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2013 ‘Doodle 4 Google’ top 50 winners selected, require your judgment

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There’s little in life finer than pitting youths against each other in battle, which Google’s annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest clearly appreciates. The competition takes thousands of Google logo doodle entries and pits them down from thousands to …


Portal co-creator unveils OUYA-exclusive game Soul Fjord (video)

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It’s no secret that Portal co-creator Kim Swift has been developing an OUYA-exclusive game, but details regarding it had been kept under wraps until today. Dubbed Soul Fjord, the Airtight Games-developed title fuses Norse mythology with ’70s Funk …


DARPA flaunts HD heat vision camera small enough to carry into battle

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Thermal imaging cameras are highly useful tools for military and law enforcement types, letting them see humans inside buildings or land a helicopter in the fog. High-definition models are too heavy for servicemen to tote, however, so DARPA and a …


Blackstone reportedly backs out of Dell deal, leaves bidding war to Icahn and company founder

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Micheal Dell’s battle to take back his namesake firm may have just become a little easier: Blackstone seems to have lost interest. According to the Wall Street Journal, the group has backed out of the bidding war for the computer maker, declining to …


Dish Network bids $25.5 billion for Sprint, goes head-to-head with Softbank

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In the battle for Sprint’s heart, Dish Network always seemed to be stuck in the “friend zone”. That’s not the case anymore, however, now that Dish has quietly lobbed an informal $25.5 billion offer to purchase the carrier. The Wall Street Journal is …


Sony Xperia ZL gets its first US carrier, arrives at Cincinnati Bell on May 1st

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In the battle of 5-inch, 1080p smartphones, it seems that the Sony Xperia ZL might’ve gotten lost in the shuffle amongst US carriers. Despite its availability as an unlocked device (and through Canadian carriers), any potential stateside buyers looki…


Switched On: Unconventional, but not uncompromising

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Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. For T-Mobile, March went out like a lion, a roaring one. With passion for both invention and invective, T-Mobile roared against the contract during its UnCarrier announ…


The Engadget Interview: Mark Setrakian of Syfy’s Robot Combat League (video)

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From the latest harbinger of the robopocalypse from Boston Dynamics to more friendly looking machines like Romo, Engadget has a longstanding love affair with all forms of robots. Syfy channel’s newest show, Robot Combat League (RCL), has provided us …


Famed film critic Roger Ebert dies at 70

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Roger Ebert, possibly the world’s most famous movie critic, died today at the age of 70 following an extended battle with cancer. Ebert spent his entire writing career at the Chicago Sun Times, where he began reviewing movies in 1967….


Apple no longer blocking Microsoft’s SkyDrive iOS update, version 3.0 released

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Microsoft and Apple have been locked in a battle over Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud-storage app for iOS. The two companies were originally sparring over a 30 percent cut of revenue from SkyDrive storage purchases through Microsoft’s iOS …