Microsoft’s next Xbox: The rumor roundup

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It’s been eight years since Microsoft and Sony announced new consoles, and tastes have changed considerably. Back then, new gaming gear was launched at E3, or using Elijah Wood-fronted MTV specials, but this time around Microsoft is pitching a tent on its Redmond campus for the world’s media to huddle under. With less than 24 hours before the next Xbox is revealed, it’s high time we sifted through the leaks, rumors and prognostications to see what we know, or at least, what we think we know about a little box called “Durango.”

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Google I/O 2013 opening keynote roundup: All Access music streaming, a vanilla GS4 and more

Google IO 2013 opening keynote roundup All Access music streaming, a vanilla GS4 and more

Phew. Day one of Google I/O is far from over, but there’s already been an onslaught of news. While our editors are running around the floor, why not catch up on any bits of the opening keynote you may have missed? There’s now a Galaxy S 4 with vanilla Android Jelly Bean for $649, a $9.99 per-month music subscription service and a host of updates for Google+, Play, Maps and others. Join us past the break where we’ve got it all neatly categorized for your viewing pleasure.

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This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Christopher Nolan Coffee Commercials

Christopher Nolan is a great movie director but how would his genius and uh, love for darkness, translate into something like commercials? It’d probably be hilarious! Though let’s be honest, if I saw a coffee commercial like Inception, Memento or The Dark Knight, I’d go out to the store and buy their coffee immediately. More »

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Batman vs The Penguin

Batman, the Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader, Bruce Wayne. Whatever you call him, you always think he’s operating with stronger principles and on a higher moral ground than most people. He doesn’t like to kill. Or so he says. In this video by CollegeHumor, The Penguin, played by Patton Oswalt, exposes Batman’s lie and pays for it. More »

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: The Lineup

When you’re the one guy in the police lineup who doesn’t know everyone else, chances are it’s gonna be a bad day. Especially if you’re stuck there with these bozos. More »

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: American Psycho With Huey Lewis and Weird Al

In one of the most iconic scenes from American Psycho, murderous young turk Patrick Bateman waxes psychotic about Huey Lewis and the News. It’s funny, it’s weird, it’s unsettling. But watching Huey Lewis and Weird Al Yankovic create the bizarro world version of that scene? Well, okay, it’s all of those things, too. More »

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Chris Brown’s Publicist

The life of a hotshot Hollywood publicist isn’t one you’d envy under the best of circumstances. But the guy who has to cover Chris Brown’s back? That’s some kind of martyr. More »

T-Mobile’s UnCarrier event roundup

TMobile's UnCarrier event roundup

The news (and the choice language) was hurled out at a rapid pace during today’s T-Mobile UnCarrier event. In case you missed any of the proceedings, we’ve got you covered with a full rundown just past the break. From the initial LTE markets to handset launches and details surrounding Big Magenta’s phone plans, all of the particulars on what the carrier looks to “unleash” are here for your perusal.

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This Week’s Top Comedy Video: TLZ

If you love everything about TMZ but just wish it could be a little kinder, gentler, and more generous… well, you probably don’t love much about TMZ. But TLZ will be right up your alley. More »

AMD Radeon HD 7790 review roundup: what to expect from a $149 gaming card

AMD Radeon HD 7790 review roundup what to expect from a $149 gaming card

Mainstream gaming is all about 1080p. Monitors may be getting cheaper, making higher resolutions and multi-display setups ever more feasible, but Full HD is still sufficient for the average buyer. AMD knows it, and that’s why this morning’s announcement of the Radeon HD 7790 came with a straightforward promise: the ability to play the latest games at 1080p with high detail settings for a maximum outlay of $149. Such claims can’t be waved around without being tested, and indeed The Tech Report, HotHardware, Bit.tech and other sites have just returned their verdicts. Read on for our review roundup.

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