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With summer arriving, the inevitable days of the pestering mosquitoes and bugs are upon us. Some people can handle bites despite them being annoying, but if you're anything like me, bug bites are not only itchy, they can develop into allergic reactions ...

Just when we thought we had escaped Armageddon, this: NASA announced late Wednesday that approximately 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) are currently buzzing around "near" Earth. The estimate — which could be off by as many as 1,500 PHAs —...

We like Windows Phone 7 and the BlackBerry PlayBook, but it's hard to argue that both products just haven't caught on. Before Microsoft announced its decision to crunch the PC version of Windows down onto tablets, dreamers hoped for a version of Windows ...

New Xbox 360 with Kinect and $99? Forget that! For a gaming machine that brings out all the might of your inner rock god, you may want to put aside that dusty set of Rock Band drums and guitar for the AC/DC pinball machine that's equipped with classic ...

The dust is still settling from the launch of Scion’s affordable sports car, the FR-S, and its Subaru BRZ twin. While some enthusiasts wonder if more powerful versions are on the way, engineers in Japan are thinking about cutting the cars’ roof off. ...

At an Internet Week New York panel this morning titled "Opting in to Do Not Track: A morning mini-conference on privacy, tracking and more," chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission Ed Felton announced that Twitter will be officially ...

Eagerly awaiting Fisker Automotive’s upcoming Atlantic extended-range plug-in hybrid? Prepare to wait a little longer. According to Inside EVs, and citing leaked company documents dated “a few weeks ago,” the originally estimated prototype ...

Imagine starting your car with a simple swipe of your finger. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? That’s because it is, and here’s the good news: the technology is headed to your car. One of the more eye-catching aspects of futuristic and sci-fi-inspired ...

Google is starting to roll out its new Knowledge Graph technology to its English-speaking users in the United States. Although the new service will be popping up as an adjunct to Google's normal Web search results — rather than a separate service in ...

A new study from a North Carolina State University economist shows that BitTorrent piracy slightly boosts sales of albums that leak onto the Web prior to their official release. The academic evaluation, brought to our attention by TorrentFreak, ...

Jet-set-ter is back again, doing a little international swing. Whether or not you sang that in your head to the tune of Boys II Men’s “Motownphilly” is irrelevant! You are reading Jetsetter, Digital Trends’ weekly look at the gaming scene in the...