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VIDEO: Transform Into ‘Man of Steel’ at Superhero Supply Company

You don’t have to have been born on Krypton to fly faster than a speeding bullet or see through walls. A small shop in Brooklyn sells enough capes, powers, and gadgets...
PS4 Game Bundles Available for Pre-Order on Amazon

When Sony’s PlayStation 4 launches at the end of the year, you can pick up your plain, standard edition console for $399. Or, you can shell out a few extra bucks...
Ford Using Robots to Test Truck Durability

Robots may rule the roads one day, but for now, they’re limited to Ford test tracks. A pilot program within the automaker is using robots to test the durability of Ford’s...
Brits Accused of Spying on G20 Attendees

The British government monitored the phone calls and emails of those who attended the 2009 G20 summits in London, according to documents published by The Guardian. The spying was carried out...
Tweet Added to Oxford English Dictionary

Less than a decade ago, the word tweet only meant one thing: the chirp of a bird. Boy has that changed. As of this month, the lauded Oxford English Dictionary, the...
At Apple, Steve Jobs’ Legacy Lives On

At WWDC last week, Apple announced a cloud-based version of iWork. As Apple demoed this, the whole Flash versus HTML5 brouhaha came back to my mind. Let’s back up a bit....
Apple Mac Pro: Does Expandability Really Matter?

Apple has announced its new Mac Pro professional desktop workstation, and it is 1/8th the volume of the old one. To get it so small, Apple had to remove one of...
Samsung Galaxy Owners Get First Dibs on New Jay-Z Album

Samsung on Sunday announced that rapper Jay-Z’s next album will be available exclusively on Galaxy devices three days before its official release. The album, titled “Magna Carta Holy Grail,” will be...
A Tale of Preorders: Sony’s PlayStation 4 or Microsoft’s Xbox One?

Get ready for the latest salvo of updates in the story that’s going to be topping the gaming headlines all the way into the winter. It’s the classic, Iron Chef-like question:...
Google Creating Cross-Industry Database to Combat Child Porn

Google is spearheading a new, shareable database that should make it easier for organizations to report and remove images of child sexual abuse from larger portions of the Web. According to...
AT&T Rolls Out Emergency Alerts Update to iPhone Users

AT&T has started to push out a carrier update that will now allow owners of various versions of Apple’s iPhone to receive important Wireless Emergency Alerts. The update itself is mandatory,...
Microsoft Paying Developers for Windows Phone Apps isn’t New

Microsoft? Paying developers for apps? Yes. In fact, you shouldn’t be at-all surprised by the practice. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance let slip in an article this past week that Microsoft is...
No Wii U Sales? No Exclusives, Developers Say

Simply put, the Wii U just hasn’t been selling well. Before you come to the comments section and give us an earful, know that we’re not the ones passing judgment. Developers...
AT&T Mixes Up GoPhone Plans Starting June 21, Unleashes 4G LTE

AT&T is switching around the configuration of its GoPhone plans a bit – the pay-as-you-go options that, for some, offer a better arrangement than the typical two-year contracts they could otherwise...
Google’s Project Loon Provides Internet Access Using Balloons

Google today confirmed plans to provide Internet access to underserved areas via high-flying balloons. The effort, dubbed Project Loon, got started this week with a pilot in the Canterbury area of...
Infographic: The Future of Mobility

Technology is a crafty game of predictions: What will be the next global trend? When will we all receive brain-chip transplants? Is the meme/GIF really a passing phase? It’s tough to...
Facebook, Microsoft Disclose National Security Data Requests

Microsoft and Facebook on Friday said the government has given them permission to disclose the number of national security-related requests they receive, though that data must be lumped in with other...
Facebook Promises ‘New Product’ at June 20 Event

On June 20, Facebook will once again take the stage to announce “a new product” at its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Sent via snail mail, the invites are rolling out...
Will Google Provide a Taste of Key Lime Pie in October?

Android users who have had their fill of Jelly Bean and Ice Cream Sandwich may have a new snack to munch on this fall. According to a report from VR-Zone.com, Google...
Google Saying Goodbye to Chrome Frame

Google this week announced it is bidding adieu to Chrome Frame, a plugin that brings a modern Chrome engine to old versions of the Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. In a Thursday...