Hulu Plus and ESPN Scor...

The Amazon Kindle Fire app partnerships just keep coming. Amazon announced Friday that Hulu Plus and ESPN ScoreCenter are coming to the Kindle Fire next week. Earlier this week, Amazon announced that official apps from Facebook , Netflix , Rhapsody and Zynga will be ready to download and...
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Veterans Day 2011: Goog...

Google is remembering troops this Veterans Day by flying a yellow ribbon on its homepage. Its latest Google Doodle, a watercolor-style pastoral scene, swaps the “l” in the Google logo for a tree with a yellow ribbon tied to it. Displaying yellow ribbons is a tradition that...
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Adobe Updates Flash Pla...

The Flash Player for mobile devices may be dead, but it’s not going to disappear just yet. Adobe has released Flash Player 11.1 for Android, bringing several security updates and fixes. The new version fixes many critical memory corruption, stack overflow and buffer overflow...
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Walmart Offers Major Ga...

Some Black Friday deals can be underwhelming (how many $5 USB drives do we need?), but the sale Walmart just revealed for games and gaming equipment may just be enough to lure us out on Thanksgiving night. From 10 p.m. on Thursday night through all day Friday, Nov. 25, Walmart stores are...
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Did the iOS 5 Update So...

The iOS 5.0.1 update that promised to address iPhone 4S battery issues appears to have done little to nothing for some device owners. As 9to5Mac noticed, dozens of iPhone 4S users complaining that they continue to experience poor battery performance despite having downloaded the update...
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Twitter Ordered to Give...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Twitter to give up information about three account holders under investigation for possible connections to WikiLeaks. The decision rejected an appeal by the three account holders that argued their IP addresses should be considered private. Those...
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Sorry Muppets, Billy Cr...

Despite a grassroots Facebook and Twitter effort for the Muppets to host the 84th Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences chose eight-time host Billy Crystal. The Oscar vet is second to only 18-time host Bob Hope for most emcee stints. The selection follows a whirlwind...
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John Cho Talks “Harol...

Since the release of Avatar , we’ve seen all kinds of movies get the 3D treatment; it was only a matter of time that stoner films would follow suit. Throw in some 3D, some raunchy humor, Neil Patrick Harris and some seriously spiked eggnog and you’ve got A Very Harold &...
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DC Universe Online gain...

It’s only been a week since DC Universe Online went free to play , but Sony Online Entertainment has reported that the DC comics-inspired MMORPG has already gained 1 million new players, with a 50/50 split between PC and PlayStation 3 gamers. DCUO joins the ranks of SOE’s...
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11/11/11 Is “Nerd New...

Nerds and numerologists get ready: the last binary date of the 21st century is approaching. Friday is 11/11/11 — a highly significant date if you believe in the power of numbers. No doubt thousands of us will see the preponderance of ones as a good time to turn over a new leaf...
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