It’s Time To Forgive George Lucas [George Lucas]

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is only a man. Unlike in myth, gods never create men. Only men create gods. To father a family of immortals is a burden no man can really bear. More »

Shades of a Master Plan: Why Apple Won’t Get Beaten Again [Verizon]

The iPhone is coming to Verizon, soon. That’s the blinking-neon-light message tucked inside the iPad’s arrival on Verizon. Apple is in this to win it. More »

Do I Need an Apple TV? [Video]

By lowering the price to $99, Apple has made a bold thrust into the living room, proclaiming, “This is the streamer for the masses.” But, ho, masses! Should you add this relatively inexpensive box to your increasingly cluttered TV system? More »

I’m Homeless and This Is Why I Have an iPad [Life]

After yesterday’s images of vagabonds using notebooks, two homeless people told us about their lifestyle, why they chose it, and why technology is so important every single day. This is the story of one of them.—JD More »

Behind the Chicken Goop: The Truth and Science of Chicken Nuggets [Video]

The twisting pink mass that looks like frozen yogurt infected with ectoplasm might look disgusting. It might be mechanically separated chicken, chicken nuggets in their primordial form. And it is perfectly okay to eat. More »

Keep Holding Your Breath for That 4G Verizon iPhone [Verizon]

The Verizon iPhone is coming next year. Verizon’s 4G LTE service is launching next year, covering a third of Americans. Ergo, a 4G iPhone is on the way. Except it’s not. Not for a couple of years. More »

BOOM! How Comic Book Sounds Become Movie Sounds [Video]

Superpower sounds can define a comic book hero as much as any form-fitting costume, and when a character is drafted to the silver screen the sound comes with him—but how do they bring these made-up sounds along? More »

5 Reasons We’re Tingly About Google TV [Video]

The last time the web smashed into television, over a decade ago, it exploded like poorly made breast implants. So why are we so excited about Google TV? More »

A Look Inside the Obsessive Mind of a Fanboy [Fanboys]

Are you a Mac? Or are you a PC? Are you an iPhone guy or a soldier in the Android Army? If you feel strongly about any of these questions, chances are, you’re a fanboy. More »

Why is Amazon Making an Android App Store? [Amazon]

Judging by the leaked terms and conditions, Amazon plans to swagger into the Android world with an alternative app download store, fists a-whirling. Are they building it to co-exist with Android’s Market…or for an Android-powered SuperKindle? More »