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Jon unboxed his earlier, and I took mine out for a spin just now: Barnes and Noble’s Nook Tablet is basically a successor to last year’s sleeper hit, Nook Color. Where Nook Color was sort of an e-reader on steroids and sort of a tablet, B&N says the new model is a tablet through and

Runic Games was set to release Torchlight 2, the follow-up to the fantastic original PC hack ‘n slash dungeon crawler, this year. As the season draws to a close and no specific launch date in site, gamers were starting to assume the game would slip. Officially, Torchlight 2 has been delayed to an unannounced date. Runic

Have you got a degree in engineering or biological science? Are you physically fit, with a burning desire to breach the atmosphere and explore what’s out there in the big wide open? Then I’ve got great news for you: In what has to be the coolest help-wanted ad ever, NASA put out a call for

What did you ask for this holiday season? Clothes, books, DVDs? If you said an Apple product, you’re not alone. According to a new Nielsen survey, the Cupertino-based company is the top choice among kids 6-12. I don’t know about you guys, but when I was six, all I wanted to do was play with Legos.

The thing about computer technology – and consumer electronics in general – is that today’s silicon powered goodies tend to physically outlive their “soft shelf life.” In other words, even though you’re ready to upgrade a smartphone, laptop, or settop TV box, more often than not the device you’re itching to get rid of still

This news is set to make franchise fans extremely happy. It comes by way of the cover reveal for issue number 65 of Official PlayStation Magazine UK. One editor was lucky enough to interview Metal Gear series head Hideo Kojima about the entire length of his career and, as is revealed on the issue’s introduction

You may not know of Robot Entertainment. They are a relatively new studio that’s only put out one full game, Orcs Must Die! (though they’re also responsible for Age of Empires Online). The Steam and Xbox LIVE based third person RPG tower defense title dropped a short while back and received a large round of critical praise upon

Hiding in the shadow of Amazon’s Kindle Fire release, Barnes & Noble has unleashed its newest member of the Nook family hoping to get in on the tablet party. In comparison, hype for the Fire has been deafening since its announcement, while the Nook Tablet has merely made but a whimper. Still, that’s not to

Staying true to a promise the company made back in July, Skype has now introduced Facebook video calling to its beta applications for both Mac and PC. Skype 5.4 beta for Mac and Skype 5.7 beta for Windows now provide users with a new way to connect with their friends and family by offering Facebook-to-Facebook

Calling all you LTE deprived Verizon Wireless customers, get ready. Starting today, November 17, Big Red is spreading its reach across the nation by flipping the LTE switch in 14 new markets. In addition, the carrier will expand its blazing fast coverage in four previous markets – Louisville, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh – the

Are you the proud owner of a new Amazon Kindle Fire? How would you like a new Amazon smartphone to go with that? Having launched its debut tablet just a few days ago, the online retail giant is already planning to extend its reach of electronic devices with its own smartphone. At least that’s what

It seems that Apple has reduced its orders for iPad 2 display panels as of late, and that, of course, leads some to believe that the iPad 3 is starting to make its appearance in the supply chain. According to a report from DigiTimes, Apple has not only been ramping down its orders on the

Google has decided that having two financial apps is just one too many, so we can all begin to say our final farewells to Google Checkout. Unlike some other terminated programs at the company, Google Checkout is simply being folded into the Google Wallet system to make things easier for everyone involved.  If you currently

Back at E3 in June, THQ and Sony announced that exclusive Saints Row: The Third content would be heading to the PlayStation 3 upon the game’s fall release. It was, supposedly, to be set around the game’s signature weapon. Well, so far, that hasn’t happened. In fact, given that the title released this past Tuesday and

Samsung has confirmed today that Galaxy S II owners in the U.K. will get Google’s latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. The Korean electronics giant confirmed the news in a message posted to Twitter, but didn’t give any indication when the update might go live. While we knew the update was set for selected

  A battery life issue has been plaguing iPhone 4S users since the device launched last month, and despite a software update from Apple already, it simply isn’t fixed. But don’t despair; rumor has it the Cupertino company is planning an iOS 5.0.2 update that really will fix your new iPhone’s battery life, and an iOS

Android fans in the United States have been enjoying the Motorola Droid RAZR for just under a week now, and today the super slim smartphone has arrived in the U.K. It’s the first handset to hit the market that’s thinner than both the iPhone 4S, and the Samsung Galaxy S II — measuring just 7.1mm

It’s basically part of the human condition, right? You see something higher than your current position and you think, “man, how can I get up there?” We’ve climbed trees, hills, mountains and flown to the moon based on this odd round of logic. Of course, it applies to video games in generous portions. You see

Jon Q takes a look at a cloud based budgeting app and service called Toshl. Toshl modernizes and mobilizes your expenses and displays everything in an array of simplicity and style. But, can it really make that much of a difference in your spending? Find out in this episode of WTA! Check out the video and let

You know that high-end Nokia Lumia that we wrote about in this morning’s report? Well just hours later, Nokia seems to have leaked the device in a promotional video aimed at developers. While we can’t be sure it is indeed a new Lumia, it seems likely that Nokia would increase its Lumia range before announcing