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A couple of months ago, we posted about comedian Louis CK's endeavour of bringing his latest show to fans DRM-free and for cheap ($5), and overall, that move reaped some big rewards. Louis wasn't just able to pay off the bill for the show, but got a handsome paycheck himself, gave some to his...

Hot on the heels of a patent victory the company experienced this past December, Apple has just received another that it can add to its ever-growing collection. While the patent in December against HTC had to do with converting text on the screen into a usable object, the patent in question...

Apple has today announced the next version of its Mac OS X operating system, "Mountain Lion". This marks the ninth major release in the series, and is due out in late summer 2012. Those who have developer accounts with Apple can download the preview today, and get a jump on porting their...

Yup, a Lego Minecraft set: http://gizmodo.com/5885616/the-official-lego-minecraft-micro-world-set-is-here

When Intel released its first Sandy Bridge-E processors this past November, it was expected that we'd see the first quad-core variant appear in February. Lo and behold, that has held true. The Core i7-3820 is a 3.6GHz offering that lobs off two cores and four threads. It shares its max Turbo...

On Monday, we posted some pictures of an interesting piece of swag AMD sent our way; a faux pill prescription for "Verdetrol". Today, the company has released the product those pills hinted at, based on the 'Cape Verde' architecture. Those products come in the form of the Radeon HD 7770 and HD...

According to results gathered via the Linux Foundation and Dice Holdings, Linux talent is in serious demand in the tech field, and having some can help you land a better-paying position. It's stated that a staggering 81% of recruiters consider Linux experience to be a priority, and that more...

We live in a world where trends and likes can change on a dime. Years ago, having a big screen TV was the coolest thing ever, but now it's commonplace. We used to never imagine walking around with robust mobile computers, but that's also commonplace. We never thought of using our cell phones for...

When one of my favorite MMOs, Lineage II, took the free-to-play route this past December, it became clear to me pretty quick that "free-to-play" actually translates to "pay-to-win". The latest target of that scheme? Believe it or not... Angry Birds. Developer Rovio just released the game to...

When major floods struck Thailand last fall, hard drive manufacturers found themselves in a bad position. Certain parts became rare out of nowhere, and as a result, hard drive prices sky-rocketed. Post-flood, prices for a given model saw a hike of up to 3x, so it's of little surprise that some...

If there's one thing we're certain of about AMD, it's that its press relations department has a good sense of humor. Often, I'll receive an e-mail from someone there and end up cracking up laughing, and the same thing could be said about what hit our doorstep late last week. In a UPS bubble...

I've been meaning to talk about this little gift from SteelSeries for a while, and as I had to snap photos of some other bizarre thing we received late last week (more on that soon), I decided to snap up some photos. When I first saw this, I had flashbacks to the countless number of...

This past CES, we learned of some 'iCade' products that aim to turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a better mobile gaming device, but of those solutions, none seemed that convenient (and in fact could be considered gimmicky). Today, however, ThinkGeek announced a solution that might just be the...

So true... Stole this from Merlin's Facebook page :D

It's been a while since we last evaluated a NAS device, so to help kick things back off, we're taking a look at Synology's 2-bay DS212 NAS server. Synology has long offered not only robust hardware, but exceptionally good software, so let's see if that still stands today, as our last look at a...

Last night, my sister on Facebook asked for recommendations of something to draw. Being an equal-level smartass, I said, "Draw a picture of somebody drawing a picture of somebody drawing." Well, she did:

It's been rumored that Apple would be holding a media event this month to launch the third iteration of the iPad, but according to sources close to the folks at AllThingsD, it'll actually be March when it happens. At this point, no specs have been finalized about the device, though it's been...

Own a TRENDnet IP camera? You'll want to head over to the company's support section to see if there is an update available for your product, as a severe security vulnerability has been discovered in select models. So severe, in fact, that anyone who has access to your IP camera's IP address can...

In a bit of surprising news, Canonical via its mailing list has announced that it will cease support for its Kubuntu distribution after 12.04 ships in April. Jonathan Riddel, Kubuntu's previous maintainer, stated in his e-mail that Canonical is preferring to treat Kubuntu much like other leading...

Votes are on! The 14th Annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) has opened its finalists games for public voting. From this procedure the prestigious IGF Audience Award will be delivered to the game with more votes. Gamers and indie developers alike can vote for any of the 28 finalist games in...