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  Anatomy of an E3 press conference

  By Paul Miller on June 15, 2012 05:13 pm + 48 comments

  I sat through Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo press conferences at E3 this year, in that order. The Continue reading…

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  What's in your bag, Laura June?

  By Laura June on June 15, 2012 01:15 pm + 215 comments

  What's in your bag? is a recurring feature where we ask people to tell us a bit more about their Continue reading…

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  Vizio reboots the PC: a quiet American success story takes on sleeping giants

  By Nilay Patel on June 15, 2012 11:16 am + 547 comments

  The keyboard had to change. It was a month after Vizio had revealed its new line of PCs at CES Continue reading…

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  Wasteland: the 50-year battle to entomb our toxic nuclear remains

  By Matt Stroud on June 14, 2012 11:41 am + 207 comments

  The Veteran’s Memorial Highway veers through seemingly endless Nevada desert before it intersects Continue reading…

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  Snuff: Murder and torture on the internet, and the people who watch it

  By Lessley Anderson on June 13, 2012 01:41 pm + 344 comments

  Most people had never heard of Luka Magnotta… until a severed human hand and foot were mailed to Continue reading…

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  Tetris: can a Cold War classic evolve for the touchscreen?

  By Noah Davis on June 12, 2012 01:38 pm + 58 comments

  The game couldn't be simpler. One of seven shapes falls from the sky. As the "Tetrimino" inches down Continue reading…

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  Offline: 'Diablo III'

  By Paul Miller on June 12, 2012 10:10 am + 261 comments

  I don't use the internet. Diablo III, Blizzard's latest stunning blockbuster sequel, requires the Continue reading…

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  The best tech writing of the week, June 10th

  By Thomas Houston on June 10, 2012 10:30 am + 10 comments

  We all know the feeling. You're sleepless in the sad hours of the night or stumbling around early on Continue reading…

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  Mitt Romney goes to Scamworld: Prosper, Inc. and its powerful friends

  By Joseph L. Flatley on June 8, 2012 12:00 pm + 499 comments

  The publication of the original “Scamworld” article rattled some cages, and it also opened a lot Continue reading…

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  Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS

  By Chris Ziegler on June 5, 2012 02:09 pm + 381 comments

  Thirty-one. That’s the number of months it took Palm, Inc. to go from the darling of Continue reading…