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Lady Gaga on Rock Band

Google may soon be searching your set-top box, the PlayStation Network gets new high-def movies, and Lady Gaga may grace Rock Band.read more

LifeLock to pay $12 million to settle deceptive-practices claim

FTC complaint alleged that LifeLock made false claims for adequately protecting customers from identity fraud and data theft.read more

Stanford undergrads: iPhones are addictive

Almost half of the 200 students with iPhones polled at Stanford University say they're addicted to the device, with 75 percent admitting they take it to bed.read more

Sims creator: Wii belongs in the 'toy market'

Will Wright, best known for his creation of The Sims franchise, calls the Wii console a "toy" during this week's Game Developers Conference.read more

GDC 2010: Scaling the summits of game play

roundup This week's Game Developers Conference brings together designers, programmers, publishers, and others for the latest from the world of video play.read more

Acer's PC market numbers add up

Across all of 2009, Dell managed to stay ahead of Acer by a hair's-breadth, but the year-end trend wasn't going Dell's way.read more

Back to the future at MySpace?

The site's new co-presidents are overseeing revival plans to keep MySpace from sinking further.read more

Waterpebble gets water-wasters out of the shower

Water-saving device uses the length of your first shower as a benchmark, indicating via a series of gently flashing "traffic lights" when you need to get out of the shower already!read more

1366 Tech leaping from pure silicon to solar wafer

Solar start-up 1366 Technologies is working on a technology that promises to dramatically cut the cost of solar cell manufacturing.read more

Turning smartphones into air quality monitors

Intel Labs is showing off technology that would allow consumers to collect and analyze environmental data and then share it over the Internet.read more

Why the explosion of social games excites veteran developers

When simple games like Farmville snag 83 million users, designers who are used to working for years on a project have little choice but to embrace the era of Facebook titles.read more

Nasdaq 5,000: Ten years after the dot-com peak

Exactly 10 years ago, during the height of the dot-com mania, the Nasdaq reached its all-time high of 5,408.62 on March 10, 2000. It has never recovered.read more

SXSWi: Let the geolocation games begin

The competition will be particularly fierce at the annual digital-culture bash between Foursquare and Gowalla, rival social-media services that want to own the location-based networking market.read more

Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats

Steve Jobs personally threatened to sue Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz says. Sun warded off that and a Microsoft threat with its own patent portfolio.read more

Google Maps to add bike maps, directions

Cyclists will be able to use Google Maps to plot directions around 150 U.S. cities when bike directions go live on Google later on Tuesday.read more

Lindsay Lohan sues E-Trade over Super Bowl spot

The troubled actress is suing E-Trade, claiming that it mocked her in one of its cute baby ads. She is asking for $100 million.read more

How Epic fit the Unreal Engine into the iPhone

The Unreal Engine 3 is on its way to the iPhone, though creators Epic Games have had to make some compromises to get there.read more

Google announces business app store for Google Apps

Software developers can cater to Google Apps customers through a new application store announced at Google's Campfire One event in Mountain View.read more

Rock Band 3 confirmed for holidays

Harmonix and MTV Games are getting the band back together, with Electronic Arts handling distribution once more.read more

Online dating finally recognized by restaurant guide

A new restaurant guide has a section specifically dedicated to the difficult area of online dating. Its author believes only certain very specific places are suitable for an online date.read more