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Max Payne drifts into his New Jersey apartment with fellow ex-cop Raul Passos to swig some liquor and forget about the child he accidentally shot in the field when mafia thugs swarm his place, guns ready. Payne and Passos are … Continue reading →

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday postponed debate on the contentious Stop Online Piracy Act until Wednesday. Initial reports indicated that voting on the measure — which if passed would create a “blacklist” of websites that infringe on copyrights — … Continue reading →

Mozilla is hoping people see the socially-minded side of its popular Firefox web browser with a new celebrity-fueled charity campaign called the Mozilla Firefox Challenge. The Challenge, hosted on the Crowdrise fundraising platform, pits 12 celebrities in a race to … Continue reading →

Amazon shoppers have purchased more than one million Kindle devices for the third week in a row, the company announced this week. It’s no secret that the Kindle line has been wildly successful for Amazon, and its Kindle Fire tablet … Continue reading →

Facebook has threatened to sue Mark Zuckerberg, an Israeli entrepreneur who recently took the social network founder’s name. The new Zuckerberg, born Rotem Guez, legally changed his name Dec. 7. Zuckerberg II’s website, MarkZuckerbergOfficial.com, states that he first filed a … Continue reading →

Game over? Zynga‘s IPO may have ended the social media IPO era with a whimper, rather than a bang, as its stock closed at $9.50 — down $.50 from its asking price. The lackluster performance contrasted with other recent social … Continue reading →

The new Spotify Radio started its broader rollout on Friday, giving premium and free users unlimited access to custom radio stations, each with unlimited skips. The big news with Spotify Radio is that stations can be created around not just … Continue reading →

Microsoft is talking a lot about passwords lately. Earlier this week the company posted on its Building Windows 8 blog a lengthy post detailing the problems with current passwords, and how Windows 8 will solve them. Then Microsoft published another … Continue reading →

The Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000 works with any Bluetooth-equipped laptop, but it really shines when used with an iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or Android tablet or smartphone, giving you a comfortable keyboard that’s truly portable. So what’s this mean … Continue reading →

A Dutch gaming company is testing a game called, Pig Chase. It will connect users to real live pigs that they can interact and play with on their iPads. How does it work? Check out the video above to see … Continue reading →