live from Expand: Microsoft's Bob Heddle (video)

• Microsoft updates its Windows Phone web demo for WP8, hopes you'll update your phone too

• Microsoft releases 22 Kinect for Windows open source samplers

• Editorial: Microsoft is singing the right tune with some wrong notes

• Microsoft shows Surface prototypes, teases the tablets that might have been

• France investigates Skype after it doesn't register as a telecom provider (update: Skype response)

• Bing Desktop now integrates better with Facebook, adds more customization options

• Kinect Fusion creates 3D models on the fly, coming to Windows SDK

• Microsoft exec teases that Office 365 will get new apps, rapid-fire updates

• Microsoft reverses course, says Office 2013 licenses can now be transferred to new PCs

• Microsoft hit with $730 million fine in Europe over browser choice 'non-compliance' (update: won't appeal)

• WSJ: Microsoft to offer discounted Windows 8 software for future small touchscreen laptops

• Microsoft planning 'next release' of Windows Phone for this holiday season

• Microsoft brings Photosynth to Windows Phone 8, touts new camera integration and controls

• Bing Maps revamped with ocean topography, updated satellite imagery

Mobile (78)

• Visualized: JetBlue and ViaSat test Fly-Fi in-flight WiFi... from the ground

• FCC confident in its mobile phone radiation limits, seeks second opinions

• Softbank and Sprint say no to Huawei in hopes of getting merger back on track

• T-Mobile acknowledges layoffs at Bellevue headquarters

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 175 - 03.28.13

• Rogers' more reasonable unlocking policy takes effect

• EE switches on 4G in 13 more areas, claims half of the UK population now covered

• The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 12AM ET!

• Fongo makes a very public bid for control of Wind Mobile

• UK carrier Three is in 'no rush' to switch on LTE, probably won't do so until Q4

• North Korea reportedly cuts 3G for tourists, restricts access to long term visitors

• Verizon to preload PlayPhone-backed Games Portal on Android devices

• T-Mobile's UnCarrier event roundup

• T-Mobile LTE speed tests on Note II, HTC One and iPhone 5

• T-Mobile handsets will remain network-locked, can be freed when the device is yours

• T-Mobile says its iPhone 5 has HSPA+ on AWS bands, HD Voice

• T-Mobile details its no-contract Simple Choice plans: starting at $50/month for unlimited talk, text and 500MB unthrottled data

• T-Mobile lights up LTE in seven markets nationwide

• T-Mobile's Sonic 2.0 mobile hotspot revealed, brings LTE-powered WiFi to the masses

• T-Mobile's 4G LTE goes live in Phoenix, San Jose

• HTC drops 'Quietly Brilliant' slogan, promises more aggressive marketing

• T-Mobile takes its UnCarrier plans live earlier than expected

• Mobile Miscellany: week of March 18th, 2013

• AT&T to launch Digital Life in 15 markets, hopes to enter home automation field

• Editors Letter: Who cares for the UNcarrier?

• NTT DoCoMo trials Tap-de-Concier service with a Google Now flair

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 174 - 03.22.13

• The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 3PM ET!

• EE brings its 4G to Cumbria, rural home of the signal blackspot

• AT&T Wireless Home Phone goes prepaid, emulates landlines on demand

• iPhone boost helps China Telecom profits beat estimates

• Sprint allows its prepaid carrier partners to de-brand Android phones, rid devices of bloatware

• AT&T to offer increased data plans for business

• T-Mobile 'UnCarrier' plans possibly leaked, make unlimited talk and text a given (updated)

• Facebook alumni plan WiFi network to support 68,500 fans at 49ers' stadium

• NVIDIA updates its mobile roadmap: Logan and Parker, mobile SoCs packing Kepler and Maxwell GPUs

• AT&T intros extra-large Mobile Share and pooled data plans with business in mind

• T-Mobile planning March 26th press event, hints at strategy change

• T-Mobile's LTE ambitions get real: network expansion, the BlackBerry Z10 and an OTA update for the Galaxy Note II

• PowerKiss joins Power Matters Alliance, plans to expand wireless charging standard in Europe

• Mobile Miscellany: week of March 11th, 2013

• Redesigning Mobile liveblog

• Live from Expand: Redesigning Mobile (video)

• China Mobile will spend $6.7 billion on 4G network, preparing for next-gen iPhone?

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 173 - 03.14.13

• This is the Modem World: Why are we still texting?

• The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 1PM ET!

• FCC approves T-Mobile - MetroPCS deal, deems the merger will 'serve the public interest'

• Mobile Miscellany: week of March 4th, 2013

• The Engadget Show Mini: Mobile World Congress with Stephen Elop and more

• iOS tops among airline passengers

• FTC report on mobile payments raises concerns about 'cramming' on carrier billing

• AT&T Plus trial winding down on March 31st

• AT&T: 'we unlock our customers' devices'

• Canadian government sets November 19th as date for 700MHz auction

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 172 - 03.07.13

• DOJ lets waiting period expire on T-Mobile / MetroPCS merger, hints it's good to go

• The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 3PM ET!

• KFC gets free UK WiFi through The Cloud: get some data with your drumsticks

• FreedomPop's pseudo-free home WiMAX goes live

• Solavei starts carrying nano-SIMs for iPhone 5 nomads

• Globalgig expands its roaming hotspot coverage into more English-speaking countries (plus Sweden and Denmark)

• Emblaze Mobile's ex-CEO: First Else was eventually ready but the market had changed

• GOWEX turns on free WiFi network in New York City, curbs coffee-shop hopping

• Verizon hoping to launch cheaper LTE-only phones in late 2014, bid good riddance to 3G

• White House announces support for unlocking cell phones

• White House responds to petition: unlocking phones should be legalized

• The Engadget Interview: ARM president Simon Segars at MWC 2013

• Mobile Miscellany: week of February 25th, 2013

• The Engadget Interview: Chul Bae Lee, VP of LG's mobile design lab at MWC 2013

• Android 4.2.2 binaries arrive for AOSP-supported Nexus devices

• China Mobile preps for iPhone with TD-LTE service

• The After Math: Cinder block-chucking robots, Barcelona's mobile bonanza and brain doctors

• Engadget Mobile Podcast 171 - 03.01.13

• Distro Issue 80 goes mobile to tackle unlocking, form factors and the best of MWC 2013

• FCC Chairman voices 'concerns' about US phone unlocking ban, says he'll look into it

• Visualized: Nokia's product smorgasbord at MWC 2013

• Telefonica shows off streaming 4K video on home fiber

News (317)

• Refresh Roundup: week of March 25th, 2013

• The Weekly Roundup for 03.25.2013

• Talkcast tonight, 10pm ET/7pm PT: Holiday potpourri

• DevJuice: Preview of Fasten dev utility

• WoW Moviewatch: Rabbit Stew

• Switched On: Higher stakes, higher ground for crowdfunding, part 2

• Cowon D20 launches in Japan, keeps MP3 players alive 90 hours at a time

• The Queue: He doesn't row

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Contested Territory

• One Shots: Winning is half the battle

• Breakfast Topic: Do you have a secret getaway character?

• WoW Moviewatch: TMNT: Tortos

• Caturday: Have you hugged your mini today?

• 2020 US Census expected to move online, catch up with 2010

• The Queue: Apex predator

• WRUP: Submarines are the ultimate fishing boats edition

• Patch 5.2 hotfixes for March 29

• Origin Stories: Sage Board Games

• The Daily Roundup for 03.29.2013

• Weekend Poll: What rate, innovation?

• WoW Moviewatch: Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft Sneak Preview

• Daily Update for March 29, 2013

• Storyboard: RP in the key of C

• Editor's Letter: A not-so simple choice

• The After Math: a million Z10s, the UnCarrier's new plan and a 16-button controller

• Moog Music's Amos Gaynes on learning to code in BASIC and going off the grid

• Divinity comes to Kickstarter with Original Sin

• Otherland developer RealU lays off 'most of its staff'

• The Queue: Myotonic goats

• Reminder: It came from the Blog's scavenger hunt is tomorrow

• Omnicom's Paul Wright to run iAds Europe

• Breakfast Topic: Why can't we all find Enlightenment?

• Guitar maker Gibson buys majority stake in TEAC, develops taste for electronica

• The Daily Roundup for 03.28.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Enter - The Devil

• The Light and How to Swing It: Swap seals, not sandwiches

• Sony speakers combine NFC and WiFi / Bluetooth for minimal streaming effort

• Daily Update for March 28, 2013

• The Engadget Show 42: Expand with OUYA, Google, DJ Spooky, robots, space, hardware startups and more!

• Heavy Gear Assault Kickstarter begins in April, open beta planned Q1 2014

• Engadget Eurocast 020 - 03.28.13

• The Telegraph erects paywall for UK readers

• Reuters: Walmart looking into crowd-sourcing online delivery

• Gyft opens up to developers, offers sign-up page for APIs

• The Daily Roundup for 03.27.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Stormwind City Theme as Hip Hop

• This is the Modem World: Nerds in rabbit holes

• Totem Talk: Restoration and the Throne of Thunder, Part 2

• Harmonix receives more financial backing; three new games in pipeline

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Doc talk

• Daily Update for March 27, 2013

• Engadget HD Podcast 342 - 03.26.2013

• The Daily Roundup for 03.26.2013

• Gazelle Chief Gadget Officer looks at resale trends, sees the end of the iPod

• WoW Moviewatch: Stuff PvPers Say

• Drama Mamas: Time to stop tanking?

• Korg's touchpad synthesizer family gets slightly more Kaotic

• It came from the Blog: Join us for a scavenger hunt

• Daily Update for March 26, 2013

• The Soapbox: Dispelling the 'easy' myth

• Square Enix notes 'weak sales of big console titles' Tomb Raider, Hitman: Absolution

• The Daily Roundup for 03.25.2013

• Report: Wii U price drops not spurring UK sales, Wii Mini sees 'low interest'

• DICE+ opens pre-orders, developer kits also available

• Boeing 787 Dreamliner completes flight check, certification still awaits (update)

• Updated! Spoiler Alert: Patch 5.3 Datamined sound files

• Daily Update for March 25, 2013

• Blockbuster UK finds buyer

• The Queue: I'm back

• Rumor Roundup: Attack of the copycats

• Breakfast Topic: Have you ever experienced the perfect synergistic partnership?

• Refresh Roundup: week of March 18th, 2013

• The Weekly Roundup for 03.18.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Council Comic Fifth Element

• Switched On: Higher stakes, higher ground for crowdfunding, part 1

• IRL: Bing Translator, ioSafe N2 and the Mophie Juice Pack Air

• The Queue: Sunday Sunday Sunday

• FAA may ease 'reading device' restriction during takeoff and landing later this year

• Blockbuster UK finds a rescuing buyer, keeps staff and stores afloat

• WoW Moviewatch: The Shaping of the World

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown on Mac April 25

• The Queue: Hearthstone

• The After Math: Engadget Expand SF special

• The Daily Roundup for 03.22.2013

• ThinkFlood closes shop, brings RedEye universal remote down with it

• WoW Moviewatch: The Search for Hope

• Daily Update for March 22, 2013

• RISE:2013 highlights: Kinect rehab, Lego lobsters, 3D printed tech and more

• Volition explains relationship between Saints Row 4 and 'Enter the Dominatrix'

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution boss fights on Wii U 'as they should have been'

• The Queue: Part-time model

• FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to step down 'in the coming weeks' (update: his departing words)

• Fujifilm announces FinePix XP200 ruggedized camera, S8400W superzoom

• Minecraft Title Update 9 trailer totally has Ender Dragon in it

• WSJ: FCC chairman Julius Genachowski will say tomorrow that he's stepping down

• The Daily Roundup for 03.21.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: You Stole My Toon

• Daily Update for March 21, 2013

• The quest of a lifetime

• Kickstarter community head offers funding strategies, clears up fallacies

• NY approves Cornell Tech's applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island

• Daily Update for March 20, 2013

• The Daily Roundup for 03.20.2013

• This is the Modem World: The internet may be killing cash

• WoW Moviewatch: What are NPCs thinking?

• Chain Pulling 101: Five tips to prevent you from pulling like a pillock

• OnLive's new senior VP of engineering to push tablet, Smart TV

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Back on dry land once again

• Shifting Perspectives: Spring cleaning

• UK games industry showing slight signs of recovery

• Sonos offers up same bass, less shine with limited edition matte black Sub

• Engadget HD Podcast 341 - 03.19.2013

• The Soapbox: Be as bad as you like

• The Daily Roundup for 03.19.2013

• Daily Update for March 19, 2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Dinosaucers: Horridon

• Runes of Magic celebrates its 4th Anniversary

• Canon's tiny next-gen EOS Rebel spied, reportedly with modest specs to match

• Shovel Knight coming to Wii U, 3DS if Kickstarter funded

• Shin Megami Tensei 4 trailer features combat, dungeons

• Nike selects ten companies to participate in Accelerator program

• Gears of War: Judgment trailer opens up a few prizeboxes

• The Daily Roundup for 03.18.2013

• Dungeon Defenders 2 announced, game split into tower-defense and MOBA

• Editorial: Tech is a flock of starlings

• WoW Moviewatch: Titan

• The most reassuring title to see on a player

• Daily Update for March 18, 2013

• Metareview: SimCity

• Rumor Roundup: 'Free donuts tomorrow'

• ST-Ericsson joint venture begins dissolution process, 1,600 jobs gone in the process

• Engadget Expand wrap-up: Google, Kinect, electric cars, robots, makers and more!

• The New Sunset Western Garden Book now available on iOS

• Cartoonist Paul Pope backstage at Expand (video)

• Indiegogo's Danae Ringelmann backstage at Expand (video)

• Insert Coin: New Challengers winner Ziphius backstage at Expand (video)

• Sony's 2013 HDTVs start shipping, quantum dots are on the way

• Sorry: No Talkcast this week, folks

• Refresh Roundup: week of March 11th, 2013

• Live from Expand: Insert Coin Awards (video)

• Live from Expand: Ask The Editors (video)

• The Weekly Roundup for 03.11.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Warrior

• The Queue: Sundog

• When and where to catch our Engadget Expand liveblogs today

• One Shots: Views from a beta

• NYFi wins NYC's Reinvent Payphones 'Popular Choice' award, would serve free WiFi (update)

• Visualized: Engadget Expand's pier of arcade

• The Daily Roundup for 03.16.2013

• Insert Coin on-stage demos at Expand liveblog

• WoW Moviewatch: The Prologue: Rebirth

• Live from Expand: Insert Coin New Challengers Demos (video)

• Live from Expand: A Conversation With Julie Uhrman (video)

• Tim Stevens backstage at Expand (video)

• Kickstarter's Yancey Strickler backstage at Expand (video)

• Live from Expand: A Conversation with Nest Co-Founder Matt Rogers (video)

• 3D Printing Goes Mainstream liveblog

• Live from Expand: 3D Printing Goes Mainstream (video)

• Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler: In Conversation liveblog

• We're live at Expand San Francisco 2013! Here's what we're liveblogging today

• The Queue: Catbug

• Live from Expand: A conversation with Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler (video)

• Xiaomi Box launches in a three-city trial on March 19th at a lower price

• Daily Update for March 15, 2013

• Rock Band Weekly: Kool & the Gang, Shinedown, Tears for Fears

• Engadget Podcast 335 - 03.15.13

• The Daily Roundup for 03.15.2013

• WRUP: How's that honeymoon doing?

• WoW Moviewatch: The Laughing Gnome

• Editor's Letter: The familiar 4

• Expand is tomorrow! Here's what you need to know

• The Queue: A most demanding corpse

• Saints Row 4 gets pimpin' August 20

• Civilization 5 enters 'Brave New World' with expansion pack this summer

• Boeing execs detail 787 Dreamliner battery changes, host Q&A session

• The Daily Roundup for 03.14.2013

• Ask Massively: Ruining the internet

• Carbine unveils five-minute WildStar gameplay video featuring Deradune

• BBC toasts 90 years of innovation and posh accents, asks 'where next?'

• WoW Moviewatch: Wrathion: the Legendary Quest

• Daily Update for March 14, 2013

• Mega Man Online officially canned

• What reputation is, how to get it, and why you should care

• Breakfast Topic: If I knew then what I know now

• Panasonic reveals pricing for 2013 home theater systems, March availability

• Minecraft Realms subscription service to offer kid-friendly online play

• Free for All: How to be OK with not knowing how to play

• The Daily Roundup for 03.13.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: The Broken Continent

• Assassin's Creed 3 DLC lets Connor turn into an eagle because nature

• SimCity review: They built this city to shock and troll

• iPads at Idaho elementary's 'iSchool' pilot program

• The racing line: Exploring NASCAR's technological dichotomy

• The Queue: Hump day

• EVE's EON magazine closing down

• Engadget Eurocast 019 - 03.13.13

• Skyrim Dragonborn statue available for pre-order

• National Archives donates 1.2 million digital objects to Digital Public Library of America pilot project

• Sleeping Dogs 'Year of the Snake' DLC cops out today

• FTC: your mobile and social media ads still need disclosures*

• Engadget HD Podcast 340 - 03.12.2013

• The Daily Roundup for 03.12.2013

• Roli's Seaboard is a rubber-keyed piano that may redefine the way you play

• The Soapbox: No sympathy for cheating

• WoW Moviewatch: How to Trick People Into Thinking You're Okay at PvP

• FAA approves 787 Dreamliner certification plan for testing Boeing's battery fix

• Daily Update for March 12, 2013

• Qantas expands in-flight iPad program for passengers

• Daily Deals for March 12, 2013

• Former GameStop VP sentenced 51 months for embezzling over $1.7M

• Giveaways Galore: Win a boatload of sweet stuff at Expand!

• The Engadget Interview: Vertu CEO Perry Oosting talks specs and rationale

• Donkey Kong hack gives Pauline the central role, 32 years later (video)

• The Daily Roundup for 03.11.2013

• Visualized: Sonos' speaker-building, light-showing, neon-couching SXSW house

• WoW Moviewatch: How You Should Feel About WoW

• DevJuice: Sneaking a peek at Bill Van Hecke's upcoming book

• Low-end Txtr Beagle e-reader coming to the US for $70, not $13

• China's new internet backbone explained: verified sources, IPv6 at the core

• NYC mayor kicks off anti-earbud hearing safety campaign

• Daily Update for March 11, 2013

• Philips debuts iOS SDK for its light bulbs

• ST-Ericsson CEO steps down without a named successor

• The Queue: Scenarios and you

• Drama Mamas: Overreacting

• San Francisco's Bay Bridge lights up with 25,000 computer controlled LEDs

• Ube WiFi Smart Dimmer to receive customized multitouch gesture control

• Refresh Roundup: week of March 4th, 2013

• The Engadget Interview: BlackBerry developer evangelist Tom Anderson (video)

• WoW Moviewatch: Not Your Ordinary Kind of Harlem Shake

• The Weekly Roundup for 03.04.2013

• Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: The help desk is open

• The Queue: Call me "mashup"

• We're live at SXSW's Al Gore on The Future panel

• Last-chance Expand ticket giveaway and congrats to our Photo Contest winner!

• We're live at SXSW's Leap Motion panel

• Live from SXSW: catch our Leap Motion, Elon Musk and Al Gore liveblogs today!

• The Queue: Boo

• WRUP: Pictures of bleach on the internet edition

• The Daily Roundup for 03.08.2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Fifth Element Skyrim

• Come say hi at our first Engadget+gdgt Live event in Austin tomorrow night!

• Editor's Letter: Expand gets expanded

• How, when, and where to get your very own mount

• Sticky Bees Unleashed upon Kickstarter

• Wire to the Ear's Oliver Chesler visits the Engadget Questionnaire

• The Queue: Humans yelling like goats yelling like humans

• CeBIT 2013 wrap-up

• Storyboard: Working with mechanics

• Majesco receives another Nasdaq delisting notice

• Breakfast Topic: Can you adapt?

• Cambridge Consultants develops indoor tech to pick up where GPS drops off

• LG ships its MT93 Personal Smart TV to your dorm this March

• The Engadget Interview: EFF's Julie Samuels talks patents, podcasting and the SHIELD Act

• The Daily Roundup for 03.07.2013

• Analytics firm Applause launches the Applause Index

• Daily Update for March 7, 2013

• WoW Moviewatch: He Ate My Heart

• Deadpool shows off some sick moves, a few of his favorite things

• Thermodo unveils a mercury-free way to measure air temperature on your smartphone

• Engadget HD Podcast 339 - 03.07.2013

• LG's 55-inch OLED HDTV gets UK launch details: £9,999, ships in July

• NYC awards six Reinvent Payphones finalists, asks public to select favorite via Facebook

• The Daily Roundup for 03.06.2013

• Daily Update for March 6, 2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Murlocs From Space

• Engadget Expand agenda unveiled: Come see the full schedule for our big event!

• TUAW TV Live at 5 PM ET: Reboot edition

• Free for All: The continued standardization of selling power

• Engadget Eurocast 018 - 03.06.13

• Breakfast Topic: Would you be caught dead looking like this?

• The Daily Roundup for 03.05.2013

• Daily Update for March 5, 2013

• Engadget Expand needs volunteers: Apply within!

• WoW Moviewatch: Warcraft Babies Ep 3

• The Soapbox: Yes, Virginia, sexism still exists

• The Queue: Today is magical

• Fuse infographics offer all the fictional facts

• Breakfast Topic: Do you think the patch came too fast, or not fast enough?

• DigitalOptics' fast MEMS camera enables Lytro-like post-capture refocus (video)

• Nikon Coolpix S3500 ships this month with 20MP CCD, lens-shift VR for $139

• Nikon announces DX-format Coolpix A with 16.2MP APS-C sensor, $1,100 MSRP

• Schilling asks judge to throw out lawsuit over $75 million loan

• DevJuice: Spellchecking short strings

• The Daily Roundup for 03.04.2013

• Engadget Expand speakers, Round Eight: Nine big reasons to join us March 16th and 17th

• WoW Moviewatch: Raid Buddies Episode 1: The ReRoll

• Daily Update for March 4, 2013

• Officers' Quarters: Beyond recruiting

• Tesco names new digital services and the ex-Facebook, Sainsbury's execs that'll run 'em

• SparkFun's 2013 National Education Tour plans to bring DIY electronics to all 50 states

• Rumor Roundup: Play that funky Misek

• We're live from CeBIT 2013 in Hannover!

• Refresh Roundup: week of February 25th, 2013

• WoW Moviewatch: Banquet Party in Orgrimmar

• The Weekly Roundup for 02.25.2013

• Sunday Morning Funnies: Back now

• One Shots: Back in the day...

• What does progression mean to you?

• WRUP: Our crystal balls

• Engadget Podcast 333 - 03.01.13

• The Daily Roundup for 03.01.2013

• Are You a Rare: Reader requests edition

• Storyboard: RP-Beta

• WoW Moviewatch: Oh Great, Yet Another WoW Harlem Shake Video

• Daily Update for March 1, 2013

• Some Assembly Required: Bringing the 'craft' back to crafting

• Premier League adopts goal-line tech, puts armchair pundits in tailspin

• What will the mystery feature be?

• Logitech cuts 5 percent of core staff as part of its shift to mobile

• Modding guru Ben Heck hacks his way through the Engadget Questionnaire

• Best Buy's anti-showrooming price match starts Sunday 3/3

• Angry Birds dev Rovio making tie-in game for DreamWorks' The Croods

• The Queue: I knew you were a goat

• Best Buy announces fourth quarter net loss of $377 million, no rescue bid coming from founder

• Sky to buy Telefonica UK's fixed phone line and broadband business for up to £200 million

• Tomb Raider's 'The Final Hours' webseries concludes

Nintendo (52)

• Unreal Engine 4 not designed to work on Wii U [Update]

• Runner 2 Wii U patched to fix freeze bug

• New Nintendo eShop releases: HarmoKnight, River King

• Darksiders 2 disappearing from Wii U eShop in Europe March 31

• Unity and 'Nintendo Web Framework' offer new Wii U dev tools

• Battlefield 4 skipping Wii U to avoid stretching team 'too thin'

• Nintendo 3DS update moves your saves from retail games to downloads

• Report: Japan embarks on 'New Etrian Odyssey' in June

• 3DS firmware update adds save transfers, streamlines 'download later'

• Nintendo's new, relaxed restrictions for eShop indies

• Renegade Kid takes 3DS to 'Cult County'

• Capcom having 'ongoing discussions' for new Mega Man game, more classics coming to 3DS eShop [Update: New Mega Man not confirmed]

• Wii U Basic on sale at Best Buy for $250

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 3DS, Zen Pinball 2

• Nintendo European eShop restriction lifted, get your 18+ games at any hour

• Nintendo lifts European eShop age restriction

• Mighty Switch Force 2 screens reveal Officer Wagon's change of vocation

• Post death messages, mock friends in Resident Evil: Revelations Miiverse

• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate save transfer utility not available yet [update]

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut announced for Wii U, 'coming soon' [Update: Straight Right developing]

• Dragon Quest X Wii U listing spotted on Amazon France

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut listed for Wii U by Amazon [update]

• Devil Survivor 2 European release still in the works

• Zen Pinball 2 flies down the Wii U chute March 21

• Fire Emblem Awakening posts 180K first month sales, 63K downloads

• Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D challenges 3DS May 24

• Report: Pikachu 3DS XL to go for $160 at Target, regular 3DS $130

• New Nintendo eShop releases: HarmoKnight demo, Rayman Origins, Mega Man 3, Punch-Out!!

• Rumor: Lego City Undercover eShop download requires external hard drive

• Pikachu Yellow 3DS XL coming to the US on March 24th, is super-effective against your eyes

• Amazon UK follows suit with Wii U price drop

• Pikachu 3DS XL sparks into North America on March 24

• Capture free Fire Emblem: Awakening maps through SpotPass

• Nintendo loses lawsuit over 3DS patent infringement

• Nintendo slapped with $30.2 million in damages for infringing glasses-free 3D patent

• Report: Pokémon Rumble U uses Wii U NFC with Skylanders-like toys

• Mint white 3DS XL freshens Japan in April, Pikachu 3DS XL appears in US ad

• Miyamoto working on Pikmin cartoons

• Mega Man 3 coming to 3DS Virtual Console next week

• Miyamoto: Wii U interface performance will be better by summer

• Nintendo consumes mushroom, stock grows over 7%

• Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D being developed by Monster Games, not Retro Studios

• New Nintendo eShop releases: Pokemon Mystery Demo, Kersploosh

• Nautical grappling platformer Umihara Kawase returns on 3DS

• Wii U system update improves overall stability, big feature update coming in April

• UK retailers Asda, ShopTo drop Wii U below £200

• Animal Crossing: New Leaf makes its American debut at SXSW

• Nano Assault EX hitting European eShop on March 7

• WiiWare version of Retro City Rampage is a '$20,000 gift' to fans

• Yerli: Crysis 3 was up and running on Wii U, was 'very close to launching'

• Gaijin Games working on Runner 2 Wii U patch

• Wii Mini sells 35,700 units in Canada across first two months

PC Gaming (285)

• Your guide to Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box

• EVE Evolved: EVE's Odyssey expansion could be incredible

• Tattered Notebook: What Chronoportals to EQII would you put in EQ Next?

• Around Azeroth: Object impermanence

• The Light and How to Swing It: Mastering the Troves of the Thunder King as a paladin

• Path of Exile version 1.0 is six months away, one expansion per year after

• Trion Worlds' Victoria Voss talks ArcheAge

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Patch 5.2 and warrior gear part 3

• GDC 2013: Chris Roberts expounds on Star Citizen's crafting, economy

• The Road to Mordor: The coming LotRO class apocalypse and how you can survive it

• Get your Origins of Malu beta key from Alienware

• Around Azeroth: Stolen moments

• Rome 2 looks to continue building Total War's empire

• Oculus Rift dev kits are shipping

• Razer begins shipping Edge units to those who pre-ordered this month

• Star Trek Online's Romulan expansion prompts special Ask Cryptic

• Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes goes down swinging today

• Star Citizen adding modules up to 2014 beta launch, 'hangar module' expected in August

• Unreal Engine 4 'Infiltrator' video

• Around Azeroth: Thunderstruck

• GDC 2013: James Ohlen on how F2P saved SWTOR

• Hitman Absolution for $10 as Steam weekend deal

• GDC 2013: Age of Wushu's world is your playground

• Company of Heroes 2 closed multiplayer beta begins April 2

• The OverAchiever: Guide to Noblegarden 2013

• The Summoner's Guidebook: The best ways to ruin a gank in League of Legends

• Guild Wars 2, Mists of Pandaria, Diablo III spur PC software to record revenue

• Ms. Splosion Man iOS out now, PC next week

• Take your first, singular look at the greenery of Legend of Grimrock 2

• Guild Wars 2's living story to 'grow in scope and grandeur'

• EA's Gibeau: SimCity 'plays like an MMO'

• Level 90 PvP Gems and Enchants by primary stat

• Choose My Adventure: Star Trek Online III - The search for the Foundry

• Around Azeroth: We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms

• Capcom 'working' on confirming DuckTales Remastered for PC

• AMD unveils game streaming platform with Radeon Sky Graphics

• Roundup of Hearthstone blue posts from the last few days

• Lichborne: Stupid death knight tricks on the Isle of Thunder

• Pimp your space ride with Star Citizen's customization systems

• Go green in your Star Trek Online embassy

• Papo & Yo coming to Steam on April 18

• HP introduces Unreal Engine 4-ready 'turnkey solution' workstations, collaborating with ALT Systems

• Guild Wars 2 offers limited-time transfers for free

• SWTOR dares you to face the Legions of Scum and Villiany

• Resto druids vs. the world 2: War harder

• Analysis of Blizzard's post on patch 5.3 PvP gear

• Day-one Incredipede Steam sales eclipse previous four months

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2's March update

• SWTOR's Asia-Pacific servers merging with North American shards

• Around Azeroth: Wile E. Coyote style

• Buy a box for Age of Wushu and gain exclusive adventures

• New raid pets, wild pets, and hit chance system coming to pet battles in patch 5.3

• Brand-new souls are in the works for RIFT

• PAX East 2013: An interview with EVE Online's Jon Lander

• DREAM Paragon take world first Heroic Lei Shen

• Massively Exclusive: Camelot Unchained unveils pledge tiers, seeks feedback [Updated]

• PAX East 2013: ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2's near and far future

• EVE Evolved: The Battle for Caldari Prime

• Rise and Shiny: Allods Online's Pearl Ring, selling power, and the Astral

• Around Azeroth: Catch me if you can

• Dust: An Elysian Tail coming to Steam

• Get a glimpse of The Secret World's work-in-progress Tokyo playfield

• World of Warcraft patch 5.3 rushes into a new battleground

• PAX East 2013: EVE Online Odyssey expansion announced

• Wings Over Atreia: Aion rifting ain't what it used to be

• The Daily Grind: Are you excited for WildStar's housing?

• Cut the Rope now on Steam, discounted to $5

• World of Warcraft Patch 5.3 PTR Patch Notes

• La-Mulana explores Steam on April 15

• Guild Wars 2 dev blogs explain the bounty hunt system and WvW improvements

• Blizzard reveals Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, coming to iPad and PC

• PAX East 2013: A first look at WildStar's housing and new zones

• Lunch Topic: What's your WoW Achilles heel?

• Guild Wars 2 adding Flame and Frost: The Razing update next week

• Catch EVE's Battle of Caldari Prime live on Twitch

• Exclusive: Champions Online challenges players to take on the Forum Malvanum

• What we know so far about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• Around Azeroth: Girls with low self-esteem

• PAX East 2013: Say hello to MechWarrior Online's new trailer

• The Summoner's Guidebook: League of Legends' hardest choices

• EverQuest II tests the sale of player-created houses

• Limited-time VIP packs for Dragon's Prophet include beta access, houses

• LOTRO confirms player skill trees, expansion in the works

• Indie Spring Sale bounces onto Steam

• Throne of Thunder: Forgotten Depths Raid Finder bosses in 5 seconds

• RIFT celebrates its second anniversary with a freebie weekend and sale

• StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm infects 1.1 million in 48 hours

• BioWare: SWTOR servers 'teeming with people'

• Chronoportals return to EverQuest II today

• Around Azeroth: Beyond the veil

• Star Trek Online's Legacy of Romulus expansion coming May 21 [Updated]

• Scattered Shots: How to play a MM hunter

• Total War fan will live on as a character in Rome 2

• Steam Early Access makes public game tests a near-automatic affair

• Skyrim 'Legendary' update live on Steam, 'later this month' still plan for consoles

• Pathfinder Online dev blog explains territory and the hex map

• Every Sonic game on Steam is half off for a few hours starting... Now

• All of Duke Nukem 3D arrives on Steam in a Megaton edition

• BioShock Infinite soars onto Mac this summer

• Steam introduces 'Early Access:' Buy and play games still in development

• MechWarrior Online adds Jagermech, Tourmaline Desert map

• Valve's 'Sea of Cubes,' and the challenges of working with augmented reality

• World of Warplanes 0.4.1 beta update to feature new planes, maps

• The Queue: Give us more draenei

• Around Azeroth: Murloc madness

• Play Neverwinter's Great Weapon Fighter to 50 in this weekend's beta

• Valve offers Team Fortress 2 'VR mode' tips and tricks

• Divekick takes a leap of faith on Steam Greenlight, due in summer

• Hotline Miami takes a shot at Mac, available now on Steam

• Humble Weekly sale kicks off with Bastion

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR, a wretched operation of Scum and Villainy, part 1

• The beauty of classic WoW's Molten Core

• Camelot Unchained's team puts gameplay over graphics

• How 5 minutes AFK cost one WoW player 476,000 gold

• Flameseeker Chronicles: The quest for Guild Wars 2's legendary The Flameseeker Prophecies

• Oculus' Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell on the past, present and future of the Rift

• EVE Online's anti-bot policy now two-strikes-and-you're-out

• Riot rules on League of Legends Elo-Boosting, alleged DDoS attacks

• Breakfast Topic: The not to be missed moments of Warcraft

• DLC Quest takes satirical platforming to Steam with a launch sale

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown PC download on sale at Amazon

• PSA: Tomb Raider gets another patch, Nvidia updates beta drivers

• Steam weekly sales: Secret World, Lucius, Monday Night Combat

• Tanks to have some hope of getting DPS gear in LFR

• Draztal ends the "WoW is too easy now" argument in a long and beautiful post

• League of Legends hits the five million concurrency mark

• Oculus Rift won't come bundled with Doom 3, credit or refund offered instead

• Chaos Theory: Hoppin' TSW's train to Cairo

• Valve's Team Fortress 2 is Oculus Rift's first game, free 'VR Mode' update coming soon

• Doom 3 BFG not shipping with Oculus dev kits

• The Nexus Telegraph: More WildStar class speculation

• Fez coming to Steam May 1

• Nexon Europe adds new character and dungeons to MapleStory

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow materializes in Steam registry

• Around Azeroth: Crying, waiting, hoping

• EVE Evolved: End of an EON

• Legend of Grimrock gets unofficial 'Master Quest' add-on

• The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Patch 5.2 and warrior gear part 2

• Around Azeroth: Imitation is the sincerest form of transmogrification

• A guide to looting the Troves of the Thunder King

• Champions Online dev blog goes behind-the-scenes of the Lemurian Invasion

• Firefall revamps progression system... again

• The Tattered Notebook: EQII's Ribbitribbit Day celebrates community

• The Light and How to Swing It: Tanking the first three bosses of Throne of Thunder

• Around Azeroth: Reptile dysfunction

• Skullgirls pencils in Linux port, Squigly to be voiced by Lauren Landa

• SimCity GM: 'In many ways, we built an MMO'

• CABAL Online patches Rising Force

• Tracy Hickman tapped for writing duties on Shroud of the Avatar

• Lich King easter egg discovered in StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm

• Aspyr bringing latest Civ 5 expansion to the Mac same day as PC

• WoW Archivist: 11 moments from WoW's history that should become scenarios

• Upcoming SimCity patch to resolve traffic jams, features returning

• Around Azeroth: Remain in light

• The Neverhood creator planning new clay adventure game for PC, Mac

• Mac Game of the Week: Endless Space is a beautiful space-faring 4X strategy game

• The WoW Insider Show Episode 285

• The Summoner's Guidebook: Staging the perfect comeback in League of Legends

• War is All Hell: The use of moral ambiguity in Warcraft

• Ask Cryptic and ye shall receive -- Champions Online answers, that is

• Guild Wars 2 composer Soule kickstarting symphony project

• It's the end of culling as we know it in Guild Wars 2 WvW

• A Mild-Mannered Reporter: Champions Online, Lemurian events, and you

• Star Wars: The Old Republic adds a grab bag of grab bag reputation

• Guild Wars 2 to focus on improving systems, aiding small guilds

• There will be no more 5-man dungeons in Mists, not Warcraft

• Track your Isle of Thunder to-do list with this handy addon

• Choose My Adventure: My first tour of duty in Star Trek Online

• Around Azeroth: Exploration domination

• Trion's Ffinch talks RIFT's 2013 updates

• Xi3 says Piston is 'something more' than Steam Box

• Potatoman Seeks the Troof, Pixeljam Octology finds its way to Linux

• EVE Online's CSM8 election season is kicking into gear

• Hyperspace Beacon: Examining the gear of SWTOR 2.0

• GuildOx launches Brawler's Guild ranking system

• Rumor: Maxis insider claims SimCity servers not essential

• Brad McQuaid returns to EverQuest

• EQII's Scars of the Awakened update is coming on April 30th

• SimCity receives official server status page

• Flameseeker Chronicles: The eye of the storm in Guild Wars 2

• New World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn teaser images

• Totem Talk: Restoration and the Throne of Thunder, Part 1

• Lichborne: Why patch 5.2 is a great time to be a death knight

• Around Azeroth: I can show you the world

• Put your Age of Wushu avatar to work while you're offline

• Cloud Imperium previews spiffy Star Citizen marine concept

• Breakfast Topic: Does WoW's direction seem lost at sea?

• Steam's weekly deals include cheap Rochard, Jet Set Radio, Arcania and Endless Space

• Trion breathes new life into RIFT with Raptr Rewards promotion

• Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm launch schedule

• StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm server start times

• The Nexus Telegraph: All your WildStar speculation is wrong

• TERA invites new players to power level

• Blood Pact: On the usefulness of SimulationCraft

• Captain's Log: Dabbling with STO's duty officers

• EVE Online reconfiguring launcher to use BitTorrent

• Starter zones for Dragon's Prophet unveiled

• Leaderboard: What's your feeling on Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar?

• Around Azeroth: Good luck, you'll need it

• Chaos Theory: Where in The Secret World is Carmen Sandiego?

• Tomb Raider PC patch addresses hairy Nvidia issues

• EVE Evolved: Do PLEX make EVE pay-to-win?

• Around Azeroth: A surfeit of warlocks

• Xi3 starts Piston pre-orders: buy an early Steambox for under $1,000

• Mass Effect series for PC on sale via Origin through March 12

• Wings Over Atreia: From Shugos to splitting up, Aion's instances are evolving

• Garry's Mod made $22 million, Facepunch working on new PC game

• Around Azeroth: Thunder was his engine and white lightning was his load

• EA: SimCity server capacity increased by 120%, company to offer free PC game for troubles

• The Daily Grind: What advice would you give to SimCity fans?

• WRUP: 'Unable to connect to the SimCity servers'

• The Lemurian Invasion of Champions Online is going out with a splash

• Age of Wushu sharpens up informations on edged weapons

• Allods Online dev blog details the Dominion Wars

• Our favorite WoW dinosaurs outside the Isle of Giants

• Why head to the Isle of Giants?

• EVE Travel profiled in newest CCP dev blog

• Around Azeroth: What does a bear do in the woods?

• Painkiller: Hell and Damnation coming to Mac, Linux this spring

• Razer enlists Rahul Sood of VoodooPC fame as advisor to its board of directors

• Angry Birds Space shoots onto Steam, $1 off for one week

• Star Wars: The Old Republic sets the stage for Makeb

• Get back into the game with Blizzard's returning player guide

• Spiritual Guidance: Priest gear in patch 5.2 and Throne of Thunder

• The Summoner's Guidebook: The little stories League of Legends creates

• Age of Empires 2 HD heading to Steam on April 9

• Age of Wushu introduces the Meridian system

• EverQuest, EverQuest II repeal F2P restrictions on class, race, and more

• Blind player Ben Shaw on raiding and WoW for the sightless

• 'Non-critical' SimCity features disabled to improve server issues

• Around Azeroth: Drugs are bad, mmm'kay?

• Breakfast Topic: What's your WoW wishlist?

• Choose My Adventure: Interfering in Star Trek Online

• Embrace your maniacal side with Age of Wushu's Jianghu system

• Allods Online upgrades gear with glyphs

• Darkfall adds salvaging, prowess point progression

• How to key-bind your retribution paladin

• Five reasons patch 5.2 will pull you back into WoW

• Nvidia, Crystal Dynamics looking into Tomb Raider PC performance issues

• Lichborne: Patch 5.2 loot for death knights, part 3

• Company of Heroes 2 deploys June 25

• Massively Exclusive: MapleStory adds samurai Hayato

• Wargaming.net goes on a road trip

• Newell: Valve sharing Steam Box prototypes within four months

• Age of Wushu explains battle arrays

• Patch 5.2 Beasts of Fable and Elite Battle Pet walkthrough

• Flameseeker Chronicles: Puzzle jumping in Guild Wars 2

• Valve's Steambox prototypes heading to some Steam users in '3 - 4 months'

• Patch 5.2: Zandalari Warbringers and where to find them

• Patch 5.2 guide to the Throne of Thunder

• ArenaNet not currently working on Guild Wars 2 expansions or sequels

• Lorewalkers guide for the Isle of Thunder

• WoW's 5.2 Thunder King patch lands today

• Around Azeroth: Killing them with confusion

• Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR consolidates comms

• Star Citizen base character model teased

• Steam weekly deals: Velvet Assassin, Syberia games, Greed Corp

• Blizzard drops StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty to $20 until March 12

• Dead Space 3 price sliced to $32 on PC from GameFly

• Blizzard developers discuss patch 5.2 and more

• Mechwarrior Online has big plans for March

• Chaos Theory: The Secret World needs bug spray in Egypt, stat!

• Skyrim v1.9 beta live on Steam, adds Legendary skills and difficulty

• Captain's Log: Catching up on Star Trek Online

• XCOM: Enemy Unknown coming to Mac

• Future Aion dungeons revealed

• Star Conflict launches on Steam

• Steam Daily Deal: Sid Meier's Civilization franchise downsized 75%

• EVE Evolved: Making EVE history

• Arma 3 arms itself with cover art and screens

• The Tattered Notebook: Attacked by AAs in EQII

• Around Azeroth: I, for one, welcome our new mogu overlords

• WRUP: Mac in the LoLs

• Wowhead interviews Lead Encounter Designer Ion "Watcher" Hazzikostas

• A look back at RIFT on its second birthday

• League of Legends out now on Mac in open beta ... finally

• Ready to storm the Throne of Thunder

• WoW Archivist: Patch 2.2, the patch without content

• WoW Archivist: 2.2 patch notes, part 2

• WoW Archivist: 2.2 patch notes

• Because they're worth it: game characters get AMD to do their hair

• Around Azeroth: Madness takes its toll

• EverQuest producer's letter talks Shadows of Fear update

• Second Wind: World of Warcraft

• Mark of the Ninja slashed to $5 on Steam this weekend

PlayStation (73)

• PS4 'Elemental' demo of Unreal Engine 4 gets an extension

• GTA: Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories spin yarns on PSN next week

• Tomb Raider £20 this weekend on PSN EU

• Ibb and Obb 'hoping' to drop onto PSN in May

• Seen@GDC: The 'camp' poster that led a Pomeranian to PlayStation

• Muramasa Rebirth finds new life on PS Vita 'early summer'

• Terraria being ported to Vita this summer

• PSN EU spring sale features Child of Eden, Driver: SF, Persona series

• Papo & Yo sales 'good' on PS3, but didn't cover development costs

• PlayStation 4's Blu-ray drive is 3x as fast as PS3's, PSN friends list cap raised, and other tidbits from Sony's GDC panel

• PlayStation 4 uses both real names and PSN handles, DualShock 4 charges in standby

• PlayStation 4 lead looked at x86 chips in 2007, wants polished games on day one

• GDC 2013: DUST 514's Uprising update conquers your PS3 on May 6

• God of War: Ascension's 'Trial of Archimedes' patch out now

• PSN Tuesday: BioShock Infinite, Terraria, Machinarium

• Jetpack Joyride ascends to two million downloads on PSN

• Limbo Vita outsourced to LittleBigPlanet dev Double Eleven [Update: 'This year']

• Worms wriggling to PS Vita in 2013

• Puppeteer pulls PS3's strings September 10

• Spelunky dares to explore PS3 and Vita this summer

• Blacklight Retribution announced for PS4, first Pub Fund game for platform

• Report: Limbo tumbling onto Vita

• BioShock Infinite costumes coming to various LittleBigPlanets

• Disgaea 3 free on PS Plus, Square and THQ games very cheap

• Dissecting the newest DUST 514 video for goodies

• Dragon's Crown adorning NA retail, PSN this summer

• Jak and Daxter Collection rated for Vita by ESRB

• PS Plus for EU ambles into April with Thomas Was Alone, The Cave, more

• Report: The Walking Dead on Vita sometime this year

• Tales of Xillia coming this summer, Graces F hits PSN next week

• Sony and Unity enter 'strategic partnership' for tools optimized for PlayStation platforms

• White Knight Chronicles 1 & 2 servers shutting down in June

• PS3 4.40 firmware goes live, improves system stability

• Buy God of War: Ascension, get a whole Pantheon of War free

• Capcom vs SNK 2 due for PS2 Classics release in late April

• PSN Tuesday: Persona sale, Dead or Alive 5 Plus, The Walking Dead

• Rumor: Final Fantasy X HD includes FFX-2 HD, PS Vita versions separate downloads

• Uncharted 3 free multiplayer downloaded over 350,000 times

• Ovosonico partners with Sony Worldwide Studios Europe

• The Cave, Tekken 6 free on PlayStation Plus this week

• Neptunia series explodes on Vita

• Epic Mickey 2 finds the power of Vita this year [update]

• Sony's 'Rain' shows its invisible world in a downpour of pictures

• Dollar Dash hits PSN on March 19

• Machinarium extends onto Vita March 26

• The Sentimental process behind GungHo's PSOne Imports

• Nielsen: PS3 sees biggest year-over-year growth in streaming (and other such tidbits)

• God of War: Ascension's tough 'Trial of Archimedes' to be patched

• Take over DUST 514's planets one piece at a time

• NVIDIA opted out of PlayStation 4, cites Sony not offering enough money

• Sony rolls out another batch of free PSN credit in North America

• Vita tops Japanese hardware charts

• Resident Evil series on sale on European PS Store this week

• PSN Tuesday: Darkstalkers, Ubisoft sale

• PS Vita 3G price drops to $199 at certain Sony outlets

• Select Sony stores selling PS Vita 3G for $200

• Controversial God of War: Ascension trophy altered in upcoming patch

• PSOne Imports get extra challenging this week

• PS Plus offers up a Ubisoft sale, cheap Scott Pilgrim, free Joe Danger 2

• Suda 51 'horny' for PS4 possibilities

• GameStop adds All-Stars pre-order perk for God of War: Ascension

• Persona 2: Eternal Punishment downloadable on Vita and PSP March 12

• God of War: Ascension enables The Last of Us demo May 31

• Dead or Alive 5 Plus demo hits 'close' to launch

• NVIDIA rolls out Apex and PhysX developer support for the PlayStation 4

• Metal Gear Rising's PS3-exclusive DLC coming March 12

• Sale spotlight: God of War series, Mass Effect 2 on EU PSN this week

• PSN Store update: Tomb Raider, MGR: Revengeance, Runner2

• Spec Ops: The Line free on PS Plus this week, The Cave, Joe Danger 2 upcoming

• Free Patapon, Patchwork Heroes, and more in Vita anniversary sale

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag confirmed for PS4

• PSA: PSN undergoing maintenance today

• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R coming to western Vitas

Politics (2)

• Operational F-35B fighter jet's first vertical landing was years, billions in the making (video)

• Bipartisan bill to re-legalize cellphone unlocking introduced in Senate

Reviews (131)

• How would you change Samsung's Series 9?

• IRL: IOGEAR GearPower GMP10K, SteelSeries Free Mobile Gaming Controller and the Metabones Speed Booster

• PAX East 2013: A second hands-on with WildStar's Draken Stalker

• This TV stinks. No, really!

• Hands-on with Divekick's minimalist two-button controller (video)

• ECBC Poseidon Messenger Bag: Rugged functionality for little laptops

• MMObility: Avabel Online is almost everything I dislike about mobile MMOs

• MSI Slidebook S20 review: MSI's flagship Windows 8 Ultrabook has a flawed design

• Ouya: Joystiq goes hands-on

• The final OUYA retail console is ready, we go hands-on

• TUAW Bookshelf: Markdown by David Sparks & Eddie Smith

• iFixit breaks open an HTC One, literally

• Razer Edge Pro review: can a tablet double as a gaming PC?

• GDC 2013: Dragon's Prophet demo and hands-on

• Divekick preview: The two-button brawler

• Hands-on with Katamari Damacy creator's crazy 16-button game controller (video, update)

• GameStick dev unit found at GDC 2013, we go eyes-on

• Review: iKit NuCharge, two-in-one battery pack and cover for iPhone 5

• Sony's PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 controller and Eye found at GDC 2013, we go eyes-on

• Hands-on with MiiPC, the $99 kid-safe Android PC (video)

• GDC 2013: Hands-on with Infinite Crisis

• Joystiq Plays BioShock Infinite [We'll return to Columbia!]

• T-Mobile's iPhone 5 gets official: we go hands-on (update: now with video)

• NVIDIA's GTX 650 Ti Boost lives up to its name for $149

• PAX 2013: Hands-on with Smashmuck Champions

• PAX East 2013: Hands-on with The Repopulation

• Massively's hands-on with SWTOR expansion Rise of the Hutt Cartel

• BlackBerry Z10 gets the iFixit teardown treatment

• Sonos Playbar review: an excellent (and expensive) home theater addition

• BioShock Infinite review: Of lions, lambs and liars

• How would you change LG's Optimus L7?

• Kyocera Torque review: a rugged phone delivering superior sound

• Contrast preview: Shadow puppet theater

• Ableton Push review: a dedicated controller for the Live faithful

• PAX 2013: Hands-on with Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

• PAX East 2013: Hands-on with WildStar's Spellslinger and Warrior

• Portenzo Alano and Boomerang cases for iPad mini: review and giveaway

• PAX East 2013: Hands-on with City of Steam

• 3BaysGSA Putt: a Bluetooth golf gadget that puts eyes in your putter (hands on)

• Intel NUC review: a little desktop PC that holds big promise

• Myriad Social TV brings social networking to your cable box (hands-on video)

• PAX East 2013: Hands-on with The Elder Scrolls Online, round two

• Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC review: Event horizon

• AMD Radeon HD 7790 review roundup: what to expect from a $149 gaming card

• TUAW Bookshelf: Mac Hacks

• Dell Latitude 10 review: a business-friendly Windows tablet with great battery life

• Ask Massively: The moving goalposts of MMO reviews

• Canon announces PowerShot SX280 HS with WiFi, ISO 6400 and 20x lens, we go hands-on

• Canon unveils EOS T5i and Rebel SL1, the world's smallest DSLR (hands-on)

• First Impressions: Book of Heroes

• Review: RHA's SA950i headphones with remote and mic

• Toshiba showcases 2013 AV range and updated Cloud TV platform (eyes-on)

• Review of Dawn of the Aspects, part two by Richard A. Knaak

• Wacom Cintiq 13HD graphics display hands-on (video)

• Virtual Reality now: hands-on with the Oculus Rift final development kit

• Digital Storm's Hailstorm II relieves you of gaming PC claustrophobia, $2,760 cash

• Hands-on with The Elder Scrolls Online

• Playing an actual game with Oculus Rift: hands-on with Valve's Team Fortress 2 'VR Mode'

• Turtle Beach XP Seven Series headset review: a new era of tournament-grade gaming audio

• Metareview: Gears of War - Judgment

• Sony Xperia SP announced, we go hands-on (video)

• Gears of War: Judgment review: Horde mentality

• How would you change Maingear's Pulse 11?

• Lenovo's war-torn ThinkPad Terminator edition hands-on: it's not for sale... yet

• Plair hands-on redux: a clever wireless video streaming HDMI dongle (video)

• Insert Coin semifinalist: Smart Knob puts a keypad lock on your door, we go hands-on

• Insert Coin semifinalist: Moedls 3D scanner for your phone hands-on

• Insert Coin finalist: Ziphius aquatic drone hands-on (video)

• Insert Coin semifinalist: Radiator Labs rethinks steam heat, we go hands-on

• Insert Coin finalist: Make a Play Arduino-powered puppet show hands-on (video)

• Insert Coin semifinalist: Observos environmental monitoring sensors hands-on (video)

• Insert Coin finalist: Snapzoom scope smartphone adapter hands-on

• Automatic Link connects phone and car for better driving, we go hands-on (video)

• Daily iPhone App: Rivals at War is fun but way too freemium

• The Juan Valdez ColcaSac shoulder bag is the most comfortable one you'll ever own

• Photojojo's little clip-on polarizing filter a must for those days at the beach

• Samsung's Galaxy S 4 gets torn asunder, reveals its innards

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 wireless charging pad and S Health scale hands-on

• Samsung prototype wireless game pad hands-on! (update: video)

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 vs. Galaxy S III: what's changed?

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 preview: a flagship with some familiar roots

• Daily iPhone App: Ridiculous Fishing is ridiculously good

• Custom wood Neo Geos are so pretty they might be worth the price

• Lego City Undercover review: Chip off the old block

• Hands-on with Marvel Heroes' combat, events, and crafting

• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate review: Symphony of the Fight

• Fan nostalgia isn't enough in Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar

• iFixit rips apart Pebble and finds very little inside, even less that's repairable (updated)

• Daily iPhone App: Metal Slug X is a faithful, though flawed recreation

• Addon Spotlight: Skada versus Recount

• Vergil's Downfall DLC review: Downfall is right

• MLB 2K13 review: Shameless

• HTC One review (2013)

• MLB 13: The Show review: Five-tool player

• Comparing the HTC ONE and iPhone 5

• Hands-on with Neverwinter's Control Wizard

• MacBook Pro with Retina display tops Windows 8 laptops, Chromebook in battery test

• TiVo Mini review

• How would you change Dell's XPS 14?

• IRL: Scanner Pro, Mophie Juice Pack Helium and the Native Union Pop Phone

• OtterBox Armor Series for iPhone 5/4/4S: Protection from everything

• Portabliss: Kersploosh! (3DS eShop)

• Hands-on with the pre-launch Defiance demo

• Daily iPhone App: Sneezies Match is a good idea made better

• 'Don't believe the ArcheAge hype,' lengthy fan review warns

• Review and giveaway: MapiCases' Soli is a luxurious home for your iPad mini

• Editorial: SimCity, Diablo 3 and a review of customer service

• GlassUp wearable display hands-on (video)

• MSI's mid-range S30 laptop is coming to Europe for 699 euros, we go hands-on (video)

• Hands-on with Fujitsu's waterproof, dustproof Stylistic M702 tablet (video)

• ChargeCard pocket iPhone charger starts shipping, we go hands- and wallets-on

• Coby goes nuts with the Google-certified tablets, we go hands-on

• LG Optimus G Pro review: a phone that lives up to Note-sized expectations

• Logitech Ultrathin is a good, but cramped, keyboard for the iPad mini

• Thermaltake and BMW's Level 10 M gaming headset hands-on

• ChargeCard wallet charge cable gets the hands-on treatment

• Green Throttle officially launches its Android gaming platform, we go hands-on

• Samsung Galaxy S II Plus makes a random appearance at CeBIT 2013, we go hands-on

• Fujitsu shows off a tablet prototype with a built-in palm reader (hands-on)

• Metareview: Tomb Raider

• Nikon Coolpix P330 packs 1/1.7-inch 12.2MP sensor and f/1.8 lens, we go hands-on

• Pad and Quill's Aria iPad mini case: A masterpiece

• Tomb Raider review: A believer is born

• Fujitsu's PalmSecure readers about to be seen in the wild (if you use UniCredit bank)

• Fujitsu launches three new Lifebook E series laptops, we go hands-on

• Fujitsu's German-made Lifebook AH562 turns up at CeBIT, we go hands-on

• Vertu Ti luxury phone lands in Hong Kong, we go hands-on (video)

• MSI shows off its first gaming all-in-one, the Wind Top AG2712 (hands-on)

• Three reasons I love Timehop

• IRL: ColcaSac Jack Bauer shoulder bag, Mitsubishi WD-82740 3D TV and the Galaxy Note II

• Bugs, minerals, and jet boots: Hands-on with Firefall's PvE

Robotics (15)

• Turing machine built from artificial muscles may lead to smart prosthetics

• Insert Coin: Duo kit lets you build your own 3D motion tracker

• Live from Expand: Bionics, robotic surgery and better living through technology (video)

• Boston Dynamic's Marc Raibert backstage at Expand (video)

• Robopocalypse: Now liveblog

• Live from Expand: Robopocalypse: Now (video)

• Live from Expand: Robots, Lasers and Replicators: Making Science Fiction a Reality (video)

• Ekso Bionics' robotic suit eyes-on (video)

• Insert Coin semifinalist: cSpring bipedal robot platform hands-on (video)

• Carnegie Mellon's Chimp robot is reporting for duty, sir

• Poll: Engadget Expand asks: What should robots be helping us with?

• GE's Barista Bots are exactly what SXSW needs: coffee-printing robotic arms

• Live from MakerBot's SXSW Keynote

• Bartendro cocktail mixing robot lands on Kickstarter, wields Raspberry Pi (video)

• 'Machine vision' MFT cam arrives for robotics, remote photography, special effects

Samsung (23)

• Samsung Exynos Octa now rocking LTE, destined for Korean market

• Samsung targets LG in $45 million suit, claims corporate image 'tarnished' by fridge advertisements

• CyanogenMod founder leaves Samsung, praises the Galaxy S 4 on his way out

• Samsung, Flo Rida introduce massive Giga Sound MX-FS9000 speakers (update: hands-on video)

• Samsung announces pricing for S9 UHD TV: $39,999, shipping in late March

• LG suspects Samsung of infringing its eye-tracking patents with the Galaxy S 4

• Samsung VP confirms work on a watch, among other future products

• Samsung's Dennis Miloseski backstage at Expand (video)

• HP and Samsung offer setup-free printing on the Galaxy S 4, with others to follow

• Samsung puts Exynos 5 Octa into production: guess who's the first customer

• 7digital to drive the Galaxy S 4's Music Hub, ship on 100 million phones in 2013

• Samsung's JK Shin: there's 'lackluster demand' for Windows-based phones, tablets

• Samsung elects two new co-CEOs to go along with the one it already had

• Samsung demos Smart Scroll, Smart Pause and Air Gesture on Galaxy S 4

• Samsung partners with Mobeam to offer scannable bar codes on the Galaxy S 4

• Samsung Unpacked 2013 liveblog!

• We're liveblogging Samsung's Unpacked 2013 event tomorrow at 7PM ET!

• Samsung's latest Galaxy S IV teaser shows the outline of... a phone

• Samsung Electronics exec blames Windows 8 for the decline of the PC

• Samsung posts NX1100 camera manual prematurely, shows a subtle upgrade

• Sharp may be close to receiving a $110 million boost from Samsung (update: deal final)

• Samsung apologizes for plant acid leak incident

• The Engadget Interview: Samsung's Nick DiCarlo talks Galaxy Note 8 at MWC 2013

Science (34)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: TORQ Roadster, quantum-dot solar cells and an invisibility cloak

• Stanford researchers create genetic transistors, make biologic computing possible

• US Navy to fund development of vehicle-mounted, drone-shooting lasers

• Solar Impulse to fly across the US, pilots preparing for a trip around the world in 2015

• Visualized: step inside CERN's particle-detecting Compact Muon Solenoid

• Recyclable organic solar cells: a clean fuel future made possible by trees

• Researchers create hollow fiber optic cable, almost reach the speed of light

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: the Soundscraper, bedroom algae biofuel lab and the revival of the gastric-brooding frog

• Alt-week 3.23.13: Universal snapshots, cosmic world records and print your ride

• Apple's data centers now powered by 100% renewable energy

• SpaceX's Merlin 1D engine gets flight qualified, Musk expects launch this year (update)

• EPFL mixes graphene and molybdenite to make very efficient, flexible flash memory

• Visualized: Shepard Fairey's mission patch for CASIS ARK 1 (video)

• Scanadu's Walter De Brouwer talks tricorders and time travel backstage at Expand (video)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: Skyscraper competition, a solar death ray and HIV-killing bee venom

• USC starts a web hub for DIY, open source virtual reality projects

• Visualized: 3D Systems' 3D-printed guitar, the Americana

• Science: Graphene headphones can beat your fancy cans

• CERN release preliminary results: particle looking 'more and more like a Higgs boson'

• Parasitologists fight disease in Africa using low-cost iPhone lens

• '60 Minutes' shows how Gaudi's Sagrada Familia inches toward completion, with help from some aeronautical software

• CASIS and the MassChallenge startup accelerator want to help you conduct research... in space!

• Alt-week 3.9.13: Sunstones, knotted vortices and a zero-g robot

• Caltech self-healing chips can recover from laser blasts, save power while healthy

• Patient has 75 percent of his skull replaced with 3D-printed prosthetic

• Higgs boson update: it's cool, it exists, it's not necessarily so 'exotic'

• The Queue: Dino-plasty

• Physicists steer light on superconducting chips, forge our quantum computing future

• Canon sensor records video in very low light, sees movie stars of a different sort

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: portable fission reactor, Urbee 2 and the ix35 Fuel Cell car

• Watch live: SpaceX's Dragon capsule will rendezvous with the ISS today, coverage begins at 3:30AM ET (update: success!)

• Alt-week 3.2.13: A mission to Mars, robosparrow and facial recognition in fertility treatment

• Watch SpaceX's Dragon capsule liftoff at 10:10AM ET today (update: video!)

• Duke melds two rats' minds through the internet, Spock may not approve

Smartphones (121)

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 for Verizon swings through the FCC

• Facebook expected to introduce themed Android OS, HTC handset next week

• US Cellular to begin Samsung Galaxy S 4 pre-sales April 16th

• Google posts Android 4.2.x factory images for Sprint and Verizon Galaxy Nexus models

• Sprint Epic 4G Touch will receive Android Jelly Bean update today (update)

• Nexus 4 gets subtle design tweaks, nubbin to write home about

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 mini will reportedly go on sale shortly after GS 4

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 heads to AT&T for $250 on contract, pre-orders begin April 16th

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 hits the FCC in MetroPCS and Sprint forms

• ZTE Grand Memo and Grand S on sale now in China

• T-Mobile LTE speed test on iPhone 5

• Existing iPhone 5 handsets cannot have AWS HSPA+ support enabled, but Apple is shipping the new A1428 carrier-unlocked on April 12th

• T-Mobile's iPhone will not ship with WiFi Calling enabled, but it'll probably come in time

• iPhone 5 cost comparison: $649 from Apple, $579 from T-Mobile

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 expected to launch on T-Mobile on May 1st

• T-Mobile to finally start carrying the iPhone with no contract, pay $99.99 upfront, and HSPA+ support (updated)

• Live from T-Mobile's UnCarrier event!

• BlackBerry Z10 live on T-Mobile website: $100 down payment or $532 up front

• LG issued patent for the 2010-era tri-screen smartphone that never was

• Engadget Giveaway: win one of two Oppo Find 5 smartphones, courtesy of Oppo Style!

• HTC Butterfly said to be getting a sequel, thanks to strong sales in Asia

• Keepin' it real fake: the Star S5 Butterfly clones its HTC namesake, skips the good part

• Nokia Lumia 521 for T-Mobile given FCC approval

• Sony Xperia ZL goes on pre-order for US customers, off-contract: $720 for HSPA, $760 for LTE

• HTC One officially hits Germany, UK and Taiwan next week, other regions before the end of April

• HTC Myst approved by the FCC with AT&T-compatible LTE

• ZTE Grand X Quad shows up in product shots, @evleaks style (update: already available)

• PSA: BlackBerry Z10 (finally) arrives on AT&T today

• LG LS720 hits the FCC, hints at a mid-tier Sprint or Virgin phone with Jelly Bean

• iPhone tops J.D. Power customer satisfaction survey again

• Study: Higher resolution smartphone screens mean more in-app purchases

• LG E980 arrives in the FCC's database with LTE: is this the Optimus G Pro for AT&T?

• J.D. Power: average smartphone satisfaction is up, fights are fierce for second place

• Huawei's Ascend G700 exposed, may be Ascend D2's cheaper cousin

• MetroPCS boosts budget LTE lineup with the Huawei Premia 4G, a 4-inch, ICS handset for $149

• Huawei's 6.1-inch Ascend Mate priced in China, turns Yu into part-time model

• Rogers clears Suretap NFC payments on some Android and BlackBerry 10 devices

• Latest iOS update blocks Evasi0n jailbreak

• Innovative fr?m iPhone case makes customization a sn-app

• This leaked 5-inch ZTE handset could be headed to Sprint's LTE lineup

• Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update incoming for Verizon's Galaxy Nexus, rollout to begin 'in phases' today

• iOS 6.1.3 available; fixes lock screen bug

• HTC flagship becomes the One to wait for, component shortages blamed for delays

• ZTE partnering with Intrepidus to secure future smartphones

• Verizon to update the Droid 4 with Jelly Bean 4.1 starting tomorrow

• IRL: Clocks for Mac, Pong Research iPhone 5 case and the BlackBerry Z10

• BlackBerry's Thorsten Heins: iPhone is dated, left behind

• Samsung Galaxy S III leaked in purple, pegged for April release on Sprint

• Sony Xperia L: a budget Android device with a focus on imaging and style

• T-Mobile, AT&T publish Galaxy S 4 sign-up page, for those who want to be first in the know

• The After Math: Samsung's newly discovered Galaxy, Google's gaffe and Seagate sells a lot of storage

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 Game Pad supports 6.3-inch devices, raises eyebrows

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 drafts in Swiftkey to power its keyboard

• BLU Life Series phones include quad-core CPU, Android 4.2, start at $229 unlocked

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 gets April 26th UK release date, pre-orders start March 28th

• Sony Xperia ZL for AT&T garners FCC approval

• Samsung's Galaxy S 4 swoops by the FCC toting LTE, international sensibilities

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 accessories: cases, calorie counting and gamepads

• Samsung's Knox security solution to launch with Galaxy S 4

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 launching on 327 carriers in 155 countries, starting at the end of April

• Samsung Galaxy S 4 official: 5-inch 1080p display, Octa-core Exynos chip and 13MP camera

• Sony Xperia SP render possibly spied, puts the Xperia Z design in a smaller package

• Mozilla unveils Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 with Push to Device, rotation simulation

• Samsung Galaxy S IV gets detailed in extensive early preview, screen examined up close

• Ting gets serious: Samsung Galaxy S IV, HTC One and LTE devices incoming

• Xolo X1000 reaches India, mates a 2GHz Atom with a 4.7-inch screen for $369

• US regional iPhone carriers band together to ease unlocking rules

• Motorola outs RAZR D1, D3 in Brazil: dual-SIM support, Jelly Bean and more

• Samsung Galaxy S IV: the rumor roundup

• Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner goes on sale for $59

• LG outs eye recognition tech for Optimus G Pro, other features in April update

• Verizon BlackBerry Z10 launching March 28th, pre-orders begin March 14th

• HTC One headed to Verizon after all, says AllThingsD

• Pro photographers use smartphones as cameras, share results

• HTC One Developer Edition announced, $649 with SIM and bootloader unlocked

• HTC confirms One shipment delays, shifts global rollout to April

• Engadget Giveaway: win a Pantech Discover!

• Switching from Android to iPhone is easier than you think

• Early iPhone prototype with 5x7-inch display

• BlackBerry Z10 coming to AT&T March 22nd for $199.99, pre-orders open tomorrow (update: Best Buy)

• HTC Droid DNA gets an early taste of Sense 5 thanks to beta ROM

• Sony 'Huashan' and 'Taoshan' smartphones hinted at by retailer listings

• LG Optimus L5 II debuts in Brazil, international rollout to follow

• BlackBerry Q10 prototype caught in the wild with a rubberized back

• T-Mobile to begin selling BlackBerry Z10 to business customers March 11th for $249.99 (update)

• Neo N003 may deliver a 1080p smartphone for $145, but don't expect miracles

• Lenovo S920 and S820 leak, could pack Android 4.2.1, quad-core CPUs and dual-SIM slots

• HTC Myst specs purportedly leak, hint at a second-gen social phone

• Small iPhone tether acts as security lock

• Thorsten Heins: BlackBerry won't sell sub-$50 phones

• iPhone 101: Lock / unlock screen rotation

• LG Optimus G for Sprint updated to Android 4.1.2

• Back to BlackBerry: closing time

• Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR Maxx get updated to Android 4.1

• BlackBerry patent application shows the dual-screen phone that thankfully never was

• AT&T HTC One X finally receives update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

• LG Optimus F7 debuts in Korea as Optimus LTE III

• ComScore: Apple strengthens lead as top US handset maker in early 2013, Android takes a small hit

• Solavei now selling nano-SIMs for iPhone 5

• Regional carrier Strata Networks to carry iPhone 5

• HTC says One's dual-membrane microphones block bad vibes

• Samsung Galaxy S IV screenshots support Smart scroll rumors, add Smart pause (update)

• The world's smallest and lightest phone now does email, is still ridiculous

• Android 4 use finally overtakes Gingerbread, Jelly Bean nears 17 percent

• Andy Ihnatko switches to Android

• German government buys 5,000 BlackBerry Z10s, bucks the BYOD trend

• Nokia Lumia 720 swings by the FCC in high style

• LG outs Quick Cover case for the Optimus G Pro

• Samsung Galaxy S III passes FCC with support for T-Mobile LTE

• Alleged press shots out LG Optimus F5 as Verizon's mid-range Lucid 2

• Samsung Galaxy S IV design, specs potentially leaked on Twitter (update: they're from Expansys)

• NYT: Samsung Galaxy S IV will tout eye-based scrolling

• The Engadget Interview: VP of design Scott Croyle talks HTC One at MWC 2013

• Lunatik unleashes four tough iPhone 5 cases

• The Engadget Interview: Jolla CEO Marc Dillon at MWC 2013

• LG announces 10 million LTE smartphones sold worldwide

• Nokia Lumia 928 possibly seen in Verizon's system, spoils few surprises

• Editors Letter: Sir Galaxy the Fourth

• The ever-expanding smartphone screen: how supersized became everyday

• Firefox OS is repeating the mistakes of others and hoping for a different outcome

• First BB10 update addresses battery life, low-light photography, third-party app performance and more

Social Media (25)

• Vine enables video embeds, keeps web viewers in the loop

• Google+ profile photos can now be animated GIFs

• Facebook Replies offers threaded commenting for businesses and popular profiles

• Facebook Messenger for iOS gets VoIP in the UK today

• Facebook Messenger iOS app enables free calling feature for UK users

• Yandex introduces Twym online payment system for Twitter-based transfers

• Twitter archive service expands into 12 more languages, includes Chinese, Russian and Japanese

• Zynga's website removes Facebook login requirement

• Klout for Business translates social media influence into big brand power

• Google+ Hangouts Capture tool lets you snap screenshots with a click

• Twitter granted patent on itself

• Pinterest redesign shows pins related by creator and activity, stokes curiosity

• Foursquare for Android now greets newcomers, says what's fresh for locals

• Facebook redesigns Timeline with an emphasis on apps and users' interests

• Pinterest unveils web analytics, offers insight into visitor pinning behavior

• Tumblr 3.3 hits iOS with new camera, easier link swapping

• Twitter adds 12 more languages to its archive downloading program

• Study: Facebook users sharing more personal info despite increased privacy concerns

• Facebook freshens up News Feed, brings bigger images, feed filtering and a uniform cross-platform UX

• Twitter update improves search on mobile and web, enhances autocomplete and web browsing for iOS

• Facebook reportedly launching new 'content-specific' news feeds

• Why is Facebook's app so much better lately? Ask Big Nerd Ranch

• Facebook Messenger on Android loaded with free voice calls for Canadian users

• Twitter to drop TweetDeck for AIR, Android and iOS, will also pull Facebook integration

• Polaroid to make Socialmatic Camera a reality for fans of Instagram, recursion

Space (26)

• New Soyuz route cuts travel time to ISS from two days to six hours

• NOvA neutrino detector captures cosmic rays in 3D, aims to unlock the mysteries of the universe

• CASIS wants to send your research project into space, give Engadget readers $100 off the application fee

• Satellite Safari gives you a unique vantage point for what is in orbit

• Planck satellite creates most detailed map ever of cosmic microwave background radiation

• AGU study says Voyager 1 has reached interstellar space, but NASA remains skeptical

• Jeff Bezos highlights finds from F-1 engine underwater 'sculpture garden'

• Herschel telescope detects some of the youngest stars ever seen

• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Tom Rivellini backstage at Expand (video)

• Space Exploration After the Shuttle liveblog

• Live from Expand: Space Exploration After the Shuttle (video)

• James Webb Space Telescope ready for its wings, on track for 2018 launch

• NASA readies first laser communications system for LADEE lunar satellite

• Russia and Europe team up for joint missions to Mars

• Earth's largest telescope gets to work in Chile after 30 years of planning

• Curiosity rover finds conditions on Mars that could have supported living microbes

• DIYRockets starts a challenge to build open source, 3D-printed rocket engines

• Astronaut Chris Hadfield's iPad in space

• Visualized: First photo using ISS-mounted ISERV Pathfinder zooms in on Panama

• ViaSat snags Guinness World Record for highest-capacity satellite

• Engadget Animated: Mary Roach discusses the impact of space travel on the human body

• Curiosity rover leaves safe mode, remains in Martian limbo

• Inspiration Mars ship using human waste as a radiation shield: no really, it's fine

• NASA: SpaceX Dragon capsule to reach ISS on March 3rd at 6:01AM ET

• Curiosity rover to stay in 'safe mode' for days while NASA tackles glitches

• Lockheed Martin powers up its first GPS III satellite, stays on track for 2014

Sports (28)

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• The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!

• Topps Bunt app updated for 2013 with unlimited player collections and multi-card trades

• Garriott talks Shroud of the Avatar story, questing, and mechanics

• Hearthstone Cinematic

• Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers summoned this summer

• Super Joystiq Podcast 043 Live: ARMA 3, Metro Last Light, StarCraft 2 Heart of the Swarm [Update: Watch the replay!]

• Team Fortress 2 is Oculus Rift's first official game

• Origins of Malu gameplay vid shows house construction

• Stiq Figures, March 4 - 10: NCAA Basketball edition

• Frozen Synapse developer announces Frozen Endzone

• Super Joystiq Podcast 042: God of War Ascension, Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, SimCity

• Weekly news roundup with Panser of TradeChat

• ArenaNet devs weigh in on Guild Wars 2 state-of-the-game video

• Super Joystiq Podcast 042 Live! God of War Ascension, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, DMC DLC [Update: Watch the replay!]

• Ridiculous Fishing review: Acute angler

• Payday 2 trailer and the importance of cutting eyeholes in your mask

• AC3's Tyranny of King Washington unleashes cloaked wolves

• Super Stickman Golf 2 tees off on iOS and Android March 14

• PAX East's Indie Megabooth returns with 62 games in one giant space

• Super Joystiq Podcast 041: Tomb Raider, SimCity, Runner 2

• Shadowrun Returns... with 20 minutes of in-game footage

• 'Tropes vs. Women' series launches with Damsels in Distress

• Super Joystiq Podcast Live 041: SimCity, Castlevania, Runner 2, win Tomb Raider [Update: Watch the replay!]

• Game Golf system caddies your tee-to-green stats, doesn't pack your clubs (video)

• Dreamfall Chapters gets a richer world and full trailer treatment

• Meet Fuse's 'Overstrike 9,' a team of four

• Super Joystiq Podcast 040: Tomb Raider, Metal Gear Rising, Crysis 3, Assassin's Creed 4, PlayStation 4

Streaming (55)

• Slingbox 500 firmware update adds SlingSync support for remote photo viewing and USB drive uploads

• Google TV's PrimeTime app update welcomes Amazon Prime content

• BBC details iPlayer's open source TV Application Layer

• Google Play movies now available in India and Mexico

• Netflix signs up The Matrix, Babylon 5 creators to develop a new sci-fi series: Sense8

• Boxee TV update brings DLNA access, on device DVR management and more

• LG adds free Spotify trial to its latest range of home theater gear

• Xbox Music update adds volume control, cloud syncing and performance boost

• Latest Hulu rumors suggest it could be up for sale, again

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: Mar. 18-24, 2013

• WatchESPN streaming reaches AT&T U-verse subscribers

• Stop doing everything else, start watching free Star Trek all the time on Hulu

• BBC Kids TV comes to Lovefilm

• BBC commissions first iPlayer-exclusive drama, sees which way the wind is blowing

• HBO CEO casually mentions standalone HBO Go option for broadband subscribers, but it's not à la carte

• eMusic CEO steps down as site merges with e-book distributor

• Redbox Instant app for Xbox 360 goes live for Gold subscribers

• Hulu Plus on Apple TV redesigned with simplicity and easy discovery features in mind

• ABC has live-streaming mobile app in the works

• NYT: ABC crafting live streaming app for tablets, phones

• Spotify lifts the five-play cap per track for free listening in the UK

• Sky Sports comes to Now TV: £9.99 for 24 hours

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: Mar. 11-17, 2013

• Verizon in talks to charge for TV channels based on real viewing time

• Live from Expand: Reprogramming: How Technology is Changing the Way We Watch TV (video)

• Hulu taps Andy Forssell as next CEO following Jason Kilar's departure

• Netflix Cloud Prize offers over $100,000 in rewards to cloud computing gurus

• CBS brings full episode streaming in HD to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch

• Redbox Instant exits private beta and launches to the public

• CBS launches iOS streaming TV app

• Netflix wants 4K streaming in one to two years, House of Cards to lead the way

• The Engadget Podcast is live at 12:00PM ET!

• Netflix snags global streaming rights for The Killing season 3, after it airs in the US

• CBS tries multi-stage syndication for The Good Wife on Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus and TV

• Comcast readies Xfinity Watchathon Week for March 25th, will give customers all-access to premium TV series

• DivX Stash is a new free service that lets you get control of your online video viewing

• AMC launches Yeah! movie service, promises exclusive content and enthusiastic punctuation (video)

• Vevo TV now streams music 24/7 to mobile devices, the web, Xbox and Roku

• Vimeo On Demand launches, aims to make it easy for creators to sell content to viewers

• Netflix intros a dedicated ISP speed index page to highlight streaming champions

• iHeartRadio slips local news into streams, hopefully without the used car ads

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: Mar. 4-10, 2013

• SoundCloud streamlines Pro plans, intros a Pro Partner tier for top streamers

• Netflix changes its public API program by ending it, will no longer issue new dev keys

• Learning to Livestream: Aesthetics

• Marvel unveils iOS comic book subscription service 'Marvel Unlimited'

• Barnes & Noble signs licensing agreement with MGM, Lionsgate, National Geographic and more for Nook Video service

• Spotify teams up with Volvo, launches new voice-controlled in-car app (video)

• Roku 3 goes on sale tomorrow for $99 with upgraded CPU and a new UI

• Time Warner Cable's TWC TV app is now streaming on Roku

• Fortune: YouTube music streaming service launching this year

• Weekly Podcast Roundup: Feb. 25 - Mar. 3, 2013

• Hulu part-owners Disney, News Corp. reportedly discuss buying each other out

• iTunes exclusively streaming David Bowie's new album

• TMN Go launches on iOS and the web, brings HBO Go-style experience to Canadians

Tablets (25)

• HP's $169 Slate 7 tablet delayed until June, according to HP's site (update: false alarm)

• China to get first official taste of Surface Pro outside of North America

• Teachers learn about using the iPad with blind students

• Lenovo IdeaTab A1000-F stops by the FCC

• Sony Xperia Tablet Z passes through the FCC in WiFi trim

• Archos GamePad hits retail in US, priced $180

• Archos picks a new CEO, ships 80 and 97 Titanium tablets to the US

• Barnes and Noble giving away Nook Simple Touch with every Nook HD+ purchase in limited promo

• Mysterious Toshiba Portege Z10t tablet (yes, tablet) hits the FCC

• Surface RT launches today in Japan, gets a cameo in Ghost In the Shell anime

• Refurbished 4th-gen iPads and iPad Minis hit the Apple Store

• Photographer Ben Long shares iPad photography workflow advice

• Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 3G arrives at the FCC, remains a really big phone

• Survey: Interest in iPad mini is growing

• Flickr Find: iPad on a G4 iMac base

• US Navy taps iPad to help with PTSD

• Switched On: Tablets offer a new choice for voice

• Sony Xperia Tablet Z with LTE to hit NTT DoCoMo on March 22nd

• Samsung will stop sale of Windows RT tablets in Germany due to weak demand, according to reports

• Amplify Tablet is an Android machine custom-built for education

• Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 available on Verizon March 7th for $600

• ASUS pushes Android 4.2 to Transformer Pad TF300, makes TF700 users wait

• How would you change the Nexus 7?

• iFixit releases tablet repairability list, Apple scores poorly

• Wacom teases upcoming HD mobile tablet for 'creative uses'

Technology (153)

• Tunable app shows musicians what pitch-perfect means as they play (video)

• Panasonic explains how its color splitter sensor works in a vividly detailed video

• Mobile Miscellany: week of March 25th, 2013

• HTC One 64GB will arrive as AT&T exclusive (video)

• NASA JPL controls rover with Leap Motion, shows faith in consumer hardware (video)

• BionicOpter dragonfly drone flutters about, blows minds

• League of Legends turns the spotlight on Karma

• Mozilla unveils browser-based Unreal Engine 3 using JavaScript

• PSA: Oculus Rift development kits now shipping, some may have already arrived

• AMD Radeon HD 7990 says hello, plays a bit of Battlefield 4 at GDC

• Grizzly robot EV shrugs off difficult terrain, laughs at heavy loads

• Giant robot jellyfish reporting for recon duty, sir (video)

• First Look: Bluenote for Mac (Updated)

• The latest Warface trailer highlights its bloody warring factions

• See Neverwinter's Devoted Cleric in action

• Action Launcher Pro version 1.5 puts Android widgets just a swipe away (video)

• Find camo Xbox controllers at Walmart in May

• Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime preview: Don't die alone

• Don't call it OUYA: hands-on with PlayJam's GameStick (video)

• Mozilla partners with Epic Games to bring Unreal Engine 3 to the web

• TUAW TV Live: Steve and Doc shop talk

• iPad keyboard case wars: Belkin fires back with the Ultimate Keyboard Case

• ArcheVille mobile game hooks into ArcheAge somehow

• Nintendo video shows off Wii U speed improvement coming in April update

• Logitech announces new Keyboard Folio for iPad and iPad mini

• T-Mobile: if you buy a phone with 'UnCarrier' and cancel, you own it -- but can trade it in

• iPhone 5 coming to T-Mobile April 12th, 4S and 4 available in 'select markets'

• Logitech launches keyboard folios for iPad, iPad Mini (video)

• Sony announces more indie partnerships, Blacklight: Retribution and Primal Carnage: Genesis for PS4

• How to spring clean "Open With" duplicates

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

• Insert Coin: MiiPC promises a kid-safe Android PC that allows surfing, gaming for $99 (video)

• Leaked Windows Blue build 9364 reveals multiple Live Tile sizes, same-width side-by-side apps

• WSJ: Apple acquires WiFiSLAM indoor location tech startup

• WSJ: Apple takes WiFiSlam indoor-GPS mapping startup under its wing for $20M

• Engadget Podcast 336 - 03.23.13

• Splinter Cell: Blacklist dev walks us through an abandoned mill

• Intel Pentium turns 20 today, reminds us they don't build 'em like they used to (video)

• Diablo 3 for consoles 'not necessarily a Sony exclusive'

• Origin Stories: Dunno

• Diablo 3 PS3 footage looks about right

• Panasonic brings out a Miracast adapter for Japanese TV viewers (video)

• Woz, Wigginton videos surface in 1984 user group talk treasure trove

• Sony ruthlessly guts an Xperia Tablet Z for your viewing pleasure (video)

• Verizon Messages extends unified SMS and MMS to Android, iOS and the web (video)

• Microsoft demos improvements to Bing voice recognition for Windows Phone

• Mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 5: Review and giveaway

• The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:45PM ET!

• Turn your iPhone into a satellite phone with SatSleeve

• Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix trailer lives on in our hearts

• Thuraya's SatSleeve docks your iPhone onto its satellite network, charges it too (video)

• Official Pandora app coming to Windows Phone 8 today

• Gadling goes hands-on with the iPad flight bag

• Microsoft fills in more details of rumored Windows Blue upgrade with Fresh Paint (video)

• Google Chrome's World Wide Maze turns your favorite website into 3D game for your phone (video)

• Samsung's Android phones affected by another lockscreen bypass, fix is in the works

• HP Labs builds a glasses-free, portable 3D display with wide viewing angles (video)

• Insert Coin: Gridcase's Reactor lets you manually resuscitate your iPhone 5

• iOS 6.1.3 screen lock bypass uncovered (video)

• Early leak shows what Google Play version 4.0 might be (video)

• TUAW TV Live: A Rose by any other name

• Google Keep note taking service officially launches on web and Android (video)

• All boxes checked for Vita's 'Open Me!' in North America

• JetBlue names in-flight WiFi service: Fly-Fi, powered by ViaSat Exede

• The Repopulation gets a new gameplay trailer

• Logitech rebrands gaming line with same name, announces bounty of peripherals

• Metro: Last Light illuminates 'Salvation' trailer

• Age of Wushu introduces Battlefield Arenas

• Fighting Walrus Radio turns your iPad or iPhone into a UAV controller (video)

• Pebble smartwatch gets a Nintendo-inspired watch face in first public SDK, because why not?

• Robots, Lasers and Replicators: Making Science Fiction a Reality liveblog

• Insert Coin finalist: smARtPULSE open source, Bluetooth oximeter hands-on

• Origin Stories: TestFlight

• Belgrade hackers receive iPads for fun prank

• Clever commercial weighs the benefits of the iPad versus paper

• When being better doesn't equal victory: Samsung's curious overshadowing of HTC

• Philips DesignLine TV is a seamless square pane of glass (video)

• CE-Oh no he didn't!: HTC's CMO Ben Ho says the Galaxy S 4 is just 'more of the same'

• Relive Samsung Unpacked 2013 and the launch of the Galaxy S 4, if you dare (video)

• Samsung's mobile controller prototype is kinda adorable

• Hackers rig up iPad-powered, driverless car

• Samsung unveils the Galaxy S 4's software tricks: camera modes, Story Album, S Voice Drive and more

• It's March 14th: we're gonna make you a pi with a heart in the middle

• Galaxy S IV dam springs another leak with floating touch and SmartPause videos

• Repix turns smartphone snaps into finger-paint masterpieces (video)

• Google brings Bletchley Park to its Cultural Institute (video)

• LG trolls Samsung's Times Square billboards with Optimus G '4' ads

• Supposed Galaxy S 4 leak resurfaces in high-res pics, lists more features and specs

• Twitter releases official Windows 8 app

• Fruit Ninja meets real Ninja with CamBoard's Pico gesture camera (video)

• SXSW 2013 wrap-up: Google Glass, Elon Musk, robots, instruments and more!

• Flipnote Studio flips to 3DS eShop in the summer

• Netflix Social shares your viewing habits with Facebook friends

• Hitachi ROPITS transport robot takes you where you choose on your tablet (video)

• Nintendo's Flipnote Studio 3D brings extra dimension to 3DS doodled GIFs

• Breathometer lets phone users keep alcohol in check from a keychain (video)

• Unannounced Motorola Android phone surfaces, isn't the fabled 'X phone' (video)

• Automatic Link converts your iPhone into a personal driving assistant (video)

• Sound Shapes DLC throws down cars, campaigns, obstacles, more

• Galaxy Note II info ticker, pop-up browser and ICE menu combo reveal another lock screen flaw (video)

• Apple debuts two new iPhone TV ads

• AMD Richland chips will arrive in notebooks next month, promise better graphics, battery life and a few extras

• Dragon Mobile Assistant 3.0 can share locations, call meeting numbers for you

• Goophone i5S KIRFs the iPhone 5S early, gives the iPhone 4S a run for its money (video)

• Reebok Fitness shakes up stale exercise routines on Android and iOS (video)

• NMA summarizes SimCity woes, sort of

• The Engadget Interview: Leap Motion CEO Michael Buckwald

• Visualized: Apple's iPhone development device circa-2005

• Microsoft boosts SkyDrive with six month Office 365 University test drive, ad campaign

• Watch a vintage Mac 512K talk to an iMac via Siri

• Is this the Samsung Galaxy S IV or is it in disguise again? (update: video tour!)

• Stiq Figures, February 25 - March 3: Final Four 99 edition

• Syntellia teases Leap Motion Fleksy demo, promises to let us type on air

• Creating God of War: Ascension's 'elephantaur'

• Kinect Fusion-powered concept demos AR brain models for neurosurgeons (video)

• Simple wallet hack uses magnetic alarms to stave off pickpockets

• Harlem Shake open-sourced for iOS apps

• Rumor: EA asks SimCity affiliates to 'stop actively promoting the game'

• IntuiLab shows a tool to build Leap Motion apps, no coding chops required (video)

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 launch trailer thinks it can control you with terror

• Redesigned YouTube channels exit limited beta, now up for grabs

• Twine Cloud Shield puts Arduino gadgets online in seconds (video)

• Error code 105-3102 keeps Wii Us out of eShop, from updating firmware in Japan

• Apple issues minor updates to iWork for iOS apps

• Daily iPad App: My Measures & Dimensions PRO

• Liberation Maiden live on App Store in North America

• Neverwinter beta weekend features Control Wizard, new zones, Foundry content

• Lighty paints real lighting Photoshop-style, minus the overdone lens flare (video)

• ASUS Transformer AiO launching Q2 for $1,299 and up, marries Windows 8 desktop with monster Android tablet

• Insert Coin: LifeBeam heart-monitoring smart cycling helmet (video)

• TUAW TV Live: Bags, books, batteries and bandwidth

• Next Issue Media reaches Windows 8, puts subscriptions on your Surface (video)

• Bird poop and Big Screens: Attempting a multiplayer world record

• Microsoft Research brings mid-air multitouch to Kinect (video)

• 'Talking Places' is the Google Glass of tour guides, we go hands-on (video)

• Linkase looks to improve iPhone wifi reception

• Gramovox is a Bluetooth gramophone that takes retro to absurd auditory heights

• Samsung's zero-commission app portal for indie developers goes live

• Mac Hacks: Change your default Notification Center sound

• Steve Jobs' prank call to Starbucks lives on

• Twitter Client Project: Hibari

• Wada's Project Happiness is now Hometown Story

• Nokia and Burton intro a snowboarding app to prep and record epic runs (video)

• Galaxy Note II vulnerability lets attackers (briefly) access home screen apps (updated)

• Sony aims for third place in global smartphone popularity contest

• Adafruit's new Internet of Things Printer goes wireless, uses Raspberry Pi (video)

• Steelcase Gesture chair adjusts to support our smartphone slump (video)

• Burn Zombie Burn coming to Project Shield

• Battlefield 3's 'End Game' DLC begins staggered deployment next week

• Origin Stories: The now-unavailable Fun Folds app

• Mac users join the League of Legends fray as open beta starts today

• O2's TU Go software spreads your phone number across multiple devices

• SimCity gambles on disaster in new footage

Tomorrow (5)

• Breakfast Topic: Do play behind, atop, or at the bleeding edge of the content curve?

• NYC MTA to install 90 futuristic touchscreen kiosks across the subway

• Live from Expand: What's Next? A Glimpse Into the Future of Technology (video)

• Inhabitat's Week in Green: algae-powered building, 3D-printing vending machine and the Toyota i-Road concept

• Spymaster's Orcasub is a $2 million submarine for two

TV & Movies (25)

• What makes a compelling character?

• 1985 TV show discusses the Apple Macintosh

• The Queue: Sweet romance

• Paramount: Star Trek's development prolonged to coincide with Into Darkness

• The Queue: Season 1, Episode 14

• Now Playing: March 25-31, 2013

• Talkcast tonight, 10 pm ET: Watching the detectives

• Storyboard: The characters you like

• Now Playing: March 18-24, 2013

• Justin Long to play Steve Jobs in Funny or Die biopic parody

• Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher delays release

• Storyboard: Profession discussion - The Merchant

• Veronica Mars movie looks for crowdfunding, would have digital copies near release (update: funded!)

• Levine: 'I killed' the BioShock movie

• Ridley Scott to co-produce sci-fi short films for Machinima

• Now Playing: March 11-17, 2013

• Rovio adds TV channel to its games, launches Angry Birds Toons on March 17th

• TiVo Mini goes on sale for $99.99 with a $5.99 monthly subscription

• Movie studios sign on for satellite-based digital delivery to theaters

• Crystal Dynamics consulting on new Tomb Raider flick

• Sam Raimi explains why he's not directing the Warcraft movie [UPDATED]

• Sam Raimi discusses why he's not doing the World of Warcraft movie

• Resident Evil 6 (the movie) set for late 2014

• Now Playing: March 4-10, 2013

• Stiq Figures, February 18 - 24: Movie poster edition

VPN (1)

• Iran blocks VPN access to global web, cracks down on 'illegal' filter workaround

Wearables (23)

• Oculus founder: booze and Rift don't mix

• On the hazards of drinking and driving the Oculus Rift

• Pebble 1.9.1 firmware update arrives to resolve shutdown woes

• SpotLite GPS lets you find your dog with an iPhone

• Jabra's Revo, Revo Wireless and Vox headphones get priced, now shipping

• Some Pebble smartwatches bricking after shutdown, company replacing faulty units

• Distro Issue 83: Oculus, Valve and a shared vision of virtual reality

• Pebble updates smartwatch firmware to version 1.9, improved interface and Snake game in tow

• Withings' new Smart Body Analyzer adds heart rate, air quality measurements

• Withings $150 WS-50 Smart Body Analyzer goes on sale from today

• Jawbone Up fitness band gets an Android app, wider availability outside the US

• Sony updates SmartWatch with notification previews, new watch faces and better search

• Elroy is smarter than your average Bluetooth earbuds (video)

• Oculus VR's Nate Mitchell backstage at Expand (video)

• Memoto lapel camera turns your life into one big photoblog

• Researchers print biometric sensors directly on skin, make wearable health monitors more durable

• Google shows off Glass apps: New York Times, Gmail, Path and more

• Necomimi cat ears' creators branch out into brain-controlled headphones (video)

• SpotLite 2.0 GPS pet collar lets you monitor your pet with an iPhone

• This is the Modem World: The dark side of Google Glass

• Recon teases new sports heads-up display for sunglasses, promises more info this summer

• Tokyoflash's cryptography-inspired Kisai X watch tells time via pyramid lens, LED lights

• JetBlue dreams of an airport with Google Glass, forgets to include lost luggage

Xbox (26)

• Xbox Live's April 1 DLC sale includes Fallout 3, AC3, BF3, Dishonored

• What went wrong with Halo 4's Prometheans

• Minecraft XBLA reaches 6 million units sold

• Twisted Pixel bundle includes studio's XBLA library, coming 'soon' to Live

• Microsoft adding more content to Xbox Live this week, including Toys R Us movies and a refreshed MLB.tv app

• Double Dragon 2 remake busting chops on XBLA April 5, XBLM deals

• Halo 4 getting new Forge Island map for free on April 11

• Xbox spring sale on March 26 discounts Walking Dead, Skyrim DLC, Assassin's Creed 3

• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition gets a disc-based version, hits retail April 30th

• Black Ops 2 adds customization 'micro items' on Xbox this week

• Square Enix holding 50% off sale on Xbox Live Marketplace

• Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn DVD/Blu-ray bundle coming to Europe

• A.R.E.S. Extinction Agenda getting an EX version for X.B.L.A.

• OpenPool transforms billiards with a Kinect camera-controlled light show

• March is last month of Dance Central 3 DLC 'for the near future'

• Gold Family Pack leaves the Xbox Live nest

• Tomb Raider gets 'Caves and Cliffs' multiplayer maps on March 19, on Xbox first

• Sega fighters tussle it out in this week's XBLA deals

• Serious Sam 3 and DLC prices permanently reduced on XBLA

• Gears of War: Judgment's scribes recount the narrative process

• Fighting games, Metal Gear come to Xbox Live's Ultimate Game Sale

• Borderlands takes over Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale

• Xbox Live Gold free to all in the UK March 8-10

• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge has sharp Xbox SmartGlass support

• Call of Duty series blitzes Xbox Live's Ultimate Game Sale

• Omerta: City of Gangsters demo smuggled onto Xbox 360