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PayPal shows off preview of new upcoming site design

PayPal has had the same design for quite some time, and it is, shall we say, a tad dated. That will be coming to an end in the relatively near future, with the company rolling out a preview of its...

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Macmillan settles with Department of Justice over collusion accusation

In April, the Department of Justice sued Apple and five publishers, accusing them of joining together to raise ebook prices in an effort to put the kibosh on Amazon’s oft-criticized discounting of...

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Twitter unveils Lolcatz language, makes it available naow

Facebook has had a pirate language option for some time now, allowing users to view their profile with ample quantities of arrr! and plunderin’. Now Twitter can add itself to the list of social...

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Verizon awarded #1 in customer care by JD Power

Verizon has once again earned top-slot for customer care and service, according to JD Power and Associates. This marks the carrier’s fourth year straight as #1, something it isn’t showing any signs of...

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AOL dial-up business brings in $174 million in Q4

AOL reported its Q4 2012 quarterly earnings yesterday, and they revealed that the dial-up business is still alive and well, sadly. The company reported that during the quarter, they made $174.2 million...

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Microsoft Surface Pro available now in the US and Canada

Right on schedule, Microsoft’s Surface Pro is now available to purchase for prospective buyers in the US and Canada. The new tablet was going to be the main event at a special midnight launch event in...

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Curiosity rover discovers strange piece of metal on Mars

The Curiosity rover on Mars has been keeping itself quite busy lately, most recently boring into Mars’ red surface in order to find signs of life. However, in its downtime, the rover likes to take a...

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HP EliteBook 2570p Review

Upon first glance, you might think that the EliteBook 2570p came straight out of 2002, and while first opening it up to get a look at it, I thought I had mysteriously jumped through a time warp that...

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PSA: How to free up space on your Microsoft Surface Pro

This week we’re hearing quite a few responses from the public on their surprise at the amount of actual usable hard drive space on the new Microsoft Surface Pro. While the standard ways to free up the...

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Microsoft’s 128GB Surface Pro already sold out

Earlier today, we reported that Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet is now available in the United States and Canada. Now a few hours later, reports are rolling in showing that the 128GB model is out of...

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Curiosity rover finishes its first complete drill

On Thursday, we reported that the Mars Curiosity rover had begun its first drill on the Red Planet. Upon the initial report, the hole was a cylindrical spot about 0.8-inches deep and 0.6-inches across....

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BLU Products is now shipping Studio 5.3 II and Tank 4.5 Android handsets

BLU Products is now shipping its Studio 5.3 II and Tank 4.5 Android smartphones in the United States. Both units feature mid-range hardware with an excellent price point of only $199. The best part?...

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NASA announces successful robotic satellite refueling demonstration

NASA has announced the successful completion of a robotic refueling demonstration for satellites. The mission was called the Robotic Refueling Mission or RRM. During the demonstration, NASA used...

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Build-On Brick Mug combines coffee and Lego

Two of the things that keep many people sane and alert are coffee and Lego. The coffee helps keep you awake while tinkering with Lego is just fun. ThinkGeek has unveiled what may be the coolest coffee...

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Own your own RoboCop ED-209 for only $25,000

If you grew up in the 80s and early 90s, you watched RoboCop. The movie was incredibly cheesy, but is one of those classic films from the youth of many geeks. If you’re huge fan of that movie, you can...

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TailorToys shows off a smartphone controlled paper airplane kit

TailorToys recently participated in the American International Toy Fair with its very cool PowerUp conversion kits for paper airplanes and boats. One of the most interesting of the products the company...

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Apple Willow Glass “iWatch” smartwatch could be very curved indeed

Apple‘s much-rumored smartwatch could be the first broadscale implementation of Corning’s flexible Willow Glass, potentially opening the door to an iOS-connected timepiece that wraps its display fully...

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NASA MAVEN spacecraft assembly completed by Lockheed Martin

Aerospace company Lockheed Martin has announced that it has completed the assembly of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft. MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft. Lockheed Martin...

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Australian Parliament summons Apple and Microsoft over pricing

Australian buyers of all sorts of gadgets such as smartphones a computers have long been subjected to significantly higher prices than buyers in other countries. Last year, the Australian House of...

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iPhones on iOS 6.1 prompt carrier warnings and enterprise headaches

Problems affecting iPhones running iOS 6.1 have forced carriers and some enterprise experts to caution owners from upgrading too quickly, after handsets loaded with last month’s release demonstrated...

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