One of the most fun ways to lash out at Mark Zuckerberg with zero chance of it having any impact whatsoever seems to have been thwarted. Yes, the Empire has struck back, making it impossible — impossible! — to block the Facebook CEO on his own social network.

After modders claim to have downloaded an advance copy of the highly anticipated game, the stolen code ends up online.

Apple could be planning to introduce touchscreens to the iMac by way of a hybrid interface, a recently discovered patent application suggests. The company notes that despite the usefulness of a touch interface, a mouse- and keyboard-based one is still better in some circumstances. To switch between the two, Apple proposes a design in which a computer's display would be upright for the mouse interface, but slanted down and back for touch....


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Explore unusual ways to use your camera's flash with a slow shutter speed in low-light scenes.

I-Play's MotoGP 2010 is an andrenaline-fueled, easy-to-play motorcycle racing game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. While it's great arcade fun, those looking to get the experience of real life MotoGP Motorcycle racing will be disappointed.

Hollywood concept designer Neville Page explains what it's like working with directors like J.J. Abrams and James Cameron. Page's credits include Avatar, Tron: Legacy, Super 8, Star Trek and Piranha 3D.

Buffalo on Monday detailed the upcoming release of updated DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Quad direct attached storage. The latter replaces the DriveStation Quattro range, and a new Axis series of single-drive storage devices was also announced. The DriveStation Duo contains two eSATA 3.0 drives and has a USB 2.0 interface that supports up to 225MBps speeds. Tools are not require to remove or install the quick-swap drives, and they can be set up in either RAID 0 or 1 for either redundant backup or added capacity....


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Motorola has sent cease-and-desist letters to websites that hosted a leaked version of the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the phone.

Web design apps Freeway Express and Freeway Pro got a major update, adding templates, site plug-ins, and more CSS layout tools.

ComicBookPad by Developica allows you to create a soundtrack from your iPad's music library to accompany your comic-book reading.

i-Itch's new app for iOS devices helps kids get ready to read by using teacher-created educational games.

The third iteration of Amazon's Kindle e-reader ships Friday boasting a lower price, improved E-ink display, longer battery life, slimmer profile, and faster page turns.

A reader new to Snow Leopard wishes to view custom folder icons in the Dock rather than generic icons. Like so.

Google has resumed collection of Street View image data in France, annoying the French data protection registrar which is still investigating the service.

Macs saw unusually high levels of government and business interest during the June quarter, says Needham analyst Charlie Wolf. Looking back at figures, Wolf notes that government Mac sales grew a colossal 200.8 percent year-over-year, over 16 times faster than the rest of the PC market's 12.1 percent. Business sales of Macs grew by 49.8 percent, topping the industry's 15.7 percent....


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Very few iPad buyers so far are new to Apple hardware, Strategy Analytics said in a new study. Where 18 percent of those with iPhones, iPods or Macs plan to get an iPad within a year, only two percent of those foreign to Apple devices plan to do the same. Apple is chiefly "preaching to the converted" at the early stage, Principal Analyst David Mercer said....


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There's a new thesis making the rounds that has already stimulated plenty of discussion about the benefits and costs of copyright laws. Could more protection of intellectual property lead to the creation of less intellectual property?

A team of Danish volunteers has built a rocket capable of carrying a human into space, and will be launching it in a week’s time. The project, which has been funded entirely by donations and sponsorship, is led by Kristian von Bengtson and Peter Madsen.

Shoo Apps automatically hides programs on your Mac.

The details of a Verizon iPhone are "still being ironed out," according to Kaufman analyst Shaw Wu. Sources allegedly indicate that some important decisions remain unresolved -- not just finances, but also underlying technology. With the latter, the problem is that Apple can either build a CDMA iPhone for 2011 or wait until 2012, when LTE (4G) networks will be more widespread....


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