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News around the web: Jesus calls Peter

  • Posted July 26, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Jesus Calls Peter @ JoshHarris World of Warcraft movie still in development @ BigDownload 50 Fantastically Clever Logos @ DesignShack Foam Car Competes for Million-Dollar Prize @ FoxNews See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Netflix about to launch movie download service

Weekend tech reading: The StarCraft economy

  • Posted July 25, 2010, 1:13 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • The StarCraft economy Since its launch in 1998, StarCraft has sold an astonishing 11 million units. With the much anticipated arrival of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty, the sequel to StarCraft, approaching we look at the successful history of the…

News around the web: Where’s the money in America?

  • Posted July 22, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Where’s The Money In America? @ MintLife Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser @ CGSociety The Numbers No One Wants to Talk About in the Android vs. iPhone Sales Battle @ Phandroid The Night Of a Thousand Wizards @ Aca-Fan See more articles and reviews. Five…

News around the web: Top 30 free Android apps

  • Posted July 20, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Mobile Computing
  • The Top 30 Free Google Android Apps 2010 @ PCMag Nigerian Couple Stuns Genetic Experts, Give Birth To White Baby Girl @ Bossip How A 17-Year-Old Craigslist-Swapped An Old Phone For A Porsche @ Jalopink Google Images Search Revamp @ GoogleBlog See more articles…

News around the web: 10 fun Microsoft facts

  • Posted July 19, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web
  • 10 Fun Microsoft Facts You Might Not Know @ Mashable Nokia Siemens to Pay $1.2 Billion for Motorola Unit @ BusinessWeek Expect Limited 3D Viewing on PlayStation 3 @ DailyTech Handset world: Don't speak for us, Steve Jobs @ CNet See more articles and…

Weekend tech reading: Analyst says Activision must start charging for Call of Duty online

  • Posted July 18, 2010, 12:36 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Activision must start charging for Call of Duty online play, says Pachter Following the recent NPD sales report, which revealed software sales plummeting 15% for the month of June, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter tried to figure out exactly…

News around the web: Test drive Android on your PC

  • Posted July 15, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Mobile Computing
  • How to Test Drive Google Android on Your PC Without Buying a Phone @ HowToGeek What Caffeine Actually Does to Your Brain @ LifeHacker Turn your iPad into a second monitor @ CNet 10 Innovative Subway Advertisements @ Flavorwire See more articles and reviews. Five…

News around the web: Modern life

  • Posted July 14, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Industry News
  • Modern Life ?! @ BusinessPundit How to Build the Ultimate 3D Home Theater PC @ MaximumPC Microsoft Pays Mobile App Developers to Catch Apple @ BusinessWeek Fox News Launches Android Application @ FoxNews See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Record revenue and…

News around the web: iPhone 4 recall inevitable

  • Posted July 13, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Apple
  • PR Experts: iPhone 4 Hardware Recall Is “Inevitable” @ CultofMac Day of Defeat Source Mac version available on Steam @ BigDownload The Joker won't reappear in Batman films @ HeraldSun eBay sued for $3.8 billion in PayPal patent case @ Reuters See more articles…

News around the web: 3DS fixes Nintendo's piracy problem

  • Posted July 12, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Security
  • 3DS fixes Nintendo's piracy problem @ CVG Hacker Creates Plugin That Trashes Chrome’s Security @ TheNextWeb Darts from the iPhone to the iPad @ TUAW Assassin's Creed franchise to take a break in 2011 @ BigDownload See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in…

Weekend tech reading: Reintroducing special forum titles

  • Posted July 11, 2010, 1:42 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • As a few of you have pointed out, the special forum titles have gone unused for far too long. We hear you, and we agree. Starting this weekend, we're "promoting" many longstanding members the ranks of TechSpot Paladin, Chancellor, and…

News around the web: Nexus One gets Ubuntu

  • Posted July 8, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Mobile Computing
  • Nexus One gets Ubuntu install @ AndroidCommunity U.S. gives China pass on currency @ Reuters World's largest skateboard on a suicidal mission @ TheDesignBlog BT and TalkTalk challenge Digital Economy Act @ BBC News See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Rambus…

News around the web: The invisible computer mouse

  • Posted July 7, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Hardware
  • Mouseless: The Invisible Computer Mouse @ TechVert RIM Needs a Lift with Blackberry 6 @ Businessweek Solar plane completes first 24-hour flight @ CNet 'Star Wars' creator says laser too much like lightsaber @ CNN See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Web…

News around the web: The risks of 4G cellphones

  • Posted July 6, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Mobile Computing
  • The Risks Of 4G Cellphones @ Forbes NASA's Moonbase Alpha for free @ Steam 10 Reasons Why the PC Is Here to Stay @ PCWorld Psychic Octopus Shocks Germany with Semi-Final Prediction @ FoxNews See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Revolutionary methanol…

News around the web: War in the fifth domain

  • Posted July 5, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, The Web
  • War in the fifth domain @ Economist StarCraft 2 to Get 3D in Post Release Patch @ 1UP Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport sets land speed record at 267.81 mph (430kmph) @ AutoBlog World of Warcraft could become free to play one day…

Weekend tech reading: The most clicked Firefox button?

  • Posted July 4, 2010, 1:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • What is the most clicked Firefox button? Which button in the open source Firefox web browser is the one most clicked by users on Windows, Mac and Linux? The answer to that question and more has been addressed in a…

News around the web: The $37 laptop

  • Posted July 1, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Hardware
  • The $37 Laptop. For Real @ Wired Student Builds DeLorean Hovercraft By Hand @ Jalopink Behind the scenes with the next-gen $100 bill @ CNet Weather hinders oil cleanup @ Reuters See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Be to offer 24Mb broadband…

News around the web: Sinking to new lows narco subs

  • Posted June 30, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Gaming
  • Sinking to new lows 'narco subs' @ Chron WOW: Cataclysm closed beta kicks off @ GameSpot Silly Putty ingredient found in McNuggets @ BoingBoing The Best, Cheapest Ways to Upgrade Your PC @ MaximumPC See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: AMD extends…

News around the web: Porn sites get their own domain

  • Posted June 29, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Industry News
  • Porn sites get their own domain: '.xxx' @ CNN Graphic: How much the iPhone means to Apple's $$ @ 9to5Mac The world's most expensive hotel opens @ LuxuryLaunches Amputee cat gets bionic feet @ TheRawStory See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: AMD…

News around the web: Death by gadget

  • Posted June 28, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Death by Gadget @ NY Times U.S. high court extends gun rights @ Reuters Hacker High: 10 Stories of Teenage Hackers Getting into the System @ ITSecurity PM and goal-line technology firms dispute Fifa claims @ BBC News See more articles and reviews. Five years…

Weekend tech reading: Google prepping Facebook 'killer'?

  • Posted June 27, 2010, 11:50 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Is Google about to launch a Facebook killer? Should we brace ourselves for another round of tech news headlines with the word "killer" in them? According to Digg founder Kevin Rose, Google is about to launch a social profile service…

News around the web: Oracle's net jumps 25 pct

  • Posted June 24, 2010, 12:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Industry News
  • Oracle's net jumps 25 pct on Sun, software bump @ Yahoo! News They Don’t Complain and They Die Quietly @ Derek Powazek Counter-Strike: Source fires up Mac @ GameSpot See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: A first look at Apple's Intel…

News around the web: Big shoes

  • Posted June 22, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Software
  • Big shoes (good read) @ Slacktivist Google Docs Now Does OCR for Images & PDFs @ ReadWriteWeb 2000 iMac Compared to the iPhone 4 @ MacStories The 10 biggest World Cup upsets @ CNN.com See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Mobile worms…

News around the web: Medal of Honor multiplayer beta

  • Posted June 21, 2010, 12:30 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in News Around the Web, Gaming
  • Medal of Honor Multiplayer Beta Client @ FileShack Gold drops $20 after rally to record highs @ Reuters The extreme history of X-Planes (photos) @ CNet Aerial photos of the oil slick @ TEDBlog See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: eBay launches…

Weekend tech reading: Why would anybody buy Microsoft Office these days?

  • Posted June 20, 2010, 1:28 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in News Around the Web
  • Why would anybody buy Microsoft Office these days (video)? The conventional wisdom is that Microsoft is jeopardizing one of its biggest cash cows, its traditional Office software, by releasing its free, browser-based Office Web Apps along with the Office 2010…

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