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Good thing Facebook didn't just pay a billion dollars for Instagram or this new iPhone camera app would seem like a pretty stupid idea. Wait.... 
The new app is similar to Instagram, the photo-sharing app Facebook is in the process of buying for $1 billion. The acquisition, however, has not yet been completed. Facebook didn't give details on when it might release a version of the app for phones that run on Google's Android operating system.
Here's to hoping the game will be as good as this live action short film. 
Mass Effect: Infiltrator on Android @ Joystiq
Why CoD Still Has Single-Player @ Kotaku
WoW Gets New Mounts @ Shacknews
Wow, there are so many things wrong with this picture, I don't even know where to begin. I have no idea when this article was published but, given the fact that the stuff in that picture is at least 20 years old, I'm going to say early 90's.
MadShrimps has posted coverage of the Extreme Overclocking Session III event. You know it is going to be a good time when someone shows up with 600L of LN2.
Unless you want ten cops, the drug task force and a few detectives on your ass, I'd advise you not to steal his son's iPhone out of his locker at school. Yeah, that really happened. 
On January 11, 2012, an iPhone was stolen from the school locker of Meehan's son. Because the phone had tracking capabilities, an investigation was launched that involved up to ten officers, some from the city's drug task force. Four detectives were paid overtime as part of the search.
Move over Kinect, the Leap is here and it costs less than seventy dollars. Although the video demonstration below is on a Mac, fear not, this device works equally well on a PC.
Storage: Thecus N4100EVO 4-Bay NAS @ Hardware-Info
Motherboards: ASUS Maximus V Gene @ ocaholic
Video: PowerColor Radeon HD 7850 PCS+ @ Neoseeker
HIS Radeon HD 7770 iCooler 1GB GHz Edition @ NikKTech
The real crime in this case was committed by the bank when it gave these guys $15M to make a Def Jam game in the first place.
City National Bank has sued Konami and Autumn Games for millions over allegations of fraud. Courthouse News reports the bank hasn't received any return on a $15 million line of credit it approved to the defendants, and in court documents claims the financial conditions of Autumn and Konami "were false at the time they were made and that defendants never had any intention of repaying the loan as promised."
It looks like the Megaupload case is going to get all soap opera-ish with Dotcom crying in court today. Damn, I thought having to be cut out of his panic room during the arrest was bad, but crying in court? Sheesh, man up dude. 
Kim DotCom isn't too big to cry. In court yesterday, the MegaUpload founder choked up when he recalled how New Zealand police in January raided the Auckland mansion where he lived and when, as his lawyer, said he was "ripped him away from his family."
Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the immediate availability of the Force Series™ 3 SSD Notebook Upgrade Kits. The kits, available in sizes of 120GB and 240GB, provide users with an easy, affordable way to upgrade their laptops to a solid-state drive (SSD) for improved performance, battery life, and reliability.
It's funny how, when normal people pull stunts like this, they get arrested for vagrancy. At AOL you are called an entrepreneur.
But unlike most people working at AOL's Palo Alto, Calif., campus who were surely still hours from showing up at the sprawling complex, Simons was already there. He'd been living there for two months, hiding out at night on couches, eating the company's food, and exercising and showering in its gym. And now, with an angry security guard bellowing at him, it was all over.
Overclockers Club has a little two-for-one review action going on today with its Thermaltake Frio Advanced and Frio Extreme review. Here's a quote from the double header HSF review:
For the price of each of these coolers, I cannot say I was blown away. Taking price, performance, and noise level into consideration, I think there are better options available. With the Frio Extreme, you do get a 10 year warranty and the included remote fan controller, but you'll have to ask yourself if those features make it worth the extra $15-$20 price premium over where I believe it should be priced.
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Microsoft Imagine Cup student technology competition, Microsoft Corp. today announced the teams that will head to the Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in July in Sydney, to showcase their innovative ideas for using technology to solve the world’s toughest problems. As the winners of regional, national and online Imagine Cup competitions, these students represent the future of technology innovation and entrepreneurialism.
Intel® Cloud SSO, a cloud-based Identity and Access Management-as-a-Service (IAMaaS) is now delivered on Force.com*, salesforce.com’s social enterprise platform, Intel Corporation announced today. The solution will help enterprise users utilize their Salesforce credentials to access popular cloud applications. Single sign-on (SSO) from Force.com provides seamless access to applications, such as Box.com Cisco* WebEx*, Google* Apps and Salesforce, improving end-user convenience and increasing security, while reducing the number of passwords required. Enterprises can rely on Intel Cloud SSO to deliver identity and access management functions in the cloud; provision, synchronize and de-provision access to thousands of cloud applications; address security concerns with 2-factor mobile-based strong authentication; and deliver comprehensive reporting and auditing features to comply with regulatory requirements.
Today's [H]ot Deals forum thread is full of exclusive deals just for [H] readers. The best part? All of these deals come with free shipping! The coupon codes for the items listed below won't last forever and are limited to stock on hand so you'd better get in on these deals while the getting is good.
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When you are trying pull off a casino heist, advertising on Craigslist probably isn't the best way to round up a crew.
A man who said a Craigslist ad led him to take part in an attempt to steal high-stakes chips from a Vegas Strip casino amid a cloud of pepper spray is facing an evidence hearing in June.
ETC.: Steelseries Diablo 3 Gaming Headset @ techREACTION
Memory: Corsair 8GB 1866MHz CL10 Laptop Memory @ Legit Reviews
Crucial BallistiX Elite 16GB 1600MHz Quad Channel @ NikKTech
Video: XFX Double D Black Edition HD 7850 and HD 7870 @ PCPer
Apple likes playing the victim in cases like this, but this is a bit much...even for them. Claiming the DOJ is defending the monopoly might work in the court of public opinion but I think they are going to end up settling (like everyone else has).
In US District Court filing yesterday, Apple claimed that "the Government's Complaint against Apple is fundamentally flawed as a matter of fact and law," going on to say that "Apple has not 'conspired' with anyone, was not aware of any alleged 'conspiracy' by others, and never 'fixed prices.'" Apple even acusses the government of "[siding] with monopoly, rather than competition."
What is black and green with ammo clips all over it? If you said the Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 motherboard, you'd be right. Hit the link to see what eTeknix crew had to say about this board.
Style wise, is always going to be a love/hate Marmite situation, but for me; I love it. It’s different, quirky, unique and certainly has a specialist market, but for a board that offers specialist gaming sound and networking capabilities, you couldn’t exactly imagine your Granddad using it, could you?
Seagate Technology the worldwide leader in hard disk drives and storage solutions, and LaCie S.A. (Euronext: LAC), a leading manufacturer of consumer storage products, today announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie. Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie’s chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, all of their shares, representing 64.5% of the outstanding shares of LaCie. Following receipt of governmental approvals1 and the close of this transaction, Seagate would commence an all-cash simplified tender offer (followed as the case may be by a squeeze-out procedure) to acquire the remaining outstanding shares in accordance with the General Regulation of the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).
It looks like the rumor we reported on last week is true, HP just announced it is laying off 27,000 workers to cut costs. 
Hewlett-Packard says it's laying off 27,000 workers, 8 percent of its work force, as it restructures the business. The Palo Alto, Calif., company says it'll save $3 billion to $3.5 billion annually from cost cuts, including the layoffs. Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to complete the job cuts by the end of fiscal 2014.
Netflix is cable's frenemy? Who says "frenemy?"
Cox's Esser acknowledged today during a panel discussion here at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's Cable Show that there are times when Netflix may compete for an audience with cable TV providers. But as a broadband provider, he also said it was a very important service to his customers, and therefore it's important to him.
Wait, a mom & pop pirate site was raking in $50,000 a month? Damn, it's no wonder these sites are popping up all over the place.
During that meeting Anton opened up about the site according to Hetzschold. He allegedly explained that the site made $50,000 in revenue each month from an average of 400,000 visitors per day. Anton also admitted that he founded the site which he ran in collaboration with two other people.
It looks as though Google has pulled out a big win over Oracle today with the jury finding no patent infringement. Thanks to DocFaustus for the link.
The jury verdict is in. They found no infringement of the patents. Google has a statement already: Today’s jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the entire Android ecosystem.
What do you guys think about this guy's take on games and movies merging into an interactive movie you can "play?" Hell, I think most of us have a hard enough time playing a game with long cut scenes, let alone trying to play an interactive movie. 
If you were to take those early attempts, but now allow developer’s access to a full gaming engine you could create a vastly different experience where a game could be embedded into a movie and watchers could, if they choose to do so, drift out of the movie and participate in the game tied directly to the scene elements they were watching.
Diablo III Claims Sales Record @ Blue's News
Far Cry 3’s Insane Edition Trailer @ Kotaku
GameStop Expo 2012 Open To The Public @ Shacknews
Xbox 360 Import Ban Recommended By ITC Judge @ Joystiq
Looking for an overclocker friendly Z77 based motherboard that has all the bells and whistles? Well then, make sure you read today's evaluation of the ASUS P8Z77 WS Workstation.
The ASUS P8Z77 WS is the latest in the ASUS "Workstation" series and has virtually every feature but the kitchen sink thrown into it. If you are looking for a board that can fill almost any role while utilizing a desktop LGA1155 processor, then this motherboard is worth a serious look. Maybe 4-way 8 Lane PCIe 3.0 gets your attention?
Remember the days of people complaining about their computer booting too slow? Now, people are going to complain about it booting too fast.
Windows 8 has a problem – it really can boot up too quickly. So quickly, in fact, that there is no longer time for anything to interrupt boot. When you turn on a Windows 8 PC, there’s no longer long enough to detect keystrokes like F2 or F8, much less time to read a message such as "Press F2 for Setup." For the first time in decades, you will no longer be able to interrupt boot and tell your PC to do anything different than what it was already expecting to do.
Deepcool/Logisys Gammaxx 300 CPU Cooler @ Hardware Secrets
ETC.: Razer Tiamat 7.1 Surround Sound Headset @ HardwareHeaven
Memory/ Storage: Intel 330 Series 120 GB SSD @ Cowcotland
Motherboards: Asus Z77 Motherboard Roundup @ LanOC
Video: AMD Catalyst: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS @ Phoronix
