James Gandolfini Dead of Sudden Stroke at 51

variety.com 3 hours ago

James Gandolfini has died in Italy at the age of 51, according to HBO. He was on vacation at the time.  The "Sopranos" actor appeared this year in "Zero Dark Thirty" and "The Incredible Burt Wonder...

 
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James Gandolfini Dead at 51

variety.com 2 hours ago

James Gandolfini, who won three Emmys for his portrayal of flawed antihero and conflicted mob boss Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos," died in Italy at the age of 51 of a possible heart attack. HBO rep...

 
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Microsoft backtracks on Xbox One sharing policies

cnn.com 5 hours ago

Reacting to "feedback from the Xbox community," it appears Microsoft is reversing course and changing two key components to policies for its new Xbox One video game console.

 
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TWA Flight 800 Spawned the Internet's First Conspiracy Theories

mashable.com 2 hours ago

TWA Flight 800 conspiracy theorists found a home long before a new documentary's release: the Internet.

 
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Xbox One DRM Reversal Cuts Features, Requires One-Time Connection

kotaku.com 4 hours ago

You win some, you lose some. In changing its drastic Xbox One DRM policies today, Microsoft will actually be cutting some of the cooler features announced from the console...

 
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Facebook Now Lets You Comment With a Photo

mashable.com 8 hours ago

Facebook has started to roll out photo comments, a new feature that allows you to comment on posts with images rather than words.

 
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Today, Microsoft Did The Right Thing And Everybody Won

kotaku.com 2 hours ago

I have to admit, it was exciting. It was a kick watching "evil" Microsoft get their ass handed to them by gamer-loving "good guys" Sony...

 
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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 revisits the FCC with AT&T-native LTE

engadget.com 1 hour ago

Yes, we've seen Samsung's Galaxy Mega 6.3 at the FCC before. With its second visit, however, there's something special. The extra-large phone is back as

 
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Theft of F-35 design data is helping U.S. adversaries: Pentagon

news.yahoo.com 8 hours ago

By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The theft of sensitive design data by hackers targeting programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter takes away a big U.S...

 
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Lawyer brilliantly bites township trying to shut his client's site

news.cnet.com 41 mins ago

Sometimes, cease-and-desist letters are mere morsels of intimidation, their legal grounds swamps. One lawyer decided that the accuser, West Orange, N.J., itself needed to shut up and go away...

 
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Jimmy Kimmel Will Channing All Over Your Tatum

mashable.com 53 mins ago

Jimmy Kimmel's new music video features Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx having girls Channing their Tatums for the men.

 
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Lolo Jones Vine Provokes Bobsledder Backlash

mashable.com 1 hour ago

Olympic star hurdler-turned-bobsledder Lolo Jones posted a Vine video mocking her bobsledding earnings, which ticked off some in the sport.

 
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LG's Optimus G followup to feature a Snapdragon 800 CPU

engadget.com 41 mins ago

LG and Qualcomm have enjoyed a close relationship for mobile phone chips, and it appears that will continue with the next Optimus G device. A press

 
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New attack cracks iPhone autogenerated hotspot passwords in seconds

arstechnica.com 2 hours ago

Default password pool so small scientists need just 24 seconds to guess them all.

 
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Best Buy relaunching trade-in offer for 'free' iPhone 5

usatoday.com 4 hours ago

Best Buy says it had the biggest day ever for its four-year old trade-in program on June 1...

 
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Addicted gamers are sweet on 'Candy Crush'

cnn.com 10 hours ago

The latest mobile-game obsession? "Candy Crush Saga," which averages 15 million players daily.

 
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Verizon: We’re Not Slowing Down Your Netflix

mashable.com 4 hours ago

It’s a rainy day; you’re busy power loading Dr. Who on Netflix when it happens. Netflix lapses into endlessly “Loading” your next episode, without actually ever playing it. This...

 
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Curiosity takes an astonishing billion-pixel image of Mars

foxnews.com 8 hours ago

A stunning panoramic image from NASA's Curiosity rover offers an incredibly detailed look at the dusty, lonely landscape of the red planet. 

 
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Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4

reviews.cnet.com 3 hours ago

Here is everything that we know about the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One and how the yet-to-be-released consoles compare with each other. Read this article by Eric Franklin on CNET.

 
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The Differences Between The Xbox One and PS4, As Far As We Know

kotaku.com 3 hours ago

The Xbox One and the PS4 aren't the same type of system. That much is obvious. But now that Microsoft changed a number of its policies on the Xbox One, those differences have dwindled a bit.

 
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Facebook Makes Long Awaited Improvement

huffingtonpost.com 5 hours ago

Finally, Facebook is making a change that everyone can agree is an improvement...

 
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How To Easily Upload Your Animal Crossing: New Leaf Screenshots

kotaku.com 2 hours ago

Taking a screenshot in New Leaf is simple: press L and R at the same time. Boom. You've got a picture. Great! Getting those pictures off your 3DS, while simple, requires a few more steps...

 
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Apple's New Mac Pro Begins Showing Up in Benchmarks

macrumors.com 2 hours ago

While Apple offered a sneak peek at its dramatically redesigned Mac Pro at its Worldwide Developers Conference, the new machine is not scheduled to launch until "later this year" and the company has...

 
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TweetDeck for Chrome and web gets drag-and-drop columns

engadget.com 2 hours ago

Twitter isn't quite done refining TweetDeck's interface following recent web and desktop overhauls -- there's still a little tweaking left in store. The

 
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LG to mass-produce flexible displays for smartphones

news.cnet.com 2 hours ago

Looking to get a leg-up in the bendable display market, LG Display is going full throttle ahead with production of the new technology for mobile devices. Read this article by Dara Kerr on CNET News.

 
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The Creepy Side Of E3

kotaku.com 10 hours ago

You might not have heard about the security guard that groped a journalist at this year's E3. Or the writer who gave a PR woman his business card by slipping it in her dress...

 
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Where Teens Go Instead of Facebook (and Why You Should Too)

news.yahoo.com 11 hours ago

Which new social media sites are hot, and why you might want to try them yourself, regardless of your age.

 
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30 Days In, Bitcoin Angel Group BitAngels Doubles Network To 120, Puts First $100K Into Seasteading...

techcrunch.com 3 hours ago

As has been written ad nauseam, we've seen a lot of activity in the wild and whacky world of cryptocurrency of late, thanks primarily to the tech industry's new obsession with Bitcoin...

 
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Viacom lands deal to show TV highlights on Twitter starting August 25th

engadget.com 3 hours ago

While Viacom hasn't always understood how this whole internet video thing works, it's showing some tech savviness today with confirmation of rumors that

 
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Best Buy Recalls Third-Party MacBook Batteries Over Fire Risk

macrumors.com 3 hours ago

Best Buy has recalled 5,100 third-party replacement MacBook batteries after at least 13 reports of the batteries catching fire...

 
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