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The Imagination Engine: Why Next-Gen Video Games Will Rock Your World Posted 2 Hours Ago in Gaming When Tim Sweeney is out in the world discussing pedestrian things-the sweet tea at a particular barbecue restaurant, say, or the irony of having a hoc... read more
The Technology Behind Virgin Atlantic's Mid-Flight Cellphone System Posted 9 Hours Ago in Tech Whether you want it or not, phone calls are coming to commercial airplane flights. But like any new service, there are technical limitations, a premiu... read more
Posted 9 Hours Ago in Tech On this week's edition of the Gadget Lab Show, the gang takes a gander at the Nook Simple Touch e-reader and Pebble Smartwatch, the most successful Ki... read more
Apple's Patent Win Delays Shipments of Two HTC Smartphones Posted 17 Hours Ago in Tech If you're looking to buy an HTC One X or Evo 4G LTE smartphone, you might have to wait awhile. Shipments of the two new Android handsets are currently... read more
Hands-On: Flipboard iOS App Adds Audio to Your Social Magazine Posted 18 Hours Ago in Tech Flipboard is a graphically stunning social media aggregator that organizes your friends' tweets, posts and links into beautiful, magazine-like spreads... read more
Posted 19 Hours Ago in Gaming A Sony booth worker holds up a PlayStation Vita at Tokyo Game Show last September. Interest in Vita has since cooled.Photo: Robert Gilhooly Wired.com ... read more
Posted 19 Hours Ago in Gaming It's been just a little over a day since Blizzard performed one of the old rituals, releasing upon the world for the third time, and I've been doing m... read more
A Bow to Heritage, With a Hot Rod Under the Hood Posted 1 Day Ago in Tech The Olympus OM-D E-M5 micro four-thirds camera is available as a body only, or with a kit (shown) that includes a 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 lens and a flash. P... read more
Flexible Displays Landing in 2012, But Not in Apple Gear Posted 1 Day Ago in Tech Flexible displays have tickled our imaginations for years. And before the end of 2012, we'll finally see companies employing flexible displays in thei... read more
LG's Quad-Core Optimus Phone Heading to Europe But Not the U.S. Posted 1 Day Ago in Tech LG's first quad-core smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD, is launching in Europe next month, taking on other four-core flagships such as the HTC One X and t... read more
Posted 1 Day Ago in Tech In support of its upcoming Android 5.0 operating system release, code-named Jelly Bean, Google will deploy the OS on not a single Nexus smartphone per... read more
Google's Augmented-Reality Headset Won't Offer Full-Vision Data Overlays Posted 2 Days Ago in Tech When Google announced its augmented-reality glasses, Project Glass, with a wowing demo video, researchers with augmented-reality expertise were skepti... read more
Isis Secures Mobile-Payment Deals With Major Retailers for Summer Roll-out Posted 2 Days Ago in Tech A demonstration of the Isis Mobile Wallet app running on an Android smartphone from HTC. Photo: Isis Isis - the mobile-payments venture founded by AT&... read more
Posted 2 Days Ago in Tech The new Nokia 112 (left) and Nokia 110 (right) give users web-browsing access at a low cost. Image: Nokia Don't look now, but Gadget Lab is actually e... read more
Apple Granted Patent for Steering Wheel Remote Control Posted 2 Days Ago in Tech It's rare that an Apple patent application passes through the system completely unnoticed until it's actually granted, but such is the case with a pat... read more