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Nintendo Blows Some Minds With Hyrule Warriors

Nintendo's Hyrule Warriors, which was released in Japan last month and will arrive in North America on Sept. 26, is a very different kind of game ...

Destiny Teams Race to Vault of Glass Finish Line

Bungie's second special Destiny event -- dubbed "Vault of Glass" -- went live early Tuesday. Bungie calls it "the most elaborate mission" it has ever created. Only gamers who have reached Level 26 will qualify. Attempts to complete the Raid are being streamed live on Twitch. ...

Minecraft May Help Microsoft Build Its Mobile Strategy

Microsoft on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire Mojang, the software developer that created the popular Minecraft video game. Although it's subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory review, the deal is expected to be finalized by the end of this year. ...

TiVo Mega Unabashedly Flaunts Its Enormity

TiVo pulled out all the stops at this year's CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) trade show, which typically features the biggest and flashiest new offerings in the world of home theater. ...

The New Golden Age of TV

Netflix, which launchedin 1997 as a DVD-by-mail service that competed with Blockbuster Videobefore successfully transitioning into becoming the leading online videoservice, reported at the end of July that its second quarter earningshad more than doubled, while it also surpassed 50 million worldwidesubscribers for the first time ...

100 Years Hence: Technology’s Influence on War’s ‘Greatness’

When the "Guns of August" began firing 100 years ago, few expected it to be a long war, and fewer still expected it to be a "World War." However, the "Great War," as it was known to contemporaries, in fact, was destined to become the First World War -- and it truly was the first modern war ...

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Super Joey Makes Dish Hopper a TV Junkie’s Delight

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This Is Your Game on Glass

Google on Monday announced that it had hacked together five simple games that take advantage of the unique features of Glass ...

Microsoft Now Turning Gears of War

Microsoft on Monday announced that it had reached a deal with Epic Games to acquire all the rights to existing and future installments in the action franchise Gears of War. Microsoft also will acquire the rights to all entertainment experiences and merchandise for the popular third-person science fiction shooter ...

More to See, Less to Hear at CES 2014

CES may have begun as the Consumer Electronics Show back in the late 1960s, but since then its producer, the Consumer Electronics Association, has changed the show's official name to International CES, in part to reflect its expansion beyond TVs, stereos and appliances ...

Snapchat Manages to Cough Up Brief Apology

Snapchat on Thursday finally apologized for last month's data breach. A website dubbed "SnapchatDB.info," which went live on New Year's Eve, published the user names and phone numbers of 4.6 million Snapchat accounts. ...

Nintendo Toys With Mobile-App Possibilities

Nintendo's Wii U hasn't exactly been the smash hit that the company had surely hoped, and a year after the console's debut Nintendo is reportedly exploring a future that could include mobile apps ...

Plasma’s Fade to Black

As the 2013 International CES approached a year ago, it was clear that a showdown between OLED and 4K -- or UltraHD -- was brewing in the TV display market. A year later, that showdown is fully under way, but with a notable twist ...

Smithsonian Crowns 2 Video Games ‘Art’

The Smithsonian American Art Museum this week announced the addition of two video games to its permanent collection: the 2009 title Flower by Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago of the Thatgamecompany; and the 2010 title Halo 2600 by Ed Fries, former head of Microsoft Games Studios ...

Softbank May Be Gearing Up for T-Mobile Bid

SoftBank is considering a bid for T-Mobile USA, according to a new batch of rumors circulating in the press. Softbank shares were down 3.2 percent on Monday by the close of trading in Tokyo ...

Rezence: Let’s Get Together on Wireless Power

The Alliance for Wireless Power on Thursday announced a new certification program and a new brand name for its wireless power technology ...

One Smart Ringy Dingy Coming Soon

Smartwatches have dominated many of the tech headlines in 2013, but a new project now counting down the final hours of a successful crowdfunding campaign promises wearable computing of a different kind ...

NSA Snoops Extend Ops to Online Games

The U.S. National Security Agency and British counterpart GCHQ have monitored the activities of online gamers, according to documents published Monday that were leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden ...

Google Makes Robotics Its Next ‘Crazy Idea’

Hard on the heels of Amazon's recent announcement that it's planning deliveries by drone, Google this week acknowledged that it has embarked on a new robotics effort under the leadership of former Android head Andy Rubin ...

Xbox One Edges Ahead in US Black Friday Sales

Sony's PlayStation 4 may have had a weeklong head start in building sales momentum, but on Black Friday, Microsoft's competing Xbox One appears to have edged out its rival -- at least in the United States ...

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