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Google Map Maker launches in the U.S., allows user-created updates to Google Maps

Google launches a U.S. version of Google Map Maker, a wiki-like editing interface that allows users to update Maps will new and updated entries, all of which are reviewed by an internal team at the company.
Computing News

Samsung will ‘respond actively’ to Apple suit, may claim wireless tech patent violations

Samsung responds to Apple's allegations of intellectual property theft with promises of an "active" response to the legal action and hints of a counter-suit against Apple for violating Samsung's wireless tech patents.
Tablets Mobile

ESRB switches to computer automated process for online game ratings

The video game industry's Entertainment Software Ratings Board institutes a new computer automated process which will assign ratings to certain games based on the results of a questionnaire filled out by each game's publisher.
Gaming News

Humble Frozenbyte Bundle makes $400,000 in 48 hours

Humble Bundles latest charity drive, showcasing the work of indie games developer Frozenbyte, earns $500,000 in its first 48 hours.
Gaming News

Dropbox popularity explodes in 2011, now serves 25 million users

Dropbox usage increases from 4 million accounts in 2010 to 25 million in 2011, with roughly 200 million new files being stored daily.
Computing News

Jesse Jackson Jr. targets iPad, Apple in anti-technology rant

Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. blames technological advances for the high unemployment rate and attacks Apple's outsourced iPad manufacturing for contributing to lost job opportunities in the United States.
Tablets Mobile

William Shatner reveals new album track list, will feature Bootsy Collins, Dave Davies, others

William Shatner has revealed the track listing for his forthcoming summer album release, Searching for Major Tom, with a guest artist lineup that includes members of The Kinks, Parliament Funkadelic, Yes and more.
Music News

Google undergoes housecleaning, Video and Tags services killed off

Google announces plans to kill off its Video and Tags services, both of which are made redundant by the company's other offerings with YouTube and Boost, respectively.
Computing News

HP prepping cloud music-syncing for TouchPad launch

Hewlett-Packard is planning to launch a remote music storage feature with its upcoming TouchPad tablet, one that will locally cache music that the user is most likely to listen to.
Computing News

Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta first-look

Digital Trends gets an early look at the multiplayer beta for Gears of War 3, which kicks off next week on April 18 and runs through May 15.
Gaming Guides

mSpot offers streaming rentals of the latest movies, but can it compete with Netflix?

mSpot attempts to carve out a niche in the streaming movie rental space by offering users a la carte pricing on the latest home video releases, something which Netflix is unable to do with its unlimited access subscription model.
Computing News

Skype for Android has a major security flaw

A major security flaw has been discovered in the Skype for Android app, one which could put the sum total of a user's private data in danger of being accessed by others.
Mobile

Nintendo sold 400,000 3DS units during launch week

Nintendo reports that roughly 400,000 3DS handheld devices were sold during its launch week, bringing the company's total hardware sales for the month of March up to 1.1 million.
Gaming News

The World’s Biggest Pac-Man includes user-created levels, runs on HTML5

Developer Soap Interactive launches the HTML5-powered in-browser game, The World's Biggest Pac-Man, in conjunction with Microsoft and Namco Bandai.
Gaming News

Kinect PC SDK to support skeleton tracking for two players, directional mic controls

Microsoft to support skeletal tracking and full mutli-directional mic control in the forthcoming release of its Kinect software development kit for PC.
Computing News

Intel to add USB 3.0, Thunderbolt support with Ivy Bridge processors

Intel confirms plans to integrate USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt support into its Sandy Bridge chipset follow-up, Ivy Bridge.
Computing News
scream 4 review

Scream 4 Review

Review: Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson reunite for their thoroughly entertaining genre-breaker Scream 4, which is both a tremendous departure from the original film and similarly successful in accomplishing exactly what it sets out to do.
Entertainment Entertainment Reviews

Grammy Awards adds ‘video games’ descriptor to four categories

The Recording Academy adds "video games" to the descriptors for four Grammy Awards categories, all of which honor outstanding work in "visual media."
Entertainment News

T-Mobile unlimited everything plans made official, heavy data users to have speed capped

T-Mobile confirms the launch of two new wireless plans which offer unlimited every -- voice, data and text -- for industry-low prices, the trade off being that those with more than 2GB of data usage in a month will be speed-capped.
Mobile News
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Final Cut Pro X goes 64-bit in June for $299

Apple finally reveals details on the next update to its high-end video editing suite, Final Cut Pro X, in a presentation at the NAB Show.
Computing

Xbox Live may be getting free-to-play games next year, unnamed source says

Rumors suggest that Microsoft is in the process of putting together a plan to support free-to-play games on Xbox Live sometime in 2012.
Gaming News

Activision VP says that the Guitar Hero franchise isn’t dead, it’s simply ‘on hiatus’

Activision VP of developer relations Dan Winters clarifies the publisher's position on the <i>Guitar Hero</i> franchise, which is considered to now be "on hiatus."
Gaming News

VUDU starts in-browser streaming, standard def only for now

The Wal-Mart-owned Video On Demand service VUDU launches an in-browser streaming component which makes its entire library available to watch right on your computer, in standard definition only for now.
Computing News

Michael Shannon will play Superman: Man of Steel villain, General Zod

Michael Shannon has been officially confirmed as the villainous Kryptonian outlaw General Zod in Zack Snyder's upcoming DC Comics movie adaptation/series reboot, Superman: Man of Steel.
Entertainment News

Google acquires PushLife, launch of company’s iTunes competitor seems imminent

Google acquires music transfer app developer PushLife in yet another sign that Google Music may soon be making its debut.
Mobile News

Photoshop Touch SDK brings first wave of more powerful iPad apps from Adobe

Adobe announces the first wave of iPad apps built using the Photoshop Touch SDK: Adobe Color Lava, Adobe Eazel and Adobe Nav.
Tablets Mobile

Minecraft to leave beta, get a final release on November 11

Minecraft creator Markus Persson announces that the wildly popular PC game will finally leave its beta phase and become a full release on 11/11/11, more than two years after it was first launched.
Gaming News

Upper Deck adds an LCD screen to its Evolution Series of NFL trading cards

Trading card company Upper Deck has announced its new Evolution Series, a run of half-inch thick "cards" containing an LCD screen and a looping 60-second highlight reel for -- in its initial run -- one of four NFL players.
Emerging Tech News

AMC Theatres responds to multi-studio premium VOD initiative

AMC Theatres responds in a statement to recently announced plans from four top studios -- Sony, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures -- to offer early VOD access to movies at a premium price.
Entertainment News

Sony 3D games round-up: Uncharted 3, SOCOM 4, Cars 2, Virtua Tennis 4

Sony visited New York City last week to give Digital Trends an eyes-on glimpse of its recently released and upcoming slate of 3D-enabled PlayStation 3 games.
Gaming News

Cars 2: The Video Game (PS3) hands-on preview

Cars 2: The Video Game hearkens back to the days of <i>Mario Kart</i> -- including the lack of online multiplayer -- with high-speed arcade racing, weapon pickups and, best of all, BATTLE MODES.
Gaming Reviews

‘ThunderCats’ Wondercon Trailer Hits The Web, New Plot Details Revealed

The WB reveals the first footage for its upcoming ThunderCats TV series revival, which is set to air this summer.
Entertainment News

Madden creator sues Electronic Arts for unpaid royalties on alleged ‘derivative works’

John Madden Football designer Robin Antonick files a lawsuit against Electronic Arts for decades worth of unpaid royalties, alleging that the video game publisher withheld payments on "derivative works" built off of his original creation.
Gaming News

iOS 4.3.1 gets untethered jailbreak for Windows and OS X, iPad 2 not compatible

Hacker crew Dev-Team releases its latest redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 with Windows and Mac compatibility, though the iPad 2 is not supported.
Tablets Mobile

Amazon may be pursuing music streaming licenses for Cloud Player, despite earlier reports

Amazon is reportedly pursuing music streaming licenses for its newly launched Cloud Player, despite the company's assertion yesterday that such licenses are unnecessary given the nature of how its cloud services work.
Computing News

Nintendo’s next console likely won’t be going the 3D route

Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime says that 3D display capabilities for its next console release is not likely.
Gaming News

Mozilla releases Firefox 4 for Android and Maemo mobile devices

Mozilla launches the final release of its Firefox 4 web browser for mobile devices, with support for Android- and Maemo-powered phones and tablets.
Mobile

In-app purchasing is officially available for Android Market apps, as promised last week

Following a week of developer testing, Google has officially launched in-app purchasing functionality for apps available through its Android Market.
Mobile
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