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Twisted Metal Designer Rails Against Storytelling Games

eldavojohn writes "Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe gave a DICE Summit presentation in which he ar...

Obama Budget Asks For 1% Boost In Research

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"One of the big three research agencies appears...

New Horizons: One Billion Miles From Pluto

astroengine writes "On Feb. 10, NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons probe entered the homestretch of its...

Venture Capital in Detroit, Among Other Places (Video)

If you have a startup idea kicking around in your head, you don't necessarily need to head for Calif...

LHC Powers Up To 4 TeV

An anonymous reader writes "Due to a decision made at Chamonix, the LHC will operate with a 4 TeV be...

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Privacy Tool Lets Users Quickly Rank Websites on Privacy Policies

A new tool and web site launched today purports to clear some of the fog around the issue of online...

President's 2013 Budget Hits Planetary Science Hard

The president's 2013 budget, released Feb. 13, asks for modest increases to some federal science age...

Time-Lapse Starscape Videos Show Heavens in Motion

The night sky seems unchanging to the naked eye, but beauty is hidden beyond the limits of unaided h...

Gadget Lab Podcast: Path's Privacy 'Whoops' and iPad 3 Speculation

Droid 4 Teardown: Business in the Front, a Gluey Mess in the Back

Gadget teardown site iFixit has disassembled the new Motorola Droid 4 smartphone, and says it offers...

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ESA's Vega rocket takes flight, delivers low-tonnage objects to high places

On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a successful test of its newest projectile, the...

Canon PowerShot G1 X review

Canon's G1 X boasts a beefy 14-megapixel resolution and a tank-load of ambition. Its mandate, no les...

Canon C300 takes to the sky, hopefully still under warranty

We're not sure what sending your $16,000 (plus lens) video camera into the sky does to its warranty,...

BlackBerry PlayBook Dock revealed in back room of DevCon

Somewhere, in a dark room at the back of DevCon, someone was showing off a bundle of PlayBook gear m...

Joystiq's PlayStation Vita launch guide

The PlayStation Vita launches this week in the form of a "First Edition" bundle. The for-real hardwa...