Were you among those who jumped for joy when Windows Explorer got its new moniker? Good news, nomenclature fans, for Redmond has decided to label its new OS’ built-in games and titles obtained from the Windows Store as “Xbox Windows.” Along with the new branding, venerable Windows titles like Minesweeper, Solitaire and Mahjong will also … Continued
Facebook to Judge: A Like Is Free Speech
Remember when “like” was just a verb? Those days seem increasingly distant — especially now that Facebook is in Federal appeals court, arguing that its ubiquitous blue thumbs-up symbol should be protected under the First Amendment. You may remember the case into which the social network just waded. A sheriff in Virginia fired six of … Continued
Amazon begins renting paper textbooks
Amazon has been renting out Kindle editions of textbooks for sometime now, but not all the educational tomes you need may be available in electronic form. And, believe it or not, some people just plain prefer paper to E-ink — especially since its much easier to take notes in the margins. Now many of the … Continued
Curiosity Mars Rover Gets Lego Treatment
The 2,000-pound NASA Mars Rover Curiosity landed on Mars early Monday morning to begin exploring the red planet’s surface, but there’s a lighter, smaller model back on Earth creating buzz at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and across the web. Lego Mindstorm NXT project builders Doug Moran and Will Gorman have created a Lego-version of the … Continued
Microsoft’s Office Store now open for business, productivity-boosting apps just a click away
You’ve known it was coming, and today the doors to Microsoft’s Office Store were flung wide open. In short, it’s a newfangled portal that enables avid Office and SharePoint users to search for, discover and install apps. Users will need a Microsoft account and the preview version of Office, SharePoint or Exchange in order to … Continued
Stitcher List burrows into Radio app, gets you in the loop quicker
Like web peanut butter, the Stitcher List site is a tasty way to find popular radio streams but was begging to be stirred into the chocolate of the main Stitcher Radio app. Luckily, that confection is now done and can be downloaded in iOS or Android flavors from each platform’s store. The list addition lets … Continued
Oreo’s Facebook Salute to the Mars Landing Will Make You Hungry
Oreo is milking the Mars Rover landing in grand style. The brand, which has 27 million Facebook fans, appears to have another winner with its Mars Rover salute. Posted late Sunday, the picture has more than 18,000 Likes. The brand scored a similar hit in June with a photo of a rainbow Oreo in support … Continued
FiOS TV app for Samsung HDTVs and Blu-ray players available with 26 live channels (video)
While we saw cable and IPTV providers promising pay-TV channels without a box (at least in that room) at CES 2012 we were skeptical, since we’ve been burned before, but now Verizon FiOS TV has followed up the launch of its app on Xbox 360 by quietly releasing the version for Samsung’s Smart TVs and … Continued









