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Meet PlayStation Move, Sony's PS3 Motion Controller Sony uses its GDC 2010 press conference to name its PS3 motion controller and demonstrate a variety of upcoming motion-related games.
Is Apple Your Overlord? The EFF Says Yes It's not every day that you see a major tech company being called a "jealous and arbitrary feudal lord." Today, Apple holds that distinction.
Why iPad Is the 'Children's Toy of the Year' Have you ever seen a 4-year-old play with an iPhone? It's actually kind of shocking. Kids take to the iPhone's multitouch user interface like they do trucks or dolls.
MySpace Revamps for Revival After a tough year, the former social networking giant is revamping its look in order to stay in the running with Facebook and Twitter.
Google Maps for Biking: Where's the Mobile App? Google goofed by not introducing a mobile app its Google Maps bike directions feature.
Hands On: Google Reader Play - A Beta Browsing Tool Google rolled out an experimental browser called Google Reader Play that offers a refreshing new way to navigate Web content.
OnLive Cloud Gaming Service to Launch in June The cloud-computing service designed to let you play high-end games on low-end hardware will launch this summer for $14.95 a month.
Apple's iPhone App Contract Nails Developers iPad and iPhone developers beware: Apple reserves the right to kill an app at any time with no reason.
Court Reaffirms I4i's Patent Win Against Microsoft The U.S. Federal Appeals Court again upheld a ruling against Microsoft in the i4i case.
Deals of the Week This week we find a Sony netbook, a refurbished 12-megapixel camera, and an older unlocked BlackBerry phone on sale.
Opera's Mini 5 Browser Comes to Android Opera has released a beta version of its Mini 5 web browser for Android based smartphones, the company said on Thursday.
Sony's PlayStation Move: What You Need To Know The highly-anticipated motion control system is coming soon. Here's everything you need to know about this device.
Valve Brings Serious Gaming to Apple Macs Valve says that all games and updates will be released simultaneously for Windows and Mac, and it now considers Mac as a "tier-1" platform.
Why Apple Hates Open Source Apple's previously secret agreement with iPhone developers shows that, when it comes to iPhone apps, Apple is an enemy of open source.
Google Tests New Blogger Layout Design Tool Google is testing a new tool to give Blogger publishers more control over the layout of their blogs.
The Birth of Windows: From Vaporware to Reality The product manager who ultimately got Microsoft's OS out the door tells the tale of transforming Windows 1.0 into a product known worldwide.
When Four Cores Aren't Enough: Intel's Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Need more cores? Intel's latest Extreme Edition processor packs six, shrunk down to 32 nanometers.
Google Still Tops, but Bing Inches Ahead Microsoft's Bing search engine continues to grow slowly, but remains far behind Google, which has maintained its 70%-plus share of the market.
Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux Many have tried to build and sell a $200 tablet; none have succeeded. Freescale's tablet prototype could change that.
MySpace Extends Social Network to Microsoft Outlook The new MySpace leadership has an ambitious goal to rebrand and rebuild the once-dominant social networking site, and developing an Outlook social connector may be a key element of that strategy.
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