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The customer reviews are in for Amazon’s Kindle Fire and more than a few users feel burned. According to a story in The New York Times that ran on Tuesday, the product is “less than a blazing success” with “many” … Continue reading →

Some of the brightest scientists in the world announced Tuesday that they’d come close to actually discovering a new particle: the Higgs boson. Unfortunately, for a large part of the world, the question of why it’s important is far from … Continue reading →

1. Apple Founding Documents A piece of American corporate history, these documents made headlines when it was announced they were to be auctioned at Sotheby’s New York. Boasting the signatures of “Stephen G. Wozniak”, “Steven P. Jobs”, “Ronald G. Wayne,” … Continue reading →

Amazon has been offering shoppers a 5% discount (up to $15 for three items) for looking up an item using its Price Check App and making a purchase through the online retailer. The promotion, which ran Saturday, was a success … Continue reading →

Fear Factor is back! Five years after being booted off the air, NBC’s gross-out stunt show returned to TV Monday night and dominated the social TV conversation. Viewers generated more than 403,000 comments across social media websites during the two-hour … Continue reading →

Some we mourned, others we shrugged off. Whatever the customer reaction, every year we wave goodbye to companies and gadgets gone south. This year was no different. In 2011, the tech industry saw tablets fail, daily deal services fizzle and … Continue reading →

Video sharing site Vimeo has opened up submissions for its second Vimeo Festival + Awards — and it’s adding new categories, new judges and new prizes. Part awards ceremony and part film festival, the Vimeo Festival + Awards is designed … Continue reading →

Major companies, websites and everyday protesters are continuing to fight the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as the bill nears its day for debate in the House. Tumblr has joined the fight by creating Fight For the Future, a site … Continue reading →

Self-hosted WordPress users, get your update engines running: WordPress 3.3 is now available. The culmination of five months of hard work, WordPress 3.3 offers a number of new updates and tweaked features. The first of these is a redesigned dashboard, … Continue reading →