Pax East Day 2: Gamerz, costumez and rigz

Day two of Pax East began bright and early as hungover, blurry eyed attendees shuffled into the crowded exhibit hall to play their favorite games.

Digital Storm touts Fermi-powered gaming rig

Digital Storm has released a video showcasing its Fermi-powered Black|OPS gaming rig.

Nokia acquires mobile browser company Novarra

Nokia announced Friday that it has acquires Novarra, a mobile software company that has previously provided products to Palm, Motorola, Samsung, and other manufacturers that are now competitors.

Pre-orders for iPad already total a quarter million?

There's still a week to go before the iPad makes its retail debut, but the sales tally is already in the hundreds of thousands, according to a new report.

Nvidia's GTX 480 takes center stage at Pax East 2010

Nvidia kicked off day one of Pax East 2010 by launching its next-generation GTX 470/480 in front of a packed and excited audience.

Nvidia's GTX 480 expected to redefine PC gaming

Nvidia has unveiled its long-awaited Fermi-based GTX graphics card lineup at the PAX East gaming festival in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pax East 2010: Where geeks meet the gaming Gods

Excitement was high this afternoon at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, with long lines of hyped, hard-core gamers snaking around several blocks.

Googleless China looks just like China

Google pulling out of China has caused quite a stir, although GoDaddy did the same thing and no one seemed to care. Apparently, no dissidents were freed in the making of this commercial.

Dark Energy showcases Hydrophobia at PAX East 2010

Dark Energy has announced that its upcoming downloadable title "Hydrophobia" will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360. A demo of the game is also being showcased over the weekend at PAX East in Boston, Mass.  

Microsoft confirms USB memory support for Xbox 360

Major Nelson (aka Larry Hryb) has confirmed that Microsoft is slated to release a system update on April 6th which will allow the Xbox 360 to use USB flash drives for storing game saves, demos and other content.

Pax East 2010 kicks off in Boston

Pax East 2010 has kicked off at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Spotify plans US launch for music streaming service

Spotify looks set to start US operations this fall, taking its music streaming service out of Europe for the first time.

Robot dental patient winces and complains

The robot repertoire is pretty extensive these days, but there's been one notable omission - the ability to complain. But it's a fundamental feature of a new creation designed to help train dentists.

Geohot promises untethered iPhone jailbreak

Champion of the people or show-off hacker - you decide - George Hotz says he has created a new, untethered jailbreak for the latest iPhones.

Pentagon's spying on us, says WikiLeaks

Whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks has accused the US government of spying on the organisation and its staff - and Icelandic authorities of colluding.

Tiny tyrannosaur made it to Australia

Australia... where men are men, the skies are huge, and T rex is a rather cute little thing.

Great Firewall of China goes global in DNS muddle

It sounds a bit like somebody's idea of a joke: over the last week, according to reports, some western visitors to sites including YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have been redirected to Chinese servers - and thus blocked from accessing them.

Evolutionary scientist wins controversial religious award

Francisco Ayala, a former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has been awarded a £1 million prize for work of a spiritual nature.

Monsoon spreads pollution right through the stratosphere

The Asian monsoon is sending pollutants up to stratospheric heights and spreading them right across the globe, says the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

LG confirms 3D LED TV with backlighting

Global electronics manufacturer LG is set to offer a first in the burgeoning market of 3D TVs: it will have the first sets with LCD backlighting.