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Xbox Live player suspended over 'Fort Gay' mistake

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:11:00 GMT

Check out the profile of 26-year-old Josh Moore and you'll find his location listed as "fort gay wv." This caught the attention of Xbox Live's ...

Review: 'Shattered Dimensions' a spectacular 'Spider-Man' adventure

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:24:00 GMT

Marvel Comics' friendly neighborhood hero returns in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, a focused and surprisingly exciting action game.

Travel industry uses Facebook and Twitter to reach customers

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:57:38 GMT

Hotels and airlines are ramping up their use of online sites such as Facebook and Twitter to build loyalty to their brand.

New iPod Touch more like iPhone 4; Ping isn't quite there

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:05:16 GMT

The iPod Touch is the standout among the trio of new iPods, but Ping, the music social network inside iTunes 10 software, feels incomplete.

Apple's iOS 4.1 software update for iPhone, iPod Touch arrives

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:13:00 GMT

Apple has started rolling out the promised iOS 4.1 software update that brings numerous feature updates to the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Legal question: Can HP keep Hurd from going to Oracle?

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:08:34 GMT

Hewlett-Packard sued former CEO Mark Hurd on Tuesday to prevent him from joining rival Oracle.

Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:26:19 GMT

Iraqi officials displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old ...

Microsoft gets legal might to target spamming botnets

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:24:09 GMT

Microsoft now has a proven legal means to take aim at U.S.-registered domains shown to be conducting criminal activity.

Report: Money can buy you happiness, to a point

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:24:57 GMT

They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong.

Hawking book explains creation of universe minus God

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:41:32 GMT

Describing the creator as "not necessary" in his latest book is just another day at the office for that whimsical scamp Stephen Hawking, better ...

Book offers tips on reclaiming privacy in the digital age

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:52:00 GMT

Professional skip-tracer Frank M. Ahearn helped identify Monica Lewinsky as the intern dallying with President Bill Clinton. He's also co-authored ...

Google Instant searches before you finish typing

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:21:33 GMT

Google Instant searches the Web as you type, not after you type. Businesses that work hard to be found in Google's results may have to adapt ...

Spanish Concavenator dinosaur a 'hunchback hunter'

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:47:55 GMT

Spain's top-predator dinosaur, some 130 million years ago, sported quilled-elbows, an alligator belly and a hunchback, an international team ...

Eye-Fi memory card uploads photos as you take them

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:28:09 GMT

Eye-Fi is getting closer to its dream of enabling wireless uploads of photos from cameras as easily as they're performed on smartphones.

Microsoft unveils special edition Xbox 360 bundle with Kinect

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:17:00 GMT

Microsoft will release a special edition Xbox 360 bundle this November packaging the company's long-awaited Kinect motion control device.